considering its taken a decade for Europe to agree the trans atlantic trade agreement - and are very close to agreeing a similar deal with china Id say its naive to think the UK will be able to leave and agree something independently with all three... certainly anything quick... and thats a hell of a market to be walking away from
UK General Election 2015 | Conservatives win with an overall majority
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We are - but it will cost countries more to import from us - I'm not saying all business will cease or anything... but the sheer idea that we can just pick and choose who/where we do business and everyone will go along with us because we're the mighty UK irritates me.
Farage quits
It's time for a new deck. All the cards they have left are 2s, 3s and 4s and no matter how much shuffling they do, they'll never win with what they've got.
For now
Farage as fecked off.
Farage resigns as leader, but hints he'll stand for the leadership in the subsequent leadership race.
Aptly put.
I'm resigning for the summer. Typical politician.in fairness the "New Labour" brand did wonders for Blair in shedding some of the old baggage - perhaps they need to think in those terms again rather than shuffling the pack (shuffling the deck chairs on the titanic)
Tories up to 325.
So Farage as not completely gone?
Just saw one of my mates tweeting about how the UK economy is growing quickly relative to other countries. From a purely economic perspective, they're not wrong. All depends on what you value more.
Well my constituency returned an increased Labour majority...What the feck were the rest of you doing!?
Bollox, I'm even going to be denied the tiny consolation of seeing the back of Farage.
Don't look at me, mine actually switched from Conservative to Labour...
London is a different country.
Mine too, up 6%.
At least we settled one argument, Manchester is indeed red.
not yet... though if the scotts get another refferendum who knows what London will ask for next?
Here's Clegg...
... and he's gone. Resigned as leader.
Clegg's gone. Miliband for a clean sweep before lunch?
Same here, mine just saw its largest majority in history in favour of Labour. Expect Simon Danczuk to move up in the ranks of the labour party in the coming years.
Clegg quits too.
Cities should secede from the union. feck all these pointless Express reading Midsommmer places inbetween. What's the point of them anyway? Cheese? Pffft. We'll import it.
who next... cable and danny alexander were probably the front runners until today?
Clegg resigns. Or does he.
There are plenty of other facts that are pretty damning on the Tories first term, longest decline in wages on record, bedroom tax, Gideon losing our AAA credit rating etc, missing targets on debt and deficit massively. if people thought Labour would be even worse that's fair enough, the numbers seem to suggest ti isn't just that.
Our Labour MP's (Hilary Benn) share of the vote went up 5.7% in our constituency, securing over 24,000 votes, with second placed Tory representative only getting 7,000 odd...
Damnit, the rest of you!
Damnit, the rest of you!
I'm not sure I can even name another still in the Commons after last night other than Clegg, the massacre has been so comprehensive.
How do I see if the share of votes went up or down in my constituency?
"Clegg says the Lib Dems will never know how many lives they made better through their decision to “step up” in coalition.
He says they have made the country fairer and more liberal than it was five years ago.
He thinks history will judge his party kindly."
Head. Arse.
He says they have made the country fairer and more liberal than it was five years ago.
He thinks history will judge his party kindly."
Head. Arse.
My constituency returned an increased Tory majority by 2%. My parents won't confirm but it seems like all of my immediate family, voted Conservative.
Clegg a deluded, broken and rambling man. Will still not accept that he made a misjudgement, effectively calling the electorate ungrateful for the liberal 'sacrifice' of five years in power. The man has done more damage to the cause of PR and to civil liberties than any other politician by ruining the liberal vehicle that was built up over decades.
It's true but people do love GDP figures.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-32633008
Stick your postcode in the constituency finder on the right hand side.
All of you proclaiming about the Labour vote increasing, a lot of those extra votes come from LibDem. Everyone has been picking up voters from them, it's be expected that the share of the vote has increased.