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Postby gillows » May 7th, '10, 20:48



^^^ I laughed when I heard that. :lol: Though with some voters left out in the rain and not even getting a vote the Duckworth Lewis method might have been a better way of resolving that one. :wink:

Lib Dems romped home here, but disappointed nationally after all the hype. :?

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Postby kolm » May 7th, '10, 23:04

Mandrake wrote:Should've used an I.D!

When I heard about that on the news I started wondering what I would do in such a situation. I wonder if I could get away with hiding a palmed card in front of a returning officer for several hours, just in case such an occasion cropped up

Nah, you're right, I'd probably drop it on the stage!

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Postby Mandrake » May 8th, '10, 11:54

It's amazing how they assume that cutting the deck is genuinely free of any jiggery pokery!

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Postby Tomo » May 8th, '10, 12:15

It seems to me that Nick Clegg is going to be unpopular no matter what he does next.

The BBC is reporting that his phone conversation with Gordon Brown was more a "diatribe" on Brown's part. What sort of an idiot shouts at the one person who can help him stay in power? :?

The Tories will probably call a snap election within a year, get a clear mandate before they have a chance to make a mess of their own, and then dump the Libs like Labour did in '74.

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Postby Tomo » May 8th, '10, 12:57

Q: What's brown and sticky?
A: Gordon

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Postby Grimshaw » May 8th, '10, 15:41

Did anyone see the front page of The Sun today? Claiming there was a squatter in No. 10. I actually burst out laughing in the shop.....and felt no shame.

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Postby Just Steve » May 8th, '10, 22:27

I didnt see that unfortunately, but the Mail had a quote from the conservatives - "Gordon Brown has put superglue in the locks of No.10."

Rather pathetic really considering he never got officially elected into office.

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Postby pcwells » May 9th, '10, 09:18

Sk8r St3v3 wrote:I didnt see that unfortunately, but the Mail had a quote from the conservatives - "Gordon Brown has put superglue in the locks of No.10."

Rather pathetic really considering he never got officially elected into office.


Nobody ever elects a Prime Minister. They vote for a local MP to represent them in Westminster. The leader of the party with the most seats becomes Prime Minister. When Tory Blair stepped down, leadership went to Brown.

The argument of 'nobody elected Brown' is complete nonsense.

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Postby Grimshaw » May 9th, '10, 10:30

pcwells wrote:
Sk8r St3v3 wrote:I didnt see that unfortunately, but the Mail had a quote from the conservatives - "Gordon Brown has put superglue in the locks of No.10."

Rather pathetic really considering he never got officially elected into office.


Nobody ever elects a Prime Minister. They vote for a local MP to represent them in Westminster. The leader of the party with the most seats becomes Prime Minister. When Tory Blair stepped down, leadership went to Brown.

The argument of 'nobody elected Brown' is complete nonsense.

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Would you not agree though, that the public see the leader of the party as someone who represents them completely. What I'm saying is, with many people being superficial and only looking at things on the surface, if they don't like the leader, they probably won't like the party.

A case in point is Nick Clegg. The Lib Dem's manifesto didn't change with his TV performance, but his place in the running was suddenly given more credence. Admittedly that turned out to be un-founded but still, he projected his personality on the nation, and the nation decided they liked it, ergo he was suddenly the new Tony Blair. Shudder.

I feel that the reason everyone bleats on about Brown 'not being elected' is because they really don't like the bloke and don't like him being in that position. Let's face it, he's about as endearing as a Parking Fine.

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Postby Just Steve » May 9th, '10, 12:13

Well i swear i saw somewhere an article about him gaining office by a means offbeat from the usual path.

I guess i misread it.

My bad.

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Postby Flash » May 9th, '10, 18:57

I find the "first past the post" system fascinating and really in need of reform. That the Lib Dems could get 20% of the vote and get so few seats compared to Labour who got only 27% is crazy.

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Postby pcwells » May 9th, '10, 18:58

He wasn't leader of the party when they won the election. We was made leader afterwards.

The same happened to John Major when Thatcher got the boot, but he didn't wait three years to call an election. That, however, was more a reaction to infighting and leadership contests within the Tory party than it was about letting the public choose.

I agree that the leader of the party has a big influence on the way many people vote, but my point remains that we don't vote for a prime minister. So the argument that Brown wasn't elected PM is a completely bogus one, as no Prime Ministers are elected by the public under our current electoral system.

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Postby gillows » May 10th, '10, 14:51

I'm getting a bit tired of Lib Dem supporters complaining about forming a government with the Conservatives. If they get their way this will be the norm every election. They should view this as a trial run for PR. :wink:

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Postby Tomo » May 10th, '10, 14:57

gillows wrote:I'm getting a bit tired of Lib Dem supporters complaining about forming a government with the Conservatives. If they get their way this will be the norm every election. They should view this as a trial run for PR. :wink:

I prefer to think of it as a sensible electorate, badly burnt by both Labour and Tory parties in the past, insisting that the sensible, reasonable, demonstrably non-evil Lib Dems have a controlling interest in the next government on their behalf. :wink:

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Postby Just Steve » May 10th, '10, 15:22

The thing is that if the Tories don't ditch the Lib Dems (which they probably will), then we'd be getting the best of both worlds.

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