(satire?)
Thinking before voting in a UK election – as suggested by the Queen yesterday – would be unconstitutional, experts have agreed.
The Queen reportedly made the shocking suggestion – in reference to Thursday’s referendum on Scottish independence – after attending a Sunday morning church service at Crathie Kirk near her Balmoral estate.
However, constitutional experts unanimously agree that the idea of British people thinking before they voted would go against centuries of constitutional tradition.
One explained:
“The UK has a long and proud tradition of not thinking about anything at all when it comes to voting. In fact not thinking before voting is one of the cornerstones of what has made Great Britain the country it is today and a massive change like that would be unprecedented. Such radical action would lead to all kinds of unforeseen problems and could tear apart the very fabric of British society.”
The controversy comes just weeks after the Home secretary Theresa May announced government plans to make Critical Thinking a class C drug.
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Are you Sure this is satire? 🙂 Genius Tom xx
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I’m thinking about this but I haven’t come to a conclusion because, of course, I don’t know how think …
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if she said that, she is involving herself in the indyref debate!
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Who gives a shit what a little rich old lady has to say? Shes merely a tourist attraction.
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it’s very unlikely the queen made any comment publicly ? this is just press talk
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The Thought Police has become a reality… George Orwell was right….. “One is very annoyed that those pesky caber swingers are fomenting ripe revolution in One’s Northern Territory… God Forbid One may be forced to put one’s Balmoral Mansion on to the market… poor Charles and my husband may have to renounce wearing One’s kilts…”
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Tom says it all
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I strongly disagree! The British tradition is to not vote at all unless the outcome is a foregone conclusion. These nasty Scottish people with their 97% registration and >80% turnout is a disgusting corruption of true UK democracy.
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thuggish scots taking to the streets and singing their radical songs…what next!
warning; this vid clip contains smiling people… (apologies for the sound quality but it thought it worth posting)
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Again, you put this as satire, but Labour came up with “Patronising BT Lady” and their new one “if you don’t know, vote no”
In both cases, consideration, investigation the issues, don’t bother
DON’T BOTHER
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robert 🙂
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they’ve signed a pledge…phew, that’s a relief then!
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If you read it carefully you will see that they have actually promised nothing which is not already devolved to Scotland in the 1998 and 2012 Scotland Acts.
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yes..it’s a re hash of what sg and people already have.
it’s an attempted fraud, a con, a bucket of steam in a desert…it would break purdah if it offered anything new…and if it did offer anything new ukip and r.uk would be jumping all over it…
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In fact they could promise something new if they wanted to, because the purdah rules apply only to the government, not to the different parties…… but whether their promises would be believed is another matter!
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http://www.change.org/p/the-electoral-commission-investigate-better-together-new-advice?tk=nr6LnKgzIkkK68tyK-0UIQ28htvlH5z942tM9S0tO_Q&utm_source=petition_update&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=petition_update_email
Part 4 sections 1-4 of the Scottish Referendum Act 2013 stipulates that campaigners are not allowed to release new documentation to the public within 28 days of the referendum date except in response to a direct enquiry.
As no such information has been sought this meeting with better together and subsequent advice that will apparently be published is in contrevention of said act.
As there is less than 10 days left of the referendum campaign, we believe that it is the commissions responsibility to investigate the matter under law and if necessary advise better together to cease and desist or risk allowing the rules of the referendum to be breached.
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I’m afraid that petition got things a bit wrong. The Scottish Independence Referendum Act 2013 is an act of Scottish Parliament, not the UK Parliament. The relevant document is the Edinburgh Agreement, as we discussed before – (http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0040/00404789.pdf)
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P.S. Perhaps the only clear breach of the rules was the promise made by George Osborne a week or more ago, because he was clearly acting in his capacity as a UK Government Minister. Cameron, Clegg (and of course Miliband) can always say that they are acting only as the leaders of their parties, not as part of the UK Government.
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Nevertheless, if “Part 4 sections 1-4 of the Scottish Referendum Act 2013 stipulates that campaigners are not allowed to release new documentation to the public within 28 days of the referendum date” is part of Scottish Law, does “The VOW” still not amount to a breach of such law and deserve to be inverstigated?
