UK's House of Lords Speaks To Voters Via YouTube, Blogs

PHPNerd writes "In a bold move to connect with the next generation of young British voters, the House of Lords has launched a YouTube video series that will detail what it does and make it more accessible to the younger generation. It accompanies an experimental blog in which various Lords write about political issues and can receive feedback from anyone around the world. The article quotes spokesman Owen Williams saying, 'We're trying to engage with younger people and people who may not be interested in politics. We looked at YouTube because it appeals to people outside the political elite.' Is this doomed to failure, or should more governments be doing something similar?"

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"We lie cheat and steal... "

[DaedalusHKX]

"...And now we need someone else to vote for us and validate us, otherwise we'll be shown for the rotten crooks we are, and people will stop wanting to partake of our poison fruit. Wait... was that my outside voice? "

Won't happen on youtube, but it would not be the first time that such scumbags would've had an instance of parapraxis of some sort.

Re:"We lie cheat and steal... "

[DaedalusHKX]

Thanks for correcting my mistaken assumption that someone out there elects these guys too (still more than willing to believe there's a small group on Crown Street that actually "elects" them in the same way they elect the crucial members of the US Congress too, and in the same way they permit the Queen to "run the show" so long as she runs it the way they tell her to.)

And if people weren't kept in a complete vacuum of thought that the public schools enforce, perhaps they wouldn't NEED to vote for crooks to redistribute other people's wealth, or depend on other crooks to lord over them. And if they didn't try to harm others (rich or poor notwithstanding) then they wouldn't need self appointed "der ubermensch" to come think for them and prevent their folly.

Besides, its not like the House of Lords prevented England from turning into an overt police state in the last 15 years. So throwing a pittance to the shackled masses isn't exactly what I call "benevolent"... I call it "saying nice doggie until you find a big enough rock." I mean, England is small enough that they can't hide without fleeing the shores, should a revolution start. Thus, the Lords have to do something to make them look friendly to the masses, should the masses finally wake up to reality and do as Mencken suggested, and "spit on their hands, hoist the black flag, and start slitting throats." Why else do you think there would be so damn many cameras in London, yet they always fail to protect civilians... what other purpose would such a panopticon serve? Though that DOES explain why some woman in England could go to prison for a 3 years for possessing a mere 12 rounds of .38 Special, and not even a gun to shoot them off with. They've disarmed the populace out of fear of revolution, not fear of murder or "populist knee jerk" programs.

Thankfully the english are more cowed than their fellow socialists in America and even Europe. They're great at subjugating other cultures (as was proven by their rape of the new world and of asia and some of africa) but they're miserable at being anything but obedient subjects. The English, however, don't even need to be brainwashed by force anymore, they brainwash themselves. Its a great time to have a fancy title in England and be worshipped by the masses.

As for their wondrous achievements, I wonder if they were achieved the same way as dictators from certain communist dictatorships received degrees from Harvard or Yale or even, "gasp" your vaunted Oxford. One has to wonder how the wife of Nicolae Ceausescu, who, from all accounts never got into middle school, somehow became a PHD in chemistry while visiting "the west"?? I'm fairly sure the dictators were equally as qualified as the Lords in England, but the question is, who qualified them, and for what purpose? Lording over a nation comprised mostly of Proud Chavs doesn't exactly make them worthy of respect.

Re:"We lie cheat and steal... "

[azgard]

Yes, silly us, why would we want a democracy, when a panel of experts can make all the decisions for us. No thanks, sir, I am from Czech republic, and we lived under such system for 40 years (the self-appointed body of "experts" being http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Czechoslovakia).

Re:Is it just me...

[MadMartigan2001]

My apologies, I did not mean to offend the people who control your mind. Sorry my mistake, I mistakenly assumed you could think for yourself and actually "had a pair". Enjoy your serfdom, it will last you till the day you die.