UK elections =[
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uke:
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thank fuck its over
its done my nut in hearing everyone try and shove their opinions down your throat. shit result for everyone though.
its done my nut in hearing everyone try and shove their opinions down your throat. shit result for everyone though.
MetalJonesy
more metal, more booze!!!
-Gavin-
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Thank fuck! I'm a big supporter of Cameron.
Exactly what the UK needs... To stop encouraging everyone to be scum.
Exactly what the UK needs... To stop encouraging everyone to be scum.
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Haha, for sure a worthy trade-off for 200 billion pounds worth of natural resources quickly increasing in value in the North Sea and we pay taxes too remember, the problem is that the UK government won't give Scotland fiscal autonomy, why I wonder 
It's not going to fly that the Conservatives only got 1 MP in Scotland and are still going to be running the whole country by the looks of it, we're quite obviously working on totally different wavelengths politically and socially, not saying this is a bad thing, just that there is a divide that the UK as a whole tries to ignore that is only causing grief.
The only thing keeping the Union together is some warped nostalgic pride about our unity in the last world war and some English politicians pretensions about keeping Great Britain as some sort of empire still.
It's not going to fly that the Conservatives only got 1 MP in Scotland and are still going to be running the whole country by the looks of it, we're quite obviously working on totally different wavelengths politically and socially, not saying this is a bad thing, just that there is a divide that the UK as a whole tries to ignore that is only causing grief.
The only thing keeping the Union together is some warped nostalgic pride about our unity in the last world war and some English politicians pretensions about keeping Great Britain as some sort of empire still.
Skinny Viking
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pip pip wat wat
God I wish I knew WTF you guys are talking about cause it sounds interesting, more so than our fucking elections that are gearing up for senate and all
God I wish I knew WTF you guys are talking about cause it sounds interesting, more so than our fucking elections that are gearing up for senate and all
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Basically the country is in a political stalemate, something that could never happen in the US because your political climate dictates that one of two parties has to win.
We're in a position were one party (Conservatives - also refered to as the Tories) has the biggest number of seats in the Parliament but doesnt have enough to hold complete power ie has only around 40% of the seats, it would need over 50% to form a strong government. The opposition parties (Labour, Liberal Democrats/Lib Dems, SNP, Plaid Cmyru) have the rest of the seats but this encompasses around four or five parties with the two larger ones not holding enough seats to have more than 50% even if they joined together (Labour, Lib Dems). One of these two parties (Labour) was the former ruling party as well, so if they joined into a coalition with any other parties to hold on to their rule then it would look weak because they lost out on the popular vote.
Meanwhile, the largest party only got 1 seat out of a possible 60 something in Scotland, which basically means that if they get into power then the election result is exactly the opposite of what nearly all the Scottish people voted for, ie the UK parliament leaders would been decided by English folks alone.
Add a botched voting system into this and you have a recipe for disaster.
Yup. Trying to run a country without a clear majority is a real bitch.
Anyhow: Hooray for Brighton!!!!
Anyhow: Hooray for Brighton!!!!
Skinny Viking
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Öwen;9074132 said:
Wow! That IS pretty fucked up sounding ... thanks for the breakdown. Too bad our "Independent" party is not actually a party at all really, more of a group both of the 2 parties pander too when they want their votes. Having at least 3 parties might make things a bit more interesting around here, especially if they could merge with another party in situations like you mentioned.
kev
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-Gavin-
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On a side note:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/england/8663681.stm
My favourite video of the day!
I don't agree with the BNP generally but spitting on someone deserves it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/england/8663681.stm
My favourite video of the day!
I don't agree with the BNP generally but spitting on someone deserves it.
kev
Im guybrush threepwood
