tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post793337247597654238..comments2024-01-01T16:01:35.711+00:00Comments on Dick Puddlecote: Politicians Partying Like It's 1992Dick Puddlecotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-1051934523655104962014-05-28T11:02:28.127+01:002014-05-28T11:02:28.127+01:00I will vote UKIP, on the basis that I agree with m...I will vote UKIP, on the basis that I agree with most of what they say and the other lot need a darn good shake up - much more so than they have just had.<br /><br /><br />Undoubtedly UKIP would not be able to actually form a government by the next election, but the more people they have in Westminster the bigger thorn in the side of the other 3 they will be and therefore there is a little more chance that we, the people who pay their wages and whom they are supposed to serve, will start to be listened to and idiotic nannying ideas from quangos, etc, should get stronger arguments against and some of their lunatic ideas might even be vetoed.<br /><br /><br />I don't see any point in voting for any of the main 3 because, despite the shake up they have just had, they will not change because they are too darned arrogant and dismissive of US.<br /><br /><br />I also do not see the point in not voting, as that will let one or more of the main 3 back in, in comfort, to continue, unchallenged, stamping out our freedoms.<br /><br /><br />As for those who believe that UKIP is racist, I believe they are realists and fighting for what many of us want, which is protection of our race, which is being rapidly diluted, plus, thanks to governments pussyfooting around so called 'ethnic minorities' and giving in to their demands, it is now our own race, the indigenous Brits, who are fast becoming the 'ethnic minority' and losing our roots as they are being taken over by those of other nations and beliefs; something we could never do if the tables were turned and we went to live in their country.<br /><br /><br />I, like UKIP, want to save this country and return it to what it and it's values were.truckerlynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-66789429607432162292014-05-27T23:37:13.840+01:002014-05-27T23:37:13.840+01:00I don't think that it was the poll tax directl...I don't think that it was the poll tax directly that did for Thatcher. It was the backstabbing members of her cabinet, who wanted her out so that they could have a chance to get power. She was popular with tory voters; the poll tax problems provided them with cover.<br /><br /><br />Don't discount the power of the internet yet. Remember that ideas can spread almost at the speed of light! Can you imagine the difficulties of communicating if the only way to do was was by soapbox? But the internet has replaced the soapbox and is undermining the MSM's power. You might say that UKIP has succeeded <i>despite</i> the enmity of the MSM.Junicannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-54708765746096189162014-05-27T22:49:13.928+01:002014-05-27T22:49:13.928+01:00Not 'arf West Wiltshire went a step further a...Not 'arf West Wiltshire went a step further and privatised the council computer department at the same time (new line in Poll Tax Council Tax collecting software sold to almost every local council in the land (Now owned by Crapita)- forgetting to pay for the computers, premises and take the "executives" (and others) off the council payroll.... kerching!<br /><br />It's not just that they have too much money - they see no reason why they should ahem... initially volunteer (<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/moonrakinimages/home/assd_images/Wiltshire%20LEP%20refuses%20to%20name%20two%20recipients%20of%20%C2%A3100%20000%20in%20public%20money%20%20From%20Swindon%20Advertiser%20.png" rel="nofollow">understatement</a>(3MB Image)) who they're giving it to <a href="http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/11237206.__348k_in_grants_to_help_11_Wiltshire_firms_expand/?ref=var_0" rel="nofollow">see here</a> - mannah from yer mates in the Rotary Club? - courtesy of taxpayers.<br /><br />Throw in a Heston Blumenthal,lookalike and you're in...moonrakinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-36746087940854859452014-05-27T19:28:29.670+01:002014-05-27T19:28:29.670+01:00A good friend of mine was a ratings officer at a l...A good friend of mine was a ratings officer at a local council in the late 80s. He was thrilled with the poll tax because he was able to get three new cashier tills built to cope with the extra number of people who would be paying. Alongside that, his department - encouraged by councillors - could green light many projects that would have been forbidden before, simply because local taxpayers were not financially literate enough to compare budgets before and after the poll tax. <br /><br /><br />If your council tax goes up, you know it because you know how much it was before. If the whole system changes, you can't. It was boom time for local authorities.Dick_Puddlecotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-33206925514958962452014-05-27T13:22:54.779+01:002014-05-27T13:22:54.779+01:00Westminster has totally deserted the people,divorc...Westminster has totally deserted the people,divorced from reality.