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[British Politics] Not As F****D As We Thought!

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    The Fourth EstateThe Fourth Estate Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
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    Bad-BeatBad-Beat Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    japan wrote: »
    Every Labour politician positively squirms when asked about forming a coalition with the Lib Dems.

    If they just bow down and agree to the coalition the Lib Dems will walk all over them and be able to get whatever they want.

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    ItalaxItalax Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Paxman asking the questions we're all wondering - 'Who won the Election?'

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    PantsBPantsB Fake Thomas Jefferson Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    japan wrote: »
    Every Labour politician positively squirms when asked about forming a coalition with the Lib Dems.

    I wonder how much they'd squirm over a Tory/Labor coalition.

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    DarkWarriorDarkWarrior __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2010
    I think voting corruption only comes to light now because we care. Vote tampering by conservative members, now postal votes going missing and for some reason voters not being allowed to vote.

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    KalkinoKalkino Buttons Londres Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    GrimReaper wrote: »
    Kalkino wrote: »
    Guys! I just realised I can be one of those guys who threatens to leave the country if he doesn't like the election result and actually carry that threat through!

    Oh, what idiots said that last time? Noel Edmonds was one wasn't he?

    Noel "bleedin' 'elf and safety' Edmonds is the kind of guy who would do that. But every country has a couple.

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    BurnageBurnage Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    "Well, sure, it disenfranchises people, but First Past the Post results in strong government!"

    Excuse me whilst I suppress the urge to punch Alan Johnson in the face.

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    Bad-BeatBad-Beat Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Kalkino wrote: »
    GrimReaper wrote: »
    Kalkino wrote: »
    Guys! I just realised I can be one of those guys who threatens to leave the country if he doesn't like the election result and actually carry that threat through!

    Oh, what idiots said that last time? Noel Edmonds was one wasn't he?

    Noel "bleedin' 'elf and safety' Edmonds is the kind of guy who would do that. But every country has a couple.

    Ugh, Noel's HQ was the worst fucking show I've seen in a long while. It was The Sun newspaper transformed into TV format.

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    ItalaxItalax Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    STOP SAYING CHANGE FOR FUCKS SAKE. YOU ARE NOT OBAMA.

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    GrimReaperGrimReaper Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Bogart wrote: »
    Is Kate Silverton the newsreader with the glasses and lip gloss? She is ridiculously sexy.

    I cannot think of any terribly sexy male newsreaders.

    On my iPhone, but someone should link an image to that one where all the BBC newsreaders dressed up as the characters from rocky horror picture show.

    Happy nghtmares.

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    KalkinoKalkino Buttons Londres Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Bad-Beat wrote: »
    Kalkino wrote: »
    GrimReaper wrote: »
    Kalkino wrote: »
    Guys! I just realised I can be one of those guys who threatens to leave the country if he doesn't like the election result and actually carry that threat through!

    Oh, what idiots said that last time? Noel Edmonds was one wasn't he?

    Noel "bleedin' 'elf and safety' Edmonds is the kind of guy who would do that. But every country has a couple.

    Ugh, Noel's HQ was the worst fucking show I've seen in a long while. It was The Sun newspaper transformed into TV format.

    He got a huge amount of goodwill with Mr Blobby, which he has pissed away

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    ÆthelredÆthelred Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    People want a change from, but not a change to.

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    Bad-BeatBad-Beat Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY3cpqCtnJU

    Just watch this. Fucking hell.

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    japanjapan Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Italax wrote: »
    STOP SAYING CHANGE FOR FUCKS SAKE. YOU ARE NOT OBAMA.

    Also "Wanting Change" does not equal "Wanting a Tory government" no matter how much the Tories might wish it was so.

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    surrealitychecksurrealitycheck lonely, but not unloved dreaming of faulty keys and latchesRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Is Kate Silverton the newsreader with the glasses and lip gloss? She is ridiculously sexy.

    I cannot think of any terribly sexy male newsreaders.

    She's 40. Holy crap.

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    japanjapan Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Nobody votes Tory in Scotland. Quelle Surprise.

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    The Fourth EstateThe Fourth Estate Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I can't wait for the next Holyrood elections if the Tories snatch a majority.

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    EddieDeanEddieDean Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Change is only good if it's good change. Change itself is not sufficient.

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    KastanjKastanj __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2010
    I am really really hoping the Tories are kept away from a majority. What I've heard about all the cuts they've made in areas they have taken over really takes the edge of their rhetoric. I heard of one region where they took a public park and turned it into a frigging polo field.

