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UK PoliGAF: General election thread of LibCon Coalitionage

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D4Danger

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Mecha_Infantry said:
:lol @Sky News

Even though Reid is a Labour man, he is saying "Let the electorate decide who is PM"

DIDN'T YOU SEE THE FUCKING NEWS?!??! NO ONE WON!
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the media are doing a really poor job explain how this works.

There's a guy on the BBC right now explaining that we don't have a US style election to the reporter. They don't seem to get it.
 
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avaya

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Dark Machine said:
Who else? :lol


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<3.
 
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Xavien

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avaya said:
How is that?
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Brown will be remembered for this for a very long time, Blair will be remembered for leading us to two wars. I know who would have the greatest legacy.

Blair went out with a squib, Brown went out with a 2 mega-tonne nuclear blast.
 
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Empty

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ghst said:
what happened to a tory-lib coalition being the only realistic option and y'know, not that bad after all?
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it worked on the assumption that the tories were willing to enter into a serious coalition for the length of the parliament. they clearly aren't, and are more interested in going for a majority in six-eighteen months and screwing the lib dems.
 
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FuturusX

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Dark Machine said:
Just watched the Boulton vs Campbell interview. Boulton's such an idiot taking on the 2nd most dangerous man in politics. Got blown away, I was just surprised when Campbell didn't come out with "U MAD ADAM?" the scrabbling by the media and Sky especially is hilarious, they're all wondering just how Cameron could've possibly put himself into this position.

Also playing Golden Brown now every time they show the Tories offering new stuff or looking ruffled and indignant. :D
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link?
 
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avaya

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Xavien said:
Brown will be remembered for this for a very long time, Blair will be remembered for leading us to two wars. I know who would have the greatest legacy.
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Blair delivered the biggest landslide in history, matched it in 2001 and took the Labour party to 3 straight terms. Wars are overblown. This puts him a step closer to Blair.
 
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Veidt

Blasphemer who refuses to accept bagged milk as his personal savior
Empty said:
it worked on the assumption that the tories were willing to enter into a serious coalition for the length of the parliament. they clearly aren't, and are more interested in going for a majority in six-eighteen months and screwing the lib dems.
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One does not simply engage in discussions concerning electoral reform with Mordor. Not with a thousand men could you do this, it is folly.
 
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ghst

thanks for the laugh
Sage00 said:
Gordon's attempting to forge a legacy, this is it. It's one last final "Fuck you" to Tony Blair. :lol
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he will wire his 5-year plan into the coming parliament, brown's deterministic desire to be the architect of the recovery will go into overdrive between now and september. the result of which will decide his legacy.
 
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Sage00

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avaya said:
How is that?
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Everything that Labour promised over the Blair period. AV+, House of Lords reform, sorting out sleaze in politics. Brown has been seen as fucking up and bringing down Labour, "worst PM ever", his up to then amazing record on the economy going down the drain etc and I'm sure Tony has been sitting in the sun with his tan saying "I told you". But in the last minute he's brought it back to a hung parliament and may be able to broker a deal with the Lib Dems to keep Labour in power and implement everything they promised, REAL changes to the system and secure a recovery in Britain.
 
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Dark Machine

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Sage00 said:
Gordon's attempting to forge a legacy, this is it. It's one last final "Fuck you" to Tony Blair. :lol
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I've got to admit, after this. I'll be waving flags and cheering him as he takes that final walk out of Number 10, best troll ever on Parliament, the Tories and all of us really. :D

"Gordon Brown, texture like rain...
he stepped down, beat us at our game.
Screwed the Tories,
fresh like a breeze,
Never a frown, with Gordon Brown..." :D
 
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kitch9

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Did anybody really expect Brown would not quit? I just hope they don't pick that smug cunt Balls as that would be jumping from one ass to another. They need a sharp younger member that doesn't look like a kiddie fiddler when he forces a smile out.
 
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Jex

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Guardian said:
"The dilemma for the Liberal Democrats is that it would be easier arithmetically to do a deal with the Conservatives, but it would be easier politically to deal with Labour ... I think the mood of the party is in favour of a deal with Labour."
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Crazy.

Labour are pulling out all the stops. They are not going quietly into the night.
 
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Varion

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kitch9 said:
Did anybody really expect Brown would not quit? I just hope they don't pick that smug cunt Balls as that would be jumping from one ass to another. They need a sharp younger member that doesn't look like a kiddie fiddler when he forces a smile out.
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I really can't see Balls having a chance now. He won a majority of a little over a thousand in his constituency, meaning he effectively lives in a marginal right now, and could easily be chucked out in the next election. That's pretty much going to rule him out.
 
