UK General Election - May 7th 2015

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Let's not forget the hilarious intra-hard-left sectarianism. I believe it is SLP policy to run in constituencies where another hard left candidate is running. So yeah... (Is this more evidence of the "Scargill was MI6" theory? It is quite suggestive)

But more seriously, hasn't that been the case since... well, the 1950s at least? While the hard left certainly had a lot of influence in the unions and sections of the labour party, independent leftists did not... err, fare so well in elections without those structures (since the decline of CPGB anyway). Or am I missing a part of the story?

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Watching Neil Hamilton on the BBC the other night was the final confirmation for me that satire is dead.

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Am I reading this wrong, or is there actually a non-negligible immigrant population in Northern Ireland? If so, for the love of god, why would anyone immigrate to Northern Ireland?

Immigrants end up everywhere.

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Polls like that are trash. You people all read too many newspaper columns.

That equally applies to posters here as it does to UKIP.

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YouGov poll of Wales: Labour 37, Con 23, UKIP 16, Plaid 10, Green 8, LDem 6

Usual caveats about the historic issues with polling in Wales, etc, etc.

What's the official Welsh Nat line on being behind UKIP?

also LOL libdems.

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Oh dear, is there anything by anyone that this forum likes? I may be insufficiently cynical for its tastes.

It's just that the article you posted is clear and utter nonsense.

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A lot of the recent polls have the combined total for the big two parties actually gaining from 2010. Not that you know that from the meeja.