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People's Q's to Parliament MKII; What would you ask and who?
Topic Started: Dec 11 2015, 11:41 AM (195 Views)
skwirked
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Pose theoretical Q's to any politicians in parliament new or old and take up the mantle of one of the politicians in order to answer. What would you ask/answer with?

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I'd ask IDS: UC is a costly, abysmal failure which was wholly unnecessary. Your sanctions are utterly draconian and in some cases mean the removal of people's housing payments which will lead to homelessness; which is already a chronic problem under this incompetent govt. You fraudulently claimed housing benefit yourself in the 1980's.

How does the minister sleep at night?
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Dec 11 2015, 11:46 AM


How does the minister sleep at night?
Surrounded by armed guards.
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skwirked
Dec 11 2015, 11:46 AM
I'd ask IDS: UC is a costly, abysmal failure which was wholly unnecessary. Your sanctions are utterly draconian and in some cases mean the removal of people's housing payments which will lead to homelessness; which is already a chronic problem under this incompetent govt. You fraudulently claimed housing benefit yourself in the 1980's.

How does the minister sleep at night?
Is that a question or a statement of personal prejudice.? There is nothing to prevent you writing to him and putting your views to him and asking any relevant question.
I was watching a programme yesterday on the BBC where a NUN wrote to the prime minister about her concerns for the poor and unemployed, and food banks and not only did she get a reply she got a meeting with Duncan Smith, and was more than pleased for the outcome of the meeting and the consequential action. She said so.
She was speaking from practical experience
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So no one's going to ask a Q or at least talk in the manner of an MP?

Typical
Edited by skwirked, Dec 11 2015, 02:19 PM.
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skwirked
Dec 11 2015, 02:19 PM
So no one's going to ask a Q or at least talk in the manner of an MP?

Typical
well in response to a request the off topic stuff has been split off

So

Question to Cameron: Does the Prime Minister agree that George Osborne does a far better job than him at the despatch box and that he should make way for his appointed successor now?
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!clp! That's a good proverbial whack in the gonads.

Q to Giddy:

So we give away £93bn in welfare to big business yet we are attacking the poorest who are going to be worse off by 12% by 2020. His own family business has done very nicely out of the state - as the books show. Does he have no shame? The working people's party? Is that a joke you pulled out of a xmas cracker, if not it certainly belongs in one.
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skwirked
Dec 11 2015, 03:34 PM
!clp! That's a good proverbial whack in the gonads.

Q to Giddy:

So we give away £93bn in welfare to big business yet we are attacking the poorest who are going to be worse off by 12% by 2020. His own family business has done very nicely out of the state - as the books show. Does he have no shame? The working people's party? Is that a joke you pulled out of a xmas cracker, if not it certainly belongs in one.
that's a soft lob over the net for them

[Mock Osborne mode] The member opposite is mistaken, seems he needs to put down his little red book and start reading some basic maths. British employers net contribute massively to the UK treasury and a contribution is not a welfare receipt. Clearly more re-education is needed. [/Mock Osborne mode]
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Ah that's well done (I thought you were gonna mention Hoxha this time).

As Mcdonalds:

Best the so called chancellor consults his economics for dummies book. Here's a copy. Without massive subsidies from the taxpayer, the corporations would tire of what passes for the chancer's economic plans and up sticks, as would several big banks, has he not been following the news?

Can the chancer actually refute the study to which I refer? Perhaps he can refute the fact that we actually pay out more in subs than we recv in taxes to 1/3 of FTSE companies based in London whilst the poorest will be 12% worse off by 2020? Inequality has risen sharply too. Still he got one thing right: Re-education certainly is needed!

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skwirked
Dec 11 2015, 04:01 PM
Ah that's well done (I thought you were gonna mention Hoxha this time).

As Mcdonalds:

Best the so called chancellor consults his economics for dummies book. Here's a copy. Without massive subsidies from the taxpayer, the corporations would tire of what passes for the chancer's economic plans and up sticks, as would several big banks, has he not been following the news?

