tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post6954734049499546190..comments2023-11-05T22:35:31.766+00:00Comments on Neil Clark: Hungary tears up the ballot paperNeil Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10479041156190090119noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-18269205971902659662009-05-15T22:11:00.000+01:002009-05-15T22:11:00.000+01:00It's not just the Magyars who bring unelected chum...It's not just the Magyars who bring unelected chums, mates and political allies into government.<br /><br />We've been doing it since time immemorial. That's one reason for hanging on to an unelected House of Lords.<br /><br />Witness Peter "Lord" Mandelson (Peter Benjamin Mandelson, Baron Mandelson, PC, current Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, and guaranteed a seat on our legislature for life).<br /><br />Andrew Sutton<br />www.conductive-world.infoAndrew Suttonhttp://www.conductive-world.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-10154988956823356192009-05-15T08:11:00.000+01:002009-05-15T08:11:00.000+01:00At the risk of being Johnny One Note: Hungary has ...At the risk of being Johnny One Note: Hungary has the highest percentage of owner-occupation practically anywhere.You have a majority of voters determined that house prices must always rise and you can say good-bye to democracy.<br />The system we have where the whole population is pressed into holding up the housing-market,tenants ,the retired,anyone under 34 who cannot afford house purchase,is really a system of mass bribery of the electorally decisive owner-occupiers.This bloc would vote for anybody and anything that looked after house prices.The great thing about this form of bribery from the politicians'point of view is 1)they don't have to use their own money to ensure election like in the rotten boroughs and 2) they do n't feel so bad siphoning off housing expense money when they're making sure their constituents get their share.DBC Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17891849727783879145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-35738409119302373552009-05-15T03:07:00.000+01:002009-05-15T03:07:00.000+01:00Yes, and it will be accompanied by a lot more publ...Yes, and it will be accompanied by a lot more public executions of homeward bound newspaper vendors and swarthy electricians and 'the like'. Notice how the former has conveniently dropped from prominence in the media with the timely arrival of this furore about MPs expenses which everyone has known about for yonks.jock mctrousersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-71716801660238581572009-05-14T18:37:00.000+01:002009-05-14T18:37:00.000+01:00It interesting that members of the Hugarian govern...It interesting that members of the Hugarian government do not need to be members of National Assembly.PJDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-58505718469439204852009-05-14T18:20:00.000+01:002009-05-14T18:20:00.000+01:00"The fact that unelected figures hold so much powe..."The fact that unelected figures hold so much power in a European country that styles itself a democracy is alarming."<br /><br />You say 'alarming,' - I call it a foreshadowing.Roland Hulmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08979437320446956987noreply@blogger.com