Comments on: No Ifs, No Buts, Benefit Fraud is a Crime – Claims Made By MPs Make Them Criminals, Benefit Thieves.

By: Maccadidyermum

Maccadidyermum — Tue, 26 May 2009 10:41:30 +0000

I agree totally with the Benefit Fraud analogy, the two concepts are only different in scale as you mention.

I also agree with the previous two comments about voter apathy aggravating this situation. We all need to start voting smatrter if anything, maybe get on board with the Lib Dems… you never know it could be time for an anarchistic utopia.

By: Roger Davies

Roger Davies — Sat, 23 May 2009 13:35:39 +0000

Hazel Blears knows she could ride a homeless man down Regent Road lol

Very good points, I totally retract my statement about not voting – I realise this was a silly thing to say, mostly out of anger.

I do believe in democracy, but I don’t believe this
is something humans will ever be able to fully achieve, due to limitations of the world they find themselves in.

Jealousy, greed are traits even the lowest, humblest animals exhibit. I used to believe we possessed something that allowed us to be free, and I was wrong about this too.

But I think my main arguement still stands – it doesn’t matter who you vote for, the system is flawed because this flaw exists in the humans that built it, and can never be corrected.

By: electronomist

electronomist — Sat, 23 May 2009 13:22:25 +0000

I for one WILL BE voting again in this country, and agree fully with Mr603.
Even if the system is flawed (i.e. the current situation as commented on in this blog, oh i do believe you forgot to mention the fact that they also get to vote for their own pay rises! We all wish we had that luxury eh). We still need a government, some law, order, and a right to choose who implements this.
I was disollusioned during the last couple of elections and did not vote, and last time i did it was for Labour, who at the time talked the best talk (to me they made the best pitch, leading to why i ended up so disollusioned). Yet i now have my faith restored, and understand the need for as many of us to vote as possible.
We need the true views and values of the people filtered through to our government, giving them an accurate picture of what people really want for our country, not what all the newspapers, TV, and other propaganda tell them. I believe this has been happening more and more, they are detached from everyday life and people so much that they don’t have a real feel for what the country (i.e. the everyday people) really think. So as a result of this i WILL BE voting in general elections and Euro elections as i want our country ruled with our best interests in mind, which does not include wasting our money, stealing our money, and lining peoples pockets when it could be better spent.
If things do not change, i believe we are in for far darker times ahead and the utopian society we all wish for and attempt to aspire to will end up as more of a Dystopia. And no one really wants that.

By: Mr603

Mr603 — Sat, 23 May 2009 12:05:21 +0000

“I for one will not be voting again in this country, ever.”

Then if you’re refusing to become part of the democratic process, you can’t really complain when it fails. We get the MPs we deserve. Years of entrenched party politics has left us with “safe seats” where MPs can get away with anything. Hazel Blears knows she could ride a homeless man down Regent Road whilst burning taxpayers money and she’d still get in because people in Salford vote Labour. Stop them being complacent. If all the apathetic non-voters put down their marks for independent candidates, we’d see a change. But they won’t, so we’re left with the same old snouts phoning in their promises and heading straight back to the trough.