Re: Housing Benefit Cuts for the Scroungers. : Mon Apr 02, 2012 2:37 pm  

Mintball wrote:

And your complete inability to actually understand a fairly simple argument amuses me.

Me too! At last something we can agree on.

[Kosh]

Re: George Galloway wins Bradford West : Mon Apr 02, 2012 5:36 pm  

Chief Stinkwort wrote:

Bottom line for me is, regardless of his many faults, Galloway's result represents a shift in the public consciousness away from the mainstream concensus over war and austerity. That at least is in my view both progressive and refreshing.

I'm not certain that's true though. It appears to me that Galloway has, once again, very successfully appealed to a single group on a very narrow range of issues of particular resonance with that group.

Re: George Galloway wins Bradford West : Mon Apr 02, 2012 5:58 pm  

Kosh wrote:

I'm not certain that's true though. It appears to me that Galloway has, once again, very successfully appealed to a single group on a very narrow range of issues of particular resonance with that group.

I might agree with you if he hadn't so easily topped the poll in every ward in the constituency. This fact simply doesn't bear out the idea that Galloway only struck a chord with the Asian population.
The predominantly white middle-class ward of Clayton for example gave 900 votes to Galloway and just 40 to Labour.

Recent polls suggest that over 70% of the population are against the war in Afghanistan, whilst it is becoming more obvious to everyone that labours 'austerity-lite' message carries virtually no resonance.

Re: Housing Benefit Cuts for the Scroungers. : Mon Apr 02, 2012 6:51 pm  

WIZEB wrote:

Well I want to publicly apologise to Minty for my downright personal nastiness earlier in this thread. I agree with the vast majority of what she posts and enjoy the way she sticks up for herself. I like George, she doesn't. I'll have to be big enough to live with that!

And I should apologise for my initial response to this not including the words 'thank you', even if I didn't think it required any.

So please accept my etc ...

Re: George Galloway wins Bradford West : Mon Apr 02, 2012 7:41 pm  

Sal Paradise wrote:

As I said we must agree to differ - I see the race/religion as a huge issue in this city you dismiss is blip and that the city is a model of multicultural integration - as you say you see everywhere you look.

In the block of text you quoted I specifically said I do not see it as anything of the kind, and I certainly did not say I see it everywhere I look. That's so 180 degrees out of phase with anything I have said that I'm starting to wonder if you're reading my posts at all.

My point, if you had bothered to look for it, was that every society is segregated.

Housing Benefit Cuts for the Scroungers. : Tue Apr 03, 2012 6:35 am  

Mintball wrote:

And I should apologise for my initial response to this not including the words 'thank you', even if I didn't think it required any.

So please accept my etc ...

Let's hope our little plan has worked, and tb no longer believes our little secret of you lusting after me. I'll pm you later. x

Re: George Galloway wins Bradford West : Thu Apr 05, 2012 4:39 am  

All I can tell is that Galloway believes in the Zionist conspiracy rubbish and that as an MP he's likely to barely ever turn up in Parliament.

Re: George Galloway wins Bradford West : Thu Apr 05, 2012 10:36 am  

BrisbaneRhino wrote:

All I can tell is that Galloway believes in the Zionist conspiracy rubbish and that as an MP he's likely to barely ever turn up in Parliament.

1. Which 'Zionist conspiracy' would that be then.

2. Galloway's attendance in parliament actually stands up to most. He certainly speaks in Parliament as much as most backbenchers. His attendance at votes is very poor...but then he can only choose between Government or opposition motions/amendments, both of which he often disagrees with...would you rather he voted for the hell of it, regardless of his own views?

Re: Housing Benefit Cuts for the Scroungers. : Thu Apr 05, 2012 12:44 pm  

Mintball wrote:

And your complete inability to actually understand a fairly simple argument amuses me.

Perhaps, it comes down to you inability to write concisely and clearly?

Re: Housing Benefit Cuts for the Scroungers. : Thu Apr 05, 2012 12:57 pm  

Dally wrote:

Perhaps, it comes down to you inability to write concisely and clearly?

"you inability"?

And that comma after "perhaps" ...