Can the chancer actually refute the study to which I refer? Perhaps he can refute the fact that we actually pay out more in subs than we recv in taxes to 1/3 of FTSE companies based in London whilst the poorest will be 12% worse off by 2020? Inequality has risen sharply too. Still he got one thing right: Re-education certainly is needed!

[mockOsborne mode] Well Mr Speaker perhaps the Labour party ambassador to Hamas and the IRA has forgotten he did not actually refer to any study. He could also read the book he's just thrown at me and see it clearly says taxes are paid to the Treasury so a net tax payer is not a welfare recipient. I do hope he isn't going to repeat his call for those that diss him to be kneecapped [/mockOsborne mode]
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Tytoalba
Dec 11 2015, 02:13 PM
skwirked
Dec 11 2015, 11:46 AM
I'd ask IDS: UC is a costly, abysmal failure which was wholly unnecessary. Your sanctions are utterly draconian and in some cases mean the removal of people's housing payments which will lead to homelessness; which is already a chronic problem under this incompetent govt. You fraudulently claimed housing benefit yourself in the 1980's.

How does the minister sleep at night?
Is that a question or a statement of personal prejudice.? There is nothing to prevent you writing to him and putting your views to him and asking any relevant question.
I was watching a programme yesterday on the BBC where a NUN wrote to the prime minister about her concerns for the poor and unemployed, and food banks and not only did she get a reply she got a meeting with Duncan Smith, and was more than pleased for the outcome of the meeting and the consequential action. She said so.
She was speaking from practical experience

So you are not going to suggest she was a plant this time, a stooge compliant in attempting to show the government and the minister in a glowing light?

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Steve K
Dec 11 2015, 03:52 PM
skwirked
Dec 11 2015, 03:34 PM
!clp! That's a good proverbial whack in the gonads.

Q to Giddy:

So we give away £93bn in welfare to big business yet we are attacking the poorest who are going to be worse off by 12% by 2020. His own family business has done very nicely out of the state - as the books show. Does he have no shame? The working people's party? Is that a joke you pulled out of a xmas cracker, if not it certainly belongs in one.
that's a soft lob over the net for them

[Mock Osborne mode] The member opposite is mistaken, seems he needs to put down his little red book and start reading some basic maths. British employers net contribute massively to the UK treasury and a contribution is not a welfare receipt. Clearly more re-education is needed. [/Mock Osborne mode]

The Chancellor must allow his advisors to inform him that taxes are neither a penalty nor brake on profitability and that without those revenues there would be no business and no economy - taxes are levied in order to facilitate the security and function of both the State and of the society on which it feeds - profits by.
Neither does his answer address the question asked. It made the incontrovertible truth that businesses are subsidised either directly or indirectly by the State to a far greater extent than those on low income he targets as a source of revenue savings ..... which should cause him shame. Does it?

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skwirked
Dec 11 2015, 02:19 PM
So no one's going to ask a Q or at least talk in the manner of an MP?

Typical
Excellent topic, like that as an opening post.

Will have to think about this, sure I can find a few interesting questions
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To Osborne.

Why the U turns?
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Dec 11 2015, 09:08 PM
To Osborne.

Why the U turns?
Are you suggesting that if you yourself set out on a financial venture and then partway through found it was not working that you would, regardless carry on with that venture?......somehow I do not think so.
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To Corbyn.

Now you may have been suprised when you came from rank outsider to win the Labour Leadership but how do you think you would cope with being the next PM?
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Dec 11 2015, 09:17 PM
To Corbyn.

Now you may have been suprised when you came from rank outsider to win the Labour Leadership but how do you think you would cope with being the next PM?
I think he would reply with....I will have to look up the meaning of the word "cope" because as it stands, I do not believe that any elected Labour party MP's have any faith in him (maybe his youthful bed partner but she would say anything to keep her nestegg going) despite all the £3.00 voters.
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Dec 11 2015, 09:17 PM
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Dec 11 2015, 09:08 PM
To Osborne.

