The British Politic-y Thread

[Faith]

I would start seperate threads for each party but I don't think there are enough Brits around to bother :lol:

I'm Labour, btw, but I can't vote til next year :)

Can someone change the title to 'the British Politic-y thread' please? :)

Go Tony! wooo :applause:

[Quinton]

Ooohh something fresh! Bring it on Poms...

lol we're a Labour-led coalition govt here with what has to be one of the weirdest Cabinet arrangements ever.

[Faith]

What's your view on Brit parties?

Would you be labour if you lived her? Lib dem, conservative or other? :)

[Krazy]

FB doesn't seem to have alot of regular brits so one thread is enough :lol:
I'm a Labour party supporter myself but recently alot of people have turned Lib-dems because of some of the recent decisions Blair has made reguarding Iraq.
I cant vote either yet i'm not sure i'll want to either.

[everwoodisfab]

I'm Labour but then the pickings are a little slim political wise anyway :) My parents support both Labour and the Green Party but I'm too young to vote :(

[Kay]

I dont vote but I dont like Tony. I dont know what political party I'm gonna follow when I can vote either yet!

[Quinton]

What's your view on Brit parties?I haven't been to any :( but I hear they're really good.

The closest Brit party I've ever come close to has been St. Patrick's Day.

[*Zara*]

im a Liberal Democrat supporter and have been for 4 years!! i finally voted for the first time this year and it was so kool!! im not really a fan of labour and the tories so i liked the lib dems better!! i actually run the lib dem society in my university and im the president i jus like the libs policies better they are a more imaginative party and have better ideas and i like the fact they want to get rid of tution fees and no to ID cards and the fact they want to lower the voting age to 16!!!

[everwoodisfab]

I haven't been to any :( but I hear they're really good.

The closest Brit party I've ever come close to has been St. Patrick's Day.

:lol: :thumbup:

im a Liberal Democrat supporter and have been for 4 years!! i finally voted for the first time this year and it was so kool!! im not really a fan of labour and the tories so i liked the lib dems better!! i actually run the lib dem society in my university and im the president i jus like the libs policies better they are a more imaginative party and have better ideas and i like the fact they want to get rid of tution fees and no to ID cards and the fact they want to lower the voting age to 16!!!

I met Charles Kennedy in the supermarket, he was buying wine, my celebrity connection :lol:

[*Zara*]

hah thats kool hes really nice i met him once too it was his birthday and i went to confernce and he was so kool!

[Faith]

lol I support Labour out of default at the mo, (my parents are labour,) but I do prefer them... at the mo? :lol:

Crazy politics :)

[Kaylan]

How many major parties are there in britain? 3?

[Faith]

3... kind of...

The main ones are -

Labour (currently in power, head honcho is Tony Blair)
Conservatives (currently have two guys fighting out to lead them)
Liberal Democrats (currently have a ickle cutesy leader! aww!)

[*Zara*]

well my parents alwasy used to vote labour but wen i got into poltics i persuaded them to vote lib dem and they have been doin that ever since!!! go me!! :dancing:

[Faith]

lol that is impressive :lol:

I liked lib dems views on scrapping tuition fees but it sounds unrealistic :(

[everwoodisfab]

My Dad gets so worked up about tuition fees... he's always moaning about Labour introducing them- one of the few things about them he doesnt like them.

[*Zara*]

yeh well the lib dems introduced it in scotland so they have had sum success but v hard for london which is annoyin i cna jus feel my debt pilin up!! but at least i dont have top up fees

[Faith]

They don't do enough for students really...

Any of the parties :lol:

[*Zara*]

lib dems do more than the others!!!

its the most popular society amongst students at the mo!! the conservatives r really outa touch with the young ppl and ppl have become dissolutioned with labour because of recent events so their popularity has declined!!!

[Faith]

I was all for Lib Dems at one point...

I'm torn between them and Labour, by the next vote I will have to do a lot of research. Its my first vote, I wanna do it well :)

[Krazy]

^^yeah i want my first vote to be well thought over too. I know alot of people who just vote for Labour because they don't know any other party which is silly. Because choosing a party is putting the country's future at stake so it should be thought over well at least :)

[christy86]

I haven't been to any :( but I hear they're really good.

The closest Brit party I've ever come close to has been St. Patrick's Day.


LOLOL.

I don't belong in this thread, but Tony Blair on CBB? Or BCC is it channel here in the US. He rocks lol. I remember seeing him in the courthouse discussing british politics. I love his accent. I thought that was great too when he apologized. Props to him.

