UK Election 2010

[Phony Moderate]

And while we're on the topic of Facebook pages....

http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-HATE-IMMAGRANTS/232781928059?ref=sgm

Murphy's Law is in action again, it seems.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

David Miliband emerging as front-runner to replace Gordon Brown

Other Dave's gearing up for an eventful Friday morning at Labour HQ.

Are relations between him and the Brothers better now? (I've not been following such things recently). Because if they aren't, he'd be wasting his time even standing.

[afleitch]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/gallery/2010/may/01/general-election-2010-chris-ridell?picture=362108020

Good little visual of 'voting stereotypes' etc

Me this year




Me next May

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Um... not all of us look like professional darts players!

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Bizarre

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Interesting leaflet here: http://www.thestraightchoice.org/leaflets/4897/

[Silent Hunter]

My preferred outcome for this election is a Tory minority government rather than a majority one. Nothing is better than bad.

[bullmoose88]

Interesting leaflet here: http://www.thestraightchoice.org/leaflets/4897/

Fugly design.

[You kip if you want to...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BA2Jz7xIXw
Brilliant speech from Brown today! Except for the idiotic anti-Nuclear Power protester.

[Phony Moderate]

For some reason, the leaders always seem to appear more relaxed in the final days of an election campaign.

[You kip if you want to...]

For some reason, the leaders always seem to appear more relaxed in the final days of an election campaign.

Gordon Brown generally does better at those types of events, were it's really more for the audience than the cameras. Look at some of his conference speechs for example.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Might have something to do with his background; he was once an academic and has father was... well we all know what his father was.

[afleitch]

Might have something to do with his background; he was once an academic and has father was... well we all know what his father was.

He was once a reporter...why he's still no good with them I'll never know.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Might have something to do with his background; he was once an academic and has father was... well we all know what his father was.

He was once a reporter...why he's still no good with them I'll never know.

Probably because he was once a reporter.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Interesting leaflet here: http://www.thestraightchoice.org/leaflets/4897/

Fugly design.

Odd choice of target, since I can't see Greens switching to Tory.  Obviously Tory internal polling (or opinion) is that the seat will be up for grabs between themselves and the Greens and they hope to get Labourites who decided to go green this year to go back to Labour or flirt with Gregg and the Lib Dems.  Might work, but I doubt it.  Might even backfire and cause Labourites to vote Green to make certain that the seat doesn't go Tory.

By the way, considering that back in the Southeast Region of Atlasia there was a vote a few years ago on an anti-necromancy initiative, I'm surprised no one here has commented on the fact that Soraya Anne Kara is standing in Brighton Pavillion for Citizens for Undead Rights and Equality.

[Serenity Now]

Interesting leaflet here: http://www.thestraightchoice.org/leaflets/4897/

LOL, I got that one through my door the other day..

Has that been doing the rounds on teh interwebs then?

It's funny that it doesn't mention the Conservative party on it, although the tiny snipe at Labour makes it obvious its not them!

[Serenity Now]

Regarding the content itself, some of it is grossly misrepresented, though some of it is technically right. A lot of it is stuff I obviously don't have a problem with anyway, some of it is stuff I don't agree with (like the big alcohol and tobacco tax increases) but which doesn't really matter because they won't happen if one or two Green MPs get elected (although what might happen is that the main parties might hopefully become more 'green' themselves).

Also, come to think of it, at least higher alcohol taxes might've prevented this leaflet being made!

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Interesting leaflet here: http://www.thestraightchoice.org/leaflets/4897/

LOL, I got that one through my door the other day..

Has that been doing the rounds on teh interwebs then?

It's funny that it doesn't mention the Conservative party on it, although the tiny snipe at Labour makes it obvious its not them!

The giveaway is the imprint. Which is always something you should check if you get a dodgy leaflet.

[Serenity Now]

Interesting leaflet here: http://www.thestraightchoice.org/leaflets/4897/

Fugly design.

Odd choice of target, since I can't see Greens switching to Tory.  Obviously Tory internal polling (or opinion) is that the seat will be up for grabs between themselves and the Greens and they hope to get Labourites who decided to go green this year to go back to Labour or flirt with Gregg and the Lib Dems.  Might work, but I doubt it.  Might even backfire and cause Labourites to vote Green to make certain that the seat doesn't go Tory.

