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Re: What way for UK politics, now
« Reply #75 on: September 21, 2015, 02:47:05 PM »
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Depends on if your in politics for power or because you believe in what you stand for.

False argument. they are not exclusive - in fact one pretty much follows from the other.

You need to be in power to make the things you believe in happen. You know like the Lib dems did with tuition fees.....oh wait a minute.........

Wasn't really an argument but an analogy, you might just believe Banarama music is better even though you'd be financially worse off. The LibDems did try to get of the Labour introduced tuition fees but found the labour run government had run out of money.
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Re: What way for UK politics, now
« Reply #76 on: September 21, 2015, 02:52:27 PM »
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had run out of money.

Are they still running that lie?
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Re: What way for UK politics, now
« Reply #77 on: September 21, 2015, 02:52:33 PM »
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Depends on if your in politics for power or because you believe in what you stand for.

False argument. they are not exclusive - in fact one pretty much follows from the other.

You need to be in power to make the things you believe in happen. You know like the Lib dems did with tuition fees.....oh wait a minute.........

Wasn't really an argument but an analogy, you might just believe Banarama music is better even though you'd be financially worse off. The LibDems did try to get of the Labour introduced tuition fees but found the labour run government had run out of money.
which meant they shouldn't have made the pledge in the first place because it either makes them look like idiots or they didn't think they could get in so could just say any old Shiite - which was it in your opinion. And none of this stops Tom Watson's comment being a good line.

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Re: What way for UK politics, now
« Reply #78 on: September 21, 2015, 07:44:52 PM »
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Depends on if your in politics for power or because you believe in what you stand for.

False argument. they are not exclusive - in fact one pretty much follows from the other.

You need to be in power to make the things you believe in happen. You know like the Lib dems did with tuition fees.....oh wait a minute.........

Wasn't really an argument but an analogy, you might just believe Banarama music is better even though you'd be financially worse off. The LibDems did try to get of the Labour introduced tuition fees but found the labour run government had run out of money.
which meant they shouldn't have made the pledge in the first place because it either makes them look like idiots or they didn't think they could get in so could just say any old Shiite - which was it in your opinion. And none of this stops Tom Watson's comment being a good line.

Its a good line never said it wasn't, a line Tony would be proud of!
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Re: What way for UK politics, now
« Reply #79 on: September 21, 2015, 08:18:38 PM »
Good line from Tom Watson that leaving Labour to join the Lib Dems would be like 'Leaving the Beatles to join a Banarama tribute band'.

The Beatles are half dead and in any case they self destructed in a bout of mutual antipathy.
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Re: What way for UK politics, now
« Reply #80 on: September 21, 2015, 08:24:00 PM »
Good line from Tom Watson that leaving Labour to join the Lib Dems would be like 'Leaving the Beatles to join a Banarama tribute band'.

The Beatles are half dead and in any case they self destructed in a bout of mutual antipathy.
Good one