<br />The Media avoids the truth,chasing pre ordained agenda<br />The web promised a new awakening then led thousands into a digital wilderness, once worthy cheerleaders ,now reduced to slavish conformity.<br />Where now do we seek hope,where now the feet on the street.?<br />A dark placeA dark placenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-27479537914239537382014-05-27T01:43:15.854+01:002014-05-27T01:43:15.854+01:00Major's government scrapped the poll tax and r...Major's government scrapped the poll tax and replaced it with council tax - albeit at a level more than double the rates system that had gone before it (the confusion and lack of transparent comparison had led councils to spend like they'd never been able to before).<br /><br />Ain't that the truth....moonrakinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-40632993985552283702014-05-26T23:32:03.540+01:002014-05-26T23:32:03.540+01:00A truly excellent article. Thank you.A truly excellent article. Thank you.Little Black Censorednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-55667134989534451422014-05-26T23:22:29.015+01:002014-05-26T23:22:29.015+01:00Once again, Dick puts his finger right on the butt...Once again, Dick puts his finger right on the button! No politician now pretends that he or she represents anything other than the search for personal power. As a voter of 47 years standing, I can honestly say that I have never in my life seen my views fairly represented in the corridors of power. I still vote, but more in hope than expectation that we will eventually see our voices heard. Nigel Farage promised an earthquake; we need to see a revolution!Geoff Cliffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-4282503485543979682014-05-26T20:19:23.868+01:002014-05-26T20:19:23.868+01:00Its quite apparent the EU experiment is whats in c...Its quite apparent the EU experiment is whats in control. They wont by any means deter from it no matter the outrage. The PM has made it abundantly clear he cares not what voters want or any message they are sending to him and the rest of the politicians. Eventually it will be Farage and Ukip running the show unless the EU somehow comes into the UK and sets up a puppet government as they've done in other EU member states when the electorate kicked the last EU-crats out of office.<br />Weve defeated them in every forum and they care not,they just keep on keeping on. It leaves in the end nothing but normal folks finally rioting in the streets and perhaps a military coup against the governments of the EU. Well hell that's already happening isn't it.John Davidson Jrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-50860527473173606862014-05-26T19:54:42.221+01:002014-05-26T19:54:42.221+01:00Good points, well made.
As Suzanne Moore said a...Good points, well made. <br /><br /><br />As Suzanne Moore said above, the electorate are confused as to who to vote for if they disagree with how our politicians are behaving, which most do. UKIP are currently the protest vote de jour and will continue to be so - whatever their policies - until politicians learn to behave themselves. <br /><br /><br />One simple solution may be to listen to what the public say in public consultations (an oxymoron if ever there was one) rather than place more weight on responses from vested interests organisations and lobbyists as happens now. At the moment, 100% of the public could tell the government to drop a policy but their reply is always "this is a consultation, not an opinion poll".Dick_Puddlecotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-64086720270166548492014-05-26T19:42:45.958+01:002014-05-26T19:42:45.958+01:00The idea that UKIP are somehow any sort of "s...The idea that UKIP are somehow any sort of "solution" to out-of-control statism doesn't hold water with me. They are the most populist of all parties, and it is populism which brings about statism.<br /><br />If people didn't scream: "Something must be done," every time an event occurred then politicians wouldn't echo "something must be done" to win their votes.<br /><br />UKIP are the very definition of "something must be done" - support for smoking in pubs aside. Sure, they talk Libertarian when it suits them. But see the chance to win some votes by opposing gay marriage? Go for it. See a Flat Tax as a vote loser? Quietly drop it.<br /><br />I have no idea what the solution is. We do seem to increase our rules, regulations and controls relentlessly. But I definitely know what the solution is not. Nigel Farage.stevetierneynoreply@blogger.com