Rincewind Posted 8 May 2015 Share Posted 8 May 2015 Possibly voting would be different in marginal seats with say Green and Labour or Tory and UKIP. How many voted Labour but preferred Green Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MattP Posted 8 May 2015 Share Posted 8 May 2015 Possibly voting would be different in marginal seats with say Green and Labour or Tory and UKIP. How many voted Labour but preferred Green Not many I'd imagine. Even putting together the vote of both of those and using PR they wouldn't have got as many seats as the Conservatives did. The Green surge turned out to be nothing, ironically if you voted Green anywhere but Brighton, you wasted a piece of paper. We can put any sort of vote change in the bin now anyway for at least 5 years, it's not going to change under a Tory (or any other) majority government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Horse's Mouth Posted 8 May 2015 Share Posted 8 May 2015 Not to the people who voted to give them the third highest share of the vote... far from a UKIP supporter but doesn't look democratic to me. The people voted to keep this system in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr The Singh Posted 8 May 2015 Share Posted 8 May 2015 Exactly. I'm no UKIP voter but a system where they can get nearly 4m votes whilst the SNP can get under 1.5m but still get 56 times the reputation in parliament then them is crap This Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rincewind Posted 8 May 2015 Share Posted 8 May 2015 Not many I'd imagine. Even putting together the vote of both of those and using PR they wouldn't have got as many seats as the Conservatives did. The Green surge turned out to be nothing, ironically if you voted Green anywhere but Brighton, you wasted a piece of paper. We can put any sort of vote change in the bin now anyway for at least 5 years, it's not going to change under a Tory (or any other) majority government. True. I once saw a few years back before the break up of Liberals that they wanted PR but if they got in it would be in their interest to change it back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nalis Posted 8 May 2015 Share Posted 8 May 2015 The people voted to keep this system in place. Exactly, some amount of ignorance spouted around! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted 8 May 2015 Share Posted 8 May 2015 Broken? seems a blessing. Nah. I'm no UKIP fan but the simple thing is that in terms of support they're the third biggest party in the country, and yet have practically no seats, finishing with less seats than even Plaid Cymru, a party they even beat in Wales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderbyFox Posted 8 May 2015 Share Posted 8 May 2015 Wow, just noticed the SNP candidate that beat Douglas Alexander is only 20 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rincewind Posted 8 May 2015 Share Posted 8 May 2015 What you are allowed to do at a polling station. Re my comment earlier about a pen.You can use one as long as it is clear who you are voting for. Even a tick is OK. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32451429 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerrrFox Posted 8 May 2015 Share Posted 8 May 2015 Wow, just noticed the SNP candidate that beat Douglas Alexander is only 20 years old. Yeah and she's a big butch lesbian who talks complete shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr The Singh Posted 8 May 2015 Share Posted 8 May 2015 True. I once saw a few years back before the break up of Liberals that they wanted PR but if they got in it would be in their interest to change it back.Was this before the war? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MattP Posted 8 May 2015 Share Posted 8 May 2015 The last ounce of credibility drains away from Russell Brand lol Now tries to distance himself from Miliband. http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/may/08/russell-brand-stages-climbdown-over-support-for-ed-miliband-labour-comedian He said: “I think for a moment I got caught up in some mad The Thick of It, oh wow, Ed Miliband’s in my house … People were telling me, journalists, people who know loads about politics, look if Labour don’t get in it’s going to really be bad because independent living fund will get cut, public services are going get cut more than ever, its going to get worse for very poor people, the climate of the country is going to get mean and nasty. And now actually the Conservatives have won.” Perched on the end of his bed, Brand tells his viewers that he did not want to become a “de facto spokesman for people who don’t vote”. The Essex-born comedian admits that when he interviewing Miliband he believed he could “probably influence the outcome of an election” and now accepts this is not the case. Brand – who has attempted to position himself as an anti-corporate, anti-politics agitator – also laments the power of the “establishment” and “old media”. “There was a moment where I felt like old media doesn’t have the same power as it used to, people don’t listen to the front pages of the Sun or the Mail – these things seem kind of ridiculous but evidently that is not the case,” he said. “Evidently the old media, the establishment, is a powerful thing. David Cameron is the prime minister of this country with more seats than before. After all the things that have been happening for the last five years the result is ‘let’s keep that guy in charge’.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the Hat Posted 8 May 2015 Author Share Posted 8 May 2015 The Guardian has lost it completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr The Singh Posted 8 May 2015 Share Posted 8 May 2015 The Guardian has lost it completely.Wtf, I could have done better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the Hat Posted 8 May 2015 Author Share Posted 8 May 2015 Wtf, I could have done better I can only assume they stayed up all night in some kind of horror and are really really tired. Or in shock. The whole thing reads like hysteria. AHAHHHAHAHAHAHHHAAAAAAAAOMG! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Horse's Mouth Posted 8 May 2015 Share Posted 8 May 2015 The last ounce of credibility drains away from Russell Brand lol Now tries to distance himself from Miliband. http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/may/08/russell-brand-stages-climbdown-over-support-for-ed-miliband-labour-comedian He really is the worst of the worst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 8 May 2015 Share Posted 8 May 2015 The Guardian has lost it completely. Why? - oh I see it's national coconut cream pie day. I agree they've lost it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 8 May 2015 Share Posted 8 May 2015 GOT link Winter is coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Horse's Mouth Posted 8 May 2015 Share Posted 8 May 2015 This woman is an MP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rincewind Posted 8 May 2015 Share Posted 8 May 2015 Was this before the war? Before the Iraq and Falkland wars yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl the Llama Posted 8 May 2015 Share Posted 8 May 2015 I'm not sure the UK can really count as a democracy looking at the seats:vote share ratios. All over the shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 8 May 2015 Share Posted 8 May 2015 This woman is an MP. Sad when people can vote for a person like that. Must be a new world in the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain... Posted 8 May 2015 Share Posted 8 May 2015 The Guardian has lost it completely. Really? It's a tongue in cheek response to the nights events, even slightly humourous, it is hardly the front page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain... Posted 8 May 2015 Share Posted 8 May 2015 Sad when people can vote for a person like that. Must be a new world in the UK. But they don't vote for her. they vote for the party, the individual is largely irrelevant in the UK elections, just put a cross next to the party you always vote for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filbertway Posted 8 May 2015 Share Posted 8 May 2015 This woman is an MP. Obviously she was 15/16 then so people aren't actually going to use that against her, unless they're morons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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