chunky jag Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Have I worded that question so that you can all understand? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-21245701 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggybunnet Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 It would seem so but only those that believe wee eck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeanieD Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Your question is all wrong it should have been : DO YOU AGREE THAT WE ARE REALLY THAT THICK AS A NATION? Then you get the answer you want apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 I can see how the 2 questions could get very different results. It's the same as when a politician starts a sentence with "Any right-minded person can see that ...", they're going to get more agreement from their audience. If he was that determined to get a "Yes" vote, he could always have gone for the false dichotomy ... "Should Scotland be an independent country or should we continue to be subjugated by the English?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty Quinn Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 (edited) i wouldn't underestimate the stupidity of the general public. i was marking a pub quiz on saturday night and one team thought the lone ranger's sidekick was called toronto and another team thought fred astaire was one of the magnificent 7. Edited January 31, 2013 by The Mighty Quinn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redmike Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 I'm sure a candidate for the Natural Law Party once got a big percentage of the vote in Maryhill. He was called Blair. When it comes to voting, there are many scarily stupid people out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClydebankJag Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 651 votes (2.2%), not that big a share of the vote is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redmike Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 I thought it was more than that, but 600-odd votes for the NLP was about 600 more than they got in any other constituency. Another example was the Socialist Labour Party getting a big vote in Glasgow North, when Michael Martin was standing as the Speaker. So, there was no Labour canididate, so people voted for the candidate with 'Labour' in the description. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpool Jags Posted February 2, 2013 Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 Who could forget Woy Jenkins that stood in Hillhead against his near namesake, Roy, in a bye election many moons ago? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Blutarsky Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 When it comes to voting, there are many scarily stupid people out there. Agreed. There's an overwhelming tendency to vote time and again for politicians that deliver the wishes of lobbyists and large corporations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Heron Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 (edited) Who could forget Woy Jenkins that stood in Hillhead against his near namesake, Roy, in a bye election many moons ago? I could. The "other" candidate was Roy Harold Jenkins whilst the real article was Roy Harris Jenkins. Or was it the other way round? Edited March 12, 2013 by Allan Heron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpool Jags Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 (edited) I could. The "other" candidate was Roy Harold Jenkins whilst the real article was Roy Harris Jenkins. Or was it the other way round? You're right, Allan, it was Roy Harold Jenkins (the spoof one). There was, I'm sure, a Woy Jenkins who stood in a by-election in the '80s and whom I'm finding it difficult to source. Confusion not assuaged by quotes like this (UK Polling Report): "When the Commons was disgracefully empty in the New Labour years, people would see Galloway speaking on the TV from their offices, and rush back into the Chamber. Although I was pleased he decapitated Woy Jenkins in Glasgow Hillhead (my emphasis) and helped wreck the “Alliance” after the 1987 election. As a trenchant supporter of two party politics, I’m always delighted to see that." August 16th, 2010 at 10:14 pm" http://ukpollingrepo...comment-page-8/ Edited March 12, 2013 by Blackpool Jags Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinny Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 You're right, Allan, it was Roy Harold Jenkins (the spoof one). There was, I'm sure, a Woy Jenkins who stood in a by-election in the '80s and whom I'm finding it difficult to source. Confusion not assuaged by quotes like this (UK Polling Report): "When the Commons was disgracefully empty in the New Labour years, people would see Galloway speaking on the TV from their offices, and rush back into the Chamber. Although I was pleased he decapitated Woy Jenkins in Glasgow Hillhead (my emphasis) and helped wreck the “Alliance” after the 1987 election. As a trenchant supporter of two party politics, I’m always delighted to see that." August 16th, 2010 at 10:14 pm" http://ukpollingrepo...comment-page-8/ eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpool Jags Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 eh? My own thoughts. A bit OTT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 On the subject of how thick the powers that be take us to be, what a coincidence that a tv programme was aired this week purporting to present astounding new evidence that Stonehenge was in fact a place of gathering for all "Britons", with special emphasis on the fact that even "Highlanders" went there. The "No" campaign will stop at nothing as they try to chip away at the very existence of Scotland as anything other than "north Britain". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrD Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Funny when you consider that Brittons was teh roman name for celts at that time. Only after the romans did saxons come on the scene... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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