Poll: The official I voted/election results thread

[The Geezer]

Rofl...

So the one promise he made that could be tested "If I don't win I'll resign" is going to be broken within what? 4 days. Hmmm... I wonder how may of his other 'promises' would have been out the window when it suited. Short and tall of it, he's a self serving, swivel eye'd, git identical to all the other political parties. No news there then.

Love how the UKIPers spout on how their party is different

 

[Outcast]

And by popular demand..

Our Liege returneth to complete the quest

 

[robgmun]

The difference is that with Milliband or Clegg, party members wanted them gone because they failed, but UKIP members wanted Farage to stay. I'll be honest and say he shouldn't have said he'd resign if he lost in the first place, but he's now where he should be, still he should have that summer holiday

 

[McGray]

Perhaps he was hoping that his resignation would be a big story in the event of him losing, and would keep UKIP in the public eye, but now as Ed and Nick resigned on the same day, UKIP lost publicity to higher profile resignations, and decided to undo the decision?

Lol blind faith.

 

[Judgeneo]

Lol blind faith.

I'm assuming you quoted the wrong person there, or didn't read my post?

 

[The Geezer]

The difference is that with Milliband or Clegg, party members wanted them gone because they failed, but UKIP members wanted Farage to stay. I'll be honest and say he shouldn't have said he'd resign if he lost in the first place, but he's now where he should be, still he should have that summer holiday

So its's clear Farage is not a man of his word

Together with UKIP proving they are a one man band

 

[Pac3y]

Totally made my day regarding the news with Farage. However I think Suzanne would have been a good leader to be fair.

 

[robgmun]

So its's clear Farage is not a man of his word

Together with UKIP proving they are a one man band

sweet tears

 

[The Geezer]

sweet tears

Public School Boy
Banker
20+ years politician

Breaks promises

Should we be surprised ?

 

[cheesyboy]

Being a muesli eating, Guardian reading, lefty liberal, I have little time for UKIP and their policies. But I can't help but be impressed by how well Farage has masterminded the UKIP campaign.

How can anyone not be impressed with a party of paranoid nutcases getting whipped into some semblance of shape to go on and net more than 1/8th of the popular vote? It's an incredible achievement, and (pleasingly for someone who wants to see vote reform) places a massive questioning spotlight over the UK's FPTP system.

Farage stepped down as he promised, and the party has correctly identified him as the man they want to carry on the leadership.

I just hope a radical left wing party can emerge as a ying to UKIP's yang.

 

[StriderX]

Being a muesli eating, Guardian reading, lefty liberal, I have little time for UKIP and their policies. But I can't help but be impressed by how well Farage has masterminded the UKIP campaign.

How can anyone not be impressed with a party of paranoid nutcases getting whipped into some semblance of shape to go on and net more than 1/8th of the popular vote? It's an incredible achievement, and (pleasingly for someone who wants to see vote reform) places a massive questioning spotlight over the UK's FPTP system.

Farage stepped down as he promised, and the party has correctly identified him as the man they want to carry on the leadership.

I just hope a radical left wing party can emerge as a ying to UKIP's yang.

No.

 

[robgmun]

No.

Well the best the radical left has is the Greens, and they're just an absolute mess , anyway i honestly think The Greens are as big as they're ever going to get, they've has countless elections to get anywhere and still only have 1 MP after all this time

 

[StriderX]

Actually if they edited their manifesto to not be ******* insane, id happily vote for them.

 

[BuffetSlayer]

No.

Oh you never know, Natalie Bennett has a distinct look of the crazies about her.

In her crusade against FPTP she might get radical!

Perhaps she will even release a rap and enter the charts. That would definitely be rad, man.

 

[robgmun]

Public School Boy
Banker
20+ years politician

 

[cheesyboy]

Actually if they edited their manifesto to not be ******* insane, id happily vote for them.

Well, that's not far off what I'm thinking. Like the Greens but a bit less... green.

A social liberalism in line with France's PRG, for example.

 

[platypus]

Public School Boy
Banker
20+ years politician

Breaks promises

Should we be surprised ?

Farage lies, robgmun defends him to the hilt.

My only surprise is in fact that you are surprised .

 

[D.P.]

Being a muesli eating, Guardian reading, lefty liberal, I have little time for UKIP and their policies. But I can't help but be impressed by how well Farage has masterminded the UKIP campaign.

How can anyone not be impressed with a party of paranoid nutcases getting whipped into some semblance of shape to go on and net more than 1/8th of the popular vote? It's an incredible achievement, and (pleasingly for someone who wants to see vote reform) places a massive questioning spotlight over the UK's FPTP system.

Farage stepped down as he promised, and the party has correctly identified him as the man they want to carry on the leadership.

I just hope a radical left wing party can emerge as a ying to UKIP's yang.

I find it more depressing than anything and just paints a worrysome picture of the UK population. It is not particularly surprising that a party with populist views is popular, sure they did better than previous loony parties but that is in part explained by the con-lab issues.

 

[ubersonic]

The difference is that with Milliband or Clegg, party members wanted them gone because they failed, but UKIP members wanted Farage to stay. I'll be honest and say he shouldn't have said he'd resign if he lost in the first place, but he's now where he should be, still he should have that summer holiday

I can't fault any of this in all honesty.

 

[robgmun]

Farage lies, robgmun defends him to the hilt.

My only surprise is in fact that you are surprised .

The anti-kippers moan and incapable of seeing the facts, i'm not surprised either