Now you brits think i'm crazy. Oh well. :)

[Faith]

CBBC :)

He is an alright guy, you know :)

Putting aside Tony, the leader, he is a nice guy :)

[Krazy]

Tony is okay, i must say i preferred him better a few years ago before he got mixed up with Bush.
I think it's sad that a police woman got shot doing her job. :nohope:

[everwoodisfab]

^yeah that is really bad. I also much preferred Blair before he got mixed up in the Iraq issues.
My auntie went to a lunch at 10 downing street recently

[Krazy]

I remember the time when Bush came to visit England and everyone was protesting about it and the protesters knocked down this huge balloon figure of him :lol: Blair should have noticed then that his people don't like him much anymore because he got involved in Iraq. Why dont Bush and Blair both just run their own country properly before trying to sort another country out.
God England's cities are like New york now with loads of violence and stuff.

[everwoodisfab]

OMG I know, violence rates are rising, though they do seem to be trying to do something about it- more policemen on the beat etc. Even here in a tiny little suburb of Stoke-On-Trent :). The police seem to be more obviously armed aswell, like I was at Heathrow Airport in the summer and we were queing to submit our baggage and there was this policeman there with a massive rifle, it really scared me but then I guess thats the point.

[Faith]

I live in Bradford where the police woman got shot, I walk by were she got shot all the time, it surreal... it was scary that night, I was on my way to my friends 18th and there were sombre armed police everywhere...

[Krazy]

At least the police are doing something about it but i dont think a few big guns will make the problem go away. :lol:
I'm not sure if any of you have heard but there's this new policy in England that you can drink for 24 hours a day. This is supposed to have less of a rush in clubs and pubs over the weekend but aren't they asking for more trouble? It's a very high risk.
I was in Bradford the other day and police cars were everywhere. My uncle who is a policeman used to train that woman :(

[everwoodisfab]

I really dont like the longer opening times for pubs and clubs, there is a pub across the way from me and its already bad enough for noise and stuff without the late opening hours.

[Faith]

My dad knows a guy who normally walks the route she died on, but he was on holiday for 2 weeks... Its not his fault at all but wouldnt you feel awful? :(

24 hours is... odd... maybe a few hours later because I hate getting packed out so early, but who is going to the pub at 4.30? :)

[everwoodisfab]

sad old men :lol: thats the only people in the pub across from me at that time "the regulars"

[Faith]

lol the 'regulars' will now be the guys that never leave :)

In theory you could just live in your pub for the price of a beer every few hours...

[everwoodisfab]

on the plus side I'll never have to waste electricity on a CD player again- I can just listen to the music they play non stop, really loudly when they are open.

Every few hours?!? How long does it take you to drink a beer? :lol:

[Faith]

lol I mean so they can't chuck you out :lol:

[everwoodisfab]

ahh right now it makes sense :lol: I had this image of someone nursing a pint, shiftily taking sips every few minutes. Anyway back to politics...

[Faith]

lol lol :lol:

Politics... what do you think of Tony's rejected 90 day terrorism thing?

[everwoodisfab]

I didnt like it I thought i twas too much though I do agree that it could be increased.

[everwoodisfab]

I didnt like it I thought i twas too much though I do agree that it could be increased.

[everwoodisfab]

sorry about this I dont know what I did :lol: sorry for all the posts

[Faith]

I think its an okay idea.

I like not having to rush home at closing... unless there are big problems then its all good, more employment in bars at least :)

[everwoodisfab]

yeah but I live near a pub and its loud enough already! Imagine that going on even later, I would never sleep! Though I guess its OK for pubs in city centres and non residential areas, though wouldn't it result in an increase in anti social behaviour? :heart: your sig btw

[Krazy]

lucky for me, i dont have a pub in hearing distance from my house :lol:
only time will tell if the level of anti-social behaiviour will rise and my guess is it will.

[everwoodisfab]

more people drinking more and staying out later there is no way anti social cant increase!

[Faith]

Of course there is...

People will get too drunk to actually move, so they cant be antisocial :lol:

Who is going to leave a pub to cause trouble?

[Krazy]

Well some liquor stores are staying open 24/7 so alcochol can be consumed walking down a street so that won't be a issue in not wanting to leave the pub. Street crimes are the worst sort too.

[Faith]

I don't think it will really effect it.

