No Taxation Without Representation?

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2011333/brits-cancel-council-tax-elections-postponed

I would urge them all to stop paying in the councils affected.

[Untitled]

seems fair to me

[drmorgans]

 

When the Lettuce and Richy were appointed by the Tory cabal we didn't have an election.

 

[Ken4155]

The courts are gonna be quite busy. Do these people not realise that the money can be talken direct from their earnings?

[ToraToraTora]

10:05 an early contender for the most moronic post.

[drmorgans]

 

Coming from you I'll take that as a badge of honour.

 

[ToraToraTora]

10:08 that willl clogg up the courts with AOE claims. I don't think they'll want that.

[ToraToraTora]

DRM PMs are never elected by the people.

[Ken4155]

I think i may have mentioned before that i was against the Poll Tax and joined marches, refused to pay, etc. Apperared in court so many times that i ended up paying more on fines and costs than the actuall tax.

And, the more you earn, the more they take out of your weekly wage. I stopped doing overtime until bosses wife agreed to 'hide' it.

[webbo3]

drmorgans

\\When the Lettuce and Richy were appointed by the Tory cabal we didn't have an election.//

We run a parlimentary democracy, we elect the party and the party elects the leader.

[Ken4155]

^

Though the leader is usually chosen before a GE so the country knows who they are voting to be PM.

[nicebloke1]

We elect a leader? The problem being the cons didnt have a leader. :0)

[drmorgans]

 

I can only imagine the howls on this forum if Starmer were to stand down and be replaced by Angela Rayner and when she resigned after a couple of months that Ed Miliband took over.

 

[webbo3]

whaere does it say we elect the leader nicebloke

[webbo3]

ken

Though the leader is usually chosen before a GE so the country knows who they are voting to be PM.

 

But there wasn't a GE so the party needs to elect a replacement

[davebro3]

// if Starmer were to stand down and be replaced by Angela Rayner and when she resigned after a couple of months that Ed Miliband took over.//

At least it would then be certain that the PM is a complete idiot!

[drmorgans]

 

We don't elect a Prime Minister, but voters are aware of who the leaders of the main political parties when casting their vote.

 

[davebro3]

and aware that they can be changed....

[ToraToraTora]

10:26 well I might howl at their choice but not the process. The party elects the leader of their party. If that party can form a government that leader is also the PM. The only people who vote for the PM are those in the relevant constituency but they are voting for their local MP.

Surprised I have to explain this time and again to people that you'd think would know how it works.

[davebro3]

the voters didn't pick Gordon Brown as PM and got rid at the earliest opportunity

[douglas9401]

We're grateful for your patience, Tora. 🙄