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[challenge entry] Change? The olde gals had little to say about it.

I'm not sure if I understand the direction of this Vote for a Change thing.
Dilution of the electorate is an olde game that has served the Statists more
than it ever has for the Progressives. Keep your eye on issues and ability.
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(I helped save b3ta! Tahkcalb &omega;&infin; for sigs, Thu 13 Aug 2009, 2:26, archived)
# hehe
CHANGE IS WIV DA ANGELS NOW
(I helped save b3ta! PointlessCamel Last one on drugs is a queer., Thu 13 Aug 2009, 2:31, archived)
# perfectly PUT!
:)put put put
(I helped save b3ta! Elvis impersonator, Thu 13 Aug 2009, 2:39, archived)
# heheh
 
www.marriedtothesea.com/061006/i-hate-voting.gif
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Thu 13 Aug 2009, 2:34, archived)
# Indeed.
(I helped save b3ta! Tahkcalb &omega;&infin; for sigs, Thu 13 Aug 2009, 2:36, archived)
# :D
(I helped save b3ta! Elvis impersonator, Thu 13 Aug 2009, 2:36, archived)
# anyone explain what isketch is?
it sounds fun
(I helped save b3ta! FIEND, Thu 13 Aug 2009, 2:40, archived)
# It's a place where people draw cocks and get banned
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan https://twitter.com/VomitingLarry, Thu 13 Aug 2009, 2:44, archived)
# isnt it like an online pictionary/win-lose-or-draw sorta thing
it seems fairly popular with b3ta people but I have no idea how you locate them on the website
(gtfomh, Thu 13 Aug 2009, 2:44, archived)
# had to wiki it me
does sound kind of fun....maybe venture it at some point:)
(I helped save b3ta! Elvis impersonator, Thu 13 Aug 2009, 2:47, archived)
# yep
(I helped save b3ta! elbow, Thu 13 Aug 2009, 2:37, archived)
# The cocks also vote for other cocks
It's a complete Animal Farm: All cocks are equal but some are more equal than others
(I helped save b3ta! BargeArse Maker of fine Trouser Trumpets since 1863, Thu 13 Aug 2009, 3:03, archived)
# Basically, yes.
My first version was longer with "and only the cocks get to run."
But I tightened the quip up to be more direct and to the point.
(I helped save b3ta! Tahkcalb &omega;&infin; for sigs, Thu 13 Aug 2009, 3:08, archived)
#
I'm not sure I understand the direction of this campaign either. The petition looks almost deliberately vague:

"Politics is now too important to be left to the politicians. At the next election I want to be able to cast my vote for a new parliament and a new politics.

I demand the right to be able to vote for a change…"

Clear as mud, right? What are they actually asking us to sign up to? A referendum, apparently, but on what? Proportional representation? Reform of the expenses system?

A whois query shows that voteforachange.co.uk is registered to Soapbox Communications, a "communications agency", but it isn't clear who the client is. Could it be Brass Eye?
(The Whacker Of Moles, Thu 13 Aug 2009, 7:28, archived)
# Exactly so.
It struck me as misdirection and bandwagoning of the "change" slogan from the Obama campaign.
Your suggestion is much more fun than what I suspect. Which is toffs trying to play both ends off the
middle once again.
(I helped save b3ta! Tahkcalb &omega;&infin; for sigs, Thu 13 Aug 2009, 7:58, archived)
#
Sadly you're probably right.
(The Whacker Of Moles, Thu 13 Aug 2009, 7:59, archived)