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[eggsarascal]

10 minutes ago, scotspine1 said:

 

We dont vote for a President, this is not the USA or France. We also dont vote for a Prime Minister. 

 

In a general election you vote for your local MP and if they are part of a party that forms a majority (if it gets enough seats) they become the ruling party. That party had previously voted for it's leader, that leader becomes Prime Minister.

 

The current Prime Minster has stood down. The party then chooses who the new leader will be, they vote on it in a democratic vote. 

 

It's called democracy. You might want to read a book about it or something. 

 

 

You might want to read what I wrote again. I didn't say they were voting for the PM, they will vote for the leader. 160 000 odd  people voting for a new leader isn't democrascy.

Edited June 22, 2019 by eggsarascal

[Mull]

 
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It's called democracy. You might want to read a book about it or something. 
 
 

Not read a book on democracy, was that how hitler got the vote?

[Mark J]

11 minutes ago, Mull said:

 

Not read a book on democracy, was that how hitler got the vote?

He wrote a book while in a cushy jail near Munich.
Average age of tory members is 57.
Thank fuck they're closer to death than I am.

 

[scotspine1]

28 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

 160 000 odd  people voting for a new leader isn't democracy.

 

The President of the EU was voted for by 0.0% of the European electorate. 

 

What does that tell you about E.U. democracy? 

 

 

[scotspine1]

The Left - 

 

"Democracy is under attack!!!"

 

Also the Left -

 

"We didn't like the results can we redo that election till we win?" 

 

 

[eggsarascal]

Just now, scotspine1 said:

 

The President of the EU was voted for by 0.0% of the European electorate. 

 

What does that tell you about E.U. democracy? 

 

 

Hang on, wind ya neck in first when you are wrong.

 

I want out and voted out of the EU.

 

Now, back to what we were talkiking about, Tories voting for a new leader, 0.2% of the population is not democracy. 

[scotspine1]

19 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

Hang on, wind ya neck in

 

That wasn't just directed at you. It was also for remainers to ponder, it's an open discussion not a private conversation. 

 

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I want out and voted out of the EU.

 

Well done, congratulations for doing the right thing. 

 

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Tories voting for a new leader, 0.2% of the population is not democracy. 

 

It's a fundamental part of the UK democratic system. If you don't like it lobby for change, run as an independent in your local parish council of Sudbury then after a few years run for local independent MP,  comfort yourself with this quote when you return 14 votes in a general election. 

 

“In a democracy, someone who fails to get elected to office can always console himself with the thought that there was something not quite fair about it.” Thucydides

 

[Mark J]

19 minutes ago, scotspine1 said:

The Left - 

 

"Democracy is under attack!!!"

 

Also the Left -

 

"We didn't like the results can we redo that election till we win?" 

 

 

The right: That milkshake could have been acid, send him to jail.
Also the right: That gadge was just perfectly justified in slamming a woman off the wall and frogmarching her down the room.
Where I'm from you're not much of a man if you raise a hand to a woman.

Scotspine, you should take some time out to become less angry.

 

[eggsarascal]

6 minutes ago, scotspine1 said:

 

That wasn't just directed at you. It was also for remainers to ponder. It's an open discussion not a private conversation. 

 

 

Well done, congratulations for doing the right thing. 

 

 

It's a fundamental part of the UK democratic system. If you don't like it lobby for change, run as an independent in your local parish council of Sudbury then after a few years run as an independent MP, comfort yourself with this quote when you return 14 votes in a general election. 

 

“In a democracy, someone who fails to get elected to office can always console himself with the thought that there was something not quite fair about it.” Thucydides

 

 

 

 

 

 

9 minutes ago, scotspine1 said:

 

That wasn't just directed at you. It was also for remainers to ponder. It's an open discussion not a private conversation. 

 

 

Well done, congratulations for doing the right thing. 

 

 

It's a fundamental part of the UK democratic system. If you don't like it lobby for change, run as an independent in your local parish council of Sudbury then after a few years run as an independent MP, comfort yourself with this quote when you return 14 votes in a general election. 

 

“In a democracy, someone who fails to get elected to office can always console himself with the thought that there was something not quite fair about it.” Thucydides

 

 

 

 

 

Tell me about your experience on a parish council, then I'll tell you how it works here, and hopefully get someone else on the forum to pitch in with his opinion.

[scotspine1]

14 minutes ago, Mark J said:

Also the right: That gadge was just perfectly justified in slamming a woman off the wall and frogmarching her down the room.

 

What if she'd been concealing a milkshake? he did the right thing.