2010 General Election: The Cable Forum Exit Poll

Some things do change, Boris Johnson talks about sausages....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politi...10/8668036.stm

I needed a laugh after this election. Boris is the new Mayor of Cumberland

[Ignitionnet]

Originally Posted by Hiroki

*Holds hands high in the air* that was my number one reason.

We don't claim for them in my house as I make enough money from work and various other ways so I am able to support my gf & son but a lot of my friends were **** scared about loosing the tax credits (child tax credits) as they depended on them and thought they would be plunged into poverty if they lost them and I felt bad for that reason and wondered what the **** I would do in that situation.

Never knew that it would only affect people who earnt 45k or over

****

Worse than that, it was actually only going to be removed for those who have household incomes over 50k, tapered at a lower level than that, but removing it from those who need it was never on the agenda from either Tories or Lib Dems.

You'd actually be better off under either Tory or Lib Dem taxation and tax credit plans than Labour - you believed the scare stories, and got blagged

[Tezcatlipoca]

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

You'd actually be better off under either Tory or Lib Dem taxation and tax credit plans than Labour - you believed the scare stories, and got blagged

True for me:

http://www.thesalarycalculator.co.uk/salary.php

[Cobbydaler]

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

Worse than that, it was actually only going to be removed for those who have household incomes over 50k, tapered at a lower level than that, but removing it from those who need it was never on the agenda from either Tories or Lib Dems.

You'd actually be better off under either Tory or Lib Dem taxation and tax credit plans than Labour - you believed the scare stories, and got blagged

The number of distortions presented, half truths & downright lies told by Brown during the TV debates was astounding.

[Ignitionnet]

Originally Posted by Matt D

Something like this?

FPTP mixed with PR - http://www.conservativeelectoralrefo...AddMemVote.htm

Interesting site. Seems some Tories do like the idea of electoral reform!

Lots of info on other methods, including AV+ & STV.

http://www.conservativeelectoralrefo...ndex-Home.html

I had a thought actually, this would be a great opportunity to get shot of the House of Lords. Replace it with a PR-elected upper house of say 100 members who would have the power to reject legislation and send it back to the Commons for amendment.

This would be done alongside resolving the constituency imbalances that currently exist in the FPTP system.

Wonder if that would appeal? Would resolve two issues in one, an elected second house and that house having PR so being representative.

[speedfreak]

My girlfriend asked me this morning who won? Was it labour, conservative or a tory win I love my girlfriend , always makes me smile.

Im quite looking forward to seeing what happens next. Every customers house I went in today were talking about the election,one guy took the day off and set his alarm for 4am I know Im not as old as most on here ( wahooo!) but I've never seen so much interest in politics before. I'm sure I heard it was a 55% turnout, I'm surprised it wasnt higher.

Im not saying who I voted for because I need ignitions help on my thread

[Hiroki]

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

Worse than that, it was actually only going to be removed for those who have household incomes over 50k, tapered at a lower level than that, but removing it from those who need it was never on the agenda from either Tories or Lib Dems.

You'd actually be better off under either Tory or Lib Dem taxation and tax credit plans than Labour - you believed the scare stories, and got blagged

Ah wow my wish myself and my friends had of known that I think most of them would've voted for lib dems instead of trying to protect themseleves by voting labour

I still believe in them when it comes to my local area but you live and learn.

Still not sure about the tax though I will need to work out the figures based on my earnings I guess......but thanks for the information

[Flyboy]

I don't know if any one has posted this yet, but:

BNP loses all 12 seats in Barking and Dagenham council

Well done to the good people of Barking And Dagenham.

[speedfreak]

Quite a few people I know went out and voted labour because they thought they'd lose their benefits under another party

[Tezcatlipoca]

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

I had a thought actually, this would be a great opportunity to get shot of the House of Lords. Replace it with a PR-elected upper house of say 100 members who would have the power to reject legislation and send it back to the Commons for amendment.

This would be done alongside resolving the constituency imbalances that currently exist in the FPTP system.

Wonder if that would appeal? Would resolve two issues in one, an elected second house and that house having PR so being representative.

It'd appeal to me.

All three main parties are in favour of reforming the House of Lords & creating an elected upper house (well, " "work to build a consensus" for a mainly-elected House of Lords" in the case of the Tories, while of course Labour could have done more during its 13 years...).

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Originally Posted by Flyboy

I don't know if any one has posted this yet, but:

BNP loses all 12 seats in Barking and Dagenham council

Well done to the good people of Barking And Dagenham.

Yep, mentioned earlier, but worth mentioning again

A bad election for the BNP - no MPs, & they lost several councillors

[Flyboy]

With their lack of success in the elections, are the British Nazi Party now a defunct organisation? Have they now been consigned to being a weird fringe party, something akin to the Monster Raving Loonies (with no intended disrespect to the MRLP)?

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

I had a thought actually, this would be a great opportunity to get shot of the House of Lords. Replace it with a PR-elected upper house of say 100 members who would have the power to reject legislation and send it back to the Commons for amendment.

This would be done alongside resolving the constituency imbalances that currently exist in the FPTP system.

Wonder if that would appeal? Would resolve two issues in one, an elected second house and that house having PR so being representative.

Why? The present House of Lords have done sterling work in watering down some of the more extreme ideas from this government.

Originally Posted by Flyboy

With their lack of success in the elections, are the British Nazi Party now a defunct organisation? Have they now been consigned to being a weird fringe party, something akin to the Monster Raving Loonies (with no intended disrespect to the MRLP)?

It certainly looks like we have seen as far as they can go in the MEP elections. There are always warnings of a hidden undercurrent of BNP support but it consistently fails to manifest itself on election day. They are not gone but will probably maintain the same level of support, hopefully the media will get bored of them and move. There are signs that has already happened after all on of their rising stars was arrested over plans to attack it's leader, damaging defections from members and it didn't get as much coverage as they are used too.

We'll see next campaign but the fact they completely lost barking is encouraging.

[Julian]

Originally Posted by Flyboy

With their lack of success in the elections, are the Labour Party now a defunct organisation? Have they now been consigned to being a weird fringe party, something akin to the Monster Raving Loonies (with no intended disrespect to the MRLP)?

I'd have to agree with you there!!!

[Zee]

I voted labour as i love the way they are so open for multi-cultural britain, they love to help families, they work hard on helping poorer families. i would never vote conservatives for the reason alone that they intend to ban the full islamic veil.