General Election 2015

[Steve in Japan]

Eyes getting tired. Do i go for my first beer or a cup of tea?

First beer? Hats off to you.

 

[jakarta]

Does anyone understand it though?

Hello Herr T - are you enjoying tonight so far?

 

[Ernest]

Now they reckon that Labour has won more than 1 seat in Scotland so that is the exit poll not so accurate

 

[West Hoathly Seagull]

Labour now supposed to be holding 5 seats in Scotland. I didn't think the idea of the SNP taking nearly every seat was realistic.

 

[Cian]

Now they reckon that Labour has won more than 1 seat in Scotland so that is the exit poll not so accurate

And Galloway gone, with the poll having him staying. Both are guesswork though.

 

[Hampster Gull]

But not according to Ed Balls

Thats right. Balls had the tories resigning and himgetting knighted by the queen, or something like that

 

[8ace]

Eyes getting tired. Do i go for my first beer or a cup of tea?

Banana.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Banana.

 

[London Irish]

Peter Kellner is spot on, 310 seats is enough to form minority government. No need for coalition. I would have expected labour to form a minority if they'd got 290

It would be humiliated in parliament every week

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

Tories voting lab in Edinburgh to keep out SNP, which in turn means harder for Tories to win a majority.

Strange times.

 

[ROSM]

But not according to Ed Balls

Not for the first time I disagree with Ed Balls

 

[West Hoathly Seagull]

Does anyone understand it though?

It's difficult to know. How do people find the German system? I think it's about two thirds constituencies and a list system for the rest in the regions, isn't it? That's how it's done for the Scottish Parliament. In 2007 they had local elections at the same time, voted on by Single Transferable Vote, and there was considerable confusion. France has a sort of AV, but there you have to vote again a week later, with only the top two candidates standing. Australia has the Alternative Vote system and it seems to work okay there, but there are only two big parties, Labor and the Liberals, with some other party (Nationalists?) linked to them.

 

[Flex Your Head]

If the Scots stick with the SNP, then we could have Tory governments for a generation, possibly generations.

*sigh*

 

[Lady Whistledown]

So lib dems could be all but decapitated

I think from what I've seen that there are 40 seats that bbc are giving to cons from lib dem and labour that local people are saying it's too close to call

Somebody's already set up a Twitter account called @LibDemDeposits to document the money they've lost so far.

2,800 followers & rising.

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

Nice change of Avatar, but it's still early days.....

 

[Hampster Gull]

If the Scots stick with the SNP, then we could have Tory governments for a generation, possibly generations.

*sigh*

Very much doubt that

 

[Bry Nylon]

Love the new avatar Herr T.

A man with a true sense of humour.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Does anyone understand it though?

Judging by your avatar you've already admitted defeat ?

 

[atfc village]

If the Scots stick with the SNP, then we could have Tory governments for a generation, possibly generations.

*sigh*

That is democracy for you ,if only they'd all backed the SNP in September.

 

[Titanic]

Lord Ashcroft 6000 poll today:

Con 34%
Lab 31%
UKIP 14%
LDem 9%
Green 7%

Looks to be closer in line with YouGov than the IPSOS Mori exit poll.