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King Luis
Slashman X
That's depressing
bmg033
To me, Miliband looks and sounds like the kind of guy that would turn up in a small van to service your computer.
Sam
EDIT: Well, he's going to challenge for leader again in September.
King Luis
Sam
Shola
Always surpising to see how right wing the rest of the UK is.
Also the 'Shy Tory' effect - Imagine being too embarrassed to say your voting for a party but doing it anyway. At least UKIP are loud and proud.
Franck
Edit: Had a look at the BBC website, they are reporting 66.1% turnout, which is absolutely atrocious.
Franck
Wish I could drink.
ianbaker
You're so emo.
Why cant you drink? Can you at least self harm?
Franck
Can't drink because of the meds I am currently taking, which are also likely the cause (well, at least partially) of me being such a whiny cunt at the moment.
And I want to be happy, not hurt myself
Number 1
In and amidst tired flashes, the only line of thought is one that's not impressed. Can imagine the next 5 years not going well.
Tommo.
Ninja
Nick Clegg's a lot of things, but he's definitely not a Tory.
Sam
He has got some Tory history.
All of Devon/Cornwall except Exeter is Tory. Ergh.
Vercoe
Not my fault, I didn't vote for them!
bmg033
Vercoe
I live in Cornwall, so slightly different, only the odd UKIP one, a lot of LibDem ones (which is natural since I believe historically Cornwall has always been Lib Dem).
Telegram Sam
Talk about broken Britain. I was genuinely in shock at what happened last night. I was expecting Cameron to be PM today but certainly not with a majority and couldn't believe how badly the polls got it wrong. It looks like the lies and scaremongering from the Tories paid off and all I can really say is that an utterly disgraceful campaign has ended with a truly horrible party getting in. The attacks on Miliband from the Tories and the right-wing media were horrific and incredibly negative and in the end, fear has won them this election. All this talk of the SNP holding Labour to ransom seems to have whipped up a terrifying form of English nationalism that threatens the union and has left these isles more divided than they have been for decades.
I think in the coming weeks and months people will begin to realise that the Liberal Democrats will be missed more than people suspect - they prevented an awful lot of horrible Tory policies in the last government and we will likely see them begin to be rolled in immediately with no coalition partners to worry about. It's a shame that the Lib Dems basically got shafted because of the tuition fees fiasco - which I was vehemently against, by the way - whereas the Tories seem to have gotten off scott-free. I think on the whole though Clegg and the other Lib Dems in parliament did far more good than harm in the last election and when they came into power in 2010 they really did put the country ahead of the party. Paddy Ashdown made some great points on QT tonight but the long and short of it was that after seeing what happened to the Lib Dems last night, will a party ever again be prepared to sacrifice the party's success for the good of the nation? Look what it cost Clegg and the party as a whole.
I am scared of what the next five years will bring and with an EU referendum on the horizon, I do worry that the increasing levels of xenophobia and racism in this country could take us out of the Union. Thankfully the Scots are still with us so hopefully many of them will vote to remain in. On a broader scale though I do worry about left-leaning politics in this nation with the Lib Dems on their knees and Labour unsure of where to go next.
On a final happier note, I am delighted that Nigel Farage failed to win South Thanet and that Mark Reckless got booted out as well. I'm also glad Caroline Lucas kept her seat in Brighton as she's one of the best politicians around today and a superb MP.
Telegram Sam
Most polls supposedly account for the 'Shy Tory' effect after what happened in 1992 and still thought it would be close. I reckon it was a last-minute swing of people basically being pretty content with how things are and thinking that the Tories are better with the economy, which is a line they have pushed fair better than Labour ever did. I don't think people realise though quite how different things will be though without the Liberal Democrats in government alongside the Tories keeping their more right-wing policies from coming into law. I can't see things going well.
Ninja
I'm too drunk to be as eloquent as you were so I'll keep this as brief as I can.
I think theres two things that I disagree with, the first the 'good of the nation' coalition took and the problems for the left in the UK.
What I do agree with is that Nick Clegg was a decent coalition minority partner leader, the lib dems blocked some truly horrific Tory shit (read snoopers charter) that this countries assorted resident fuck wits and imbeciles have just insured will happen, cementing Theresa May as the most vile woman in the country. The counter point to that is that the Lib Dems were the student party, they formed the key body of their voters and when the Lib Dems played Kingmaker to the Conservatives they were ignored and sold under the bridge. It may seem an odd red line to draw, but it was the red line they should have drawn; you can't blame the conservatives for pushing that agenda because that was the manifesto they got (sort of) elected on but you can absolutely blame the party who argued against it and changed their minds when they got a whiff of power. They deserve everything that happens to them, regardless of the unfortunate side effects that their vote collapsing has had on the country.
The second point is that the countries 'left' is fundamentally unelectable, I love the Green party (in particular) ideologically, but when they produce a manifesto of utterly fanciful shite that is neither costed, thought through or sensible, no one in their right mind will vote for them. UKIP, for all their failings, at least had the sense to present themselves as as somewhat real party.
Tommo.
God I'm so glad of this too. If i lived one village over he would have been my MP
Shola
And every Tory gambit worked; The fears over UKIP and Scotland especially. They also got away with acting like they're more responsible with the economy. Labour borrowed too much - Tory's borrowed far more, and got away with it.
Labour for some reason didn't even seem to defend itself from the borrowing - as far as I'm aware Gordon Brown seems to have done an excellent job at damage limitations at the end of his Government.
K3V0
Carroll.
Found out my knee was okay after all. Couldn't bend it for 2 weeks and was told it's ligament or tendon damage but luckily think it was just really bad swelling. Ankle is also healing up, I was told I'll be in a cast for 6 weeks (got this aircast boot and crutches) but I've been walking unaided for over a week now, so it's healed super fast considering I only did it end of March. I'm supposed to be going Germany for 2 months on the 1st of June, so hoping the recovery continues well
Flash.
I was thinking the same.
ianbaker
I reached over for the tv remote yesterday, broke my spine and now im paralysed!!
BR.
K3V0
We're looking at leaving next week. Got the all clear thankfully!!
Not far from the truth
RIP BRAH!!