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For every round of voting in this election, the Commons is having to print a new ballot paper, each with fewer and fewer names, as candidates are either excluded or withdraw.
“Considering how good at redacting they are,” suggests a senior Conservative, “why can’t they just blank them out!”
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Max Clifford says…
“Most people want to read nasty things about people, not nice things.”
Maybe if they really wanted to “decontaminate the Labour brand” with business people, they shouldn’t have totally buggered up the economy?
Just a thought.
Why re-print at all? Surely our MPs are bright enough to not vote for somebody who has been eliminated?
Oh, hang on……. I see the flaw in that arguement.
How stupid is this? Why don’t they just have one vote per person – like we have to at elections. This is just fiddling around until they all get the one they wanted in the first place.
Look out of the window, shelling_out; bet your garden is full of angry Lib-Dems now…
Nope
6.59pm – the nightmare’s coming true! God, no.
It’s YOUNG or BERCOW.
This seems like a long winded version of STV.
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SHE LOVES ME
SHE LOVES ME KNOT
I see the flaw in your argument.
Why can’t they have blank papers on which they write in the name. Or is that, like most backbenchers, a bit too simple.
Too simple may put someone out of work?
Oh come on, how many of our MP’s are literate enough to actually write a name other than their own? Now figures are a different matter.
Judging by most of the handwriting on their expenses claim forms…
Margaret Beckett losing votes in round 2.
Be brave, England, be brave.
Or if MPs are too thick to avoid voting in subsequent rounds for candidates already eliminated, ‘on their head be it’…
Don’t forget, we are paying for the civil servants to print the ballot papers, so we may as well get our money’s worth.
It just seems these bastards go about everything they do in the most time-wasting and cost-inefficient way possible.
It seems to be taking around two hours for each round of the voting – if there are another five rounds, as could well happen, they will be still trying to choose a speaker when the sun comes up tomorrow!!
Get your gun!
You’re fired!
I’m saving it for when I have a bout of insomnia.
They’ll be just in time for breakfast – courtesy of the taxpayer, of course.
Its their training…
Why can’t they use a simple voting system that lets them put their 1st, and 2nd, and 3rd and subsequent preferences on the same piece of paper? Even the House of Lords and Australians can manage this.
All they’d need to do then is count the 2nd, etc, preferences instead of needing to reprint and revote.
Because that wouldn’t allow strategic voting to block candidates. For instance, hard-right Tory MPs would never choose Margaret Beckett of their own volition. But if it comes down to her or Bercow, then they’ll vote for her because they despise turn-coats even more than they despise liberals.
Of course, if the Berk-ow did get in, he would switch allegiance pdq after the general election! The NuBliars, if there are any left (sic!), would then be left up shit-creek without a paddle.
Switch allegiance? He’s a Cameron loyalist. So the Blairites will be perfectly happy with him too. He won’t let anyone on the Labour hard-left speak, so the only question is whether the Tory hard-right can make friends with him.
Who is the liberal?
BTW Margeie my vote is still unbought. One can always use a seat on another Quango.
Bercow promised me something in Herring imports which means a few trips to Copenhagen. If you can offer something a little warmer I might be able to vote your way.You know I have always had a fascination with sugar cane. Maybe a chair of the alternative fuels, ethanol and rum additives board? Based in Barbados I believe..
It should be the public electing the speaker, the present arrangements are an archaic relic. It’s not their House of Commons – its ours.
‘Speaker Idol’. Put the 10 of them in the Big Brother house for a month or two, mess with their minds, let the public vote ‘em out one by one
Oh, we’re way down the list. Joe Public is the lowest of the low as far as these bastards are concerned.
Speaker Burcow, absoluely brilliant
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HAhahaaaaaHHHHHAaaaaaa!!!!!
Is it a sign that the MP’s are genuine when they say that they want to clean Parliament up when the elect Bercow as Speaker? I don’t think so. I saw the interview with Tom Watson – he was gloating.
So did I. He spoiled my tea.
Odious, smug, self-satisfied ‘man’.
The wee bastard has a photographic memory and a sizable penis, what more do you want from a speaker?
There is nothing about Tom Watson that is exceptional except perhaps the one cell lodged in his toe!!!!
By the time he loses his seat in the next election he won’t have skills enough to pick litter for the parish council.
Well of course I meant brain cell!!
You don’t expect our MPs to do anything quickly, simply or efficiently, do you?
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If there’s a way to make it even more convoluted and Byzantine, I’m sure they’d be delighted…
They were pretty quick at choosing Speaker Burcow, eh? _*YES*!!!_
OT but some goods news – If only the UK had the balls
Good for Sarko!
