chilango
Hypothetical Wanker
Dunno. They were just in the fields by the motorway.
General Election 2015 - chat, predictions, results and post election discussion
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Dunno. They were just in the fields by the motorway.
Brechin Sprout
Well-Known Member
Abolishing the "Bedroom tax" only on "social" housing though. They will continue with the Housing Benefit Cap that they introduced for those in the private sector, though.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
go rock it till it falls over
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Yes, I live in the C&W constituency in the 'golden crescent' of the SW 'burbs. It's not very marginal though; the loathsome Brake has the 29th safest LD seat and, with a >5k majority, should hang on relatively easily. I suppose if I intended voting, (or thought that it might somehow make any difference), I might get a bit depressed about the situation.
With hindsight Brake's 2010 literature looks pretty laughable...
redsquirrel
This Machine Kills Progressives
What's his message this time?
Stay Beautiful
Well-Known Member
Yes, I live in the C&W constituency in the 'golden crescent' of the SW 'burbs. It's not very marginal though; the loathsome Brake has the 29th safest LD seat and, with a >5k majority, should hang on relatively easily. I suppose if I intended voting, (or thought that it might somehow make any difference), I might get a bit depressed about the situation.
With hindsight Brake's 2010 literature looks pretty laughable...
LOL... Look at that dodgy graph! Cheeky desperate shitcunts.
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
No fucking idea; I've binned anything that the cunts have put through my door.
redsquirrel
This Machine Kills Progressives
Just wondered if he was still chasing the Labour/ABT vote or if he instead had gone after the LD/Tory swing vote.
Considering it's the yellow scum probably doing both at the same time.
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
In C&W Brake will be aiming to mop up (former) tory voters, and convince them that now that the LDs have shown themselves to be a 'trustworthy party of stable government' they can vote for a 'centrist' MP. Delusional as that may sound, it makes psephological sense; in 2010 the vermin gained fully 4 times the popular vote of the Labour candidate, So Brake feels that for any former tactical supporter who reverts to Lab, he'll be able to pick up a tory newly convinced that the LDs are a 'credible party of government'.
I know all this shite 'cause he told me himself in 2012.
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
Suppose the odd Libdem one would be a touch of Chrome Yellow.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
We've only had a labour bod here and ma told him to go forth etc so I chased him down the road to discuss clause four and the political affiliations of the lab candidate (other than straight labourism obvs). He looked like a veteran and fielded my questions then finished with 'well, its hollobone again if you don't give her a chance'
bah.
bah.
The election has just seemed to slow down and the manifesto's are all sounding pure bullshit to me. Don't really know who do vote, and part of me also doesn't really care about who's in power. The fun and excitement of this general election (the first I'm allowed to vote in) has already gone and to be honest I want it over now. Just gimme a ballot paper to vote using the "eenie-meenie-miney-mo" method.
The Octagon
Stop...Hammertime
Question that Google seems to fail at (or I fail at Google), how many ballots were spoilt at the last election? Is it counted / reported? Do they differentiate between obviously spoilt (i.e. 'None of the above') and invalid selections?
gosub
~#
Impossible Girl
Time traveller and Companion
This is an important time for you British people. If I had a say in this election, I would go for the candidate that speaks to me, the most sincere, the one I could trust. But this ain't going to happen as I have no say in this election. Nevertheless I follow it, for I live and work in England, the country I chose to live in.
Impossible Girl
Time traveller and Companion
Who would you vote for, given the option?
Look, I don't have the right to vote in the country I live in, for I'm not a British citizen. Thus I don't know. People will decide of my future and I have no say, so frustrating.
Impossible Girl
Time traveller and Companion
I SO understand...
Impossible Girl
Time traveller and Companion
And the winner is ??
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
Capital
Impossible Girl
Time traveller and Companion
Sorry, what do you mean ? Conservative, Tories, Ukip, what ?
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
That's one of the things that puts me off spoiling my ballot - I'll just get lumped in with people who failed to understand the process, rather than object to it.
Which party is going to win? Labour I think. But a) how I, or almost anyone else on here votes won't make the slightest difference to the result, and b) they'll be carrying on with the politics of austerity (albeit maybe a slightly different shade), as required by capital.
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