| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread 20:33 - Apr 7 with 89639 views | exiledclaseboy |
About time we had one and it's got the word "official" in the title so that makes all the difference. If a mod wants to sticky it, feel free.
I seem to remember that five years ago (on the old, better Planet Swans) we got to nearly 100 pages and then another 60odd with the "aftermath" thread. They were good fun but there were more posters then and we were all a bit more tolerant of others' views. Let's try to be nice to each other, eh.
Anyway, best site for opinion polls is this one in my experience:
http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/
Polls are so tight the only conclusion is that the Tories and Labour are head to head nationwide. Can't put a whisker between them.
Tories need about 39-40% for an overall majority. Labour will probably get one on 36-37%. God bless our ridiculous voting system.
So, enjoy yourselves. I'll start with a prediction. Labour to win most seats but slightly fewer votes than the Tories and end up forming some kind of minority government with support from various parliamentary lefties on a vote by vote basis. And then all of a sudden many Tory supporters will discover that they've always hated first past the post and can't understand why we perpetuate a system under which the party which more people voted for than any other can lose the election. It'll be quite funny and lead to calls for a proper voting system. Which everyone will forget about in six months when all the fuss has died down.
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| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread on 13:32 - Apr 19 with 2027 views | Starsky |
What we need is a memory erasing machine.
Then ask the voting public to vote for one of the proposed manifestos they have more in common with.
Then vote.
This will give Swansea East a chance of democracy once again.
No more of that myfsthervotedforthemandmyfathersfatheralsobollocks.
They wouldn't vote Labour back in that's for sure. I don't think EM has to worry about us or pay special attention to us. We're probably just a load of stupid Sheep to the Labour Party.
Yours truly
A depressed voter with no chance of making a difference. |  |
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| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread on 14:21 - Apr 19 with 2015 views | exiledclaseboy |
| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread on 13:31 - Apr 19 by yescomeon |
Have the Lib Dems not ruled out working with UKIP? |
Don't know, but I can't see that happening. UKIP's seat count is likely to make that irrelevant anyway. | |
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| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread on 15:06 - Apr 19 with 1983 views | libertine |
| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread on 13:32 - Apr 19 by Starsky |
What we need is a memory erasing machine.
Then ask the voting public to vote for one of the proposed manifestos they have more in common with.
Then vote.
This will give Swansea East a chance of democracy once again.
No more of that myfsthervotedforthemandmyfathersfatheralsobollocks.
They wouldn't vote Labour back in that's for sure. I don't think EM has to worry about us or pay special attention to us. We're probably just a load of stupid Sheep to the Labour Party.
Yours truly
A depressed voter with no chance of making a difference. |
I totally agree with you starsky!
why why why do we vote labour in, its brainless
we are like the little mouse that's in the maze who keeps pushing his nose through the the electrified hole to get the cheese, he could just walk around and get the cheese from the smaller door.
these land of my father issues come up again and again people actually get angry when you suggest not to vote labour as they are not working for us. Thinking about it Mrs thatcher was probably a double agent shes certainly kept the labour party in.
Why not go for a plaid poster with Mr milliband wearing a Margaret thatcher wig. |  | | |
| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread on 15:32 - Apr 19 with 1972 views | jackonicko |
| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread on 13:16 - Apr 19 by exiledclaseboy |
Isn't it exciting. New Ministers also make my job more interesting. |
Exciting, in the way that watching a car crash happen in slow motion is exciting.
Their economic illiteracy terrifies me. And like before, it's us that has to pay for it. |  | | |
| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread on 15:34 - Apr 19 with 1968 views | exiledclaseboy |
| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread on 15:32 - Apr 19 by jackonicko |
Exciting, in the way that watching a car crash happen in slow motion is exciting.
Their economic illiteracy terrifies me. And like before, it's us that has to pay for it. |
You worry too much. | |
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| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread on 15:41 - Apr 19 with 1960 views | jackonicko |
| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread on 15:34 - Apr 19 by exiledclaseboy |
You worry too much. |
Maybe. But I am more in the camp that the difference between red and blue in Government is substantive when it comes to the economy. There are ideological differences between the two which are big enough to have a real impact on the macro economy.
And the macro then has a massive impact on the micro.
If I read your posts correctly, you don't think there is that much difference in outcomes between the two? | | | |
| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread on 15:42 - Apr 19 with 1953 views | libertine |
| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread on 15:32 - Apr 19 by jackonicko |
Exciting, in the way that watching a car crash happen in slow motion is exciting.
