RantMachine Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 No queue at my polling station... Not even any other people! Just me, the officials, and an old chap with a Labour rosette who had fallen asleep in his chair
Joeman Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 Sorry, I was too busy thrashing my bike round brands hatch to vote on the future of the country..
Fozzie Posted May 8, 2015 Posted May 8, 2015 It was a foregone conclusion!My guess was labour would only win with SNP support, whereas the tories could win so long as UKIP voters do what they did last time, which was vote tactically. Issue with scots is, bringing tactics to a game they feel emotionally about was never going to play well.
RantMachine Posted May 8, 2015 Posted May 8, 2015 That's more than last time, I think.Also, some more interesting statistics:UKIP got 12% of the vote but only one seat.SNP and Lib Dem COMBINED got 12% of the vote and something like 64 seats.I may not be a fan of UKIPs major policies, but it does still illustrate the flaws in the system.
Mr Fro Posted May 8, 2015 Posted May 8, 2015 That's more than last time, I think.Also, some more interesting statistics:UKIP got 12% of the vote but only one seat.SNP and Lib Dem COMBINED got 12% of the vote and something like 64 seats.I may not be a fan of UKIPs major policies, but it does still illustrate the flaws in the system.Exactly - 10th and 3rd at the same time.
Arwen Posted May 8, 2015 Posted May 8, 2015 It was a foregone conclusion!My guess was labour would only win with SNP support, whereas the tories could win so long as UKIP voters do what they did last time, which was vote tactically. Issue with scots is, bringing tactics to a game they feel emotionally about was never going to play well. The fact Labour said they were not willing to work with the SNP as a coalition I think swayed a lot of Scottish voters. It basically sounds like Labour don't want to listen to anyone and will only do things their own way, or not at all. Not a good attitude to have in my books. Scotland has been a Labour/SNP majority since I can remember. THey made a very stupid move saying they were not willing to work with the SNP. That's more than last time, I think.Also, some more interesting statistics:UKIP got 12% of the vote but only one seat.SNP and Lib Dem COMBINED got 12% of the vote and something like 64 seats.I may not be a fan of UKIPs major policies, but it does still illustrate the flaws in the system.I agree in principle. But Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland only make up around 16% of the total population. So how can they be fairly represented if the count was purely on number of votes? I'm not sure what the solution is...
NeilM Posted May 8, 2015 Posted May 8, 2015 The problem is now.The Scottish have got the exact thing they were dreading the most.A tory government. If the Scottish had voted as they have throughout most of their history then we would not have 4 years of son of Thatcher in sole charge. Anyway of to sulk now. ...lol
Bogof Posted May 8, 2015 Posted May 8, 2015 If the Scottish had voted as they have throughout most of their history then we would not have 4 years of son of Thatcher in sole charge. It's 5 years, which means you get 25% more misery than you had already bargained for
Guest Posted May 8, 2015 Posted May 8, 2015 Interesting times. Cameron is going to have 5 years of hell. and so, I fear is the country.All smiles now. but that wont last long. the tories are very good at shooting themselves in the foot and stabbing each other in the back. It'll be likely that without the liberals 'holding them back' - we'll soon see their true side. what will they cut first?what has happened to the liberals is pretty historic. the lesson going forward is propping up a tory government is toxic. *that* will never happen again.
NeilM Posted May 8, 2015 Posted May 8, 2015 Hoping for a mid term collapse. But yes you are correct mate.I am now banned by my wife from any form of political conversation asI in her words " you are doing my fxxxxxx head in"
iiisecondcreep Posted May 8, 2015 Posted May 8, 2015 The problem is now.The Scottish have got the exact thing they were dreading the most.A tory government. If the Scottish had voted as they have throughout most of their history then we would not have 4 years of son of Thatcher in sole charge. Anyway of to sulk now. ...lol 326 seats were needed for a majority winTories finished on 331Labour finished on 232SNP finished on 56If all 59 constituencies in Scotland voted Labour that would give them 290 seats (they have kept one seat), so still not enough to knock the Tories off the top spot.
NeilM Posted May 8, 2015 Posted May 8, 2015 Yes sorry, what I was meaning was that it would have been a hung parliament again and they would not have had overall power to do as they please. Anyway. No comment;-)
Cam Posted May 9, 2015 Posted May 9, 2015 No, not a hung parliament, still a majority for Conservatives. Only way it was a hung parliament is if the Tories had less seats, which has nothing to do with the situation in Scotland.
iiisecondcreep Posted May 9, 2015 Posted May 9, 2015 Yes sorry, what I was meaning was that it would have been a hung parliament again and they would not have had overall power to do as they please. Anyway. No comment;-) No, not a hung parliament, still a majority for Conservatives. Only way it was a hung parliament is if the Tories had less seats, which has nothing to do with the situation in Scotland.
Grumpy Old Git Posted May 9, 2015 Posted May 9, 2015 Can we close this now and get back to nodding and counter beer ing threads please?
Bogof Posted May 9, 2015 Posted May 9, 2015 Can we close this now and get back to nodding and counter beer ing threads please? Haven't we got another 5 years to go before this thread is redundant?
cockercas Posted May 9, 2015 Posted May 9, 2015 They should scrap the nhs. It cant carry on as it it. To higher expectations and to little money.He should cap the benifits system to.Cant work fair enough but wont work, they should get 6 months of help and thats it. Bare minimum, not enough to smoke and drink away.
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