UK General Election 2015 | Conservatives win with an overall majority

How did you vote in the 2015 General Election?

  • Conservatives

    Votes: 67 20.0%

  • Labour

    Votes: 152 45.4%

  • Lib Dems

    Votes: 15 4.5%

  • Green

    Votes: 23 6.9%

  • SNP

    Votes: 9 2.7%

  • UKIP

    Votes: 11 3.3%

  • Independent

    Votes: 1 0.3%

  • Did not vote

    Votes: 43 12.8%

  • Plaid Cymru

    Votes: 1 0.3%

  • Sinn Fein

    Votes: 4 1.2%

  • Other (UUP, DUP, BNP, and anyone else I have forgotten)

    Votes: 9 2.7%
  • Total voters
    335
  • Poll closed .
Sam said:
I'm just surprised he's Labour tbh :lol:

I'd have put money on him being a Tory.
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I seem to remember him making some anti-Tory remarks on panel shows in the past (Would I Lie To You especially) - I think he's very similar to the likes of Jonathan Ross and Stephen Fry (whom I also like) who are firmly on the left despite expectations from their upbringings and current wealth.
 
Attila said:
I voted for Labour here and so did many of my friends. Complete disgrace that the tories will have rule over us now.
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Obviously plenty did vote Labour, but I mean as a whole.
 
rednev said:
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.
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I think you're seeing a pretty big reason right now. The amount of SNP seats in the country yet we'll be ruled by Tories (and would have been had we voted Labour for every seat anyway!).

The stoking of English nationalism from the biggest Westminster party is certainly not "handling it correctly".
 
Most people in Labour clearly refusing to appear on TV now, they've got Powell on.
 
WR said:
I've just been out, can anyone briefly update me to what's happened today?
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Conservative 316, Labour 239 in the exit poll. Labour being annihilated in Scotland with Douglas Alexander losing his seat to a 20 year old who's the youngest MP for over 200 years or something- SNP have won every seat so far in Scotland. Exit poll had Lib Dems down to 10 seats and it could even be worse.
 
Cheesy said:
Every single person in Scotland could've voted Labour and it would still make no difference. The need for Labour voters/members to pin all of their own failures upon Scotland is getting tiring.
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Really! how many seats in Scotland Cheesy? How many seats do you think were lost in England when you start talking about a "stronger voice for Scotland"? I know you all wanted to think this was going to be the time you got to feck England up the ass because of how close the election was. Live the dream, Sturgeon won, she was the best, everyone loves her and wants to vote for her south of the border. That is exactly how it worked out.
 
DUP takes East Belfast, no shocks expected from the undeclared seats so the final NI results will be

8 DUP
5 Sinn Fein
3 SDLP
1 UUP
1 Independent
 
Nick 0208 Ldn said:
Sturgeon-mania has concealed a policy platform which isn't all that remarkable for one, and then the whole independence thing tends to rub people up the wrong way.
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What are their actual policies? I was under the impression they were quite in line with Labour (bar independence obviously)
 
Cheesy said:
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.
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Bang on.

Oh, and the sentimental case. Remember the Saltire flying above Downing Street? How we'd been together for so long and it would be a shame to disrupt that now? Better Together? Bollocks.
 
Don't Kill Bill said:
Really! how many seats in Scotland Cheesy? How many seats do you think were lost in England when you start talking about a "stronger voice for Scotland"? I know you all wanted to think this was going to be the time you got to feck England up the ass because of how close the election was. Live the dream, Sturgeon won, she was the best, everyone loves her and wants to vote for her south of the border. That is exactly how it worked out.
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59.

If the Tories get a majority, it's meaningless. If seats were lost in England, that's not our fault. It's up to Labour in England to convince others that they have nothing to fear. It looks like they've failed. Categorically.
 
It's going to be interesting to see how the SNP presence affects the atmosphere in the commons during question time.
 
