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On Tuesday 20 February 2007 12:25, Julian Hall wrote: > Paul Sutton wrote: > > I doubt it, one of the guys down the rugby club simply can't be > > bothered as there is no decent alternative, my argument that you have a > > voice and should use it, or that if you don't like the current > > goverment you should vote em out did not convince him. I vote UKIP, > > however come up with a party that will, or will vote for anyone who > > understands free software issues and is prepared to stand up for it. > > > > Paul > > In '97 B'Liar got in when everyone hacked off with the Tories jumped > ship to the same one, Labour. Now the problem is that everyone has a > different idea about who can save us from more of the same, so we get > Conservative, Liberal, UKIP, etc. Then what happens is the core of > Labour supporters manage to hang on to power because the opposition is > split three or more ways. What is needed is a repeat of '97 where > everyone jumps the same way, or *enough* jump the same way. The latter > of course is probably blindingly obvious :) Please no - no more flip flop stupidity! How about a hung parliament followed by some sort of PR - then they might be forced to listen to the voters... Sorry - my cynicism mode sometimes gets overwhelmed by survivalist hope - what a tangled web we weave when we practice to deceive .. ourselves. Whats that old saying - if voting ever changed anything the politicians would ban it. Tom te tom te tom -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html