by Chumblywumbly » Wed Mar 24, 2010 1:28 am
by Sionis Prioratus » Wed Mar 24, 2010 1:33 am
by My 3rd Floor Flat » Wed Mar 24, 2010 1:34 am
by My 3rd Floor Flat » Wed Mar 24, 2010 1:35 am
Sionis Prioratus wrote:I'm glad the Treaty of Lisbon has been ratified and is now binding.
by Jello Biafra » Wed Mar 24, 2010 3:11 am
My 3rd Floor Flat wrote:Personally, I'm pushing for a Conservative victory. Their economic policies will make life hell for a great deal of people, but if we don't want the country to spiral downward into a shit hole some serious economic reform is required. On the bright side the Conservatives should start to address our numerous social concerns.
by Tokos » Wed Mar 24, 2010 3:35 am
Jello Biafra wrote:Conservatives seldomly address social concerns in a positive manner.
by The Archregimancy » Wed Mar 24, 2010 3:38 am
My 3rd Floor Flat wrote:It's going be close. Unbearably close.
Either the Conservatives will scrape through and just about about make it, or the Labour Party will cling to power with co-operation from the Liberal Democrats.
by Adauchi » Wed Mar 24, 2010 3:48 am
by Barringtonia » Wed Mar 24, 2010 4:05 am
by Alasdair I Frosticus » Wed Mar 24, 2010 4:42 am
Adauchi wrote: it looks like there will be a hung parliament and under the UK system of governance... this tends to be a bad thing. i honestly am not sure i even want to vote anymore heh.
by The Archregimancy » Wed Mar 24, 2010 4:48 am
Alasdair I Frosticus wrote:On what grounds and precedents do you consider a hung parliament to be a 'bad thing'?
Is this because, in Disraeli's famous words, "England [sic] does not love coalitions"?
Let's look at all UK election results since the 1832 Great Reform act (and acknowledging the looseness of party affiliation prior to the later 19th century)
by Karsol » Wed Mar 24, 2010 4:50 am
by SD_Film Artists » Wed Mar 24, 2010 5:01 am
Karsol wrote:I'm voting for labour, whilst I am lib dem, I will not stand to have the country turned into a neo-maggie thatcher wet dream.
by Karsol » Wed Mar 24, 2010 5:13 am
SD_Film Artists wrote:Karsol wrote:I'm voting for labour, whilst I am lib dem, I will not stand to have the country turned into a neo-maggie thatcher wet dream.
I'm one of those Lib Dems who would rather Clegg support the Conservatives if he is to act as a 'king maker'. Labour is still too connected with the unions.
by SD_Film Artists » Wed Mar 24, 2010 5:24 am
Karsol wrote:SD_Film Artists wrote:Karsol wrote:I'm voting for labour, whilst I am lib dem, I will not stand to have the country turned into a neo-maggie thatcher wet dream.
I'm one of those Lib Dems who would rather Clegg support the Conservatives if he is to act as a 'king maker'. Labour is still too connected with the unions.
HA!!!
Like the unions like him. After all he's done anyway.
by Chumblywumbly » Wed Mar 24, 2010 5:27 am
The Archregimancy wrote:[A Labour minority government which governs with tacit Lib Dem support] is the least likely as Nick Clegg has made it clear that the Lib Dems will respect the right of the largest party in Parliament to attempt to govern, which is likely to be the Conservatives.
Barringtonia wrote:A majority for Labour of about 10-15 seats,
Karsol wrote:I'm voting for labour, whilst I am lib dem, I will not stand to have the country turned into a neo-maggie thatcher wet dream.
by Adauchi » Wed Mar 24, 2010 5:42 am
Alasdair I Frosticus wrote:Adauchi wrote: it looks like there will be a hung parliament and under the UK system of governance... this tends to be a bad thing. i honestly am not sure i even want to vote anymore heh.
On what grounds and precedents do you consider a hung parliament to be a 'bad thing'?
Would you care to claim that Britain was poorly governed from 1847-1849, 1885-1895, and 1910-1931? The British Empire doesn't seem to have been the poorer for the phenomenon.
by The Archregimancy » Wed Mar 24, 2010 5:54 am
Adauchi wrote:Alasdair I Frosticus wrote:Adauchi wrote: it looks like there will be a hung parliament and under the UK system of governance... this tends to be a bad thing. i honestly am not sure i even want to vote anymore heh.
On what grounds and precedents do you consider a hung parliament to be a 'bad thing'?
Would you care to claim that Britain was poorly governed from 1847-1849, 1885-1895, and 1910-1931? The British Empire doesn't seem to have been the poorer for the phenomenon.
tell that to the child (and slave) workers of the time.
i don't want this to threadjack btw (i'm also not keen to discuss it ha) so let it drop or make your own thread about it if you wish.
by New Entropia » Wed Mar 24, 2010 6:09 am
SD_Film Artists wrote:Labour is still too connected with the unions.
by The Archregimancy » Wed Mar 24, 2010 6:22 am
Chumblywumbly wrote:The Archregimancy wrote:[A Labour minority government which governs with tacit Lib Dem support] is the least likely as Nick Clegg has made it clear that the Lib Dems will respect the right of the largest party in Parliament to attempt to govern, which is likely to be the Conservatives.
Oh, missed that.
All I've heard from Clegg is caginess, especially regarding any sort of power-sharing with the Tories.
by Jordaxia » Wed Mar 24, 2010 6:28 am
by Dehn » Wed Mar 24, 2010 6:28 am
by SD_Film Artists » Wed Mar 24, 2010 6:30 am
I wont be voting because I can't for another 10 months, but if I could I'm not sure who I'd vote for. The reason being that despite being a socialist, voting Labour is a waste in the constituency where I live, which only manged to elect a Liberal in 97 and has been Tory in every other election since the dawn of time. Even with boundary changes that added strong Labour areas, Labour never comes higher than third.
Nationally I think the Conservatives will get the most seats, but if they get a majority it will only be a small one. I doubt that all LD MPs would be happy to back the Tories though if it is a hung parliament.
by Tokos » Wed Mar 24, 2010 6:46 am
Karsol wrote:I'm voting for labour, whilst I am lib dem, I will not stand to have the country turned into a neo-maggie thatcher wet dream.
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