perhaps a referendum on proper PR (not AV) as part of any coalition deal? - would be interesting as presumably UKIP, Greens and Libs would be campaigning in favour of this.
UK General Election 2015 | Conservatives win with an overall majority
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Well me and the missus voted Tory. I actually feel a little dirty now 
Maybe a referendum on whether we want all these referendums? It could end up like when people were allowed to create polls on here and it all got a bit out of hand.
I wish people still called it plebiscite.
I bet when you're having an argument in a few months or years she'll throw it back in your face, revealing she never voted Tory at all and she lost all respect for you when you did.Well me and the missus voted Tory. I actually feel a little dirty now
@Damien - Make a new thread/ poll please ta thanks mate.
Try a few weeks
But nah, most of us and our mates/family are better off in various areas (not neccesarily just economic) under this government so we all pretty much decided to switch allegiences as none of us trust Ed or any of this SNP nonsense. It's a case of going with what we know over what we would like to happen (but probably won't).
It's suprising actually just how many previously staunch Labour voters I know just don't think they will make a viable government.
Well me and the missus voted Tory. I actually feel a little dirty now
You apparently just broke the law. It's illegal to reveal how someone else has voted.
Mind you considering we voted at different times seperately, they'd have a hard time proving I actually know, because of course I wasn't there. She could have lied to me. fecking women...
The Jenkins Commission recommended AV+, but i doubt whether that would satisfy some in this thread. Which system would you like to see implemented?
Many of these so-called reforms simply bring about new and different problems. If we were to be stuck with coalitions for the foreseeable, we would then need further measures to check against the inherent weakness of PR.
Jenkins can suck my balls.
Well me and the missus voted Tory. I actually feel a little dirty now
You heinous bastard, there goes any chance of me voting you Entertainment Forum poster of the year (I'm almost certain no such caf award exists, but I hope they make one just so I can go out of my way to not nominate you)
Done.
Redcafe prediction -
Labour with 40%
Conservatives 15%
Greens 11%
Not Voting 15%
Lib Dems 7%
UKIP 5%
SNP 3%
Others 5%
Labour with 40%
Conservatives 15%
Greens 11%
Not Voting 15%
Lib Dems 7%
UKIP 5%
SNP 3%
Others 5%
When will we know who won?
Around midnight your time is probably when there'll be a pretty good picture of how things are going.
Seats through the night/ tomorrow morning for final results.
New government could take anything between a day and 20 days to form. Most likely by Monday/ Tuesday.
Not sure if already posted, but
About 6am UK time.
Yea, I think the idea is that the most likely outcome is a minority Labour government, but the next 3 most likely outcomes are Conservative governments (Conservative minority, Con-LD coalition, Conservative Majority).
So overall the chances are slightly higher for a Conservativew government of some form, but the most likely single outcome is a Labour minority. Paddypower for instance has it 2/1 Labour Minority vs 9/4 Conservative-LD coalition, 6/1 Conservative Minority, 10/1 Conservative majority.
Tbh a Conservative-Lib Dem-DUP coalition looks decent odds at 14/1.
Odds reflect how people are betting more than anything else though. I really can't see any route for the tories to be in power.
Which is often informed by the biased press, and far overused "Ooooooh it's neck and neck on election day" style reports. See Obama in 2012.
Just voted for my first time, up here in Leeds. It was great to see so many fellow students going out to vote, and we had about a 20 minute long queue sneaking up the stairs to the room with the booths. Although being next door to Uni of Leeds, and less than 5 minutes from Leeds Beckett probably helped persuade passing students to vote.
Also found out that the UKIP council representative for this ward lives in my student accommodation... He's not very popular.
Also found out that the UKIP council representative for this ward lives in my student accommodation...
He's not very popular.Just voted for my first time, up here in Leeds. It was great to see so many fellow students going out to vote, and we had about a 20 minute long queue sneaking up the stairs to the room with the booths. Although being next door to Uni of Leeds, and less than 5 minutes from Leeds Beckett probably helped persuade passing students to vote.
Also found out that the UKIP council representative for this ward lives in my student accommodation...
My local UKIP candidate is 18-years old and was sighted doing his homework before one of the local election debates. Certainly the youngest of the local candidates.
I still can't believe the 20 year-old SNP candidate (on track to beat Danny Alexander). Is she going to finish her degree alongside her MP duties?
It's Douglas she's up against.
I'd imagine she'd maybe chuck her degree if she gets elected since it'd be pretty difficult to do both, but I'd still be surprised if she manages to get in ahead of him in the end.
Nah my politics haven't changed, I just (like a surprising amount of people) don't trust this current bunch not to feck things up again. Gone are the days when I vote for a party just because they are Labour, Blair and his mob saw to that.
Is there any fivethirtyeight style thingy we can follow the the results coming in on?
I imagine most decent news outlets will have a liveblog. The 24 hour news channels will be announcing seats as they come in, too.
Fivethirtyeight should do it.
BBC's the best coverage though, I'd watch/ follow there.
Quite an enjoyable read... http://www.independent.co.uk/voices...cher-and-the-poor-to-get-poorer-10230342.html
In 6 months time when we vote again.
Fivethirtyeight should do it.
BBC's the best coverage though, I'd watch/ follow there.
I don't even know why I asked such a stupid question in retrospect
cheers guysJust voted the shit out of that election wooo
Just voted for the green party, the polling station was completely dead. Just two bored looking people to process me and a sweet old lady collecting data for the green party.
Will be voting for the first time today, probably Labour as they are most in line with my beliefs, even though I think it would be a risk if they got into power. Ed has grown on me too. having at first thought he was an absolute mess. I just don't think I could bring myself to ever vote Tory.
I've done a shit load of those 'who I should vote for quizzes' and I've always come out with Labour followed by Greens, with the Tory's/UKIP right at the bottom.
I've done a shit load of those 'who I should vote for quizzes' and I've always come out with Labour followed by Greens, with the Tory's/UKIP right at the bottom.
It's just because a lot more people are betting on Cameron to PM than Ed I think.