Election 2005 - initial thoughts (555 hits)
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Submitted by Apollo (View user info) at 2005-05-05 22:30:34 EDT
first of all it looks like labour and tony blair will be returned to government with a majority of around 71 (down from 160 odd).
historic third term etc blah blah blah
a couple of points :
the govt of this country, a major world power (save the gags mickginny you know we are really), will only gain THIRTY-SIX PERCENT of the vote.
How the fuck does that work???
Our electoral system is outdated, clearly.
ALSO AND MOST IMPORTANLTY :
The three major supporters of the war usa, uk and oz bush, blair and howard have ALL BEEN RETURNED TO POWER.
More later, back to the goggle box.
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Submitted by Chillax (user info) at 2005-05-06 13:12:27 EDT (#)
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No, there isn't anything wrong with our system bar that people don't vote in high enough numbers.
You *could* try proportional representation, whereby if a party gains 36% of the vote, it gains 36% of the seats.
Sounds reasonable, no?
Where else did they try this, I hear you cry?
Germany.
1919-1933.
What happened in '33? Hitler took over because the current Government was shite.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2005-05-06 12:54:57 EDT (#)
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Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2005-05-06 12:15:40 (#)
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2005-05-06 11:45:03 (#)
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Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2005-05-06 08:45:53 (#)
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Should we just add a 51st star on our flag for you guys now?
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You could invade us. I'd rather be american than canadian nowadays.
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We don't want you.
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:~(
Submitted by Adereterial (user info) at 2005-05-06 12:28:14 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Bellebrown (user info) at 2005-05-06 10:30:38 (#)
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See, you should have been watching Dead Ringers on BBC2...
I don't understand it either, but at least I laughed a little bit throughout the whole experience.
See, from what I can see - if we didn't have the lib dems and all those independants, then we'd have a clear winner...
Still, I'm not sure just two choices is a good thing either.
What really fucks me off is that you can love your local guy, but hate his party... so - do you cut your nose off to spite your wheelie bin or what?
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Umm... Belle... we have a clear winner. Labour have more seats than the other parties and independants combined. Hence they won, with more than 324 seats, and the 60 odd majority. If there was no clear winner it would be a hung parliament, and we'd end up with a coalition or another election.
Submitted by Jo (user info) at 2005-05-06 12:22:01 EDT (#)
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I dont think it matters where in the world your from.. Its safe to say that when it comes to politics its a case of SNAFU!
Submitted by TheSpook (user info) at 2005-05-06 12:18:10 EDT (#)
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This just proves that the British aren't more educated than the USA.
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2005-05-06 12:15:40 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2005-05-06 11:45:03 (#)
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Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2005-05-06 08:45:53 (#)
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Should we just add a 51st star on our flag for you guys now?
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You could invade us. I'd rather be american than canadian nowadays.
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We don't want you.
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2005-05-06 12:13:35 EDT (#)
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It's the economy isn't it?
Submitted by Jo (user info) at 2005-05-06 12:04:13 EDT (#)
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As i was heading into the polling station yesterday this old dear turned round to me and said 'just dont vote for Bush!'.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2005-05-06 11:45:03 EDT (#)
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Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2005-05-06 08:45:53 (#)
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Should we just add a 51st star on our flag for you guys now?
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You could invade us. I'd rather be american than canadian nowadays.
Submitted by Bellebrown (user info) at 2005-05-06 10:30:38 EDT (#)
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See, you should have been watching Dead Ringers on BBC2...
I don't understand it either, but at least I laughed a little bit throughout the whole experience.
See, from what I can see - if we didn't have the lib dems and all those independants, then we'd have a clear winner...
Still, I'm not sure just two choices is a good thing either.
What really fucks me off is that you can love your local guy, but hate his party... so - do you cut your nose off to spite your wheelie bin or what?
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2005-05-06 08:45:53 EDT (#)
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Should we just add a 51st star on our flag for you guys now?
Submitted by knucklesnelson (user info) at 2005-05-06 08:08:36 EDT (#)
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Welcome to america
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2005-05-06 06:51:27 EDT (#)
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At least it's not the Tories.
Submitted by Adereterial (user info) at 2005-05-06 06:47:12 EDT (#)
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Apologies for the linkwhore but hey... my thoughts on last night are here: http://www.ubersite.com/m/65773
Have a +2.
Submitted by funk_boy (user info) at 2005-05-06 06:01:07 EDT (#)
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Hardly the biggest suprise in the world was it.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2005-05-06 05:48:03 EDT (#)
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Oh well, that's the end of that dream. 5 more years of being shat on by tories and shoveled up by Labour.
