Santa would vote Labour

by Irn Bru Sun Dec 22, 2013 6:14 pm

As parliament goes into Christmas recess and Father Christmas readies his reindeer, the British public think that Father Christmas’s political views would be firmly left of centre

Ed Balls caused a stir last week by showing up to a commons vote on banking reform dressed as Father Christmas. Balls arrived directly from playing the role of Father Christmas at the Westminster Kids Club Christmas party, and proudly posed for a picture with Labour MP Pamela Nash. The idea of Father Christmas taking the Labour whip however, doesn't come as too much of a suprise to the British public.

YouGov research shows that the British public think that given the opportunity, Father Christmas would vote either Labour or Green.

Excluding those who either don’t know (19%) or think he wouldn’t vote at all (25%), 27% of Brits think Father Christmas is a Labour voter, although the Green Party comes a close second with 23%. Despite his penchant for hand-outs, 17% think Father Christmas is a Conservative and 13% think he would vote UKIP. Just 6% think Father Christmas would vote Lib Dem.

http://cambridge.yougov.com/news/2013/12/20/father-christmas-would-vote-labour/

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Surely Santa is the biggest capitalist you could get in running his business so what does that say about this Tory led coalition.

lol!

by Guest Sun Dec 22, 2013 6:18 pm

Yea, but he don't do it for the profit lol, he does it for love cos he is kind. It's the shops that get the profits!

by Ben Reilly Sun Dec 22, 2013 7:23 pm

Santa is weird. He uses elf slave labor to make the gifts, then gives them away like a big commie santa

by Irn Bru Sun Dec 22, 2013 8:11 pm

Ben_Reilly wrote:Santa is weird. He uses elf slave labor to make the gifts, then gives them away like a big commie

Would he be a Democrat or a Republican Ben?

by Irn Bru Mon Dec 23, 2013 12:26 am

Ben_Reilly wrote:Santa is weird. He uses elf slave labor to make the gifts, then gives them away like a big commie

It looks like you may have called it right Ben. Read on..

The state has privatised Santa and nationalised the elves

In Lapland today, Santa's little helpers are on zero-hours contracts, struggling with falling living standards and constantly under state surveillance.
Up in the frozen north, it's the busiest time of the year. At the world's biggest toy production and distribution centre, the workforce is under pressure to fill the long list of outstanding orders to meet the Christmas Eve deadline. Outside, the snow lies crisp and deep and even, but inside Santa's workshop the pace never slackens.
Actually, workshop is a misnomer. It was the rebranding consultants who came up with the idea of a "workshop" after a whistleblower revealed that Santa's little helpers were underpaid, overworked and suffering from a range of stress-related illnesses. The workshop is actually the world's biggest warehouse, millions of square feet of aisles filled with toy trains, books and computer games.

http://www.theguardian.com/business/economics-blog/2013/dec/22/santa-elves-living-standards-surveillance

That's the bloody Tories for you.

Laughing

by Ben Reilly Mon Dec 23, 2013 6:01 am

Haha, that's awesome. It's a hard one to call on Democrat vs. Republican. If Santa was a Democrat, he'd pay the elves a living wage, and all the gifts would arrive around January 25 because they'd be triple-checked for safety.

If he was a Republican, the elves would be working in a Chinese sweatshop and the gifts would be sold for Low Prices Every Day®

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