Indigenous?
On Question Time Nick Griffin referred to the "indigenous" people of these islands (the English, the Scottish, the Welsh, and the Irish) who have been here "for 17,000 years". Among other failings poor Nick has a slender grasp of history if he thinks the bloody English have been here for 17,000 years...
posted by Politaholic at 9:57 am
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Piece in The Guardian today quotes Oxford geneticist Steohen Oppenheimer as saying that 17000 years agoour islands were under an ice sheet. He also says it's imppossible to identify British 'aboriginals' as #we are all quite recent immigrants with multiple waves occurring in the apst 15,000 years.' It seems the earliest lot were Basques who provide the origins for three quarters of our population, then came the Celts 4000 years ago followed by the Saxons.
The way the polls are going, it looks very possible that no one party will have an overall majority at the 2010 General Election. Even if they do, it could be small and make for an unstable government if they tried to go it alone.
In the past, a party often had to command nearly half of the vote to obtain even a small majority in the House of Commons. But as the minority and national parties have grown, it has become increasingly possible for the Conservatives or Labour still to become the largest party in Parliament – even though around two-thirds of the voters want someone else in charge.
I found a very interesting website where you can discuss the possibilty of a hung parliament, its www.charter2010.co.uk
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