The 2015 Popularity Contest (aka UK General Election )

[The Esk]

Why close the Welsh assembly then create another regional assembly? I'm guessing Wales would still be one of the regions.

I think the Welsh might consider themselves to be more than one region. Somebody living in Holyhead might not see much of a difference between being ruled by Cardiff or Westminster?

 

[savillesu11s]

And looking south to you guys @bizzaro, I actually feel sorry for you politically - up here we have actually something meaningful to support.
As joey Barton put it "it's like choosing between three ugly birds", and if you're voting ukip, god help you.

 

[bizzaro]

Look, I could debate with you all night about SNP and independence, but the time to do that was last week. I said SNP is larger than the Lib dems because, bluntly, it is (as of today). We've overtaken them on membership count and you can be sure we'll have more seats than them in 9 months time in Westminster.

Votes is what matter. You know. They win referendums.

The wild nonsensical SNP claims continue!

 

[bizzaro]

And looking south to you guys @bizzaro, I actually feel sorry for you politically - up here we have actually something meaningful to support.
As joey Barton put it "it's like choosing between three ugly birds", and if you're voting ukip, god help you.

The SNP are liars with a population in thrall to a lie. The sight of Salmond claiming that anyone was not doing anything was a joke three days after the vote.

There are another 56 million people in the UK as well as Scotland to think about

 

[sbbefc]

I think the Welsh might consider themselves to be more than one region. Somebody living in Holyhead might not see much of a difference between being ruled by Cardiff or Westminster?

That's true, there's a definite split between North and South Wales, however, do you really propose having an assembly for regions of say 500,000 - million people? Liverpool Council for example has probably around the same population.

 

[savillesu11s]

Votes is what matter. You know. They win referendums.

The wild nonsensical SNP claims continue!

You're right: votes win referendums. And as you touched on earlier scotland is a country of 5 million people, and due to such concentration the majority of our 57 seats will probably be won by the SNP - whether you like it or not. He'll, we could even form a coalition with the Tories - that would be a laugh! (Before you get angrier I was kidding...)

 

[savillesu11s]

The SNP are liars with a population in thrall to a lie. The sight of Salmond claiming that anyone was not doing anything was a joke three days after the vote.

There are another 56 million people in the UK as well as Scotland to think about

The reason he was so hasty is because Cameron promised an emergency meeting (in Westminster I think) on the 19th, and that never happened. And do you really think them lot are going to honour the pledge?

 

[bizzaro]

You're right: votes win referendums. And as you touched on earlier scotland is a country of 5 million people, and due to such concentration the majority of our 57 seats will probably be won by the SNP - whether you like it or not. He'll, we could even form a coalition with the Tories - that would be a laugh! (Before you get angrier I was kidding...)

I think you really over estimate the SNP.

They only won 4 out of 32 areas in the referendum.

They're no where near the number of votes of labour or lib dems.


Its nonsensical and Salmond is making wild claims as he's now an irrelevance since the devolution process will occur irrelevant of anything him or his party think.

To benefit all the UK not just parts of it.

Rewriting the constitution inside of three says.

Salmond must think everyone are stupid.

Its time people call him out for what he is.

 

[edge]

Ed(the) Balls speech yesterday was painfull to watch, how wooden and he coulndnt even get it right with a script right in front of him so unispiring, best bit were the union leaders not clapping him .
Soft bollocks or Ed Milliband as he is commonly know had best give the speech of his life to pull this around, looks like they havnt learned a thing from the scots telling them people want a change not just a little tinker around .
He should resign if he cant shape up soon or his party will get beat, torys would of got rid of the pair of the ages ago with poll rateing this low.

 

[magicjuan]

As Billy Connolly once said " don't vote, it only encourages them.."

 

[steken1]

Ed(the) Balls speech yesterday was painfull to watch, how wooden and he coulndnt even get it right with a script right in front of him so unispiring, best bit were the union leaders not clapping him .
Soft bollocks or Ed Milliband as he is commonly know had best give the speech of his life to pull this around, looks like they havnt learned a thing from the scots telling them people want a change not just a little tinker around .
He should resign if he cant shape up soon or his party will get beat, torys would of got rid of the pair of the ages ago with poll rateing this low.

Couldn't agree more. Like most scousers I've got a leaning towards Labour but I won't vote for them in this shape. Not a single one of them looks stronger than a half done jelly.

They need to show a bit of passion, show Ed's not just a thoroughly nice nodding dog and put something concrete on the table about what they're hoping to achieve.

Sad as it is the only political leader I can identify with is Farage. He's the only one I consider to have any credibility simply because I believe his policies mirror his own beliefs.

 

[edge]

Though Milliband looked ok on tv on sunday, they you see him rocking backwards and forwards, nodding while Balls is on , and i know its wrong but you cant help but think imagine him being PM looks like an oddball.
Farange , as i have said before says quite a bit i like, but what else lies behind the headlines?
he is going to have a big say in who will win this election.

 

[roydo]

The thought of Ed Balls anywhere near the control levers of the UK economy fills me with dread.

 

[steken1]

Though Milliband looked ok on tv on sunday, they you see him rocking backwards and forwards, nodding while Balls is on , and i know its wrong but you cant help but think imagine him being PM looks like an oddball.
Farange , as i have said before says quite a bit i like, but what else lies behind the headlines?
he is going to have a big say in who will win this election.

[/QUOTE]

He did alright I thought. I also thought some of the policies they're talking about make sense. There's just something about him that makes me think he'd go to pieces at the first serious situation that arose.

Farage on the other hand looks like he wouldn't give a flying one if the whole world was burning as long as we're OK. I also know he's a Tory on speed though. As you say what's behind his eyes?

His style of politics is a breath of fresh air for me after all this political correctness crap which has been a hideaway for cowards to avoid saying what the mean and believe in. Hopefully some of that will rub off on the others.

I think when it comes to the crunch a lot of seasoned voters will stick with the tories and Labour with Farage taking a bit out of all three. Hopefully he'll see of the lib dems and become the third party in Britain.

 

[edge]

He did alright I thought. I also thought some of the policies they're talking about make sense. There's just something about him that makes me think he'd go to pieces at the first serious situation that arose.

Farage on the other hand looks like he wouldn't give a flying one if the whole world was burning as long as we're OK. I also know he's a Tory on speed though. As you say what's behind his eyes?

His style of politics is a breath of fresh air for me after all this political correctness crap which has been a hideaway for cowards to avoid saying what the mean and believe in. Hopefully some of that will rub off on the others.

I think when it comes to the crunch a lot of seasoned voters will stick with the tories and Labour with Farage taking a bit out of all three. Hopefully he'll see of the lib dems and become the third party in Britain.[/QUOTE]

lib dems are in for a hiding, can see a lot of there voter going labour way rather than tory, think UKIP will surpasse them with numbers of votes, maybe not in seats