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Veidt

Blasphemer who refuses to accept bagged milk as his personal savior
kitch9 said:
Did anybody really expect Brown would not quit? I just hope they don't pick that smug cunt Balls as that would be jumping from one ass to another. They need a sharp younger member that doesn't look like a kiddie fiddler when he forces a smile out.
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avaya

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Sage00 said:
Everything that Labour promised over the Blair period. AV+, House of Lords reform, sorting out sleaze in politics. Brown has been seen as fucking up and bringing down Labour, "worst PM ever", his up to then amazing record on the economy going down the drain etc and I'm sure Tony has been sitting in the sun with his tan saying "I told you". But in the last minute he's brought it back to a hung parliament and may be able to broker a deal with the Lib Dems to keep Labour in power and implement everything they promised, REAL changes to the system and secure a recovery in Britain.
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I see this is as finally delivering on the promise that Brown and Blair made on the day John Smith died. The cherry on top rather than anything else.
 
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Varion

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#2024 Chancellor Alistair Darling says talks with the Lib Dems "may come to nothing" but are still necessary. It would be "foolish" not to hold discussions, he adds.
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Darling doesn't sound too positive.
 
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kitch9

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D4Danger said:
the media are doing a really poor job explain how this works.

There's a guy on the BBC right now explaining that we don't have a US style election to the reporter. They don't seem to get it.
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90% of the electorate doesn't get it either, which is why the question is relevant. Pretending most voters voted for anything else than the party leader is just people living in dreamland.

If I want Nick Clegg (For example.) to be PM on voting day who do I vote for at the polling booth?
 
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Dark Machine

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This woman is saying what I've thought about Brown for a while and posted about a while back in the thread. The way the media portrayed him, you'd think he'd nuked an orphanage or something. He's a decent man, and even though he is a cantankerous raincloud (great description whoever that was earlier) of a man, he's a decent guy who always did his best and for that I thank him. He never seemed fake like Blair was, though I know that wasn't saying much.
 
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avaya

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Dark Machine said:
This woman is saying what I've thought about Brown for a while and posted about a while back in the thread. The way the media portrayed him, you'd think he'd nuked an orphanage or something. He's a decent man, and even though he is a cantankerous raincloud (great description whoever that was earlier) of a man, he's a decent guy who always did his best and for that I thank him. He never seemed fake like Blair was, though I know that wasn't saying much.
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Brown is still the best man to bring this country out of this slump. By far. Shame he became PM, he was and still would be an awesome chancellor. his only fault was getting lumped in with Greenspan's recession.
 
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Xavien

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On the Plus side the Pound has stayed pretty even in reaction to this news, infact its pretty much gone up since this news.
 
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avaya

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Xavien said:
On the Plus side the Pound has stayed pretty even in reaction to this news, infact its pretty much gone up since this news.
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This is because all of this is pretty irrelevant. Anyone claiming danger for UK treasuries or the currency is a shit stirring cunt.

Eurozone came out all guns blazing and rinsed the shorts. Everyone knows the deficit will be reduced, this is not a permanent situation. There will be no run. No rabid speculation, they will all still be licking their wounds after the ECB/Fed/BoC is done with them.

They should take their time, Queen's Speech is on the 25th. They've got plenty of time. No worries.
 
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kitch9

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avaya said:
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Brown is still the best man to bring this country out of this slump. By far. Shame he became PM, he was and still would be an awesome chancellor. his only fault was getting lumped in with Greenspan's recession.
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Parties need a communicator at the helm that the public can relate to. Brown can't help but portray himself as a twat, its just how he was made.
 
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Veidt

Blasphemer who refuses to accept bagged milk as his personal savior
Mecha_Infantry said:
Beef ting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85RXPnXDkrc&feature=related
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"You aught to send a rather large check to Rupert Murdoch"
*looks around in sky news HQ, smug- thinking "HEY GUYS, I DEFENDED RUPERT MORDUCH!"

Great comeback though. lol @ Murdoch empire projecting Obama's image on Cameron.

one thing I love though. People aren't afraid to call out Murdoch's name.

Rather different in the US though.
 
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Varion

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#2037 David Cameron has phoned Nick Clegg in the past 25 minutes to set out the Tories' final offer of a referendum on AV, the BBC learns. It's understood there is no deadline to the offer. Lib Dem MPs will meet at 2200 BST for more discussions.
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Interesting.
 
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RedShift

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David Cameron has phoned Nick Clegg in the past 25 minutes to set out the Tories' final offer of a referendum on AV, the BBC learns. It's understood there is no deadline to the offer. Lib Dem MPs will meet at 2200 BST for more discussions.
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"I want you to know that if you ever change your mind, and I mean ever, my offer still stands."
 
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