General election 2015

Thanet South is going to be coming up in the next half hour.

Please, no...

where's a fucking meteor when you need one?

This.

LD projected to have lost £169,000 in deposits. Ouch.

David is much more central in his politics than Ed, a real child of Blair. These politics and his personality would have been more palatable to Middle England. He may have found it harder to get away from the Blairite tag which may have had a negative effect. At this point in time I'm not sure it would have made any difference tho.

England more right wing at heart then, than Scotland or Wales? Seems that way.

The South East please. Don't confuse the flat cap, ferret loving, kitchen sink drama Northerners with your fancy-pants, landlord-banker Pearly King/Queens. Thank you very much.

Can someone explain why we have to spend so much money on defence? The Tory manifesto promises £160 billion additional investment in "new military equipment" in the next 10 years - would it be disastrous for UK security if that was reduced by say £20 billion and they doubled their £8 billion investment in the NHS and didn't cut £12 billion from the welfare budget?
Also £15 billion investment in roads vs £200 million in cycling infrastructure seems a bit unfair...

I'd struggle to define the Lib Dems as left of centre when they've just spent five years facilitating a Tory government and passing nasty right of centre laws, but they're a politically spent force now anyway. Votes for the SNP are more about small-minded nationalism than the values of the progressive left.

I'm all for electoral reform, and voted for it myself, but that ship has sailed.

Also 9 million Tories plus 3 million UKIP = 12 million...

Putin.

Tugs forelock and ignores the UKIP turnout up here.

Because how else will we be able to get a seat at the table if we're not in the EU?

One positive thing from this election from me: I'm gonna try and become more active in politics from now

Small minded nationalism?

I think you've completely misunderstood why the SNP has been successful in Scotland.

They are not a small minded nationalist party.

Farage gone

Votes for the SNP are more about small-minded nationalism than the values of the progressive left.

Thats hardly fair or accurate. Nicola Sturgeon spent most of the campaign talking against austerity. The SNP did away with university fees and are phasing out the right to buy to ensure affordable housing stock for lower income families. One of their 'red lines' was the ending of Trident. How is any of that not progressive left? I didnt see a single Labour MP make one fucking noise about saving money on removing nuclear weapons, and that money being ploughed back into other things like the NHS or schools. Maybe thats why they lost so big in Scotland.

Contracts, basically. Its "supporting British industry" and all that, and no doubt lots of cushy consultancy jobs in the pipeline

Silver lining; my vote made a difference to make sure UKIP doesent end up being the 4th biggest party in my constituency; the difference was of 78 votes

Also: I bet you 20 quid that at least 1.5 million of the 3 million UKIP would vote loc if they felt loc would "look after them".

Tone Loc? What interest would he have in looking after them?

I guess there's always Canada, eh?

Drink Canada Dry?

The last time I voted was for Ken Livingstone and look how that turned out. This is like The Dead Zone, Boris parachuted into a safe tory seat so he will be breathing down bum face's neck like a sinister blond shagging stalking horse, waiting for his chance to lead us into mayhem and violence and nuclear war. The people have spoken. The cunts.

Farage off to spend more time with his expense account in Strasbourg. The cunt.

Still, no Farage as MP. That's got to be some consolation.