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

[Dogsauce]

For as long as I remember there's always been tactical voting against the vermin, it felt like a civic duty. Is this the first election where tactical voting against Labour is a feature or have I not been paying attention? Could it have an impact? The Lib Dems seem to be actively encouraging it, mainly for their own benefit, with some Tory collusion e.g. fielding weak candidates or not actively campaigning.

 

[Wilf]

For as long as I remember there's always been tactical voting against the vermin, it felt like a civic duty. Is this the first election where tactical voting against Labour is a feature or have I not been paying attention? Could it have an impact? The Lib Dems seem to be actively encouraging it, mainly for their own benefit, with some Tory collusion e.g. fielding weak candidates or not actively campaigning.

Liberals fielding a weaker than normal candidate. Hmmm... I'm trying to imagine what such a sub-slimemould would be like.

 

[J Ed]

The vermin are importing US Republican vermin to campaign for them because they can't find enough native vermin to scurry around on their behalf

 

[DotCommunist]

Republicunts

 

[Fez909]

What are the chances of the Lib Dems going into a Labour-led coalition?

 

[belboid]

What are the chances of the Lib Dems going into a Labour-led coalition?

the same as for Tranmere winning the Champions League by 2020.

 

[DotCommunist]

what number of seats will they have left tobargain with really. They'll probably keep them scots islands and some of the safe ones down here...but they're on a losing streak here.

 

[Fez909]

what number of seats will they have left tobargain with really. They'll probably keep them scots islands and some of the safe ones down here...but they're on a losing streak here.

Yeah, but every one of their seats is worth double, due to them going with the Tories if not Labour.

 

[brogdale]

The vermin are importing US Republican vermin to campaign for them because they can't find enough native vermin to scurry around on their behalf

In an unusual move, a team organised by the US Young Republicans International Committee will arrive on 2 May to help out in the marginal of Enfield North, and the constituency of Aylesbury, where the Conservatives face a challenge from Ukip, as well as the safer seat of Windsor. The move will be controversial because they are set to campaign though they are not able to vote in the UK.

I would imagine that it would be possible for a few beards & niqabs to assemble to 'welcome' the US citizens to our shores. They'd soon scurry back to Claridges, I'm sure.

 

[Wilf]

What are the chances of the Lib Dems going into a Labour-led coalition?

Libs only get into a coalition if Labour do better than in the current polls. If Labour up the number of seats they get, Lab + Lib might work and stop Labour having to dance with the scotnats. Alternatively, they get in Tories get more seats than predicted, to make it Con + Lab (and the odd eye swiveller) = 326 or so. At the moment, neither of those looks likely, so the yellow scum don't get in at all.

Polls do look very static at the moment. My no more than a guess is that the Tories might put on a point or two and end up with up to 25 sets more than Labour, but even that doesn't keep the Libscum in their ministerial salaries. Their problem is that to get into govt they need Cameron to do well, but him doing well is likely to lose them a number of Lib-Con marginal in the South.

 

[brogdale]

Lab will be pleased with the demographics within that total figure...

According to Wired of those who registered yesterday “152,000 were aged 25 to 34 with 137,000 aged 16-24. People aged 35 to 44 were third on the list with 89,500 registrations.”

 

[articul8]

What are the chances of the Lib Dems going into a Labour-led coalition?

I think the Labour right wing might well lobby for this option -

 

[Quartz]

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2015/apr/20/election-2015-constituency-map

'Based on Scotland-wide polling'. Not local polling. We'll see on the 8th.

 

[brogdale]

'Based on Scotland-wide polling'. Not local polling. We'll see on the 8th.

Have you not been reading the Ashcroft polling?

 

[Quartz]

Have you not been reading the Ashcroft polling?

If you mouse-over some of the other constituencies it says 'based on constituency and Scotland-wide polling'. They've not bothered to talk to the people here.

 

[JTG]

If you mouse-over some of the other constituencies it says 'based on constituency and Scotland-wide polling'. They've not bothered to talk to the people here.

I'm not surprised if you're anything to go by

 

[Quartz]

I'm not surprised if you're anything to go by

Do you insist everyone have exactly the same views as you? It must be very difficult to only be able to talk to the face in the mirror.

 

[JTG]

Do you insist everyone have exactly the same views as you? It must be very difficult to only be able to talk to the face in the mirror.

I do actually. I am teh real fascist

 

[brogdale]

If you mouse-over some of the other constituencies it says 'based on constituency and Scotland-wide polling'. They've not bothered to talk to the people here.

Perhaps you ought to email Ashcroft to ask him why he has missed some Scottish constituencies?

 

[Quartz]

Perhaps you ought to email Ashcroft to ask him why he has missed some Scottish constituencies?

I'm sure he'll get to us in due course.

 

[Spanky Longhorn]

I think the Labour right wing might well lobby for this option -

Maybe - quite often though it seems to be the soft left that are keener on "rainbow" politics - Progress types in particular are so keen to win back Tory marginals that they would still criticise the Libdems from the right.

In practice of course they will do a deal with whoever they need to... Certainly Labour would coalesce with the Libdems if the numbers added up.

 

[Corax]

If ISIS want to declare a global caliphate, I want to know why they didn't get a chair at the televised election debate?

 

[Quartz]

Farage has truly put his foot in it this time: he wants the BBC to stop making Doctor Who.

 

[DotCommunist]

he hasn't said that, he's said he wants the broadcasters funding cut. The paper suggested which programmes that might be (and if you think the beeb would ditch three of its biggest foriegn export sellers, you are quite mad)

 

[belboid]

he hasn't said that, he's said he wants the broadcasters funding cut. The paper suggested which programmes that might be (and if you think the beeb would ditch three of its biggest foriegn export sellers, you are quite mad)

He didn't say so in so few words, but if the beeb were cut back to its purely public service remit, then all those popular exports would go.

 

[Santino]

They could just hive off the commercially-viable programming into a separate privately-owned company which pays the BBC for the use of its intellectual property.

 

[teqniq]

Farage has truly put his foot in it this time: he wants the BBC to stop making Doctor Who.

One could presume that his xenophobia is not purely confined to terrestrial individuals then.

 

[DotCommunist]

american money would be easy to secure for Who. Its a big deal in america now. Apparently they were approached last year by Sony on the matter of making a film but Moffat the Prophet told them to go fuck themselves as he is fuhrer and has an 8 year plan for the show

 

[Santino]

One could presume that his xenophobia is not purely confined to terrestrial individuals then.

How dare you? Doctor Who is an Englishman. Even when - nay, especially when - he's Scottish.

 

[danny la rouge]

How dare you? Doctor Who is an Englishman. Even when - nay, especially when - he's Scottish.

"Dr Who" is the name of the programme; the character is called "the Doctor".