2015 UK General Election Thread

[Arthurgray50@blu]

Banana. I think that is a red herring. It is clear that if Ed won win by a small majority. As UKIP will come up the outside.

Labour in Scotland, as predicted will be wiped out by SNP As Scotland used to be a strong Labour vote.

So therefore Labour would have to go into partnership with SNP or even UKIP to run the country.

Sadly, Lib Dems will be wiped out totally, with Clegg, the bookies favourite to lose his seat. Cameron has no fear of losing his seat Witney, is one the of the strongest Tory seats going - rich farmers

Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

Banana. I think that is a red herring. It is clear that if Ed won win by a small majority. As UKIP will come up the outside.

Labour in Scotland, as predicted will be wiped out by SNP As Scotland used to be a strong Labour vote.

So therefore Labour would have to go into partnership with SNP or even UKIP to run the country.

Sadly, Lib Dems will be wiped out totally, with Clegg, the bookies favourite to lose his seat. Cameron has no fear of losing his seat Witney, is one the of the strongest Tory seats going - rich farmers

Red herring or lying on live TV?

Originally Posted by Mr Banana

Red herring or lying on live TV?

He can't say he will do a deal because it will kill Scottish Labour and harm English Labour. Also it's a coalition they don't ruled out. Nothing about a supply and confidence deal. At the moment the polls point to a minority Labour government propped up by the SNP.

[Gary L]

Originally Posted by Damien

At the moment the polls point to a minority Labour government propped up by the SNP.

Woo Hoo!

it's like waiting for Xmas day to hurry up and get here.

Can't wait to see Dave's angry face when he's booted off the God throne and he loses all power and he can't go and see Obama and everyone again.

[MalteseFalcon]

Like I say, I thought UKIP voters were morons. But I really do feel that Labour voters are morons if they want us to go back to borrow and borrow and spend and spend, leaving Britain close to having to go cap in hand to Germany. I wish voters would wake up and realise that yes a lot if financial decisions have been unpopular but necessary to stop us being controlled by Germany.

[papa smurf]

Originally Posted by Mr Banana

What did you think of the bit where Milliaband said he wouldn't enter into a coalition with the SNP?

my thoughts on that where -he'll change his mind in 5 seconds flat if it means he can be PM. he cannot be trusted he even stabbed his own brother in the back .

Originally Posted by Gary L

Woo Hoo!

it's like waiting for Xmas day to hurry up and get here.

Can't wait to see Dave's angry face when he's booted off the God throne and he loses all power and he can't go and see Obama and everyone again.

gaty does it not concern you that if labour do a deal with the SNP part of the deal appears to test on getting rid of trident. Have you seen what Russia is up to at the moment?

[Osem]

Course it doesn't, why would anyone be worried about what's been going on in Crimea and the Ukraine?

I mean invading and annexing parts of another country and stirring up this sort of thing at home isn't anything for us to be concerned about is it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32283456

Don't expect any coherent answer to your question though...

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Meanwhile some more good news for HMG which won't please the Labour economy wreckers.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-32346214

The head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, has endorsed the government's economic strategy.

Speaking at an IMF meeting in Washington she said "it's obvious what's happening in the UK has worked".

She added that the UK authorities had managed to provide the right balance of spending cuts and revenue raising.

"It's clearly also delivering results because when we look at the comparative growth rates delivered by various countries in Europe, it's obvious that what's happening in the UK has actually worked," she said.

Separately, Wolfgang Schäuble, the German finance minister, said that while he did not like to comment on other EU member states, he praised the chancellor: “The UK has done a very good job in the last few years and Osborne has a very good plan for the future.”

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/84767bbe-e...#axzz3XYFdMLfQ

Labour will not scrap trident. The only reason the SNP have made it their red line is because they know it's a non-starter but it gives them an excuse to put towards their moderate supporters on why they cannot a coalition.

[Osem]

And more good news on jobs for HMG:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-32348353

UK unemployment has fallen to its lowest rate since July 2008, official figures have shown.

The number of jobless people dropped by 76,000 to 1.84 million in the three months to February, the Office for National Statistics said on Friday.

That means the unemployment rate has fallen to 5.6%, in line with forecasts.

The rate is 1.3 percentage points lower than the same time in 2014 and is down from 7.9% at the time of the last election in 2010.

The number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance in March fell by 20,700 to 772,400, the ONS said.

Samuel Tombs, senior UK economist at Capital Economics, said the UK's "employment miracle shows no signs of drawing to a close" and expected the jobless rate to continue falling further in the coming months.

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Originally Posted by Damien

Labour will not scrap trident. The only reason the SNP have made it their red line is because they know it's a non-starter but it gives them an excuse to put towards their moderate supporters on why they cannot a coalition.

They'll probably dither about it for far too long, allow costs to escalate and we'll wind up getting the Trident equivalent of our Aircraft Carrier 'solution'.

[heero_yuy]

VOTING for Ed Miliband risks putting a million people out of work, David Cameron will claim.

The PM’s warning comes as the latest employment figures released this morning are expected to show another healthy rise and set a new record total for Brits in work.

<snip>

Mr Cameron will add: “Under the first five years of this Conservative government, unemployment has fallen by 400 people a day.

“Under the last five years of Labour, unemployment went up by 600 people a day.

“So if Ed Miliband repeated the economic mistakes of the last Labour Government - that he was a part of - he risks a million more people joining the dole queues.”

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Poll of Polls:



Something of a trend there. Looks like the UKIPer's are coming back to the Tory fold.


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[Ignitionnet]

Nigel Farage's banal performances in the debates have probably helped, too.

[denphone]

The odds are still stacked against the Conservatives though....

For Cameron there aren’t many ways of closing that 20-seat deficit other than by halving the party’s current projected losses to Labour. As the graphic below shows, on current polls the Conservatives are set to lose more than 40 seats to Labour. That needs to drop to no higher than 20-25.

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/...gainst-cameron

Yup UKIP have been slowly losing steam since the new year. It looks like it's starting to accelerate. It's also the only chance the Tories have of getting back in Government. The collapse in LibDem support means they'll need to make up more seats than last time.

Still looks quite difficult to see how the Tories can win power. The arithmetic is against them and they'll have few allies elsewhere in Parliament.

[Dave42]

ukip is the second nasty party