I'm looking forward to one day being able to vote for Charlie. I actually have a wee crush on the man. He's sooo lovely... And if you vote for Kilroy I'll never forgive you. Really.
Posted by Travis on 2005-04-22 16:25:05 +0000
im lib dem through and through, just wanted to see if any septics knew about our election - i even did an online quiz and it said i was lib dem - must be true then... my vote will be yellow on may 5th (despite the fact he is a ginger...)
Posted by frame609 on 2005-04-22 16:44:31 +0000
Trying to decipher cockney slang:
Ginger. Hmmmm....
Ginger Baker was the drummer of Cream
Baker rhymes with 'Quaker'
He's a Quaker! Right?
Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-04-22 18:08:18 +0000
Sadly, the Brits poke fun at red-heads. I think it's anti-Celtic prejudice. So ginger (pronounced with the G sounding like "guh" rather than "gee", so the word rhymes with ringer) is a derogatory term for a red-head.
But I like your explanation better.
Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-04-22 18:10:01 +0000
I have to say, the only reasons I - a septic - know about your election are:
1. Dorset-born & bred partner
2. BBC1 & BBC2 on Dutch telly
3. Teenaged fixation on Billy Bragg, leading to the usual social tics
Posted by tgl on 2005-04-28 04:09:22 +0000
Did this go down yet? I'm changing my vote from "get baked" to "chat show charlie".
Posted by Miriam on 2005-04-28 15:11:50 +0000
Maybe he'd be so soaked he'd forget to screw your country
Posted by tgl on 2005-04-28 16:05:58 +0000
Nice one.
Blair will be re-elected for the same reasons Bush was. Most voters feel economically "flush", so, no need to change horses.
Posted by Miriam on 2005-04-28 16:15:09 +0000
I think that was my sister's reasoning. We had a serious disagreement about that.
Posted by tgl on 2005-04-28 16:19:21 +0000
Disagreement about Bush's victory or Blair's (impending) victory?
Then again, the Iraq War is starting to blow up in the U.K. right now, so, my analysis might not prove correct.
Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-05-06 07:34:16 +0000
[url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/frontpage/4519863.stm]Blair won[/url]. And he's managed to look like a fat Nixon in this victory photo...
Posted by rladew on 2005-05-10 03:20:07 +0000
please tell me you guys arent surprised...
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Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-05-10 07:19:15 +0000
Of course not. :-)
I am, though, fairly pleased with the [url=http://www.libdems.org.uk/tenreasons.html]Lib Dems'[/url] showing. And I think it's interesting that the US isn't the only country whose people are calling for [url=http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=637189]electoral reform[/url].
Posted by tgl on 2005-05-10 14:32:18 +0000
Love it.
US reformers want the UK system, UK reformers want the US system.
That really leaves me with one thing to say: "UK out of America!"