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This time you're not talking nonsense. Legolas Send a noteboard - 08/05/2015 05:36:35 PM

View original postAnother win for the good guys! First in Israel and now the UK. Who's next?

Really, really bizarre outcome though, if you've followed the election campaign - pretty strong proof that the UK is far harder to forecast, at least with the current tools available, than American elections.

I'm not unhappy that the Conservatives outperformed expectations so much, but the obliteration of the Lib Dems is not good for the country, nor is the extreme polarization between Scotland (and to a lesser degree Wales) and England.

And first past the post is really an absurd system:

SNP votes per seat: 25 972
Conservative votes per seat: 34 244
Labour votes per seat: 40 290
Lib Dem votes per seat: 301 986
Green votes per seat: 1 157 613
UKIP votes per seat: 3 881 129

I mean, really? That's supposed to be democracy?

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David Cameron whoops ass..... Anonymous2000 - 08/05/2015 01:33:15 PM 2415 Views
This time you're not talking nonsense. Legolas - 08/05/2015 05:36:35 PM 924 Views
The UK election system is as much a mystery as is cricket..... Anonymous2000 - 08/05/2015 05:44:31 PM 912 Views
It's basically the same system as yours, you do realize? For Congress, anyway. Legolas - 08/05/2015 06:32:54 PM 903 Views
The Scots seem quite suicidal Tom - 09/05/2015 04:29:31 AM 831 Views
Yes - but so do the Eurosceptic English. Legolas - 09/05/2015 09:27:39 AM 873 Views
The euro can only survive in one form Tom - 09/05/2015 05:39:34 PM 962 Views
Devaluation isn't exactly what you'd call a long-term solution. Legolas - 09/05/2015 08:38:54 PM 863 Views
Oh, I certainly don't support the populist parties Tom - 11/05/2015 01:43:23 AM 713 Views
I agree, "far right" is a misleading label in some ways. Legolas - 11/05/2015 09:29:56 PM 908 Views
What fool or fools started the EU? Anonymous2000 - 09/05/2015 01:37:27 PM 767 Views
Because Europe was doing so well before then, right? Legolas - 09/05/2015 07:51:30 PM 864 Views
The Euro would have worked better if there had been fiscal integration. Rebekah - 10/05/2015 09:43:43 PM 1056 Views
Re Scotland: Rebekah - 10/05/2015 09:41:43 PM 846 Views
Yeah, it was tense enough from the outside... Legolas - 10/05/2015 10:42:53 PM 896 Views
So what is the SNP going to do if Cameron tells them (rightly) to sod off about another referendum? Tom - 11/05/2015 01:45:16 AM 837 Views
Not the SNP so much as the people. Rebekah - 11/05/2015 02:00:32 PM 1027 Views
So the mob rules now, does it? Tom - 11/05/2015 06:04:04 PM 867 Views
Significant devolution will happen, that's for sure. Legolas - 11/05/2015 09:07:00 PM 817 Views
Why? Tom - 12/05/2015 07:10:31 AM 898 Views
I think that's enough Putin speeches for you for today. *NM* Legolas - 12/05/2015 06:37:23 PM 516 Views
Ha! It helps to not be 10 martinis in when you post, too. *NM* Tom - 12/05/2015 11:41:48 PM 490 Views
I guess you haven't watched braveheart? random thoughts - 13/05/2015 01:49:30 PM 848 Views
You are a sad sorry little man, and I pity you. *NM* Wibble - 15/05/2015 12:03:37 AM 571 Views
Re: It's basically the same system as yours, you do realize? For Congress, anyway. Duke - 11/05/2015 05:32:55 AM 1023 Views
The US is made up of 50 nations random thoughts - 12/05/2015 03:19:25 PM 787 Views
Indeed, but with the same two parties everywhere. Legolas - 12/05/2015 06:35:27 PM 835 Views
Wisconsin's drinking age The Shrike - 13/05/2015 01:09:53 PM 915 Views
Texas has similar laws random thoughts - 13/05/2015 01:44:29 PM 740 Views
I know. It's really sad that that's the most reasonable law anywhere in the US... Legolas - 13/05/2015 06:26:09 PM 891 Views
It's the same in Louisiana. Ghavrel - 14/05/2015 08:23:20 AM 833 Views
The states still can set the drinking age, incidentally. The feds can just withhold some funds. Ghavrel - 13/05/2015 02:55:51 AM 806 Views
They have still gutted the 10th amendment random thoughts - 13/05/2015 01:47:53 PM 803 Views
I agree they've gutted it. I'm not sure how I feel about it. Ghavrel - 14/05/2015 07:37:22 AM 794 Views
Well your elected senators are not that stellar random thoughts - 14/05/2015 01:38:37 PM 803 Views
What about open primaries like in California? *NM* Legolas - 15/05/2015 07:22:08 PM 415 Views
Texas kind of has open primaries random thoughts - 18/05/2015 08:34:43 PM 914 Views
They're all right. They're a hell of a lot better than our elected state legislature. Ghavrel - 17/05/2015 05:37:35 AM 806 Views
Three cheers for foodbanks! *NM* Dion - 12/05/2015 02:51:06 AM 467 Views
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