General Election 2015 - chat, predictions, results and post election discussion

andysays · May 11, 2015

treelover said:
God, Cameron and the 22 Committee gloating like crazy.

I can understand Cameron and the 22 Committee gloating, but God as well? That's all pretence at divine neutrality out the window...

ska invita · May 11, 2015

kabbes · May 11, 2015

What's notable is just how blue that map of England remains.

Lord Camomile · May 11, 2015

David: "me and Ed can still be brothers"

Former Foreign Secretary David Miliband has criticised his brother Ed's leadership of the Labour Party.

He told the BBC Labour had lost the general election because voters "did not want what was being offered".

The leadership had allowed itself to be portrayed as "moving backwards", he said.

But Mr Miliband, who was beaten to the job of leader by his younger sibling in 2010, also said the two of them would "remain brothers for life".

Well, that's fucking sporting of you.

Belushi · May 11, 2015

Sibling divorce laws are way overdue

Lord Camomile · May 11, 2015

kabbes said:
What's notable is just how blue that map of England remains.

My thinking also. Everyone else all but wiped out, but there they stand.

Suggesting it's not the right who are missing someone to vote for...

treelover · May 11, 2015

Very bad news, according to The Times, the new Business Secretary Sajid David, is considering implementing the Beecroft Report, basically hire and fire, you , you, not you...

ffs, and there is not really any organised labour to stop him.

brogdale · May 12, 2015

FPTP; dontcha love it?

belboid · May 12, 2015

brogdale said:
FPTP; dontcha love it?

pah, nonsense.

That'd only take them down to 324

brogdale · May 12, 2015

belboid said:
pah, nonsense.

That'd only take them down to 324

Well maybe so, but to get 322 only adds another 345 votes (Kemptown). So...1246 votes in total, to be precise, could theoretically have prevented the majority administration.

treelover · May 12, 2015

The prime minister said the Tories needed to show they were the party of compassion by pressing ahead with reforms to welfare and education. Finally, he said, the Tories needed to bring the UK together.

The pundits might call it ‘blue-collar Conservatism’, others being on the side of hardworking taxpayers. I call it being the real party for working people: giving everyone in our country the chance to get on, with the dignity of a job, the pride of a paycheck, a home of their own and the security and peace of mind that comes from being able to support a family.”

“And just as important – for those that can’t work, the support they need at every stage of their lives.”

From guardian update, double plus good

treelover · May 12, 2015

he forgot to announce his appointment of The Alien as minister for the disabled

from CIF

Dogsauce · May 12, 2015

Here we go then, Murdoch to get his payback:

Celyn · May 13, 2015

I saw this on Twitter and thought it was interesting:

(It was posted on Twitter by Simon Hix, Head of LSE Government Department @simonjhix )

kabbes · May 13, 2015

The mistake that makes is in assuming that the 2010 Lib Dem vote was all "Centre". In truth, a lot of it was tactical. Lots of Labour supporters in constituencies that Labour couldn't win, for example, voted Lib Dem to keep the Tories out. In 2015 they just didn't bother.

tbtommyb · May 13, 2015

ska invita do you have a source for that map? it's interesting.

ska invita · May 13, 2015

tbtommyb said:
ska invita do you have a source for that map? it's interesting.

random twitter thing, but this article goes more in depth http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...ral-election-if-it-were-a-party-10238290.html
and suggests the Didn't Vote party wouldve won it

Idris2002 · May 13, 2015

Lord Camomile said:
David: "me and Ed can still be brothers"
Well, that's fucking sporting of you.

Celyn · May 13, 2015

"Herald" Wed 13/05/2015

ItWillNeverWork · May 13, 2015

Celyn said:
I saw this on Twitter and thought it was interesting:

View attachment 71438

(It was posted on Twitter by Simon Hix, Head of LSE Government Department @simonjhix )

More reason to hate lib dems.

JHE · May 13, 2015

Celyn said:
"Herald" Wed 13/05/2015

... yeah, except that I don't think they are going to renege on their promise of more devolution to Scotland. (Reneging on that promise would be the biggest mistake a unionist could make at this point.)

DJWrongspeed · May 13, 2015

Sour grapes or impartial BBC? from Tom Baldwin in the Guardian
He was one of Miliband's advisor's.

Celyn · May 13, 2015

JHE said:
... yeah, except that I don't think they are not going to renege on their promise of more devolution to Scotland. (Reneging on that promise would be the biggest mistake a unionist could make at this point.)

Yeah, I also thought that bin didn't quite belong there. But the Human Rights and the anti-union stuff is damn scary,

Lord Camomile · May 13, 2015

Another quote that borders on the mildly terrifying:

Cameron said:
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'," he will say.

Talking about new laws to target 'radicalisation'.

kabbes · May 13, 2015

Lord Camomile said:
Another quote that borders on the mildly terrifying:

Talking about new laws to target 'radicalisation'.

Bloody hell, that doesn't even pretend, does it?

tbtommyb · May 13, 2015

ska invita said:
random twitter thing, but this article goes more in depth http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...ral-election-if-it-were-a-party-10238290.html
and suggests the Didn't Vote party wouldve won it

The assumption of the labour right in this leadership campaign seems to be that they got their core vote and that wasn't enough so they need to pick up more going right. I wonder if that map indicates they didn't really get their core vote but I think we need more detailed analysis

littlebabyjesus · May 13, 2015

Fucking hell.

A tsunami of shit is being unleashed. Difference between a tiny majority and a large minority govt might be huge.

belboid · May 13, 2015

littlebabyjesus said:
Fucking hell.

A tsunami of shit is being unleashed. Difference between a tiny majority and a large minority govt might be huge.

cue the LibScum going 'see, I told you we made a difference'

DotCommunist · May 13, 2015

JHE said:
... yeah, except that I don't think they are going to renege on their promise of more devolution to Scotland. (Reneging on that promise would be the biggest mistake a unionist could make at this point.)

did you follow the No campaign? they nearly lost it for themselves

brogdale · May 13, 2015

Fred's daughter likes the gays now...

I bet Jack's turning in his hedgerow...and as for Bunty....How!

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