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I'm still British, I still have the right to vote in general elections, and I still have a keen interest in the future of our great nation.
Poll: The official I voted/election results thread
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I'm still British, I still have the right to vote in general elections, and I still have a keen interest in the future of our great nation.
The Tories have a majority now so can deliver one free of Lib Dem meddling.
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LOL polls. That is all.
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Are you actually him... I mean that would be epic if we had a pro on these forums?
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Stuck £20 on the bookies last night for a Tory majority at 10/1... c'mon weekend beer fund!
Yeah we haven't head much from the 11 polls since early last night.
True, but that just shows how many years we've had to cope with an unfair electoral system.
At the very least we should be getting coalitions of parties, because at least two parties working together should represent 50%+ of the public.
I'm still British, I still have the right to vote in general elections, and I still have a keen interest in the future of our great nation.
Great, perhaps at a time in the past this was valid...we are overreached on the world stage and it costs us too much.
How on earth do you reach that conclusion? The SNPs "mandate" for independence was told exactly what the scottish people thought of it last year.
Would rather a change away from popularity vote towards a strong constitution that forced governments to do what is thought is best for the country. Unfortunately most policies are not what is good for the country and are demonstrably so. Would rather a system where you vote in experts in each area and ban party politics or at least the whip with hefty prison sentences if found guilty.
+1 I voted SNP but I'd vote NO in a referendum if it came up despite voting YES last year. They were not elected with a mandate for another referendum, they were voted to represent us and do it well, nothing more.
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Morning fellas, feeling quite chipper this morning!
Looks like the country might be in safer hands for the next 5 years. Now... let's just wait and see about my promised EU vote in 2017.
Looks like the country might be in safer hands for the next 5 years. Now... let's just wait and see about my promised EU vote in 2017.
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Relieved miliband and his cronies took a pasting
when does D.P wake up lol?
I'm curious what the confounding factors were. Combination of shy Tory voters, last minute undecided voters going Tory, and UKIP-leaning Tories staying Tory compared to Labour-leaning, perhaps.
Cameron won't be able to renegotiate anything worthwhile and will resign over it, but you won't get an in/out referendum.
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Poor Vince Cable 
My favourite cabinet minister and he's lost his seat after 18 years!
My favourite cabinet minister and he's lost his seat after 18 years!That's not really true though, is it? There would have been a referendum in Scotland last year without Westminster's consent. The result just wouldn't have been binding.
The SNP won't push for another referendum now because it would be pointless. Little has changed since last year. It's only worth doing again if something changes - the Smith Commission reforms aren't delivered, the UK votes to leave the EU or the Barnett Formula is scrapped and Scotland's budget gets squeezed. If none of that happens, it will be a long time until the next referendum. Next decade at the earliest.
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In England, Labour didn't do that badly - just the Liberal Democrats did significantly worse & in the areas where it mattered, the Conservatives were second. Multiple factors are attributed to the loss, but hopefully the progressive entities can learn from this experience & come back stronger at the next election.
On a side note, this has been a pretty horrible election regarding negative politics, with them all simply pointing out flaws of the opposition, feeding paranoia regarding what will happen if they get in. As opposed to winning by having the best arguments & the strongest manifestos.