Who cares what Farron feels about gays
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People who care about LGBT issues?
Farron's voting record on the matter is fine but his skirting around the issue isn't a particularly good vote winner for a liberal who's naturally going to want to appeal to liberals, most of whom will be quite pro-LGBT.
The Conservative campaign slogan....
Are we in a post satire world?
Are we in a post satire world?
Dare I ask?
'STRONG STABLE GOVERNMENT' according to May's podium.
Caus you know nothing says stability like the Union falling apart and two elections in two years
She could just be running on a platform of improving security for horses.
Balls, virtually all my ex-colleagues/contacts on the nationals are business journos. It's always about the actual act of sex with gaybashers. It's most odd.
Whey!
'Vote Insect Overlords'
Actually you're right I made a mistake the full slogan is apparently:
'Strong Stable Leadership in the national Interest'
I think yours is the only context in which it makes sense but that's quite a niche slogan.
To me its beyond comprehension. Last sentence is ott tbh
What do you expect them to say exactly?
Catchy.
"WE ONLY KEEP YOU ALIVE IN CASE WE NEED KIDNEYS"
'Vote Tory, because morals don't get you a new kitchen'.
"Babysitter wanted, 10+ years experience and 5 references minimum, £2/day"
"300,000 Britons a year rely on foodbanks. Vote Conservative, and we'll have them in the ground by Christmas."
At least it is refreshing that they appear to be introducing German capitalisation.
Would also love to see that gobby cnut Sturgeon lose another scottish ref, what a poisoned dwarf that is.
"Are we sure council estates exist?"
Kodos: It's true, we are aliens. But what are you going to do about it? It's a two-party system. You have to vote for one of us.
Man 1: He's right, this is a two-party system.
Man 2: Well I believe I'll vote for a third-party candidate.
Kang: Go ahead, throw your vote away.
Has the advantage of being more catchy than the one they did choose as well.
Only until the half way point and then they got bored of the title case and phoned it in (like literally I'm on my phone and I couldn't be arsed).
'£350k for a toilet'
Perhaps if they don't believe in freedom of religion then they aren't really Liberals and should stick with Labour?
I'm sure when Farron gets sent to the Gulag they will be delighted.
Believe it or not, there is a difference between being critical of Farron's statements on homosexuality and thinking he is deserving of slavery.
Can we not criticise people when we think they get things wrong? I slated Ed Miliband over his rhetoric on immigration but I was still desperate for him to be PM.
A politician cannot hold views and then declare those views out of reach of scrutiny or else people are being intolerant. It isn't intolerant to oppose what someone thinks.
This is the best.
It's not about imposing views on someone or freedom of religion, it's about liberals expecting their candidates to be pro-LGBT in the modern day world, something even a lot of conservatives are fairly supportive of now. Farron's entitled to hold his own views but anyone who's scientifically minded is naturally going to be sceptical of a religious candidate, even if it's something Farron keeps to himself. It also matters partly from a practical viewpoint...if other parties successfully paint Farron as anti-LGBT it'll hurt him in the run-up to the election.
I am also critical of his views of homosexuality. I also would have no problem voting for him on the basis that this doesn't translate into his voting record.
People are saying that he isn't Liberal because he holds homophobic beliefs, but Liberalism is at it's core the world view that individuals are responsible for themselves and that the state shouldn't impose the majority view upon the individual. It is therefore an unfair criticism.
Ideological purity is not a liberal idea. It is more in line with socialism/communism, hence the tongue in cheek gulag comment.
I agree in principle with playing the ball and not the man but it's difficult in practice to separate the politician from his views even if they don't translate into discriminatory policies.
We need a "best quotes of the thread" competition, because that cracked me up
He probably just had a bad drunken gay experience.
It's probably like Blair with the Catholic thing. Probably.
Removing names.
As a known political nerd, I'm currently doing quite a bit of 'breaking the bad news' to politically minded but not politically obsessive friends who care deeply about issues but don't follow the polls. There really is no good way to say 'there is no hope'.
Is this a thing ya'll are doing, or do I just have an odd group of friends?
Is this a thing ya'll are doing, or do I just have an odd group of friends?
Let's try that again!
feck James Corbyn!
28 year old labourer from a town just outside of Liverpool.
feck James Corbyn!
28 year old labourer from a town just outside of Liverpool.
We've not had the manifestos yet. Would May scrap the overseas aid minimum? Weird to think that would win her loads of votes.
Voet Jane Cobryni