Poll: The official I voted/election results thread

[Scania]

And Farage resigns, good!

Hopefully his party now declines without him.

 

[shadow_boxer]

Really disappointed we will have a majority government it's the one outcome I didn't want who ever held it. Coalition politics moderates the extremes of our parties the Liberals stopped the worst excesses of the Tory party during the last parliament, this time we will get to see the real conservative party starting with the snoopers charter and quickly chased up with an in/out referendum on Europe which will bring the euro sceptic back benchers crawling t the fore.

Totally agree. The lib dems although spineless at time did try to limit the extent of the Tories more extreme policies. Sadly the NHS is one area that I can see the Tories making a real hash of things. If this is the case, i think my wife and I would seriously consider emigrating to work.

 

[robgmun]

Nigel just basically said "Im resigning, but ill be back soon" keks

Well if he re-stands then he'll be voted back in, as good as other candidates are Farage is the best orator they have and without him the party will fade.

 

[joeyjojo]

I think in five years the party that says they will get toughest on crime could win by a landslide. Promise to build a few new prisons and those people that do bother to vote will probably be all over it.

Why do you think that? Numbers of most crimes are at record lows, and have been decreasing since the 90s. Per capita the reduction is even steeper.

 

[ubersonic]

FARAGE GONE A RESULT FOR DECENT PEOPLE AND A RESULT FOR BRITAIN LETS HOPE HIS PARTY DISAPEARS WITH HIM.

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[The Geezer]

Farage stands down.

Now the small print - taking a summer break and the will stand for leadership elections in September

This man apparently does not like double talking politicians !!!!!

 

[Skidder]

And Farage resigns, good!

Hopefully his party now declines without him.

he couldn't even resign properly

 

[Tombstone]

And Farage resigns, good!

Hopefully his party now declines without him.

More like a summer holiday really, given that he has said he will possibly stand for leadership again after the summer. I'd fully expect him to win that and be reinstated as leader

 

[AtreuS]

Why do you think that? Numbers of most crimes are at record lows, and have been decreasing since the 90s. Per capita the reduction is even steeper.

Because with the welfare cuts on the way the chavs are going to have to take to crime to buy fags and booze innit!

 

[FoxEye]

Some good points in that post. I think though it's falling apart because it's been chronically underfunded. We had a very efficient system and spent less on it than many other developed countries. With simply a bump in funding it should have lasted us the rest of the century.

Instead the 2012 act has actually increased spending on management (due to tendering, pricing, charging, etc.), which it was meant to reduce, at the same time giving millions of pounds of taxpayer money to private providers with Tory members on their boards!

Well, in my own local area we have seen that outsourcing various council functions has delivered both job losses and an increase in the cost of providing said services.

Huge success.

However I know very well educated people inside the NHS who are fully behind its privatisation. Simply because the way it is currently run is so horribly inefficient. But will it get better, or worse? That's the question.

 

[Freakbro]

It is. It needs to change.

Well, we had the chance to start electorial reform and the country said no.

I don't go with the excuse of "It was AV not PR so I voted no"

Well, that just means we still have FPTP, AV/STV wouldn't have been the end of it, just the first step in the reform process.

 

[Cosimo]

Tories have a majority folks.

Excellent news, now on 325 and should end on 331!

 

[escape sanity]

Them points on the BBC then:

UKIP with 3.5m votes, but 1 seat.
SNP with 1.5m votes but 50+ seats.


Top notch system, this FPTP.

FPTP has been a mess for a long time. What I want to know is where you all were for the last 25 years when it was the LibDems being screwed over by it?

 

[George Hincapie]

Nobody complained over the decades when the establishment was battling, but as soon as the establishment is attacked its suddenly "evil".

The system is indeed crap, but you vote anyway.

What a silly comment. Of course they are going to vote; the electorate have to use the system in place, but that's not the same thing as accepting the system is proportional or fair. Reform is an entirely separate issue from voting, don't confuse them.

 

[kindai]

And Farage resigns, good!

Hopefully his party now declines without him.

To quote arnie

"I'll be back"

 

[jigger]

Tories have a majority folks.

New alarm system a couple of ridgebacks me thinks.

 

[Spook187]

I thought MP's were boring until i read this thread yawn, time to go out and get some fresh air before the Tories tax that

 

[Merlin5]

1 to go for the majority win!

 

[George Hincapie]

Are we really arguing about the share of MPs Scotland gets?

What the hell is it with you lot. Whinge whinge Scotland this whinge whine.

Clearly the issue is about electoral reform, so pit your gas at a peep (If I remember my 'Oor Wullie' correctly).

 

[Tombstone]

3 party leaders resigning in one day.