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UK PoliGAF: General election thread of LibCon Coalitionage

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Feathers

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Manos: The Hans of Fate said:
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:lol I've only just realised how wierd that sentence sounds.

I wasn't paying attention; what did he say?

What dakster said. He just couldn't help making a snarky quip.
 

Wes

venison crêpe
4.55am: ICM has produced an estimate for the final share of the vote, based on the figures already in.

Conservatives: 37.7%
Labour: 28.2%
Lib Dems: 23.1%
Others: 11.1%

These figures may change when the final results come in, but probably not by much. They suggest that Labour is going to do even worse than in 1983, when Michael Foot achieved 28.3%.
 

painey

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Im just stunned at how poorly the Lib Dems have done.. im glad they don't stand a serious threat as they are basically the Labour party with a few insane policies, but I would have loved to see the Torys take a two way beating.
 

industrian

will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
Two seats left to be called in Scotland. I have a feeling they'll be the last. Islands n' shit. Unless something unexpected happens, they're two easy seats for the Liberal Democrats.
 

Sage00

Once And Future Member
Ashcroft stole Balls/Milibands' line! "The country has spoken. But we do not know what it has said."
 

Withnail

Member
Feeling pretty tired now but the more results we get the more I want to know what's going to happen. One of Cameron or Brown will surely have to make a speech before the breakfast news bulletins.

Time to put the kettle on and settle in for an all nighter.

Oh and Balls is a smug bastard.
 

MPW

Member
Wes said:
4.55am: ICM has produced an estimate for the final share of the vote, based on the figures already in.

Conservatives: 37.7%
Labour: 28.2%
Lib Dems: 23.1%

Others: 11.1%

These figures may change when the final results come in, but probably not by much. They suggest that Labour is going to do even worse than in 1983, when Michael Foot achieved 28.3%.

**don't live in uk**

do these two parties have similar views? just curious

and i take it that gordon fella in in the labour party?
 

industrian

will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
xbhaskarx said:
This Ed Balls fellow can barely formulate a sentence, what's with all the random pauses?

Yeah, afterall he's only in charge of Education for England.
 

dschalter

Member
MPW said:
**don't live in uk**

do these two parties have similar views? just curious

and i take it that gordon fella in in the labour party?

Hard to describe, especially because so many people vote for parties based on tradition, not policy.
 

industrian

will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
killer_clank said:
As things are now, Labour have no excuses under which they have the right to form a government.

I expect bitter tears tomorrow.

MPW said:
**don't live in uk**

do these two parties have similar views? just curious

and i take it that gordon fella in in the labour party?

Labour - Centrist.
LD - Centre-left.

But Labour is still seen as the Socialist party because of their working class roots that Blair jettisoned in the 90s.

Gordon Brown is head of the Labour party and as such is current Prime Minister of the UK.
 

Juicy Bob

Member
As much as it pains me to say it, the Tories will end up with the most seats and the greatest share of the popular vote and they should be able to form a government automatically because of that.
 

Kowak

Banned
Feathers said:
Wolverhampton SW Tory :/ Thought that might happen. At least Bolton is all red!

i find it funny that south west is a tory gain
but my cousin in south east still has a big majority, 6500
 

phisheep

NeoGAF's Chief Barrister
MPW said:
**don't live in uk**

do these two parties have similar views? just curious

and i take it that gordon fella in in the labour party?

only superficially - to the extent that labour claim they are the same and libdems claim they are different.

Both have noticeable right/left wings and there is considerable overlap in the middle
 

Kowak

Banned
industrian said:
Michael Burke's got really old since 999 got cancelled.

lol, he is actually from your neck of the woods. Was rumoured to be in talks a few years back to be chief executive of celtic
 

scotcheggz

Member
I just remembered I /had a ton of paperwork to do before tomorrow, did anything big happen in the last 15 minutes? Did Brighton Pavilion get called yet?
 

Feathers

Member
Kowak said:
i find it funny that south west is a tory gain
but my cousin in south east still has a big majority, 6500

Guess he was safe after all, 6500 difference is pretty decent considering the proximity.
 
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