English Stupidity (no demonstrations)

Subject: RE: English Stupidity (no demonstrations)
From: TheBigPinkLad
Date: 22 Jun 05 - 12:11 PM

dianavan: May Day 2002.

Subject: RE: English Stupidity (no demonstrations)
From: GUEST,David Hannam
Date: 22 Jun 05 - 06:08 AM

Good point!!!!

Subject: RE: English Stupidity (no demonstrations)
From: GUEST,a very dim englishman
Date: 22 Jun 05 - 06:00 AM

Why is it English Stupidity if it is the British parliament?

Subject: RE: English Stupidity (no demonstrations)
From: dianavan
Date: 21 Jun 05 - 11:32 PM

BigPinkLad - You may have a point. I was thinking, however, of protests from hospital workers and teachers. Campbell is lucky that he is far enough away that he doesn't have to answer to us. If the capitol were in Vancouver, we would be camped out on the lawn. When did you last protest in Victoria?

Subject: RE: English Stupidity (no demonstrations)
From: GUEST,David Hannam
Date: 21 Jun 05 - 07:14 PM

Another instance of curbed rights. Personally, i don't believe in thought-crimes and i don't believe in curbing peoples rights, whatever political persuasion they may be.

Subject: RE: English Stupidity (no demonstrations)
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 21 Jun 05 - 07:07 PM

DON'T BE SILLY DON, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT ONE IS.

Subject: RE: English Stupidity (no demonstrations)
From: Don(Wyziwyg)T
Date: 21 Jun 05 - 03:33 PM

Posh & Becks have cornered the market in English stupidity. The authorities fear that this may lead to a serious stupidity shortage in the UK generally, and particularly in England.

Bad news for politicians trying to get their latest crop of lies accepted. Only two people in the whole country will believe them.

BTW, for our American friends who may not follow soccer, that's Posh Spice, and David Beckham.

I am now going into hiding from soccer fans, who will probably put out a contract on me.

Don T.

Subject: RE: English Stupidity (no demonstrations)
From: Little Hawk
Date: 21 Jun 05 - 03:25 PM

And it's art too. Performance art.

Subject: RE: English Stupidity (no demonstrations)
From: DougR
Date: 21 Jun 05 - 01:50 PM

Bunnahabhain: evidently you don't recognize the healthful aspects of demonstrating. It's good exercise.

DougR

Subject: RE: English Stupidity (no demonstrations)
From: TheBigPinkLad
Date: 21 Jun 05 - 12:07 PM

dianavan - given that Vancouver/Lower Mainland is 90% government ridings and the Island is 90% NDP (opposition), how would moving the capital to Vancouver make things different in terms of protests?

Subject: RE: English Stupidity (no demonstrations)
From: Bunnahabhain
Date: 21 Jun 05 - 11:48 AM

I can't think of any demonstraition or protest since the poll tax riots that has actually changed Goverment policy on anything. The most they've done is hold off something for a year or two. If the Goverment listened, the Fuel protests, Countryside Alliance and Stop the War marches would all have had some lasting effect.

People don't miss things so much if they don't work.


Govt. is a four letter word

Subject: RE: English Stupidity (no demonstrations)
From: Pied Piper
Date: 21 Jun 05 - 10:16 AM

And it's through that there Magna Charter,
As were signed by the Barons of old,
That in England to-day we can do what we like,
So long as we do what we're told.

Marriott Edgar

Subject: RE: English Stupidity (no demonstrations)
From: Little Hawk
Date: 21 Jun 05 - 08:31 AM

English stupidity? Olive Whatnoll and 'er 'usband Eddie come to mind...

Subject: RE: English Stupidity (no demonstrations)
From: jacqui.c
Date: 21 Jun 05 - 07:50 AM

If he stands for Parliament I'll vote for him.

Subject: RE: English Stupidity (no demonstrations)
From: kendall
Date: 21 Jun 05 - 07:48 AM

That's a good 0ne, Eric LOL

Subject: RE: English Stupidity (no demonstrations)
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 21 Jun 05 - 05:08 AM

Come back Guy Fawkes [ Yorkshireman ] all is forgiven.

The last man to enter parliament with honest intentions.

eric

Subject: RE: English Stupidity (no demonstrations)
From: Le Scaramouche
Date: 21 Jun 05 - 04:08 AM

Swimming lessons?

Subject: RE: English Stupidity (no demonstrations)
From: dianavan
Date: 21 Jun 05 - 12:43 AM

Here in British Columbia, they put the capitol on an island. Very handy for the politicians, if you want to protest anything, you have to take a ferry and the numbers can be easily manipulated at the port. We do protest but we need to hire big busses to get us there. What a joke! Now if the capital was in Vancouver, it would be a very different story.

Subject: RE: English Stupidity (no demonstrations)
From: Bonecruncher
Date: 20 Jun 05 - 08:05 PM

So the poor, ultra-sensitve MP', who already have no idea of living in the real world, have to protect themselves from seeing demonstrations by the public they are supposed to represent.
Or should that be REPRESS?
Hopefully, after the next election, some minister will suggest that those who lost their seats should find employment stacking shelves at Tesco's, as has been suggested for Rover workers made redundant.
Colyn.

Subject: RE: English Stupidity (no demonstrations)
From: GUEST
Date: 20 Jun 05 - 07:14 PM

I think you'll find the thread originator already requested that, and in the fullness of time no doubt it will be done, patience is a virtue.

Subject: RE: English Stupidity (no demonstrations)
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 20 Jun 05 - 07:10 PM

Please transfer this below the line, where it belongs.

Dave Oesterreich

Subject: RE: English Stupidity (no demonstrations)
From: GUEST
Date: 20 Jun 05 - 06:58 PM

That's a blow. One of the more interesting results of having to endure the fumes around parliamnet sq was to see who was demonstrating aginst who.

Subject: RE: English Stupidity (no demonstrations)
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 20 Jun 05 - 06:36 PM

Oops, sorry, that should have been BS, can a mudelf please fix?

Subject: English Stupidity (no demonstrations)
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 20 Jun 05 - 06:36 PM

I am suprised to find no discussion of this:


No demos near Parliament