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Post by ukcstokie on May 8, 2015 12:30:48 GMT
Was this an overwhelming endorsement of the Tories? Conservative vote increased by only 0.8%.
Was Labour routed? Labour increased their vote by 1.4%.
SNP win Scotland, and therefore independence is back on the cards? SNP only get 50% of the Scottish vote.
UKIP fail. UKIP increase their vote by 9.6% and have more votes than the SNP and LibDems combined.
It requires 150 times more votes to elect a UKIP MP than a SNP MP.
Don't be fooled by the distortion that the first past the post system does to democracy.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2015 12:45:10 GMT
Was this an overwhelming endorsement of the Tories? Conservative vote increased by only 0.8%. Was Labour routed? Labour increased their vote by 1.4%. SNP win Scotland, and therefore independence is back on the cards? SNP only get 50% of the Scottish vote. UKIP fail. UKIP increase their vote by 9.6% and have more votes than the SNP and LibDems combined. It requires 150 times more votes to elect a UKIP MP than a SNP MP. Don't be fooled by the distortion that the first past the post system does to democracy. Two million more voted for the Conservatives than voted Labour though ....that is a a fact and a hundred more seats , perhaps not routed , but comprehensively beaten . |
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2015 12:51:12 GMT
It shows how much public image has a part to play in people's myopic view of life . Ugly geek ....no thanks .
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2015 12:54:55 GMT
I hope they can come up with a better excuse than that for getting beat ?  |
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Post by crapslinger on May 8, 2015 13:02:29 GMT
Was this an overwhelming endorsement of the Tories? Conservative vote increased by only 0.8%. Was Labour routed? Labour increased their vote by 1.4%. SNP win Scotland, and therefore independence is back on the cards? SNP only get 50% of the Scottish vote. UKIP fail. UKIP increase their vote by 9.6% and have more votes than the SNP and LibDems combined. It requires 150 times more votes to elect a UKIP MP than a SNP MP. Don't be fooled by the distortion that the first past the post system does to democracy. Two million more voted for the Conservatives than voted Labour though ....that is a a fact and a hundred more seats , perhaps not routed , but comprehensively beaten . 9 wicket defeat not quite an innings but close. |
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Post by crapslinger on May 8, 2015 13:04:11 GMT
I hope they can come up with a better excuse than that for getting beat ? Reading some of the remarks on here it is all down to the media in particular the Sun, Russell Brand eat that  |
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2015 13:08:02 GMT
Two million more voted for the Conservatives than voted Labour though ....that is a a fact and a hundred more seats , perhaps not routed , but comprehensively beaten . 9 wicket defeat not quite an innings but close. Yes a pretty good comparison |
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2015 13:10:34 GMT
I hope they can come up with a better excuse than that for getting beat ? Reading some of the remarks on here it is all down to the media in particular the Sun, Russell Brand eat that Anyone and anything's fault other than their own .....they need to take their blinkers off if they want to appeal to the normal everyday voter again . |
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Post by lawrieleslie on May 8, 2015 17:39:51 GMT
What I don't get is the great surprise that the Tories won. The wiping out of Labour in Scotland was predicted by every poll going and the Lib Dems loss of the SW seats to Conservative also. Even I was predicting this result for the last three weeks and I ain't a political commentator by any means. Then there was the disbelief at last nights exit polls that had me rolling on the floor laughing.
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Post by craig67 on May 8, 2015 17:47:43 GMT
The SNP were only getting votes in 59 seats so of course they will get less votes than UKIP who were standing in 500+ seats.
And as for getting ONLY 50% of the vote-if UKIP had got that they would have 400+ MP's.
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