24 or something votes won it i think. we have always had a healthy tory vote anyway so it was only a matter of time before they would win the seat....It follows the trend of how poor labour was in this election but it was still a surprise....
That is what you, PGF and others would have liked to see happen but; a) that would have left our country with no government and b) what is the point of a political party if it refuses the chance to govern (by govern I don't mean sit on the front bench and get chauffered around, how childish to suppose that their decisions were based on such triviality, I mean implementing good policy dreamed up by the likes of you or me...as opposed to London/Intellectual/corporate elites)
Yeah, it was such a cruel and unpopular government that the Tories won an unlikely majority and the Labour party was routed.
Gower currently comprises the electoral wards of Gower, Oystermouth, Newton, Mawr, Pennard, Fairwood, Kingsbridge, Lower Loughor, Upper Loughor, Penyrheol, Bishopston,Gorseinon, Pontarddulais, Clydach, Penclawdd, Gowerton, Penllergaer, Llangyfelach and West Cross.
. .................and you're full of patronising s.hit. You were so astute that you thought everyone should forget what Clegg and the Lib Dems had done in the last Parliament and move on. Politics doesn't work like that and the electorate showed their total contempt of the Lib Dems as a party. Keep banging the drum though because it keeps us entertained. Two taxis for the Lib Dems please
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Isn't it time to move this thread off the stickies? We're done now, what has occurred is the following tories - won Labour - lost Liberals - are whores UKIP - racists Green Party - Disappointed Plaid - didn't progress SNP - hugely gained The public - has got cuts, cuts , cuts for the next 5 years the end
If the Gower constituency was the Gower everybody knows then it would be one of the safest Conservative seats in the UK.
Of course it would be, as the most affluent and retired who hugely benefit from a Tory government live there. The rest of the wards in there are more of your working class areas.
Will the tories deliver What was promised.. ÷ Give the NHS an extra £8billion a year by 2020 ÷ Extend right-to-buy scheme to housing association tenants ÷ Build 200,000 starter homes ÷ Take everyone who earns less than £12,500 out of income tax ÷ Lift minimum wage workers on 30 hours a week out of income tax ÷ Increase the minimum wage to £8 by the end of the decade ÷ Double the free childcare allowance for three and four-year-olds to 30 hours ÷ No above-inflation rise in rail fares until 2020 ÷ Increase the inheritance tax threshold on family homes to £1million ÷ Cut £10billion of red tape ÷ Raise the threshold for the 40p rate of tax to £50,000 ÷ Lower the benefit cap from £26,000 to £23,000 ÷ Same-day GP appointments for the elderly and the right to a named GP ÷ Freeze the BBC licence fee ÷ Reduce number of MPs to 600 ÷ Protect pensioner benefits including free bus passes and the winter fuel payment ÷ In/out EU referendum in 2017 ÷ End any new public subsidy for onshore wind farms ÷ Finally make a decision on expansion of airport capacity lets see if they can deliver.
