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

[makamiso]

so we've had fistman, jesus and massivehat guy.. whatis with these people

 

[avec]

Quite, but apparently it's Cameron who "can't represent the country"

Only in the UK is a good education a bad thing.

 

[Robbo]

Why do people clap when these Green Party buffoons scrape 400 votes or whatever together

Should be laughing at them instead.

 

[platypus]

if you're watching bbc still... whats with the guy in the MASSIVE hat?

MRLP .

 

[JBod]

Agreed totally.

Just to let you know, all the polls from just about all time have said that any 'PR?' referendum would reside in a massive 'yes'.

So 'agreeing to PR' and 'Put it to referendum' are effectively exactly the same thing. Except the referendum costs a load more money!

Lib Lab exceptionally unlikely I would think. Between them they do not command a majority it would involve a lot of concessions to the smaller parties.

I have said for a couple of weeks now that the best answer for this country would be a Con/Lib agreement possibly even full coalition.

Politics are all about checks and balances, maybe we get the best of both worlds?

I think Pure PR is utter lunacy for our country and society. Many refer to it as a "modern" way, this is simple not true.

Each election would be hung, an election would a be a ton of infighting and the resulting sitting Parliament would be frozen into indecision as they stop agreeing on anything.

No decision is far worse than a quick wrong decision.

 

[britboy4321]

I think that hat basically beats any argument from any competitor, and in the debates he should have answered ALL questions 'Please look at my hat'.

 

[PermaBanned]

http://www.takebackparliament.com/

 

[Gimpymoo]

But surely getting any of their policies made law is better than none of them? Its not like the LibDems have a chance to actually have a majority to make all their policies live without PR or a huge shake up and swing in support.

I think LibDems maybe tempted, they have the first opportunity in decades to make a difference on a national scale.

If you think about it, they have lots of policies but they now have the chance to make some stick.

You are obviously not a Lib but a torie.

 

[JBod]

You are obviously not a Lib but a torie.

I don't think a person has to wear blinkers when voting for their party and support every minute detail of their manifesto?

 

[Mr Jack]

4 more results to come today, 2 pretty sure to go Labour, 2 certain to go Tory, that makes the final scores:

Tory: 306
Labour: 259
Liberal: 57

Lab+Lib get 316 seats then, not enough. Adding in the SDLP and Alliance in NI (with whom they have semi-formal alliances), gives them another 4, that's 320. 320 is enough to function as a government because only the DUP (8 seats) among the others are likely to be broadly opposed, and while 326 is a formal majority, in fact there are 5 non-seats for Sinn Fein and the Speaker and Deputies are 3:1 Tory:Labour.

I think a Tory minority government is the most likely outcome, but a Lab-Lib pact could form a functional government.

 

[G-MAN2004]

Why on earth do some candidates even bother when they know they'll only get a few hundred votes (if that), compared with the thousands for Tories, Labour, etc?

 

[apatia77]

I think that hat basically beats any argument from any competitor, and in the debates he should have answered ALL questions 'Please look at my hat'.

He must have just come straight from "The Biggest Hat" competition and forgot to change clothes.

 

[britboy4321]

Why on earth do some candidates even bother when they know they'll only get a few hundred votes (if that), compared with the thousands for Tories, Labour, etc?

Principle.

 

[makamiso]

Why on earth do some candidates even bother when they know they'll only get a few hundred votes (if that), compared with the thousands for Tories, Labour, etc?

everyones got to start somewhere otherwise would be never any change

 

[Le_Petit_Lapin]

"I have a huge hat, your argument is invalid."

 

[Slam62]

4 more results to come today, 2 pretty sure to go Labour, 2 certain to go Tory, that makes the final scores:

Tory: 306
Labour: 259
Liberal: 57

Lab+Lib get 316 seats then, not enough. Adding in the SDLP and Alliance in NI (with whom they have semi-formal alliances), gives them another 4, that's 320. 320 is enough to function as a government because only the DUP (8 seats) among the others are likely to be broadly opposed, and while 326 is a formal majority, in fact there are 5 non-seats for Sinn Fein and the Speaker and Deputies are 3:1 Tory:Labour.

I think a Tory minority government is the most likely outcome, but a Lab-Lib pact could form a functional government.

hmm maybe it's all a bit shaky though.

 

[n111ck]

Why on earth do some candidates even bother when they know they'll only get a few hundred votes (if that), compared with the thousands for Tories, Labour, etc?

Same reason people that cant sing audition for the X Factor.

 

[Azza]

Geoff Hoon - 'We've seen real democracy at work'

 

[britboy4321]

Some of the parties (monster raving loony) have agreed not to accept any seats if they win, on condition they don't have to pay the deposit.

So for some people yea it's all a big joke and having a laugh. Fair enough.

 

[Mr Jack]

hmm maybe it's all a bit shaky though.

Aye, and if the Tories can swing those last two Labour seats...