NEWS: Bush the most powerful man in Britain?

POLITICS: Bush the most powerful man in Britain?

George Bush is the most powerful man in Britain according to a recent poll.

why am i not suprised

that is sad.

well, damn

Haha, thats awesome.

Are all british people big toolboxes?

I draw consolation from David Beckham being in #1 position last year...

But is it a poll? The article says drawn up by the British edition of GQ magazine.. So it is just that magazine's opinion, surely?

Clearly 'GQ' still has its finger on the pulse as much as it ever did.

I think the important thing here is that Tony Blair will not be PM next time around because we aren't as fucking dumb as bush supporters.

I'm so waiting for British elections now.

You think? What are our other options? Doesn't seem like Tony is ready to pass the torch to Gordon Brown just yet. So that will leave him as the candidate for Labour. That then leaves us with the Michael Howard and the Tories.

We'll no doubt get whoever the Sun newspaper give their backing to - something that is pretty frightening in itself.

What about the Lib Dems, the party that gained the most seats in the last election was the Liberal Democrats and I'd rather have Charles Kenedy any day than any other fucktard in British Politics.

Edit: spelling

[Edited on Jan 08, 2005 by germ13]

I think most well informed British pundits inwardly sighed at the Germ's declaration. I did at least.

You beat me to it. Not re-electing Blair pretty much means Howard becomes PM, or are you holding out for a UKIP upset, germ13?

Didn't they com in fourth last go around?

What about them? Do you honestly think the Liberal Democrats stand a realistic chance of gaining power in the UK? Yes, it'd be nice. No, I can't see it happening. Maybe they could get more votes than the Tories but I doubt it.

The way I see it:
- former Tory voters who voted Labour in recent elections but are now disillusioned with Labour will revert to voting Tory.
- Labour voters know that it's still a choice between Labour and Tory. People who have lived under a Tory government in recent times (Maggie anyone?) know that it's not an option to vote Tory and will vote Labour again. Lesser of two evils.


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[Edited on Jan 08, 2005 by timmy55]

No I think UKIP are a Glorified BNP and I hope the neo-con bastards roast in hell
We work in a three party system and I'm hoping the only worthwhile party currently in British politics wins.

Don't feel bad. As EU countries go, you guys don't have to deal with half the shit Hellenes are subjected to every week. I think my persistence in following their politics is proof-positive that I have a streak of masochism.

I recon we should give the monster raving loony party a go at running the country, they really cant do any worse than the present government, and being anarchists they wouldn’t suck up to bush they would just take the piss out of him



[Edited on Jan 09, 2005 12:14AM]

To your first point - yes they are. And the Tories aren't far behind them on those terms.
On a local level, yes, we work in a multi-party system. Especially with devolved governments and regional assemblies. Nationally, though, it's still a two-horse race.

It sounds like the list of candidates was drawn up by GQ and voted on by readers.

My subscription to [so]Time[/so] England = cancelled first thing tomorrow morning + some lengthy input for the person who answers their phone.



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[Edited on Jan 08, 2005 7:32PM]

Edit: Goddamnit, what's the command for doing a strikeout? (Besides "Let's cut through the crap, Vaughn. I only got one thing to say to you: 'Strike this mother fucker out.'")

[Edited on Jan 08, 2005 7:34PM]

Hmmm. I thought the most powerful man in Britain was Queen Elizabeth.

I've Google news-ed it, and no story says "voted" that I found; GQ did a power issue back in May, and nothing in that was voted, so I guess this is similar. I'm prety confident it's some journos with some factor such as column inches/press coverage; and the Guardian's story is in thier publishing section

[Edited on Jan 09, 2005 by mat8drb]

Wow.

They repelled Napoleon and Hitler, but apparenlty a coked-up frat boy from Trustfund, Texas was too damned irresistable.