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British Elections are over, the Torries Won
Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 7:29 pm
by planosteve
Whoever the Torries are. Anyway, British politics are very strange. Here is John Cleese explaining the British elections. This is before they were held and the Torries, that's David Cameron's crowd, won.
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-04-30/john-cleese-explains-the-uk-elections
Re: British Elections are over, the Torries Won
Posted: Sat May 09, 2015 5:05 am
by GFB
The Torries (Conservatives) are sort of Britain's equivalent of our Republican Party.
The Labour Party (liberals)is their equivalent to our Democrat Party.
It's not a perfect analogy/comparison..but, close.
Re: British Elections are over, the Torries Won
Posted: Sat May 09, 2015 6:16 am
by planosteve
Both of my guys lost. George Galloway and Nigel Farage.
Re: British Elections are over, the Torries Won
Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 12:04 pm
by jellowrestling
planosteve wrote:Both of my guys lost. George Galloway and Nigel Farage.
How can you have "guys" when you don't even know what teams are playing?
Re: British Elections are over, the Torries Won
Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 1:30 pm
by planosteve
jellowrestling wrote:planosteve wrote:Both of my guys lost. George Galloway and Nigel Farage.
How can you have "guys" when you don't even know what teams are playing?
Don't care. I vote for the man, not the party.
Re: British Elections are over, the Torries Won
Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 1:52 pm
by GFB
planosteve wrote:jellowrestling wrote:planosteve wrote:Both of my guys lost. George Galloway and Nigel Farage.
How can you have "guys" when you don't even know what teams are playing?
Don't care. I vote for the man, not the party.
There's no such thing in Parliamentary government.
Re: British Elections are over, the Torries Won
Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 1:53 pm
by jellowrestling
You beat me to it, GfB
Re: British Elections are over, the Torries Won
Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 1:55 pm
by planosteve
There's no such thing in Parliamentary government.
They don't vote? What do they do, draw for high card?
Re: British Elections are over, the Torries Won
Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 1:57 pm
by GFB
planosteve wrote:There's no such thing in Parliamentary government.
They don't vote? What do they do, draw for high card?
You vote for the party..the party in power picks the Prime Minister.
Re: British Elections are over, the Torries Won
Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 2:19 pm
by planosteve
GFB wrote:planosteve wrote:There's no such thing in Parliamentary government.
They don't vote? What do they do, draw for high card?
You vote for the party..the party in power picks the Prime Minister.
I'm not talking about the PM, just which Limey politicians I like. Those are the only 2.