General Election 2015

[portslade seagull]

Be glad when it is all over

 

[Hampster Gull]

566 pages, I created a monster. It's been an interesting few months and respect to everyone who has contributed and apologies to those I over-stepped the line with.

Off to see Nick Cave now. Big day tomorrow. May the best party win.

All the best, Comrade Tubthumper.

You certainly called a labour victory early. Did you promise to run around naked or something if that wasnt the case?! Not that i would ask you to honour that!

 

[dazzer6666]

Be glad when it is all over

Reckon we could be doing it all again within a few months.....

 

[Hampster Gull]

There will be many who are undecided but who when they pick up their pencil in the booth will remember the mess of socialist friends left us in and will be steally in their determination not to let it happen again

 

[pb21]

There will be many who are undecided but who when they pick up their pencil in the booth will remember the mess of socialist friends left us in and will be steally in their determination not to let it happen again

What mess did what socialist friends leave?

I assume you're not referring to labour and the GLOBAL financial crisis, primarily caused through neo liberal policies stemming back to right wing governments in the 80s, because I also assume you are not a complete moron.

 

[Ernest]

Final YouGov poll for tomorrow with a sample of 10000 against the usual 1000 is a TIE

Labour 34%
Tories 34%

 

[Soulman]

What mess did what socialist friends leave?

I assume you're not referring to labour and the GLOBAL financial crisis, primarily caused through neo liberal policies stemming back to right wing governments in the 80s, because I also assume you are not a complete moron.

Nice.........a simple biased opinion would have sufficed.

 

[melias shoes]

Reckon we could be doing it all again within a few months.....

FFS.

 

[dazzer6666]

FFS.

Exactly.....

 

[drew]

Not sure if it's been posted before but interesting reading.

http://benjaminstudebaker.com/2015/05/02/britain-for-the-love-of-god-please-stop-david-cameron/

 

[Bozza]

So, an hour or so from election day it is time to be reflective...

This thread began with Labour having a 7 (seven) (sieben) point lead over the nasty meany selfish spiteful vindictive Tories. This was down from what I believe was their mid-term high lead of 10 (ten) (zehn) point lead but still enough to romp home with a sizeable majority.

Despite that, I'm sure they'd kick on for an easy-easy-easy victory, right?

Is anyone able to confirm the current lead that Labour has please.

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

Not sure if it's been posted before but interesting reading.

http://benjaminstudebaker.com/2015/05/02/britain-for-the-love-of-god-please-stop-david-cameron/

Interesting read.

Especially the comments section which basically rubbish the whole article.

And the note....

"Before 1998, British students went to university for free. Society benefits from a well-educated population. "

Remind me who introduced tuition fees?

 

[pastafarian]

So, an hour or so from election day it is time to be reflective...

This thread began with Labour having a 7 (seven) (sieben) point lead over the nasty meany selfish spiteful vindictive Tories. This was down from what I believe was their mid-term high lead of 10 (ten) (zehn) point lead but still enough to romp home with a sizeable majority.

Despite that, I'm sure they'd kick on for an easy-easy-easy victory, right?

Is anyone able to confirm the current lead that Labour has please.

That would be zero(zero,nichts,null,zilch,zip,nothing,nil,nada,Norway,sweet FA,Nullwachstum)

Der Zeiger steht auf null

still,should make for an interesting day all round

 

[Hampster Gull]

What mess did what socialist friends leave?

I assume you're not referring to labour and the GLOBAL financial crisis, primarily caused through neo liberal policies stemming back to right wing governments in the 80s, because I also assume you are not a complete moron.

Welcome to the party. I have debated these issues for the last few months, please see endless earlier posts on this thread that counter your points.

Anyway, tonight feels a bit like Christmas eve, all calm before the big event. I am too relaxed to debate this. It will be what it wil be

 

[drew]

So, an hour or so from election day it is time to be reflective...

This thread began with Labour having a 7 (seven) (sieben) point lead over the nasty meany selfish spiteful vindictive Tories. This was down from what I believe was their mid-term high lead of 10 (ten) (zehn) point lead but still enough to romp home with a sizeable majority.

