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Re: Not that simple p hart Send a noteboard - 07/05/2010 03:20:55 PM
I don't agree with compulsory voting it goes from a right you exercise or choose not to, to something that if you don't do your own representatives makes you a criminal for, i'm for rights, and that include the right not to vote. Making people vote sounds a bit tyrannical to me, just say you don't like any of the candidates too bad you better vote or we'll criminalise you, no thanks not for me.


You can simply spoil your vote, which is seen as an act of protest.

I agree that you should not be forced to vote, but if you choose not to you don't have a right to complain about whatever happens.


Agreed, i can understand the sentiment totally, i wish everyone would vote.

Some Scottish nationalists i know who live in England and didn't have an England equivalent to vote for, just drew a box wrote SNP and put their x in their. I've also heard tales of more infantile ways of expressing oneself.
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Lib Dems: Up 1% of the vote, down 10% of the seats. Nebhead - 07/05/2010 09:29:03 AM 1745 Views
Re: Lib Dems: Up 1% of the vote, down 10% of the seats. Liam - 07/05/2010 09:45:23 AM 1204 Views
So what would you move to? Roland00 - 07/05/2010 09:53:51 AM 1027 Views
I imagine if the UK changes it will move to Proportional Representation Mark - 07/05/2010 10:04:38 AM 1150 Views
Re: So what would you move to? p hart - 07/05/2010 02:55:32 PM 1130 Views
God I hate the British system Camilla - 07/05/2010 10:24:35 AM 1157 Views
It's an excellent morning. Conservatives are at 301 right now. *NM* Tom - 07/05/2010 01:57:52 PM 592 Views
Are you counting the Speaker? *NM* Camilla - 07/05/2010 01:59:37 PM 636 Views
Indeed snoopcester - 07/05/2010 02:22:37 PM 1179 Views
I love how they're calling that option "The Coalition of the Losers". Rebekah - 07/05/2010 02:27:56 PM 1097 Views
They are? Where? snoopcester - 07/05/2010 02:38:01 PM 1228 Views
On the lovely BBC. Paxman, Robinson, Dimbleby et al. Rebekah - 07/05/2010 02:52:01 PM 1115 Views
Ah, we have it on but with the sound turned down - the subtitlers must be skipping that phrase snoopcester - 07/05/2010 03:13:57 PM 1058 Views
The thing with PR is, the current vote results are a horrid predictor for PR vote results. Legolas - 07/05/2010 03:45:58 PM 1109 Views
Re: The thing with PR is, the current vote results are a horrid predictor for PR vote results. p hart - 07/05/2010 03:52:19 PM 1144 Views
That is true snoopcester - 07/05/2010 03:53:51 PM 1114 Views
Re: That is true p hart - 07/05/2010 03:54:51 PM 1148 Views
I'm sure it would be a setup for new elections in a few months if they did. *NM* Tom - 07/05/2010 02:40:49 PM 599 Views
I suspect we'll get one of those anyway. Rebekah - 07/05/2010 02:52:32 PM 1099 Views
What is the general consensus on who would win or lose from new elections? Tom - 07/05/2010 02:57:04 PM 1243 Views
I've not heard any comment on this yet. I might have missed some. Rebekah - 07/05/2010 02:58:00 PM 1122 Views
Not being talked about yet - I'd guess whoever is PM will lose though snoopcester - 07/05/2010 03:21:23 PM 1249 Views
Re: Not being talked about yet - I'd guess whoever is PM will lose though p hart - 07/05/2010 03:29:37 PM 1227 Views
