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  • Question: Who will you vote for?
  • Labour - 1 (2.8%)
  • Conservative - 4 (11.1%)
  • Liberal Democrat - 12 (33.3%)
  • UKIP - 0 (0%)
  • SNP - 0 (0%)
  • Green - 0 (0%)
  • Democratic Unionist - 0 (0%)
  • BNP - 1 (2.8%)
  • Plaid Cymru - 0 (0%)
  • Sinn Fein - 0 (0%)
  • Ulster Unionist - 0 (0%)
  • SDLP - 0 (0%)
  • Other - 0 (0%)
  • I'm undecided. - 0 (0%)
  • I can't vote. - 13 (36.1%)
  • I won't vote. - 5 (13.9%)
  • Total Voters: 36

 Topic: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?

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  • Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
     Reply #540 - May 11, 2010, 10:00 PM

    Here's a prediction. The Liberal Democrats will be wiped out in the next election. They are going to take big losses. Alot of left of centre people will feel betrayed because of this coalition. Labour will pick up their votes and that will put them halfway to regaining power next election.

    "we can smell traitors and country haters"


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  • Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
     Reply #541 - May 11, 2010, 10:14 PM
    Quote from: IsLame on May 11, 2010, 08:39 PM
    Crossed wires.  I was putting the question back to IA  Smiley

    If you trust the Times' "inside source". Then yes he is going to take on his brother. David is the favorite nevertheless.
  • Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
     Reply #542 - May 11, 2010, 10:33 PM
    That will prove interesting, brother vs brother for leadership.  I wonder if thats ever happened before in modern history, not just in this country but any other one too!
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  • Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
     Reply #543 - May 11, 2010, 10:36 PM
    Quote from: J4m3z on May 11, 2010, 09:41 PM
    If Nick Clegg is to be deputy PM and Cameron goes on paternity leave...

    Deputy PM is largely an ornamental position - it's not like a vice-presidency in the US, so Nick wouldn't take over if Cameron was ever away. It does give him a good deal of credibility though.

    Quote from: billy on May 11, 2010, 09:40 PM
    Anyway, what a lovely prize for all those Liberal Democract voters. Vote Lib Dems, get a Tory government!

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  • Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
     Reply #544 - May 11, 2010, 10:41 PM
    Godot, LibDems are gonna get fucking annihilated in the next election mate. They'll be wiped out in Scotland, I reckon they'll lose half their seats in England.
    "we can smell traitors and country haters"


    Quote from: arX on May 01, 2011, 03:33 AM
    God is Love.
    Love is Blind. Stevie Wonder is blind. Therefore, Stevie Wonder is God.

  • Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
     Reply #545 - May 11, 2010, 10:56 PM
    Billy, do you acknowledge the need for PR?
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  • Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
     Reply #546 - May 11, 2010, 11:03 PM

    I don't care to be honest. What's funny is that the Lib Dems just put in power a Conservative government and won't get PR. Well done.

    "we can smell traitors and country haters"


    Quote from: arX on May 01, 2011, 03:33 AM
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    Love is Blind. Stevie Wonder is blind. Therefore, Stevie Wonder is God.

  • Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
     Reply #547 - May 11, 2010, 11:05 PM
    Quote from: IsLame on May 11, 2010, 09:31 PM
    To make matters worse, he wants to increase the presence of faith schools.


    Well, Church of England schools like the one his daughter attends, I consider productive. Though he better not fall for Muslim ones.

    Not to be elitist but more out of pragmatism his ancestory has a decent track record.
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  • Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
     Reply #548 - May 11, 2010, 11:07 PM

    The 2010 UK election 


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  • Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
     Reply #549 - May 11, 2010, 11:10 PM
    Quote from: billy on May 11, 2010, 11:03 PM
    I don't care to be honest.

    Really? Don't you think FPTP is unfair? That was one of the main reasons I voted Lib Dem, but it looks like they've let us down there.
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  • Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
     Reply #550 - May 11, 2010, 11:12 PM
    Yep. They definitely let you down. And the millions and millions and millions of LibDem voters who voted for them because they detest the Tories and had had enough of Brown, will not forget this.

