Why the lib-dems are shit

[taffboy gwyrdd]

Vince Cable is personally responsible for the fuckwitted selling off of our mail service to carpetbagging spivs.

This is a loss of £1bn.

As a cabinet minister he's been on £134.5k a year.

Even on that handsome whack it would 743 years to pay us back, yet he still twats around like some kind of "statesman". Many people would never leave the house again for shame.

 

[youngian]

 

[J Ed]

Not voting Clegg will probably be one of the few decent things that a lot of Sheffield Hallam residents have done.

 

[frogwoman]

Layla Moran (our LD candidate) said that she was the 'left wing choice' during a hustings i went to last friday. i hope you're right William of Walworth, sadly i think a lot of labour voters may end up voting for her

 

[co-op]

I'll have to put up with Simon Hughes losing his then ... after 33 years

(A bit more likely then Clegg going, given London polling suggesting a stronger pro-Labour swing in parts of the capital than elsewhere)

There's been a really massive swing to Labour in London over the last 4-5 years, I think it's caught everyone by surprise a bit. Lots of pollsters still give Hughes his seat but if you check the 2014 local election results of wards in his constituency the Lib Dems were beaten quite easily by Labour for the first time since the 1970s. I think he might be a gonner although he has a massive incumbency effect on his side.

 

[butchersapron]

Too early to change the title to why the lib-dems were shit? and abandon it to the gnawing criticism of the mice - or is there some fun left yet?

 

[Belushi]

Too early to change the title to why the lib-dems were shit? and abandon it to the gnawing criticism of the mice - or is there some fun left yet?

There'll be the leadership contest starring survivors no one has heard of

 

[butchersapron]

There'll be the leadership contest starring survivors no one has heard of

Note clegg hasn't ruled out standing again - same as farage. Little hol to recharge the batteries, let someone else deal with the immediate mess,then back in the saddle when the formal process starts.

 

[Pickman's model]

Vince Cable is personally responsible for the fuckwitted selling off of our mail service to carpetbagging spivs.

This is a loss of £1bn.

As a cabinet minister he's been on £134.5k a year.

Even on that handsome whack it would 743 years to pay us back, yet he still twats around like some kind of "statesman". Many people would never leave the house again for shame.

maybe he'll do something to ensure he only leaves the house once more.

 

[danny la rouge]

Why the Lib Dems are shit: there's only 8 of the cunts.

Ha ha ha ha ha!

 

[butchersapron]

Yeah! Fuck off 8-cunts.

Beware what grows from little 8-cunts though.

 

[brogdale]

Why the Lib Dems are shit: there's only 8 of the cunts.

Ha ha ha ha ha!

They could have a dedicated thread each and it wouldn't be too irksome!

 

[danny la rouge]

Yeah! Fuck off 8-cunts.

Beware what grows from little 8-cunts though.

Mighty Oatens?

 

[butchersapron]

Mighty Oatens?

Horrible thought.

 

[Dogsauce]

Did they get stuffed in the locals too? Haven't looked at the local results or seen any discussions, eclipsed by the nationals (I know some only start counting at midday today).

 

[Dogsauce]

Answering my own question: Eastleigh hold

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2015/results/councils

(some will, like my council, only have some of the seats up for election, so change of control less likely in these circumstancesj

 

[butchersapron]

Did they get stuffed in the locals too? Haven't looked at the local results or seen any discussions, eclipsed by the nationals (I know some only start counting at midday today).

Yes, they're off to a terrible start already - 39 seats crossed almost direct to tory with only 1/5 votes counted

 

[Pickman's model]

Yeah! Fuck off 8-cunts.

Beware what grows from little 8-cunts though.

the 8-specials

 

[Dogsauce]

Can't even have a decent 5-aside game amongst themselves. They'll have to play with drop-back keepers or just stick to three-and-in.

 

[brogdale]

My favourite electoral map.

 

[brogdale]

So shit, it turns out they want to change their brand name...

The frontrunner in the battle to lead the Liberal Democrats is looking at changing the party’s name back to the Liberals.

Tim Farron, a former party president and foreign affairs spokesman, is tipped to throw his hat into the ring on Wednesday when nominations close.

Mr Farron, one of the party’s only eight MPs, is considering running his leadership campaign on a ticket of making a clean break from the recent past.

But...

However Mr Farron might be frustrated if he tries to take over the name “the Liberal Party” as a party of that name already exists.

Lol

 

[Puddy_Tat]

But...


Lol

and what the liberal party have to say about the lib dems isn't all that complimentary

We believe that the ‘LibDems’ as a party have traded any last vestige of liberal principle or belief for a few seats at the cabinet table. In so doing they have made themselves party to a cruel and uncaring government which is now seeking to make the poorest and most vulnerable in society pay for the mistakes of bankers and financiers who appear to have come out of the financial crisis relatively unscathed.

from here

 

[Dogsauce]

Note that the Telegraph has insidiousy picked a nice selection of unsightly shots of Farron to illustrate their article. I guess they're not on his side.

 

[brogdale]

Note that the Telegraph has insidiousy picked a nice selection of unsightly shots of Farron to illustrate their article. I guess they're not on his side.

It's funny as fuck really...they've only got 8 MPs, and yet the parliamentary party is riven 4/4 between Farron's Beveridge faction and Lamb's Orange bookers.

Lol

 

[Dogsauce]

I suppose they'll have to wait until their next by-election victory for the casting vote. Could be a while...

 

[Dogsauce]

And having thought of that, I suppose the next few years of by elections are only going one way, purple vermin. Not really going to make much difference to the working majority as they'll back all the reactionary shit the Tories come up with.

 

[brogdale]

I suppose they'll have to wait until their next by-election victory for the casting vote. Could be a while...

More likely a by-election defeat when Clegg fucks off sharpish. It'll be Farron...although he'll have to hide all his terribly illiberal loonpopery.

 

[William of Walworth]

It's worth looking at how absolutely massive the collapse in the LD vote was in some seats, if you feel like trying to cheer yourself up a little bit.

Best one I could find was Brent Central, Sarah Teather's old seat, it had a 1,345 LD majority and she had 20,036 votes (44.18%) last time, now they're down to third place with 3,937 (8.37%) which is minus 35.8%. Dawn Butler (Lab) now has 29,216 votes (plus 20%) and a majority of 19,647. The actual Lib Dem to Labour swing was over 28%.

Loads of other examples, including big swings from LD to Tory.
And to SNP obviously, but I'm leaving Scotland to the experts

 

[William of Walworth]

Vince Cable is surely heading for defeat in Twickenham?

nope

His vote went down by by over 11,000 -- minus 16.38% -- goodbye to your 12,000 majority Vince!

 

[Voley]

minus 35.8%.