King William IV indeed. Liam - 07/05/2010 03:37:18 PM 1213 Views
Re: King William IV indeed. p hart - 07/05/2010 03:40:41 PM 1048 Views
Re: Not being talked about yet - I'd guess whoever is PM will lose though snoopcester - 07/05/2010 04:04:03 PM 1140 Views
I suspect a great deal of the problem is George Osborn Rebekah - 07/05/2010 04:09:51 PM 1131 Views
Re: I suspect a great deal of the problem is George Osborn p hart - 07/05/2010 04:24:56 PM 1012 Views
Yes. Rebekah - 07/05/2010 04:26:50 PM 895 Views
Re: I suspect a great deal of the problem is George Osborn snoopcester - 07/05/2010 04:28:45 PM 1090 Views
Re: I suspect a great deal of the problem is George Osborn p hart - 07/05/2010 04:34:41 PM 1074 Views
I'm sure he is snoopcester - 07/05/2010 04:25:20 PM 1139 Views
Heh. Rebekah - 07/05/2010 04:27:44 PM 1200 Views
Re: Heh. snoopcester - 07/05/2010 04:43:18 PM 1188 Views
His talking about "Portillo moments" was one of the best parts of the BBC's election broadcast. *NM* Legolas - 07/05/2010 08:14:11 PM 655 Views
Re: I'm sure he is p hart - 07/05/2010 04:40:07 PM 1120 Views
Cameron might be in trouble anyway. Werthead - 07/05/2010 06:25:14 PM 1237 Views
If they got PR as part of the deal it would be worth it Mark - 07/05/2010 02:42:36 PM 1231 Views
Possibly. Rebekah - 07/05/2010 02:53:28 PM 1252 Views
Re: Possibly. p hart - 07/05/2010 03:00:55 PM 1044 Views
I didn't mean from that point of view. Rebekah - 07/05/2010 03:05:05 PM 1139 Views
Re: I didn't mean from that point of view. p hart - 07/05/2010 03:18:57 PM 1129 Views
Short term pain for long term gain Mark - 07/05/2010 03:02:51 PM 1216 Views
Sylvia Hermon the independent unionist would probably support them as well Mark - 07/05/2010 02:44:35 PM 1157 Views
Re: Indeed p hart - 07/05/2010 03:45:00 PM 1146 Views
Re: Indeed snoopcester - 07/05/2010 03:59:41 PM 1256 Views
Well I'm fairly sure some Shinners have attended Tory conferences in the past Mark - 07/05/2010 04:05:56 PM 1069 Views
Here's what i would do to sink the Tories p hart - 07/05/2010 04:06:10 PM 1104 Views
that does sound strange AgentOrange - 07/05/2010 10:57:10 AM 1067 Views
The breakdown is pretty wack snoopcester - 07/05/2010 11:07:20 AM 1073 Views
Tell me about it. Liam - 07/05/2010 11:14:44 AM 1100 Views
I liked that as well snoopcester - 07/05/2010 11:46:42 AM 1167 Views
I'm in the Cities of London and Westminster constituency. Zeeb - 07/05/2010 11:56:04 AM 1125 Views
Not that I'd ever try to one-up you. Liam - 07/05/2010 12:54:47 PM 1183 Views
Zeeb - 07/05/2010 01:44:03 PM 1049 Views
Re: The breakdown is pretty wack p hart - 07/05/2010 03:23:32 PM 1097 Views
Same here snoopcester - 07/05/2010 03:47:51 PM 1050 Views
Re: Same here p hart - 07/05/2010 03:56:46 PM 1200 Views
A simple change is all Druid - 07/05/2010 01:16:16 PM 1145 Views
That's not a simple change. THIS is a simple change: Tom - 07/05/2010 01:59:09 PM 1131 Views
Not that simple snoopcester - 07/05/2010 02:45:00 PM 1080 Views
Because my school was a polling station we used to get the day off every polling day Mark - 07/05/2010 02:51:18 PM 1240 Views
Show off snoopcester - 07/05/2010 02:53:16 PM 1077 Views
Re: Not that simple p hart - 07/05/2010 03:04:57 PM 1236 Views
Re: Not that simple Mark - 07/05/2010 03:14:46 PM 1240 Views
Re: Not that simple p hart - 07/05/2010 03:20:55 PM 931 Views