If people want to drink that badly normally, they would stock up during the day :)

[Krazy]

Things will still change like when people come out of a club what ever the time they start behaiving like animals so the more they drink and the more people that drink will surely affect that. :lol: people will be disruptive.

[Faith]

We shall see ;)

I like the idea... maybe not 24 hours but pubs should be open later :)

Keep people off the streets :lol: :lol:

[HappyHamster]

24 hours is... odd... maybe a few hours later because I hate getting packed out so early, but who is going to the pub at 4.30? :)

ME ME ME!! Well actually to be completely truthful I can't enter another pub past 4am (it's a rule here in Nijmegen) but I can stay however long the owner wants to keep serving me. I have been out till 8am many a times. Awww good times, somehow walking home when its light has a weird appeal to it.

But on the other hand I have to say that Dutch people in general don't go out until 10/11pm. My ex-boyfriend is Irish and when we first started going out I really had to teach him that he didn't need to get all drinks in before 11pm. My first time in Ireland last orders was shouted at 10.30pm and I was like "what the f**k?" Then I got three drinks shoved into my hands and I was like "urmmm." :lol:

[Kari]

I don't know a lot about British politics, since I am not British, but I always thought Tony Blair was a cool dude. Though I was not a fan of his war participation.
But still I have high respect for the man.

[Faith]

Yeah, he is alright ;)

He'll do :lol:

Nat I would love to go out drinking with you! :lol:

[HappyHamster]

Darling, we'd have so much fun! Plus I earn money now so mixers all the way baby!!

Urmm just to stay on topic I should say something about Tony now. Tony talks with his hands a lot. Don't know whether that's a good thing or a bad thing, it's just a fact...like those 8 million bicycles in Bejing.

[Kari]

:lol:...

I would love to drink in a British pub some time...but from what is in the media Britain as a whole has pretty much an alcohol problem.

[Faith]

lol Nat I'm there :lol:

People that impersonate Tony, comedians and such, always pick up on the hands :lol:

I don't know if we have an alcohol problem... Perhaps, I've not been anywhere else for long enough to see if there is a difference :lol:

We do like our ale ;)

[Kari]

Well, I am from Germany, so I shouldn't talk...

I talk with my hands a lot, too...That makes Tony feel like a companion.

[Faith]

lol I do actually :lol:

I don't notice until people point it out (my friends take the mic :lol: )

It just means me, Kari and Tony are expressive people :lol:

[Kari]

Yeah...that is true...we have something to say and we to it intensively.

[HappyHamster]

Some say intensively, some say manically. :p

[Kari]

Yeah...that word was dropped at times...but I always though they meant somebody else.

[HappyHamster]

Like the person next to you?

<= I'm with manical

[Kari]

yeah...or the parrot on my head...I was always torn between the two

[*Zara*]

i dont think the drinkin law is gunna b around long cos it gonna cause a lot of trouble so i think it will b revoked soon enough!

[everwoodisfab]

^I hope so! It's bloody loud round here!

[*Zara*]

yeh i bet the police r gunna get annoyed cos there are more violent behaviour and stuff poor them!!

[Faith]

Actually the studies they carried out in West Yorkshire were all positive... the police said it was just the same as usual, no less civilised and no more rowdy... :)

[Kari]

:lol: I am all for drinking till sunrise...

[Faith]

Obviously there will be problems in some places...

But the people interviewed last night were like, 'we know our limits... that's why I'm off home.' lol :lol:

I think it's good the government is trusting our judgement for once :)

[HappyHamster]

I don't know my limits, but my limits usually know me. o.O

Okay an actual participation in the debate:

I think pubs should be allowed to be open as long as they wish too. It seems to work alright here. Okay we have the occasional fight (outside the Irish pub :lol: ), but in general people behave themselves properly (personally I do the drunken but not the disorderly, I always smile sweetly at the cops which seems to help). But I have been to Ireland and England and the idea that some of the people I've met there have the ability to stay out even longer (and get even drunken) scares the living daylights out of me. I've nearly been in fights because some girl would think I was eye-balling her. (Which I wasn't, I was just cross-eyed from the booze.) But there was just no reasoning with her. Of course I don't want to judge an entire nation (or two) on the bad experiences I've had, but it does shape my view on 24/7 opening hours in England. So I don't think it such a great idea..except for Gemma of course. She rules, but she should come over here anyway. For some good drinking till sunrise. :D

Re-reading my post I realize I started out saying one thing and then said the complete opposite. Interesting...

