The Naitch Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Greens take a seat in the South West. The Lib Dems are taking a bashing tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 If the Lib Dems get wiped out then I may well burst several sphincters through laughter. They're the electoral equivalent of Hibs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 He has a point. The BBC shouldn't be giving any more or any less airtime to any one party. But it's easy to circumvent this on 'news' and 'current affairs' programmes That's not strictly true - the amount of coverage is dictated by how the parties poll. Which is why there's always a Labour, Conservative and Lib Dem on the Question Time panel. The complexities of the different nations having different parties makes things difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmothecat Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 To be fair to Ukip, the only party literature I got for this campaign was from them and the only person standing outside the polling station I voted at was canvassing for Ukip. Would never vote for them, but they were the only party that (for me at least) were present in any sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'm Brian Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~~~ Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 UKIP have been getting huge exposure, but it's also been overwhelmingly negative. Double edged sword. I don't believe it's been very negative from the BBC regarding UKIP.they don't even bother to mention the parties other policies. just that they're anti EU. even earlier it was discussed how Nigel is fighting for the "working man" they couldn't be further away from being a working class representation than possible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Cort's Hamstring Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 He got tore into them, saying its a big difference between UKIP coming 1st in England and 4th in Scotland, Proportionally speaking they've made a bigger improvement in vote share in Scotland than rUK (although obviously from a much lower base). They'll still do nothing in the general election though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForzaDundee Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 UKIP are on 30% in Britian and it's treated like a landslide victory. SNP are on 30% in Scotland and it's treated like a defeat. #BBCLogic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Cort's Hamstring Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 I don't believe it's been very negative from the BBC regarding UKIP.they don't even bother to mention the parties other policies. just that they're anti EU. even earlier it was discussed how Nigel is fighting for the "working man" they couldn't be further away from being a working class representation than possible I think Farage gets relatively good coverage, but every story that I've seen which isn't directly about him has been a negative one. They've just done quite well in spinning it to say that this demonstrates they're the anti-establishment party. Although the wider point is that every political party going thinks that the media is picking on them in some way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bairn Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 The SNP might not even be in the hypothetical "7th" place. Oh boy the seethe is going to be monumental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon EF Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 What share of the vote did UKIP get in London in the council elections? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellfan09 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 The SNP might not even be in the hypothetical "7th" place. Oh boy the seethe is going to be monumental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tryfield Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'm Brian Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Labour pushed into third in South Ayrshire. Pleasing. Lib Dems Less than a 1000 votes. Pleasing Tories top though. Not Pleasing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForzaDundee Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 The final Scottish seat could very well depend on the God botherer vote tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael W Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Interesting that the Conservative vote seems to be holding steady despite UKIP gains. Labour and UKIP both up, and the Lib Dems pretty well down. The only other party doing badly appears to be the BNP, who are actually below that Britain First lot that sprung up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bairn Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Tories doing a lot better than their opinion polls showed. Idiots on twitter think the SNP improved their position with the Glasgow result, not realising that the Nats need to gain 3x the amount of votes as UKIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Dr. Fox on now. Haven't seen him on the telly since Pop Idol went off the air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Cort's Hamstring Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 What share of the vote did UKIP get in London in the council elections? Around 7% I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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