UK Politics

[Kantor]

SciFiBoy said:

Kantor said:

SciFiBoy said:

 

1) I accept that there is a rift in opinions over Afghanistan. Agree to disagree. okay

2) I see. Then, don't completely abolish university fees. Simply have "state universities" like "state schools". America already has a similar system in place, though it isn't free, just subsidised (though all university in the UK is subsidised for residents). sounds okay with me, so long as its done fairly

3) The Nazis weren't always popular. I don't want to see the BNP EVER reach NEAR the levels of popularity that the Nazi party did. Proportional Representation allows more of the BNP (and other extremist parties) to get their voices heard and get more support. Even if they don't get the PM position, they shouldn't be in the government at all, and if they are, not in large quantities. even with PR, as long as people vote, that probably wont happen, it also depends the type of PR you implement

4) Enough to be fair, not enough to be socialist. er, proggressive taxation in any form is Socialist, thats kinda the point, wealth redistribution, i think you mean communism (where by it stops the ability to earn more with better jobs, im against that too, it should be redistributive but it shouldnt stop people wanting to earn more and do better jobs)

5) Yay, we agree

6) I am an atheist, but if somebody wants to send their child to a Christian school, let them. As long as they are not taught creationism instead of evolution, or any of that. A prayer in the morning is fine. again, if we panded to one, why not all, and equally too as that would be the point would it not, where is my Atheist school? we cant pander to all groups, certainly not in a way that could be deemed fair, so pander to none imo

7) More harmful than alcohol and tobacco. I would personally ban tobacco, but that would spark an outcry. not feasable to ban tobbaco imo, i also have spoken to doctors/nurses who say most less harmfull drugs are safer to use than drinking too much

10) I can see your point, but it would just be a massive overhaul of the country. It would be a revolution. This world is complicated enough without a revolution. Besides, it's constitutional monarchy. The Queen has no power. She is a symbol, and a figurehead. Give her less money, sure, but let the family stay in their palace, it's the country's heritage. how? it would merely involve stripping there power, money and status and giving her "figurative" power to the lords, commons, PM or even a new elected head of state for instance.

12) Good.

The Green Party are left of that? You can't get much further left than that. I remember you being a vehement supporter of the Lib Dems a while ago, what's wrong with them? Aside from the fact they're not going to change anything and are a bunch of wimps, of course. Lib Dems are now pro-war, pro-tuituon fees (apparently during there conference this happend, BBC site is source) and they are pro-faith schools, they also seem unclear what they stand for on some issues, Clegg also irritates me, thats why im not keen on them, like i said, There is no party that comes near to my views really as there is no Centre Left party in the UK that i know of

 

4) Yes, Communist is what I meant.

6) The majority of schools are Atheist. Any school that is not religious is atheist.

7) Banning alcohol is ridiculous, because it is harmless in small amounts, and indeed beneficial. Banning tobacco would be wonderful, but with the amount of smokers in the UK, and the world, it just isn't feasible. A better program would be to improve the "Do not smoke" campaigns. But none of those evil chemical ads, they clearly don't work. Perhaps distribute nicotine patches for free at supermarkets?

10) Well, there could be an elected head of state (but don't call him the President). But keep the Royal Family there, just to preserve, as I said, the heritage of the country. Revolutions rarely lead to good times- look at Germany and the Soviet Union.

I read the BBC article, and apparently Clegg spoke very well, but what he seems to be doing now is trying to please the Labour crowd because he knows that very few people actually liked the old Lib Dems. I would expect them to beat Labour in the general elections, at least, but the Tories would have quite a large majority- perhaps as high as 50%.