An excellent rant

[Drewster]

Everyone is ignored by this government.

FTFY

[suityou01]

Remember when the HGV drivers did the same in London a few years ago over fuel taxes? They also drove around really slowly and closed some of the bridges in London by blocking them. I remember 'cos I was in London at the time.

It made f all difference. Blair just said "It's not democracy" and ignored it.

Protests of that nature are just ignored by this government.

Sorry.

So what (if anything) can be done? Beeping car horns too extreme (and as BGG pointed out all 60 million of us would be nicked on the spot)

Bloody revolutions too extreme. Ponders.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Remember when the HGV drivers did the same in London a few years ago over fuel taxes? They also drove around really slowly and closed some of the bridges in London by blocking them. I remember 'cos I was in London at the time.

It made f all difference. Blair just said "It's not democracy" and ignored it.

Protests of that nature are just ignored by this government.

Sorry.

In what way do Lorry drivers holding up the rest of us represent democracy? They don't speak for me.

[RichardCranium]

In what way do Lorry drivers holding up the rest of us represent democracy? They don't speak for me.

Eh? What? When did I get nominated apologist for the lorry drivers?

I was just making the point that such protests seem to ignored by the government and so they are probably futile.

[original PM]

The probem is as more and more people get bumped below the poverty line due to increased taxes to cover government spending then the crime rate will rise.

And as the ineffectual policing which is bought in to combat this rise in crime simple continues to target the middle classes the divide between rich and poor will grow.

And as the the divide between the haves and havenots becomes more marked the country will be torn apart by those who wish to live on the 'safe' side and so become slaves of the government and those who refuse to toe the line become classed as criminals the criminal population will rise.

In order to combat the increase in criminal activity the police will be given more military powers.

And then the bloody revolution starts.

Ooooh its coming I can feel it in my bones.

[HairyArsedBloke]

Ooooh its coming I can feel it in my bones.

Aye. I do believe its going to result in at some point in the not too distant future.

[threaded]

Aye. I do believe its going to result in at some point in the not too distant future.

For people who bother to remember such things I said that it was inevitable as soon as Tony Bliar first got elected.

One of the reasons I moved to another country.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Eh? What? When did I get nominated apologist for the lorry drivers?

I was just making the point that such protests seem to ignored by the government and so they are probably futile.

I thought you were implying that Blair's claim they were not democracy was incorrect.

[threaded]

Eh? What? When did I get nominated apologist for the lorry drivers?

I was just making the point that such protests seem to ignored by the government and so they are probably futile.

The government ignoring such protests is in itself anti-democratic, and one of the things that will trigger a mass bloodshed.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

The government ignoring such protests is in itself anti-democratic, and one of the things that will trigger a mass bloodshed.

Bollocks. All goverments ignore protests when it suits them.