Their economic illiteracy terrifies me. And like before, it's us that has to pay for it. |
as I've already said,
who ever said that austerity is the only way to get out of a mess.
there are just as many economic specialists on the other side of the fence who say austerity won't work.
whos economics are correct? | | | |
| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread on 15:47 - Apr 19 with 1947 views | exiledclaseboy |
| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread on 15:41 - Apr 19 by jackonicko |
Maybe. But I am more in the camp that the difference between red and blue in Government is substantive when it comes to the economy. There are ideological differences between the two which are big enough to have a real impact on the macro economy.
And the macro then has a massive impact on the micro.
If I read your posts correctly, you don't think there is that much difference in outcomes between the two? |
Not a huge amount, no. Both of them in the main fiddle around the edges of an economic system they have no real control over. There are varying degrees of difference in philosophy about the best way to spend and raise money of course but little of real substance changes. But I'm no economist and now that I know what you do for a living I'm not about to argue the detail of this with you!
My problem with the current government is not so much their handling of the economy, they've actually done very little in that respect, it's how they've decided to raise the money to pay down the deficit by targeting those that are least likely to be in a position to absorb it. Easy targets, perpetuating negative stereotypes that the voters can't wait to buy into. Political bullying. | |
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| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread on 15:52 - Apr 19 with 1932 views | perchrockjack |
Intelligent Leanne eh.
Well, I ask folks to imagine how she is perceived away from Wales.
At lease everyone from Penzance tompenrith leannevis from the r h on da valley, the poorest, most depressed area.
What image does that conjure up |  |
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| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread on 20:24 - Apr 19 with 1870 views | Highjack |
It'll either be another Con/Lib coalition or a Lab/Green one.
I can see Labour being far more willing to work with the greens as they pose no threat, whilst SNP and Plaid are direct rivals in Scotland and Wales.
The Conservatives will be happy to accept the Libs again as they can just keep smacking them around like the little bitches they are for another 5 years. |  |
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| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread on 20:34 - Apr 19 with 1869 views | exiledclaseboy |
| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread on 20:24 - Apr 19 by Highjack |
It'll either be another Con/Lib coalition or a Lab/Green one.
I can see Labour being far more willing to work with the greens as they pose no threat, whilst SNP and Plaid are direct rivals in Scotland and Wales.
The Conservatives will be happy to accept the Libs again as they can just keep smacking them around like the little bitches they are for another 5 years. |
The Greens will have one MP, max. So unless Labour finish one short of an overall majority that's a non-starter. Tories plus LibDems may not provide a majority this time either, Libs are going to lose about half their seats. | |
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| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread on 00:10 - Apr 20 with 1824 views | Uxbridge |
| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread on 15:52 - Apr 19 by perchrockjack |
Intelligent Leanne eh.
Well, I ask folks to imagine how she is perceived away from Wales.
At lease everyone from Penzance tompenrith leannevis from the r h on da valley, the poorest, most depressed area.
What image does that conjure up |
Why would it matter? If somehow Plaid scrambles together enough seats to be relevant ... They won't, sadly, as frankly Wales will need a voice while every sop goes to Scotland ... Then that is the source of their relevance not whether someone who can't vote for them thinks highly of them. |  |
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| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread on 08:40 - Apr 20 with 1769 views | trampie |
See on the Political Compass site where the parties stand on a political graph, Plaid are barely left of centre with Labour, Lib-Dems, UKIP and Conservatives in most cases nearly off the scale being extreme right wing parties.
The main Westminster parties extremists hey, no surprise to some, but might be a surprise to the uninitiated. |  |
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| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread on 09:03 - Apr 20 with 1755 views | JimmyGilligan |
Can someone explain to me this line they keep throwing about 'We can't let our children and grandchildren pay off this generation's debts' ? What the hell did I do? |  | | |
| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread on 13:23 - Apr 20 with 1701 views | trampie |
Nicola Surgeon has today at the SNP manifesto launch spoken about her support for Leanne Wood and Plaid Cymru's call for Wales to have parity funding with Scotland. | |
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| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread on 13:27 - Apr 20 with 1697 views | Uxbridge |
| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread on 15:32 - Apr 19 by jackonicko |
Exciting, in the way that watching a car crash happen in slow motion is exciting.