Why the U turns?
Are you suggesting that if you yourself set out on a financial venture and then partway through found it was not working that you would, regardless carry on with that venture?......somehow I do not think so.
If he wants to be a leader he has to get it right first time and see it to an end game, he has to make it work.
I asked why the U turns?
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Dec 11 2015, 09:22 PM
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Dec 11 2015, 09:17 PM
To Corbyn.

Now you may have been suprised when you came from rank outsider to win the Labour Leadership but how do you think you would cope with being the next PM?
I think he would reply with....I will have to look up the meaning of the word "cope" because as it stands, I do not believe that any elected Labour party MP's have any faith in him (maybe his youthful bed partner but she would say anything to keep her nestegg going) despite all the £3.00 voters.
I think he would say, bring it on, if that's the will of the people, so be it.
Then he would set about destroying the economy as he tried to bring about a far left socialist UK
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Dec 11 2015, 09:25 PM
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Dec 11 2015, 09:17 PM
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Dec 11 2015, 09:08 PM
To Osborne.

Why the U turns?
Are you suggesting that if you yourself set out on a financial venture and then partway through found it was not working that you would, regardless carry on with that venture?......somehow I do not think so.
If he wants to be a leader he has to get it right first time and see it to an end game, he has to make it work.
I asked why the U turns?
I would be very obliged (and interested) if you could show me ANY leader that has got it right first time.

I make fuckups all the time but my wife still loves me. ;-)
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To Cameron.

Now that all the other members of the EU have rejected your "demand" that newly arrived immigrants cannot claim benefits what are you going to tell your business mates?
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Dec 11 2015, 08:43 PM
Tytoalba
Dec 11 2015, 02:13 PM
skwirked
Dec 11 2015, 11:46 AM
I'd ask IDS: UC is a costly, abysmal failure which was wholly unnecessary. Your sanctions are utterly draconian and in some cases mean the removal of people's housing payments which will lead to homelessness; which is already a chronic problem under this incompetent govt. You fraudulently claimed housing benefit yourself in the 1980's.

How does the minister sleep at night?
Is that a question or a statement of personal prejudice.? There is nothing to prevent you writing to him and putting your views to him and asking any relevant question.
I was watching a programme yesterday on the BBC where a NUN wrote to the prime minister about her concerns for the poor and unemployed, and food banks and not only did she get a reply she got a meeting with Duncan Smith, and was more than pleased for the outcome of the meeting and the consequential action. She said so.
She was speaking from practical experience

So you are not going to suggest she was a plant this time, a stooge compliant in attempting to show the government and the minister in a glowing light?

This time?
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Dec 11 2015, 04:31 PM
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Dec 11 2015, 04:01 PM
Ah that's well done (I thought you were gonna mention Hoxha this time).

As Mcdonalds:

Best the so called chancellor consults his economics for dummies book. Here's a copy. Without massive subsidies from the taxpayer, the corporations would tire of what passes for the chancer's economic plans and up sticks, as would several big banks, has he not been following the news?

Can the chancer actually refute the study to which I refer? Perhaps he can refute the fact that we actually pay out more in subs than we recv in taxes to 1/3 of FTSE companies based in London whilst the poorest will be 12% worse off by 2020? Inequality has risen sharply too. Still he got one thing right: Re-education certainly is needed!

[mockOsborne mode] Well Mr Speaker perhaps the Labour party ambassador to Hamas and the IRA has forgotten he did not actually refer to any study. He could also read the book he's just thrown at me and see it clearly says taxes are paid to the Treasury so a net tax payer is not a welfare recipient. I do hope he isn't going to repeat his call for those that diss him to be kneecapped [/mockOsborne mode]
As Md:

No need, the book was an early xmas present from me, my taste is a little above that. The Rt Hon gent knows exactly the study to which I refer; corporate welfare by yorks uni; but seeks as usual to divert from the Q's posed; Will I have to ask this one 6 more times or what?

Why does the chancer think it OK that the poorest will be worse off by up to £2k by 2020 whilst him, his family and his mates will be millions of pounds richer by scrounging off the state?
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Dec 11 2015, 09:08 PM
To Osborne.

Why the U turns?
As Usborne:

The Rt Hon gent knows perfectly well why we altered our successful plans to get more people into work, fix the economy and rebuild the leaking roof inherited from Brown.

