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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 #390 - May 07, 2010, 05:01 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg-4ATrE8n0

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Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
Reply #391 - May 07, 2010, 05:43 AM

Greens elected their first-ever MP.

http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2010/05/green-party-elected-caroline
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Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
Reply #392 - May 07, 2010, 06:23 AM

Quote from: Iraqi Atheist on May 07, 2010, 02:31 AM
With 250 seats declared so far, the Tories have gained 25 seats. It looks like they're heading for a majority.

Nope - hung parliament.
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Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
Reply #393 - May 07, 2010, 06:29 AM

There's still 57 seats to declare and conservatives are 41 off a majority. It could still happen!
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Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
Reply #394 - May 07, 2010, 06:31 AM

They wont get a majority - it will be a hung parliament.
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Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
Reply #395 - May 07, 2010, 08:46 AM

Hung parliament it is. There are 35 seats left to declare and Conservatives need 36 for a majority.
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Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
Reply #396 - May 07, 2010, 09:10 AM

Is anyone else constantly checking whether Lib Dem + Labour seats surpass the Conservatives? They do at the moment, and it seems they will when it's over, so there's a still a realistic hope for a Lib-Lab coalition.

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Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
Reply #397 - May 07, 2010, 09:10 AM

Quote from: Iraqi Atheist on May 07, 2010, 04:00 AM
Jacqui Smith and Shahid Malik NOT elected.

HAHA!

Quote from: Cool Canadian on May 07, 2010, 02:39 AM
I'm not in the UK, so I don't understand how politics work over there. But in the UK, what is the main difference between the labour party and tories?

Labour is traditionally a trade unionist party but not so much so when the term "New Labour" caught on from 1997 onwards. They're far from being socialists, but they believe in higher public spending than the Conservatives who traditionally believe in smaller government, fewer taxes, cuts to public spending. Conservatives are slightly more euro-sceptic too.

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Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
Reply #398 - May 07, 2010, 09:15 AM

At the beginning of the results there was a realistic possibility that Conservatives might be able to form a coalition with DUP! Someone from the DUP clearly couldn't stop smirking when she said something like: "We won't be going to Cameron, Cameron will be going to us."

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Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
Reply #399 - May 07, 2010, 09:43 AM

Quote from: Godot on May 07, 2010, 09:10 AM
Is anyone else constantly checking whether Lib Dem + Labour seats surpass the Conservatives? They do at the moment, and it seems they will when it's over, so there's a still a realistic hope f or a Lib-Lab coalition.

Yup! Together they make up 299 v. conservatives on 291. 33 seats left!
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Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
Reply #400 - May 07, 2010, 09:44 AM

Quote from: J4m3z on May 06, 2010, 10:48 PM
Yeah I totally agree. If there IS support for the BNP, enough for them to get a seat in parliament then I say, please give them it! Why pretend the support isn't there? That's not going to make the problem go away. And let's be honest the British people didn't realize BNP was such a threat until they got 2 seat in European Parliament. Clearly, in the EU election, PR enhanced the proper function of a democracy - to discuss.

The only problem with PR for me is whether FPTP is really so bad that it should be changed to PR. Incorporating PR in the UK will be very hard I'd imagine because of how big you would have to make the constituencies.

NewScientist has a great article on the different voting systems and their mathematical fairness, it's well worth a read-
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20627581.400-electoral-dysfunction-why-democracy-is-always-unfair.html

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Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
Reply #401 - May 07, 2010, 09:46 AM

It sucks that the LibDems have lost seats. That's a major blow.

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Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
Reply #402 - May 07, 2010, 09:48 AM

Yup down by 6 but they've had an increased % of the populus voting for them. Labour have lost 86, to date!
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Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
Reply #403 - May 07, 2010, 09:52 AM

Cleggy is saying he stands by his view that the party with the most seats should form govnt so seems like lib-lab coalition is out already.
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Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
Reply #404 - May 07, 2010, 09:54 AM

I didn't think he'd be up for it anyway.

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Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
Reply #405 - May 07, 2010, 10:09 AM

Quote from: PeruvianSkies on May 07, 2010, 09:44 AM
NewScientist has a great article on the different voting systems and their mathematical fairness, it's well worth a read-
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20627581.400-electoral-dysfunction-why-democracy-is-always-unfair.html

Thats coz sovereignty belongs to Allah SWT and voting is shirk, innit?

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Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
Reply #406 - May 07, 2010, 10:36 AM

Almost coalition time.

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Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
Reply #407 - May 07, 2010, 10:49 AM

Conservative MPs are getting angry over the way the Conservative campaign was executed apparently and they don't want to do a deal with the Lib Dems over electoral reform.

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Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
Reply #408 - May 07, 2010, 11:03 AM

Hmmmmmm......

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Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
Reply #409 - May 07, 2010, 11:11 AM

Peter Robinson lost his seat. Hahahahaha. Excuse me while I fall about laughing. And for those of you who don't know who he is....it means there's one less wife beater in the House of Commons as of today.

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Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
Reply #410 - May 07, 2010, 11:15 AM

Yeah, I heard it was due to some scandal over him and his wife. I didn't realize he was beating his wife though.

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Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
Reply #411 - May 07, 2010, 11:16 AM

I don't know if he's still at it, but she's been in and out of battered wives shelters for years. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

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Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
Reply #412 - May 07, 2010, 12:16 PM

She's no angel either, with her infidelity, homophobia, and dodgy dealings. The pair of them are scum - good riddance indeed.

Another pleasant surprise was the first Green MP, Caroline Lucas - I didn't think she had it in her.

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Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
Reply #413 - May 07, 2010, 12:18 PM

I wonder why the majority of users here are so pro-LibDems.

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Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
Reply #414 - May 07, 2010, 12:21 PM

There's probably a strong correlation between intelligence and how likely you are to vote Lib Dem. To me they're simply the most sensible and principled party out of the main three, and I tend to agree with the majority of their policies.

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Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
Reply #415 - May 07, 2010, 12:33 PM

Quote from: Godot on May 07, 2010, 12:21 PM
There's probably a strong correlation between intelligence and how likely you are to vote Lib Dem.

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Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
Reply #416 - May 07, 2010, 02:16 PM

OK, so what happens if they fail to form a coalition?
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Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
Reply #417 - May 07, 2010, 02:18 PM

Lib Dems might support Conservatives in forming a minority government.

Anybody know how much the Cons are going to rise taxes by?

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Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
Reply #418 - May 07, 2010, 02:27 PM

Quote from: Abood on May 07, 2010, 02:16 PM
OK, so what happens if they fail to form a coalition?

Technically the party leaders would have to submit to the Queen for a deathmatch, although I doubt it will come to that. Civil war is usually preferable.

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Re: The 2010 UK election - who will you vote for?
Reply #419 - May 07, 2010, 02:28 PM

I slept at 6:30 am and just woke up. I turned the TV on and Dimbleby and Paxman are still on. Did they have no sleep?
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