Call a general election - why?
Posted by Chris @ 1:34 pm
I'm having a rant, the reason, people's ignorance, and the press fuelling it. It is to do with politics, and the fact that ignorant people are calling for Gordon Brown to hold a general election when he takes over as Prime Minister, claiming that we should have a say in who our Prime Minister is. Erm, hang on a second you numbnuts, you have had your democratic say.
You see this is England, where we have a parliamentary party system, not a presidential system, like wot you think. What that means is that you vote a party into Government, and the elected representatives of that party, the people you voted for, then elect a leader from within that party. So you see, Gordon Brown securing enough nominations from the people you elected, to do away with a leadership contest, was done democratically. The only reason you're probably a bit put out is because a) Tony Blair has acted like a President for the past 10 years, and you've treated general elections like a presidential election, instead of voting for the MP who you think will represent your area best in Parliament or b) you didn't vote Labour in the last general election, in which case you want a general election called to hopefully kick Labour out.
The same thing happened with John Major when he became Prime Minister, it is nothing new, it is the way of party politics. Deal with it. And to the media, stop banging on about it, really, enough is enough. End of rant, now shoot me down in the comments ;o)
5 Comments
Friday, May 18, 2007 2:57:00 pm
Good rant, for once Im actually on your side for once. I don't like Mr Brown but hey there fook all I can do about it and seeing as I don't think I'm even on the electoral register at the moment theres even less!!This comment posted by Anthony Main
Friday, May 18, 2007 3:03:00 pm
Yeah, I'm not sure anyone would disagree with this. Even the Tories know they're wrong in calling for an election (especially as their campaign slogan at the last election was "Vote Blair, Get Brown"). They're just stirring.This comment posted by Chris
Friday, May 18, 2007 5:27:00 pm
Riley, for once if your life you are completely and utterly 100% correct and even I cannot argue with that.This comment posted by Tony Ruscoe
Friday, May 18, 2007 8:40:00 pm
Well this is a surprise, people actually agreeing with me and saying I'm right, I don't know what to do!This comment posted by Chris
Friday, May 18, 2007 11:56:00 pm
Just enjoy the moment.It will never happen again.
(Posted from my Wii.)
This comment posted by Tony Ruscoe
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