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chiefdave

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  • May 7, 2015
  • #281
Grendel said:
He is in remission from cancer Dave.
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Didn't know that. Hopefully he's going to take it easy, a 9 hour TV shift can't be ideal in those circumstances.
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • May 7, 2015
  • #282
Nick said:
So they need to get another 10 mp's from say labour to switch over or something?
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If every MP votes, then you need 326 votes to pass any bills.

316 is probably close enough that, with absences from House of Commons, and with a number of minority parties with divided ideologies, you can govern alone.
 

chiefdave

Well-Known Member
  • May 7, 2015
  • #283
Nick said:
So they need to get another 10 mp's from say labour to switch over or something?
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Wouldn't have to be from Labour, if its that close the power of the minority parties such as UKIP increases as they can tip the balance. The other possibility is that they are a government that can't get anything done as they don't have enough seats to put anything through parliament. In that scenario there could be another election sooner rather than later.
 

Nick

Administrator
  • May 7, 2015
  • #284
So everybody else can turn round and say piss off to them?

Why is it bad news for Scotland?
 

chiefdave

Well-Known Member
  • May 7, 2015
  • #285
I would imagine it depends how you're defining bad for Scotland and if you're Scottish or English! Would not be surprised to see the issue of independence rear up again if the exit poll is anywhere near accurate on the SNP performance.
 

bigfatronssba

Well-Known Member
  • May 7, 2015
  • #286
Majority in reality is 323 with Sinn Fein not taking their seats.

If the exit poll is correct I reckon it will be a Tory DUP coalition.
 

stupot07

Well-Known Member
  • May 7, 2015
  • #287
YouGov have it closer

@timesredbox: The @YouGov exit poll:

CON 284
LAB 263
LD 31
SNP 48
UKIP 2
PLAID 3
GREEN 1

More on http://t.co/VQW6hjVKy6

#Election2015


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk - so please excuse any spelling or grammar errors
 

SlowerThanPlatt

Well-Known Member
  • May 7, 2015
  • #288
What planet do these people live on?

Cuts to everything, NHS privatised, food banks, rich get richer poor get fucking poorer. We've got a lot of bloody selfish people in this country.
 

sw88

Chief Commentator!
  • May 7, 2015
  • #289
Otis said:
Enter to the fray Mr. Farage?
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I fecking hope not!
 
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Deleted member 5849

Guest
  • May 7, 2015
  • #290
bigfatronssba said:
If the exit poll is correct I reckon it will be a Tory DUP coalition.
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Would be interesting concept given the fuss they made about Labour cosying up to SNP.
 

chiefdave

Well-Known Member
  • May 7, 2015
  • #291
Apparently the exit poll is 22K people, last time round turnout was just under 30m wasn't it?
 

SlowerThanPlatt

Well-Known Member
  • May 7, 2015
  • #292
Do people who vote for the Tories keep quiet then? I don't know many people who voted for them, almost everyone voted Labour.
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • May 7, 2015
  • #293
SlowerThanPlatt said:
Do people who vote for the Tories keep quiet then?
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Hmmm, you could make some not overly wild guesses on peoples' voting based on this thread.
 

sw88

Chief Commentator!
  • May 7, 2015
  • #294
So if the exit polls are correct, and Conservatives only need 10 others to back them, if the Lib Dems only get 10 seats, could they stay in bed together for another 5 years?
 

sw88

Chief Commentator!
  • May 7, 2015
  • #295
Oooh how exciting. Sunderlands results live on TV!
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • May 7, 2015
  • #296
SlowerThanPlatt said:
What planet do these people live on?

Cuts to everything, NHS privatised, food banks, rich get richer poor get fucking poorer. We've got a lot of bloody selfish people in this country.
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NHS spending has gone up, living standards have increased and the NHS isn't getting privatised. What I am a lot more concerned about is being represented by a party that actively wants to break up the UK.
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • May 7, 2015
  • #297
sw88 said:
So if the exit polls are correct, and Conservatives only need 10 others to back them, if the Lib Dems only get 10 seats, could they stay in bed together for another 5 years?
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Conversely, it then only takes one MP to die for the majority to vanish.
 

Nick

Administrator
  • May 7, 2015
  • #298
I want to see somebody get really pissed off and start throwing haymakers as they announce the results.
 
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Deleted member 5849

Guest
  • May 7, 2015
  • #299
The Coventry NE Lib Dem candidate is a big lad!
 

sw88

Chief Commentator!
  • May 7, 2015
  • #300
Labour win it there by a mile. The woman candidate has far too many teeth for the size of her mouth though!

and she has a fecking agent. Why does an MP need a decking agent?
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • May 7, 2015
  • #301
Nick said:
So everybody else can turn round and say piss off to them?