Alas, our invertebrate politicians and chattering types would never go for it.
Bastards.
Don’t you oppress me!
Funny how France can stand up and be counted, over hear it would be ooooo no can’t do that it would against their ZaNuLiebor rights and EU uuman rights.
A ton and and half of bullshit to go with the usual UK parliaments favoured whitewash please!
They could reach a compromise by slightly redesigning the burqa – having the hemline about 9″ above the knee, say.
You must be a fashion engineer, as that sounds not too bad, combine that with the complete face on show, in a nun sort of way and I think you’ve hit on quite a sexy look!
As a bonus, UK Border Agency could actually tell who was ‘under the veil’ rather than be scared witless to actually have a look see and check properly!
@ Cicero:
Back we go to 23 October 2000, then. You fool.
I quite like this system. It means that whoever wins isn’t unaaceptable to two thirds of the house, and it avoids the elephant in the stv room by not giving some people more votes than others.
I was abused as a child
signed
Piggy-Boulton@Sty.News
Oiiii! That’s my nick name you cheeky twat. Oh, shit, I forgot I died in 97. Bugger.
Yeah, you were a fat bastard too Vince………..its fooking telepathy, yessiree!
It’s in the bag!
http://oldrightie.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-want-beckett-or-bercow-says-jimmy.html
Look, one flew over the cuckoo’s nest______________no, honest, Ann Widdecombe confessed to being an ugly bastard to try to get some sympathy votes.
Her voice offends even more. She would shatter the windows every time she shrilled “Order Order”.
Well fook me gently with a clothes-pole, I do beleive I agree with somebody called Dick Scratcher
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You want to fuck Righteous Annie up ? just question the self righteous hoon about the ‘ fact ‘ that The ” Peoples choice ” Self serving bitch managed to turn tens of thousands of prisoners into class ‘ A ‘ drug addicts ?
Well , what about it Annie ! you know what you did… now fucking admit it ?
See, some of us are still alive and kicking , and will NEVER forget what you did !
You self serving oh so righteous murdering fucking moonbat.
How she do that??
Not that i like her or anything or doubt you just wanted to know so i have more reasons to hate the hoobs.
She supplied the drugs and invited the prisoners to inject themselves. Mind you, some just said no.
Bitch, she gave them drugs. Where’s mine then? Class A’s as well what a Huhne, letting the prisoners hoard them like that.
Do they have electricity in the Houses of Parliament?
Do you wanna get wired into some me Dick?
Good to see the Horse’s Arse Beckett was in third place
How do you know she’s got a horse’s arse?
Are you Fkn Blind???
see 57 below for the cause of confusion
No, it’s definitely he her own arse. The face however……..
They’ll have to turn the chair into a horse box.
Do we really care who the next UK par—-LIE—ment (sic) speaker is?
I don’t.
I want me f**ing country back from these hoons.
why the fook are you reading a politics board then ya fooking chimp
To find out what the hoons have really been up and to post my views on them.
Chimp chimp chimp.
Why use paper votes at all? I thought we were in the computer age?
You’re too sensible — fuck off
You’ll find as you grow up you will get sensible too. You might even learn some better english.
None taken.
I’m too old to take offence and life’s too short. Enjoy!!
nell and derek aka wanker,
what a pair of fucking retards you two are.
c’unts like offer no value to this place.
why don’t you take your chatter and fuck off to conservativefoam?
it is much more your type of thing: you know, knitting and boardgames and other cripples to talk to and have nice cups of tea with.
this is not a mothers coffee morning ladies.
you are in the wrong place and the reader is not interested in your inane piffle.
no refund.
TaT – give Nell a break. Go to the next thread and NewGirl will give you a good spanking.
engineer,
blogging rule no4) mind your own business c’unt.
you are new here and you know fuck all, yet here you are, acting far, far above your station by addressing me. hmm…
here is some good advice for you: keep your eyes open and your mouth shut you fucking cripple.
when you are less stupid than you currently are then I mayl read with interest what you have to say.
but I already have my suspicions about you engineer.
if you are what I think you are then I am going to bash your troll brains out motherfucker.
how do you like those apples engineer?
gobby fucking c’unt.
Wins what? Everyone else’s contempt?
Bloody hell engineer don’t start crying you big jessy.
With all the governments loss of data, the results would eventually be found in the railway sidings someplace obscure in 2087
Why bother on voting?
Just chose one of the f**ing MPs at random from a hat with numbers 1 to 646.
They waste our money, our children’s money and our grandchildren’s money.
This is the biggest load of bullshit and waste of everybodies time. Speaker soon to be a yes man/woman
They are like a lot of kids in a school playground.. but with less sense. Who is the best boy/girl/ bully.
