whufcroe
10:28 Fri May 8
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UKIP couldn't hang on to one of their 2 seats, they couldn't win the easy one they put Farge up for and ploughed all their monery into it.
Just out of hand, the UKIP person that stood in my seat didn't even actually live here, nor did the Green unlike the holding Tory and the challengers from Labour and Liberals and both got smashed to bits by the main two.
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Hermit Road
10:27 Fri May 8
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There's no argument to be had here. How can you argue with people who think that 1.5 million votes should be 56 times more influential than 4 million votes. It's self-evidently unreflective of the voter's wishes, and that's the acid test for any democracy.
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Hammer and Pickle
10:23 Fri May 8
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It's absolutely right.
In fact it's perfect - they thought they's break the system and it chewed them up and spat them out.
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DocMarten
10:16 Fri May 8
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It's madness that UKIP gets 3.8m votes Vs SNP 1.4m
UKIP get 1 seat whilst SNP get 56 . That cannot be right.
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Capitol Man
10:04 Fri May 8
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It would be great if everyone could call Scotland a giant Rotten Borough.
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Hammer and Pickle
10:02 Fri May 8
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Hush CM - TI is using his voice assistance.
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Capitol Man
9:53 Fri May 8
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seat numbers are not reflecting the mood
Out electoral system and this issue has been in place for centuries. Interesting that you're only just noticing.
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whu
9:34 Fri May 8
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cholo 9:18 Fri May 8
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What croe said.
Snp won almost every town in an entire country. Ukip came third in the majority of towns in theirs, you don't get anything for coming third, nor should you.
look at the actual votes
you sound like an editor at the guardian or at the beeb
people know what really happened and seat numbers are not reflecting the mood - and you know it
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cholo
9:33 Fri May 8
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Texas Iron 9:28 Fri May 8
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Over 4 million UK voters cant be wrong.
That doesn't make any sense, the majority of last night's voters of all parties bar one, were wrong as it happens.
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Texas Iron
9:32 Fri May 8
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Over 4 million UK voters cant be wrong...
Farage talked SOME SENSE in the debate I saw...
...so did the Scottish bint...
Milliband really is 3d class...but thinks he is Top Quality...
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whu
9:32 Fri May 8
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facts are UKIP more votes than SNP and LibDems added together
vitually from a one man band
that's not a blip
you've probably just witnessed the most remarkable piece of electoral shift,from a bloke in the pub,
he embraced a massive silent posse who were being called racist a few years back, simply by asking basic questions on immigration
so well done the left
tory majoity = shift to the right
ukip's massive total vote = rubber stamping of right wing superiority
let the people speak or they will fuck you up
suck it up, lefty cunts
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charleyfarley
9:31 Fri May 8
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Leaving aside the fairness of our voting system, what is the excuse for Farage not taking Thanet? He was leader of his party he had a clear run and yet he couldn't win the seat, that has nothing to do with PR or anything else, just a failure on him and his party no excuses.
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Texas Iron
9:28 Fri May 8
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Over 4 million UK voters cant be wrong...
Farage talked SOME SENSE in the debate I saw...
...so did the Scottish bint...
Milliband really is 3d class...but thinks he is Top Quality...
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stomper
9:27 Fri May 8
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After8 8:44 Fri May 8
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Where are the 60-80 mps rodfarts you predicted under first past the post?
Frankly, I blame Mark Noble
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cholo
9:18 Fri May 8
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What croe said.
Snp won almost every town in an entire country. Ukip came third in the majority of towns in theirs, you don't get anything for coming third, nor should you.
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whufcroe
9:08 Fri May 8
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, 9:00 Fri May 8
You could say that UKIP have the whole of the UK to contest and the SNP only a very small fraction of the seats in comparison..
Simple stuff really
UKIP failed in their objective plain and simple no matter which ever way anyone wants to spin it.
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whufcroe
9:05 Fri May 8
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, 8:51 Fri May 8
Whether you like the system or not, the system is the system, we had the chance to change it, ok not to PR but change it nether the less and we voted not to and they started with TWO seats and LOST one of those and couldn't get their leader elected despite the massive effort, hell even Miliband and Clegg won.
As I said earlier they were not the ones that really damaged Labour or the Liberals.
People jumped on the Farage bandwagon because he talked a good game on issue people care about and it will be interesting to see what happens now with him gone.
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Hammer and Pickle
9:03 Fri May 8
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Yes.
It convinced constituents to vote for it. The labour candidates were not so convincing.
Get over it - it's called politics.
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Far Cough
9:02 Fri May 8
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I'm only going by what he said on this thread, you should take it up with him on the relevant thread really.
I hardly ever post on political threads because it's all a load of bollocks, Labour isn't the same party that me or my family grew up supporting, I think, there's a huge disenfranchised group of voters out there now
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9:00 Fri May 8
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Poland Rat, does the SNP, with about half the votes cast for it compared to UKIP, deserve fifty five more seats at Westminster?
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Hammer and Pickle
8:56 Fri May 8
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Oh dear, the platitudes spring forth so easily.
In what way do they deserve a seat when they can't convince more voters than another candidate ?
It's not about "fairness" and "deserving", it's about concrete policies, concrete people and concrete constituencies.
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