jonnowales 
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And there it is - David Cameron becomes the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Reply #521. May 11 10, 1:18 PM
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REDVIKING57
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Wait for it,wait for it! Not just yet. Now the fun really begins. See you all at the ballot box around,say,October?
Reply #522. May 11 10, 1:34 PM
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jonnowales
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Haha RED - I look forward to meeting you there! :D
It is now a case of watching the Lib Dem support collapse, a lot of his voters will not likely be in favour of this move...but we shall see.
Reply #523. May 11 10, 1:51 PM
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redwaldo
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Massive cuts to Government spending-Get out on the streets,Brits!
Reply #524. May 11 10, 4:34 PM
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Cymruambyth
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What kind of PM will Cameron make? Is he in the Thatcher tradition or more of an Anthony Eden-type Tory?
Reply #525. May 11 10, 9:49 PM
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martin_cube
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I was thinking September myself, but it might take them longer to alienate the country.
If I'd been thinking straight, I could have stocked up on black armbands. I could have made a nice profit from selling them today.
Reply #526. May 12 10, 1:48 AM
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pmarney
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I think September as well.
Still I don't think they can make things any worse than they already are.
it may also help with a bit more on my pension with this £10000 before youpay tax, that will be worth about 315 a week in my pocket, betterin mine than theirs
Reply #527. May 12 10, 2:38 AM
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pmarney
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What kind of PM will Cameron make? Is he in the Thatcher tradition or more of an Anthony Eden-type Tory?
Reply #525. May 11 10, 9:49 PM
I think he will be his own man.
Youngest British PM since Lord Liverpool in 1812 I believe, that would have been a good FT question now I come to think of it
Reply #528. May 12 10, 6:03 AM
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REDVIKING57
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What kind of PM will Cameron make? Not much different from Tony Blair - all 'spin and smiles' or 'all style,no substance' - IMO! But Nick Clegg interests me - I think we have ringside seats to the political equivalent of the ancient Japanese tradition of Seppuku!
Reply #529. May 12 10, 8:26 AM
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pmarney
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If I knew what that meant I'd probably agree with you
Reply #530. May 12 10, 8:37 AM
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Cym, I see the Boy David as a sane, pretty version of Margaret Thatcher. (Sane in this context is *not* a good thing.) And impressive to watch, because he appears to speak off the cuff, and has practised keeping his eyes on the camera. Who's a clever boy then!
Paul, Tony Blair started off looking like a pretty-boy lightweight, but ten years at the helm aged him twenty years. Didn't you have to be a high-born warrior to commit Seppuku? If that's still so, perhaps we'll see Mr Clegg putting his wakizashi down and jumping off the roof of a Hallam kebab shop.
Reply #531. May 12 10, 9:17 AM
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REDVIKING57
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Lesley,LOL! On to a Hallam kebab spike? Shish!
Reply #532. May 12 10, 10:07 AM
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jonnowales
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Was watching 'Question Time' last night and discovered that the Liberal Democrats have something like 9 females MPs out of 57 and not a single member of an ethnic minority. The cabinet is woefully lacking in female representation and the highest ranking female, Theresa May, is both the Home Secretary and the Minister for Equality. Now:
a) Theresa May has an awful record of supporting gay rights legislation - if things went the way she would like, there would be differing ages of consent and Section 28 (Local Government Act) would still be in place.
b) If she is Home Secretary (a rather demanding brief) why on Earth is she Minister for Equality as well? Surely it should be given to someone with less on their plate so they can devote more time to the issues.
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Very many of the cabinet are very similar socially:
Rich background -- Public school -- Oxbridge -- Parliament -- Cabinet
This is meant to be a coalition, and a coalition should reflect the diversity of people who voted for them. I find this to be a disappointing government arrangement.
PS. This is not party political.
Reply #533. May 14 10, 12:46 PM
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REDVIKING57
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ROFL!
"Rich background - Public School (that's private to our American friends) - Oxbridge - Parliament - Cabinet."
Could someone please enlighten me? With the 'possible' exception of the 1945 Labour government,when was this any different? Around the time of Oliver Cromwell,perhaps? Is reality starting to kick in? Is there a smell of coffee in the air?
I am mindful of the old adage: "Be careful what you wish for - you may just get it!"
Reply #534. May 14 10, 1:13 PM
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jonnowales
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I have only gone back as far as 2007 and Brown's first cabinet, didn't seem that hard:
Gordon Brown, Alistair Darling, Alan Johnson, Jack Straw, Des Browne, Peter Hain and Hazel Blears.
These are all examples of people who do not really fit that description. I am sure there would be many more from the lower cabinet ranks and junior minister positions who do not fit that description either. I am going to have a look at the current cabinet and see how I do.
Reply #535. May 14 10, 1:28 PM
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| lesley153
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Paul, we'd make the best double act. Me straight half, you funny half. Morecambe and Wise eat your hearts out. :)
Reply #537. May 15 10, 2:49 PM
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Cymruambyth
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The Oxbridge thing is probably the modern version on Noblesse Oblige. Here in Canada, few of our MPs come from wealthy backgrounds, and they're not all lawyers or university graduates, either. My MP was a carpenter and a union organizer before he went into politics at the federal level, and he's a darned good MP.
Reply #539. May 17 10, 11:56 AM
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rayven80
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I think that anyone who wants to be a politican needs to have worked their way up from something. Look at how many U.S. politicans are wealthy, or a famous family and see the mess we're in.
Reply #540. May 17 10, 4:24 PM
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