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Originally Posted by speedfreak
Just to save me searching the web and this thread, is there any possibility that the Lib Dems can win? Or is it a "wasted" vote?
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Well, surely it depends on where you are, whether it is a wasted vote or not (& depending on what you see as "wasted").
If your constituency is a two-horse race between Labour & the Conservatives, then a vote for the Lib Dem candidate could be considered to be wasted.
But if it's a tie up between Lib Dem / Labour or Lib Dem / Tory, then a vote for the Lib Dem candidate is not wasted.
As for them winning overall... highly unlikely, even with their current poll success (which of course may not last, & may not be accurate), simply due to the UK's voting system.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politi...10/8626154.stm
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Originally Posted by BBC
SATURDAY'S POLLS
A Sun newspaper poll, carried out after the TV debate, suggests Labour are in third place on 28% (down 3%), with the Lib Dems on 30% (up 8%) and the Conservatives 33% (down 4%). Applying the figures from The Sun poll, which came from a YouGov survey of 1,290 people, to the BBC News website's election seat calculator, results in the following: Labour 276 seats; Conservatives 245 seats; Lib Dems 100 seats; Others 29 seats.
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But even though it's unlikely that the Lib Dems could win, they could end up holding the balance of power in a hung parliament, with their support being needed by the majority party.
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Originally Posted by foreverwar
I don't think the recipients of our ICBM's would actually be bothered about the manufacturing process, more about the authorisation and delivery....  |
LOL, I guess you have a point!
Has Mr Cameron said anything more about China, btw?