General election 2015

Based on the share of the vote from previous elections, the Labour candidate appears closest. This seat went from Lab to Con in 2010, before that it was Lab for a good while. So if voting tactically I'd go for the Lab candidate (despite not really wanting a Lab government).

I'm still not 100% decided who I'll vote for. I've read up a little on the candidates and the Con MP we currently have does seem like he actually does stuff for the local area, so he might be one of the good ones, but I still wouldn't vote for him bnecause if he held his seat then that's 1 seat closer to a conservative government (or con led coalition) and I don't believe (based on the past 5 years) that the Cons care about a large proportion of the population. So that's why I'd vote tactically.

Only one thing in this election is certain - Boris Johnson isn't standing so that he can be a backbencher. Even if Cameron can form a coalition that will be 2 elections in a row he has lost and, having already said he will not stand a third time, he will be gone sooner rather than later.
All hail Prime Minister Boris!

The future mocks you as it approaches.

Like getting run over by a clown driving a milk float because your foot is stuck in a sewer grid.

There was a comment in Private Eye that the Conservatives had suggested extending the 'Right to Buy' to housing association tenants in the last seven general elections, too. Really? That would go back to 1983. Yet everybody seems to discuss it as if it were a new idea.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/apr/14/extending-right-to-buy-conservatives-thatcherism-social-housing

Latest LFGSS poll results include the first Lib supporter. A Green/Lab coalition looks likely (On here)

CON 10.39% 8 votes
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LAB 31.17% 24 votes
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UKIP 3.90% 3 votes
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GRN 48.05% 37 votes
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LIB 1.30% 1 vote
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Other 5.19% 4 votes

The Socialist Republic of LFGSS.

Bit of a late run from the labour voters...

The UKIP manifesto was amay-zing.

The opposing parties of "Metroplitan Liberal Elite", "The Establishment" and the "Chattering Classes" all got a good kicking.

A friend of one of my colleagues teaches melting-welly-face's daughters, says that parent teacher night is excruciating as he has "no concept of personal space" and oozes closer and closer whilst taking to you, which means that whenever he talks to a woman she ends up walking backwards across the room as he constantly closes in on her.

melting-welly-face

Which one?

Which one is melting-welly-face? It's a three way tie AFAIC...

#lulz

No it doesn't.

Green only need another two votes to take a majority. I suspect if faced with these ratios, Greens would probably pick two from the Lib Dem/Other pool of five to form a government.

While a high majority government might seem preferable, a low majority would allow for progress on their aims without having to deal with as much pre-government policy trading.

Any Stella Creasy fans? Like many Lab MPs (but not all) she's in the Co-ops. Can someone explain what this is without mentioning supermarkets?

Coalition between the co-operative movement and some labour politicians

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Co-operative

Co-ops operate for the benefit of members (workers or users of a service) and for the benefit of the community.

http://www.uk.coop/what-co-operative

(I work for a cooperative http://www.cycletraining.co.uk/about-us/we-are-a-coop.html)

She's in yr co-ops, directin yr funralz

Didn't realise Nisa was a co-op

There are a number of bike cooperatives:
https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/264971/#comment12177865

Like Brixton Cycles, London Bike Kitchen etc.
Suma is a huge organic food co-op
John Lewis is sort of a coop (Worker owned)
More here: http://www.uk.coop/directory/all

In fact the cooperative business model is a good way to ensure worker engagement,commitment,independence, and contribution to a community that doesn't rely on shareholders,hedge-funds and minimises the redistribution of wealth from the poor to the rich

I have received two voting cards, one for Lewisham, one for Southwark. I moved in November and used this https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote last month to update my new address.

A week ago I received a voting card for Lewisham, but inexplicably received a card from Southwark my previous borough a few days ago (sent also to my new address which I only notified change of using the above).

Clearly some kind of admin/system error but I wonder how many of these have gone out!

One of the Southwark constituencies is a Lib Dem/Labour marginal I think. Use your votes wisely!

Today's LFGSS poll results:

CON 9.52% 8
LAB 30.95% 26
UKIP 3.57% 3
GRN 50.00% 42
LIB 1.19% 1
Other 4.76% 4
Total 84

Some election maths in the Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/16/in-the-election-numbers-game-the-odds-are-stacked-against-cameron?CMP=share_btn_fb

No comment on the 'opposition' debate last night?

With Farage, I was minded of when you were a kid and you were up against an opponent who was very keen but easy to beat, so you'd go back again and again to beat them, just because you could.

He was so out of his depth I almost felt sorry for him. Then I remembered he's a privileged, wealthy, racist scumbag.

I thought everyone apart from Farage came across well, and I think Cameron and Clegg were shortsighted in not joining in the debateThe BBC has such a large audience, you can reach so many people.

I like the fact they all basically said "we will never side with the tories". Sends quite a strong message when 4 out of 5 leaders are all in agreement, and again, Cameron wasn't there to defend his party.

Also, Milliband calling Cameron out: "Debate me one-on-one" is a shrewd move. He knows it's unlikely to happen but it's good he is willing follow through if it does.

'progressive'
'hard working'

any more GE2015 bullshit bingo words we can add to the banned list

Chaos coalition
Good life
(inter)national health service