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If the UK GE was held today, which party would you vote for?

Labour
106
15%
Conservative
147
21%
Liberal Democrats
223
32%
UKIP
39
6%
Green
33
5%
Nationalist party; SNP, Plaid Cymru, English Democrats, Sinn Féin, etc.
27
4%
Respect – The Unity Coalition
7
1%
BNP
55
8%
Trade Union and Socialist Coalition
25
4%
Other
25
4%
 
Total votes : 687
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Tagmatium
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Founded: Dec 17, 2004
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Postby Tagmatium » Thu May 06, 2010 6:28 pm

The blessed Chris wrote:
Chumblywumbly wrote:Lembit Opik's been knocked out by the Tories.

But are they gaining enough seats?

Probably not, which hopefully means the smug git will be removed as party leader soon.

Two birds with one stone...

Captain Smooth-face will go, and that shite Lembit Opik's gone.
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Charlotte Ryberg
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Civil Rights Lovefest

Postby Charlotte Ryberg » Thu May 06, 2010 6:29 pm

I can report from Basildon now: Conservative Gain, with a hundred of none of the aboves! ;)
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Tagmatium
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Founded: Dec 17, 2004
Psychotic Dictatorship

Postby Tagmatium » Thu May 06, 2010 6:29 pm

Waterlow wrote:What the fuck happened in Montgomeryshire?

Must... bite down... on Bristolian hatred for the Welsh...
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The blessed Chris
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Postby The blessed Chris » Thu May 06, 2010 6:30 pm

The Archregimancy wrote:Conservatives have defeated Lembit Opik in Montgomeryshire.

That's a big, big Lib Dem loss as they've held the seat almost continuously since the 19th century, even when the old Liberal Party was at its 5 seat nadir, except for a brief period under Thatcher.

Perhaps the locals were just tired of Opik's extremely colourful profile.


Quite likely. Still, a big loss for the LibDems. I only hope Balls gets similar treatment.
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Franberry
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Founded: Dec 09, 2005
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Postby Franberry » Thu May 06, 2010 6:31 pm

Eradium wrote:Image

99% swing next election
Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny.
-Aeschylus
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United Southernours
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Founded: Jan 22, 2010
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Postby United Southernours » Thu May 06, 2010 6:31 pm

Franberry wrote:
Eradium wrote:Image

99% swing next election


Prime Minister Fist-Raise
The Confederacy of United Southernours
Factbook
United Southernours Wiki Page
President: Robert Enfeild
Leader of the Opposition: Congressman Harold Byrd
Capital: Richmond, Virginia
Armed Forces: 2,000,000 Enlisted Men
1 Confederate dollar = $1.6440
GDP: C$17,034,246,833,182.08
Government Spending: C$1,903,688,636,850.00
Government Revenue: C$1,846,577,977,744.50
States: 28
Current Government: 2020
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The Imperial Navy
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Postby The Imperial Navy » Thu May 06, 2010 6:32 pm

a vote for land is a vote for power!
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Helertia
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Founded: Nov 28, 2008
Ex-Nation

Postby Helertia » Thu May 06, 2010 6:32 pm

God the Tories are grabbing them now. We've gone from net loss of one to net loss of 11... :(
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The Imperial Navy
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Postby The Imperial Navy » Thu May 06, 2010 6:34 pm

Helertia wrote:God the Tories are grabbing them now. We've gone from net loss of one to net loss of 11... :(


Gonna be REALLY close.
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Tagmatium
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Founded: Dec 17, 2004
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Postby Tagmatium » Thu May 06, 2010 6:34 pm

Helertia wrote:God the Tories are grabbing them now. We've gone from net loss of one to net loss of 11... :(

It's a madness.

Crap, but I wish the LibDems had done better than the damned Tories.
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Franberry
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Postby Franberry » Thu May 06, 2010 6:35 pm

The Imperial Navy wrote:a vote for land is a vote for power!

and fists
Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny.
-Aeschylus
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Sailsia
Senator
 
Posts: 4473
Founded: Mar 05, 2010
Ex-Nation

Postby Sailsia » Thu May 06, 2010 6:35 pm

looks like the conservatives are moving forward, keep in mind, I'm in the US, and I'm just watching the elections, its great because I have no emotional investment in this one! :) Personally, the Liberal Democratic Party seems interesting, I'll cheer for that one I guess.
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SD_Film Artists
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Founded: Jun 10, 2009
Ex-Nation

Postby SD_Film Artists » Thu May 06, 2010 6:35 pm

Lib Dems have taken a seat! I missed which one it was though....
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When anybody preaches disunity, tries to pit one of us against each other through class warfare, race hatred, or religious intolerance, you know that person seeks to rob us of our freedom and destroy our very lives.
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UNIverseVERSE
Minister
 
Posts: 3394
Founded: Jan 04, 2004
Liberal Democratic Socialists

Postby UNIverseVERSE » Thu May 06, 2010 6:35 pm

Overall swing in England and Wales is on the 5.5% mark or so, so anything could still happen.
Fnord.
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The Imperial Navy
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Postby The Imperial Navy » Thu May 06, 2010 6:35 pm

The election now scares me. If I have to stare at Camerons mug for the next 4 years, I might shoot myself.
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United Southernours
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Posts: 649
Founded: Jan 22, 2010
Ex-Nation

