Joining/becoming a ...
 

  You don't need to be an 'investor' to invest in Singletrack: 6 days left: 95% of target - Find out more

[Closed] Joining/becoming a member of a political party?

13 Posts
9 Users
0 Reactions
85 Views
Posts: 0
Free Member
Topic starter
 

Anyone on here a paid up member of a political party? I'm considering taking an active role in politics, and am interested to see what the experience of others is.


 
Posted : 15/08/2013 6:05 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

Which party?


 
Posted : 15/08/2013 6:15 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
Topic starter
 

National Party.


 
Posted : 15/08/2013 6:18 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

Sounds a bit UKIP/EDL/BNP...


 
Posted : 15/08/2013 6:20 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

You can't sort your kids out, but you want a hand in running a country?


 
Posted : 15/08/2013 6:21 pm
Posts: 11937
Free Member
 

The Scottish one, presumably? 🙂


 
Posted : 15/08/2013 6:21 pm
Posts: 43345
Full Member
 

LOLs at crikey


 
Posted : 15/08/2013 6:22 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
Topic starter
 

You can't sort your kids out, but you want a hand in running a country?

Seems to be par for the course. Maybe if I leave them in a pub I'll end up running the joint.


 
Posted : 15/08/2013 6:22 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

😆


 
Posted : 15/08/2013 6:24 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

I joined the green party, but they signed me up as a "young green" i was 23 and a full tax payer, was a little offended that i wasn't considered an adult by them so i left. I also joined the socialist workers, but they were a bunch of unwashed dreamers. I did opt out of my unison membership contributing to the labour party though!


 
Posted : 15/08/2013 6:33 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

On a slightly more serious note, I'd be wary about the whole nationalism thing. I know it's in Scotland, I know it's a different situation to England, but the potential for a gentle slide into racism of a less than tartan hue should be watched for.

Perhaps I'm being a bit gloomy, but half an hour in my local pub with a couple of local folk has revealed a very local approach to people who might be considered not quite local.


 
Posted : 15/08/2013 6:41 pm
 Esme
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

I joined a political party about 10 years ago, then successfully fought four borough/parish elections. It was difficult to take that very first step, as I believed I was "above all that" political silliness.

But basically, it's a matter of who you want making decisions affecting your life - yourself, or the other idiots.

Go for it, [b]Glupton[/b] - and good luck (whichever party you support) 🙂


 
Posted : 15/08/2013 6:42 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

Hope you don't mean this one. [url= http://thenationalparty.org.uk/ ]the national party[/url]

That would be a shame, and probably rather pointless

For the record been a member of a party and stood as a councillor. Thankfully not elected 🙂


 
Posted : 15/08/2013 7:26 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

Party brandh meetings are like STW threads with fewer gifs and more structure. If you like bickering about minutes, you'll love local politics.


 
Posted : 16/08/2013 3:30 am

6 DAYS LEFT
We are currently at 95% of our target!