invergowrie arab Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Scottish questions will be a hoot. Mundell facing 56 snp mps getting hauners from a half dozen snoozing pals from the shires whipped into attending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmadaleKillie Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 To be fair, they only lost about 8 seats to the Tories. Some areas went more Labour. The biggest surprise for me was the number of Lib Dem voters going to the Tories. Yeah, people seem to be ignoring the LD to Tory moves that went on.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Psychosis Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 I wouldn't be so sure about that There are plenty of no voters who were convinced that Scotland would be treated better after a no vote who have been left with a bad taste in their mouths. Take my dad for an example. He has voted labour for his whole life and while he was Initially firmly in the no camp, he started swaying in the weeks leading up to the referendum. Just when he was close to being a certain Yes vote, "the vow" happened and he ended up voting No. Then the English abandoned the vow barely a week after the referendum. This year He voted SNP for the first time in his life this year and would 100% vote yes given another referendum. I know of quite a few folk who voted SNP this time round who remain utterly opposed to independence. Personally I think thats a bonkers stance to make but to each their own I suppose. Its not easy to see how yesterday affects the independence movement (in terms of support for it) but another Tory government is fantastic news politically for the SNP, even if they'd never admit it publically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 I'd love to know what the SE of England region voting make up was. It's nearly entirely Tory on the election map with only two seats that went another way. Why no outrage about that? But, but, but. They are 'democratic voters' remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Yeah, people seem to be ignoring the LD to Tory moves that went on.. Are they? Seems like that's the main angle on the BBC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerwickMad Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Yeah, people seem to be ignoring the LD to Tory moves that went on..It's quite clear now that this was the Tory tactic. Absolutely destroy the Lib Dems in the Tory/Lib Dem marginals. It's certainly what they've been trying to do here. They didn't even need to fight with Labour that much, just protect their seats which the negative campaigning has done. To say England has shifted to the right and there are no left leaning people in England is stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmadaleKillie Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Are they? Seems like that's the main angle on the BBC. Yeah BBC are b*****ds, I couldn't believe that after i posted that I flicked on to it and they had now decided to do a big overview of the LDs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 That image of Farage, Al Murray and the Tory boy is some damn fine television Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 So is Clegg going to step down as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pull My Strings Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 To be fair, they only lost about 8 seats to the Tories. Some areas went more Labour. The biggest surprise for me was the number of Lib Dem voters going to the Tories. Is that really a surprise? The Lib Dems positioned themselves firmly on the Tories' coat-tails promising essentially more of the same Tory policies. If you're a voter in favour of that why would you not simply vote Tory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordieBoy80 Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Glorious night for Dunfermline given that we have got shot of a self serving career w****r. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabidAl Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Glorious night for Dunfermline given that we have got shot of a self serving career w****r. And in Cowden/Kirkcaldy. Delighted that Brown Gordon had stepped down and now no more 'Scottish' Labour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williemillersmoustache Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Jim Murphy, somehow, making an even bigger rip roaring c**t of himself on air right now. "They stole out policies" No Jim, you abandoned your principles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Ask - and you shall receive... Edited to switch image-host - again. Can I just say, this deserves to be imortalised forever as the most greenied post on P & B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevthedee Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 I don't see it being much beyond 2020. SNP can't risk needing a third proindy majority in 2121. That's assuming that labour and Scot labour are still the same party with same position on the union by then. Agree with 2021 as a new indy vote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toto1504 Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Farage humiliated. His party got more votes than the snp yet ended up with 1 seat neither wonder he's feeling pissed off by that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerwickMad Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Is that really a surprise? The Lib Dems positioned themselves firmly on the Tories' coat-tails promising essentially more of the same Tory policies. If you're a voter in favour of that why would you not simply vote Tory.I didn't think of Lib Dem voters would punish their party by heading towards the Tories tbh.Btw, the Labour vote share has gone up in England by 3.6% and the Tories 1.4%. Obviously that wasn't enough for Labour, but I was arguing against the point made that this election has proven that England doesn't have left leaning people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperTon Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Just hearing Jim Murphy's absolute tear-stained speech. Get it right up you Jim! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speckled tangerine Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 I've just taken the recycling out to the paper bin. It's mostly labour shite and I had a good laugh closing the lid literally and also metaphorically on Jim and his cohort of c***s. Might start drinking again this afternoon. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 I've just taken the recycling out to the paper bin. It's mostly labour shite and I had a good laugh closing the lid literally and also metaphorically on Jim and his cohort of c***s. Might start drinking again this afternoon. You should never have stopped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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