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Originally posted by Man_Versus_AntiMan
The two main parties are constantly fighting for the floating voters in the centre (about 10-20% of those who still vote at all), which is why you cant hold a rizla between them nowadays.
imo these floating voters make their decision based on media perception.
Bad media coverage scares the vote away, which makes bad polls, which creates more bad coverage, which scares more of the vote off, a positive feedback loop, just what happened to Major and now to Brown.
To try and avoid this, mainstream parties want to play safe and make policy that will be reported favourably by the BBC, Murdoch, the Daily Mail and other opinion makers.
This isolates the grassroots of both parties which increases the support of those at the fringes such as UKIP and Respect. So yeah, both the main parties will paint those sapping their core support as extremists, this may be largely untrue but because of the political demographic they are trying to attract is easy enough to be accepted as reasonable assumption.
And yeah, Question time pisses me off too.
Originally posted by candyfloss
What does an old Eteonian know about what it's like to be an ordinary ,working person?I like your question op and I've thought about it myself but now is not the time really.I think it would lead to further chaos (if that's possible)
Originally posted by candyfloss
So then what sense does it make to have Tory ministers who've been brought up by nannies and shoved off to prep school at the nearest oppertunity make policy for a single mum in a council flat on benefits?
Originally posted by candyfloss
If I remember rightly one famous Tory repetoire of the past was demonising single mums as the root of all society's ill's(that was when they were'nt busy creating ones of they're own with their secretaries etc)
Originally posted by candyfloss
This was in the Observer today and makes interesting reading;
www.guardian.co.uk...
Originally posted by candyfloss
So then what sense does it make to have Tory ministers who've been brought up by nannies and shoved off to prep school at the nearest oppertunity make policy for a single mum in a council flat on benefits?If I remember rightly one famous Tory repetoire of the past was demonising single mums as the root of all society's ill's(that was when they were'nt busy creating ones of they're own with their secretaries etc)Blair and Booth might have had privelged backgrounds but the Labour Party is packed to roof with ordinary working class people incuding members of the cabinet.This was in the Observer today and makes interesting reading;
www.guardian.co.uk...
Originally posted by mr-lizard
Bring back the monster raving loony party.
It's our only hope.