(04-08-2023, 05:37 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: Hmmm, promising things like huge investment in roads in the middle of a climate crisis. Mind you, we can't talk. We have a mayor talking up plans to revitalise the waterfront, ignoring the fact most of it is reclained land and seriously threatened by sea level rise...
How did these damned fools get into power anyway? I didn't vote for them!
It was stunning, that even a politician could promise such a thing given the problems around Europe, Canada & northern America this summer.
And I didn't either...bastards, the lot of them.
(04-08-2023, 06:59 PM)R2x1 Wrote: If every candidate lost their deposit, it might awaken one or two (I'm an optimist) to the realisation that only the ultra gullible will vote FOR someone. All the rest sort of fall in to office on the basis that they are the lesser evil, or alternatively they are positioned on the ballot paper near the middle where "eyes shut random stabs" are most likely to fall.
One thing they are likely to agree on is a boost in Parliamentary Pensions and an encouraging boost for the members of the Higher Salaries Board, hoping for a bit of reciprocal back scratching.
What an excellent idea! Lose their deposits has such a nice ring to it, doesn't it.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)