Death Dungeons & Taxes

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 25 Apr 2005, 14:41

Who is Brett Harris? What is the Death Dungeons & Taxes manifesto???

See this from BBC News Election 2005 website What the....??

mr magnolia · Post by **mr magnolia** » 25 Apr 2005, 16:14

I think he's probably a married man standing on an anti-tax ticket...

but he is standing for a notable seat, according to your link:

"The constituency stretches from Leith along the Firth of Forth taking in the Victorian seaside resort of Portobello with its long sandy beach. In the north west it stretches into the Old Town and the city centre. It is now one of the most attractive urban seats in Britain with historical landmarks such as Edinburgh Castle, St Giles Cathedral, the Palace of Holyroodhouse and the controversial Scottish Parliament building, as well as Arthur's Seat. It takes in the south side of Princes Street with the Princes Street Gardens and the Scott Monument. "

If you read the link you'll see that I've selectively quoted!

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 25 Apr 2005, 17:23

If you read the link you'll see that I've selectively quoted!

So I see - why did you edit out the reference to Hibs, eh??

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 25 Apr 2005, 18:29

Has anyone got their voting card yet? I haven't received anything yet.

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 25 Apr 2005, 18:55

Marya wrote:Has anyone got their voting card yet? I haven't received anything yet.

Got mine in post on Saturday and a letter from the SNP chap.

Maureen Child and a pal were round my way yesterday pm delivering Labour (obviously!) leaflets.

Pal of Porty · Post by **Pal of Porty** » 25 Apr 2005, 23:08

Poppy wrote:Maureen Child and a pal were round my way yesterday pm delivering Labour (obviously!) leaflets.

Maureen was also in Towerbank today working with the children.

bellybabe · Post by **bellybabe** » 26 Apr 2005, 08:33

Marya wrote:Has anyone got their voting card yet? I haven't received anything yet.

Ours came on Saturday too (unlike any brown bins

!!!), but I know lots of people who haven't had one yet.

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 26 Apr 2005, 13:05

I've got two - one from our old property via mail redirection, and one where we are now. Anybody want to buy it?

mr magnolia · Post by **mr magnolia** » 26 Apr 2005, 13:08

Dadaist wrote:I've got two - one from our old property via mail redirection, and one where we are now. Anybody want to buy it?

Don't you pay me?

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 26 Apr 2005, 13:14

Our cards arrived today. Is it just me or does this election feel particularly low key? I'm trying to remember when I last felt this disinterested and the answer is 'never'.
Perhaps if I keep reminding myself about the Thatcher days or how I felt about Blair taking us into a war in Iraq I'll gee myself up a bit......nope, hasn't worked

I'll vote because at least I still feel strongly about that, but is my disinterest a sign that I'm getting *whisper it* middle-aged and leaving the passions of my youth behind me. Oh, I hope not

bellybabe · Post by **bellybabe** » 26 Apr 2005, 13:17

Marya wrote:is my disinterest a sign that I'm getting *whisper it* middle-aged and leaving the passions of my youth behind me. Oh, I hope not

Surely it means you're in fact "disaffected youth"?

Like me.

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 26 Apr 2005, 13:20

mr magnolia · Post by **mr magnolia** » 26 Apr 2005, 13:23

So is this where we are going to enter into fierce debate about, er, well, something, anyway?

For what it's worth, I think Mr Blair has done a sound political job of leaving an awful lot of people wondering why, on a purely short-term selfish basis, they should vote for anyone else. That's how elections are won.

Sadly, the real moral issues don't really hack it at vote time. How many people will carry their once blazing anger over recent(ish) events in far-away lands into the ballot booth? And once there, how on earth will they decide who to vote for in a first-past-the-post system?

And how will an elected body of anyone at all ever begin to really tackle the issue that may yet make me bitterly regret having chosen to bring magnoliettes into the world?

troubled waters for oil ahead...

(and by the way, for some years now I've been expecting peak oil to be 2004 (I can't remember why, but we'll know if that's right in another year or two...)

I don't want to rant too much but on the same theme, why on earth is a city like Edinburgh moving ever closer to reliance upon almost the most unsustainable activity ever invented - airborne global tourism?

bellybabe · Post by **bellybabe** » 26 Apr 2005, 14:58

mr magnolia wrote:
Sadly, the real moral issues don't really hack it at vote time. How many people will carry their once blazing anger over recent(ish) events in far-away lands into the ballot booth? And once there, how on earth will they decide who to vote for in a first-past-the-post system?

I was trying to explain the intricacies of elections to eldest offspring (aged 7) this morning, and not doing a very good job. Aside from the fact that he's in favour of elections because they mean he gets a day off school, it was difficult to explain that I hate Mr B as much as anyone else, and especially on moral issues, but that it's not Mr B I'll be voting for or against, but Mr S, Mr T (glad I don't have to try and spell that one), Mr M, or even Mr Harris of DDT

. I said we're supposed to vote for the person locally we think will do the best job for us; unfortunately that's what influences which nasty person gets the top job. He found it very confusing and said I should vote for the Green Party. Which I thought was pretty cool.

BB

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 26 Apr 2005, 15:07

Bellybabe - buy Dada's extra voting card off him and your EO could vote for Cara Gillespie!!

I think all the anticipation in the meedja of this election has resulted in the real thing becoming a bit boring in a 'heard it all before' sense as it seem to have been going on now for months and months and months!

They should turn the election into a 'reality' show to get folk voting..............

Pal of Porty · Post by **Pal of Porty** » 26 Apr 2005, 16:14

mr magnolia wrote:...And how will an elected body of anyone at all ever begin to really tackle the issue that may yet make me bitterly regret having chosen to bring magnoliettes into the world?

I cannot imagine a UK elected body of any description ever making me regret bringing PoP'ettes into world!

portocat · Post by **portocat** » 27 Apr 2005, 18:37

does anyone know if redirected voting cards can actually be used to vote with? we havent registered at our current address yet and we received redirected cards from previous one, with big redirected stickers over the address bit which makes me think they might not let us vote on the big day

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 27 Apr 2005, 18:42

I don't think that you need to produce the card to vote??? Don't you just turn up at the polling station for your old address and give your name and address??

portocat · Post by **portocat** » 28 Apr 2005, 07:41

cool, I will try that. I don't want to lose my vote! thanks

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 02 May 2005, 10:26

Here's your answer Poppy

Another new party, the Dungeons Death and Taxes party - whose registered address is tourist attraction the London Dungeons - is offering a suitably lurid manifest. It pledges to reintroduce hanging, "but only for minor offences such as writing graffiti and dropping litter". Murderers and those guilty of improper use of mobile text abbreviations will be disembowelled.

The new school leaving age would be nine, with "thickie" children forced to take up manual labour. The party also pledges to occupy and annexe France, and to have tax rates of 90%.

The party is fielding two candidates, Brett Harris in Edinburgh East and Damien Fleck in the City of York.

Sounds right up Bob's street

Mimpty · Post by **Mimpty** » 02 May 2005, 13:42

Portocat,
You don't need your polling card to vote, it's really just to tell you where your polling station is and the opening hours of the polling station.
Have you contacted the Electoral Registration Office about being put on at your new address? Phone 469-5986.

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