UK General Election 2015

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GoneAnon

1,703 posts

151 months

Saturday 18th April 2015
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AnotherClarkey said:
FiF said:
MiniMan64 said:
pingu393 said:
Greg66 said:
They are predicting

Con 281
Lab 281
LD 17
SNP 48

It looks like Con would win as they are current government, but would be unable to form new government. Lab would form vote-by-vote alliance with SNP and have a majority of 3. SNP will have Lab and the UK by the cahones.

If Con got one more seat than Lab, there is the possibility that the PM could come from a party that is not the majority party. I don't think that has ever happened. Is this allowed within our unwritten constitution? This, I guess, is one of the reasons why is is unwritten wink.
3rd most voted for party = 1 seat
4th most voted for party = 17 seats

Mental.
It's more mental than that.
5th most voted for party = 1 seat
6th most voted for party that wants to break up the nation = 48 seats.

Personally happy to see the Scots clear off and stew in their own misfortune. No doubt the EU would be happy to let them join and then heap money in their direction just to ps off the English.
The country had the chance to change the first past the post system in 2011 and firmly rejected it. Not much point moaning now.
Westminster pretty much BEGGED scotland to stay just 7 months ago and won the day. Not much point moaning now.

turbobloke

103,742 posts

259 months

Sunday 19th April 2015
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Conservative support back up to 34% neck and neck with Labour.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/gene...

If the latest changes in party support were to be replicated everywhere then Labour would end up with 296 seats and the Conservatives 268 seats acording to The Independent.

turbobloke

103,742 posts

259 months

Sunday 19th April 2015
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McWigglebum4th

32,414 posts

203 months

Sunday 19th April 2015
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turbobloke said:
But completely incorrect

As Salmond has returned to the shadows

he will get into westminster and be pulling the strings

And destroy the UK

turbobloke

103,742 posts

259 months

Sunday 19th April 2015
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McWigglebum4th said:
turbobloke said:
But completely incorrect

As Salmond has returned to the shadows

he will get into westminster and be pulling the strings

And destroy the UK
In which case, swap the latest Tory poster for an older version.



Vaud

50,288 posts

154 months

Sunday 19th April 2015
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McWigglebum4th said:
But completely incorrect

As Salmond has returned to the shadows

he will get into westminster and be pulling the strings

And destroy the UK
If I hear the words one morning on Radio 4 "Prime Minister Ed Miliband and Deputy Prime Minister Alec Salmond..." I'll switch off the radio and reach for something strong!

dirkgently

2,160 posts

230 months

Sunday 19th April 2015
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Vaud said:
If I hear the words one morning on Radio 4 "Prime Minister Ed Miliband and Deputy Prime Minister Alec Salmond..." I'll switch off the radio and reach for something strong!
The Webley?




anonymous-user

53 months

Sunday 19th April 2015
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Just thinking-if it's as close as it seems to be, if one or two constituencies elect an independent MP (rare but can happen) could a single or a couple of independent MP's end up deciding who gets into number 10 if it comes down to one or two MP's between the main two and no-one being able to form a stable coalition?

funkyrobot

18,789 posts

227 months

Sunday 19th April 2015
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The thing that really saddens me about this election nonsense is that the candidates seem more interested in slagging each other off than thinking about what is good for the country. It's like winning the election has become a competition rather than a hugely responsible task.

This is my own opinion, but I'm struggling to vote for anyone because they all seem as bad as each other. I don't think there is a single candidate that stands out and enlightens me. It seems like it'll be a tactical vote to keep the worst of the worst out. What a sorry state of affairs.

Halb

53,012 posts

182 months

Sunday 19th April 2015
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cookie118 said:
Just thinking-if it's as close as it seems to be, if one or two constituencies elect an independent MP (rare but can happen) could a single or a couple of independent MP's end up deciding who gets into number 10 if it comes down to one or two MP's between the main two and no-one being able to form a stable coalition?
The Rainbow coalition?! Where is the Man in White and Kiddermister Man now?! biggrin

funkyrobot said:
The thing that really saddens me about this election nonsense is that the candidates seem more interested in slagging each other off than thinking about what is good for the country. It's like winning the election has become a competition rather than a hugely responsible task.

