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 .
rcoobc said:
Despite the anger and disappointment here, I think you have to respect what the electorate wanted on the day. Calling them idiots isn't very helpful
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It's a sharp reminder not to read too much into pre-emptive polls, keyboard warriors and all the nonsense we've put up with recently.

There is nothing wrong with people keeping their cards close to their chest. It's just because the more vocal anti-Tory following are not able to comprehend the situation without branding Tory voters as idiots. If you look at the seats they've gained, I think you need to point fingers at Labour and the Lib Dems, who have clearly failed to establish themselves as worthy candidates in those areas.
 
Redlambs said:
I'm a small business owner in construction, and many of my family and friends are in the nhs and police so maybe I have a broader view than some I suppose.
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Redlambs said:
:rolleyes:I can tell you this for a fact because I'm on my way into work right now with the fella I hire who happens to be Polish, I know his wages and taxes and I know what he does and doesn't get on top just for being Polish. He himself thinks it's a joke.
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Seriously?
 
NotoriousISSY said:
It's a sharp reminder not to read too much into pre-emptive polls, keyboard warriors and all the nonsense we've put up with recently.

There is nothing wrong with people keeping their cards close to their chest. It's just because the more vocal anti-Tory following are not able to comprehend the situation without branding Tory voters as idiots. If you look at the seats they've gained, I think you need to point fingers at Labour and the Lib Dems, who have clearly failed to establish themselves as worthy candidates in those areas.
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I could hear the shame in your voice as you declared Tory last night. The hesistent cough before you did was so telling.
 
Bury Red said:
Your massive influx is, and has been for the last decade, around 200,000 people per year. The UK immigrant population stands at around 12%, almost identical to every other Northern European country (with the exception of Denmark) and 3-5% lower than most of Southern Europe. Any benefits or tax breaks your Polish colleague is getting are the same as anybody else on his salary and in his domestic circumstances would get, he's certainly not getting anything else specifically for being Polish but I suspect he might be getting a shine from you by giving your racist bollocks a polish.

The benefits paid out to UK migrants living in other EU member states is greater than the benefits paid out to EU migrants living in the UK, we are a net abuser of EU benefits, not a victim of abuse.
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:lol: You are quite the sad little case on here aren't you? Your attitude has proven the point I was making, thanks for that. You keep regurgitating your statistics with your bad attitude all you like, I haven't the time for playground discussions.

Racist :lol:
 
rcoobc said:
Despite the anger and disappointment here, I think you have to respect what the electorate wanted on the day. Calling them idiots isn't very helpful
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Nonsense

The electorate across the board are largely uninformed. There's going to be a lot of Tory voters who have voted against their own interests primarily because they've bought the fear mongering of the right.
 
The english are a massive issue. We need to be emigrating more. I can tell you this for a fact as there's this English woman I work with who won't sork over 12 hours because she says the council won't pay her rent and her husband is a bloody lazy sod too who hasnt worked for years. Ignoring the issue if you want but more English need to go.
 
Redlambs said:
:lol: You are quite the sad little case on here aren't you? Your attitude has proven the point I was making, thanks for that. You keep regurgitating your statistics with your bad attitude all you like, I haven't the time for playground discussions.

Racist :lol:
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OK, a little word play on Polish and polish that's gone over your head and a reference to your racist bollocks, when it should really have been UKIP's racist bollocks that are spilling from your mouth. I could have made it sound slightly less childish, but your argument is bollocks and has been around since I was on the playground, many, many years ago.

A few facts for you to ignore
http://www.newstatesman.com/politic...-gdp-uk-more-generous-benefits-its-neighbours
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jan/19/-sp-thousands-britons-claim-benefits-eu
 
Waldner said:
Labour are back in power in my constituency. Rupa Huq won by around 280 votes :eek: must be one of the closest campaigns yet?

I didn't vote for a number of reasons, but I'm glad that I'll be somewhat more represented than the Tories offered me. Well, as much as any lying politician can represent someone anyway.
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My constituency too. Really glad Rupa won, she deserved to.
 