[Faith]

Of course I don't want to judge an entire nation (or two) on the bad experiences I've had, but it does shape my view on 24/7 opening hours in England. So I don't think it such a great idea..except for Gemma of course. She rules, but she should come over here anyway. For some good drinking till sunrise. :D

Obviously I'm an exception :lol:

I think 24 hours is extreme but pubs should stay open after 11 :)

[everwoodisfab]

^I wouldnt mind then staying open till after 11 but I think if the 24 hour thing is going to happen it should not be in residential areas.

[Faith]

There should be a few special pubs in every town that stay open forever.... mwahahaha... :hehe:

[everwoodisfab]

^:lol: as long as they're nowhere near my house you can nurse your pint for as long as you like ;)

[Faith]

I must come off as a complete alcoholic :lol:

I don't really even drink that much, I just like being in pubs :)

[ewww pints? I'm a spirits girl :lol:]

[everwoodisfab]

^ah but if you want to be in there at 4 you've got to make nice with the regulars and they live for their guiness ;)

[Quinton]

I like this thread :) it's good talking about non-american things for a change.

As far as pubs go, I'm on the fence with their closing times. I make a point never to stay out till daylight. It used to be fun when I was younger but it's just embarrassing these days (damn I'm getting old). I've been up (sober) at 7am ON A THURSDAY and seen drunk people walking the streets looking for more alcohol. Not a pretty picture.

The only times I'd ever stay up till morning is when I'm on holiday (especially during New Years) and when most of the city are partying all night (like the recent Lions Tour). Any other time... not good.

[Faith]

It's good for employment, I guess :)

[everwoodisfab]

yeah but bad for those people who come in drunk and lose their jobs :lol: okay not very likely but the pub near me now has opening time until 3am I cant sleep because I can hear people from it till the wee hours of the morning. Pubs in residential areas should not be allowed later opening hours

[Krazy]

what does everyone think of charles kennedy?People are telling him to resign because he has a drink problem. is this fair or not?

[everwoodisfab]

I dont think that is fair, I dont have any paticularly strong feelings of like towards him but he should be given the chance to sort himself out before people give up on him completely

[Faith]

I don't think its the reason they are asking him to leave.

They have been wanting rid of him for a while, and now he has just handed them the perfect excuse... I hope they keep Charles on, I like him.

[Krazy]

^^Agreed Gem :) A lot of people are saying that Charles isn't offering the lib dems anything, he's not taking them anywhere. And now they've had a perfect oppurtunity to get rid of him. He's resigned now anyway.

[Ol'blueyes]

How do you guys feel about your relationship with Ireland?

[Faith]

Gosh he has resigned? Poor man!

Now I'm defo voting for Labour next election, bless him!

Bridget what aspect of the relationship with Ireland do you mean? Ireland Ireland or Northern Ireland?

[everwoodisfab]

^^Agreed Gem :) A lot of people are saying that Charles isn't offering the lib dems anything, he's not taking them anywhere. And now they've had a perfect oppurtunity to get rid of him. He's resigned now anyway.

wow I didnt know he had resigned :( that's sad I quite liked him

[*Zara*]

im quite sad he resigned to i liked him

[Krazy]

he resigned at 3, it was obvious he was going too, the pressure he was under.
Now about ireland that's one long topic,about n.ireland's freedom or whatever.

[Ol'blueyes]

northern ireland

[everwoodisfab]

^I dont actually know to much about it, I have read a couple of articles and seen some stuff on TV but I'm not very well versed on the subject :) If anyone could fill me in that would be great :)

[torypops]

I think it was political suicide for Charles Kennedy the moment he announced his drink problem. I think it's a real shame and sad that he has been forced to resign. I admire him for his honesty.......aint that something an honest politician ;)

[torypops]

I suspect we will have a new Education minister before to long.
Sex offenders working in schools is still grabbing the headlines and doesn't seem to be going away, new cases are being reported and I think quite rightly so. Parents need to feel they are leaving their kids in as safe an environment as possible. Our children are the most precious things we have and we shouldn't take any unnecessary risks with them.
I was listening to a radio phone in a couple of days ago about this subject and the question was something like should sex offenders be given a second chance and be permitted to work with children. A guy phoned in who actually was/ is a sex offender and said no they shouldn't be allowed. Very brave of him to do this I thought, his reasoning was that an alcoholic can go years without taking a drink and then one day take a drink and start a slippery slope. He said the same thing goes with sex offenders.
I hope someone within the powers that be of british politics was listening to this too :ponder:

[Krazy]

Oh yeah what's with Ruth Kelly or whatever her name is letting paedophiles work as teachers. I mean it's just like throwing the children at them to molest. Paedophiles should choose another profession one that doesn't involve children. I think parents have every right to be angry at Ruth for letting this happen.