Their economic illiteracy terrifies me. And like before, it's us that has to pay for it. |
Given the blues have been going against economic theory most of this past Govt, then I'm not sure what economic literacy has to do with anything 
For what it's worth I think both major parties are utterly depressing in that regard. The whole debate is controlled utterly by what flies politically not the economic argument. Bonkers. | |
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| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread on 14:06 - Apr 20 with 1659 views | trampie |
Caroline Lucas the Green MP is urging Welsh voters where there is no Green standing in Wales to vote Plaid Cymru. | |
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| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread on 14:09 - Apr 20 with 1655 views | monmouth |
| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread on 13:27 - Apr 20 by Uxbridge |
Given the blues have been going against economic theory most of this past Govt, then I'm not sure what economic literacy has to do with anything
For what it's worth I think both major parties are utterly depressing in that regard. The whole debate is controlled utterly by what flies politically not the economic argument. Bonkers. |
The whole charade makes me want to donate all my bones to science and live in a bucket to be honest.
Why isn't anyone allowed to mention progressive tax increases and a fairer less divisive society without being labelled as the anti-christ? Why can't our aspiration model be Norway, where people are happy and conspicuous consumption is considered as peculiar anti social behaviour, instead of America where selfish greed and showing off is considered acceptable, nay, laudable. I suppose I'm just an ageing hippy. |  |
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| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread on 14:29 - Apr 20 with 1637 views | Lohengrin |
| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread on 08:40 - Apr 20 by trampie |
See on the Political Compass site where the parties stand on a political graph, Plaid are barely left of centre with Labour, Lib-Dems, UKIP and Conservatives in most cases nearly off the scale being extreme right wing parties.
The main Westminster parties extremists hey, no surprise to some, but might be a surprise to the uninitiated. |
Advocates of a centralist polity don't share platforms with and financially back Communists. That would be a Satanic posture uncharted by any graph! |  |
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| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread on 14:45 - Apr 20 with 1619 views | Uxbridge |
| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread on 14:09 - Apr 20 by monmouth |
The whole charade makes me want to donate all my bones to science and live in a bucket to be honest.
Why isn't anyone allowed to mention progressive tax increases and a fairer less divisive society without being labelled as the anti-christ? Why can't our aspiration model be Norway, where people are happy and conspicuous consumption is considered as peculiar anti social behaviour, instead of America where selfish greed and showing off is considered acceptable, nay, laudable. I suppose I'm just an ageing hippy. |
But everyone should own their own home mun, even if by selling off the limited stock that already exists it's just going to store up further problems for the future. What sort of basket case country wouldn't use this as the ultimate aspiration model? Who mentioned Germany?
People get the country, economy and Govt they deserve. | |
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| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread on 14:50 - Apr 20 with 1606 views | C_jack |
If I'm honest I think the whole thing will collapse and we'll do it all again in October.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-32336071
This highlights the headache well, when not even a Lab/Liberal partnership will get the job done |  |
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| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread on 14:52 - Apr 20 with 1601 views | Lohengrin |
| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread on 14:06 - Apr 20 by trampie |
Caroline Lucas the Green MP is urging Welsh voters where there is no Green standing in Wales to vote Plaid Cymru. |
The Green Party is dismissive of the Welsh language. I can see that they and Dead Wood would have quite a lot in common. | |
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| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread on 14:56 - Apr 20 with 1590 views | Lohengrin |
| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread on 14:50 - Apr 20 by C_jack |
If I'm honest I think the whole thing will collapse and we'll do it all again in October.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-32336071
This highlights the headache well, when not even a Lab/Liberal partnership will get the job done |
It's not beyond the realms of possibility we'll end up with some form of Con/Lab/Lib ruling coalition if there has to be a second election. It's not that far-fetched, you can barely get a Rizla paper between them as it is, they are all just there to carry the coats of the multi-nationals anyway. | |
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| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread on 14:59 - Apr 20 with 1585 views | yescomeon |
| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread on 14:50 - Apr 20 by C_jack |
If I'm honest I think the whole thing will collapse and we'll do it all again in October.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-32336071
This highlights the headache well, when not even a Lab/Liberal partnership will get the job done |
Been playing with this app or whatever it is the other day. Seems a Labour/SNP partnership is the only thing that will get a government formed. |  |
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| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread on 15:01 - Apr 20 with 1581 views | Lohengrin |
| The Official Planet Swans General Election 2015 Thread on 14:59 - Apr 20 by yescomeon |
Been playing with this app or whatever it is the other day. Seems a Labour/SNP partnership is the only thing that will get a government formed. |
How on earth can a governing coalition be formed with at Westminster with a party whose primary purpose is to see it dissolved? | |
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