French elections

[scotty12 2,088]

6 hours ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said:

Gaddafi was a f***ing loon , the idea he was some sort of political sooth sayer is f***ing laughable . 

No more much of a loon than the parasites that have been running the uk for the last 50/100years 

[steve66 3,476]

Just hope that when the French right come down on immigration, they don’t all try and come here 

[chartpolski 23,974]

2 hours ago, mC HULL said:

what’s the odd hundred here or there lol

I detest Blair , both as a politician and a man, but as far as I’m aware he’s never sent in the army to massacre his political opponents, he’d probably like to though ! LOL !

Cheers. 

Edited July 2, 2024 by chartpolski

[ditchman 2,843]

quite fancied Marine le penn at one time.....she looks very porn starish

Gaddifi was very fond of big blondes................................imajine if they had got together...a match made in heaven......

[TOMO 26,280]

37 minutes ago, ditchman said:

quite fancied Marine le penn at one time.....she looks very porn starish

Gaddifi was very fond of big blondes................................imajine if they had got together...a match made in heaven......

Lol that's a wild imagination 

[THE STIFFMEISTER 16,087]

1 hour ago, chartpolski said:

I detest Blair , both as a politician and a man, but as far as I’m aware he’s never sent in the army to massacre his political opponents, he’d probably like to though ! LOL !

Cheers. 

 

[chartpolski 23,974]

45 minutes ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said:

 

“I fear that those who yearn for a dictator have never lived under a dictatorship “.

Anon.

Cheers.

[mC HULL 12,899]

10 minutes ago, chartpolski said:

“I fear that those who yearn for a dictator have never lived under a dictatorship “.

Anon.

Cheers.

what y do you think you are living under now chart ?

[chartpolski 23,974]

5 minutes ago, mC HULL said:

what y do you think you are living under now chart ?

In two days time we have a vote, so I’d say it’s a democracy, you can vote for who you want. 
If we vote for more of the same it doesn’t make it less of a democracy, it just means the voters are stupid.

Theres no votes in a dictatorship.

Cheers.

[mC HULL 12,899]

Just now, chartpolski said:

In two days time we have a vote, so I’d say it’s a democracy, you can vote for who you want. 
If we vote for more of the same it doesn’t make it less of a democracy, it just means the voters are stupid.

Theres no votes in a dictatorship.

Cheers.

you vote nothing changes it’s an illusion 

[chartpolski 23,974]

1 minute ago, mC HULL said:

you vote nothing changes it’s an illusion 

Really? The Tory’s are going out of business because the voters are going to bring in a Labour government, my guess it will be worse than even the Tory’s, but if everyone voted Reform it would terrify the Establishment and they might just start thinking !

Cheers.

[eastcoast 4,151]

Have you've seen what you can buy in France? 3 bed modern conversion farm house with an orchard and carp pool for under £200,000? I hope the political change over there does not curtail my options. Left, right, middle, upside down, up until now they seemed to have preserved a nice country. 

[WILF 47,217]

3 hours ago, chartpolski said:

In two days time we have a vote, so I’d say it’s a democracy, you can vote for who you want. 
If we vote for more of the same it doesn’t make it less of a democracy, it just means the voters are stupid.

Theres no votes in a dictatorship.

Cheers.

I have been listening to an audio book lately and it said you can’t have great leaders in a democracy because everyone ultimately becomes basically career, box ticking politicians/pen pushers who are capable of nothing……they lack the dynamism to make anything better.

I think there is a point there…..not saying it’s the way to go, but it’s a point worth considering. 

[chartpolski 23,974]

13 minutes ago, WILF said:

I have been listening to an audio book lately and it said you can’t have great leaders in a democracy because everyone ultimately becomes basically career, box ticking politicians/pen pushers who are capable of nothing……they lack the dynamism to make anything better.

I think there is a point there…..not saying it’s the way to go, but it’s a point worth considering. 

As Churchill said; “ Democracy is the least bad form of government “.

So even he agreed that democracy isn’t perfect, but it’s better than the other alternatives.

I believe in the theory of “benevolent dictatorship” , but sadly a benevolent dictator would soon drop the “benevolent “.

In the words of Lord Acton ; “ Power corrupts….absolute power corrupts absolutely “ !

So, on reflection, although democracy isn’t perfect, it’s worked pretty well since the ancient Greeks, and has seen off communism and fascism and dictatorship so I’ll stick with it for now !

Cheers.

[ditchman 2,843]

1 hour ago, chartpolski said:

As Churchill said; “ Democracy is the least bad form of government “.

So even he agreed that democracy isn’t perfect, but it’s better than the other alternatives.

I believe in the theory of “benevolent dictatorship” , but sadly a benevolent dictator would soon drop the “benevolent “.

In the words of Lord Acton ; “ Power corrupts….absolute power corrupts absolutely “ !

So, on reflection, although democracy isn’t perfect, it’s worked pretty well since the ancient Greeks, and has seen off communism and fascism and dictatorship so I’ll stick with it for now !

Cheers.

HHhahhahh............churchill also said that Ghandi......."was a dirty little fakir in a nappy"...................old winston never held back on his opinions