[everwoodisfab]

^I agree, it was a major mistake that should never have happened.

I was listening to the radio yesterday and they were talking about Gordon Browns suggestion of a National British day, I thought it was a bit pointless but then people were suggesting that he was doing it to seem patriotic so that people would see him in a better light and be accepting of him as the next prime minister. People were saying that because he was Scottish he wouldnt be seen as a good PM. I found that really odd as Scotland is part of Britain and they were all saying he didnt want to be PM anyway.

[Faith]

I don't like Ruth Kelly at all...

And I'm Labour but I wouldn't love Gordon as the PM or leader of the party.

[torypops]

Ya know what? Hand on heart, I honestly believe thery're pretty much all as bad as each other :down:

[everwoodisfab]

And I'm Labour but I wouldn't love Gordon as the PM or leader of the party.

yeah but that wasnt the point, what bothered me was that people were saying that they thought the fact that he was scottish would make him less acceptable to the British public IF he wanted to be.

[Krazy]

^^^^That's wrong. A scottish person has the same right as a english person to be PM. :no:
Ruth Kelly is under a lot of pressure now so she might resign. Didn't any of them learn the lesson of Ian huntley?

[Faith]

She seems so... stand offish anyway, doesn't she? Maybe thats just me but I've never found her particularly nice...

[everwoodisfab]

^same here but then I've never found the entire education system paticularly nice :)

[Krazy]

Agreed with both of you :) She hasn't be around long as she and she hasn't really done anything about the education system. Never seen her on the news talking about things she wants to do and that.

[*Zara*]

yeh never really heard bout her until al this stuff was on the news that doesnt really seem like a good thing on her part!

[torypops]

Not really getting the claws out but I think she sounds like a bloke ;)
She sure is stand offish and doesn't come across as a particularly caring person :smack:

[Krazy]

^^^:lol: That's funny because i think so too.
Oooh rumours are there have been plots to kindmap tony blair's son. :eek: Now that is wrong.

[*Zara*]

yeh i heard bout that i mean thats wrong leave the son alone its not his fault tony blair is pm!!

[everwoodisfab]

:shocked: I heard that on the radio this morning, I thought it was a hoax, it was the fathers for justice wasnt it? That seems like a logical way to prove to people that you are responsible enough to bring up your child :ebraise:

[Krazy]

Those men are beginning to sound dangerous. They've started to go out of control. :nohope: Pathetic.

[Faith]

Really, what they were fighting for was honourable but threatening to kidnap a little kid? Talk about irresponsible parenting...

[torypops]

I heard that 'father's for justice' (or whatever they're called) has disbanded after all the shocking revelations concerning little Leo Blair.
I can sympathise with them for fighting for the right to spend more time with their children, but there's a right and wrong way to go about it and they've definately been going about it the wrong way! Kidnapping a child so that the famous father can know how it feels to be without his child :shocked: How could that have seemed like a good idea to someone?

[torypops]

Blimey what's goin on with the lib dems at the mo? They all seem to have confessions to make :lol:
Whereas honesty is the best policy I don't think recent reports are doing them many favours

[Krazy]

The dude turned out to be gay not that will matter. It's been like a episode of eastenders,such much drama :lol:

[everwoodisfab]

^It really annoyed me that everyone is acting as if the fact that he has had gay relationships will make him any less of a politician. Why should it matter?

[*gwen*~*grover*]

i dont know whats happening (havent been following, and didnt read the whole thing, sorry! :lol: ) but i dont think it should make a difference... the same thing happends all the time though, and i think its horrible...

[Krazy]

Nobody is really making a big deal out of it. The guy was just denying it then says yes i have had sexual relationships with men. WTF didn't he just admit it before rather then keep on saying i aren't gay. Then say i am. He made the issue bigger nobody else.

[Faith]

Off the above topic here but who is voting for Galloway for the next election??

