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« Reply #25 on: October 02, 2014, 03:34:05 PM »

Enjoy
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« Reply #26 on: October 02, 2014, 03:44:24 PM »


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« Reply #27 on: October 02, 2014, 03:57:20 PM »


If only...
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« Reply #28 on: October 02, 2014, 05:47:38 PM »

UKIP going after the blue collar vote - British employers should be able to discriminate in favour of British workers and such, but still wants to slash inheritance taxes.

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/sep/26/nigel-farage-ukip-conference-tax-cuts


How do you view their "new" platform?

This is amusing. They assume employers hire immigrants because of pressure to be politically correct. Really they do it because they like cheap labor. If you want to help native workers, just raise the minimum wage.
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« Reply #29 on: October 07, 2014, 10:13:40 AM »

Anyone here still genuinely think the Libs can finish third?
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« Reply #30 on: October 07, 2014, 11:33:24 AM »

Anyone here still genuinely think the Libs can finish third?

In terms of seats, probably, unless the SNP do very well.

In terms of votes, it looks unlikely at the moment. I doubt if they can be overtaken for fourth - the SNP is too localised and the Greens aren't running enough candidates.
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« Reply #31 on: October 08, 2014, 05:01:11 AM »

ScotsRail has just been nationalised. By the Dutch government.
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« Reply #32 on: October 08, 2014, 07:11:56 AM »

The bookies' odds on Nick Clegg resigning before the GE have shortened considerably in recent hours.
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« Reply #33 on: October 08, 2014, 12:38:47 PM »

ScotsRail has just been nationalised. By the Dutch government.

Who already run Greater Anglia...
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« Reply #34 on: October 08, 2014, 12:49:03 PM »

ScotsRail has just been nationalised. By the Dutch government.

Who already run Greater Anglia...

A regular Dutch invasion.

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« Reply #35 on: October 09, 2014, 11:12:28 AM »

The bookies' odds on Nick Clegg resigning before the GE have shortened considerably in recent hours.

They're not gonna get rid of him. Better to wait for the inevitable (their worst result since 1970, fourth place) and try a fight back after the election.

For a party on the verge of losing 70% of their 2010 vote, they're very calm. They think that they'll be in government again post-election, but I think it's a bit arrogant for them to not realise that such a deal would be toxic for Labour/the Tories (delete as appropriate) and so is increasingly unlikely to happen.

Labour, on the other hand, on the verge of being the first party since 1974 to do a 'one term return', aren't calm at all.
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« Reply #36 on: October 09, 2014, 11:16:57 AM »

Ah but that's normal for Labour. Bit strange that we haven't managed to have a pointless factional civil war this parliament (but credit to certain people for trying to start one), mind.
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« Reply #37 on: October 09, 2014, 12:14:42 PM »

I also wonder whether Labour has a strategy to squeeze the Greens who're at 4-5%.
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« Reply #38 on: October 09, 2014, 12:22:47 PM »

If I was in charge of strategy I would make a deal with the Greens and effectively concede, say, Brighton Pavillion and Norwich South; in return for Greens clearing out of key marginals.

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« Reply #39 on: October 09, 2014, 12:25:13 PM »

No point making deals with a minor party. Green support will likely ebb away towards the election and if it doesn't, the grace of God means that Green support to be concentrated in exactly the places where it does Labour the least harm. Not many Greens in Lab/Con marginals...
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« Reply #40 on: October 11, 2014, 03:57:25 PM »

Survation for the MoS has a pretty terrifying 31-31-25-8.
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« Reply #41 on: October 11, 2014, 05:56:45 PM »

Jesus Christ, that's appalling



Brooks Newmark (of the sexting scandal) standing down in 2015.
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« Reply #42 on: October 11, 2014, 06:02:13 PM »

Survation is trash. By-election bumps might be seen from the more reputable firms o/c, but ask the LibDems for how long those typically last.
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« Reply #43 on: October 11, 2014, 06:26:46 PM »

How many seats would the Lib-Dems be expected to retain if they poll ~10% in the election?
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« Reply #44 on: October 11, 2014, 06:38:57 PM »

No one knows really; they've been comfortably out of that sort of range for so long. In 1979 they took eleven seats with 13.8% of the vote, which might be an indication.
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« Reply #45 on: October 12, 2014, 04:57:30 AM »

The LD held seats will probably be the most unpredictable, so it's hard to tell.
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« Reply #46 on: October 13, 2014, 09:17:37 AM »

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« Reply #47 on: October 13, 2014, 09:51:22 AM »


Pandering to UKIP.
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« Reply #48 on: October 13, 2014, 08:37:16 PM »

so the NHS workers had a strike today?
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« Reply #49 on: October 13, 2014, 09:53:03 PM »
« Edited: October 13, 2014, 09:55:23 PM by Frodo »

Black-faced -seriously?  In the early 21st century?  Are they still doing minstrel shows over there?
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