Everybody PLEASE remember to go and vote!!!!! in my poll in SH, where we're predicting the election outcome
[url]http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1463954[/url]
Ashcroft National Poll
[QUOTE]CON 32 (-4)
LAB 30 (-)
LD 11 (+2)
UKIP 12 (+1)
Green 7 (-)[/QUOTE]
Big Choice at this Election vs. the Long-Term Economic Plan - which catchphrase will win?
[QUOTE=smurfy;47664833]Big Choice at this Election vs. the Long-Term Economic Plan - which catchphrase will win?[/QUOTE]
Let me answer you directly, smurfy, because I want to be clear about this....
I don't know.
[QUOTE=Grizz;47664847]Let me answer you directly, smurfy, because I want to be clear about this....
I don't know.[/QUOTE]
Let me give you an example
[editline]5th May 2015[/editline]
Look, I-I think this comes back to the big choice at this election
From different election communications I've seen, this election is a Two Horse Race -- between lots of horses
It's a 2 horse race between Labour and Conservative for government
It's a 2 horse race between Lib Dems and Conservative in some seats
It's a 2 horse race between Lib Dems and SNP in Northern Scotland
Though my favourite is the one I got from Labour this morning which due to some unfortunate placement shows the blue horse in the lead:
[thumb]http://i.imgur.com/8ftlHZ9.jpg[/thumb]
[editline]5th May 2015[/editline]
Also this morning, I got a letter from Gordon Brown:
[thumb]http://i.imgur.com/865GHhX.jpg[/thumb]
Nice of him to send two identical ones to my girlfriend and I, just in case one got lost in the post.
First time voting, sent of my postal vote today. Feels good.
[QUOTE=smurfy;47664911]Let me give you an example
[editline]5th May 2015[/editline]
Look, I-I think this comes back to the big choice at this election[/QUOTE]
The choice is this. We can either continue with the long-term discussion we have laid out before ourselves, or risk it all by changing the subject...
...to a topic propped up by Freeze.
[QUOTE=CoolCorky;47652369]Whenever a celebrity or public figure not normally associated with politics comes out in support of a political party (regardless of which party it is), I always think a little less of both them and the party they're endorsing.
I get that it's just the same as anyone else trying to promote the party they support, but I just can't shake the feeling the party are exploiting their star power to convince the uninformed (like "ooh, [I]alan partridge[/I] is voting labour and he's a funny man, I'll vote for them too").[/QUOTE]
I was watching Knowing Me Knowing You once and there was a skit where Alan had some politicians on. The Labour one was a nice diverse Rebecca Front, the Lib Dem was a nice diverse black man but the Tory was this white guy who Alan was obviously backing. He couldn't articulate himself well and got in a big strop, and it was one of the least funny political jokes I've ever seen.
Ever since then, whenever I see Steve Coogan or any of his associates, there's a little voice at the back of my mind that says "Cunt."
Just for you - enjoy :v:
[img]http://im.ft-static.com/content/images/67b9ad28-f2ee-11e4-b98f-00144feab7de.img[/img]
Time for another exercise in futility... YouGov:
[QUOTE]CON 34% (+1)
LAB 34% (+1)
LD 9% (-1)
UKIP 12% (-)
GRN 5% (-)[/QUOTE]
Tomorrow's headlines:
[thumb]http://i.imgur.com/g6PJsg4.jpg[/thumb][thumb]http://i.imgur.com/rIEEJ8k.jpg[/thumb][thumb]http://i.imgur.com/dqngUkh.jpg[/thumb][thumb]http://i.imgur.com/YaMyALf.jpg[/thumb]
[thumb]http://i.imgur.com/akqqsJy.jpg[/thumb][thumb]http://i.imgur.com/LfWclUo.jpg[/thumb][thumb]http://i.imgur.com/KrWuUh2.jpg[/thumb]
The gloves are off it seems, with most papers completely dropping any remaining impression of being balanced.
PA's estimated declaration times are out btw
[url]http://election.pressassociation.com/Declaration_times/general_2015_by_time.php[/url]
[editline]6th May 2015[/editline]
Sheffield Hallam 4:30, Thanet South 6:00, be there or be square
[editline]6th May 2015[/editline]
Be awake or a be a fake
[QUOTE=smurfy;47667302]PA's estimated declaration times are out btw
[url]http://election.pressassociation.com/Declaration_times/general_2015_by_time.php[/url]
[editline]6th May 2015[/editline]
Sheffield Hallam 4:30, Thanet South 6:00, be there or be square
[editline]6th May 2015[/editline]
Be awake or a be a fake[/QUOTE]
[quote]494 - St Ives - 13:00[/quote]
get your shit together st ives
[QUOTE=CoolCorky;47667282]Tomorrow's headlines:
[thumb]http://i.imgur.com/g6PJsg4.jpg[/thumb][thumb]http://i.imgur.com/rIEEJ8k.jpg[/thumb][thumb]http://i.imgur.com/dqngUkh.jpg[/thumb][thumb]http://i.imgur.com/YaMyALf.jpg[/thumb]
[thumb]http://i.imgur.com/akqqsJy.jpg[/thumb][thumb]http://i.imgur.com/LfWclUo.jpg[/thumb][thumb]http://i.imgur.com/KrWuUh2.jpg[/thumb]
The gloves are off it seems, with most papers completely dropping any remaining impression of being balanced.[/QUOTE]
Boris Johnson going super saiyan?
Ha, Milipants a 'Class War Zealot'? The Mail really has gone into full froth mode.