Kirkcaldy, safest Labour seat, goes SNP by 10,000 votes!
 
Don't Kill Bill said:
Really! how many seats in Scotland Cheesy? How many seats do you think were lost in England when you start talking about a "stronger voice for Scotland"? I know you all wanted to think this was going to be the time you got to feck England up the ass because of how close the election was. Live the dream, Sturgeon won, she was the best, everyone loves her and wants to vote for her south of the border. That is exactly how it worked out.
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:boring: What a dick! Scotland should have left the UK, what a mistake
 
rednev said:
He's a slimy git, as well. Everyone in the media is scared of him because of his friendship with Murdoch.
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People pay their BBC TV license per year for this Andrew Neil wig wearing fooker!!! They don't have to pay it at all, just don't ever answer the door, peado mugs. Such a smug twat. The videos of Galloway etc on Youtube owning him is a regular watch IMO. The fact he gets paid and is on various shows on the BBC is like Andy Carroll getting Premier League wages.
 
Cheesy said:
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.
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The same point can be made for a large swath of the North East of England, for instance. They have virtually no Tory presence, so should they be making a case of independence as well? What about other countries....should the Bible Belt of the US call for independence whenever a Dem is elected to the White House?

If everyone took that attitude, the concept of the nation state would not exist.
 
rednev said:
The same point can be made for a large swath of the North East of England, for instance. They have virtually no Tory presence, so should they be making a case of independence as well? What about other countries....should the Bible Belt of the US call for independence whenever a Dem is elected to the Whitehouse?

If everyone took that attitude, the concept of the nation state would not exist.
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Perhaps it wouldn't, but the difference is that Scotland views itself as a country, operating within the state of the UK. Saying, "you're a region" isn't a very good excuse to be honest. You're just saying you feel that Scotland shouldn't be allowed to be an independent country, which is a different argument.
 
rednev said:
The same point can be made for a large swath of the North East of England, for instance. They have virtually no Tory presence, so should they be making a case of independence as well? What about other countries....should the Bible Belt of the US call for independence whenever a Dem is elected to the White House?

If everyone took that attitude, the concept of the nation state would not exist.
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Exactly. And London as well. Should they succeed? Should Kent have succeeded in 1997?
 
Don't Kill Bill said:
Really! how many seats in Scotland Cheesy? How many seats do you think were lost in England when you start talking about a "stronger voice for Scotland"? I know you all wanted to think this was going to be the time you got to feck England up the ass because of how close the election was. Live the dream, Sturgeon won, she was the best, everyone loves her and wants to vote for her south of the border. That is exactly how it worked out.
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WTF? Don't you think the real issue should be that seats in England are lost simply because a party based exclusively in Scotland wants "a stronger voice for Scotland?".

I've no doubt in my mind that's why it's the Tory landslide it is and I think it's shameful.
 
Labour gain Ealing! Was predicted for Tories earlier so better than a kick in the bollocks.
 
rednev said:
The same point can be made for a large swath of the North East of England, for instance. They have virtually no Tory presence, so should they be making a case of independence as well? What about other countries....should the Bible Belt of the US call for independence whenever a Dem is elected to the White House?

If everyone took that attitude, the concept of the nation state would not exist.
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The Scottish people view themselves as a country in a way that the bible belt or the northeast of england don't.
 
Cheesy said:
Exactly. Vote for the like you like best; not against the one you hate most.
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You vote for the outcome you prefer unless you're a complete idealist.

Its not the SNP voters faults that's not what I'm trying to get at but the momentum of Scottish nationalism looks like it has contributed to another tory government.
 
Cheesy said:
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If the Tories get a majority, it's meaningless. If seats were lost in England, that's not our fault. It's up to Labour in England to convince others that they have nothing to fear. It looks like they've failed. Categorically.
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Because the whole election ran with the SNP are going to wipe Labour out in Scotland narrative. Did Scotland really think that wouldn't play in England?
 
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