    Sexy newsreaders? Sweden represent! Spoilered because only temporarily topical.
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    DarkWarriorDarkWarrior __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2010
    I liked that example. Ask a kid for a crisp.

    If he gives you the whole bag he's a communist
    If he trusts you to take the right amount of crisps, hes a Lib Dem
    If he gives you a crisp and charges you for it, hes a socialist
    And if he says get your own fucking crisps, hes a tory.

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    ÆthelredÆthelred Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    japan wrote: »
    Nobody votes Tory in Scotland. Quelle Surprise.

    They got Dumfries in 2005; I'd be surprised if they didn't at least hold that.

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    ItalaxItalax Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Kastanj wrote: »
    I am really really hoping the Tories are kept away from a majority. What I've heard about all the cuts they've made in areas they have taken over really takes the edge of their rhetoric. I heard of one region where they took a public park and turned it into a frigging polo field.

    Sexy newsreader's? Sweden represent! Spoilered because only temporarily topical.Rapportfavorit_219353b.jpg

    This region?:

    http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-welcome-to-cameron-land-1962318.html

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    PantsBPantsB Fake Thomas Jefferson Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    BBC wrote:
    Labour sources admit they expect Phil Woolas to lose Oldham East and Saddleworth to the Liberal DemocratsSaddleworthnews tweets

    According to The Guardian that was a marginal Lab/LD seat

    And wow you guys will actually lock people out if they've been lined up for hours? That's fucked up. We don't even let them do that in the South

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    Bad-BeatBad-Beat Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    what are you, the one who asks for the crisps?

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    GrimReaperGrimReaper Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Somebody should quip to a Tory the next time one of them mentions change of saying "all I've got are notes".

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    DarkWarriorDarkWarrior __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2010
    Bad-Beat wrote: »
    what are you, the one who asks for the crisps?

    The public I guess.

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    ÆthelredÆthelred Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Shouldn't these people turn up earlier? You've got like 15 hours.

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    BogartBogart Streetwise Hercules Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited May 2010
    Æthelred wrote: »
    Bogart wrote: »
    Is Kate Silverton the newsreader with the glasses and lip gloss? She is ridiculously sexy.

    I cannot think of any terribly sexy male newsreaders.

    Do weathermen count? 'cause Tomasz Schafernaker has got you covered.

    Whoa, trigger.

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    Bad-BeatBad-Beat Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    oooooh, Sunderland South is in.

    ahhahahaha 1000 votes for the BNP HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    and UKIP. Fail!

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    ColdredColdred Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Bad-Beat wrote: »
    what are you, the one who asks for the crisps?

    Bloody scroungers.

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    ColdredColdred Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Bad-Beat wrote: »
    oooooh, Sunderland South is in.

    Wow, Labour won. What a fucking surprise.

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    KalkinoKalkino Buttons Londres Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Æthelred wrote: »
    Shouldn't these people turn up earlier? You've got like 15 hours.

    A lot of people can only vote after work - so their window of opportunity may only be 6PM to 10PM, then if they have families, it might be less

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    ColdredColdred Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    26! Bloody hell.

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    ItalaxItalax Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    55% turnout, wonder if that will be consistent throughout the country?

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    DarkWarriorDarkWarrior __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2010
    Nooooooooooooooo I wanted a LD start.

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    japanjapan Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    PantsB wrote: »
    BBC wrote:
    Labour sources admit they expect Phil Woolas to lose Oldham East and Saddleworth to the Liberal DemocratsSaddleworthnews tweets

    According to The Guardian that was a marginal Lab/LD seat

    And wow you guys will actually lock people out if they've been lined up for hours? That's fucked up. We don't even let them do that in the South

    Those are the rules, though the point is being made that it is unprecedented and is more to do with the turnouts this time around. It's not like it happens routinely.

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    GrimReaperGrimReaper Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    So, 1961 racists in houghton Sunderland south.

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    The Fourth EstateThe Fourth Estate Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Jesus, Labour down 12%! Hope thats safe seat voter apathy.

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    Bad-BeatBad-Beat Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I would think that 55% is good for Sunderland.

    Indeed it is, bigger than the last three elections.

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    ItalaxItalax Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Bad-Beat wrote: »
    I would think that 55% is good for Sunderland.

    Indeed it is, bigger than the last three elections.

    Only up 2% though.

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