cdhafc1874 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Over-simplification perhaps on Copeland but - % of vote lost by UKIP looks like it went straight to the Tories while the % of vote lost by Labour is covered by the % gains of the Lib Dems & the independent candidate.Awful result for Labstain but would be surprised at this juncture if Corbyn went over it.Good to see UKIP fail miserably again in both votes too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Good to see UKIP fail miserably again in both votes too. The Bbc will need to up its game 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fide Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 LOLKIP. LOLBOUR. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 The combined UKIP and Tory vote in Stoke was 49%. Looks like Labour managed to hold because there was no third party squeeze more than any huge enthusiasm for their candidate. I find it a bit bizarre that UKIP can still get 25% of the vote with a hard Brexit unfolding. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fide Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 6 minutes ago, LongTimeLurker said: The combined UKIP and Tory vote in Stoke was 49%. Looks like Labour managed to hold because there was no third party squeeze more than any huge enthusiasm for their candidate. I find it a bit bizarre that UKIP can still get 25% of the vote with a hard Brexit unfolding. I don't even understand why people still vote UKIP? Surely their raison d'etre has been fulfilled? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antlion Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 22 minutes ago, Fide said: I don't even understand why people still vote UKIP? Surely their raison d'etre has been fulfilled? As long as there are foreign voices on trains, UKIP will be able to cultivate the xenophobes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 rUK desperately needs a credible left-of-centre political party to offer an alternative to the Tories' austerity agenda. Sadly i do not see such a force emerging any time soon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H Wragg Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 As long as there are foreign voices on trains, UKIP will be able to cultivate the xenophobes. Indeed. Folk think UKIP are the party to drive vans round their neighbourhood and round up all Eastern Europeans and stick them on the first flight back to Warsaw, Bucharest etc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaffenThinMint Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 22 minutes ago, Antlion said: As long as there are foreign voices on trains, UKIP will be able to cultivate the xenophobes. As long as Labour are so utterly shite, UKIP & anyone else able to put a team together for an election will be able to cultivate those who will vote anything but Tory. The Greens won a council by election yesterday by promising to fill the local river with beavers! (cue inevitable beaver jokes in 3 2 1.....) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 6 minutes ago, WaffenThinMint said: As long as Labour are so utterly shite, UKIP & anyone else able to put a team together for an election will be able to cultivate those who will vote anything but Tory. The Greens won a council by election yesterday by promising to fill the local river with beavers! (cue inevitable beaver jokes in 3 2 1.....) What do you call a beaver with a top hat? Peter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Willie Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 1 hour ago, Fide said: I don't even understand why people still vote UKIP? Surely their raison d'etre has been fulfilled? But has it? Brexit hasn't happened yet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooky Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Well the Labour campaign strategy in Copeland - which was quite literally - vote Tory and your babies will die, shockingly didn't hold it for them! Labour strategy now appears to be to just shrug the seat off as being a marginal. A marginal they've held since the 1930s and lost in the 7th year of a Conservative government. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Well the Labour campaign strategy in Copeland - which was quite literally - vote Tory and your babies will die, shockingly didn't hold it for them! Labour strategy now appears to be to just shrug the seat off as being a marginal. A marginal they've held since the 1930s and lost in the 7th year of a Conservative government. 2nd the first 5 was with the libs holding you up 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaffenThinMint Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 9 minutes ago, doulikefish said: 2nd the first 5 was with the libs sucking the Tories boaby whilst they pig fucked the economy & everything else FTFY 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 I don't even understand why people still vote UKIP? Surely their raison d'etre has been fulfilled? Until we are all white, speaking English, wearing union jack shorts, walking bulldogs and eating of Diana plates... they will always have a place 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loondave1 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Still think this is UKIP in a nutshell. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRob72 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Far right (or deemed as far right) politics never hold sway in Britain, UKIP have one solitary MP, that's how it will remain. That they collect a decent amount of votes from swerving Labour voters baffles me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRob72 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Yes they do, its called Brexit and theres fcuk all left wing about it. Are you saying 52% of Brits are 'far right' KB? I don't believe they are. Brexit was a massive GIRFUY, after years of being ignored and telt what to think and do? I think it was a huge mistake fwiw, but it seems to have damaged Labour far more than the Tories. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Willie Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 21 minutes ago, RedRob72 said: Far right (or deemed as far right) politics never hold sway in Britain, UKIP have one solitary MP, that's how it will remain. That they collect a decent amount of votes from swerving Labour voters baffles me. Rob, your post reminds me of the SNP back in the day. We used tae get one MP (if we were lucky) but come in second in most constituencies. We were laughed at and ridiculed but times change. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRob72 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Rob, your post reminds me of the SNP back in the day. We used tae get one MP (if we were lucky) but come in second in most constituencies. We were laughed at and ridiculed but times change. Brexit was a huge F*ck up Willie, you'll get your way 3-5 years! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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