Caporegime
Wasn't Castle Point meant to be a UKIP big target?
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A very scary future.
A separated Scotland, EU referendum which will probably end up leaving. And all of us knowing what Greece feels like.
Soldato
The seats under their backside.
However what the hell is going to happen in Scotland now?
The only thing that makes sense, to me at least. Is in exchange for more devolution, no Scottish voting on uk only matters.
An English referendum on whether England want to be part of the UK, thus cutting the lefty Scots and Welsh loose?
That's how FPTP voting works. It's not to do with boundaries that big difference you have shown. Labour seats have just given their results first.
If it was the other way around and we started off with Conservative seats, you'd have more seats for them with Labour vote share not too far behind.
Oi...still here ya know!
Maybe I should find an American wife?
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Jeebus, it actually was only 80 votes for the Lib Dems @ Castle Point. 
Even the BBC commentators sounded like they thought they'd misheard it!
Even the BBC commentators sounded like they thought they'd misheard it!
Wouldn't think so for another couple of elections anyway. Labour will hope it's a protest vote against them siding with so many government policies ("bedroom tax" etc) and the poor have sided with SNP.
Best hope for SNP would be that it divides the UK with the Tories becoming even more nationalist, so depends how the votes for English-only policies go.
Soldato
The predicted swing in Scotland is happening
May we live in interesting times in the UK
Time for bed for me.
May we live in interesting times in the UK
Time for bed for me.
It's a mix of both, which is why I added in the PR comment. Inner city constituencies have consistently less people in them that countryside/suburban seats, look it up.
Edit: An article from around the AV time
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12230663
20 seat loss by evening the constituency populations, just think what that would have done in 2010 and what it may have done at this election...
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Soldato
Do you mean English matters?
Can't see why Scotland should have no voting on UK matters.
Soldato
Salmond on TV
Im sad panda thought we had seen the back of him
Im sad panda thought we had seen the back of him
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Caporegime
So what will happen in Scotland when they all moan about not getting the powers they wanted because they can't strike a deal with the Tories or effect change in Parliament yet half don't want to split from the union?! 
Soldato
I guess you'd still be part of UK unless you had your own referendum as to which way you wanted to jump.
Caporegime
So what will happen in Scotland when they all moan about not getting the powers they wanted because they can't strike a deal with the Tories or effect change in Parliament yet half don't want to split from the union?!
I think that half who didn't want to leave will decrease. Nicola will stir them all up again for another referendum in 2017.
It's a mix of both, which is why I added in the PR comment. Inner city constituencies have consistently less people in them that countryside/suburban seats, look it up.
The problem is if you start changing boundaries, it's very subjective. As you said any changes favour one party over another.
How can can anyone make that call? If you let me do it I'll just make it favour what I want.
Also I believe there are arguments that the electoral register numbers don't properly reflect population numbers. So it depends which you base it on.
Jeebus, it actually was only 80 votes for the Lib Dems @ Castle Point.
Even the BBC commentators sounded like they thought they'd misheard it!
Seen that poor girl talking to the announcer, I think even she asked if it was right.