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T_i_B

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21. I don't like the results.

Reply to former9thward (Original post)

Fri May 8, 2015, 03:01 AM

May 2015

But things have panned out this way for a reason.

Labour ran a lacklustre campaign. The party that's meant to be for the common man has lost the common touch. And the less that's said about Jim Murphy's Scottish campaign the better.

And the Lib Dems have destroyed themselves by giving up everything they stood for to grab power in the last parliament.

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Cameron's Conservative Party set to be biggest party in UK [View all] former9thward May 2015 OP

Election 2015: Exit poll puts Tories close to majority Bosonic May 2015 #1

At least UKIP only got 2 iandhr May 2015 #2

CSpan is covering it. lamp_shade May 2015 #3

This is the problem with national polling vs district by district. brooklynite May 2015 #4

The YouGov exit polls are quite different, and a bit closer to pre-election polls renegade000 May 2015 #5

although now the feed says that the YouGov poll is not technically an exit poll... renegade000 May 2015 #6

Yes, YouGov re-interviewed 6,000 people they had polled in the previous weeks muriel_volestrangler May 2015 #7

The UK seems to wait for a throw the bumbs out election. iandhr May 2015 #8

Unfortunately, you may be right about 2020. forest444 May 2015 #11

fixed iandhr May 2015 #12

Exciting isn't it! forest444 May 2015 #13

SNP sweeping Scotland does not bode well for the UK as a whole. roamer65 May 2015 #9

If the Conservatives can get 316 seats then they will almost certainly have the totodeinhere May 2015 #10

Need something to smilie about iandhr May 2015 #14

The Guardian has some great reporting asiliveandbreathe May 2015 #15

All Hope, No Change seveneyes May 2015 #16

I still think it's too early to tell. Turborama May 2015 #17

The Cons cannot rule the UK only representing England. roamer65 May 2015 #18

No party can for that matter. It will be fascinating to see how all of this eventually totodeinhere May 2015 #19

Dream result for the SNP T_i_B May 2015 #20

Why not? The Cons represent approximately ten times the number of people that the SNP do. Nihil May 2015 #23

I don't like the results. T_i_B May 2015 #21

Brits are right wing. Just like Americans. candelista May 2015 #22

I think they won because of David Cameron donna123 May 2015 #24

Orignially constitution said 1 rep per 30k harun May 2015 #25

With 30,000 an average person could run for Congress. former9thward May 2015 #26

I was thinking the same thing. It could be done. harun May 2015 #27