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    General politics discussion thread

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    What makes me laugh is if Farage thinks Britain is a proper country, he needs his head looking at. The UK is what it says it is, a collection of United Kingdoms. The fact that Belgium has two distinct ethnic groups (essentially Flemmish and Franch) doesn't make it less of a country, in fact, it is more united in many ways. It doesn't have a Nationalist Party who advocate Scottish secession in one Parliament, and Plaid Cymru who have similar aims in Coalition in the other. I'm not going to start on Northern Ireland!

    General politics discussion thread

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    Anyone had any election leaflets/canvassers yet? Had a massive barmy with a UKIP activist today regarding their policy of wanting to scrap the Welsh assembly. Had the audacity to say that as i'm a member of Plaid Cymru, I have no balanced opinion. Great way to win votes!

    General politics discussion thread

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    It's all about keeping the SNP in the public eye though isn't it. Everyone knows that by rights, the SNP should be there, as in many seats, the SNP will contenders.

    Can the electorate in England, Wales and Northern Ireland vote for the SNP?

     

    No, but that's where the difficulty lies. It's unreasonable to expect the SNP to appear on the national broadcast, but yet to not appear on it will cause them a disadvantage in Scotland as it's bound to garner higher viewing figures than any additional show that includes the SNP.

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    Of course it's unfeasible to have all the leaders involved in the debate, and I can't see it happening any other way but for the 3 main parties.

     

    It's difficult to count this in number of seats though, and SNP are only organised in Scotland which is a small percentage of all the seats in the House of Commons. I think it's just SNP and Plaid making a bit of noise, which is what they have to do as minority parties really.

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    That's what I was thinking. If Salmond wants to champion a independent Scotland, then moaning about not being part of a British election debate is a bit rich.

     

    Disagree wholeheartedly. Until the SNP get to realise their ambition, they have every right to ensure fair treatment on an equal basis with other parties in the system in which they currently operate.

    Have you ever met anyone famous?

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    Not had that many encounters to be honest. Met a whole shedload of Welsh 'celebs' but you probably won't know them unless you watch Pobol y Cwm!

     

    Met Neville Southall at a Wrestling show in Llandudno, when I was 9. He was the 'Guest of Honour' (being from Llandudno himself) and was a gent, got a photo taken with him and my sister. Also got a photo with Orig 'El Bandito' Williams who was the promoter, who was also great.

     

    Met Bill Kenwright outside Goodison park, and he was also fantastic.

     

    I'm a regular follower of the Welsh Footie team home and away, and have met quite a few over the years. We managed to sneak past securty into the team hotel out in San Marino, and got my photo taken with most of the squad in turn. Not a single jackass between them, even Craig Bellamy managed to shout over and wave, which was a surprise. John Toshack was the best though, made sure everyone had a chat and a photo with him, top bloke.

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