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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2010-07-25 12:01 pm
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[identity profile] henriksdal.livejournal.com 2010-07-25 11:21 am (UTC)(link)
The best thing about the Queen's twitter account is learning about the existance of This Guy



Lance Corporal David Timmins from the Royal Logisitc Corps with what I assume is a medal for being the coolest fucking soldier on the planet.

[identity profile] henriksdal.livejournal.com 2010-07-25 01:11 pm (UTC)(link)
*tut* flickr, not twittr sorry

[identity profile] gonzo21.livejournal.com 2010-07-25 12:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow, if the tories go ahead with those cuts to the NHS, it's bye bye Conservative government in 5 years time.

... I think the Lib Dems are going to get wiped out whatever happens.
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[personal profile] andrewducker 2010-07-25 01:35 pm (UTC)(link)
If the Lib-Dems get the repeal bill and the AV vote through then I'll be happy even if they do get wiped out.

[identity profile] gonzo21.livejournal.com 2010-07-25 02:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Is the AV bill not too much of a compromise to be happy about?

I must admit I'm not sure of the details of how it will work in practice.
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[personal profile] andrewducker 2010-07-25 02:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, it's AV, which isn't as good as some other methods of voting. But it's better than FPTP, so that makes me happy. Other than that there isn't really a compromise.

[identity profile] momentsmusicaux.livejournal.com 2010-07-25 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
AV gets us *into* PR. It's not perfect PR, but to use West Wing lingo, if we get it, it reframes the conversation as 'what kind of PR should we have?'
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[personal profile] andrewducker 2010-07-25 04:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, absolutely. It permanently destroys the two-party state, and opens the possibilities so that many parties can be formed.

[identity profile] momentsmusicaux.livejournal.com 2010-07-25 04:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm the comic seems a bit over the top.... as much as I'm anti circumcision (and am quite pissed off at the recent decision to do it on the NHS).
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[personal profile] andrewducker 2010-07-25 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
A _bit_ over the top???

[identity profile] momentsmusicaux.livejournal.com 2010-07-25 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Hello. Have we met? I use understatement now and again.

[identity profile] heron61.livejournal.com 2010-07-25 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
NHS bosses draw up plans for sweeping cuts, with restrictions on the most basic treatments

It's really looking like your conservatives are as bad as ours - less crazy, but otherwise no better.
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