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 .
scorza said:
No I mean why is changing the British way of life necessarily a bad thing? It's quite clear to me that there's a huge split in society between Labour and Conservative supporters. All that seems to have been achieved since Thatcher is an even bigger split in society. Surely now at this time of national crisis it's time for a real third way, for politicians to work together to solve the issues caused by the global economic crisis?
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Why is it Thatchers fault for the split? If anything it is the LEFTs fault as they are the ones causing the split
 
We should implement a system of testing to discover the weight of each person's vote.

The first paper will consist of basic and advanced English language, the sciences and mathematics. A second paper will focus on economic principles, the British political system and the lessons of history.

The final score will be between 0 and 100. This becomes your vote multiplier!
 
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Superewza said:
Not really, pretty much all of the working class (which makes up a large part of the country) have a rational hatred of the Conservatives, along with many others. Applying the 'best of a bad bunch' logic a large portion of the other two main parties votes will be people either arriving at different conclusions or voting specifically for a hung parliament.
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If it was the other way around, it would be the same thing...oh wait...actually if it was the other way around, people probably wouldn't be kicking up a fuss.

This is why I hate politics...even though people choose one party to win, and succeeds with more votes, they still can't get in.....And of some of the lesser parties were to get in, then there would be national uproar, even though they would have won fair and square.

It's daft
 
PMKeates said:
We should implement a system of testing for the weight of each person's vote.

The first paper will consist of basic and advanced English language, the sciences and mathematics. A second paper will focus on economic principles, the British political system and the lessons of history.

The final score will be between 0 and 100. This is becomes your vote multiplier!
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That's actually a brilliant idea. You'd have to change it every time and moderate the development of said papers strictly to avoid cheating. The system would have to be changed as it would take a lot more time to vote, as i assume it would have to be done under 'exam conditions' and a lot of thick (for lack of a better word) people wouldn't want to spend that time on it.
 
wozzizname said:
Some of the worst pieces on legislation inflicted on this country would never have got through if we had PR and coalition governments - I can't see the poll Tax being passed with a coalition holding back Thatcher, or Gordon Brown being allowed to raid everyone's pension funds if the Lib Dems had a say in it.
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There is nothing wrong with poll tax, it is a better system than council tax - a much fairer system as everyone pays an amount to contribute to local government finances.
 
Superewza said:
That's actually a brilliant idea. You'd have to change it every time and moderate the development of said papers strictly to avoid cheating. The system would have to be changed as it would take a lot more time to vote, as i assume it would have to be done under 'exam conditions' and a lot of thick (for lack of a better word) people wouldn't want to spend that time on it.
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The KVQA (Keates Vote Quality Assessment) would be administered once every 10 years free of charge, or at any other time for a fee of £100. It would be conducted at a separate time from the vote itself.

Like voting, the test is optional. If you do not take the test you receive a score of 1.
 
Strife212 said:
I'm starting to wish I got rid of all my savings in £ before the election :p
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Fortunately my mortgage is bigger than my savings - so when my savings go down the toilet, the mortgage will be right there too.

PMKeates said:
We should implement a system of testing to discover the weight of each person's vote.
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I thought you were going to suggest everyone got on the scales on the way into the polling station for a moment then. :D

PMKeates said:
Like voting, the test is optional. If you do not take the test you receive a score of 1.
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So some people will have incentive not to take the test then - for fear they get 0. :)
 
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Superewza said:
That's actually a brilliant idea. You'd have to change it every time and moderate the development of said papers strictly to avoid cheating. The system would have to be changed as it would take a lot more time to vote, as i assume it would have to be done under 'exam conditions' and a lot of thick (for lack of a better word) people wouldn't want to spend that time on it.
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No, it's a retarded idea. It's also never going to be implemented in a trillion years.
 
The Mad Rapper said:
I disagree, it's a completely retarded idea. Exactly what is the purpose of weighting someone's vote? All votes are, and should always be equal, regardless of how stupid the actual individual is :p
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I'm not sure? Degree of intelligence and education are probably quite valid reasons for increasing or decreasing the value of someone's vote! The electorate are deciding who runs the country; it'd be nice to know that the people who most influenced the decision weren't idiots!
 
PMKeates said:
I'm not sure? Degree of intelligence and education are probably quite valid reasons for increasing or decreasing the value of someone's vote! The electorate are deciding who runs the country; it'd be nice to know that the people who made the decision weren't idiots!
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No. That's completely undemocratic. Besides, intelligence is no indicator of common sense!
 
avec said:
So Labour are desperately trying to cling onto power by selling out the English people, a future fair for all indeed.
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If they form a coalition with the Liberals and Nationalists that would most likely be the case.
 
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