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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 2348 Views
This time you're not talking nonsense. Legolas - 08/05/2015 05:36:35 PM 856 Views
The UK election system is as much a mystery as is cricket..... Anonymous2000 - 08/05/2015 05:44:31 PM 847 Views
It's basically the same system as yours, you do realize? For Congress, anyway. Legolas - 08/05/2015 06:32:54 PM 830 Views
The Scots seem quite suicidal Tom - 09/05/2015 04:29:31 AM 766 Views
Yes - but so do the Eurosceptic English. Legolas - 09/05/2015 09:27:39 AM 801 Views
The euro can only survive in one form Tom - 09/05/2015 05:39:34 PM 894 Views
Devaluation isn't exactly what you'd call a long-term solution. Legolas - 09/05/2015 08:38:54 PM 791 Views
Oh, I certainly don't support the populist parties Tom - 11/05/2015 01:43:23 AM 642 Views
I agree, "far right" is a misleading label in some ways. Legolas - 11/05/2015 09:29:56 PM 835 Views
What fool or fools started the EU? Anonymous2000 - 09/05/2015 01:37:27 PM 706 Views
Because Europe was doing so well before then, right? Legolas - 09/05/2015 07:51:30 PM 800 Views
The Euro would have worked better if there had been fiscal integration. Rebekah - 10/05/2015 09:43:43 PM 980 Views
Re Scotland: Rebekah - 10/05/2015 09:41:43 PM 778 Views
Yeah, it was tense enough from the outside... Legolas - 10/05/2015 10:42:53 PM 820 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 770 Views
Not the SNP so much as the people. Rebekah - 11/05/2015 02:00:32 PM 959 Views
So the mob rules now, does it? Tom - 11/05/2015 06:04:04 PM 803 Views
Significant devolution will happen, that's for sure. Legolas - 11/05/2015 09:07:00 PM 750 Views
Why? Tom - 12/05/2015 07:10:31 AM 827 Views
I think that's enough Putin speeches for you for today. *NM* Legolas - 12/05/2015 06:37:23 PM 484 Views
Ha! It helps to not be 10 martinis in when you post, too. *NM* Tom - 12/05/2015 11:41:48 PM 459 Views
I guess you haven't watched braveheart? random thoughts - 13/05/2015 01:49:30 PM 781 Views
You are a sad sorry little man, and I pity you. *NM* Wibble - 15/05/2015 12:03:37 AM 529 Views
Re: It's basically the same system as yours, you do realize? For Congress, anyway. Duke - 11/05/2015 05:32:55 AM 939 Views
The US is made up of 50 nations random thoughts - 12/05/2015 03:19:25 PM 721 Views
Indeed, but with the same two parties everywhere. Legolas - 12/05/2015 06:35:27 PM 769 Views
Wisconsin's drinking age The Shrike - 13/05/2015 01:09:53 PM 849 Views
Texas has similar laws random thoughts - 13/05/2015 01:44:29 PM 676 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 824 Views
It's the same in Louisiana. Ghavrel - 14/05/2015 08:23:20 AM 770 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 740 Views
They have still gutted the 10th amendment random thoughts - 13/05/2015 01:47:53 PM 741 Views
I agree they've gutted it. I'm not sure how I feel about it. Ghavrel - 14/05/2015 07:37:22 AM 728 Views
Well your elected senators are not that stellar random thoughts - 14/05/2015 01:38:37 PM 736 Views
What about open primaries like in California? *NM* Legolas - 15/05/2015 07:22:08 PM 385 Views
Texas kind of has open primaries random thoughts - 18/05/2015 08:34:43 PM 853 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 738 Views
Three cheers for foodbanks! *NM* Dion - 12/05/2015 02:51:06 AM 432 Views
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