UK GENERAL ELECTION THURSDAY MAY 6th 2010

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baboon2004

Darned cockwombles.
crackerjack said:
So out of curiosity, if, as seems likely, LDs jump ino the Blue bed, how many of the LDs here would still consider voting for them at the next election?
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i was already regretting voting for them by friday morning :slanted: . Not that my vote meant anything in a safe Labour seat anyways....or is likely to mean anything in the future...
 
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crackerjack

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So it sounds like the deal is done, on the basis of a Commons free vote for a PR referendum.

As face-savers go, it's gonna fool next to no one.

Irf I'm being kind, I'd concede Clegg was in a shit position, that a deal with Labour was near impossible (damned with Brown, damned without him, and either way still a minority) and one relying on Nats would've been catastrophic, especially for Labour.

As a Labour supporter, this is the best possible news for our party, as the LDs should lose at least 5% of that 23%, a good chunk of it to us. And we get to dodge the immediate blame for these incoming cuts.

Trouble is, it leaves the Etonians swinging the axe... Fuck:(:eek:

edit: Oh, and if anyone can get a pic of the next Guardian editorial meeting...
 
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don_quixote

Trent End
they reckon that this could put off up to 1 in 4 lib dem voters which would be enough for 55 conservative seats to switch to labour and at least 15 lib dem seats to switch to labour - could be looking at a labour majority if an election is called.
 
hucks

hucks

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God, I hope not. Though the thought of a ConDem alliance with the poor ickle Lib Dems eaten alive is unpleasant, too.

Jesus, every single option is unpalatable, isn't it?
 
grizzleb

grizzleb

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crackerjack said:
If it happens, then it has to be Clegg. The prospect of a 'coalition of the losers' led by an 'unelected' PM would see all involved roasted next time out.
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Miliband next PM. There's no way the smallest party would get the top job. It's not a presidential system, it's parliamentary. Whoever gets in will get roasted next time round regardless, lib dems need to take that on the chin and angle for PR. I like to think Clegg has been astute by engaging both the tories and labour in talks, looks like the prospect of a bidding war on electoral reform has already started - labour have offered immediate bill on alternate vote pushed through the commons and a subsequent referendum on PR. Looking like a not bad situation to be in for das libs, considering they done so poorly.
 
Sectionfive

Sectionfive

bandwagon house
Boulton made a complete prick of himself.
Imagine working for sky news and getting pissed off when some tells you how to think.
Does he not get that every day ?
 
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crackerjack

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don_quixote said:
i think i'd take a con-lib coalition

a lab-lib coalition would be ok in the short term and a disaster in the long term
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ideal scenario: this is a cunning plan to bounce the Tories into upping their offer. I can't believe Labour want to cling on here, it'll be an electoral disaster
 
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