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

[ViolentPanda]

Some scrutiny of the letter signed by 5000 small businesses that Cameron/Osborne were crowing about:

http://politicalscrapbook.net/2015/...tter-includes-people-who-dont-own-a-business/

From other research it seems that this was basically an online petition on the conservative site, calling for signatories to a letter authored by CCHQ which has now been regurgitated in the press as a 'letter of support from small businesses' (small businesses including West Ham for example, signed by Karen Brady).

Wish I'd got wind of this, Reginald Christfister of Spunking Cock PLC could have added their name, it'd have probably got through given their incompetence at these sort of things.

You know Reg? Excellent chap! Was in the Bullingdon, if I recall correctly. Used to like to stick bread rolls up the waiters' arses.

 

[brogdale]

...and that's Sky

 

[marty21]

Cameron does seem a bit unenthusiastic about it all, Red Ed seems pretty enthused tbh, the one who seems to be doing the best is Nicola Sturgeon, she is having a dream campaign, and I don't see a lot of the coverage down here - but all the leaders are talking about her and the SNP

 

[redsquirrel]

Democratic Unionist election candidate faces police investigation after allegedly making homophobic comments to lesbian couple at the weekend

Couldn't happen to a nicer homophobe

Wells last week caused a furore when he told a debate in Downpatrick that child abuse was more rife among gay couples. “You don’t bring a child up in a homosexual relationship. That a child is far more likely to be abused and neglected,” Wells said, before he was shouted down by members of the audience.

 

[belboid]

Cameron does seem a bit unenthusiastic about it all, Red Ed seems pretty enthused tbh, the one who seems to be doing the best is Nicola Sturgeon, she is having a dream campaign, and I don't see a lot of the coverage down here - but all the leaders are talking about her and the SNP

there partly talking aobut her because they (the tories and their friends) think it's their best way to be a Supercharged Red Ed. Ed is still talking about her because...well, because he hasn't worked out how to change the channel yet.

 

[belboid]

Oh yes, almost forgot about the DUP telling Cameron to shut up about the SNP, and that he doesn't understand the constitution or the Union.

http://www.theguardian.com/politics...is-losing-our-support-over-scotland-warns-dup

 

[brogdale]

Oh yes, almost forgot about the DUP telling Cameron to shut up about the SNP, and that he doesn't understand the constitution or the Union.

http://www.theguardian.com/politics...is-losing-our-support-over-scotland-warns-dup

he doesn't need to..he's pumped

 

[rioted]

whereas you only have to go back to this year to see the Greens being mendacious wankers in Brighton

Maybe. How far back do you think you'd have to go before you found mendacious wankers in the Labour Party? But you're still prepared to vote for the austerity championing fuckers. I'm no Green but am finding the hypocrisy of Labour supporters more than a little amusing.

 

[butchersapron]

Have we had any footballers coming out for anyone yet?

 

[belboid]

Have we had any footballers coming out for anyone yet?

only Sol (oh, and Karl Henry - another tory)

 

[Lo Siento.]

Have we had any footballers coming out for anyone yet?

Karl Henry for the Tories. https://twitter.com/karlhenry08

and Stan Collymore for Labour http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/karl-henry-tells-stan-collymore-5417899

 

[butchersapron]

Ta - so a clumsy thug and...well... don't really know what to call sol - backing the tories.

 

[DotCommunist]

did any footballers join myleene klass and all the other whining megarich people in decrying milibands mansion tax ideas

 

[butchersapron]

Wow KH seems a proper involve ideological tory too.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Collymore's wrong about the 'surprised at your attitude considering where you're from' line, though. Rich people who come from poor backgrounds and consider themselves 'self-made' often have those attitudes - just try harder, poor people, like I did.

 

[Lo Siento.]

Can't imagine support from footballers does the Tories much good, just shores up a lot of existing prejudices people have against them.

 

[belboid]

did any footballers join myleene klass and all the other whining megarich people in decrying milibands mansion tax ideas

it's made Sol furious. Especially as his main concern in life is overcoming inequality.

Mmmm....

 

[marty21]

Ta - so a clumsy thug and...well... don't really know what to call sol - backing the tories.

Interview in the guardian today, he owns a £25m house, plus a few other homes, is married to an heiress to a fortune and he was complaining about the mansion tax

 

[butchersapron]

Interview in the guardian today, he owns a £25m house, plus a few other homes, is married to an heiress to a fortune and he was complaining about the mansion tax

He's a very complex man marty.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Rich tory sporties always seem to say exactly the same thing - that they think people need to do things for themselves, and that Labour = people wanting stuff for free. Ian Botham came out with exactly the same thing in the 80s.

 

[butchersapron]

Rich tory sporties always seem to say exactly the same thing - that they think people need to do things for themselves, and that Labour = people wanting stuff for free. Ian Botham came out with exactly the same thing in the 80s.

Careful...

 

[butchersapron]

Rich tory sporties always seem to say exactly the same thing - that they think people need to do things for themselves, and that Labour = people wanting stuff for free. Ian Botham came out with exactly the same thing in the 80s.

May be an interesting difference there with those born into money and those not. And botham certainly wasn't.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Careful...

Actually, there is one exception - Coe. He's more of the noblesse oblige persuasion.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

May be an interesting difference there with those born into money and those not. And botham certainly wasn't.

I was just thinking the same thing re the Coe difference.

 

[butchersapron]

Actually, there is one exception - Coe. He's more of the noblesse oblige persuasion.

Compare with steve cram who always used to call himself an old-labour supporter. I think he may have got caught up in the blair thing though.

 

[marty21]

Actually, there is one exception - Coe. He's more of the noblesse oblige persuasion.

I always liked it when Ovett beat Coe

 

[butchersapron]

I always liked it when Ovett beat Coe

I think the whole country did! Naked class war over 800m, british middle distance running, best in the world, jumpers for...er...finishing lines.

 

[J Ed]

http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/stake...blers-bet-15-000-on-election-result-1-7222183

Election stakes are high in Sheffield Hallam and gamblers are aiming to cash in – with £15,000 of bets taken at just one bookmakers.
One bet of £5,000 is backing Nick Clegg to retain the Parliamentary seat for the Liberal Democrats, while another £3,000 has been placed on Labour candidate Oliver Coppard to become MP following the general election on Thursday, May 7.
Already £15,000 has been placed on the Hallam result through the country’s biggest independent bookmaker, Betfred – which it says is the most of any individual constituency in the country.

 

[butchersapron]

I'm sure there's a 20 grand bet been put on in the watford seat.

 

[Dogsauce]

I suppose putting five grand on clegg to win might be the only way to be happy with the result if he won.