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UK PoliGAF: General election thread of LibCon Coalitionage

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Deku

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watching the results roll in live on BBC.

Some very interesting results. Will Brown resign or try to form government with the Lib-Dems?
 
Bye plane

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I dont understand the meme, but I dont care
 

industrian

will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
Lib Dems just shot up with 3 seats. It's getting tighter between Labour and the Tories too.
 

Chinner

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industrian said:
Lib Dems just shot up with 3 seats. It's getting tighter between Labour and the Tories too.
remember that tories will over take labour, but it looks like they wont get the majority
 

Wes

venison crêpe
industrian said:
Lib Dems just shot up with 3 seats. It's getting tighter between Labour and the Tories too.

Doesn't mean much. Non-Urban England haven't spoken for the most part yet and the map is going to splash blue.
 

Varion

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Where's Brown going?

Is there some kind of law that you can't have your PM title removed if you're out the country? :lol

Flee, Brown, Flee!
 

CozMick

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Manos: The Hans of Fate said:
Nah, go for it. For having the balls to go through with it I might just wear it for a day, you get yours for a week though. :)

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I've gone easy on you as I'm an avatar bet virgin. :D
 
Varion said:
Where's Brown going?

Is there some kind of law that you can't have your PM title removed if you're out the country? :lol

Flee, Brown, Flee!

Unless he gives it up he can keep it until ~ May 25th if we're in hung parliament territory.
 

Feathers

Member
Man, everytime Cons threaten to overtake Labour they hold a few more. I could probably enjoy the morning more if they stopped giving me false hope like this.
 

xbhaskarx

Member
538:

If you interpolate from the votes counted so far in Scotland, Wales and England, the national vote share (excluding Northern Ireland) would be Conservatives 37.1, Labour 28.5, LibDems 24.0.

A quick look at the BBC list of announced results reveals the Labour bias in the electoral system.The Conservatives, despite a 3% lead in votes cast, actually trail Labour, 76 to 73 on seats. This has a lot to do with the districts, but also the lopsided margin by which Labour is winning Scotland, with 29 out of 35 seats currently in its hands to 5 for the SNP and 1 for the Liberal Democrats.

If the Conservatives are really at 37% they could be right around a majority.
 

sohois

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What happens if the conservatives fall short of an overall majority, but a lib-lab coalition also lacks the seats to form a majority? The exit polls suggested such an outcome, yet no one seems to have discussed it.
 

industrian

will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
SNP have five seats. 2-3 more seats and they'll have succeeded in realistic terms. None of this "20 seats" shooting-for-the-stars Salmond had hoped for.
 
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