OK, I said I wouldn't comment further, but feel I have to on this issue. I agree that Ed Balls will indeed be a loss as Nick Robinson also said. I found the guy really dislikeable as a person, but I still respect him!!
better than the fools who wanted scottish nationalists and unions to have the control better to have some people get ****ed over than to have everyone get ****ed over, which is what would happen with Back-stabber Miliband in power.
As much as I dislike UKIP: Nearly 4million votes (13% of the vote) = 1 seat = broken electoral system
What a depressing result. This is a victory for misinformation, personal attacks and media manipulation more than it is about good politics. Who's ready to move to Sweden?!
Got my German Language exams coming up. Even Germany's CDU-led government has to be better than a Tory majority
Not the best of results from the point of running the country. I can see the tail wagging the dog as the more right wing tory back-benchers will be in position to exert far more authority than they ever did within the coalition. Not as bad as being wagged either by UKIP or the SNP but still leaves the PM in the ironic position of winning more votes and more seats than last time round but in far more danger of the knives being sharpened behind his back than in 2010 if he does not listen to his back benchers. I felt that Clegg's resignation speech was a credit to him and I agree with David Steel's assessment that history is likely to judge him more kindly than the electorate just have. I feel that a decent man has led his party to oblivion for the greater good of the country and that takes a huge amount of integrity. I understand people being frustrated about the compromises he and the LD's had to make in coalition but they forget the positive differences the LD policies have made and I suspect we will now see a significant move to the right despite the PM's lip service to one nation conservatism. Not upset by the loss of Danny Alexander as he broke the ethos of "what happens on tour, stays on tour" and I doubt anyone would trust him sufficiently to work with him despite his obvious talent. Hopefully come Saturday evening Ed Balls will have a bit more of a smile on his face as something Blue gets comprehensively beaten in East Anglia. COYY
for anyone who remember britain pre Thatcher it's the best result possible. Nothing would **** us more than the SNP and trade Unions calling the shots, some people remember well three day weeks, brown outs and shortages
Cleary you have only ready the first 12 words of my post and not made it to the third sentence...... I don't disagree that it is better to have a small majority than a corpse Government sustained by endless concessions to the SNP but personally I would have rather seen a bigger Tory majority to allow Cameron to have a bit more control or another Lib/Con coalition to keep the more hardline right-wingers in check.
Absolute bullshit This is the problem, too many idiots are suckered in and actually believe **** like this, shame on them
I take it back, . I knew LD would be screwed as soon as they made the coalition, their natural bed fellows were labour but they could never have put Brown back in, they would've been lynched. The main problem with this election is there was only one candidate that was close to leadership material. Some of us remember what happened last time the unions had power, it led to three-day weeks, power brown outs, shortages and, in the end, Thatcher.
I know mate, I had a real bad feeling this would happen since the start of the week, still can't quite believe people have actually done it though. I'm gonna stick my neck out here, and I know this won't be popular with everyone, but in my opinion anyone who voted Tory yesterday is a ****ing arsehole and they can go **** themselves. A pox on your houses you selfish ****ers.
well, I'd rather **** myself than be sold down a river to be ****ed by a rabble of bigotted scots and Stalinist trade unionists
IT'S NOT THE ****ING 70'S ANYMORE! Half the problem we face with politics in this country is the dissatisfied youth who don't know who to vote for, or don't vote and it opens the way to Conservatism. This was also the worst result for green policies. Why don't we have any politicians like Bernie Sanders in England?!
As long as we stick up for the bankers then eh? If you're old enough to remember the 70's you should know bloody better