    "we can smell traitors and country haters"


    Quote from: arX on May 01, 2011, 03:33 AM
    God is Love.
    Love is Blind. Stevie Wonder is blind. Therefore, Stevie Wonder is God.

  • Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
     Reply #551 - May 11, 2010, 11:16 PM
    I am one of them, and Ive forgotton it already.  He did the best he could considering the circumstances.

    Neither party were offering PR, nor did I expect them to, given that it would be akin to shooting themselves in the foot.

    Apparently Labour put considerably less on the table that the Tories did (due to in-fighting I hear but also because they were in a weaker position)
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  • Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
     Reply #552 - May 11, 2010, 11:19 PM
    I voted Lib Dems but am actually against PR.

    It results in hung parliaments. The country benefits from strong government with am majority so that it can make decisions.
  • Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
     Reply #553 - May 11, 2010, 11:21 PM
    Quote from: IsLame on May 11, 2010, 11:16 PM
    I am one of them, and Ive forgotton it already. 


    Alot of them won't though. Interesting times ahead.


    "we can smell traitors and country haters"


    Quote from: arX on May 01, 2011, 03:33 AM
    God is Love.
    Love is Blind. Stevie Wonder is blind. Therefore, Stevie Wonder is God.

  • Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
     Reply #554 - May 11, 2010, 11:23 PM
    Obama calls  new British PM Cameron

    Quote
    WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama reached out to British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday, minutes after the Conservative Party leader took up his duties in 10 Downing Street.

    Obama placed the call from his desk in the Oval Office, before a small pool of news photographers, in what amounted to one of Cameron's first official duties after taking over from Gordon Brown as prime minister.

    "Today, I was pleased to call David Cameron to extend my personal congratulations for the successful campaign that he ran and for becoming the new British prime minister," Obama said in a written statement.

    "As I told the prime minister, the United States has no closer friend and ally than the United Kingdom, and I reiterated my deep and personal commitment to the special relationship between our two countries -- a bond that has endured for generations and across party lines."

    Obama said that relationship was "essential to the security and prosperity of our two countries, and the world. ..


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  • Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
     Reply #555 - May 11, 2010, 11:28 PM
    Quote from: Hassan on May 11, 2010, 11:19 PM
    I voted Lib Dems but am actually against PR.

    It results in hung parliaments. The country benefits from strong government with am majority so that it can make decisions.

    The other problem with PR is that it will give groups like the BNP a solid voice, and a bargaining hand (just like LibDems got)
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  • Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
     Reply #556 - May 11, 2010, 11:29 PM
    Exactly! Pure Democracy has it's problems. I'd rather a strong government than a weak one.
  • Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
     Reply #557 - May 11, 2010, 11:30 PM
    Thanks Obama for being your favourite friend.  Now please dont stitch us up again, like you did over Eye'raq Afro
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  • Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
     Reply #558 - May 11, 2010, 11:31 PM
    Quote from: IsLame on May 11, 2010, 11:30 PM
    Thanks Obama for being your favourite friend.  Now please dont stitch us up again, like you did over Eye'raq Afro


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  • Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
     Reply #559 - May 11, 2010, 11:32 PM
    I wonder if the banks would have been rescued under PR, had Brown not been so quick & decisive.
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  • Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
     Reply #560 - May 12, 2010, 07:45 AM
    Tory voting scum voting Tory scum in.
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  • Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
     Reply #561 - May 12, 2010, 07:47 AM
    Panopotic who would you have voted for?

    And who is that in your avatar?
  • Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
     Reply #562 - May 12, 2010, 07:48 AM
    I might have voted Labour if this wasn't a safe blue seat (no far left parties either).

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  • Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
     Reply #563 - May 12, 2010, 08:41 AM
    Might have to write my own soon  Tongue

    But yes, democracy isn't supposed to be just crossing a box on a piece of paper every four or five years.
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  • Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
     Reply #564 - May 12, 2010, 09:47 AM
    Quote from: Godot on May 11, 2010, 11:10 PM
    Really? Don't you think FPTP is unfair? That was one of the main reasons I voted Lib Dem, but it looks like they've let us down there.

