Poll: The official I voted/election results thread
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Think positive, he didn't get the vacant deputy PM post /phew.
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I was shocked to see this map showing the old mining regions vs Labour strong holds in the midlands, Wales and the north.
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Indeed and it leads one to speculate on how the conservatives might be poling in ALL UK home nations if Thatcher had never been Prime Minister. Would the Labour Party even be relevant in the UK if Thatcher hadn't created bad such bad blood?
Anyone who knows the history of elections in the UK knows that, before thatcher came along, Scotland was nowhere near as anti-Tory.
I feel a little conflicted saying that because I also know that many of the old mining regions today have higher levels of employment and higher earning power than in the heydays of mining so i do think mining did need to be transformed.
My Dad and most of his family were miners and they'll never forgive the Tories, it wasn't just the jobs they stripped from the towns and villages it was the communities as well.
You can of course argue that most if not all mining areas are better off now than they would be, I don't think my Dad would have been happy for me to continue the tradition of working down a mine for a living, or maybe he would have been. Either way I can't imagine this generation of fairies would be as keen as they were.
You can of course argue that most if not all mining areas are better off now than they would be, I don't think my Dad would have been happy for me to continue the tradition of working down a mine for a living, or maybe he would have been. Either way I can't imagine this generation of fairies would be as keen as they were.
After this I found that a friend scraped the BBC website for all the numbers of votes and turnouts, so I went and compared winning majority to turnout. No trend! 
I've said majority is difference between most votes and second most, in this election. I'd prefer to compare majority in 2010 to turnout in 2015 but don't have the 2010 numbers.
FYI the closest seat this year was the Gower, the Tories taking it from Labour by only 27 votes!
The safest was Knowsley, Labour holding with a majority of 34,655 (78.1% of the votes cast).
Lowest turnout was in Stoke C, 49.9%. Highest was Dunbartonshire E, 81.9%.
I've said majority is difference between most votes and second most, in this election. I'd prefer to compare majority in 2010 to turnout in 2015 but don't have the 2010 numbers.
FYI the closest seat this year was the Gower, the Tories taking it from Labour by only 27 votes!
The safest was Knowsley, Labour holding with a majority of 34,655 (78.1% of the votes cast).
Lowest turnout was in Stoke C, 49.9%. Highest was Dunbartonshire E, 81.9%.
I was shocked to see this map showing the old mining regions vs Labour strong holds in the midlands, Wales and the north.
Basically, Labour would have done much much worse in the election if it wasn't for Margaret Thatcher. Never thought I would type that lol.
We're constantly told the North is facing unfair austerity compared to the south though.
Newcastle has been getting rid of loads of stuff since the austerity started..
Trying to get "trusts" to take on parks, sports complexes etc
Closing 80% of the libraries (think it was 18 in total closed) ,swimming pools being closed down, arts budget set to 0
18 libraries might sound a lot but were not talking big library buildings.
There was a small library in my sons primary school that got closed down.
Probably the same for most the others that went just little ones that are part of another building but very much appreciated by the local community
The cuts for this year
When the very first cuts came they closed 80% of the libraries, loads off nurseries etc.
doubt many up here will be voting conservative for a very long time.
It wouldn't surprise me if a lot wished they could vote SNP
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The was talk of re-opening a Welsh mine back in the 00's, the general consensus after they had looked into it was it would be a waste of time as they couldn't ship in immigrants to work it and a 21st century British worker would demand so much money to go down a mine they would make a loss on the coal lol.
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So if the Tories are Toffs, does that make Labour " the scrounges"
I agree with the last comment though. I have to say I was a little worried about a coalition government last but now think coalitions are the way forward in british politics, they appear to be better in evening out policies than just an opposition. That said for every conservative/lib dem calition there could be a conservative/UKIP one so...
Explain Sports Direct…
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That is great reporting, they truly brand things in a marvellous light, LOL.
Or in a different perspective, £545 that doesn't have to be raised in taxes from every single household in the country.
Nice.
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Sports Direct International plc is a British retailing group. Established in 1982, by Mike Ashley, the company is the United Kingdom's largest sporting retailer, and operates over 500 stores worldwide. The company owns a large number of sporting brands, and trades predominantly under the SportsDirect.com brand. Other retailers owned by the company include USC and Lillywhites. The company operates under low margins.
Sports Direct has been a publicly traded company since 2007 and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. Mike Ashley has continued to hold a majority stake in the business, and his holding has been 61.7 percent since October 2013.
Sporting and fashion brands owned include Donnay, Slazenger, Dunlop (in most markets), Everlast, Kangol, Karrimor and Lonsdale.
Sports Direct has been a publicly traded company since 2007 and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. Mike Ashley has continued to hold a majority stake in the business, and his holding has been 61.7 percent since October 2013.
Sporting and fashion brands owned include Donnay, Slazenger, Dunlop (in most markets), Everlast, Kangol, Karrimor and Lonsdale.
