Streetfighting man

[amcdonald]

A curse that ultimately holds us back from what?

What would these people rise up against - democracy?

What democrary ?

Technically we aren't one anyway

[amcdonald]

overthrowing the oligarchy and dangling the likes of Blair by his genitals from a lamppost?

Wouldn't you dangle Balls first ?

[shaunbhoy]

Politicians need to stop blaming it on global events and start putting their own house in order

...........by getting the moat cleaned, and a new thatched roof put on the ornamental duck house!!

[minestrone]

Plenty of laws against that kind of thing and Britains modern Police force is well trained to handle civil unrest*.

Some might say that this is all they've been trained for...

*They can do **** all else but if there's a riot to quell they're your boys and girls.

Bollocks, to police any large scale disturbance in one area requires the police to pool resources from a massive catchment area. If there are multiple dispersed disturbances then they would be turned over, easily.

The coppers tried to arrest someone in the pub up the road from me a few months ago and they ended up with 10 of them in hospital.

And it is Britain's by the way.

[Jeff Maginty]

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[doodab]

A curse that ultimately holds us back from what?

Something else.

[Doggy Styles]

But will they ever be? Something that has struck me about Britain is that whenever things seem like they might boil over the people running the show seem to do just enough to avoid it happening. I don't know if that is something to be proud of or a bit of a curse that ultimately holds us back.

A curse that ultimately holds us back from what?

What would these people rise up against - democracy?

[Churchill]

"We" wouldn't, but might there be a threat to our current way of life from the great unwashed?

Plenty of laws against that kind of thing and Britains modern Police force is well trained to handle civil unrest*.

Some might say that this is all they've been trained for...

*They can do **** all else but if there's a riot to quell they're your boys and girls.

[doodab]

They're not hurting enough. Yet.

But will they ever be? Something that has struck me about Britain is that whenever things seem like they might boil over the people running the show seem to do just enough to avoid it happening. I don't know if that is something to be proud of or a bit of a curse that ultimately holds us back.

[EternalOptimist]

They're not hurting enough. Yet.

They have their bread and circuses

benefits and the X factor

[Cliphead]

"We" wouldn't, but might there be a threat to our current way of life from the great unwashed?

They're not hurting enough. Yet.

[doodab]

And why exactly would we rise up?

"We" wouldn't, but might there be a threat to our current way of life from the great unwashed?

[MarillionFan]

Was listening to this earlier.

What are the odds of a revolution in the UK, violent or otherwise? Is the populace too occupied with the X Factor to really give a tulip or could they get it together to rise up and fight the injustices of late stage capitalism, overthrowing the oligarchy and dangling the likes of Blair by his genitals from a lamppost?

And why exactly would we rise up?

[doodab]

Was listening to this earlier.

What are the odds of a revolution in the UK, violent or otherwise? Is the populace too occupied with the X Factor to really give a tulip or could they get it together to rise up and fight the injustices of late stage capitalism, overthrowing the oligarchy and dangling the likes of Blair by his genitals from a lamppost?