Fucking waste of space all, well most of them, anyway, The whole country is pissed off with all of them playing a silly game. AND THEY EXPECT US TO TAKE THEM SERIOUSLY.
WTF They are going vote for a lacky so they can go on troughing as usual. cynical??? can you blame me?
There is a chance, however slim ( not the person) Ann Widicombe might get it. she, I hope won’t take any shit. COMMENTS!!
ANY PORT IN A STORM?
such a stench coming from westminsty today. all those little piggies all cramped into their cesspit. waiting for big piggie to emerge and save their bacon so they can carry on troughing.
Bloody ‘ell, even the Iranians were quicker than this. Millions of votes all counted within 3 hours. Job done.
Bless you.
Can I have my doe-eyed virgins now, thank you please?
keep your strap-on away from those poor virgins you big fat lesbian.
note to doctor mick’s doctor: quadruple dr mick’s lithium dosage. it has been noted that despite treatment dr mick remains a sex pest.
all psychotic medications have been tried but they have all failed. ECT is the only treatment left that might work.
considering what a fucking sex pest doctor mick is I suggest that only a prolonged and intensive (hourly) programme of ECT will have any impact on his pervert brain.
Really, has ANYTHING changed? According to reports, parties are using spin and coercion to obtain support for the candidate that they want to see in the Speaker’s Chair.
So much for cleaning up the cess pit.
since browns given all the parliaments powers to the french and germans, what’s all the fuss about electing a speaker for a parliament with no powers any way.
Have to start somewhere old boy.
I hope the post-room supervisor election gets as much coverage. Boulton cumming in his hipsters.
Even spinning himself as the story with his swearing FFS. Grow up Boulton you smug bastard.
“Considering how good at redacting they are,” suggests a senior Conservative, “why can’t they just blank them out!”
A jokes a joke but fuck a pantomime (old Yorkshire saying).
Aye-up Lad thee’s reet there
The great thing is that, post the GE there’ll be 300 odd new MP’s & the convention that the Speaker is returned unchallenged is well & truly trashed. Expect a change next year if a trougher gets it
Agree. Why shouldn’t they have to elect a speaker each Parliament as well.
2nd round – Widdy is out!
They seem to be finding the whole thing very amusing.
Beckett 70
Beith 46
Bercow 221
Haselhurst 57
Widdecombe 30
Young 174
Everyone has withdrawn except Bercow and Young – straight fight now, we should know around 20:45…
Ooh. Bercow/Young?
Probably young Bercow.
(P.S. – Hello, Dack – how’s the survey going? Into the therapy stage yet?)
Answer came there none….
She’s rendered speechless by those MPs Engineer! That’s your answer!
Or taken a bit too much therapy….
I’ve been down the pub. Wish I’d stayed there. Or drunk more. There’s not enough ‘therapy’ for this result.
Yep, the whips killed Beckett as it did backfire spectucularly.
And now it’s a straight choice Bercow or Young.
Who will the Libs plump for ?
Those Beith votes will decide it.
God help us: anyone but Bercow.
The Labour plot’s worked.
Bercow in the lead again. God help us. These MP’s really are taking the piss. Do they really hate the Britich people so much..
Yes, but it is mostly men
I think question is will all of Beckett’s votes go to Bercow??
Only a very few older Labour MP’s will go for Young.
Most of the Beckett votes were Labour.
What killed Beckett’s hope was gordon’s support.
It worries me that today, stung by criticism from the families of the British hostages in Baghdad, gordon showed more concern for SuBo than he did for their lads, gordon has come out today saying he’ll do all he can for them.
I reckon Bercow’s gonna win. The sound of rabid right-wingers’ heads exploding will be delicious.
You’re probably right but I’m less worried about rabid right wingers and more worried about the contempt MP’s hold us in by playing silly buggers.
There weren’t any candidates who they could have chosen and made me think they don’t hold us in contempt. It was a mix of troughers, troughing-enablers, and carnival sideshows.
Nothing changes same old shit.Only a complete clear out will do
says alot for the post being impartial
well at least Becketts off to the knackers yard.
No matter what your politics, Bercow is still a poison dwarf, yuck!!
Agreed.
He’s going to look really ridiculous in the speaker’s outfit, being such a short-arse. Perhaps they’ll give him platform soles.
I’m still hoping Sir George Young will win now that Widdy’s gone.
He could make use of the same box he stands on to kiss Sally.
Short assed Fuckwit eh? This whole story gets even more like Animal Farm everyday. Pigs, horses and Napoleon, thus proving that actually in all probability you COULD makes this up.
Sorry Engineer. But it has been entertaining –
I can’t help but feel that watching Westminster is like watching all the worst traits of human nature in one place at the same time.
