If you were elected PM today, what would you do?

[Frodo13.]

I would.

Cut taxes.
Disagree. Taxes are needed for NHS, Education, Public Transport etc. I wouldn't scrap them, just use them to better effect.

Bring back capital punishment.
Disagree. Dont think it will solve a whole lot. There is always the chance that the wrong person could be excecuted.

Bring back corporal punishment.
Agree. Not in schools but as punnishments for crime and whilst in prison I think is needed.

Scrap all stealth taxes like Green taxes.
Again, taxes are essential.

Restructure the NHS as it's completley collapsing.
Agree, but its more difficult then that.

Invade Zimbabwe and remove Robert Mugarbe who has killed may thousands of people for no reason.
Agree. To be honast, I dont understand why this hasnt already happend. But if your going to invade Zimbabwe, then you would also need to invade places such as South Korea, who are also underule by a 'evil' dictator.

Remove Scotland from the United Kingdom, or remove their parliament or remove their MP's from our parliament.
Im not sure about this one. I think Scotland need the UK, I dont think they would be able to cope with Independence.

Build a new Generation of Nuclear Power Plants so we won't rely on Russia in the future for our gas and oil.
Disagree. Building Nuclear Power can lead to global disputes and Cold Wars. Britain doesnt need that.

Give the go ahead to a new Trident.
Disagree for the same reasons as the Nuclear Power thingy.

Leave the EU.
Disagree. They are good for trade etc. Dont think we should give up are traditions to them though e.g sterling to euro is a no-no imo.

Stay close to America but not right behind them unlike this Labour Government.
Agree. USA is a very powerful country, it would be unwise not to have their support. I dont think we need to get involved in their problems though. If I was PM Id pull troops straight out of Iraq.

Make gay and lesbian adoption illegal, I do not think children would live normal lives otherwise and it's not fair on them to be bullied.
Disagree. Gay people are normal, and their kids can lead normal lives. Just because someones parent is gay, wont make the kid be gay. Your either born gay, or born straight, and nothing can change that. I know a lad whos Dad is gay, and that lad is straighter then straight! In a future society, I think homosexuality will be just as 'normal' as drinking TEA!

[-:Undertaker:-]

I don't think many of you get it over the gay issue, I don't have anything against gays people, YES ONE DAY THEY WILL BE FULLY ACCEPTED but they are not at the moment, so let's left thousands of children get bullied for having 2 mums and having 2 dads?

Also we can cut taxes, we'd have billions extra if we left the EU and stopped the war in Iraq, so a little tax cut would be nice as we are taxed more than most others in Europe and the world.

To the people against Nuclear, explain to me what are you so scared about with it?

Oh and on EU issue, 'they are good for trade' - err so we can't trade with anyone if they aren't in the EU? is that what your saying? because we trade with America, China and many others fine without paying billions to them to be in a club.

[Browney]

I don't think many of you get it over the gay issue, I don't have anything against gays people, YES ONE DAY THEY WILL BE FULLY ACCEPTED but they are not at the moment, so let's left thousands of children get bullied for having 2 mums and having 2 dads?

Well to be honest, that seems double standard to me. You don't want mental bullying of children but are happy to let mis-behaving ones be beaten with a cane? Just my opinion.

[Concentric2]

Also a note on corporal punishment, aimed at Liam. I don't know why you keep repeating the words "chauvinistic [spelt wrong] masculine show of dominance" and such, as it has nothing to do with that. It's a way to discipline children, and for millennia it has worked. Look around you at the vandalism and attacks done by children of the present day and it's painfully obvious that discipline has become something that just doesn't happen.

I agree that children arn't well enough disciplined but i don't think it's down to parents not being allowed to beat them.

I was never more than slapped on the bottom as a child and my parents managed to discipline me fairly well, so i don't see why other parents can't.
I think it's down to a few social things, including parents' attitudes towards discipline and their children in general - parents are younger now than they were in the past and i see a fair number of parents f'ing and blinding at their children which isn't the right way to go about it and makes the children act quite violently back.

[Lycan]

I agree that children arn't well enough disciplined but i don't think it's down to parents not being allowed to beat them.

I was never more than slapped on the bottom as a child and my parents managed to discipline me fairly well, so i don't see why other parents can't.
I think it's down to a few social things, including parents' attitudes towards discipline and their children in general - parents are younger now than they were in the past and i see a fair number of parents f'ing and blinding at their children which isn't the right way to go about it and makes the children act quite violently back.

Ditto. i agree with what you say

[Throne Sofa]

I'd step down, as i'd probably eff up the country, i'm 15. I am not knowlodgeable enough to run the darn country!

[Browney]

I'd step down, as i'd probably eff up the country, i'm 15. I am not knowlodgeable enough to run the darn country!

Haha, probably best comment all thread.

Even if he supports Chelsea.

[:Liam]

Gonna do what everyone else has done by writing over yours ^_^



Also a note on corporal punishment, aimed at Liam. I don't know why you keep repeating the words "chauvinistic [spelt wrong] masculine show of dominance" and such, as it has nothing to do with that. It's a way to discipline children, and for millennia it has worked. Look around you at the vandalism and attacks done by children of the present day and it's painfully obvious that discipline has become something that just doesn't happen.

Oh and I forgot to mention the monarchy; don't get rid of them. It's the one thing that makes us different, they're our history and hopefully our future. If anything, get them more involved.

It is, though because a humans main anthropological instinct is to show dominance and to assert who is the person at the top of the heirarchy, studies also show that children who get beaten or were subjected to corporal punishment had social problems later on in life. Corporal punishment never helped teenagers anyway because when teenagers are faced by a social barrier such as this they react either positively or negatively however when faced by a negative barrier such as corporal punishment they will usualy be affected adversely by rebelling which meant lots more people left school earlier back then and didnt do aswell in tests because of the pressure and the stress from fear. The way to go is on a system of mutual respect (which has been enforced at my school). This entales a agreement of rules, but the rules such as no smoking, no shouting, no anger, no anti-social behaviour ect. are not just followed by the students but also by the teachers, if either break the rules they get warnings. If a student becomes unwilling to learn they get the option to leave or stay, if they choose to leave they get expelled, if a teacher breaks theese rules we can put complaints in and same can they. in which is a more workplace like environment, with no break times, a lunch time, and 9-2.30 day, this system is proving affective because it is a much more resonable system of mutual respect and not a traditional hierachy in which everyone is set at a certain level.


Corporal punishment is somthing to be kept in history books. I personally do not agree with almost every right wing view. I believe in socialisation and do not believe in resorting to more chovanistic ways.

[Crimson]

Make gay and lesbian adoption illegal, I do not think children would live normal lives otherwise and it's not fair on them to be bullied.

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[T0M]

To the nuclear question by undertaker further up, the reason im against it is because its extremely dangerous and extremely expensive to set up and to also get rid of once it has done its job, id prefer to have more wind farms to create electricity, although imo global warming is a fad and is a total waste of our money with all these schemes and if petrol prices go up/flights are taxed because of it i will be seriously annoyed