Where are you from? They obviously have their reasons, I'm quite sympathetic towards some of those.
But you must understand why most of the rest of the UK then don't like them?
UK General Election 2015 | Conservatives win with an overall majority
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But you must understand why most of the rest of the UK then don't like them?
Seems so. Way behind in that Castle Point count which was a target seat.
Salmond can't contain his glee. "There's a lion roaring in Scotland tonight"
Good lord.
Last two remaining hopes for tonight are that they fall short, and that Clegg loses his seat.
Very unlikely to happen . But it would be funny if he did.
You really think it has feck all to do with the SNP. Why then Have the Tories spoken about nothing else for the last three weeks? Getting a strong voice for Scotland, (SNP slogan) means England votes to stop that. Result a Tory Govt we can all enjoy.
I'm 20 years old myself and I think its a complete fecking joke. I would much rather have people with the life experience that I have never experienced leading Scotland but instead we have some girl because of a protest vote. Scotland needs to leave the UK thats for sure. Before I was against it for the financial ramifications but now I just want out.
What Union Jippy ?
If this election doesn't prove to you that Scotland and England are two completely different counties then nothing will. It's also sheer politeness that's keeping this 'Union' together.
Scotland and England are the same country no matter what 45% of people in Scotland think. What is going on at the moment is a temporary phase of silliness IMHO.
Precious few people actually care about elections, they only care about perceptions. Ed Milliband looks like a plonker, Clegg was a traitor to his ideals, Farage is the plucky defender of the people, Cameron looks good in a suit... this election was decided ages ago. Short of a war or some other disaster, all but the most staunch supporters will vote based on what they've read on Facebook.
Regardless of his policies (and fair play to the SNP for romping home in Scotland) - I can't stomach Alex Salmond.
Andrew Neil, such an awful Kun TAguero, Fox News Murdoch bitch. He's awful, just cuts everyone up, sooner we pack him off the better. Bald mug. Galloway owned him many a time as per YT.
I read a tweet saying Witney is the type of area where I could run as a conservative candidate and win
See, it's stuff like that which annoys Scottish voters.
"Ah, don't mind them, they're just being silly. They'll come back to us soon."
It's what is seeing the unionist parties getting decimated right now.
Tessa Jowell is in the last place in the world she wants to be right now.
I'm from Bedford, so pretty far away from Scotland.
I get why people don't want the UK to break up (I don't either) but I do quite admire the passion in Scotland and also just how ridiculously well the SNP are doing. Its incredible.
Right from the exit poll coming out he was questioning how seriously we should take it, and increasing through the night he has been getting more and more desperate to discredit the exit poll, but now he's just gone on a rant about how pointless campaigns are when this result is happening after all the opinion polls throughout.
He's a slimy git, as well. Everyone in the media is scared of him because of his friendship with Murdoch.
I think Prime Ministers are pretty safe in their seats all the same, I mean, who better to fight for your constituency than the head of state?
I like him a lot as well, but his colours have been on display all night and he's clearly gutted.
Lib Dems getting destroyed here as well, I thought they'd at least manage to get 5% in most constituencies.
Nothing to do with how id like Scotland to vote but more how Scotland should be voting to get what it wants.
Independence was voted down so if its an anti-tory agenda then championing Labour was always going to more beneficial than preaching nationalism then saying you'd get into bed with them and thus dragging them down.
Did my speakers just squeak or did that come from the BBC feed?
We are. We don't want Labour or the Tories. Of course, we'd rather have Labour than Tory, but then we're not going to bother with tactical voting because that's a shite way for a system to work.
What if they prefer the SNP's policies and record in Scottish Parliament to New Labour?
Your argument is ludicrous, we don't live in a two party system.
Why is my nephews dinner lady sitting next to your man, being interviewed as a Liberal Democrat on the BBC?
Exactly. Vote for the like you like best; not against the one you hate most.
I've just been out, can anyone briefly update me to what's happened today?
They've spoken about it for weeks because they're well aware there's a large demographic of ignorant wankers that are an easy target and an easy vote. Tell them the Jocks are coming down to run Westminster and it's sure to spark a reaction.
I'm Welsh (living in England) so I'm not speaking as an arrogant Englishman.
I see no reasonable argument for Scottish independence. None whatsoever. It is an emotional case and I don't think it will stand the test of time, assuming it is handled correctly by the Westminster parties. As I have said, to make a knee jerk reaction and give Scotland some sort of federal arrangement would not be to handle it correctly as it would alienate Scotland far more than any stern unionist defense would.
RedCafe was discovered not to be an accurate barometer of public opinion.
I live in Glasgow and would have agree with this. There's no denying that people here are going to be fecking pissed off that Cameron will be leading them again. They have zero interest in spending billions for Trident for example and don't want it stationed here. This result will certainly cause a rift between Scotland and England and I'm certain that if another referendum Scotland will end up splitting. I spend hours upon hours convincing people to stay in the UK but right now I just feel dismayed.
Can someone give me an unbiased account of evens? (know that will be difficult since there doesn't seem to many Caf members that voted for the conservatives).
Also, where is your Pirate Party?
Also, where is your Pirate Party?
I'm off to make a coffee, anyone else want one?
Thee's also a box of creme caramel teapigs, but i really wouldn't recommend those.
Thee's also a box of creme caramel teapigs, but i really wouldn't recommend those.
Exactly. Trying to pin the blame on SNP voters is way off the mark. Blame the Tory scare tactics and the failure of Labour if anything, neither of which are the SNP's fault. If Labour could reinvigorate the left vote the way it has been in Scotland we'd be in a much better position.
Another 34 percent swing.
Politically, we may just be about to have a majority Tory government that hardly has any seats. They may have 0 in Scotland, and even before this change, only had 1. The political case is hard to argue against: it's only the economic case which can really be argued.
I voted for Labour here and so did many of my friends. Complete disgrace that the tories will have rule over us now.