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May 7th | UK General Election 2015 OT - Please go vote!
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will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
I imagine the lack of a job means lack of stress and as a result no crutch needed.
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Very close, but most think he has lost his seat.
APZonerunner
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Sounds like the Balls result won't actually be officially in until after 7am, but there's a lot of smoke suggesting he's lost
brokenbeans
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Brave face from Ed.
Kinky John
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Ed still doesn't get it.
Sir_Crocodile
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Incredible.
If this is true (and miliband does step down) Cooper would be the only brownite conceivably in the shadow cabinet, I could finally vote for labour again assuming she isn't made leader.
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Based on what? Sounds like he just got it to me.
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Who won?
Not over yet, but Tory
Delusibeta
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Tories outright.
brokenbeans
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Yeah, he basically just conceded.
Tories.
Succinct Verbosity
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Such a monumental night.
- Where do the Liberal Democrats go from here? Losing Vince Cable, of all people, is a huge blow.
- If the SNP surge is now a permanent part of British politics, how does Labour plan plan on defeating the tories and, more importantly, how do the SNP deal with inadvertently enabling a tory-led government?
- Providing the conservatives gain enough seats, is the EU referendum now going to be a thing? Out of all the things coming, this one seems like something that is going to create an een bigger divide between Scotland and Westminster.
- Where do the Liberal Democrats go from here? Losing Vince Cable, of all people, is a huge blow.
- If the SNP surge is now a permanent part of British politics, how does Labour plan plan on defeating the tories and, more importantly, how do the SNP deal with inadvertently enabling a tory-led government?
- Providing the conservatives gain enough seats, is the EU referendum now going to be a thing? Out of all the things coming, this one seems like something that is going to create an een bigger divide between Scotland and Westminster.
Kinky John
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Blaming the Scottish results on nationalism.
Sir_Crocodile
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Cameron. Only question is if he has a majority, and if so how much.
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Burnham and Khan were also (very loosely) Brownites, so you're not quite safe even with Balls gone. Mind, Khan was barely a Brownite, too junior to be properly in that, and Burnham kept his distance safely from the main mess.
Kinky John
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When's Farage's result due?
electroshockwave
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According to the an article in The Guardian they were the only major Westminster party to lose none of their deposits in 2010. To go from that to this is pretty amazing.
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Lib Dems lose Yardley and the only real possible challenger to Farron left.
brokenbeans
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McVey sob story on the BBC.
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I mean, nationalism is the expression and not the root, but he did just lose a lot of his MPs to nationalists. What he said is not inaccurate.
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giant_frying_pan
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I have a lot of time for Menzies Campbell. No spin, no backstabbing just circumspection and respect for the people's wishes.
I must say, from a political campaign and strategy perspective, the Conservatives have played a masterful game. As much as I dislike their overall ethos and so many of their policies and stances, I have to commend the success of how they've played this all out. Lib Dems demolished, Labour quelled, SNP whitewashing Scotland, media in their pockets, fear mongering galore etc. Only thing I think could cause them (and the country as a whole) bigger issues later down the line is the rise of UKIP.
Big money wins again I guess?
Big money wins again I guess?
"Tories expected to be short of a majority by one seat. One."
https://twitter.com/britainelects/status/596534320615010306
https://twitter.com/britainelects/status/596534320615010306
Black Republican
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Cameron. Coalition destroyer
Delusibeta
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BBC is predicting an outright Tory majority factoring in Sinn Fein's four seats (of two, admittedly, bit a majority is a majority)
Sir_Crocodile
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I wasn't really a fan of how he acted at the end of charlie kennedy's reign.
glad eric forth practically destroyed his leadership with "declare your interest"
MrRoflWaffles
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the tories have always been the masters of slime.
Not sorry to see her voted out. #howdidtheydothat
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Black Republican
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Who is the dup party exactly? Left-right-center?
Well maybe Labour need to start playing dirtier. This is politics after all.
Succinct Verbosity
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If UKIP get anywhere near close to power -even with just a few seats- then I can see the conservatives veering far more right than most moderates could tolerate.
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Oh man, I was having breakfast in the Finnair lounge in Helsinki. This British chap happily sits opposite me, grabs coffee, opens iPad, let's out a loud 'fuuuuuuuuuuck' and storms out of the lounge.
Extremely good outcome for the economy though. Looks like we are set to invest and employ in UK for another five years and will hire in the next few weeks once again. The main threat now is handling of the EU referendum. Britain needs to stay the hell away from Euro and federalists, yet not appear to isolate itself from EU. It's going to be a very tricky balance.
Extremely good outcome for the economy though. Looks like we are set to invest and employ in UK for another five years and will hire in the next few weeks once again. The main threat now is handling of the EU referendum. Britain needs to stay the hell away from Euro and federalists, yet not appear to isolate itself from EU. It's going to be a very tricky balance.
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Like the fundamentalist Republicans.
Delusibeta
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They didn't factor in Sinn Fein, it's the same prediction as the BBC.
maquiladora
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Wait what, Elmo party?
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