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The General Election

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Started by Bad Karma in Chit-Chat

So who do you think will win?

Did any of the Wombles vote?

I think Labour will win again but only by a small majority and the Tories will probably be looking for yet another leader in the next couple of days.Did anyone see the news a couple of nights ago when Rory Bremmner was dressed up as Michael Howard?It was a very good impression and the reporters were more interested in him than the real Howard and Rory was signing lots of autographs for kids.
I think the Lib Dems will win a few seats off the tories but i’m not sure if it will be enough to make them the second biggest party.

Posted on Thu, 5 May 2005 at 12:50

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#1

hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:

Well, I’m voting LibDem tonight. I think it’s pathetic that Blair is trying to bully people into voting Labour by saying if you go for LibDems you’ll be letting the Tories in ‘through the back door’. I just hope the next government has the sense to install a system of proportional representation, which is what we should really be at already.

Posted on Thu, 5 May 2005 at 13:00

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Kill_Hill’s post on Thu, 5 May 2005 at 14:10 was deleted by a moderator

#3

Kill_Hill (Brendan) wrote:

Title: LIb Dem.

Labour in not a word that used to go hand in hand with war and generally screwing the little guy but that has all changed thanks to Tony and Co. I would like to talk about this in lenght but sadly my mouth is quicker than my hands.

Get out and vote for god sake, peoples lives depend on it.

Posted on Thu, 5 May 2005 at 14:11

#4

Dermot wrote:

I’ll be voting after dinner. Probably the Green party.

Posted on Thu, 5 May 2005 at 16:12

#5

Misanthropologist (d) wrote:

Yup yup, Lib Dem.

I’m seriously naive in the ways of elections, Hooch, how would/does a system of proportional representation differ from whatever the hell you call what we have?

Posted on Thu, 5 May 2005 at 16:55

#6

Gav wrote:

I voted for Labour - purely for economic reasons. It pissed me off doing it though cause the other two are so piss poor. I dont think the Lib Dems are strong enough to run the country and as for Conservative - Well I just hope I never see another Tory government in my lifetime.

I just hope Blair stands down and lets Gordon Brown take over, i would have felt so much better voting Labour had he been leader.

Posted on Thu, 5 May 2005 at 17:20

#7

jimmy wrote:

BNP naturally, right after ive finished this steak and ale pie, and put on me white hood -never leave the house without it :eek:

..just kidding, in case i needed to point that out, not voted yet, off out in a bit so prob vote, its only up the road, but i really have no idea, i mean in terms of the locals our area has been labour for years and its a shit hole, dont really like the tories but they’re prob only other ones with a chance this time around, i know it sounds like a bit of a cliche and an easy cop out but they really are all the same, each party claims they will bedifferent and give you all these promises but nothing changes all the major issues health service, schools etc its not improved, think of all the promises blair made, bullshit, i do hope he doesnt get in again though im sick of the sight of the pug faced cunt

Posted on Thu, 5 May 2005 at 17:24

#8

zipless wrote:

jimmy wrote:

but they really are all the same

Does that apply to the BNP aswell? Just wondering what their program was?

Posted on Thu, 5 May 2005 at 17:33

#9

Gav wrote:

Where I live (northern mill town) the BNP are like a plague…

We fought world wars to keep the facists out - why would anyone want to vote them into power.

Posted on Thu, 5 May 2005 at 17:35

#10

zipless wrote:

Are they big in the UK? And still far right?

The far right party in Switzerland has “mellowed out” and is stearing into a right of center party, at the same time the “conservatives” are trying to get votes with right-wing slogans. Rather confusing at times.

Posted on Thu, 5 May 2005 at 17:41

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jimmy wrote:

zipless wrote:

Does that apply to the BNP aswell? Just wondering what their program was?

well no, i meant the main 3 (if thats the correct description) libs, tories, labour, obviously green and bnp arent no need to get sarky. maybe i should have explained more clearly what i meant

Posted on Thu, 5 May 2005 at 17:47

#12

msd wrote:

I don’t vote - so that debt collectors can’t find me on the electoral roll ;) But if I did, it would be Liberal Democrat.

I’m tired of politics though, to be honest; got very involved in anti-war stuff and the whole experience sickened me.

Posted on Thu, 5 May 2005 at 17:52

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Gav wrote:

zipless wrote:

Are they big in the UK? And still far right?

No they are not big - they stand in local elections and are not really a threat anywere (although they did previousely get about 7 seats in Burnley in the local elections). They believe in things like the death penalty and refusung asylum & repatriation of foreigners.

Posted on Thu, 5 May 2005 at 18:22

#14

White Psycho wrote:

Voted lib dem, was a tie up between them and labour but policies I agreed with won in the end. Tories were never an option, I really don’t see how they will cut taxes but increase the quality of public services.

Posted on Thu, 5 May 2005 at 20:24

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Gav wrote:

because they wont

Posted on Thu, 5 May 2005 at 21:25

#16

zipless wrote:

Just watched a wee bit of the coverage on BBC 1. Someone mentioned that Gordon Brown could be PM sooner than he thinks… What are the chances of Toni Blair stepping down and more importanly, would Brown be better/different than Blair?

Posted on Thu, 5 May 2005 at 22:45

#17

FNYANKEZ wrote:

I actually caught a bit of the coverage here in the states. Our C-Span channel which covers congress is showing the BBC feed. I swore they said that they were pumping out results with 45 minutes of the close…that’s silly! We take forever here.