Despite that, I'm sure they'd kick on for an easy-easy-easy victory, right?

Is anyone able to confirm the current lead that Labour has please.

Perhaps you could remind us why the meany selfish spiteful vindictive tories failed to win an outright majority at the last election when they were up against Labour who had the misfortune of being on watch during the 'global' financial crisis but were led by Brown who was probably the most unpopular leader of recent times. Intelligent he may have been but he was not a great leader. And still Cameron didn't win!

 

[Machiavelli]

It seems bizarre that the data there shows vote share for Great Britain but seats for the UK

Yup. That really is a bizarre prediction, way out of the kilter with the others (see: http://www.may2015.com for evidence). Still, perhaps that's the last poll we'll see for a while selected by [MENTION=36]Titanic[/MENTION]. He'll be on a new thread trying to insist that, despite not getting a majority, because the Tories managed to get a few more seats than Labour that they have the 'moral' or 'democratic' legitimacy to govern. There will be a lot of that over the next week or so.

 

[Stato]

So, an hour or so from election day it is time to be reflective...

This thread began with Labour having a 7 (seven) (sieben) point lead over the nasty meany selfish spiteful vindictive Tories. This was down from what I believe was their mid-term high lead of 10 (ten) (zehn) point lead but still enough to romp home with a sizeable majority.

Despite that, I'm sure they'd kick on for an easy-easy-easy victory, right?

Is anyone able to confirm the current lead that Labour has please.

The loss of the lead for the opposition as the election comes closer is not unusual and has been predicted by pollsters. In fact many pundits have predicted an even larger swing to the incumbent. In August 2014 the Labour opposition had a seven point lead. It has lost that lead and is now level (-7 over eight months). In August 2009 the Conservative opposition had a seventeen point lead, by the following May their lead was reduced to seven points (-10 over eight months)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AonYZs4MzlZbcGhOdG0zTG1EWkVPOEY3OXRmOEIwZmc#gid=0

 

[Bozza]

Perhaps you could remind us why the meany selfish spiteful vindictive tories failed to win an outright majority at the last election when they were up against Labour who had the misfortune of being on watch during the 'global' financial crisis but were led by Brown who was probably the most unpopular leader of recent times. Intelligent he may have been but he was not a great leader. And still Cameron didn't win!

You're calling 2010 as a Labour victory?

The loss of the lead for the opposition as the election comes closer is not unusual and has been predicted by pollsters. In fact many pundits have predicted an even larger swing to the incumbent. In August 2014 the Labour opposition had a seven point lead. It has lost that lead and is now level (-7 over eight months). In August 2009 the Conservative opposition had a seventeen point lead, by the following May their lead was reduced to seven points (-10 over eight months)

You're calling 2015 as a Labour victory? 4/1 to get the most seats - lump on.

 

[Machiavelli]

So, an hour or so from election day it is time to be reflective...

This thread began with Labour having a 7 (seven) (sieben) point lead over the nasty meany selfish spiteful vindictive Tories. This was down from what I believe was their mid-term high lead of 10 (ten) (zehn) point lead but still enough to romp home with a sizeable majority.

Despite that, I'm sure they'd kick on for an easy-easy-easy victory, right?

Is anyone able to confirm the current lead that Labour has please.

I can't confirm a Labour lead in the national polls. I don't even expect Labour to get more seats than the Tories (because the view that they are nasty meany selfish spiteful vindictive has stuck, and they -- the greatest electoral machine -- haven't won a majority now for 23 years, check back through the history books, and see if you can respond with the previous longest period they endured without a majority).
But I do expect to see Labour forming the next government. And you?

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

So, an hour or so from election day it is time to be reflective...

This thread began with Labour having a 7 (seven) (sieben) point lead over the nasty meany selfish spiteful vindictive Tories. This was down from what I believe was their mid-term high lead of 10 (ten) (zehn) point lead but still enough to romp home with a sizeable majority.

Despite that, I'm sure they'd kick on for an easy-easy-easy victory, right?

Is anyone able to confirm the current lead that Labour has please.

Very funny.