Postby United Southernours » Thu May 06, 2010 6:35 pm

*Hums God Save the Queen while drinking some tea*

This election is starting to look up.
The Confederacy of United Southernours
Factbook
United Southernours Wiki Page
President: Robert Enfeild
Leader of the Opposition: Congressman Harold Byrd
Capital: Richmond, Virginia
Armed Forces: 2,000,000 Enlisted Men
1 Confederate dollar = $1.6440
GDP: C$17,034,246,833,182.08
Government Spending: C$1,903,688,636,850.00
Government Revenue: C$1,846,577,977,744.50
States: 28
Current Government: 2020
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Tagmatium
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Posts: 16600
Founded: Dec 17, 2004
Psychotic Dictatorship

Postby Tagmatium » Thu May 06, 2010 6:36 pm

United Southernours wrote:*Hums God Save the Queen while drinking some tea*

This election is starting to look up.

For the few, at least.
The above post may or may not be serious.
"For too long, we have been a passive, tolerant society, saying to our citizens: as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone."
North Calaveras wrote:Tagmatium, it was never about pie...
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Helertia
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Founded: Nov 28, 2008
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Postby Helertia » Thu May 06, 2010 6:37 pm

Sailsia wrote:looks like the conservatives are moving forward, keep in mind, I'm in the US, and I'm just watching the elections, its great because I have no emotional investment in this one! :) Personally, the Liberal Democratic Party seems interesting, I'll cheer for that one I guess.


They're nice, but haven't really got any plans, having not expected to get this Bouncy Clegg thing.
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Helertia
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Founded: Nov 28, 2008
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Postby Helertia » Thu May 06, 2010 6:38 pm

By the way, whats the NSG take on Robinson losing his seat? Good/Bad?
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Waterlow
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Founded: May 23, 2009
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Postby Waterlow » Thu May 06, 2010 6:38 pm

Lib Dems hold Somerset & Frome, big Tory target.
To live in England for the pleasures of social intercourse - that would be like searching for flowers in a sandy desert. ~ Nikolai Karamzin

The English think very highly of their own humanity; I am willing to admit they are not inhuman... ~ Louis Simond

The people of England choose to be, in a great measure, without Law and without Police; they have reached a very distinguished point in industry and civilisation without them. ~ Morning Chronicle


On, on!
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The Archregimancy
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Founded: Aug 01, 2005
Democratic Socialists

Postby The Archregimancy » Thu May 06, 2010 6:38 pm

The blessed Chris wrote:
Quite likely. Still, a big loss for the LibDems. I only hope Balls gets similar treatment.


I spent some considerable time working in Wales in the 90s. Montgomeryshire is a fairly conservative (with a small c) area with strong nonconformist traditions. Writing for the Daily Star and consorting with half of a Romanian Europop act that famously asked us to touch their bum were probably just a step to far for Opik's constituents.

But given the seat's history over the last 150 years, I fully agree that it's a massive LibDem loss.
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Hydesland
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Posts: 15120
Founded: Nov 28, 2005
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Postby Hydesland » Thu May 06, 2010 6:38 pm

The Imperial Navy wrote:The election now scares me. If I have to stare at Camerons mug for the next 4 years, I might shoot myself.


I prefer his nicely airbrushed face to the evil wrinkly cyclops of Brown.
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Waterlow
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Founded: May 23, 2009
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Postby Waterlow » Thu May 06, 2010 6:38 pm

Helertia wrote:By the way, whats the NSG take on Robinson losing his seat? Good/Bad?

Amazing. The Lib Dems could learn something from Alliance...
To live in England for the pleasures of social intercourse - that would be like searching for flowers in a sandy desert. ~ Nikolai Karamzin

The English think very highly of their own humanity; I am willing to admit they are not inhuman... ~ Louis Simond

The people of England choose to be, in a great measure, without Law and without Police; they have reached a very distinguished point in industry and civilisation without them. ~ Morning Chronicle


On, on!
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United Southernours
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Founded: Jan 22, 2010
Ex-Nation

Postby United Southernours » Thu May 06, 2010 6:38 pm

Helertia wrote:By the way, whats the NSG take on Robinson losing his seat? Good/Bad?


I nearly fell out of my chair when I heard about that. I was NOT expecting that
The Confederacy of United Southernours
Factbook
United Southernours Wiki Page
President: Robert Enfeild
Leader of the Opposition: Congressman Harold Byrd
Capital: Richmond, Virginia
Armed Forces: 2,000,000 Enlisted Men
1 Confederate dollar = $1.6440
GDP: C$17,034,246,833,182.08
Government Spending: C$1,903,688,636,850.00
Government Revenue: C$1,846,577,977,744.50
States: 28
Current Government: 2020
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Sailsia
Senator
 
Posts: 4473
Founded: Mar 05, 2010
Ex-Nation

Postby Sailsia » Thu May 06, 2010 6:39 pm

Tagmatium wrote:
United Southernours wrote:*Hums God Save the Queen while drinking some tea*

This election is starting to look up.

For the few, at least.

conservatives took another seat. So, can anyone explain how this works? Is it the majority seats win? So, are you guys voting on the parliament too, that definatly not like the US elections...oh god, its like 2:30 in the UK. Its 9:30 here :p
RIP RON PAUL
Author of the U.S. Constitution
July 4, 1776 - September 11, 2001
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