UK General Election - May 7th 2015 (The Official Campaign Thread)

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Not everyone went to Eton! Some people went to Charterhouse!

Never change, Tories.

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If I'm not mistaken, this would be the first time a different party was one of the three largest parties in the Commons since the election of 1918.

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Everyone should be reminded that Liberal-Conservative coalitions have taken place many times in British history, whereas coalitions of Labour with other parties lack this historical precedent.

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Lab 94%
Grn 92%
SNP 84%
SF 79%
LD 77%
PC 76%
UKIP 41%
BNP 27%
DUP 18%
Con 13%

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Woah, so Parliament can't repeal laws passed by another parliament? That's rather surprising.

On the contrary: Parliament can repeal anything it wants to.*

_{*A technical argument does exist about the Act of Union, but lets not start that one up again.}

Parliament does not have jurisdiction over the Church of Scotland, I thought.