I don’t remember the old testament too well but I’m sure Tony must have had something to do with the ‘Thou shalt not kill ” – Iraq War
Then there’s “Thou shalt not steal” – MP’s expenses
Then there’s “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife ” (Of course there is no adultery in Westminster!)
The other’s escape me for the moment.
Don’t forget “Thou shalt not get found out”.
1. : ‘Thou shall have no other gods before Me.’
Brown and Blair GUILTY AS CHARGED FAIL
2. : ‘Thou shall not make for yourself a carved image–any likeness
of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth
beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.’
Can’t find a fail here PASS
3. : ‘Thou shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.’
They made all sorts of Huhnes LORDS so that means a FAIL.
4. ‘Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.’
Brown will be on Songs of Praise soon FAIL
5. ‘Honor your father and your mother.’
Does GORGON have a mother? He does big up his dad all the time. PASS
6. ‘Thou shall not murder.’
Yes Blair and Iraq (Massive FAIL)
7. ‘Thou shall not commit adultery.’
Prescott and Blunkett FAIL
8. ‘Thou shall not steal.’
All of them FAIL FAIL FAIL
9. ‘Thou shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.’
Well the biggest FAIL for the entire Labour Party with GB winning. FAIL
10.’ Thou shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not
covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his
female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything
that is your neighbor’s.’
MMM FAIL
Two horse race? I thought she’d withdrawn?
Praise be he’s got it at last lol
Georgey, porgy pudding and pie beat the dwarf and make him cry.
for fucks sake chronic, go easy on the skunk eh?
you are talking gibbersih again.
you sp@stic.
don’t you just hate boring wankers like chronic?
this is not twitter you fucking moron and this is not your hotmail account.
now fuck off and don’t come back until you have something interesting to say.
thankyou.
I love Chronic. He makes me laugh very day. You? You make me shudder.
find someone else to stalk you lardy-arsed retard.
you are getting a bit creepy now.
What’s up TaT? Someone stolen your rattle?
Fantastic! I creep YOU out??!!! Amazing. I’ll stalk you around the blog for maximum effect. Its a bore conversing with you, but if it irritates you then I’m prepared to make the sacrifice for all our sakes.
It’s a dirty job, but someone’s got to do it….
Not over yet, but Bercow leading.
Stumped as to what could be the zanu liebore preference for Bercow rather than Buckett? If they want one of theirs in, surely Buckett should have been preferred, as more reliable, especially if they think they can whisper things in her ear after the next GE when Cons most likely are the government. Maybe zanu don’t see Bercow as any more liebore than the Cons see him as tory. Either way, neither lot should trust Bercow. Unless anyone has better reasons, it looks to me the liebore are motivated purely to spite Cons by voting in someone they know the Cons hate and distrust. Now wouldn’t that just be zanu liebore DNA asserting itself.
And doesn’t that say something about this rotting labour crew – they’d rather vote in a speaker that they think will damage the Tories than they would vote in a speaker that will help them get back public trust and restore the integrity of the House.
Bercow for heaven’s sake!!!! I’m still hoping Sir Gerge Young is going to win.
honestly nell I am surprised.
george young is a thieving c’unt!
you really are a criminally minded bastard, innit.
supporting a benefit cheat in his attempt to reach high office? you really are a fucking criminally minded piece of shit nell. you lowlife!
fuck off to conservativefoam nell, we’ve had enough of your bullshit here.
thanks.
the bile flowing nicely tonight TwAT…glad you are on form.
I am not here to amuse you, you fucking cretin.
Oh but you do, TaT, you do!
Doesn’t he Engineer? I miss him when he’s off kerb crawling.
Not sure that he’s old enough NG – which possibly explains the bile. Too much post-puberty frustration, and no safe outlet…..
Note to prospective thick as thieves fan club members: you sound as if you are close friends, are all you cripples currently staying on the same ward? If you are I can send a bumper thick as thieves application form pack to you.
Applicants are not guaranteed membership of the tat fanclub and some of you will be disappointed.
Judging by what a batch of severely crippled retards you are, I expect that thick as thieves will decline all of your applications for full membership.
You will however fulfill the criteria for tat’s ‘special exceptionally retarded membership club for chronically brain damaged members who piss and shit themselves’
We wouldn’t want to be discriminaTORY, now would we?
Note to self: contact mark oaten about running the piss and shit brigade.
I wonder if Beckett will do the dirty on Brown now seeing he supposedly promised her the speakers job or will they be able to cart her off to the glue factory before she can do any damage.
I fear not, Brown’s probably find her another nose-bag job
*rimshot*
9mm Centre fire
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