One day my people will be free and a Golden Dove wil soar through the skies of this once great land, perhaps even the world.
Ah, fuck it. I don't care who's in charge as long as I get my genetically enhanced, super-cybernetic offspring.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2005-05-06 02:21:10 EDT (#)
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It's not over yet. We want the Lib Dems in opposition, not power. Blair is a good leader. He's educated, diplomatic and a true statesman. Micky Howard is a slimy, back-stabbing tory (even worse than regular tories) and Charles Kennedy is ginger.
Submitted by Hairsphincter (user info) at 2005-05-06 01:46:34 EDT (#)
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Dude, you seriously couldn't have seen it any other way - Howard, then Bush, then Blair.
Sieg Heil the Fourth Reich.
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-05-06 01:44:18 EDT (#)
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Your election results turned out exactly how I imagined they would.
Submitted by ellsmall (user info) at 2005-05-06 01:26:31 EDT (#)
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ALSO AND MOST IMPORTANLTY :
The three major supporters of the war usa, uk and oz bush, blair and howard have ALL BEEN RETURNED TO POWER
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OMFG! Has France surrendered yet?
Submitted by The_Fan (user info) at 2005-05-06 00:45:48 EDT (#)
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Of course if the guys you liked won with 35% of the vote, you would jump up and yell "This is what democracy looks like". Ever notice how its always the losers calling for electoral reform? I'm not British and could personally acre less who won that election, but if the Lib Dems won, I bet you would have said "fair result".
Am I right?
Submitted by zakalwe (user info) at 2005-05-05 23:53:04 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Spooner (user info) at 2005-05-05 22:44:59 (#)
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Ok, now you guys have to stay off our asses about re-electing Bush.
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It's a false comparison really. The Labour party has been re-elected DESPITE Iraq. Blair was able to do what Bush couldn't, which was run on his domestic record - because domestically these guys really do have their act together (unlike some Republican assholes I could mention).
Without Iraq this would have been a third landslide, and another triumph for Blair. You can trace it back to '97, when the Tory leadership got totally decimated. They still haven't recovered.
Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2005-05-05 23:10:43 EDT (#)
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"The three major supporters of the war usa, uk and oz bush, blair and howard have ALL BEEN RETURNED TO POWER."
The axis of weasels. On a sidenote, AC Milan will also be returned to power on the 25th. Good grief, what a mismatch..
Submitted by Stin (user info) at 2005-05-05 23:01:45 EDT (#)
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Since I haven't read anything you've written for an age, here's a cursory +2 'cause I'm sure I missed something good.
But what I really logged in to say was:
FUCKERS.
They could at least give Michael Howard a chance.
Hmph.
(Disgruntled Tory.)
Submitted by Lechuga (user info) at 2005-05-05 22:59:33 EDT (#)
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Dude no offense, but we can read this on british news websites. Since I am actually a bit interested (I don't know why), you get a 0 instead of a -2.
Submitted by professorfuckface (user info) at 2005-05-05 22:55:13 EDT (#)
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Howard being re-elected had nothing to do with war on Iraq. The whole thing here came down to the Liberals claiming that if Latham was elected home loans would go to from 5% to 16%, which scared enough retards.
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2005-05-05 22:50:55 EDT (#)
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looks like war is good for something afterall, another term in power.
Submitted by Spooner (user info) at 2005-05-05 22:44:59 EDT (#)
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Ok, now you guys have to stay off our asses about re-electing Bush.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2005-05-05 22:43:40 EDT (#)
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A fucking English guy won.
Submitted by Dead_0hi0_Sky (user info) at 2005-05-05 22:41:03 EDT (#)
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fuck politics.
Submitted by mikethescottish (user info) at 2005-05-05 22:37:10 EDT (#)
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We're fucked. There were some good cheers in the student union whenever the Lib Dems held or gained, still waiting for my postal vote to hold a crucial influence over the Romsey constituency.
Submitted by dodahdave (user info) at 2005-05-05 22:35:03 EDT (#)
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Bart: You know, Grampa kinda smells like that trunk in the garage
where the bottom's all wet.
Lisa: Nuh-uh, he smells more like a photo lab.
Homer: Stop it, both of you! Grampa smells like a regular old man,
which is more like a hallway in a hospital.
Old Money
Submitted by stevie_says (user info) at 2005-05-05 22:34:39 EDT (#)
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Representation by population, man. That's the only way to go.
Submitted by Degreeless_Capibara (user info) at 2005-05-05 22:32:34 EDT (#)
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I knew it'd be a replay of the US election. Sorry guys.