Redlambs said:
Nah, I must be a racist liar :rolleyes:
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My point wasn't whether or not you were racist but that you feel like you're in a more informed position for completely normal circumstances.
 
Locka said:
The english are a massive issue. We need to be emigrating more. I can tell you this for a fact as there's this English woman I work with who won't sork over 12 hours because she says the council won't pay her rent and her husband is a bloody lazy sod too who hasnt worked for years. Ignoring the issue if you want but more English need to go.
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:lol: Now this I agree with!
 
Smores said:
Nonsense

The electorate across the board are largely uninformed. There's going to be a lot of Tory voters who have voted against their own interests primarily because they've bought the fear mongering of the right.
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You can obviously say that about the Labour supporters too. Not every Labour champion is an electoral academic.

I've got to go to work and tell a really annoying idiot in the office that shes won the election pool we are having
 
It's going to be a scary couple of years now.

2017 EU referendum.
SNP demanding another referendum.
etc
 
Locka said:
My point wasn't whether or not you were racist but that you feel like you're in a more informed position for completely normal circumstances.
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I don't, I thought I said broader. I just know what I know, I don't claim immigration is the route of all evill or all that bollocks, I never had and my point is being taken well away from what it was. That not everyone voting ukip is racist, and ukip is only allowed to exist thanks to the reactions to whatever issues people bring up.

4m votes is a joke, but I guess I seem a little less surprised than others.
 
Holy shit Balls gone.

UKIP gain isn't a surprise but Morley going Tory is a little bizarre
 
From thinking he was going to be chancellor, to out of a job in less then 12 hours..

Ouch.
 
Locka said:
The english are a massive issue. We need to be emigrating more. I can tell you this for a fact as there's this English woman I work with who won't sork over 12 hours because she says the council won't pay her rent and her husband is a bloody lazy sod too who hasnt worked for years. Ignoring the issue if you want but more English need to go.
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Problem is that most emigrants are hard working and do not make a move overseas away from friends and family purely for a subsistence living on benefits. Immigrants to the UK pay enough in tax to be net contributors to the country and they fill jobs that many UK born benefit claimants refuse to take, those same UK benefit claimants who won't get off their arses for fear of losing their allowances are hardly likely to get off them to move elsewhere for work, not when the UK is willing to shell out £100 Billion per year to keep them in the lifestyle to which they have become accustomed.
 
One part of my is quite sad the Lib Dem vote has collapsed, they're the party who ideologically tally closest with what I believe.

The other part of me is delighted that the bunch of cnuts who threw their core voters under the bus, and lied their way into some sort of power through the back door are getting what they deserve. It's actually a staggeringly rare example of a party being held to account for some incredibly shitty actions.

Hopefully they can recover from this, but it will take an awful lot of work to regain trust.
 
Smores said:
Nonsense

The electorate across the board are largely uninformed. There's going to be a lot of Tory voters who have voted against their own interests primarily because they've bought the fear mongering of the right.
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The 4 million UKIP voters suggests people knew what they were voting for.

I'm sure there were some signs of tactical voting, and there will always be an element of those who are uninformed, some people just don't care...but when we're talk about a majority win I think you have to say in the end the majority got what they wanted, because they wanted it.

I still think the situation north of the border is the true talking point of this years election. It was expected, but it's fascinating.
 
Bury Red said:
Problem is that most emigrants are hard working and do not make a move overseas away from friends and family purely for a subsistence living on benefits. Immigrants to the UK pay enough in tax to be net contributors to the country and they fill jobs that many UK born benefit claimants refuse to take, those same UK benefit claimants who won't get off their arses for fear of losing their allowances are hardly likely to get off them to move elsewhere for work, not when the UK is willing to shell out £100 Billion per year to keep them in the lifestyle to which they have become accustomed.
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This I couldn't agree with more. I think you have me wrong, later on when I'm home I'll finish the point I was making to Sam. And no, it isn't that it's all foreigners faults at all, truly.
 
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