[QUOTE=El Burro;47668591]Ha, Milipants a 'Class War Zealot'? The Mail really has gone into full froth mode.[/QUOTE]
[url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3069464/How-vote-tactically-Red-Ed-Constituency-constituency-guide-50-key-seats-help-Labour-Number-10.html]Their top story.[/url]
Got to save that non-dom status.
EDIT: Just found out that Miliband is rolling up just down the road :v:
Went for a lunchtime nosy and caught the latter end of the visit - tour bus clogging up the street. Still, it was good to wade through, surrounded by ribbons and buttons and flags and all that jazz.
[QUOTE] “If he is I will personally put a bullet between his eyes.
"If this lad turns up to be our Prime Minister I will personally put a bullet in him. That’s how strong I feel about it.
“I won’t have this fucker as our Prime Minister. I absolutely loathe him.”[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]"But I’ve always said in my constituency you could put a monkey out there with a blue rosette on and it would win.”
“His (Jayawardena’s) family have only been here since the Seventies. You are not British enough to be in our parliament"
“I’ve got 400 years of ancestry where I live. He hasn’t got that.
“I said to his dad about two months ago – ‘When did you come to Britain?’ He said ‘In the “Seventies’.”
“I said ‘Why did you come?’ He said ‘Things weren’t very good politically in Sri Lanka and I came here and I could train as an accountant’.”
“So he’s come here and ponced off us hasn’t he like all the East Europeans are? That’s what is happening. Continually.”[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/robert-blay-ukip-suspends-parliamentary-5641537#ICID=sharebar_twitter[/url]
:pwn:
I've heard that the election will affect the rest of Europe. Is this true?
[QUOTE=war_man333;47670084]I've heard that the election will affect the rest of Europe. Is this true?[/QUOTE]
Some of the parties in the running want a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU in the next few years.
And even if that wasn't the case, a change of leadership would most likely bring a change of foreign policy, so UK-Europe relations would be different.
[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;47659074]Well best of luck to all candidates tomorrow, and I'm excited to see the results post-tuesday!
The reason I'm so curious and interested in the UK's politics is, well, we (the US) still have a relationship with the Mother Country, and I feel it's in my best interests as someone interested in history and culture to understand how our ally's governments work and operate.
Also it lets me in on British jokes[/QUOTE]
This post is relevant
[QUOTE=war_man333;47670084]I've heard that the election will affect the rest of Europe. Is this true?[/QUOTE]
Short answer: Yes
The Conservative party (our centre-right party) have said that there [B]will[/B] be an in/out referendum in 2017 [I]if[/I] they get into power.
The Labour Party (our centre-left party) have said that they [B]will not[/B] hold an in/out referendum [I]if[/I] they get into power.
So, depending on who becomes our next Prime Minister we will/will not have a referendum on whether we stay in the EU or not.
Basically, in 2017 the UK may leave the EU.
There are other issues at stake like our Nuclear Weapons and armed forces levels but the referendum is the biggy with regards to Europe.
I've educated myself as much as I possibly can, and I still don't have a damn clue who to vote for.
Sorry Corky, I don't know how I managed to blank your post all day - I think the images weren't loading at work :v:
[B]Opinion Polls - May 6th (as of 1700)[/B]
[B]ICM poll:[/B]
[QUOTE]Lab 35 (+3)
Con 35 (n/c)
LD 9 (n/c)
UKIP 11 (-2)
Green 3 (-2)
Others (+1)[/QUOTE]
[B]YouGov Welsh Westminster:[/B]
[QUOTE]LAB - 39% (-1)
CON - 25% (-1)
PC - 13% (+1)
UKIP - 12% (-1)
LDEM - 8% (+2)
GRN - 2% (-2)[/QUOTE]
[B]YouGov London Poll[/B]
[QUOTE]
LAB 46
CON 33
LD 9
UKIP 8
GN 3
[I]A 5.5% CON to LAB swing since GE10[/I][/QUOTE]
[B]Panelbase Scottish Voting Intention[/B]
[QUOTE]
SNP 48% (n/c)
Labour 26% (-1)
Conservatives 14% (-2)
Liberal Democrats 5% (+1)
UKIP 3% (n/c)
Greens 2 (n/c)[/QUOTE]
[B]Opinium[/B]
[QUOTE]Conservatives 35%
Labour 34%
UKIP 12%
Lib Dems 8%
Greens 6%[/QUOTE]
[B]TNS BMRB poll[/B]
[QUOTE]Cons 33 (-1)
Lab 32 (-1)
Ukip 14 (-1)
Lib Dems 8 (+1)
Greens 6 (+1)[/QUOTE]
So with a lot of Labour's leaflets saying things along the line of "the only way to keep David Cameron out of Downing St. is to vote Labour", if the Conservatives do end up forming the next government, it'd be great if Labour's party line for the next few months was just "WE FUCKING TOLD YOU SO"
[B]ICM ENGLAND & WALES ONLY[/B]
[QUOTE]LAB 36.7%
CON 36.5%
LD 7.9%
UKIP 12.9%
[I]A CON to LAB swing since GE 2010 of 5.2%[/I][/QUOTE]
Tonight's final YouGov poll increases the respondents from 1000 to 10000. Going up at 10:30pm. So much for a surge in the polls for the final week - we're down to the final hours! :v:
[QUOTE=Grizz;47671769][B]ICM ENGLAND & WALES ONLY[/B]
Tonight's final YouGov poll increases the respondents from 1000 to 10000. Going up at 10:30pm. So much for a surge in the polls for the final week - we're down to the final hours! :v:[/QUOTE]
I wonder how much lower Labour would be if you removed London from the equation considering the Swing from Con-Lab is much higher there than anywhere else in the country.
What time do polling stations usually close? I won't be available until like 7pm
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