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which means that they have no authority to offer anything (not that anything has been offered in the “pledge” (the polishing of crap), of course)…their “offer” will kick in when we are powerless and because we are…then ukip et al step in and convince others that scots are getting something for nothing and exploit this so we up with a ukip pact…how wonderful…if the retain power over capital they retain power over us….power devolved is power retained 2 points the lords removed devolved powers overnight so they could exploit fracking..willie rennie
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Correct. Their ‘promises’ are meaningless because none of them can guarantee to get the legislation through the Commons and Lords…… and they probably won’t even get as far as drawing up the legislation, because they all have different ideas about which new powers Scotland should be allowed to have.
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The UK Government is not subject to Scottish law.
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BTW I believe Her Majesty advised the Scots to “think carefully” – Isn’t that a higher skill than just “thinking”? i.e. look beyond the fluff and spin of the Westminster 8th cavalry?
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She should have advised her Westminster Government to think carefully about the future earlier than last week, because they plainly did not.
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the camera pans left towards a no stall it is m/t… enjoy the passion
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in aberdeen we are not listening to the establishment….
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i’ve just picked this up so i’ll paste it as is….”Sorry O/T but VERY VERY important. Many voters have not received their polling cards and probably won’t in time for the referendum. Many are saying people in places where Yes support is strong are worst hit by this scam. Please spread the word that YOU DO NOT NEED A POLLING CARD TO VOTE.” whether or not is a scam who knows…but the info is vip
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OBD – For something as important as an accusation of electoral fraud you need evidence. Where did you get this information?
It is of course true that you do NOT need a polling card to vote.
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OBD – I just checked it out and it’s drivel. Please don’t repeat unattributed comments from Wings Over Scotland just because you would like them to be true.
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STFU you twat…
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What an excellent intellectual argument! True colours always come out eventually……
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i’ve lost count of the times you have said the same to me…
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The difference is that I ALWAYS back it up with a rational argument. You do not.
So I’ll do the same once again…… If you don’t have a reliable source for your accusation of electoral fraud then you should STFU, and just repeating anonymous drivel from Wings Over Scotland makes you look like a twat.
Do you see the difference now?
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to hmq we’ve made up our minds and it’s Aye aye we’re all voting AYE
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you’re a selfish self centered patronizing shit head…..
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…… in other words you agree that I’m right!
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no! you are concrete operational and i a member of mensa…
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we in the labour party believe that the indyref is for the scottish people ie those who LIVE here… miliband you are NOT welcome in scotland, who ever told you that you were, is badly mistaken, go home…you’re just here to wind people up and even if you are not you are winding people up…then you complain people are upset, which is the height of stupidity. a bit like a man u shouting come on united, in the middle of the kop end crowd..it’s also costing you votes…not that i mind that of course…
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2014/09/hes-fing-liar-ed-miliband-mobbed-yes-supporters-scotland
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If you disagree with something then it’s customary to give a reason…… or are you copying the politicians who won’t say why a currency union is impossible!
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“OBD – I just checked it out and it’s drivel. Please don’t repeat unattributed comments from Wings Over Scotland just because you would like them to be true.”
what a bit like you didn’t do here you mean!!
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(Facepalm!) – I already gave you the reason! Here it is AGAIN…… If you wish to make an accusation then without evidence it’s just meaningless drivel. I could accuse Nick Clegg of stealing polling cards, but without evidence it would be drivel.
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Sorry OBD, but I fundamentally disagree with you once again. Like any other tourist, Miliband is welcome to visit Scotland any time. We may disagree with what he says, but he’s welcome to come…… provided he spends some money while he’s here!
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ps typo “miliband you are NOT welcome in scotland atm, who ever told you that you were, is badly mistaken, go home…”
he is NOT a tourist…and i’ll get back to you on this and much much more at a later date…bfn…
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pps it is not what he says but what he DOES that hurts people…they have power over capital and that is the problem, we need that POWER which is what the indyref is all about POWER…. that’s it from me to you atm bfn…have a joyful celebration…
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…you just negated your own argument. Coming to Scotland makes no difference to what he does as a politician in Westminster, so why do you say he’s not welcome to come here and speak?
I’m not afraid of hearing arguments from Milband or anyone else. Why are you?
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the shetland post is out for YES, which i would say is very significant…in fact both local papers are…also alleged reports of an unprecedented 87% of postal votes have now been returned to the highland council…
http://www.shetnews.co.uk/features/scottish-independence-debate/9293-shetland-news-says-yes-to-independence
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