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So, if the exit poll is accurate, why?
At least half the country aren't die hard red or blue, ie middle ground. For them (including me) the leader of the party makes a big difference.
In the last 3 elections I voted L/C/LD. This time I don't trust/like Ed and Ed. I doubt I am alone.
jaaaaaaaaaam - Member
it's still got idiot nationalism in common
Yes but it lacks the hatred of immigrants (though I think they made an exception when dear Nigel visited)
Hang on, Bob Dylan was standing for the tories?
The times they are a changin'
The Lib Dem ass kicking continues… can't say I'm arsed.
Also, Salmond has been conspicuous by absence in this election. How long until we see his smug face back in the news?
igm - Member
Yes but it lacks the hatred of immigrants (though I think they made an exception when dear Nigel visited)
I want Farage to win but if the population want red Ed to be their Dear Leader so be it but just hope that one day you will not hear me say "I told you soooo ... " 😆
Socialist/Trade Unionist bloke - what a tit.
dantsw13 - Member
Also, Salmond has been conspicuous by absence in this election. How long until we see his smug face back in the news?
He was on the Tory campaign posters in Castleford - where the SNP weren't standing of course. Tories playing racist card?
lemonysam - Member
Hang on, Bob Dylan was standing for the tories?POSTED 1 MINUTE AGO # REPORT-POST
igm - Member
The times they are a changin'POSTED 52 SECONDS AGO # REPORT-POST
😆
martinhutch - Member
Socialist/Trade Unionist bloke - what a tit.
Well he tried which is good. 😀
Oh my God chewkw another Labour win in the Northeast. Is it a communist conspiracy?
Ed Balls' rictus grin is creepy
If the SNP had their way Scotland would be out of the EU. (They'd also be out of the Union).
So near identical to UKIP in effect.
I want Farage to win but if the population want red Ed to be their Dear Leader so be it but just hope that one day you will not hear me say "I told you soooo ... "
Not in a million ****ing years will I ever dream of that **** gaining power.
slowoldman - Member
Oh my God chewkw another Labour win in the Northeast. Is it a communist conspiracy?POSTED 1 MINUTE AGO # REPORT-POST
Shhh, he might find out that we've got Stalin still alive in the old Wearmouth Colliery tunnels.
slowoldman - MemberOh my God chewkw another Labour win in the Northeast. Is it a communist conspiracy?
Most probably due to class war or the hatred for the South. In the long run they will not improve and so will do more harm to their own future generations if they remain the same.
UKIP projected to win two seats.
Mark Reckless will be one, who will take the other? Tories claim to be confident they will take South Thanet, if so that's Farage gone as party leader & I predict UKIP to then disappear up its own 'arris through faction fighting.
Legitimacy is off and running!!! What balls!
Centre, centre left - why does such a bright bloke talk so much rot.
Can someone explain to me what Scotland are going to achieve by only having SNP MP's?
They have made it so the cons will have control of the next parliament and surely there isn't going to be another independence referendum anytime soon.
The problem is Farage is taken almost as seriously now as Hitler was 5 or 10 years before he took power in Germany.
Farage scares me, because he comes across as a joke and still people vote for him.
The queen is going to be working hard over the next few days.
If exit poll is right Farron, Davey go, Cable just hangs on. Labour hardly win any LD facing seats.
Can someone explain to me what Scotland are going to achieve by only having SNP MP's?They have made it so the cons will have control of the next parliament and surely there isn't going to be another independence referendum anytime soon.
It'll speed up the process of getting independence and I wouldn't be so sure about there not being another referendum any time soon.
johnnystorm - Member
I want Farage to win but if the population want red Ed to be their Dear Leader so be it but just hope that one day you will not hear me say "I told you soooo ... "Not in a million * years will I ever dream of that * gaining power.
No, no, not PM but rather to win the seat he is standing for. A step at a time.
You have to bear in mind the country/people is still not ready for massive change for generations to come ...
What balls!
In fairness, Bumblebee bought it up.
edit: apropos of Nick god I wish we understood coalitions in the uk.
Farage unlikely in Thanet South, Tories confident according to Twitter. UKIP moves to the left and becomes a northern party.
mefty - Member
Farage unlikely in Thanet South, Tories confident according to Twitter. UKIP moves to the left and becomes a northern party.
