Bi election result
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well, by your tone i take it you would prefer the previous bunch of debt ridden mongtards back in charge, especially now they are being led by the most annoying, false person in the history of politics.
saying that, it was always going to happen, winning the last election always was a poisened chalice, inheriting the greatest budget deficit in this countrys history (despite labour inheriting a country in profit) and therefore having to make unpleasant decisions, and this will only boost the daily soov/bbc/chav vote for them.
saying that, it was always going to happen, winning the last election always was a poisened chalice, inheriting the greatest budget deficit in this countrys history (despite labour inheriting a country in profit) and therefore having to make unpleasant decisions, and this will only boost the daily soov/bbc/chav vote for them.
Castrol Craig said:
well, by your tone i take it you would prefer the previous bunch of debt ridden mongtards back in charge, especially now they are being led by the most annoying, false person in the history of politics.
I would prefer them to have won the last election because,
Castrol Craig said:
winning the last election always was a poisened chalice, inheriting the greatest budget deficit in this countrys history (despite labour inheriting a country in profit) and therefore having to make unpleasant decisions, and this will only boost the daily soov/bbc/chav vote for them.
The reason I'm not disappointed is the blue ties have seem to of settled into the classic let's not do anything radical middle ground of uselessness.We need a big step change not a fiddle with the edges.
Don said:
What's Oldham's history? Was it a traditional Labour seat won back or a real win?
In any government's tenure this is a time of unpopularity...but it will be very interesting to see what the next general election brings. I doubt very much there will be a coalition after it...
It had been Labour for a long time but the sitting MP (the infamous Phil Wollass) won by a very tiny margin in last year's general election. His lead had dropped mainly because Joanna Lumley made him look like an idiot during the Ghurka right to residency debate a few months earlier.In any government's tenure this is a time of unpopularity...but it will be very interesting to see what the next general election brings. I doubt very much there will be a coalition after it...
He had to resign his seat when he was found guilty of lying about the Lib Dem candudate during the General Election campaign.
It was always on the cards that Labour would restore the gap to more normal proprtions in this by-election.
wolves_wanderer said:
Terrible news for Cameron. I mean, if they can lose a traditional Tory stronghold like Oldham anything is possible.
Didn't he pretty much ask Tory supporters to vote Lib Dem or did I imagine that?
Well Oldham is a labour stronghold and always was. When it joined to form Oldham & Saddleworth only labour have won. Saddleworth was Conservative until early 90's then the by-election was won by Lib Dems.Didn't he pretty much ask Tory supporters to vote Lib Dem or did I imagine that?
Labour ran the campaign well, they were really active and got people out to vote. Conservatives didn't. I have never seen so many Labour activists in one place before.
It's all irrelevant. The coalition are in office and, barring disaster, will be until the end of the fixed term. Labour had this seat, Labour have this seat. It doesn't matter at the moment who got what vote share - it will only matter at the next General election. Storm in a teacup.
thinfourth2 said:
The reason I'm not disappointed is the blue ties have seem to of settled into the classic let's not do anything radical middle ground of uselessness.
We need a big step change not a fiddle with the edges.
This.We need a big step change not a fiddle with the edges.
Just look at those very big cuts, we had the scare stories, the "we're all in it together" speach, the Office of Budget Responsibility and...
income 550 Billion
borrowing 150 billion
saving 80 billion but phased in over four years.
Just imagine that as a person earning 550 pounds a week but spending 700 pounds a week. He decides to cut back as he's gone circa 4800 into the red over the last few months. He comes up with a cunning plan to get out of the red. He decides to cut his extra spending on his credit card to only 130 a week for, err... four weeks, to show how serious he is about his money problems.
Would you lend money to this person?
Gun said:
Yeah, because Liarbour are just so good at running things aren't they.
This just proves there are certain parts of the country where, no matter what they get up to, people will vote Labour no matter what.
This just proves there are certain parts of the country where, no matter what they get up to, people will vote Labour no matter what.
It would be hilarious if it wasn't such bad news for the country as a whole.
cymtriks said:
thinfourth2 said:
The reason I'm not disappointed is the blue ties have seem to of settled into the classic let's not do anything radical middle ground of uselessness.
We need a big step change not a fiddle with the edges.
This.We need a big step change not a fiddle with the edges.
Just look at those very big cuts, we had the scare stories, the "we're all in it together" speach, the Office of Budget Responsibility and...
income 550 Billion
borrowing 150 billion
saving 80 billion but phased in over four years.
Just imagine that as a person earning 550 pounds a week but spending 700 pounds a week. He decides to cut back as he's gone circa 4800 into the red over the last few months. He comes up with a cunning plan to get out of the red. He decides to cut his extra spending on his credit card to only 130 a week for, err... four weeks, to show how serious he is about his money problems.
Would you lend money to this person?
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