UK General Election thread

[Bereta_Eder]

commiserations

[C0ckney]

the tories will have a majority. i must say i'm surprised by this result, which is of course another false majority ( ), but nonetheless impressive on its own terms.

[kentonio]

the tories will have a majority. i must say i'm surprised by this result, which is of course another false majority ( ), but nonetheless impressive on its own terms.

I'm not sure its impressive as such, more a (deeply predictable) indictment of Ed Milliband.

[C0ckney]

it was hardly predictable as no one predicted it! every poll and every website like electoral calculus predicted a hung parliament. even the most optimistic tories, if media reports are to be believed, didn't expect it.

[kentonio]

it was hardly predictable as no one predicted it! every poll and every website like electoral calculus predicted a hung parliament. even the most optimistic tories, if media reports are to be believed, didn't expect it.

Not the majority, as much as Labour completely failing to capitalize on a very vulnerable Tory party due to being led by a man lacking any of the leadership skills you need in a national election. I don't think any of us expected the conservatives to actually gain seats, but equally I'd have been shocked if Labour had taken a majority, and have felt like that for Millibands entire time at the time. He's a godawful leader for a national party.

[kentonio]

This made me laugh on Facebook though..

For American viewers: The wildlings voted SNP, the South thought Joffrey was doing a great job so want another 5 years. The North remembers.

[C0ckney]

yes i expect we'll hear a lot about leadership and all that guff in the next few weeks. i think that what should be done is to have all future elections run as two concurrently held polls, one for government and one for a leader, people would only be allowed to vote in one and would have to choose which. i think british governance would improve greatly as a result.

[kentonio]

yes i expect we'll hear a lot about leadership and all that guff in the next few weeks. i think that what should be done is to have all future elections run as two concurrently held polls, one for government and one for a leader, people would only be allowed to vote in one and would have to choose which. i think british governance would improve greatly as a result.

Well that would certainly have comic potential..

[kentonio]

Personally I'd prefer people having to answer a series of questions with no indication of which candidate or party the answers represent. Then at the end you can go "Jesus christ, I just voted Tory/Green/Communist Party/BNP!!!!" or whatever and it actually represent your beliefs.

[Bereta_Eder]

One of the biggest blows to comedy is that farage will leave UKIP

[regexcellent]

Telegraph says the conservatives have 326 right now. Man, the SNP's rise is leading to hilarious irony.

[Dauphin]

Irony?

[Dauphin]

I wonder if five years of Tories will lead people to realise how much the Lib Dems were actually reining them in.

[giblets]

Telegraph says the conservatives have 326 right now. Man, the SNP's rise is leading to hilarious irony.

I don't get it, are you claiming the tories won because the english want to keep SNP out of government?

[pchang]

The people have spoken



the bastards.