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FPTP - Dead Man Walking ?

http://www.guardian.c...010-how-britain-voted The Guardian in its post election analysis yesterday said “Britain is now politically fragmented. Labour scored 42% of the vote in Scotland and...
11:44 Tue 18th May 20109 answers, last by R1Geezer 09:40 Wed 19th May 2010
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anotheoldgit

What an eye-sore

http://www.telegraph....arliament-Square.html These groups of Leffties and Communists have set up camp in Parliament Square, they have even dug out a vegetable patch for themselves. This is an...
11:51 Tue 18th May 201020 answers, last by LazyGun 11:24 Wed 19th May 2010
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R1Geezer

Muslim Miss America

http://news.yahoo.com..._on_en_tv/us_miss_usa Now there's a picture of her in a swimsuit on the front of the Express, is this a blatant Earthquake risk?...
10:24 Tue 18th May 20106 answers, last by R1Geezer 12:36 Tue 18th May 2010
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olddutch

A Mosque for Ground Zero ?

The Telegraph reports an ambitious plan to build a mosque next to New York's Ground Zero has angered residents of the city. http://www.telegraph....gers-New-Yorkers.html Is the Plan the equivalent of...
21:48 Mon 17th May 201010 answers, last by Gladeian 14:58 Wed 26th May 2010
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olddutch

VAT AND THE NEW PROGRESSIVES ?

The Institute for Fiscal Studies, has just posted some initial reactions to the Coalition agreement published today. Perhaps the most intriguing bit is that it thinks the agreement may pave the way...
08:39 Thu 13th May 201015 answers, last by olddutch 17:04 Thu 13th May 2010
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R1Geezer

OK let's assume we are gong to end up with some sort of PR

Without further argument about PR v FPTP, can some kind soul give me some Idea how it would work, from what I can gather there would be a proportionate number of MP's based on the percentage of the...
12:35 Tue 11th May 201017 answers, last by olddutch 08:59 Thu 13th May 2010
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humpy07

Will Lord Ashcroft surrender his Non-Dom status now the Tories are in power?

And will he repay all the tax he has evaded over the years?
22:23 Wed 12th May 201014 answers, last by sherminator 14:18 Thu 13th May 2010
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olddutch

Labour choose the safety of opposition ?

Alex Salmond says “The Labour Party of course had the prospect of leading a progressive alliance, but instead have chosen the safety of opposition. And I think their role in not grasping that...
10:44 Wed 12th May 201010 answers, last by IggyB 15:09 Wed 12th May 2010
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olddutch

“Potentially significant realignment in British politics; “historic achievement” say Tories?

The Times today reported - ///One Senior Conservative source said that the new Government would have a secure majority of more than 70 for a Parliament that would last for five years. This amounted to...
08:19 Wed 12th May 20109 answers, last by olddutch 12:34 Wed 12th May 2010
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BertiWooster

OK - So how is this going to work

The lib/dems are now in a coalition government with the tories . There are ideological diferences between the two parties , which have not suddenly dissapeared , but rather will lie simmering in the...
23:41 Tue 11th May 20104 answers, last by R1Geezer 12:59 Wed 12th May 2010
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Steve.5

You all voted for who you wanted.

& you got what nobody wanted. Democracy dont make me laugh...
19:31 Tue 11th May 201015 answers, last by smudge 12:13 Wed 12th May 2010
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piggynose

whats the difference between like and love?

wait for it.. spit or swallow
16:27 Sun 09th May 20102 answers, last by olddutch 19:14 Tue 11th May 2010
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R1Geezer

Think Yourself lucky this ain't Holland!

http://news.bbc.co.uk...tion_2010/8675063.stm we'd be at it for months!...
15:44 Tue 11th May 20102 answers, last by olddutch 18:11 Tue 11th May 2010
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olddutch

Adam Boulton Vs Alastair Campbell - Ofcom to adjudicate ?

Viewers have complained to Ofcom following an on-air row between Sky News political editor Adam Boulton and Tony Blair's former communications director Alastair Campbell. Sky News political editor...
14:44 Tue 11th May 201011 answers, last by Ric.ror 11:22 Wed 12th May 2010
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sandyRoe

A poison chalice?

Why are political parties jockeying for a place in a government that is going to have to introduce stringent cuts everywhere? Wouldn't it be better to pass on this one and come in later to pick up the...
13:08 Tue 11th May 20107 answers, last by olddutch 14:51 Tue 11th May 2010
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olddutch

Fact stranger than Fiction

http://www.independen...-the-eye-1970546.html Any theories on how or why this happened ?...
23:53 Mon 10th May 20105 answers, last by olddutch 12:44 Tue 11th May 2010
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olddutch

DISPRORTIONATE REPRESENTION - IS IT ON THE WAY OUT ?

(Reuters) - Most Britons would like to see a change in their country's voting system to give all parties fairer representation, polls published on Sunday showed. Polls at the weekend showed Widespread...
00:59 Tue 11th May 201020 answers, last by olddutch 12:36 Tue 11th May 2010
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brionon

64%

64% voted against the Tories. Well done ?
10:39 Fri 07th May 201026 answers, last by Sqad 16:19 Fri 07th May 2010
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123everton

Cable ties

The consensus amongst the pundits is that a hung parliament is a bad thing. Personally I don't think so, the people have spoken and this is what they wanted, it's up to the M.Ps to deliver FOR US. So,...
09:03 Fri 07th May 20109 answers, last by olddutch 13:31 Fri 07th May 2010
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Gromit

Lib/Lab pact - Brown to stand down?

Looks like Labour have got a trouncing, but the Tories haven't reached the finish line. So we have a hung parliament, and it is unlikely that the Lib Dems can work with the Tories. So Brown must stand...
23:45 Thu 06th May 201018 answers, last by R1Geezer 12:22 Fri 07th May 2010

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