UK Local Elections / European Parliamentary Elections

[bullmoose88]

Erm...Go Tories and LDs...>P

Can't decide which I'd like to see win.

[bullmoose88]

Erm...Go Tories and LDs...>P

Can't decide which I'd like to see win.

Pull for the Tories. We need all the help we can get, especially with those raving mad UKIPers running around stealing all of our votes!!!

Stealing your votes?

We learned this lesson 8 and 12 years ago...they're not your votes...you have to earn them.

Looks like the Tories aren't having as good (still decent) of a showing as they'd like

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Yawn...Labour really shouldn't flip out...Its not Howard is actually going to become prime minister...in an age of live TV and internet...he looks like the Count himself.

He's running against a Labour government that is unpopular (relatively speaking) because of Iraq, because the economy hasn't been as strong (still doing decently) as before, and large amount of popular anger at the way Blair's handled the EU?

and he's only recieved 38%? on par with Hague and IDS?

Thats terrible for the Tories. With Iraq fading out of the picture and the world economy improving...

A Tory government isn't gonna happen this time...not until they put someone eloquent AND electable at the top...


The Liberal Democrats on the other hand...did pretty damn well/are doing well.

Thats the party to watch.

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I see the LDs giving the Tories a run for their money--unless the Conservatives shape up--as the Loyal Opposition.

New Labour is so close to what was mainstream conservativism (or what normal tory voters would have voted for) that the Tories have been co-opted....

makes the LDs the natural opposition.

Unless Blair gets ousted and is replaced by someone who's a bit more socialist and old labour...then the Tories can move back to center...until then...they're more right than Labour on the policies people seem to vote for (I can't say of course which...since I don't live in the UK).

Tories really needed to break 40%...maybe Howard can get it done...my money is on that he can't.

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They could have done a bit better in the south...that would really kill any Tory momentum for next year.

But yeah...I wouldn't worry about this...be thankful the voters chose to vote in a manner  (giving some votes to the LDs, Greens, and not an overwhelming majority to the Con's) and a time that would hurt Labour the least--relatively speaking.

By Next Year Labour should be fine.

I would like to see the Tories do a little better against UKIP though...those guys sorta worry me.

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hah...a scenario where Al would want Tories to win...

a Tory MEP is better than a UKIP MEP....

heheh.

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Any news on EU elections in the UK?

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What do these numbers mean for the major parties?

conservatives in trouble?