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RE: 2015 UK General Election
May 7, 2015 at 5:56 pm
A landslide majority of 650!
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RE: 2015 UK General Election
May 7, 2015 at 5:57 pm
(May 7, 2015 at 5:55 pm)Pandæmonium Wrote: Lib dems wiped out in Sunderland south.
UKIP polled second.
100% UKIP will get a third of the share of votes this election. Think of that what you will.
The lib dems have destroyed themselves by the pact with the devil they made. People used to vote lib dem because they didn't like the tories but couldn't quite bring themselves to vote labour.
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RE: 2015 UK General Election
May 7, 2015 at 9:42 pm
Damn, Labour are bombing at the minute.
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RE: 2015 UK General Election
May 7, 2015 at 11:18 pm
Elections are always Hobson's Choice. I didn't have a Green candidate in my constituency so had to go with Lib Dems as the 'one I don't hate as much as all the others'...
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RE: 2015 UK General Election
May 8, 2015 at 3:35 am
Ed Balls confirmed as having lost his seat.
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RE: 2015 UK General Election
May 8, 2015 at 4:23 am
Apparently under the Alternative Vote system that was voted on a few years ago (Lib Dems insisted on it) then the Conservatives would have even more seats, as all the UKIPers would put Conservatives 2nd.
I think this will be good for the country and provide some stability, but that's just me and most on here will disagree.
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RE: 2015 UK General Election
May 8, 2015 at 4:44 am
(This post was last modified: May 8, 2015 at 4:49 am by robvalue.)
I see. With this many parties now, the actual results in number of seats seems to be a wild misrepresentation of the actual percentage of people supporting each party throughout the country. For example UKIP have 1 seat like I say, but they probably have at least 100 times as many votes nationwide as the Green Party, who also have 1 seat. I don't get what this premature filtering by area accomplishes. Maybe I'm missing something obvious.
I guess it's an attempt to stop the result being skewed by overwhelming majorities in certain areas but... each person is a person still!
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RE: 2015 UK General Election
May 8, 2015 at 4:58 am
You could do Proportional Representation, but then:
1) You lose the local aspect of having an MP represent your area
2) The old arguement was"There won't be a strong stable government, and we'll end up with coalition"
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RE: 2015 UK General Election
May 8, 2015 at 5:11 am
(This post was last modified: May 8, 2015 at 5:12 am by Mr Greene.)
You never actually see your MP between elections anyway, except if the place you work for is holding some function with free food...
"Our MP? yeah he's the guy at the buffet with a carrier bag..."
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