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United Kingdom Parliamentary elections scheduled on May 6th
UK set for hung Parliament with Tories largest party http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47793000/jpg/_47793505_cameron_brown_clegg.jpg David Cameron says Labour "has lost its mandate to govern" as the Conservatives look set to be the biggest party in a hung parliament. Quote:
Here's a chart with the possible ways the government will be formed: http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47788000/gif/_47788852_election_outcomes466.gif But whatever government comes out of this will be saddled with some of the toughest questions on finances for the next generation. Good Luck to them. Well at least the British Campaign season isn't as long as the US' XD Then again we are in a perpetual campaign mode here in the US with our 2 year election cycle. To be frank I am not sure which of the 3 main parties to support. The Tories seem to be the choice for Deficit cuts and the NHS, but their past administrations are well...:/ New Labour on the other hand spearheaded the global bank bailouts, yet is still embroiled in the Iraqi fact-finding committee. :o And well, the Lib Dems...are the Lib Dems. XD I'm tilting towards them this time though. but oh well. XP |
This is my first general election and voting has never seened more pointless to me.
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The Tory's need to stop picking on Gordon and being so smug.
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I am an American, but If I lived in Great Britain I would side with the conservative party.
I am assuming tho that the conservative party in Great Britain, is like the conservative party in America. |
I think labour lost themselves the election after they launched the campaign comparing David Cameron to Gene Hunt. That must have been the stupidest move possible.
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Quoting Timothy Garton Ash, from The Guardian, it's a really interesting election because both parties deserve to lose- Labour has been screwing its own party up since the Iraq War and Blair's resignation, and the Conservatives, despite Cameron's hard work, haven't fully left their scary legend from Major's years. Not to mention the electoral system is blatantly biased for Labour's side. Hopefully it will be changed for a new, more proportional system. I don't have any favourites myself. Clegg is going to be the winner unless Brown revives and grabs a full majority or Cameron attracts all the votes from the divided areas (not likely), so my hopes are, whoever wins, Clegg is intelligent enough to use his power wisely and ensure a smooth transition from the current situation instead of just giving his votes to one of the sides for free. The Commons need to change after the recent scandals, and that will need a lot of political energy. |
The UK system concerns me. If the Prime Minister can call an election whenever he feels it's convenient that would create a system of one-party rule since elections would be called whenever the ruling party has the best chance of winning.
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They have had that system for a century (and a similar one before) and, during the last 30 years, both parties have been alternatively winning and losing regularly, maybe not as often as in other countries, but the UK isn't a one-party country.
But I agree they need a set list of rules. I think any person who knows about the UK politics will agree with that. |
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The system certainly has the potential for abuse though. |
That's correct. It's a wonder that, specially with a "first past the post" system, it hasn't been abused in an over-the-top way. But 10 and 15 years of same party predominance aren't so weird in other countries in Europe or the US, with different electoral systems.
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Meh the Republicans took over in 1994 then the Dems came in in 2006.
And even that party that has the majority can't get monopolize due to the fillibuster rule, checks and balances, U.S. Supreme Court rulings, executive veto, etc. Look how much hell it took to pass a healthcare bill when the Democrats even have a fillibuster-proof majority and control the White House. |
To be honest, I doubt anyone is going to beat Labour back into power. Just because they've been in power for so long. :/
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If Labour stay in power, Britain is in trouble If Conservative takes power, Britain is in trouble If Lib Dems take power, Britain will fall off the maps Im supporting conservatives though, my main gripe is with money and the Conservative plan makes a lot more sense to me than Labour. On top of that i just really cannot stand labour, and I don't think that a party stupid enough to compare Cameron to Gene Hunt in an attempt to make him look BAD should be in power of the country. And a man who has the confidence to launch his campaign with just a big picture of his head is surely more confident in handling important situations than a man who already looks like he's died and.... Richard Clegg? |
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... Why are all of our political parties so rubbish? >.< |
BNP ftw.
But seriously, I've always liked the Tories, and I'll be pushing them again. |
OMG Harry, a Torie!
Right, my view. It's politics, all of them have lied. However, I do have to say, I don't like David Cameron. And I live with the most fanatical Conservative ever, my dad (even delivered a Conservative leaflet to one of my best friends. Lucky they didn't know it was him.) My political view is like the Conservative one I guess. Just, I don't like the current leader of them. And who will most likely win after Brown's major... Mess. And the Lib Dems (who I like 2nd most) have no chance, even if they won, as they need a certain number of seats in politics (as my dad constantly reminds me), so it is a Conservative victory. |
The same scenario always happens; the Conservatives will win the election because Gordon Brown & Labour is widely hated at the moment, then after a few years the Conservatives will ruin something big that turns everyone against them, then Labour will take the next election. All our political parties are equally useless. The Liberal Democrats are almost as bad, but to be honest I'd rather see them win than Conservatives or Labour. Modern politics are a joke.
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I don't think the fact that Labour sent round leaflets to Cancer sufferers saying that the Tory policies on cancer could endanger their lives, really helped them. They were sent to like two hundred thousand people, or something. They had to apologise AGAIN.
Also, Gordon Brown has the personality [and look] of boiled cabbage. |
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The news has just claimed that voting numbers are expected to hit a record low. Despite earlier reporting that Cleggmania was going to draw in all the students and such >.>
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As I've seen so far, Nick Clegg still seems to be the strongest candidate. It seems likelier and likelier that the Lib Dems are going to swipe this one, IMHO. Conservative aren't putting enough ideals forwards and there seems to be a mutual agreement across the country that Labour has failed us. Pretty much all smaller parties than these three are too obscure or specialist to gain much attention, or fill themselves with silly self-righteousness like the BNP or UKIP.
On the subject of BNP, Nick Griffin made a huge blunder earlier this week/fortnight. He dressed up as St. George - the Palistine-born Roman immigrant. *facepalm* If only I were old enough to vote, because I've got this sudden and previously non-existant interest in politics right now, and I have my own ideas of which would be the best route to take. |
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I personally think people with just stick with Brown - stick with what they know in order to get out of this apparent 'mess' the country is in.
However there's a gut feeling I have saying the Lib Dems might surprise us all... |
My school are holding a mock campaign for it and I'm the Green Party candidate (I know o.o'), despite not really having supported any politics before, so I've ended up having to read up on everything. Personally I think that the Lib Dems are gonna do well, I think that their policies are pretty good, compared to the others. But I guess it depends on your backgrounds etc... students at my school tend to be slightly 'better off' than average, so there's a huge number of Conservatives, yet my friend groups outside of school are all Labour/Lib Dem because they come from less priveliged backgrounds and they don't care about inheiritance taxes and so on.
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