brit-gob 9 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Lots of talk of horse-trading going on now. They are well-hung, aren't they? Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted May 7, 2010 Author Share Posted May 7, 2010 horse usually are. Trading some left swingers for the right. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Still going on I see. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Isn't it illegal to film or take pictures inside a polling station?? Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted May 7, 2010 Author Share Posted May 7, 2010 it's also illegal to punch people but doesn't stop those asians on the BNP git. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted May 7, 2010 Author Share Posted May 7, 2010 285 now. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 yeah but he deserved it...reckon the law was waived Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Love the way Jeremy Paxman pisses his pants laughing at some of the ridiculous responses politicians give to his questions. Very funny. Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Peter Meddlesome just said that it has been a vote for change, but... Gordon should be in No10. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Hung parliament eh....all very exciting. Labour reckon that British laws state that in a hung parliament, the incumbent PM has first dibs on forming a government Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted May 8, 2010 Author Share Posted May 8, 2010 288 against 243 with 49 to go. Link to post Share on other sites
loaf of bread 0 Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 Add the Lib Dems and 243+51 = 294 Link to post Share on other sites
Curt 1 Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 And I thought the US specialized in messing up simple stuff like this. Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 Surprised at how many people turned out, as were the officials it seems! My vote counted anyway. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 For those of you who've not been following that all-nighter epic, here's a great summary. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted May 8, 2010 Author Share Posted May 8, 2010 "Ed Balls, held on by the skin of his teeth" Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted May 8, 2010 Author Share Posted May 8, 2010 trickling along, 294 now. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted May 8, 2010 Author Share Posted May 8, 2010 306 in the end. And the Tories are talking with the Cleggs. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted May 8, 2010 Author Share Posted May 8, 2010 Oh well, let's have another one in October. Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 Seems like a lot of overseas peeps couldnt vote, I totally forgot to register anyway until too late. I am not a big fan of democracy and feel ambivalent towards the 3 candidate parties in the UK. My logic for voting would be little more than 'I dont like Brown, so I vote for the other one' - I suspect a large % of voters conciously or not did the same. I think democracy is only good for keeping out tyrants, it doesn't lead to quality government. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 Wonder how (much more) messy this will become. Brown still in No 10 after all this seems surely far-fetched. Just read this on Torygraph Quote: The Liberal Democrats may demand that Gordon Brown steps down as a condition for entering into a coalition government with Labour, The Daily Telegraph has learnt. While this would please many within Labour, including some Cabinet ministers, the party’s rules and complex voting system mean that his departure would create a constitutional and political minefield. Even if Mr Brown could be persuaded to stand aside, the process for electing a replacement is so lengthy that Labour would be without a leader, and, potentially, the country without a prime minister, for weeks or even months. The poor performance of the third party has put paid to those ambitions, but Mr Clegg’s antipathy to Mr Brown remains. He made it clear during the campaign that he would find it impossible to work with him. One Liberal Democrat insider said: “Gordon just doesn’t get it – he lost, he’s over, he’s not going to be prime minister any more.†While the Lib Dems are considering a deal with the Conservatives, many within the party are convinced that, given their policy differences, Labour remains the only viable coalition partner. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 so who is our fearless leader now?? Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 The fearless, and lovely, Mr Brown. Link to post Share on other sites
BlackpoolTower 0 Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Mr Tebbit ain't happy Quote: What a mess! What an unholy mess! The unloseable election against the worst government in British history finishes in talks to establish the terms on which the losers’ party with only 23 per cent of the votes and only 57 seats might graciously allow the party with 36 per cent of the votes and 307 seats to form a government. This was the election in which the poisonous legacy of Blair’s NuLab plan for the irreversible change of Britain claimed another victim. This kingdom, the mother country of modern democracy, is now shown up as incompetent even in managing an election. Not since the Reform Acts of the 19th century have we turned away electors by the hundred from the polls nor been faced with widespread allegations of ballot rigging even in our capital city. Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Is there a time limit on when they need to cosy up together and forget all the nasty things they said to each other before Thursday? Link to post Share on other sites
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