I'd say the intention was the latter - otherwise they would've said to vote Conservative on the leaflet! I think its impact will be neutral, especially as a fair amount of junk mail in Brighton tends to look like that..

[Serenity Now]

Interesting leaflet here: http://www.thestraightchoice.org/leaflets/4897/

LOL, I got that one through my door the other day..

Has that been doing the rounds on teh interwebs then?

It's funny that it doesn't mention the Conservative party on it, although the tiny snipe at Labour makes it obvious its not them!

The giveaway is the imprint. Which is always something you should check if you get a dodgy leaflet.

Well, of course, I already knew that (I would, wouldn't I)

[You kip if you want to...]

FT reports that Clegg won't be using electoral reform as a precondition to a coalition deal.

What a sell-out.

[Smid]

Something I'd been wondering, and could well just be wishful thinking on my part, so I'll post it here and you can shoot it down in flames...

Obviously none of us believe in Unicorns, the Tooth Fairy, nor Uniform National Swing. The question obviously therefore becomes - where are the LibDems doing best and whether there might be any areas where they are not doing as well as perhaps at the last election. I particularly wonder if perhaps in some of the gains they've made in previous elections against the Tories may be harder for them to defend. Those seats have a history of voting Tory, supported the LibDems when the Tories were on the nose, and may have begun returning to the Tories prior to the debates. With the boost the LibDems got, I think everyone's assumed those voters have solidified behind the party they've backed in the past couple of elections, but I'm wondering if perhaps some of them might prefer to not have a minority government and may return to the Tories despite the LibDem lift in the polls? In short, my question is: Are the LibDems still vulnerable in their marginal seats held against the Tories? What do you guys think?

[You kip if you want to...]

Something I'd been wondering, and could well just be wishful thinking on my part, so I'll post it here and you can shoot it down in flames...

Obviously none of us believe in Unicorns, the Tooth Fairy, nor Uniform National Swing. The question obviously therefore becomes - where are the LibDems doing best and whether there might be any areas where they are not doing as well as perhaps at the last election. I particularly wonder if perhaps in some of the gains they've made in previous elections against the Tories may be harder for them to defend. Those seats have a history of voting Tory, supported the LibDems when the Tories were on the nose, and may have begun returning to the Tories prior to the debates. With the boost the LibDems got, I think everyone's assumed those voters have solidified behind the party they've backed in the past couple of elections, but I'm wondering if perhaps some of them might prefer to not have a minority government and may return to the Tories despite the LibDem lift in the polls? In short, my question is: Are the LibDems still vulnerable in their marginal seats held against the Tories? What do you guys think?

A marginals poll out today was showing a 3% swing from Tory to Lib Dem in the Tory/LD marginals. So most of them should be pretty safe.

http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/blog/archives/2676

[Smid]

Something I'd been wondering, and could well just be wishful thinking on my part, so I'll post it here and you can shoot it down in flames...

Obviously none of us believe in Unicorns, the Tooth Fairy, nor Uniform National Swing. The question obviously therefore becomes - where are the LibDems doing best and whether there might be any areas where they are not doing as well as perhaps at the last election. I particularly wonder if perhaps in some of the gains they've made in previous elections against the Tories may be harder for them to defend. Those seats have a history of voting Tory, supported the LibDems when the Tories were on the nose, and may have begun returning to the Tories prior to the debates. With the boost the LibDems got, I think everyone's assumed those voters have solidified behind the party they've backed in the past couple of elections, but I'm wondering if perhaps some of them might prefer to not have a minority government and may return to the Tories despite the LibDem lift in the polls? In short, my question is: Are the LibDems still vulnerable in their marginal seats held against the Tories? What do you guys think?

A marginals poll out today was showing a 3% swing from Tory to Lib Dem in the Tory/LD marginals. So most of them should be pretty safe.

http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/blog/archives/2676

Cheers! That answers that!

[Verily]

Yup. There might be a few Tory gains from the LDs (Hereford and South Herefordshire being the most notable), but not more than two or three, and maybe none at all. Almost all of the LD-held seats should be safe.