UK General Election

~~Cuthbert~~ · 05-07-2015, 09:21 PM

This person is now an MP

Josef K · 05-08-2015, 08:49 AM

So... this didn't go well.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 05-08-2015, 09:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Josef K

So... this didn't go well.

No mate it didn't

LoathsomePete · 05-08-2015, 01:02 PM

I have a feeling the UK is experiencing the feeling a lot of people in the US felt back in November 2004, or the people of Canada have been systematically feeling since 2005.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 05-08-2015, 04:25 PM

Would describe it as genuine fear of the damage they are going to do. More cuts and more austerity. We already know what the policies are, £12bn of cuts to welfare, that is going to really hurt people. I feel so bad for the vulnerable.

Dunno how people who voted Tory can sleep at night knowing they've just consigned millions of people to doom.

William_the_Bloody · 05-08-2015, 05:10 PM

At the end of the day most UK citizens voted logically.

Fringe parties like the Greens and UKIP always get a lot of press because their supporters are quite vocal about their causes, but the average UK citizen is to busy working to follow politics, they just want a good economy & good paying jobs.

So the UK public chose to dump the liberal party (Labour light) in favor of the tories, not UKIP or Green, except in Scotland where they dumped labour for nationalism, the real threat to the unity of the UK.

If Cameron is smart he'll reform immigration and permanently nullify the threat of UKIP, and if it all possible, try to make unionist inroads in Scottland.

As for labour, Millaband was a weak leader as the results in Scottland show. Like him or hate him it may have been a different outcome with someone like Tony Blair.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 05-08-2015, 05:28 PM

caotiencuong · 05-08-2015, 08:20 PM

i think SNP is the most appropriate

Josef K · 05-08-2015, 08:51 PM

I remember reading a lot about how "American" this campaign was (due mostly to the Fixed Term Parliaments Act, but also due to the influx of American strategists like Axelrod and Messina), and it strikes me as sort of interesting that in 1992, Kinnock ran what people saw as a very "American" campaign and he also lost by a solid margin in an election Labour could've won.

~~John Wilkes Booth~~ · 05-09-2015, 04:25 AM

bro, why would you possibly know that at your age?

View Poll Results: Who are you voting for?
Conservatives	1	9.09%
Labour	1	9.09%
Liberal Democrats	1	9.09%
UKIP	0	0%
The Green Party	2	18.18%
Other	2	18.18%
anal beads	4	36.36%
Voters: 11. You may not vote on this poll

05-08-2015, 01:02 PM	#34 (permalink)
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05-08-2015, 05:28 PM	#37 (permalink)
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05-08-2015, 08:20 PM	#38 (permalink)
caotiencuong Groupie Join Date: May 2015 Location: viet nam Posts: 6	voting for the SNP. i think SNP is the most appropriate

05-07-2015, 09:21 PM	#31 (permalink)
~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	This person is now an MP

05-08-2015, 08:49 AM	#32 (permalink)
Josef K A Jew on a motorbike! Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 800	So... this didn't go well.

05-08-2015, 04:25 PM	#35 (permalink)
~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	Would describe it as genuine fear of the damage they are going to do. More cuts and more austerity. We already know what the policies are, £12bn of cuts to welfare, that is going to really hurt people. I feel so bad for the vulnerable. Dunno how people who voted Tory can sleep at night knowing they've just consigned millions of people to doom.

05-08-2015, 05:10 PM	#36 (permalink)
William_the_Bloody Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Sunnydale Cemetary Posts: 2,093	At the end of the day most UK citizens voted logically. Fringe parties like the Greens and UKIP always get a lot of press because their supporters are quite vocal about their causes, but the average UK citizen is to busy working to follow politics, they just want a good economy & good paying jobs. So the UK public chose to dump the liberal party (Labour light) in favor of the tories, not UKIP or Green, except in Scotland where they dumped labour for nationalism, the real threat to the unity of the UK. If Cameron is smart he'll reform immigration and permanently nullify the threat of UKIP, and if it all possible, try to make unionist inroads in Scottland. As for labour, Millaband was a weak leader as the results in Scottland show. Like him or hate him it may have been a different outcome with someone like Tony Blair.

05-08-2015, 08:51 PM	#39 (permalink)
Josef K A Jew on a motorbike! Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 800	I remember reading a lot about how "American" this campaign was (due mostly to the Fixed Term Parliaments Act, but also due to the influx of American strategists like Axelrod and Messina), and it strikes me as sort of interesting that in 1992, Kinnock ran what people saw as a very "American" campaign and he also lost by a solid margin in an election Labour could've won.

05-09-2015, 04:25 AM	#40 (permalink)
~~John Wilkes Booth~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 2,235	bro, why would you possibly know that at your age?