Why, is the baby going to warn us of the dangers of not voting Conservative?
Poll: General election voting round 5 (final one)
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Why, is the baby going to warn us of the dangers of not voting Conservative?
An outpouring of patriotism normally follows a significant royal event. The Tories are normally the party of patriotism in England and as PM David Cameron will get to make an announcement where he'll be all excited.
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So when is he going round the hospital to tell the parents he will be taking away their child benefit?
Jesus you want to break this country? Fortunately a lot of people woke up to how crazy the Greens are and the popularity has peaked some time ago
I know you have a hardon for hating Cameron, but I think it's pretty likely that all the leaders will jump on that particular bandwagon.
Huzzah!!
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Some time ago?
Give me a time frame, because Green party membership has quadrupled from 2014 to 2015.
I'm slightly better off financially but at what cost socially? The poorest in society being screwed over, a worse NHS, a worse justice system, a more hateful, bitter society.
Life isn't just a spreadsheet of numbers to some people.
Membership means nothing and you know it. If we're going to follows DP's logic then the polls show they've been slipping for quite some time
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There is a lot of uninformed posting going on here in regard to the SNP.
People seem to think that the SNP won't have any choice but to vote with Labour for the duration of the parliament to stop the government collapsing but this is not true.
The fixed term parliament act means that the only way that parliament can be dissolved before the 5 year term of government is up is for 66% of MP's to uphold a vote of no confidence in the government.
This means that if Labour want to get a policy through that will be voted against by the tories, they will need the support of the SNP. If the SNP vote against it too the policy will not be passed. This won't bring down the government.
That is why the SNP are going to be the daddy at Westminster. They will get concessions from the Labour party every time the Labour party requires SNP votes to get a policy passed.
It is a great time to be a Scottish nationalist! Munches popcorn.
People seem to think that the SNP won't have any choice but to vote with Labour for the duration of the parliament to stop the government collapsing but this is not true.
The fixed term parliament act means that the only way that parliament can be dissolved before the 5 year term of government is up is for 66% of MP's to uphold a vote of no confidence in the government.
This means that if Labour want to get a policy through that will be voted against by the tories, they will need the support of the SNP. If the SNP vote against it too the policy will not be passed. This won't bring down the government.
That is why the SNP are going to be the daddy at Westminster. They will get concessions from the Labour party every time the Labour party requires SNP votes to get a policy passed.
It is a great time to be a Scottish nationalist! Munches popcorn.
When you actually see how people have suffered first hand it dawns on you that GDP actually means nothing.
I wish more people had this mentality. Unfortunately most people seem to take the Im alright Jack so screw the rest. Selfish selfish children of Thatcher it seems.
The economic improvement means nothing, when we have poor and disabled people killing themselves because the DWP have sanctioned them for no good reason
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?Polls? what about actual votes?
Every election since 1997 they get more votes than before... last election they had their first MP voted in.
But you see this as slipping?
It's funny, isn't it? Five years ago we were blaming the bankers and the super-rich for our troubles. Five years is all it has taken to move that anger to the poor, vulnerable and powerless. Five years of stories about the extreme of benefit cheats, used to justify cuts that have left many in poverty.
I'm all for clamping down on benefit cheats, on reducing the ridiculous benefit incomes of those at the extreme, but the welfare system needs to be there for those that need it.
I'm all for clamping down on benefit cheats, on reducing the ridiculous benefit incomes of those at the extreme, but the welfare system needs to be there for those that need it.
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