    I don't think they had much of a choice tbh. Give them some credit. It's not like they won the election. They can only bargain for so much.

    Quote from: IsLame on May 11, 2010, 11:16 PM
    I am one of them, and Ive forgotton it already.  He did the best he could considering the circumstances.

    Neither party were offering PR, nor did I expect them to, given that it would be akin to shooting themselves in the foot.

    Precisely Afro

    As much as the LibDems want to try, they will never get STV.

    Quote from: IsLame on May 11, 2010, 11:28 PM
    The other problem with PR is that it will give groups like the BNP a solid voice, and a bargaining hand (just like LibDems got)

    That is NO reason to not want PR. Just because you don't like their policies doesn't mean everyone else feels the same way. Everyone has a right to have their voices heard if they had enough votes.

    That being said, PR usually has a cutoff point to keep the very small parties out.
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  • Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
     Reply #565 - May 12, 2010, 01:11 PM
    Quote from: Hassan on May 11, 2010, 11:29 PM
    Exactly! Pure Democracy has it's problems. I'd rather a strong government than a weak one.


    Why do you want a strong government?  Huh?
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  • Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
     Reply #566 - May 12, 2010, 01:12 PM
    Quote from: billy on May 11, 2010, 11:03 PM
    I don't care to be honest. What's funny is that the Lib Dems just put in power a Conservative government and won't get PR. Well done.




    Labour troll  Smiley

    I hate it when people treat politics like a game of football.
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  • Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
     Reply #567 - May 12, 2010, 01:20 PM
    Quote from: IsLame on May 11, 2010, 11:28 PM
    The other problem with PR is that it will give groups like the BNP a solid voice, and a bargaining hand (just like LibDems got)


    No it won't, that's just scare tactics you've been fed by opponents of PR.  We've had STV here for donkeys years and Sinn Fein, despite having a far more widespread base than the BNP have ever had, never were allowed bargaining power until the IRA gave up violence.  All it takes to marginalise extremists is for the politicians of all the main parties to show some integrity and not negotiate with them.

    And if you don't trust them to have that minimum of integrity then it hardly matters what voting system you use, does it?
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  • Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
     Reply #568 - May 12, 2010, 01:23 PM
    Cheesy I think for the first time, me and James agree on something Tongue

    Quote from: Hassan on May 11, 2010, 11:29 PM
    Exactly! Pure Democracy has it's problems. I'd rather a strong government than a weak one.

    Coalition governments aren't necessarily weak, neither are single governments necessarily strong. Give it a chance Wink It may work or it may not. Plenty of coalition governments have worked in the past. At least with a coalition government, parties are forced to work together. I think Clegg is smart enough to allow this to work (at least I hope). Coalition governments can also allow opposition to controversial bills.

    After reading comments by many people on different forums, I'm surprised to find that so many PR (STV) supporters are opposed to this coalition. If you want STV, then you should be prepared for things like this happening. STV requires compromises, including ones you may not like. I'm also glad to see there are still many who are supportive of this coalition.

    I'm watching the BBC news atm. I love how they constantly announce their surprise whenever Clegg and Cameron are walking together rather calmly and happily Cheesy

    I like some of the policies that have been agreed on so far. I hope this coalition works out, otherwise you can say bye bye to PR (for now).
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  • Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
     Reply #569 - May 12, 2010, 01:45 PM
    Quote from: J4m3z on May 12, 2010, 01:12 PM
    Labour troll  Smiley

    I hate it when people treat politics like a game of football.


    Yeah, I'm a troll  Grin

    The view must be great from atop that pompous high horse  Afro

    LibDems are now the Tories bitch. And everything will stay the same.




    "we can smell traitors and country haters"


    Quote from: arX on May 01, 2011, 03:33 AM
    God is Love.
    Love is Blind. Stevie Wonder is blind. Therefore, Stevie Wonder is God.

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