European elections on 22nd
22 May 2014, 01:42 PM
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Con/Lib/Lab have had their chance. They've not kept their promises and treated the electorate with contempt. Most voters are not fools and will not continue to vote for parties which don't deliver.
UKIP have really got some real momentum behind them, and unlike the other parties, they come across like they actually give a ****. They're led by someone whose got business experience (Farage was a commodities trader), not ex-barristers and lawyers like the others - in other words those who are experts in bullsh1tting.
A win for UKIP will really rock the boat for UK politics and show the old parties that people won't put up with being treated as fools.
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22 May 2014, 02:46 PM
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Some interesting electoral analysis by Electoral Calculus estimates that UKIP would need to get over24% of the vote in 2015 to win a single seat in Westminster. More outrageously, Lib Dems currently polling around 9% would win 25 seats!!
I believe this is going to become a big issue, as it will really highlight the lunacy of our current FPTP electoral system.
I may not support UKIP, but above all else I want the will of the people properly represented. The thought of 24% of the voting public being totally disenfranchised is utterly bewildering. I would have a bit more sympathy for Farage if he wasn’t a supporter of FPTP though.
I believe this is going to become a big issue, as it will really highlight the lunacy of our current FPTP electoral system.
I may not support UKIP, but above all else I want the will of the people properly represented. The thought of 24% of the voting public being totally disenfranchised is utterly bewildering. I would have a bit more sympathy for Farage if he wasn’t a supporter of FPTP though.
22 May 2014, 05:51 PM
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Apparently a lot of people have been getting handed their voting slips with the bottom folded, so you don't see the UKIP box, and right at the top there is UK Independence Party (NOT UKIP)... wonder how many mis-votes will be cast because of this?!..
22 May 2014, 06:12 PM
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22 May 2014, 07:06 PM
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I don't understand you
The UK independence Party is UKIP isn't it?
22 May 2014, 07:50 PM
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27128417
'An Independence from Europe' with the slogan 'UK Independence Now'. Surely only a moron would get it mixed up on the ballot paper.
Parties are listed alphabetically so 'An Independence from Europe' is therefore at the top.
'An Independence from Europe' with the slogan 'UK Independence Now'. Surely only a moron would get it mixed up on the ballot paper.
Parties are listed alphabetically so 'An Independence from Europe' is therefore at the top.
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22 May 2014, 08:01 PM
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27128417
'An Independence from Europe' with the slogan 'UK Independence Now'. Surely only a moron would get it mixed up on the ballot paper.
Parties are listed alphabetically so 'An Independence from Europe' is therefore at the top.
'An Independence from Europe' with the slogan 'UK Independence Now'. Surely only a moron would get it mixed up on the ballot paper.
Parties are listed alphabetically so 'An Independence from Europe' is therefore at the top.
Yes, but Pete seems to think that there is a party called ''UK independence party'' that is NOT ukip.
I don't believe that is the case.
Perhaps this shows how easily ukip voters get confused. I suppose if you walk around angry and outraged all the time it's quite difficult to concentrate
22 May 2014, 08:02 PM
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27128417
'An Independence from Europe' with the slogan 'UK Independence Now'. Surely only a moron would get it mixed up on the ballot paper.
Parties are listed alphabetically so 'An Independence from Europe' is therefore at the top.
'An Independence from Europe' with the slogan 'UK Independence Now'. Surely only a moron would get it mixed up on the ballot paper.
Parties are listed alphabetically so 'An Independence from Europe' is therefore at the top.
Can't wait to see the outcome of this election tomorrow!!
22 May 2014, 09:21 PM
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no,no,no,no,yes.
22 May 2014, 09:28 PM
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I can't see how this could happen. The pad has hundreds of pages plus a hard back. It would be like putting a 3inch fold in a local phone book. Maybe when you get down to the bottom but even then the people who hand out the papers are jobworths and take their role VERY seriously. no,no,no,no,yes.
no,no,no,no,yes.
at the last bit. I can see him sat at the desk saying it.
22 May 2014, 11:18 PM
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22 May 2014, 11:20 PM
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I have no favourite thieving lying bull****ting pigs at a trough politician. I treat them all with equal contempt.
UKIP for me too, not because they are wonderful, just because I despise the other tossers more
UKIP for me too, not because they are wonderful, just because I despise the other tossers more
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23 May 2014, 12:22 AM
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