Tory majority plausible

[RandySF]

They are decimating the Liberal Democrats and picking off Labour seats in key constituencies.

[LittleBlue]

1. Ukip while maybe getting only 2 seats

will be third place in the popular vote. Potentially 2nd place in 100 constituencies. They are on the verge of becoming a third major party in Britain.

And nearly all of Scotland's 59 seats for the Scottish National Party.

Suddenly Britain doesn't look so stable anymore

[shenmue]

5. Two seats is not a third major party

[Dawson Leery]

2. Lib Dems must regret going along with Cameron.

UKIP will have the third largest share of the vote.
This is quite disturbing.

[Starry Messenger]

3. I've been trying to follow on twitter.

It's demented. It's like our 2014 elections. Why would people decimated by austerity vote for more?

[LiberalFighter]

4. Because they think others will have it worse?

[BooScout]

6. Decimated by austerity???

What on earth have you been listening to or reading? The UK is not Greece. The Austerity hype is mostly hot air blown by the SNP.

FWIW, Scotland voted for a Nationalist platform and by doing so......kicking out Labour like they did, they have shot themselves in the proverbial foot. Now, as things stand.....Scotland will essentially have not much say on anything in Parliament.

[Starry Messenger]

7. Do you live there?

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http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/mar/18/poverty-benefits-cuts-uk-oecd

I guess The Guardian is a Scottish left-wing rag:

" Poverty will become ever more entrenched in Britain if the government does not maintain social spending to protect the most vulnerable, the Organisation of Economic and Social Development has warned.

The Paris-based organisation said austerity measures and benefits cuts were more likely to hurt the poor in the UK than in most other OECD countries because its benefits system is more strongly targeted at low income groups. The pace of cuts will intensify between now and 2015, the OECD noted in its "society at a glance 2014" report.

A rise in youth unemployment and poverty in recent years also suggested the government needed to do more to help young people leaving education, the organisation said.

"The government has already implemented certain strategies for youth not in employment, education or training (NEET). Such programmes will need to be maintained and developed for the foreseeable future as high NEET rates persist."

Edit: I see your attitude toward the poor in the UK got you hidden in another thread, so I guess that answers my question: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026639563