PR is hardly too difficult to implement and is much more democratic Mark - 07/05/2010 02:48:01 PM 1102 Views
I hate the list system. Rebekah - 07/05/2010 02:55:39 PM 1152 Views
There are many different versions Mark - 07/05/2010 03:10:38 PM 1064 Views
It's that bad i registered to moan. p hart - 07/05/2010 02:53:37 PM 1143 Views
What's amazing is that the exit polls are actually looking astonishingly correct, now. Huh. *NM* Legolas - 07/05/2010 03:35:12 PM 559 Views
As soon as i turned on the TV, i was being told the Exit polls must be wrong p hart - 07/05/2010 03:47:15 PM 1081 Views
Conservatives win and the stock market plummets. j/k Burr - 07/05/2010 03:40:11 PM 1052 Views
Oh, and the other interesting thing will be seeing whether the Conservatives offer.... Rebekah - 07/05/2010 03:57:52 PM 1208 Views
I like John Major Liam - 07/05/2010 04:01:03 PM 1077 Views
There's only one the LibDems will be interested in though. Werthead - 07/05/2010 06:30:55 PM 1197 Views
But p hart - 07/05/2010 08:21:11 PM 1125 Views
Isn't that the very definition of a coalition? Legolas - 07/05/2010 08:16:05 PM 1124 Views
Until you bring Lady Thatcher back, all of your elections are just pick-the-least-offensive anyway. *NM* LiterateDog - 07/05/2010 04:08:32 PM 562 Views
Well her son is good at starting coups, so maybe he might be hired for her return. *NM* p hart - 07/05/2010 04:28:52 PM 592 Views
Whatever it takes. *NM* LiterateDog - 07/05/2010 04:31:13 PM 535 Views
Please no, the milk stealer is still used to frighten children in Scotland p hart - 07/05/2010 04:47:26 PM 1069 Views
OK here is the map of England by constituency, blue Tory, red NUlab p hart - 07/05/2010 05:00:20 PM 1081 Views
So I'm just one of those upstart colonists....explain to me what is going on.... Jeordam - 07/05/2010 05:26:59 PM 1080 Views
Basically... Werthead - 07/05/2010 06:43:10 PM 1113 Views
And things are changing already Werthead - 08/05/2010 04:08:47 PM 1193 Views
To be fair, I don't know it makes for much of a change snoopcester - 08/05/2010 04:20:26 PM 1204 Views
I thought they weren't allowed to do that if Brown isn't Prime Minister? Rebekah - 08/05/2010 04:52:39 PM 1158 Views
The latter, I'd say. Legolas - 08/05/2010 05:43:23 PM 1447 Views
Brown is PM at the moment p hart - 08/05/2010 06:16:48 PM 1085 Views
They certainly can. Werthead - 09/05/2010 04:37:46 PM 1177 Views
God, our system is fucked up *NM* Monkey - 07/05/2010 06:25:04 PM 657 Views
If i were the tories p hart - 07/05/2010 11:28:43 PM 1148 Views
That is hilarious. Both Brown and Dimbleby have been around for a while, huh? Legolas - 07/05/2010 11:59:58 PM 1424 Views
Re: That is hilarious. Both Brown and Dimbleby have been around for a while, huh? p hart - 08/05/2010 06:11:38 PM 1174 Views
Sounds like the pressure is on for Cameron snoopcester - 08/05/2010 02:01:49 PM 1190 Views
Hmmm Balwer - 13/05/2010 12:08:04 PM 1447 Views
Completely uncalled for! Rebekah - 13/05/2010 01:12:05 PM 1273 Views
How was he supposed to know that at the time he made the post? Legolas - 13/05/2010 09:52:24 PM 1543 Views
Re: How was he supposed to know that at the time he made the post? snoopcester - 13/05/2010 10:59:35 PM 1160 Views
Yes I jumped the gun on the 12 Balwer - 14/05/2010 09:53:49 AM 1139 Views
Re: Yes I jumped the gun on the 12 snoopcester - 14/05/2010 10:45:35 AM 1031 Views
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