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Post by HURLOCK on May 7, 2010 11:21:58 GMT -1
It's very very close statswise. People's Party!!! Don't make me laugh fella, I may throw up my dinner!  Okay, I don't know where that is but I'm sure it's nice  Well it's the people party, people who work and contribute get looked after whereas the lazy free loaders get left behind! It's very nice, near Bromley Greater London |
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Post by Golden_Boy™ on May 7, 2010 11:26:00 GMT -1
 LAND IS POWER!He got 57 votes  |
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Post by El Morto La Hoja! on May 7, 2010 11:28:25 GMT -1
LAND IS POWER! He got 57 votes the bloke behind him is about to cob something at him... |
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Post by C@V on May 7, 2010 12:19:30 GMT -1
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Post by Jules-Hovah on May 7, 2010 12:56:29 GMT -1
Bastard Tories. *reaches for cyanide capsules* EDIT: I think we're pretty much f**ked. |
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Post by Golden_Boy™ on May 7, 2010 13:16:18 GMT -1
Interested to see how the hell the Lib Dems can go in with the Tories. It goes against so much of what they are supposed to stand for.
Clegg's decision looks to be massive because of this.
It will put at odds his reverence to democracy with his adherence to his core party principles. The ideology the Lib Dems were supposedly born out of.
15:03 Lib dem source - Cameron's statement 'interesting and we have to consider it' but they won't say any more for now, tweets the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg.
And that is one fucking massive hat. 265 votes for the MRLP in Amber Valley, fairplay.
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Post by ITFC Dudette6 on May 7, 2010 18:25:01 GMT -1
 I loved the frightened look on Cameron's face when the Monster Raving Loony Party candidate went to shake his hand. ;d |
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Post by tomw on May 7, 2010 19:43:51 GMT -1
I voted at 7am and spent the rest of the day telling people at work to mind their own business about who for.
An 'acquiantance' of mine is obsessed with Dr Who, got drunk and wrote 'Harold Saxon' on his ballot paper and thinks it's funny. One of my other mates is fuming, he feels passionately about the right to a proper vote, can't wait til the next time they meet! (tomorrow)
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Post by PASTIE on May 8, 2010 22:52:50 GMT -1
Interested to see how the hell the Lib Dems can go in with the Tories. It goes against so much of what they are supposed to stand for. Clegg's decision looks to be massive because of this. It will put at odds his reverence to democracy with his adherence to his core party principles. The ideology the Lib Dems were supposedly born out of. 15:03 Lib dem source - Cameron's statement 'interesting and we have to consider it' but they won't say any more for now, tweets the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg.And that is one fucking massive hat. 265 votes for the MRLP in Amber Valley, fairplay. Yes, we have the best and worst of it here. No clear majority so that reason and co-operation should lead to government based on something other than party politics; And we have the least qualified, least inspirational, most disreputable people in place to try to make it happen.  |
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Post by C@V on May 10, 2010 8:02:29 GMT -1
Talks still ongoing. Tories and Libs being very complementary about each other.
Labour MP's stating that Gordon Brown should resign.
Nick Clegg stated as saying he "can't stand" Gordon Brown.
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Post by Mrs H on May 10, 2010 15:41:12 GMT -1
Gordon has resigned. He's done the honourable thing and left for the sake of his party. Lib/Lab coalition could still be on.
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Post by Billy on May 10, 2010 17:43:04 GMT -1
Lib/Lab coalition would still only give a combined 315 seats, so still not an overall majority
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Post by Neko Bazu on May 10, 2010 18:38:28 GMT -1
Lib/Lab coalition would still only give a combined 315 seats, so still not an overall majority They could possibly make a deal with the Green MP, and maybe a handful of other smaller party members...? Don't suppose for a moment that that'd result in a particularly strong government though |
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Post by PASTIE on May 10, 2010 19:27:51 GMT -1
From hearing the Green MP I don't think she's much in the market for deals with anybody. Ulster parties? Interesting days. Mind you, this is how democracy works, approximately, in most places - and it could yet be nice to see if politicians actually have to construct compromise rather than follow party lines for once. If the push is for electoral reform, it will be also be interesting to see if they can get this through before a General Election, given that there could be another fairly soon. If they don't, I predict a two party scrap, tactical voting all round and a politics more polarised than ever. |
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Post by Golden_Boy™ on May 10, 2010 19:29:09 GMT -1
Adam Boulton's job is a "political editor" for a major news channel |
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Post by ITFC Dudette6 on May 10, 2010 20:11:12 GMT -1
I love when the protestor shouts, "SKY NEWS IS SHIT!" and then they go to a break. ;d
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Post by Pete the Wolf on May 10, 2010 21:31:10 GMT -1
It was with great reluctance that I decided against voting. I'm registed on postal voting at the moment and when I looked at the form, the MP for my preferred party of Lib Dems had his home address in Romford. This left me with a choice of voting for someone living away from Bromsgrove to represent the constituency or to vote for a party that I didn't want to. I couldn't bring myself to do either of these and thus declined to vote, albeit with a heavy heart.
As for the situation now, I don't know what to think. A Lib-Lab coalition could be more harmonious but it would fail to form a majority government and just about every other party would need to be brought in. This would create a situation where every party EXCEPT the one with the most votes would be in power, making a mockery of the entire election. In fact, I might not have wanted Conservatives to get into power but to deny them this after getting the most votes would be a disgrace in my eyes and to have the third party effectively deciding the outcome strikes me as being unfair too.
A lot of talk has been about electoral reform. I'm unconvinced about the idea of proportional representation. There has been a large gap in the number of seats won by the three leading parties in comparison to the number of votes, but if we went on a popular vote, then a hung parliament would occur pretty much every election. The current system may be flawed in allowing parties with lower vote counts to take more seats but it leads to fewer situations like we have at the moment.
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Post by C@V on May 11, 2010 13:52:06 GMT -1
Decision day!? C'mon Lib Dems bloody get on with it! Our economy needs sorting ASAP! Just say yes and let the Tories save us all!
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Post by C@V on May 12, 2010 7:54:07 GMT -1
Hooray for me and the Tories! ;D
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Post by PASTIE on May 12, 2010 21:49:03 GMT -1
Generally, as befits the lot of them, i found today's performances shallow and nauseating.
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Forever without exception. x