:hehe: :hehe:

[torypops]

As regards the lib dems and for that matter all politicians I don't give a toss who's gay, who's not, who likes a drink who doesn't or whatever else may be going on in their personal life. Honesty, now that is different to me because it boils down to how trustworthy they are and that is important!:)

George Galloway :shocked:
Oh my god!!! I can't even look at the guy let alone vote for him :scream:

He's horrid and all that pussy cat stuff just made me feel sick :puke:

[Faith]

lmao when he attacked sexy Preston, I nearly dived at the screen :lol:

[everwoodisfab]

he went in there trying to "reach young voters" :ebraise:
What Jeremy Paxton said to him cracked me up "how about an interview George, with or without the catsuit"

[torypops]

he went in there trying to "reach young voters" :ebraise:
What Jeremy Paxton said to him cracked me up "how about an interview George, with or without the catsuit"

LMAO :lol: :lol: :lol:
I hadn't heard that.

[Krazy]

George has totally ruined his rep. :nohope:

[Faith]

Didn't have far to fall really, lol ;)

[Krazy]

:lol: Yep, he wasn't exactly the most loved person before.

[torypops]

Education minister Ruth Kelly has been hit by an egg! A member of 'Real Fathers for Justice' threw the egg at her whilst shouting "justice for fathers not paedophiles" :ninja:
Not the best way to point out that the powers that be are not getting the priorities of the nation in the right order but it's a helluva piccie ;)

Actually I must confess that I feel sorry for her when I see the piccie but I sympathise with good fathers who are not able to spend much time with kids that they love too :confused:

[Krazy]

^^I was laughing when that happedn :lol:
What does everyone think of the BNP leader getting not guilty?

[bill the bloodl]

^^i think he should have been guilty.
What does everyone think of the smoking ban?

[torypops]

I'm speaking from a non smoker's point of view - I think it's good news and hope that the same action is taken in Wales too :thumbup:
I'm sure smokers will be outraged but ya know what if they want to continue smoking they can it just needs to be somewhere that will affect their own health only and not the health of people who choose the healthier option i.e. not smoking.
Maybe now would be a good time to boost the help needed for people to give up the habit. :)

[Krazy]

I'm with the ban, i mean smoking is unfair on the people around them. I mean do they know how many people die every year because of passive smoking? Though i'm sure Tony might have lost himself some voters :lol:

[*Zara*]

yay for the ban so awesome i ahte bein in a restarant or pub and ur jus bombarded with smoke not good for me old health for once the government got something right

[torypops]

yay for the ban so awesome i ahte bein in a restarant or pub and ur jus bombarded with smoke not good for me old health for once the government got something right

yeah who'd a thunk it - the government getting something right :lol:

[everwoodisfab]

I'm glad their banning smoke, I'm fed up of coming home stinking of cigarette smoke :)

[torypops]

It's gonna be interesting to see how the threat of bird flu will affect British politics. I'm sure that when it does arrive there'll be some bitching about who should be doing what and why hasn't so and so done this or that!:nohope:

[everwoodisfab]

^It's all that anyone ever talks about now! I switch on the news and it's all thats there. Hasn't it been found in captive birds in France now? It's only a matter of time until it gets to the UK

[torypops]

yeah Ithink you're right it's only a matter of time before it reaches the uk :ebraise:

I think that people are gonna totally freak out when the time comes. It's scary stuff and I just think that if the government do something to make sure we are all informed well it will help to reassure a lot of us :)

[everwoodisfab]

there have been no transfers of the virus to humans in europe yet ave there? So we're safe as of now lol

[torypops]

I think there were human deaths in Turkey but they caught it from contact with infected birds. We only need to start worrying if the virus mutates and can be passed from human to human and as yet that has not happened. I think we just need to be aware and cautious about not being in contact with infected birds.
I heard something the other day about a cat possibly dying of the virus and thinking there was that the cat had eaten an infected bird but I dont know if it was confirmed. People may need to keep their cats in doors when the virus arrives in the UK.
I'm sure that the government will have some sort of public awareness drive when we need it :)

[Krazy]

it's sad but it's only time because humans will get infected by this virus, i just hope the goverment prepare for it.

[torypops]

It is sad and a bit scary too. When the time comes we will need a vaccine to be made against the exact strain of virus asap

[Krazy]

Woah BNP are coming to power, more and more people are voting for them :nohope:

[*Zara*]

noooooooooo i dont want that to happen grrrr

[everwoodisfab]

I HATE the BNP... I really can't see why anyone would vote for them :(

[Krazy]

I hate the BNP too. sick idiots. They say they aren't racists but :wtf: then they go ahead and saw stuff like everyone who isn't white aren't anyone's priority. I can just say BNP will never have power as long as their are sane people in the world.