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Discussion in 'Southampton' started by TheSecondStain, Jul 15, 2014.

  1. tomw24

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    Cameron has had a great 12 hours. Wins a majority election, and 3 of his rivals quit. He'll be very pleased with taking Farage down.
     
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    Been an absolutely incredible night for the Conservatives. Beyond their wildest expectations.
     
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    Yep. Seems to be a 'normal' person tho. He has been mates with my uncle for years and doesn't seem out of touch. It will probably change now tho....
     
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    IMO Miliband can talk the talk, but would not be able to walk the walk. I voted Tories mainly because I had very major doubts about his ability to be PM. A lot of his policies were fundamentally flawed IMO - raising minimum wage to £8/hour would not have ended well IMO.
     
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    Pompey playing Fleetwood?
     
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    I voted entirely the opposite, for pretty much the entire opposite.

    That is democracy I guess, haha.
     
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    Brenda Rogers (Prat): Liverpool (red) to Newcastle (NE Independent Party)
    John Carver (best Coach in the World): Newcastle to Forest Green Rovers (Green)
     
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    And there it is. The Conservatives have officially got a majority, with their 326th seat.

    Are there any seats left on that Mars flight?
     
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    Tories have won their 326th seat. :)
     
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    I've bought them all up.
     
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    You can't go AL, we need you to carry on hounding UKIP!
     
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    I won't majorly slag of any MP. Milibrand for me was too weak. So I voted for the okish Cameron. Voting for Green didn't make sense and Lib Dem's are basically done. UKIP are UKIP.But the one person I can't stop disliking is Salmond. His face just looks too punchable.
     
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    Still staggered by this result: every opinion poll leading up to the election was so wrong. Exit poll even underestimated the Tory vote.
     
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    I think that it what he likes though. I actually admire him as a politician. He transformed the SNP as a party.
     
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    I just turn the TV over everytime he is on. I also think Scotland will be independent in a few years. But I also think they would have been if Labour had won.
     
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    Well if Labour had won, they would have held at least half the seats in Scotland.

    North of the border, Scottish Labour isn't left-wing enough, and in England, it isn't right wing enough.
     
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    I'm going to go for three leader predictions:

    UKIP: Douglas Carswell

    LibDems: Tim Farron

    Labour: Yvette Cooper - I think they will go for a woman. Personally, I would favour someone like Chukka Umunna. Not perfect by any means, but would have appeal in England I think.
     
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    I don't think we've seen the last of Farage unfortunately.
     
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    The real disappointment was the alternative option they proposed. With a straight Proportional Representation vote, they may have won.
     
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