Being someone not from Britain I thought it was kind of neat to see how you guys do it. I like how they announce the results by district/precint or however they do it, and certify it right there with the candidates standing on stage. It’s almost like a beauty contest. I was just hoping to hear them say “John Jones-Silly Party…Not”
and see the candidate break down in tears and run away..now that would be entertaining

I was surprised to see how much it was exactly like the old Monty Python’s Flying Circuit bit. Even with the way the commentator would be interviewing someone and the keep cutting them off and going to the results, then come back real quick and continue. I’ll have to say your commentators give the politicians more shit than ours do. I watched this guy who I guess was head of the Torries, and the commentator kept giving him crap because he kept saying they were improving, but the commentator kept pointing out that they were still in the minority. Kind of funny.

By the way which one is the Silly and Very Silly Parties?

Posted on Fri, 6 May 2005 at 00:38

#18

Bad Karma wrote:

In Northern Ireland our election results won’t be known until the end of the day we had the Westminster and local coucil elections yesterday.I’m very disillusioned and apathetic when it comes to local politics and sometimes i’m fascinated and repulsed at the same time.I predict for today more big gains for Sein Fein and the DUP(these parties are very extreme and their votes have been increasing in each election),while the more moderate parties like the UUP(i voted them) and SDLP will suffer more losses and the political stalemate will continue.
Most of my english mates voted Lib Dem yesterday,a couple of them were Labour voters in the previous election but Iraq made them switch to Lib Dem.
I didn’t take part in any of the anti-war stuff because i knew sadly it would be a total waste of time.
I just saw the news Howard is standing down as the leader of the Tories because he would be too old for the next election.
What do you think of a 3rd victory for Tony Blair and how long do you think it will be until Gordon Brown will be the PM?

Misanthropologist we have proportional representation over here,this link will explain it better than i could http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/proportional_representation.htm oh and did you notice David Tennant in the Labour campaign advert?

Posted on Fri, 6 May 2005 at 11:38

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Kill_Hill (Brendan) wrote:

mr self destruct wrote:

I don’t vote - so that debt collectors can’t find me on the electoral roll ;) But if I did, it would be Liberal Democrat.

I’m tired of politics though, to be honest; got very involved in anti-war stuff and the whole experience sickened me.

You should have voted if you were anti war because if everybody who felt strongly about the war voted then Charles Kennedy would be getting the keys to no# 10.

Posted on Fri, 6 May 2005 at 11:42

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Bad Karma wrote:

Anyone interested in the results can find them here.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/default.stm

The BNP votes increased slightly but they didn’t win any seats. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/frontpage/4519347.stm

Posted on Fri, 6 May 2005 at 12:00

#21

Misanthropologist (d) wrote:

Bad Karma wrote:

Misanthropologist we have proportional representation over here,this link will explain it better than i could http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/proportional_representation.htm oh and did you notice David Tennant in the Labour campaign advert?

Thanks, that link was great. I won’t be performing any seminars to explain it just yet, but I’ve got a much better idea of it now. ;)
No, I didn’t see David Tennant, though I heard that he was in the campaign adverts. Did he say or do anything, or was he just lurking in the background trying on scarfs? ;)

Posted on Fri, 6 May 2005 at 12:13

#22

Bad Karma wrote:

I saw the advert a couple of nights ago on Channel 4 he was talking but for for the life of me sory i can’t remember what he said.

Posted on Fri, 6 May 2005 at 12:33

#23

White Psycho wrote:

Kilroy’s party did fuck all thankfully. They had a guy standing in durham, couldn’t believe it but labour kept the seat witha 3000 majority over lib dem

Posted on Fri, 6 May 2005 at 14:02

#24

Zorn (Tim) wrote:

Title: “Fuck Tony Blair” (merged)

Sorry about the language, but I’m just quoting AJC…!

What do you guys think of the election result?

Tim.

Posted on Fri, 6 May 2005 at 23:48

#25

Misanthropologist (d) wrote:

http://www.omrlp.com/

Too late to cast your vote, but their manicfesto is a beauty to behold. :)

Airbags on pub tables? Genius! :D

Posted on Fri, 6 May 2005 at 23:49

#26

cocaine boy wrote:

Today, democracy seems to be the best regime but it is not the perfect one. Blair is a proof of that. So, as it is indicated in ‘Animal Bones’ we should say sometimes:
F*ck democracy!

Posted on Sat, 7 May 2005 at 00:23

#27

allroy (Rainer) wrote:

Nothing beats a monarchy…

…when you’re the king.

Posted on Sat, 7 May 2005 at 00:31

#28

fatboy wrote:

I know this is a bit late, but from where I am (I voted Lib Dem, by the way), the BNP only had 770 votes. Not so much of a threat in Swansea after all, thank fuck.

Posted on Sat, 7 May 2005 at 09:24

#29

Gav wrote:

A guy who I work with stood as a BNP candidate - got 4,000 - Labour won the seat though with 14,000

Posted on Sat, 7 May 2005 at 12:52

#30

Bad Karma wrote:

Whats it like working with him does he ever mention politics?
645 out of 646 have been declared now,over here the big winners were the DUP with 9 seats and Sinn Fein with 5 and the UUP were hammered they only have 1 seat now while thanks to tactical voting from unionists in some areas the SDLP managed 3 seats which is a very good result for them because everyone expected them to lose out to Sinn Fein.With the increased majorities of the DUP and Sinn Fein i doubt they’ll ever agree on anything and we’ll probably have direct rule for the next 20 years.

Posted on Sat, 7 May 2005 at 13:26

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