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It's that bad i registered to moan. p hart Send a noteboard - 07/05/2010 02:53:37 PM
We don't have FPTP in Scottish elections really, we use a mix of proportional representation and single transferrable vote.

Labour got 40% of the vote in Scotland but 70% of the seats, the SNP had more of the popular vote then the Lib-Dems but 4 less seats. The tories kept their one seat after spending at least a million pounds on the single campaign.

It does make things interesting from the Scottish point of view, Scotland doesn't like Nick Clegg, their share of the vote went down, the SNP core vote held up, but everyone else voted Labour for fear of the Tories. So we may have a situation where the Tories/Libs are in some sort of agreement, but have next to no votes in Scotland. Salmond is already questioning if the Tories have a mandate in Scotland (which is sorta academic as they do.)

The one thing i totally underestimated was the fear of Scots for a Tory Government, i spent all night watching, every expert was wrong.

Hopefully this can cause some sort of electoral reform, but i can understand your anger, as it happens in Scotland a lot, so i'm glad other folk are actually feeling the pinch, we might now get something done about it, Well for UK elections our national and local elections don't use that system.
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Lib Dems: Up 1% of the vote, down 10% of the seats. - 07/05/2010 09:29:03 AM 1725 Views
Re: Lib Dems: Up 1% of the vote, down 10% of the seats. - 07/05/2010 09:45:23 AM 1184 Views
So what would you move to? - 07/05/2010 09:53:51 AM 1009 Views
Re: So what would you move to? - 07/05/2010 02:55:32 PM 1105 Views
God I hate the British system - 07/05/2010 10:24:35 AM 1141 Views
It's an excellent morning. Conservatives are at 301 right now. *NM* - 07/05/2010 01:57:52 PM 584 Views
Are you counting the Speaker? *NM* - 07/05/2010 01:59:37 PM 630 Views
Indeed - 07/05/2010 02:22:37 PM 1173 Views
I love how they're calling that option "The Coalition of the Losers". - 07/05/2010 02:27:56 PM 1084 Views
They are? Where? - 07/05/2010 02:38:01 PM 1209 Views
On the lovely BBC. Paxman, Robinson, Dimbleby et al. - 07/05/2010 02:52:01 PM 1097 Views
Ah, we have it on but with the sound turned down - the subtitlers must be skipping that phrase - 07/05/2010 03:13:57 PM 1046 Views
The thing with PR is, the current vote results are a horrid predictor for PR vote results. - 07/05/2010 03:45:58 PM 1093 Views
That is true - 07/05/2010 03:53:51 PM 1101 Views
Re: That is true - 07/05/2010 03:54:51 PM 1130 Views
I'm sure it would be a setup for new elections in a few months if they did. *NM* - 07/05/2010 02:40:49 PM 585 Views
I suspect we'll get one of those anyway. - 07/05/2010 02:52:32 PM 1076 Views
What is the general consensus on who would win or lose from new elections? - 07/05/2010 02:57:04 PM 1230 Views
I've not heard any comment on this yet. I might have missed some. - 07/05/2010 02:58:00 PM 1106 Views
Not being talked about yet - I'd guess whoever is PM will lose though - 07/05/2010 03:21:23 PM 1235 Views
Re: Not being talked about yet - I'd guess whoever is PM will lose though - 07/05/2010 03:29:37 PM 1208 Views
King William IV indeed. - 07/05/2010 03:37:18 PM 1192 Views
Re: King William IV indeed. - 07/05/2010 03:40:41 PM 1032 Views
Re: Not being talked about yet - I'd guess whoever is PM will lose though - 07/05/2010 04:04:03 PM 1130 Views
I suspect a great deal of the problem is George Osborn - 07/05/2010 04:09:51 PM 1118 Views
Re: I suspect a great deal of the problem is George Osborn - 07/05/2010 04:24:56 PM 999 Views
Yes. - 07/05/2010 04:26:50 PM 878 Views
Re: I suspect a great deal of the problem is George Osborn - 07/05/2010 04:28:45 PM 1077 Views
Re: I suspect a great deal of the problem is George Osborn - 07/05/2010 04:34:41 PM 1058 Views
I'm sure he is - 07/05/2010 04:25:20 PM 1127 Views
Heh. - 07/05/2010 04:27:44 PM 1181 Views
Re: Heh. - 07/05/2010 04:43:18 PM 1174 Views
