Poll: *** 2010 General Election Result & Discussion ***

[Robbo]

That Opik fellow is annoying.

 

[chumpit]

damn it why did ogmore vote for labour, theve screwed us royally in the past 10 years, stupid oap's...

 

[Yoko]

It provides a strong government.

but not one representative of its people

 

[Ahleckz]

Opik being a right pain in the bum. Jeremy wasn't standing for that!

 

[Mad old tory]

IIRC most pre-vote opinion polls did not count the effect of LibDems taking Conservative seats but rather assumed that all the Tory marginals would be safe and calculated the outcome based on Tory wins.

Interesting stuff anyway. Will be particularly intriguing whether those Tory supporters who continually bitch and moan about the West Lothian issue shut their traps if the Tories form a governing majority with the support of Northern Irish MPs.

One would suspect that they wouldn't need the NI MPs on the relevant issues if Scots MPs couldn't vote on them either

Opik sounds rather bitter!!

 

[Energize]

I think you mean the 'British electoral system'.

If you want to be pedantic, the UK.

 

[Haiku]

It provides a strong government.

Not tonight it seems.

 

[Viper²]

Opik being a right pain in the bum. Jeremy wasn't standing for that!

I thought he was pretty fair in defeat tbh.

 

[meghatronic]

This bloody election is going to to keep me from my bed ! !

I wanted to sleep with a Tory majority.

 

[Hambut_Bulge]

yet not the lead in seat :s that puzzles me

No surprise. Results are being skewed (at this stage) by Scotish and Northern seats; smaller and with a built-in Labour tendancy. That's our system - if we had a straight two party choice between Conservative and Labour, Labour can win with about 47% whereas the Tories need 53%...

 

[MrRoper]

Why are the seat numbers on ITV different than BBC??

 

[Robbo]

This bloody election is going to to keep me from my bed ! !

I wanted to sleep with a Tory majority.

No point sleeping now, the job is not yet done!

 

[Yoko]

This bloody election is going to to keep me from my bed ! !

I wanted to sleep with a Tory majority.

I fear I will have nightmares about a Tory majority

 

[Robbo]

Why are the seat numbers on ITV different than BBC??

They are jumping the gun to try and get viewers.

 

[MrRoper]

They are jumping the gun to try and get viewers.

Bit naughty that is

 

[meghatronic]

CON Blackpool North & Cleveleys gain from LAB
CON Derbyshire South gain from LAB

Gaining momentum now.. 31.5% of the vote.

 

[Haiku]

Four more Labour holds: Glasgow South West, Edinburgh East, Dunbartonshire West and Glasgow South.

 

[makamiso]

ld hold taunton

 

[Yoko]

CON Blackpool North & Cleveleys gain from LAB
CON Derbyshire South gain from LAB

damn

my vote wasted then

im off to bed now in a huff

 

[Greenlizard0]

Noob question...

The majority of the people on my Facebook are very anti-Tory and because I really know nothing about politics, I was just wondering why this is? The majority, if not all are students. Are the Tories very anti-student or something? I know Tories favour the rich but that is all i know...

Lots of things as my understanding goes. It's fashionable sometimes to knock those that aren't the working class, and a lot of students usually do this after Thatcher vs. Unions years ago left a lot of regions, particularly up North, a Labour safe haven. For example around here all I can see are red flyers in windows (no, they're not Liverpool ones ). Knowing students as well, it's probably part and parcel of adopting a socially 'acceptable' political stance as a result.

My question, on the results page from the BBC, what exactly should I be looking at? Is it seats I should be interested in, aka like the American election. If so, what is the point of the percentage figures, which at the moment favour The Conservatives?