UK Election 2010

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Keetch standing down might actually help them there. Local election results in Hereford were poor (I still can't believe they lost St Nicks), but that was mostly at the hands of independents.

[The Man From G.O.P.]

The trickle in the media that Brown had a good day has certainly reached Brown's ears, what a difference a little confidence makes.

[afleitch]

I find the idea of the two ministers asking for people to 'vote tactically' for the Lib Dems to keep the Tories out a little curious. Most voters don't vote tactically, most don't know how to. Instead it sounds like the go ahead for Labour voters to vote Lib Dem in any seat...including ones Labour are defending.

Alot of Labour supporters have a rather macabre excitement in the potentially collapse of their own party by falling to their knees in front of the Lib Dems. The Lib Dems aren't there to work with Labour, they're not on 'the same side' - they want to kill them off. They've got 80 years worth of history to avenge...

[Tuck!]

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

What a sell-out.

Never did expect that to work out. A minority government would coalesce before either Labour or the Tories would agree to PR.

[Mr. Morden]

Another random question I have: Approx. what # of seats would the Conservatives have to reach to realistically avoid having to make any deal whatsoever with the LibDems?  At some point, they could get by just by making a deal with one of the parties in Northern Ireland, right?

[KuntaKinte]

Another random question I have: Approx. what # of seats would the Conservatives have to reach to realistically avoid having to make any deal whatsoever with the LibDems?  At some point, they could get by just by making a deal with one of the parties in Northern Ireland, right?

If Northern Ireland again elects 10 Unionists and 5 Shinners (who don't take their seat), and if all the Unionists are ready to support Cameron, 313 would be the magic number.

Lot's of "ifs" of course.

[Meeker]

The SNP may also be interested in playing. In exchange for certain concessions, of course.

[afleitch]

The SNP may also be interested in playing. In exchange for certain concessions, of course.

SNP may indeed be ready to play and they have a good working relationship with the Tories in Holyrood; they do however have 2011 to watch out for. They will in no way formally ally with the Tories but should be amiable to voting with them on certain issues as long as they get Calman.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

The SNP would probably try playing a weird game of getting concessions from the Tories while bashing them to win more votes. Which - from a neutral point of view - might be quite fun to watch.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Some interesting comments on the election from a different perspective to the usual ones can be found here: http://virtualstoa.net/

[afleitch]

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.

To carry on with the Facebook topic, I created this a few minutes ago.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-awkward-silence-when-someone-says-theyre-voting-Tory/118730108156953

Gives me an idea....

'The disbelieving stare when someone says they are still going to vote Labour.'

[You kip if you want to...]

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.

To carry on with the Facebook topic, I created this a few minutes ago.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-awkward-silence-when-someone-says-theyre-voting-Tory/118730108156953

Gives me an idea....

'The disbelieving stare when someone says they are still going to vote Labour.'

The pretencious giggle when someone says they're a Lib Dem.

[Hans-im-Glück]

It stands in this or another thread, but I do not want to see through everything.

When does the polling stations close and when can we expect first results? On which site I can find the life results? In the last elections in the UK I looked up at the BBC. Is there a better site?

[You kip if you want to...]

It stands in this or another thread, but I do not want to see through everything.

When does the polling stations close and when can we expect first results? On which site I can find the life results? In the last elections in the UK I looked up at the BBC. Is there a better site?

Polls close at 10pm GMT and the first result normally comes out just before midnight. I'm going with the BBC this election and possibly Twitter should people be tweeting results.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Tings may take a little longer than usual as there are also (for the first time since 1979) local elections in most large towns and cities. Most declarations will be after one in the morning.

[Silent Hunter]

OK, this is just bizarre.

[minionofmidas]

This in a seat that Labour won in 1997... you really, really ought to get your nomination process cleaned up.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

This in a seat that Labour won in 1997... you really, really ought to get your nomination process cleaned up.

It's the old problem with paper candidates; a lot of them have always been crazies. It's amazing that less comes out during elections than does...

Though, yeah... not much of an excuse in that constituency. We've still got a few councillors in Kings Lynn; this isn't Surrey or anything. But local councillors don't seem to like running unless they have at least half a chance of maybe winning.

[freek]

Nick Clegg was interviewed on Dutch TV news, in Dutch. I am quite amazed how fluently he speaks the language, even if you consider his mother is Dutch. And he speaks with less of an accent than I do. .

[minionofmidas]

Nick Clegg was interviewed on Dutch TV news, in Dutch. I am quite amazed how fluently he speaks the language, even if you consider his mother is Dutch. And he speaks with less of an accent than I do. .

What kind of accent do you have?

[freek]

What kind of accent do you have?

A Twente (Twentish?) accent, which is quite a distinctive accent. Characterised by long vowels, pronounced in a rather particular way (soft drink from Twente, 10 letters: Cóóóóláááá) and disappearance of 'e' in the last syllable when it's not stressed (lópen -> lóóóp'n).

[minionofmidas]

disappearance of 'e' in the last syllable when it's not stressed (lópen -> lóóóp'n).

like most varieties of spoken German, in that respect.

[The Mikado]

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.

To carry on with the Facebook topic, I created this a few minutes ago.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-awkward-silence-when-someone-says-theyre-voting-Tory/118730108156953

Gives me an idea....

'The disbelieving stare when someone says they are still going to vote Labour.'

The pretencious giggle when someone says they're a Lib Dem.

The "I don't know you anymore" when someone says they're voting BNP.

[You kip if you want to...]

We're having a mock election in school on Thursday and it's actually hilarious (and saddening?) at how much support the Lib Dems have, yet hardly any of their supporters know what they stand for.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I once tried to rig a mock election; damn farmers children ruined everything by rigging it better than I did... though I'd have gotten away with it had the other kid counting the votes not betrayed me.