General Election 2015

[bodsier]

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> > > Simple and clear cut analysis.....

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> http://benjaminstudebaker.com/2015/05/02/britain-f

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> > or-the-love-of-god-please-stop-david-cameron/

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> > Or, to summarise: the author took 77 graphs to

> > show he thinks Cameron is bad, but then

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> > that Miliband will only a teenie-tiny itsy-bit

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> Was there No graph on either employment levels or

> unemployment. UK GDP growth compared to Other

> European countries cut off handily at 2012....wot

> no 2013 and 2014 figures, why on earth could that

> be? Surely not because they don't fit in with his

> anti-coalition narrative

Yes for the love of God stop David Cameron from privatising everything and leaving the poor destitute...?????? or however many ? your tag has... Lower figures of unemployment are partly because of people going self employed, and not necessarily earning more than the unemployed due to economic instability and not many people spending....

[Mick Mac]

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> Will be lifted at 21.00 GMT 22.00 BST

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> Foxy

What time will that be in East Dulwich Time ?

[Louisa]

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> > I agree no one cares about electoral reform

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> > ain't broke why fix it?

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> > Louisa.

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> LOL - cos it's broken.

You may think so, the lib dems may think so, but the vast majority of the electorate couldn't give a damn either way.

Louisa.

[Loz]

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> Yes for the love of God stop David Cameron from privatising everything and leaving the poor destitute...

Instead, vote Miliband and get pretty much exactly the same thing?

[DulwichFox]

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> > Yes for the love of God stop David Cameron from

> privatising everything and leaving the poor

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> Instead, vote Miliband and get pretty much exactly

> the same thing?

Well... Loosely speaking, a Vindaloo in one Indian restaurant is much the same as any other Indian restaurant.

Sometimes it's nice to have a change.

Foxy

[bodsier]

So I go to vote....surprised that I am voting with a pencil.....

[keekybreeks]

hello and welcome to the election thread

selective cut and paste more than welcome to make a point but be warned, regular posters in the policts threads have been know to amend wikipedia to back up their point and subsequently post a link, so get your edits in early

we welcome sock puppets as you can see

GCH not tested

share of freehold

[BrandNewGuy]

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> > > I agree no one cares about electoral reform

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> > > than the lib dems and other minor parties. If

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> > > ain't broke why fix it?

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> > LOL - cos it's broken.

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> You may think so, the lib dems may think so, but

> the vast majority of the electorate couldn't give

> a damn either way.

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> Louisa.

So the system works because the vast majority don't give a damn? Interesting view of democracy.

[DulwichFox]

Election Selection Tool

1. Conservative.

2. Labour.

3. Liberal democrats.

4. U.K.I.P.

5. Green.

6. Other.

Or just nominate your own choices

Just give it a SPIN....

Foxy Creating Solutions

[Louisa]

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> > > > I agree no one cares about electoral reform

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> > > LOL - cos it's broken.

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> > You may think so, the lib dems may think so,

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> > the vast majority of the electorate couldn't

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> > Louisa.

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> So the system works because the vast majority

> don't give a damn? Interesting view of democracy.

The system works because we wouldn't be here today in a stable democracy which has produced stable majority government for most of the last century. The fact there isn't appetite amongst the populus for electoral reform speaks volumes too. I can understand why it would upset supporters of a minor party, but I think that's a good price to pay for stable Government (most of the time).

Louisa.

[Ann]

I agree Louisa. Electoral reform is not the subject of the title.

I have a daughter at university ( 2012) intake and the first to have paid the increased fees.

According to her there are plenty of students voting, good for them. They are exercising their democratic right to vote for the first time in their lives.

Use your vote, don't complain about the consequences if you don't .

[northdulmum]

Tory win with lib-dems?

So no change?

[BrandNewGuy]

Tories + DUP minority without the Lib Dems?

[KirstyH]

I'm sure it was stable before women got the vote as well - and look what they had to do to dislodge the status quo.

Exit polls out - bloody hell.

[Louisa]

Be dubious of exit polls people. Remember 1992?

But if correct, doesn't surprise me. England always turns right when they fear the bogeyman, in this case the SNP.

Louisa.

[Loz]

Rumours that Ed Balls is going to provide this election's Portillo moment.

[????]

Galloway too. I think people of all political persuasions be glad of that. Labour's trad working class support gone in Scotland but also a fair bit in the NE so far.

[Louisa]

Danny Alexander rumoured to be in trouble north of the border.

Louisa.

[Mick Mac]

Tory Tory Tory.

[SLad]

Fuck fuck fuck.

[????]

Are all tha analysts stooped? Clearly the Labour Party is losing votes to UKIP and perhaps more than the conservatives. Ignored their core vote for YEARS hens coming home to roost.

[Mick Mac]

But Labour can forget about relying on any Scottish excuses for sympathy. It's the economy stupid and most people have recognised that the Tories have done a good job.

[Louisa]

Labour lost its core vote a long time ago, and the mocking from the urban intelligentsia of the working class core vote was enough to send many traditional labour voters off in search of an alternative. I know I have for some time now.

You reap what you sow.

Louisa.

[Loz]

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> Danny Alexander rumoured to be in trouble north of the border.

I would guess any non-SNP MP with a Scottish seat would have brown streaky pants at the moment.

[Blah Blah]

It's just too depressing. There's even talk now of Cameron getting a small majority, which would be just a disaster for the poorest, and most vulnerable. Massive cuts to come. Front line services starved of funding. It's back to the 80's.