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

Who did you vote for?

  • Labour

    Votes: 137 13.9%

  • Conservative

    Votes: 378 38.4%

  • Liberal Democrats

    Votes: 304 30.9%

  • UK Independence Party

    Votes: 27 2.7%

  • Green Party

    Votes: 2 0.2%

  • Scottish National Party

    Votes: 10 1.0%

  • British National Party

    Votes: 20 2.0%

  • Plaid Cymru

    Votes: 1 0.1%

  • DUP

    Votes: 4 0.4%

  • UUP

    Votes: 1 0.1%

  • Sinn Fein

    Votes: 2 0.2%

  • SDLP

    Votes: 3 0.3%

  • Other

    Votes: 16 1.6%

  • Abstain

    Votes: 80 8.1%
  • Total voters
    985
  • Poll closed .
Exactly my point FoxEye, which is why Nick Clegg cannot trust Cameron to do anything about the system that keeps the Lib Dems out of power. Labour is offering him reform, Conservatives are offering him 'a look into it'. He should be spooning with Brown right now, instead of blithering on about moral right and all that rubbish.
 
Captain_Slick said:
It's not the way I think at all. Are you honestly suggesting that the majority of voters in this country actually have any idea who their local MP is? Don't be daft, half of them probably don't even know who's running their council!

I never said that we weren't voting for our local MP. I said we were voting for our local MP in place of who we wanted to be PM. Which is what the majority of voters do.
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Then i go back to my point about independents and the Green Party.

Do you really think when those people voted they are voting for the PM through their local MP???????

Yet, there are enough of those people in a single area to vote in an independent. Which proves that people DO know who is running in their local area.
 
Captain_Slick said:
Exactly my point FoxEye, which is why Nick Clegg cannot trust Cameron to do anything about the system that keeps the Lib Dems out of power. Labour is offering him reform, Conservatives are offering him 'a look into it'. He should be spooning with Brown right now, instead of blithering on about moral right and all that rubbish.
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Lib Dems + Labour = 315 seats so unless they somehow fudge the numbers or disregard the constitution how do you propose they create a stable majority government?
 
There is a possibility that we'll get a shotgun election in a year's time when things settles down in order to get an overall majority.
 
If LibCon works then I think they may stick to it for as long as possible, which is a good thing - as every day Libs are part of the government they will gain more voters come the next election and should then start to displace Labour.
 
Raymond Lin said:
Then i go back to my point about independents and the Green Party.

Do you really think when those people voted they are voting for the PM through their local MP???????

Yet, there are enough of those people in a single area to vote in an independent. Which proves that people DO know who is running in their local area.
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This is exactly what happens in my area, last elections the mp was amember of the UUP and happened to be the only UUP candidate re elected, why? because people voted for her and not the party. Proof of this is the fact that she left the UUP for this election because they aligned themselves with cons and she got voted in as an independent with 65% of the vote.

I voted for her even though i would align myself towards the cons over lab because shes the best person the represent the area. Obviously this doesnt apply to everywhere but it shows not all people vote blindly for a party
 
rypt said:
If LibCon works then I think they may stick to it for as long as possible, which is a good thing - as every day Libs are part of the government they will gain more voters come the next election and should then start to displace Labour.
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Seems to me that nothing is guaranteed, and that any coalition the LD enter into could spectacularly backfire on them. Wouldn't want to be making those decisions myself ;)
 
Raymond Lin said:
Then i go back to my point about independents and the Green Party.

Do you really think when those people voted they are voting for the PM through their local MP???????
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They want those MPs to be their PM, in the grand scheme of their wildest dreams, yes.

Yet, there are enough of those people in a single area to vote in an independent. Which proves that some people DO know who is running in their local area.
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My addition in bold. Hence why I said most, not all. Do take note of what I'm actually saying.
 
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gambitt said:
Lib Dems + Labour = 315 seats so unless they somehow fudge the numbers or disregard the constitution how do you propose they create a stable majority government?
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I never said they needed to create a stable majority government. A stable minority government would be fine. I'm completely opposed to Cameron and his cronies, so much so that I'd rather have Thatcher. I've met him IRL and he's the biggest slimeball I've ever met. He ignored everyone except for his entourage of fluffer tories, didn't actually say anything of substance and then disappeared. Which is what he'll do as a PM.
 
Hatter The Mad said:
Yes, many.

He stood on your foot? How did you meet him and in what context?
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At a Conservative Party dinner near where I live. I know someone in the party and they asked if I wanted to come along and see what all the fuss was about (although considering I had been a Labour member for a while at that time I don't know what they were expecting).

He was just leaving and we managed to get a picture taken with him, during which he stood on my foot.
 
Hatter The Mad said:
Right, yeah. I can see how that can completely destroy the man's credibility to run the country.
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If he can't handle a simple dinner party, how can he possibly handle the country? :D

Strangely all the Tories I was sat with cheered after his speech of nothingness. Maybe he drugs you all at night?

There's also the slight fact that their manifesto might as well have been a takeaway menu...
 
Captain_Slick said:
I never said they needed to create a stable majority government. A stable minority government would be fine.
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I can't see how a bodged together government with a shortfall of seats with Brown as the unelected PM once again will be classed as stable. There would be another election later in the year.

Captain_Slick said:
I'm completely opposed to Cameron and his cronies, so much so that I'd rather have Thatcher. I've met him IRL and he's the biggest slimeball I've ever met. He ignored everyone except for his entourage of fluffer tories, didn't actually say anything of substance and then disappeared.
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So it's something personal against Cameron and a few "cronies"? Not the Tory party in general or their policies?

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He stood on my foot, for what seemed like ages, and didn't even apologise, to boot.
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I'm sure he did it on purpose. Did he call you a biggot as well? :D
 
Captain_Slick said:
He was just leaving and we managed to get a picture taken with him, during which he stood on my foot.
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Maybe he thought your foot was there for the purpose of keeping his shoe clean? He's from Eton, after all ;)

OK I know I'm tired and should go to bed now, since I've started talking complete and utter ********, which is normally a good indicator in my case :p
 
gambitt said:
I can't see how a bodged together government with a shortfall of seats with Brown as the unelected PM once again will be classed as stable. There would be another election later in the year.
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TBF, I think Labour would be best ditching Brown, replacing him with David Milliband and forming a coalition with Clegg with reform of the electoral system as a proviso. Milliband would be more popular than Cameron by a mile, I bet. He's more Labour than New Labour, too.

So it's something personal against Cameron and a few "cronies"? Not the Tory party in general or their policies?
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Bit of both. If their policies had more substance (and less nuts), I could look past the massive goofy toff that is Cameron. His version of the Tory party is just pretty weak looking from all angles. It's no wonder he didn't get an outright majority.

I'm sure he did it on purpose. Did he call you a biggot as well? :D
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He probably wanted to go on horseback and hunt me down with a pack of dogs for being a dirty working class homosexualist Labour party member.
 
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