uk politics - defecting parties
By bananamanuk
@bananamanuk (835)
June 26, 2007 4:32pm CST
OK this comment is therapy to quell my anger, so I don't really care if anyone wants to join in.
I have just heard that Quentin Davies has just defected from Conservative to Labour. What a major coup for Labour, what a wonderful start for Gordon Brown.. oh, hang on, this man is someone that has a record on strongly opposing gay rights and strongly for the Iraq war. I absolutely despise these opportunist MP's that have absolultey nothing but their own personal views in mind. He is someone that has been part of the conservative party in the uK for years, he's someone that has supported, arguably more right wing approach to politics for that time, and has an appauling voting records for the liberty and freedom of people. Good riddance...I am getting at NO ONE here, just this person.. I really do respect all political arguments and points of view, what I absolutely abhore, is the way someone can switch from one political party to another. People voted for this man on the basis of his party's policies, and he has betrayed them. Not only that but he has signed up to, agreed with, and voted for a set of beliefs that have carried him and his staff through a variety of elections, yet he can switch all of a sudden just because he feels like it. How on earth can anyone believe anything this man says, and as for the spin that the receiving party put on it.. well thats just to be expected.
This is the kind of thing that makes me very vocal about politics, especially UK politics. I am a right of centre thinker, I support the Conservatives but I am a very liberal thinker, I totally want gay rights, equal opportunities, and environmental awareness among many other things, to me, some of these thoughts, are deemed liberal as in centrist issues, so ho can someone that has a voting record of a right wing politician get suddenly join a left leaning party.
2 responses
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
26 Jun 07
I hate the whole nasty business of the word politics my friend, it leaves a nasty taste in mouth, they're all as bad as each other, they are a different breed and when it comes to politics I just switch off. I don't support any party, it would be hypocritical to do so. I'm an abstainer, no party is perfect, never will be, they are out to feather their own nests and fook what the common people think or want. They just climb into their ivory towers and sit on their fat back sides and think their little gods and tin majors. I have a strong issue with the justice system and the fact that it doesn't work but who will sort that out? Labour (OMG left in their hands we'll have vigilantism on our hands) Tories? Only in their backyard and lets hug a hoodie and as for the liberals hmmmmph. Anger quelled my friend? Hope you found it therapeutic I hear what you are saying and it'll never change sadly, unless you make politicians human!
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@bananamanuk (835)
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27 Jun 07
Hi there thanks for your message, I have to say that venting my thoughts and frustrations as I did, was really therapeutic and enjoyable. It's the first time i've done it. I am quite a politically minded person myself but respect and understand why others like you don't want to side with anything in particular. I think although some good has inevitably happened in the last few years, ultimately a lot of mistrust has developed and that is sad. We all have a stake in the political process, even if we don't agree 100% with either what is put forward. There are some human politicians, but not many, I like my local candidate because he's disabled, I think that's given him a grounding that many people have never faced.
@us2owls (1681)
• United States
26 Jun 07
I am from the USA. Was born and raised in England in a conservative family. I have never voted here though. Now I spend about 6 months or more of each year here in the UK. I think the politics of this country can't stand thinking about. Gordon Brown - I hope he is such a failure that he gets trounced at the next General Election. As for the man that defected from conservative to Labour - well he will either have to move and run from another area or face the wrath of those that elected him under the Conservative banner. And what about Tony Blair - his last big thing in office was to practically sell the UK down the drain to the EU. The judicial system here is a joke. People who have worked here all their lives get less in pension than people who have come from other countries and never worked here. The entire political system in the UK is to say the least - a shambles.