The world economy is not stable, we do not control outside influences. We've halved the deficit, got record growth, record employment, we've protected the NHS in RT, we've increased our profile in the world and we're fixing the FS with our hard stress tests and other such.

Perhaps the Rt Hon needs to remind his party that they got a minority share of the vote. That is, if they even know how many people voted for them. The serially incompetent statisticians they employ might need sacking. ;-)
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Dec 11 2015, 09:17 PM
To Corbyn.

Now you may have been suprised when you came from rank outsider to win the Labour Leadership but how do you think you would cope with being the next PM?
As Corbyn:

Perfectly well thank you, for a supposed terrorist sympathiser. Our so called PM MR 'call me dave' has shown that he can't be trusted with our country's future when he's hitting the poorest the hardest and ruining our standing in the world. Now he wishes to further hurt us by getting involved in another illegal war. I will rebuild this country for everyone with a healthy balanced economy; with a rigid and stable FS and SS that we aren't overeliant on, increase our world profile and much more besides.
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Dec 12 2015, 05:04 PM
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Dec 11 2015, 09:17 PM
To Corbyn.

Now you may have been suprised when you came from rank outsider to win the Labour Leadership but how do you think you would cope with being the next PM?
As Corbyn:

Perfectly well thank you, for a supposed terrorist sympathiser. Our so called PM MR 'call me dave' has shown that he can't be trusted with our country's future when he's hitting the poorest the hardest and ruining our standing in the world. Now he wishes to further hurt us by getting involved in another illegal war. I will rebuild this country for everyone with a healthy balanced economy; with a rigid and stable FS and SS that we aren't overeliant on, increase our world profile and much more besides.
as JC
"I will cope as the demands and responsibility placed on me require that I cope. I will do so without the support of the press or a Sate operated propaganda machine to convince the electorate of my coping, but instead rely on achievements that that are welcomed and not the stuff of fantasy as the members opposite deliver".

Edited by Affa, Dec 12 2015, 05:34 PM.
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Dec 12 2015, 04:58 PM
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Dec 11 2015, 09:08 PM
To Osborne.

Why the U turns?
As Usborne:

The Rt Hon gent knows perfectly well why we altered our successful plans to get more people into work, fix the economy and rebuild the leaking roof inherited from Brown.

The world economy is not stable, we do not control outside influences. We've halved the deficit, got record growth, record employment, we've protected the NHS in RT, we've increased our profile in the world and we're fixing the FS with our hard stress tests and other such.

Perhaps the Rt Hon needs to remind his party that they got a minority share of the vote. That is, if they even know how many people voted for them. The serially incompetent statisticians they employ might need sacking. ;-)
"We elect MPs to do the full time thinking for us"
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MPs are delegates not just representatives. We give them the power and the right to speak and vote on our behalf, based on their best judgment of the facts and available information, and the vote is carried or lost by a majority decision.
Logically they cannot represent the wishes of all, for there are always those for or against an issue, and they just cannot be spoken to by every member of their constituency.
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Dec 11 2015, 11:09 PM
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Dec 11 2015, 04:15 PM
skwirked
Dec 11 2015, 04:08 PM
They all got ignored, what passes for a 'robust debate' in the "house of commons" (should be house of cards) does not fly with me, in this case it certainly wasn't a real debate.

Methinks you are advocating on behalf of the devil a bit too much; remember he's a c u next tues, a bit like these folks.
I understood that when a petition passes the required amount, it triggers a debate as to wether or not it should become a debate for the whole of the house...I may be wrong.
This petitioning has got out of hand.For each petition for there should be one against just to keep it in balance . Like so many "good" ideas it was never thought through. and now we reach the stage in our electronic age where it is becoming meaningless for so many can sign up with just a press of a button and a few key strokes.
We elect MPs to do the full time thinking for us, and they have access to the widest of information, far more than most of us ever will hear about, . so let them just get on with it, warts and all.


Implies that we have no right to question them.

No offence but that's one of the worst posts I've genuinely ever seen on here..
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