What? And abandon their privileged hedge fund managing roots?
It depends, if Farage quits then he's yesterdays man. If he goes back on his pledge to quit as leader if not elected then he - at a stroke - becomes nothing more than a hypocrite (yeah, I know) and therefore just another lying two faced politician.
Calm down Ukip. It's 'exit polls' not 'exit Poles'
Im sorry I'll get my coat
MuddyD - you had it at "yeah, I know"
Oh well another 5 Tory years, I'll live with the it, then I saw gove was on the BBC, that man knows how to grind my gears !
[quote=wiggles ]Can someone explain to me what Scotland are going to achieve by only having SNP MP's?Can you explain to me what Scotland would achieve by having Labour MPs?
Can someone explain to me what Scotland are going to achieve by only having SNP MP's?They have made it so the cons will have control of the next parliament and surely there isn't going to be another independence referendum anytime soon.
It's Scotland's fault that Labour can't win enough seats in England?
The problem is Farage is taken almost as seriously now as Hitler was 5 or 10 years before he took power in Germany.
Ten years before Hitler took power in germany he was in prison after the Beerhall Putsch. In what way is that similar to Nigel?
edit: actually nine years but the point stands.
mefty - MemberFarage unlikely in Thanet South, Tories confident according to Twitter. UKIP moves to the left and becomes a northern party.
I like that bloke Farage if he goes then I will just have to switch back to voting Tories in future.
The whole place is in slow demise anyway because of getting their knickers twisted/stuck with EU ZM bureaucrats ...
Jeremy sodding Vine with his crappy graphics. When oh when will it end?
If the SNP had their way Scotland would be out of the EU.
Not true, SNP very pro EU.
god I wish we understood coalitions in the uk.
this many times over. The last few weeks have been so full of people ruling out coalitions that there's little can be done without going back on that, especially if the Exit is even slightly close
No, no, not PM but rather to win the seat he is standing for. A step at a time.You have to bear in mind the country/people is still not ready for massive change for generations to come ...
No, I still stand by my original comment. I wouldn't want him having the slightest bit of say in how the country was run. If nothing else he exists to remind how many idiots I share this island with and that an influx of immigrants who are different to them would be no bad thing.
edit: apropos of Nick god I wish we understood coalitions in the uk.
Yes we have some growing up to do.
Calder Valley predicted as Tory at the moment.
Is that not STW heartland?
[shakes head]
Farage/UKIP was the reason the Blue party offered a referendum.
If Cameron had won a proper majority that referendum might have happened.
It's just possible that referendum would have gone Farage's way.
Farage could have bowed out at that point with his entire political ambition realized. How many politicians in history have achieved *everything* they wanted?
He got very, very close and deserves credit for that.
johnnystorm - Member
No, no, not PM but rather to win the seat he is standing for. A step at a time.You have to bear in mind the country/people is still not ready for massive change for generations to come ...
No, I still stand by my original comment. I wouldn't want him having the slightest bit of say in how the country was run. If nothing else he exists to remind how many idiots I share this island with and that an influx of immigrants who are different to them would be no bad thing.
Well, no harm to me as I am an alien but I just feel sorry for the locals ...
Sorry got Farron's seat wrong he should be safe
Impressive results for ukip, 2nd ahead of the Tories in 2 northern counts so far, not good for labour there
Though if farige looses in s Thanet they may be in trouble
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😀 Brilliant
Andrew Neil saying there's been no "green surge" - the polling seems to suggest a several hundred percent increase in their vote share so that seems pretty harsh.
Calder Valley predicted as Tory at the moment.Is that not STW heartland?
Have you ever been to Calderdale? Apart from the BBC-bohemian-hippy cabal in Hebden it's all farmers and white working class racists 🙂
Lemonysam - be fair I said 5-10 and I don't think he's being an idiot with a pistol invalidates my point.
Reckless won't win, Clacton and Thurrock are the favourites for UKIP.
I hate Andrew Neil, he's a Paxman parody. He interviews like a negative robot with a clown face.
Dimblers is a class act though.
Can you explain to me what Scotland would achieve by having Labour MPs?
