jammo Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 (edited) edit: sorry, messed up the post (was trying to be clever with some ascii art, but the spacing failed to render.) Edited November 19, 2009 by jammo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDW Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Blair waits in the wings, for when the role requires more oomph. Yes, put the non offensive von pumpy in place, while the people get used to the idea, infrastructures are put in place and so much time goes by that it is hard to reverse out of and then unleash Stalin 2. We are ******ed. Different cultures, different languages, people who don't really like each other, who's betting on a ussr style break up in a few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellerkat Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 President of the EU Council. Not president of Europe. But hey, lets not let the facts get in the way of the moronic bigotry shall we? I can't believe the idiocy. Baroness Whoever - the new high representative HAS NEVER BEEN ELECTED - BY ANYONE EVER Even dictators hold sham elections :angry: So who elected the House of Lords? Why not start there in your democritisation campaign? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timm Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 It's not about being able to vote someone into a position of power. It's about being able to vote them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowflux Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Well, it's nice to see some people in power that haven't been chosen by virtue of their looks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dohrayme Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 The BBC have a Have you say 'forum' about this, my response was: I feel it would be a courtesy for the Prime Minister, to tell the British public the role these newly elected representatives have. And how the British public have elected them. Somehow I doubt it will be published, or responded to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olebrum Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 He met with the Bilderbergs the other day, so it was obvious he was getting the job. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6919380.ece Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccaneer Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 While I think that the whole situation is an absolute disgrace I am very pleased that Mr T Blair did not get the job - at least this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpy-old-man-returns Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 and to all those parity-pound doubters who said we won't adopt the Euro: sloooooooooooooooooooooooooow motion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traktion Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 (edited) It's not about being able to vote someone into a position of power. It's about being able to vote them out. And we call this democracy? EDIT: I hope for protest votes and a hung parliament at the GE. Something needs to trigger a change to the way we elect individuals here, so we can stop people being "chosen" elsewhere. Oh, they will say it is only an admin position to start with, but what will we end up with? It seems there are many in high places who are very trusting. I can just see it now - the president ends up making some statements on behalf of the EU and we all end up having to tow the line. They will keep trotting the stuff out about 'better to be in + influencing the EU, than out' and will just have to swallow it down. Edited November 20, 2009 by Traktion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Peter Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 All countries have a head of state. Is a head of state actually needed? As far as I can tell, the role usually is mainly ceremonial and so the qualifications seem to be to be able to eat a lot of food and dress up in nice clothes, all at Joe Muggin's expense, Peter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpy-old-man-returns Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Tony Blair will have a powerful place in this new setup, Mark my Words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tbatst2000 Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Let's see how long it is before everyone refers to it as the latter. It's already happened: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a8PiyhUh6X_M&pos=8 Wasn't Stalin technically president of the politburo of the USSR rather than president of the country itself now that I think about it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sceptacled Bear Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Actually I was struck by the weirdness of all this on the way to work this morning (I increasingly find myself arriving at home or work with no recollection of the journey) We had to have a Belgian eh? Nobody would let say, a German or a Frenchie do it, and it was all sorted out over a nice meal somewhere. Better than at gunpoint I suppose, but does anyone else get the feeling this is all going to go horribly wrong? I note the Mr Pumpy was placating everyone by saying he say himself as an administrator not a leader? Yeah, right mate, you met my pet Martian? He's called Cyril, and he eats strawberry laces. And where the heck did the name topic go? This forum is wierdness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sceptacled Bear Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 This used to wind me up, then i thought about it: 1. I have long since realised that the UK is no longer a democracy, and possibly being ruled by Europe might just be better than by the tw@ts in Westminster. 2. If I was a politician, and I looked at the average reality-TV-watching, entitlement-hungry, brain dead chav that made up the vast majority of the electorate, I would think it was quite acceptable, possibly beneficial, to deny them a chance to affect the future of the nation or continent. 3. I'm emigrating to canada, so i don't give a cr@p anymore. +1...except the canada bit...jammy git Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHERWICK Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 He reminds me of Mr Bean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sceptacled Bear Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 (although unusually I think everyone in the UK would have voted against Blair lol). I think you're right, but I don't think that's what the voting results would be! Didn't this thread start out with a sub-line about the Afganistan votes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I want a house! Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Apparently the guy has just said he didn't 'seek' the job. So we now have a President who wasn't even that bothered whether he got the job or not. What exactly are we doing in Afganistan? Why are our boys dying out there? They should be in Brussels defending OUR democracy :angry: It's the people who want to defend it, not the government. They are happy with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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