The General Election Thread

[Tanzeylee]

Tory/ukip coalition anyone?...

 

[Ancient Citizen]

Tory/ukip coalition anyone?...

If I were Tory leader, it's what I'd do. Ukip are (mostly) going to get their votes from disgruntled Tories, but they'll also pull a goodly few from Labour.

 

[Tanzeylee]

Tory/ukip coalition anyone?...

If I were Tory leader, it's what I'd do. Ukip are (mostly) going to get their votes from disgruntled Tories, but they'll also pull a goodly few from Labour.

Would be an interesting few years...

 

[cibaman]

I still dont think UKIP will end up with more than a handful of seats. Even Farage isn't sure to get elected

 

[Len Rum]

Tory/ukip coalition anyone?...

Not going to happen, UKIP may well get a decent % of the national vote, but it won't be sufficient to translate into a significant number of seats in our first past the post electoral system.

 

[Ronnie the Rep]

I genuinely cannot believe that this country will be stupid enough or short sighted enough to not vote a Conservative majority next time. the thought of Labour/SNP getting power sends shivers down my spine

Getting a bit nervous Ron?

its a bit like watching City, you know we should win, it makes sense because of our players, tactics etc. and then some c**t scores a lucky goal. its that sort of feeling :-)

 

[Ronnie the Rep]

To save fucking about here is how its going to go:

Tories will win - Because only they can get the country out of the mess labour got it into (as usual) The educated voters know this

Labour will lose - Because every one aside from the great unwashed knows the above is true

Lib dems will implode - They are and have been utterly useless in the modern era

UKIP - They will take a few seats for sure but they wont do the damage they or the press think they will

Greens - Will get a seat in Brighton

SNP - Who gives a shit but they will spank Labour in Jockland and I hope they do

Ok folks there you have it, no more debate required..!

hello???


Mr Cameron????


Is that you?????

 

[Len Rum]

To save fucking about here is how its going to go:

Tories will win - Because only they can get the country out of the mess labour got it into (as usual) The educated voters know this

Labour will lose - Because every one aside from the great unwashed knows the above is true

Lib dems will implode - They are and have been utterly useless in the modern era

UKIP - They will take a few seats for sure but they wont do the damage they or the press think they will

Greens - Will get a seat in Brighton

SNP - Who gives a shit but they will spank Labour in Jockland and I hope they do

Ok folks there you have it, no more debate required..!

Tories may well 'win' and Labour may well 'lose' in terms of the national % of the vote, but the opinion polls indicate a hung parliament where Labour could form an alliance with the SNP to form a government. So that is one strong possible outcome of your staggering electoral analysis.
Tories are panicking because the expected drift back to them prior to the election has stalled.
Obviously the mess we are in economically has nothing to with the 2008 global financial crisis or 'Jeffrey' Osborne borrowing like a Labour Chancellor on steroids (national debt 1.5 trillion) to manufacture a 'recovery'. Thank you for clearing that up.

 

[Ronnie the Rep]

To save fucking about here is how its going to go:

Tories will win - Because only they can get the country out of the mess labour got it into (as usual) The educated voters know this

Labour will lose - Because every one aside from the great unwashed knows the above is true

Lib dems will implode - They are and have been utterly useless in the modern era

UKIP - They will take a few seats for sure but they wont do the damage they or the press think they will

Greens - Will get a seat in Brighton

SNP - Who gives a shit but they will spank Labour in Jockland and I hope they do

Ok folks there you have it, no more debate required..!

Tories may well 'win' and Labour may well 'lose' in terms of the national % of the vote, but the opinion polls indicate a hung parliament where Labour could form an alliance with the SNP to form a government. So that is one strong possible outcome of your staggering electoral analysis.
Tories are panicking because the expected drift back to them prior to the election has stalled.
Obviously the mess we are in economically has nothing to with the 2008 global financial crisis or 'Jeffrey' Osborne borrowing like a Labour Chancellor on steroids (national debt 1.5 trillion) to manufacture a 'recovery'. Thank you for clearing that up.

I think you are probably right about this bit Len, I think it would make for a very interesting time once the jocks start throwing their weight around and the GBP realised what a mistake they are (a bit like the libdems ATM)

 

[cibaman]

I think the SNP will go into the election suggesting that they might form a coalition with Labour. To nullify the "vote SNP get Tories" threat that Labour will make.

But I dont think that they will actually do it. The SNP need to be permanently at loggerheads with the Westminister parties if they are to achieve their main, if not only, goal of another referendum . They could only credibly form a coalition if Labour gave them what they asked for on devolution. But the SNP will never admit that they have got what they want on devolution. Its imperative for them to be able claim that the promises made on the eve of the referendum, the vow, has been broken. So they'll enter into negotiations with Labour but end up sabotaging those negotiations.