Having a government not run by the conservatives.
3 ports down. 😳 Am I officially a gout risk?
EDIT: they were quite large ports.
Dazh - I was through Hebden Bridge on Sunday. Seemed full of folks in tight lycra. 🙂
Please may Galloway lose.
Only three bottles????
.....well I doubt the margin of error is so great that we will see a Labour coalition being formed.
Bargh.
Good for me in a way though as the cons are going to fund post grad study properly from 2016.
3 ports down. Am I officially a gout risk?EDIT: they were quite large ports.
I'm on four man!
felt like more 😳
@ rone, cool, number 4 it is then!
wiggles - MemberCan someone explain to me what Scotland are going to achieve by only having SNP MP's?
They have made it so the cons will have control of the next parliament
If the exit polls are right, then you are not.
Hoping to **** they are not, obviously.
[quote=wiggles ]
Having a government not run by the conservatives.Can you explain to me what Scotland would achieve by having Labour MPs?
Still not getting it are you? Based on those exit polls, Labour still wouldn't have a majority even if everyone in Scotland voted for them.
Can you explain to me what Scotland would achieve by having Labour MPs?
Having a government not run by the conservatives.
Assuming we're looking at the exit polls, then it's not our fault. Even if every seat in Scotland was Labour, the Tories would still win.
Seemed full of folks in tight lycra.
And just how do you think middle aged men on 7000 quid bikes vote? 😀
And just how do you think middle aged men on 7000 quid bikes vote?
Judging by myself...
I'll wait and see but I think the real result will be a lot closer.
I'm not blaming Scotland for labour not winning. I don't especially support labour just hoped there would be a change in pm.
I want to see landslide for SNP in Scotland ... Freeeedoommmm! 😆
Lol at Calder Valley comments. The pub I was in the other day was a bit like that.... UKIP voters, at a guess.
I thought the conservative candidate has a passed conviction for violence? Anyway he's got too many posters up. In Hebden the boat-dwellers seemed to be planning on voting Green, but they are the minority.
Right, that's it, im going to bed.
I hope I don't wake up to..... Well, you know!
it's not our fault
Even if labour's collapse in Scotland is decisive, which I think it will be, the only fault is their own for abandoning their principles and turning themselves into the tory party. I'm arguing with someone on facebook ATM who thinks the labour party should go more to the right! Where Scotland leads, the north of England won't be far behind. Labour will be irrelevant within 10 years if it doesn't get a grip.
SNP take Sunderland Central?
Assuming we're looking at the exit polls, then it's not our fault. Even if every seat in Scotland was Labour, the Tories would still win.
Except the threat of the SNP forcing Labour to pile on more debt was probably a big motivation to vote Tory.
I suspect if the polls had shown Labour with 50 Scottish seats in the bag far less people would have voted Tory and far more would have voted Labour.
It seems clear to me that the rise of the SNP has saved the Tories, who were nearly killed off by UKIP.
Andrew Neil saying there's been no "green surge" - the polling seems to suggest a several hundred percent increase in their vote share so that seems pretty harsh.
Well you have to bear in mind Andrew Neil is an arse.
Peston, nooooo....where is Flanders when you need her.
As soon as it cuts to NBH my mind switches to W1A.
Well Nats was much more sensible talking about the tremendous success in doubling votes!!!!
Well you have to bear in mind Andrew Neil is an arse.
A good point.
Except the threat of the SNP forcing Labour to pile on more debt was probably a big motivation to vote Tory.
So it's Scotland's fault for scaring the English into voting Tory?
Rubbish. This election, like most of them, is won or lost in England.
As an aside, just how much is it acceptable to drink on an election night...which is also a school night? I'm on my 3rd large glass of red already and eyeing up the whisky bottle.
just how much is it acceptable to drink on an election night,
Bottle of wine and two bottles of real ale so far. Got another ale left, then it's the gin. Not looking good for work tomorrow.
As an aside, just how much is it acceptable to drink on an election night...which is also a school night? I'm on my 3rd large glass of red already and eyeing up the whisky bottle.Election nights don't have an 'acceptable' limit. As long as you can hear the alarm clock tomorrow morning you're good to go.