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Post by Jake on May 9, 2010 11:46:28 GMT -5
It seems all the last two days have been is just discussions upon discussions between the leaders!
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Post by kadie on May 9, 2010 11:56:01 GMT -5
It seems all the last two days have been is just discussions upon discussions between the leaders! Yeah, and I reckon it's probably gonna be a few more days before any major developments are made. If not more, I mean seriously, the lib dems and the conservatives. Does anyone see that working?
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Post by RabbitWho on May 9, 2010 12:04:45 GMT -5
It would be very unstable! This is a lot of fun to watch! Who are the "other" people who have seats? Independents? BNP? Stark raving looney party? Lab and Lib would need to join with them to have enough seats to officially form a government, right? I see it as the only possibility.. Liberal democrats couldn't vote together on so many things.. They'd fight over every little thing and never keep a united front, I reckon the government would fall and yee'd have to start all over. First past the post should be done away with, I think Clegg would be mad to give in on that one. So either way it will be gone.
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Post by lucye90 on May 9, 2010 16:03:41 GMT -5
Okay, so here is the issue: I am very anti-Conservative, yet i live in an incredibly pro-Conservative constituency. I was supporting Lib-Dems, but now they've bollocked things up with Cameron I don't trust Mr Clegg anymore. And I would totally support labour, however why the hell do we want the man who destroyed our economy in the first place as Prime Minister? It just doesn't make sense. Something tells me we need electoral reform.
and I'm sorry for all those people who don't understand how the UK voting system works - it's long winded and confusing for many, me included.
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Post by kadie on May 9, 2010 16:07:15 GMT -5
I agree, we seriously need electoral reform. The mess we are in now is just proof of that.
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Post by RabbitWho on May 9, 2010 17:09:27 GMT -5
Sorry I'm late on this but guys, you can't let people like that take you in, even a little. Anyone got any opinion on the BNP? I watched a video interview with Nick Griffin - he's a surprisingly good and convincing public speaker! I mean, I still disagree with his policies but it at least convinced me he's not a madman! Jake I know what you mean about Nick Griffin being a good public speaker. He does have a certain air of confidence and suave (wrong word but I can't really think how to describe it) about him. With regards to the BNP they are an appalling party and why anyone would vote for them is completely beyond me. You know who else was a good public speaker? Pretty much every evil dictator that I can think of, as well as people like Charles Manson. If they weren't good speakers they wouldn't get people to follow them. I there are STILL people who admire Manson and read everything he says like it's worth something. They say "oh I don't agree with his murders, but he's right about some things." Of course he is. If he had walked up to a group of people and said "Let's murder the Tate family" they would have run a mile. You've got to start with telling people everything they want to hear. It's an art, it doesn't mean the person isn't insane. intelligence != sanity
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Post by TheIslander on May 9, 2010 19:08:35 GMT -5
I didn't have any doubt that BNP would come out ahead. Both the BNP and the Lib Dems wanted change, they both had different views on what type of change was required. But the main theme was change and a coalition with labour would ruin all the "change" talk.
It is not the first time a liberal party and a conservative party have formed a coalition.
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Post by Jake on May 10, 2010 16:21:50 GMT -5
And now Gordon Brown has said he is going to quit as Labour leader. I have to say, not being a big supporter of him, I have a lot of respect for him for standing down as leader of Labour to let someone else take his place. He put his party before himself.
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Post by kadie on May 10, 2010 16:38:49 GMT -5
And now Gordon Brown has said he is going to quit as Labour leader. I have to say, not being a big supporter of him, I have a lot of respect for him for standing down as leader of Labour to let someone else take his place. He put his party before himself. I agree I think it's very admirable of him. He has seen that people no longer want him as the leader of labour and he's accepting this and putting his party first. Good on him.
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