Re: I'm sure he is - 07/05/2010 04:40:07 PM 1106 Views
Cameron might be in trouble anyway. - 07/05/2010 06:25:14 PM 1222 Views
If they got PR as part of the deal it would be worth it - 07/05/2010 02:42:36 PM 1216 Views
Possibly. - 07/05/2010 02:53:28 PM 1230 Views
Re: Possibly. - 07/05/2010 03:00:55 PM 1026 Views
I didn't mean from that point of view. - 07/05/2010 03:05:05 PM 1109 Views
Re: I didn't mean from that point of view. - 07/05/2010 03:18:57 PM 1111 Views
Short term pain for long term gain - 07/05/2010 03:02:51 PM 1200 Views
Re: Indeed - 07/05/2010 03:45:00 PM 1127 Views
Re: Indeed - 07/05/2010 03:59:41 PM 1238 Views
Here's what i would do to sink the Tories - 07/05/2010 04:06:10 PM 1089 Views
that does sound strange - 07/05/2010 10:57:10 AM 1053 Views
The breakdown is pretty wack - 07/05/2010 11:07:20 AM 1057 Views
Tell me about it. - 07/05/2010 11:14:44 AM 1085 Views
I liked that as well - 07/05/2010 11:46:42 AM 1151 Views
I'm in the Cities of London and Westminster constituency. - 07/05/2010 11:56:04 AM 1109 Views
Not that I'd ever try to one-up you. - 07/05/2010 12:54:47 PM 1168 Views
- 07/05/2010 01:44:03 PM 1034 Views
Re: The breakdown is pretty wack - 07/05/2010 03:23:32 PM 1084 Views
Same here - 07/05/2010 03:47:51 PM 1033 Views
Re: Same here - 07/05/2010 03:56:46 PM 1183 Views
A simple change is all - 07/05/2010 01:16:16 PM 1125 Views
That's not a simple change. THIS is a simple change: - 07/05/2010 01:59:09 PM 1111 Views
Not that simple - 07/05/2010 02:45:00 PM 1066 Views
Because my school was a polling station we used to get the day off every polling day - 07/05/2010 02:51:18 PM 1224 Views
Show off - 07/05/2010 02:53:16 PM 1063 Views
Re: Not that simple - 07/05/2010 03:04:57 PM 1219 Views
Re: Not that simple - 07/05/2010 03:14:46 PM 1226 Views
Re: Not that simple - 07/05/2010 03:20:55 PM 908 Views
PR is hardly too difficult to implement and is much more democratic - 07/05/2010 02:48:01 PM 1088 Views
I hate the list system. - 07/05/2010 02:55:39 PM 1138 Views
There are many different versions - 07/05/2010 03:10:38 PM 1050 Views
It's that bad i registered to moan. - 07/05/2010 02:53:37 PM 1127 Views
Conservatives win and the stock market plummets. j/k - 07/05/2010 03:40:11 PM 1033 Views
Oh, and the other interesting thing will be seeing whether the Conservatives offer.... - 07/05/2010 03:57:52 PM 1195 Views
I like John Major - 07/05/2010 04:01:03 PM 1058 Views
There's only one the LibDems will be interested in though. - 07/05/2010 06:30:55 PM 1182 Views
But - 07/05/2010 08:21:11 PM 1110 Views
Isn't that the very definition of a coalition? - 07/05/2010 08:16:05 PM 1109 Views
OK here is the map of England by constituency, blue Tory, red NUlab - 07/05/2010 05:00:20 PM 1066 Views
So I'm just one of those upstart colonists....explain to me what is going on.... - 07/05/2010 05:26:59 PM 1059 Views
Basically... - 07/05/2010 06:43:10 PM 1097 Views
And things are changing already - 08/05/2010 04:08:47 PM 1176 Views
To be fair, I don't know it makes for much of a change - 08/05/2010 04:20:26 PM 1188 Views
I thought they weren't allowed to do that if Brown isn't Prime Minister? - 08/05/2010 04:52:39 PM 1144 Views
The latter, I'd say. - 08/05/2010 05:43:23 PM 1428 Views
Brown is PM at the moment - 08/05/2010 06:16:48 PM 1069 Views
They certainly can. - 09/05/2010 04:37:46 PM 1169 Views
God, our system is fucked up *NM* - 07/05/2010 06:25:04 PM 643 Views
If i were the tories - 07/05/2010 11:28:43 PM 1127 Views
Sounds like the pressure is on for Cameron - 08/05/2010 02:01:49 PM 1170 Views
Hmmm - 13/05/2010 12:08:04 PM 1429 Views
Completely uncalled for! - 13/05/2010 01:12:05 PM 1258 Views
How was he supposed to know that at the time he made the post? - 13/05/2010 09:52:24 PM 1521 Views
Re: How was he supposed to know that at the time he made the post? - 13/05/2010 10:59:35 PM 1143 Views
Yes I jumped the gun on the 12 - 14/05/2010 09:53:49 AM 1122 Views
Re: Yes I jumped the gun on the 12 - 14/05/2010 10:45:35 AM 1018 Views

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