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British General Elections Live Thread
The Daily Telegraph ^
| 05/07/10
| Daily Telegraph
Posted on 05/06/2010 11:31:36 AM PDT by TonyInOhio
The 2010 General Elections in the United Kingdom are underway, and the first results will trickle in in the next few hours. Post your observations here, and let's all root for the Tories!
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: britain; brown; cameron; clegg; gordonbrown; nickclegg; uk
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To: section9
That's assuming they can get more than the Tories. Its too early to call it.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus
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posted on
05/06/2010 7:56:38 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: dfwgator
Celctic and Rangers is a sectarian struggle, I’m afraid. So I guess some Irish might get involved. Not heard of it though.
To: section9
Neither BNP or UKIP have cost the tories any seats in this election. Well maybe one. BNP tend to take just as many votes away from Labour anyway, being a primarily working glass blue collar movement. And statists.
To: goldstategop
Tories take Stockton South. That is a blinding result.
To: Vanders9
Southampton might be very close? They said this was one of the safest Labour seats.
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posted on
05/06/2010 8:02:23 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://libertyfic.proboards.com << Get your science fiction and fiction test marketed)
To: Vanders9
See post 309, re: a constituency in which the Tory lost by less than the number of votes thd UKIP guy got. Is that the one race to which you were referring?
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posted on
05/06/2010 8:04:30 PM PDT
by
AuH2ORepublican
(If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll protect your rights?)
To: propertius
Wyre Forest taken from independent for Tories
347
posted on
05/06/2010 8:04:43 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://libertyfic.proboards.com << Get your science fiction and fiction test marketed)
To: section9
In one sense, a "hung" Parliament means the government of the day - Labour has the first shot at forming a government even if the Tories get more overall seats. There has to be continuity. The key is whether the LibDems will give Labor more votes than the Tories despite the party losing over 90 plus seats.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus
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posted on
05/06/2010 8:06:06 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: GeronL
liberal democrats are big in southampton too. Might divide the vote between them.
To: AuH2ORepublican
Yep.
And even then it assumes that those people who voted UKIP would have voted tory instead, which they might not have done.
To: goldstategop
If its really whacked neither the Libs or the Cons would be able to create a majority coalition
351
posted on
05/06/2010 8:08:23 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://libertyfic.proboards.com << Get your science fiction and fiction test marketed)
To: Vanders9
Most conservatives regard the Cameron Tories as a pastel shade of Labour. There's not been much enthusiasm for them in the past campaign.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus
352
posted on
05/06/2010 8:09:13 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: TonyInOhio
DU appears to be getting sad. Their international socialism appears to be cracking, and that’s not tolerable. Change only when it’s towards the left.
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posted on
05/06/2010 8:11:03 PM PDT
by
Tolsti2
To: GeronL
That would leave the LibDems in the kingmaker role and they would exact a high price from whatever party courted their support if a "hung Parliament" does materialize on Friday.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus
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posted on
05/06/2010 8:11:09 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: goldstategop
To: goldstategop
I meant even with Lib Dems Labour might not be able to form a govt, if its really messed up
356
posted on
05/06/2010 8:13:09 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://libertyfic.proboards.com << Get your science fiction and fiction test marketed)
To: Vanders9
Exactly. We'd have seen the Conservatives post significant gains relative to 2005. The only question is whether the gains reported tonight translate into a majority for them.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus
357
posted on
05/06/2010 8:13:20 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: goldstategop
These days the party affiliation of the candidate is listed on the ballot.
To: Vanders9
I don’t understand why the “working class” would support leftists, who wants to give most of their income to the government?
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posted on
05/06/2010 8:14:24 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://libertyfic.proboards.com << Get your science fiction and fiction test marketed)
To: goldstategop
Someone on BBC called a coalition between Labour and LibDems a “coalition of losers”.
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posted on
05/06/2010 8:14:41 PM PDT
by
advance_copy
(Stand for life or nothing at all)
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