*hugs back* Nothing to worry about with me bb. I just found out that Cameron is now our prime minister and I went into a bit of a political rage! Dad just called to rage with me though and that's been a little calming.
Did not want a conservative government. We're now like America under Bush :(
Oh man. That is the most perfect icon for this. If you can't have your parents, Hewlett is second best. We should probably start with the drinking now.
I feel like maybe this is karma for mocking America for the last eight years or something. I can think of no other reason for this major FAIL. People suck.
David Hewlett has an odd talent for making everything better. Plus, you get the added bonus of him being adorable.
If it is karma... well, we kind of deserve it. I can't even begin to count the amount of times I felt smug safe in the knowledge that we'd never have a party with such dubious morals in power. Although, technically, my country hasn't so I can probably still be a little smug?
He really really does. Now I just need him back on my TV. Maybe playing some lovable yet grumpy genius type. And then maybe he can have a laconic sidekick. And they could have adventures in space...Damn I miss atlantis :(
BOOOOOOOOOOOO. No fair. And I'm saying it still counts so you can suffer with me :P
Today's fury has been brought to you by the marriage tax break :/
Aww. Thanks for asking. Didn't mean to make people worry. Was having election rage. Just heard the news about Cameron and went into a bit of a melt down :(
As an American who was just under voting age when Bush was re-elected, I'm sorry. I know what it's like to wonder what the hell everyone else in the country is thinking, not knowing how that could possibly be, and knowing that the next few years are going to be no fun at all.
Hopefully the conservative / Lib Dem coalition will crack pretty quickly and we'll get another election within the year where anyone BUT the conservatives can get in. If he sets our human rights back...GAH!
Oh man. I felt so bad for you guys with Bush. That first 'the people didn't really vote for him but the supreme court says yes' reminds me of the results here. Whenever governments aren't really chosen by the people, it never goes well :(
LOL -I thought a Lib Dem/Conservative Coalition was a good thing? A center right linked with a left party? I'd rather have that.
I mean come on - Brown has been ruling the country un-elected for the past 3 years, a little bit undemocratic.
Best thing ever though, Green party now has an MP - and it's Caroline Lucas! She's amazing!
Also, I honestly do not believe that David Cameron becoming Prime Minister is similar to Bush. No one is as stupid as that man. David Cameron is not a war hungry muppet like Bush is.
Despite being left leaning myself, I do think Labour has gone Politically Correct -CRAZY. And the sentences for Crimes in this country are a joke.
Not for my political leanings :) I'd prefer a left/further left coalition.
Maybe. But we did fairly elect the party. And while I do not approve of everything Brown has done I a)prefer him to Blair and b) think he got unfairly blamed for things such as the recession.
And I personally believe in voting for a party rather than an individual and the conservative view on human liberties is sketchy at best. I'm still appalled that the one member suggested that B&Bs be allowed to refuse gay customers, I dislike them positioning themselves with European Nazis etc etc
So while I agree that Cameron is more moderate in terms of war issues, I am not so convinced on cultural levels and it feels like a huge step backwards.
Again, I definitely don't agree with all of labours policies and there are issues, such as Nuclear power, where I'm more in tune with the lib dems.
I completely agree with you, regarding there cultural policies. However- I do believe the press send things into the air higher than they should go.
Just as I wouldn't judge an entire city of being left leaning if they voted in Labour in that area, I don't think all of the Conservatives are homophobic, just because of one MP's comments. And the uproar comforts me, insomuch as there 'was' an uproar, and people did make a fuss.
Add to that they have LibDems on their backs! :D
Again with Brown, I agree. I also feel he was blamed for what was not his fault. BUT, linked to that, he STILL takes the credit for the many years of prosperity. Was that not just the way the economy was going ? I really don't like that when it was good, it was him, but when things went wrong it was out of his hands. LOL.
Finally, if Brown had called for an election immediately when Blair left, I probably would have liked him a whole lot more. You can't just run the country unelected! Really arrogant.
Hee. Yeah. The press aren't known for their lack of hyperbole.
Oh yeah. I agree. I don't think all conservatives are homophobic or xenophobic or whatever. But I do think some of them are and I think its in a higher % then the other two main parties. And I don't even believe its always with a nasty sentiment behind it, more a very 'middle england' way of thinking with no experience in these issues and to some extent how the real world works.
Yeah, but the uproar was mainly driven by the press and public so it still makes me :/
I'd agree, if I had more faith that the Lib Dems would have a lot of backbone. Before I drove myself into a grumpy headache *g* yesterday and had to leave the PC, the only info I'd seem was that they agreed to the immigrant cap (supporting earned citizenship for illegal migrants had been a KEY Lib Dem policy so its already a bit of faith lost) and to allowing the tories to significantly cut £6billion in spending.
And then I woke up to the marriage tax break which is something I find pretty abhorrent (although I am pleased that civil partnerships are included) and had to give up looking for now.
Oh yeah. Totally. I don't believe the financial good times were his fault either. Although I think he did quite well setting some of that in place as chancellor. The economy is far too global to be credited/blamed on one person (except for the fail which can kinda be traced back to Bush's de-regulation, but even that has roots further back).
Hee. I do see your point. And yet I have never been bothered by that. I think it goes back to the party thing for me :)
I meant grumped *facepalm*. No idea what grimped is.
NOPE. FIXED 5 YEARS!!!! WTF!!!! and also according to BBC: On immigration; Lib Dems give up on amnesty and sign up for Tory cap. FUCK THEM. ARRGGHH. Okay. Am stepping away from the internet for a while....
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Date: 2010-05-11 08:55 pm (UTC)Hugs you.
