Poll: The official I voted/election results thread

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[Blackjack Davy]

I haven't read this thread - it's too long!
So disappointed with it all to be honest. I voted UKIP. Over 4 million votes equates to just 1 seat?! Perhaps I'm too young or un-educated, but I don't understand at all! Doesn't seem fair in the slightest. Almost makes my single vote a complete waste.

UKIP got 13% of the vote and the SNP got 5%... and 56 seats as opposed to 1.

Yep, thats what FPTP is all about. If you want to see something different you need Proportional Representation or one of the other systems. And since no-one in Westminster wants to see 13% of MP's as UKIP things aren't likely to change anytime soon.

Welcome to UK politics!

 

[kindai]

So is Labour now virtually unelectable whilst Scotland remain in the UK?

Basically yes, with the SNP looming a every election it essentially forces people to vote for the 2 big guns, and with Labour so far behind, people wont want to risk an SNP coalition so will stick with Tory.

I think we will be locked into a Tory government for many elections to come.

 

[robgmun]

LOL pathetic. Guardian readers don't claim benefits.

How do they afford all their marijuana and day-glow tie-die T-Shirts then?

 

[SPG]

Scotland will be gone within the next 5 years (hopefully) then we shall see change UK politics somehow.

 

[Brookert]

I was working in a council house property today, and the bone idle tenants were discussing how their lives are over because the Tories are going to take the benefits away.

Good.....is what I thought.

 

[SlugForAButt]

I was working in a council house property today, and the bone idle tenants were discussing how their lives are over because the Tories are going to take the benefits away.

Good.....is what I thought.

+1


Don't get me started.

 

[n111ck]

Basically yes, with the SNP looming a every election it essentially forces people to vote for the 2 big guns, and with Labour so far behind, people wont want to risk an SNP coalition so will stick with Tory.

I think we will be locked into a Tory government for many elections to come.

Good news as it means we have a govt that can play the long game.

 

[Xordium]

Good news as it means we have a govt that can play the long game.

Yep the how long can we get all them zeroes at the end of the bank balance for all our chums.

But hey least someone wins then with Labour I am not sure there would have been any winners.

 

[StriderX]

Good news as it means we have a govt that can play the long game.

If you mean the slim majority almost destined to falter within the year Tories, then sure.

 

[PapaLazaru]

I was working in a council house property today, and the bone idle tenants were discussing how their lives are over

Their lives were over long before the election.

 

[George Hincapie]

If you mean the slim majority almost destined to falter within the year Tories, then sure.

Cuddle?

 

[Strife212]

If you mean the slim majority almost destined to falter within the year Tories, then sure.

Why will they falter within a year? You can have a majority of 1 and do whatever you want.

 

[n111ck]

Cuddle?

 

[AndyT]

Tactically, i will be voting out of the EU as a slight of hand.



A fear campaign is never socially obligated by anyone.

What? Explain?

 

[StriderX]

Why will they falter within a year? You can have a majority of 1 and do whatever you want.

Hah, OK 'cause history should teach otherwise, especially in the Tories case.

 

[McPhee]

Alan Johnson about why Labour lost:

When that Question Time audience turned on Ed Miliband, the die was cast

http://gu.com/p/488pp

Also, no. He won't be standing for the leadership. I guess he's right - his time is past. A shame really as I expect he'd have done the job well.

 

[BRIGGBOY81]

best go to homebase and buy some padlocks as there will be no police force this time next year

 

[atpbx]

Basically yes, with the SNP looming a every election it essentially forces people to vote for the 2 big guns, and with Labour so far behind, people wont want to risk an SNP coalition so will stick with Tory.

I think we will be locked into a Tory government for many elections to come.

What you will find is this:

The Tories will vote through the electoral boundary changes that get rid of some the anomalous areas and undo some of the gerrymandering done under the last labour administration ( they tried to this through last term but couldn't do it as the lib dem support collapsed).
This will level the playing field slightly and make it even harder for labour to win enough seats to win an election without a huge swing in support regardless of what happens with the SNP.

 

[Jono8]

best go to homebase and buy some padlocks as there will be no police force this time next year

This sort of ridiculous anti-tory hyperbole is getting tiresome.