The Reid wrote:

> On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 11:40:27 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
> <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>
>
>>Actually I like the idea of governance by opinion poll. Politicians
>>sure don't, and that's a good sign.
>
>
> its bad enough people being uninformed in choosing parties, deciding
> issues might be a disaster! People might just vote for short term
> personal interest, how would hard decisions get taken?

What do most of them vote for, now?

Let is be knownst that on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:54:07 +0000,
[email protected] (David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) writted:

>Deeply Filled Mortician <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu>
>wrote:
>
>> Let is be knownst that on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 03:25:18 +0000,
>> [email protected] (David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) writted:
>>
>> >Deeply Filled Mortician <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu>
>> >wrote:
>> >
>> >> Let is be knownst that on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:31:49 +0000,
>> >> [email protected] (David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) writted:
>> >>
>> >> >Deeply Filled Mortician <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu>
>> >> >wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Let is be knownst that on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:44:56 +0000,
>> >> >> [email protected] (David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) writted:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >Deeply Filled Mortician <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu>
>> >> >> >wrote:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> Let is be knownst that on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 11:18:01 +0000, The Reid
>> >> >> >> <[email protected]> writted:
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 11:40:27 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
>> >> >> >> ><deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >>Actually I like the idea of governance by opinion poll. Politicians
>> >> >> >> >>sure don't, and that's a good sign.
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >its bad enough people being uninformed in choosing parties, deciding
>> >> >> >> >issues might be a disaster! People might just vote for short term
>> >> >> >> >personal interest, how would hard decisions get taken?
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Hard decisions like what? Going to war? Privatising things? Passing
>> >> >> >> anti-terror laws?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >The day after July 7, 2005, who knows what an opinion poll would have
>> >> >> >produced? Probably a lot worse.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Or quite probably not. Brits were horrified, but they didn't change
>> >> >> their alignment on any issue in an instant.
>> >> >
>> >> >They certainly did. There's plenty of info on it- use google.
>> >>
>> >> "use google"???
>> >>
>> >> You could use that as a comeback to any line of reasoning!
>> >>
>> >> Back to the subject, just how many Brits changed their view on
>> >> anything political on July 7, 2005?
>> >
>> >I don't know- why not poll them?
>>
>> You don't know but "They certainly did"?
>
>I don't know the numbers.

What do you know about it, with all due respect! )
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On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:56:16 -0700, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>> its bad enough people being uninformed in choosing parties, deciding
>> issues might be a disaster! People might just vote for short term
>> personal interest, how would hard decisions get taken?
>
>What do most of them vote for, now?

the above, then politicians make the unpopular actions at start of
term.
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