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

[FoxEye]

I'm sure the BNP doesn't need to be bought back into the conversation now.
But personally I've got more respect for those people who voted BNP than those who didn't bother voting at all.
At least they spent the time to put their feelings forward and didn't sit on their lazy back-sides like 40% of the population did.

A certain % don't vote based on religious convictions.
Some because they don't feel they know enough about the issues of the day to make a reasoned decision.

Do you have less respect for them than the people who vote the same way their parents did; the same way they've always voted, even if they don't know why?

 

[meghatronic]

55% also means a minority government can't be held to ransom by a coalition of other parties based upon mutual dislike rather than the national interest.

 

[Andy_82]

It doesn't, really. What it does is make it just as hard to remove a government with 45% of the seats, as a government with 50% of the seats. It is simply extending the same stability protection every majority government has ever had to a marginally minority government. It is a little bit sneaky considering the circumstances, but it's really nothing to write home about, in my opinion.

thats my worry although you wrote it much better than i did

 

[snowdog]

A certain % don't vote based on religious convictions.

If anything, these lose even more respect.

Some because they don't feel they know enough about the issues of the day to make a reasoned decision.

This I agree with, some might simply now know enough, some might not care and accept anything that will happen, eg. don't care whether the greens win or the BNP it means all the same for them. ( just an example of 2 extremes).

Do you have less respect for them than the people who vote the same way their parents did; the same way they've always voted, even if they don't know why?

Nope.


Just thought I'd add this, I disagree with stoofa, but a person who doesn't vote because of some bloody religion .

Don't tell you voted for one of them, or was it the British nothing party.

Errr ??? I'm just unhappy with the lidbdem and torie ( what kind of conservative party moans about the environment, that's progressive, not conservative ! notice how these are 2 opposites) polities about the environment, particularly ones that may affect the whole EU. Aside from the ridiculous environmental policies of both parties ( especially the tories, this makes me see them as a fake conservative party as one of the in my eyes more important policies is not conservative at all, remotely) , it's the best possible combo, but what do I care, I don't live in the UK.

 

[The Mad Rapper]

What's going on? I've been gone 30 mins and there's only been 4 posts. This thread's dying

I want to see 100 pages. Go Go!

 

[Uriel]

What's going on? I've been gone 30 mins and there's only been 4 posts. This thread's dying

We know what's happening and the new government's starting work. Ergo wild speculation is rather pointless now...

 

[slambo69]

What's going on? I've been gone 30 mins and there's only been 4 posts. This thread's dying

I want to see 100 pages. Go Go!

Now that we know the country is in good hands - panic over!

 

[The Mad Rapper]

We know what's happening and the new government's starting work. Ergo wild speculation is rather pointless now...

I know

I really enjoyed this thread though. Probably the most enjoyable thread on OCUK ever actually.

 

[robgmun]

only the rabid lefties have anything to say now, while the rest of us get on with living for the next 5 years

 

[The Mad Rapper]

only the rabid lefties have anything to say now, while the rest of us get on with living for the next 5 years

Yes! I just need to adjust my work life balance now and I'm done

 

[PlacidCasual]

I was looking at some of the proposed reforms and one jumped out as problematic.

Fixed Term Parliaments: these offer disproportionate power to small parties in a hung Parliament. Because the PM cannot call another election to break a stalemate when no party has a majority.

If we had a directly elected PM then fixed terms are not an issue we'll have a working Executive no matter what and a majority is not a necessity in a legislature that is separated from the Executive. In fact a hung Parliament acting as a legislature might better hold legislation to account, certainly if MP's become more independent and focussed on serving their constituents rather than jockeying for position from the Executive.

 

[Naffa]

rofl, what started as a socialist whining group has been taken over my people taking the ****, quality

Just out of interest, are you genuinely stupid enough to believe that anybody that doesn't want David Cameron as our Prime Minister, and as a result, complains about the fact he is, is a socialist?

 

[rypt]

Just out of interest, are you genuinely stupid enough to believe that anybody that doesn't want David Cameron as our Prime Minister, and as a result, complains about the fact he is, is a socialist?

Given the fact that it was full of left wing people complaining, or public servants doing non-jobs, or benefit claiming people ... I think it is fair to say that they are socialists seeing as CMD (or as I shall now call him Data) is Centre-right and Clegg is Centre.

 

[badcompany]

had to laugh today on radio 2 harriot harperson was saying she has been talking to her constituents and they were worried about immigration and she feels its an important issue !!


excuse me what have they done about for the last 13 years!!!!

 

[Raumarik]

Watched Ed Milliband do his bit earlier, is it just me or does he say exactly the same things Gordon Brown did but in a more annoying voice? At least Brown has some character, this guy is a blank canvas - Cameron will eat him alive at PM questions.

 

[oli collett]

He's just a backbencher - probably too old school Tory on things like gay rights and green issues for Cameron's front bench team.

Hmm, he does have an excellent record on civil liberties though - was certainly strongly opposed to ID cards & backed libel reform, although his voting record on gay rights isn't so great:
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/david_davis/haltemprice_and_howden#votingrecord

Theresa May is just as bad though:
http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpid=40382&dmp=826

 

[PermaBanned]

Great!

But you need to get it our of your heads that this is going to last more than a year.

 

[Narj]

had to laugh today on radio 2 harriot harperson was saying she has been talking to her constituents and they were worried about immigration and she feels its an important issue !!

excuse me what have they done about for the last 13 years!!!!

Amazing how they all seem to have suddenly got their ears waxed now it's too late!

 

[Slam62]

Amazing how they all seem to have suddenly got their ears waxed now it's too late!

maybe they didn't particularly want to win, they all seemed a bit fed up with it all to me.

Nice to know the employees NI increase is still going ahead, even though it was labours jobs tax.

I expect there are a few more like that to come, the money has got to come from some where.

You lot will have a different view point in a couple of years (no I don't think you will support labour) I think the world will be a different place.

The conlibs will not produce anything remotely pretty. (and yes it is labours fault, but in two years that will be forgotten) whereas a large proportion of the lib dem voters will never forgive them.

 

[drew64]

maybe they didn't particularly want to win, they all seemed a bit fed up with it all to me.

Nice to know the employees NI increase is still going ahead, even though it was labours jobs tax.

http://www.moneymarketing.co.uk/pol...cgt-and-offer-income-tax-cuts/1011531.article

The coalition will not go ahead with Tory proposals to reverse Labour’s 1 per cent increase in National Insurance contribution for employees, due to take effect next April, but it will reverse the NI increase due to hit employers.