Question Time

[moorfield]

Changed your mind yet? Go David... Go David...

Starkey's on cracking ranting form tonight... what on earth is he on?

[Addanc]

Ok I'm off to bed now, crushed by the weight of your towering intellect. I must remember not to feed the trolls.

Liebour troll retreats with tail between legs

[TykeMerc]

David Starkey was in deep rant mode, but what he said was factually correct in many parts. His delivery got a bit excessive at times, but at least he wasn't afraid to let HMG have it with both barrels followed up by slamming the stock into the jaw for good measure.

The UK has not got a democracy, we have sham elections every 5 or so years which return majority governments with a minority of the vote. These Governments then can do exactly what they want no matter what, all backed up by the whip system and threats of Party ejection and deselection from the gravy train of a HoC seat.

We definitely don't have a representative government with the current system, MP's aren't answerable between elections and they have bugger all to do on the odd occasions when they bother to show up to occupy their seats in Parliament.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

I agree about democracy, but Starkey lost credibility by citing the US as better.