This is my own opinion, but I'm struggling to vote for anyone because they all seem as bad as each other. I don't think there is a single candidate that stands out and enlightens me. It seems like it'll be a tactical vote to keep the worst of the worst out. What a sorry state of affairs.
Negative campaigning has bene around for a while but it really started to rack up in the last two elections. I can recall the backlash from negative campaigning in the last one, and people know it causes backlash (arguably well seen with UKiPs this time) but they still do it. Negative campaigning is huge in the US, and it comes hand in hand with personality politics and the cult of personality.

MGJohn

10,203 posts

182 months

Sunday 19th April 2015
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funkyrobot said:
The thing that really saddens me about this election nonsense is that the candidates seem more interested in slagging each other off than thinking about what is good for the country. It's like winning the election has become a competition rather than a hugely responsible task.
You are not alone in having those worrying thoughts. All too bluddy obvious. Very far from alone in fact and I feel, and have felt for some years now, that a vote for anyone will be a certain waste for that reason.

With that in mind, I'm still wasting my vote on UK Independence Party come what may.

All those many who have cultivated their mythical money trees should clone them for the benefit of all .... rolleyes

FiF

43,960 posts

250 months

Sunday 19th April 2015
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Halb said:
The Rainbow coalition?! Where is the Man in White and Kiddermister Man now?! biggrin
Dr Richard Taylor is standing again in Wyre Forest. Lost last time by about 5%. Considering the scandals and problems being regularly experienced at the A&E units which serve the district, the local A&E having been closed by Labour and the current fiasco in Worcester and Redditch units under Coalition he might have had a chance of a turn round but will probably be denied by votes lost to UKIP.

Pesty

42,655 posts

255 months

Sunday 19th April 2015
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Labour Party canvassing

We are doomed.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3cPah7lSWV4

NoNeed

15,137 posts

199 months

Sunday 19th April 2015
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Pesty said:
Labour Party canvassing

We are doomed.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3cPah7lSWV4
biggrin

BlackLabel

13,251 posts

122 months

Sunday 19th April 2015
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Pesty said:
Labour Party canvassing

We are doomed.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3cPah7lSWV4
laugh

Pan Pan Pan

9,777 posts

110 months

Sunday 19th April 2015
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Guam said:
Pesty said:
Labour Party canvassing

We are doomed.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3cPah7lSWV4
Hey don't knock it at least they can be arsed to canvass
I cannot recall when I last had an activist appear on my doorstep
Mind you if they are all that useless then the various parties might have a point smile
The homeowner appeared to want them to discuss why he should vote labour, but it seems they were just not up to it.
If they were indeed canvassing for the labour party they should at the very least have been capable of discussing with the public why a person should vote for them.
If this was the best they could do it may actually have been better if they had not gone round canvassing at all.

Halb

53,012 posts

182 months

Sunday 19th April 2015
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Just seen on the news the footage of Ed getting mobbed by a hen party. AMusing. biggrin

turbobloke

103,742 posts

259 months

Sunday 19th April 2015
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Halb said:
Just seen on the news the footage of Ed getting mobbed by a hen party. AMusing. biggrin
Captain Slow has not said:
A hen party, oh cock

Boydie88

3,283 posts

148 months

Sunday 19th April 2015
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Has anything been said in anyone's manifesto regarding cars and roads? A party that went some way to stop fking over the car owner may win a lot of votes yet I don't think I have seen any party comment on it.

Also, population. The greens and seemingly all the left want to heal the world, well what the fk happens when the world population continues to explode and to survive we need to consume more? No green supporter has ever came back to that argument, I'd love to hear that question answered by the fruit loops, but then I guess it would knock a few of the morons back into voting for labour.