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Date: 2010-05-11 08:59 pm (UTC)Did not want a conservative government. We're now like America under Bush :(
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Date: 2010-05-11 09:08 pm (UTC)I feel like maybe this is karma for mocking America for the last eight years or something. I can think of no other reason for this major FAIL. People suck.
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Date: 2010-05-11 10:01 pm (UTC)If it is karma... well, we kind of deserve it. I can't even begin to count the amount of times I felt smug safe in the knowledge that we'd never have a party with such dubious morals in power. Although, technically, my country hasn't so I can probably still be a little smug?
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Date: 2010-05-12 06:12 pm (UTC)BOOOOOOOOOOOO. No fair. And I'm saying it still counts so you can suffer with me :P
Today's fury has been brought to you by the marriage tax break :/
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Date: 2010-05-11 09:11 pm (UTC)America under Bush was crap.
*hugs*
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Date: 2010-05-11 09:17 pm (UTC)Hopefully the conservative / Lib Dem coalition will crack pretty quickly and we'll get another election within the year where anyone BUT the conservatives can get in. If he sets our human rights back...GAH!
Oh man. I felt so bad for you guys with Bush. That first 'the people didn't really vote for him but the supreme court says yes' reminds me of the results here. Whenever governments aren't really chosen by the people, it never goes well :(
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Date: 2010-05-11 09:26 pm (UTC)I mean come on - Brown has been ruling the country un-elected for the past 3 years, a little bit undemocratic.
Best thing ever though, Green party now has an MP - and it's Caroline Lucas! She's amazing!
Also, I honestly do not believe that David Cameron becoming Prime Minister is similar to Bush. No one is as stupid as that man. David Cameron is not a war hungry muppet like Bush is.
Despite being left leaning myself, I do think Labour has gone Politically Correct -CRAZY. And the sentences for Crimes in this country are a joke.
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Date: 2010-05-11 09:41 pm (UTC)Maybe. But we did fairly elect the party. And while I do not approve of everything Brown has done I a)prefer him to Blair and b) think he got unfairly blamed for things such as the recession.
And I personally believe in voting for a party rather than an individual and the conservative view on human liberties is sketchy at best. I'm still appalled that the one member suggested that B&Bs be allowed to refuse gay customers, I dislike them positioning themselves with European Nazis etc etc
So while I agree that Cameron is more moderate in terms of war issues, I am not so convinced on cultural levels and it feels like a huge step backwards.
Again, I definitely don't agree with all of labours policies and there are issues, such as Nuclear power, where I'm more in tune with the lib dems.
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Date: 2010-05-11 10:06 pm (UTC)Just as I wouldn't judge an entire city of being left leaning if they voted in Labour in that area, I don't think all of the Conservatives are homophobic, just because of one MP's comments. And the uproar comforts me, insomuch as there 'was' an uproar, and people did make a fuss.
Add to that they have LibDems on their backs! :D
Again with Brown, I agree. I also feel he was blamed for what was not his fault. BUT, linked to that, he STILL takes the credit for the many years of prosperity. Was that not just the way the economy was going ? I really don't like that when it was good, it was him, but when things went wrong it was out of his hands. LOL.
Finally, if Brown had called for an election immediately when Blair left, I probably would have liked him a whole lot more. You can't just run the country unelected! Really arrogant.
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Date: 2010-05-12 06:29 pm (UTC)Oh yeah. I agree. I don't think all conservatives are homophobic or xenophobic or whatever. But I do think some of them are and I think its in a higher % then the other two main parties. And I don't even believe its always with a nasty sentiment behind it, more a very 'middle england' way of thinking with no experience in these issues and to some extent how the real world works.
Yeah, but the uproar was mainly driven by the press and public so it still makes me :/
I'd agree, if I had more faith that the Lib Dems would have a lot of backbone. Before I drove myself into a grumpy headache *g* yesterday and had to leave the PC, the only info I'd seem was that they agreed to the immigrant cap (supporting earned citizenship for illegal migrants had been a KEY Lib Dem policy so its already a bit of faith lost) and to allowing the tories to significantly cut £6billion in spending.
And then I woke up to the marriage tax break which is something I find pretty abhorrent (although I am pleased that civil partnerships are included) and had to give up looking for now.
Oh yeah. Totally. I don't believe the financial good times were his fault either. Although I think he did quite well setting some of that in place as chancellor. The economy is far too global to be credited/blamed on one person (except for the fail which can kinda be traced back to Bush's de-regulation, but even that has roots further back).
Hee. I do see your point. And yet I have never been bothered by that. I think it goes back to the party thing for me :)
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Date: 2010-05-11 09:50 pm (UTC)I can't see any good coming from this.
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Date: 2010-05-11 10:09 pm (UTC)No. Me eiither. On the other hand, I really really can't see it as a long lasting arrangement.
My dad phoned and called Cameron a c*** several times *beams* I'm so proud.
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Date: 2010-05-11 10:16 pm (UTC)Yes, that will probably be a good thing, considering.
hee! Yay for liberal parents!
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Date: 2010-05-11 10:34 pm (UTC)NOPE. FIXED 5 YEARS!!!! WTF!!!! and also according to BBC: On immigration; Lib Dems give up on amnesty and sign up for Tory cap. FUCK THEM. ARRGGHH. Okay. Am stepping away from the internet for a while....
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Date: 2010-05-11 10:37 pm (UTC)OMG! NO!
What about nukes?
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Date: 2010-05-12 06:30 pm (UTC)DOUBLE FUCKKKKKKKKK!!!
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Date: 2010-05-11 11:11 pm (UTC)I'm sorry, honey. ♥
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Date: 2010-05-12 06:32 pm (UTC)Thank you bb. Married people now have a tax break and we have an immigration cap. #UKsucks
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Date: 2010-05-12 07:35 pm (UTC)I'm sorry, honey.