Why is it bad news for Scotland?
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Over half of the electorate, myself included, voted No to independence and then everyone elects the SNP anyway? Are people so thick as to think they've suddenly stopped wanting to break up the UK?
 

Nick

Administrator
  • May 7, 2015
  • #302
Deleted member 5849 said:
The Coventry NE Lib Dem candidate is a big lad!
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Jesus, just Googled him. Doubt he will be kicking off though if there is a buffet.
 

chiefdave

Well-Known Member
  • May 7, 2015
  • #303
Brighton Sky Blue said:
NHS spending has gone up, living standards have increased and the NHS isn't getting privatised. What I am a lot more concerned about is being represented by a party that actively wants to break up the UK.
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My wife works for the NHS. The department she works in can directly attribute a large increase in deaths over the term of this government to massive cuts to their budget and loss of approx 50% of front line staff. They found out a couple of months ago they were all losing their jobs as their service has been privatised.
 
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Deleted member 5849

Guest
  • May 7, 2015
  • #304
sw88 said:
Why does an MP need a decking agent?
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A nice patio for networking?
 

Nick

Administrator
  • May 7, 2015
  • #305
sw88 said:
Why does an MP need a decking agent?
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Maybe they want to stop their decking from rotting?
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • May 7, 2015
  • #306
sw88 said:
Labour win it there by a mile. The woman candidate has far too many teeth for the size of her mouth though!

and she has a fecking agent. Why does an MP need a decking agent?
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Dodgy floors?
 

Nick

Administrator
  • May 7, 2015
  • #307


I kept seeing Craig Tracey posters, would have loved to stick a picture of Craig David from Bo Selecta and put "is proper bo" underneath with a picture of a bird.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • May 7, 2015
  • #308
chiefdave said:
My wife works for the NHS. The department she works in can directly attribute a large increase in deaths over the term of this government to massive cuts to their budget and loss of approx 50% of front line staff. They found out a couple of months ago they were all losing their jobs as their service has been privatised.
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The Tory disdain for the public sector is hardly a secret, but the reality is that living standards are up, more people are employed and the economy is sound. Objectively speaking Cameron deserves another term and Miliband doesn't. I live in a part of the UK that receives more public expenditure than anywhere else in Britain and still the SNP wins by saying it's not enough, so sorry for being a bit blunt on this. I don't want an Old Etonian as PM either but if I'm choosing between the 2 of them it's a no brainer.
 

sw88

Chief Commentator!
  • May 7, 2015
  • #309
Decking iPad

(this one was intentional.......)
 

sw88

Chief Commentator!
  • May 7, 2015
  • #310
Balls out apparently! Not something you expect to hear on a political show on the Beeb, albeit after the water shed
 

sw88

Chief Commentator!
  • May 7, 2015
  • #311
UKIP candidate is a relative of David Dickinson i think (picture c/o Simon Gilbert tweet - @TheSimonGilbert: Here's @UKIP candidate @MarkTaylorUKIP being interviewed by Radio Plus #GE2015 http://t.co/F13zA8v8Vd http://t.co/Eua5mbeS2i)

 

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chiefdave

Well-Known Member
  • May 7, 2015
  • #312
If the early results are anything to go by Lib Dems are fucked.

In this day and age is there not the technology so we can have the results a lot quicker?
 
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Deleted member 5849

Guest
  • May 7, 2015
  • #313
chiefdave said:
If the early results are anything to go by Lib Dems are fucked.

In this day and age is there not the technology so we can have the results a lot quicker?
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Wouldn't want them quicker, part of the tension... although I'll be fucked at work tomorrow!

Anyway, would rather they checked then rushed and ended up with dimpled chads.
 

sw88

Chief Commentator!
  • May 7, 2015
  • #314
chiefdave said:
If the early results are anything to go by Lib Dems are fucked.

In this day and age is there not the technology so we can have the results a lot quicker?
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By 2020 I expect there to be an app for voting! Then again, by 2020 I suspect we'll be saying 'what's an app', never mind 'what's a pencil and paper?'
 

sw88

Chief Commentator!
  • May 7, 2015
  • #315
Deleted member 5849 said:
Wouldn't want them quicker, part of the tension... although I'll be fucked at work tomorrow!

Anyway, would rather they checked then rushed and ended up with dimpled chads.
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Fucked at work? What is your profession? :thinking about:
 
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