General Election 2024 Thread

NS's comment above about his local MP is illustrative of one of the good points in our political system. You can vote for an individual as your local representative - and he or she might outshine the party he/she represents. You don't get this certainty with Proportional Representation.

We would still be voting in the next general election if there was an outstanding local candidate, but the options are well below worthy. Sadly, on this occasion, the option of "don't encourage them" by not voting seems "best".

We finally put a ring on Nipples' finger last June (obviously not legally speaking, as you can only do so with one wife - i.e. Mrs WLYC), so the "Miss" bit is now outdated. But, yes, she is genuinely outstanding in numerous ways, as Carlisle fans who have met her know. Nobody forgets Nipples for all the right reasons (even with Mrs WLYC standing next to her - who is the real Wonder Woman). She's actually got better things to do in terms of bringing about change. In terms of politics, nothing gets under her skin more than the absurdities of the EU. (There's been lots of talk over past years about writing a script for a "24" version of "Bomb the EU", with Nipples being the female Jack Bauer intent on destroying that sick institution.) We're a million miles away from being prudish, but we're thankfully not into whips - although I remember Miss Whiplash sadly failing at the election box, if I'm correct.

Sunaks speech was incredible, democracy when he wasn’t voted in by the members.

Islamist Extremism, that many warned about for years but no one did anything about it and has flooded this country.

Thats half the problem people on here who live in leafy Cumbria havnt a clue whats going on in the real world and believe everything main stream media feeds them.

I'd caution against the assumption that folk who post on here have no experience in the wider world.

Youre quite right there Moonie as regards a good number of people who post on here the amount of knowledge and experience is astounding. 

But there are others who either cant see whats going on right in front of their faces or more worryingly refuse to believe it because the likes of the BBC tell them it isnt really happening and cant take it when someone whos involved a lot more closely than they are puts personal experiences right there in front of them.

They need to forget all the crap theyve been fed by the lovey dovey left wing arseholes masquarading as teachers in our schools colleges and universities for the past 30 years and get out and see things in the real world for themselves for a change or are you telling me the likes of what we,ve seen on the streets of our capital city over the last couple of months isnt really happening.

I have any number of clips that would churn your stomach that i could post on here that people tucked away in the likes of Carlisle would almost certainally question the validity of with comments like " that wasnt taken in Birmingham" when they know full well that in all liklihood it probrably was and you can sum up the deniers with their reaction to the simple term " The Muslim invasion of Britain " in that they deny its happening when the truth is they know full well that it really is.