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Originally Posted by Earl of Bronze 
In that case, the populus who refuse to vote, then whine about the results of any vote should be compelled by law to vote. I believe that in Australia that voting is manditory, and to be honest I'm of the opinion this is a good idea....
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Forcing people to vote is completely at odds with democracy imo but I do agree that if you don't vote you lose the right to moan about the results
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Originally Posted by foreverwar
No, I disagree that the amount of voters affected would have made a difference to the end result in those constituencies. Where the polling stations ran out of voting slips is a different matter.
I also think that some people were the architects of their own failure, especially those who stated that they had turned up a number of times earlier but couldn't be bothered queue]ing those times.
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Some were in the queue for a couple of hours and so what, as long as your in the queue that should be enough and I bet the Electorial Commision will agree.
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Yes, let them sue - they can claim money from the government, plus all the lawyers fees, which will all be funded by the taxpayer...
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Yes let them, they have had their right to vote removed, surely no one would suggest they should have their legal right to do anything about it removed as well.
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Originally Posted by foreverwar
So Nick Clegg said he would form a coalition with the party with the most votes and/or the most seats - the Conservatives fulfill both of those criteria.
I wonder what happens next......
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Bed time.............................
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No he didn't, he said he'd talk to the party with the most seats/votes first and see if he could work with them. Heard it from Simon Hughes earlier.
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Originally Posted by Russ
Can someone explain to me in simple words what a hung parliament means for Britain and how it changes things?
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In our country it'll probably mean another election in about a year
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Originally Posted by Matt D
Late voter surge. Dimbleby saying of one polling station which ran out of ballot papers! Some had people queueing for hours, only to be turned away bang on 10pm. Others let people vote after 10pm so long as they were already in the queue.
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That's how it should be imo...
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Originally Posted by iFrankie
I need some help, what does hung parliament mean?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hung_parliament
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Originally Posted by Damien
Peter Robinson, the first minister of Northern Ireland, has lost in Belfast East. Is that important or is this a local issue then we should promptly forget.
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His wife didn't declare large loans to The Assembly that she used to fund her teenage lovers business....
Here's to you Mrs Robinson
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Originally Posted by Derek S
Ooooopppps.
Peter Robinson (N.I. First Minister) loses his seat.
C'Mon Ed Balls next.
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You don't think he'd make a good next leader of The Labour party then
