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Cameron's chance for a second term was scuppered the moment he didn't reverse the constituency boundary changes put in under Labour and ban postal votes.
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The Conservative party brought that on themselves didn't they? Ignored the coalition agreement on Lords Reform so the LibDems ignored the coalition and voted against the constituency changes.
Oh, and constituency boundaries are set by the Boundaries Commission, not the government so you can't blame Labour for the current constituencies
My point was that some time back they were predicted at 4 seats by May2015, now their prediction is 3 seats. Likewise ladbrokes have gone from 5.5 seats down to 4.5 seats
I leave it to the viewers what they think this trend will mean come voting time, that is a mere weeks away now.
You seem proud that UKIP might win 3 seats, but that is fairly meaningless compared to say the SNP expected to pick up 49, Tories to loose 31 and Labour to gain 9. 3 seats is just noise.
Which is all there members are good for.
No UKIP are good for breaking the stupid pleb system of people voting for colours. Having a couple party system is stupid and is dangerous. Look at America for a stupid system where 300,000,000 people allowed themselves to be corraled into two parties.
Like UKIP or not, they are bringing about debates and helping to open up politics (Even if its only by a tiny amount). The issue of immigration is a contentious topic, and no matter what side of the fence you are on, both sides deserve to be represented.
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Had the exact kind of conversation earlier... He needs to be a bit more David Cameroon though to give you the feel that he would be ok on an international stage. At the moment, I think we wouldnt be that good, but then, who knows.
Nick Clegg on the other hand has the best of both worlds. He seems more Human than Dave, but less than Ed, but more statesman than Ed, but less than Dave.
Rofl, they are tiny far smaller than lib dem.
Well said, Milliband has a bumbling charmless persona with no charisma whatsoever.
For now, it's only because of our FPTP system that the LibDems won't be decimated on May 7th. UKIP has been polling almost twice as much as the LibDems for the past 12 months
LibDems can count themselve lucky that they are only going to lose half their seats, it takes two election cycles for a trend to take hold, if for 2020 it's still UKIP 14% and LD 8%, then it would switch and UKIP would have 30 seats and LD only have 5 at best
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No, that's not how it works. In order to convert votes to seats, they'll need to concentrate that vote in particular areas and build local support. UKIP's hope should build from local councillors, and their MEPs, but their local councillors are pretty poor and their MEPs are downright terrible.
Eh, do you have any idea how insignificant the UKIP are right now, they have far less seats than Lib dems.
The Green party is bringing about far more healthy debate rather than the xenophobic bigoted garbage coming from UKIP.
You still don't understand how voting in the UK works I see.
UKIP have 13% of the vote scattered all over the places in constituencies that they will never win. The liberal democrats have 8% of the vote with a high proportion of votes in constituencies that they will win or have a good chance of winning.
UKIP will need to reverse that trend to gain more than 2-4 seats.
I still don't understand why you are posting in this thread so much since your not living in the UK any more.
Oh and wait till Jeb gets elected
I still don't understand why you are posting in this thread so much since your not living in the UK any more.
Oh and wait till Jeb gets elected
I still get to vote and I still get to care about my country of citizenship.
I still get to vote and I still get to care about my country of citizenship.
You cared so much you left the UK for a better life in the US
Jeb will sort you lot out.
At least the set looks a bit snazzier than during the 2010 debate.
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