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Bullet Magnet 05-07-2010 06:47 AM

Lib Dems ritualistically devour Tories, country exhales?

Wings of Fire 05-07-2010 07:08 AM

To stand as a candidate in the UK election you must lodge a £500 deposit. If you get less than 5% of the vote, you don't get it back.

We have data on 609 of 650 constituencies.

A BNP candidate appeared on 338 ballots (312 of which have been called). 260 have lost their deposit.

The BNP is currently down

£130,000

Good work!

STM 05-07-2010 07:21 AM

Haha, on other affairs, can't wait for a hung government. Should be fun. Not.

OANST 05-07-2010 07:28 AM

On the plus side you guys get to listen to plenty of lively debate. Nonstop. Right?

Wings of Fire 05-07-2010 07:33 AM

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On the plus side you guys get to listen to plenty of lively debate. Nonstop. Right?

And we don't even have a black man.

OANST 05-07-2010 07:35 AM

Maybe one day you guys will be as open minded and forward thinking as we Americans are. Maybe.

Bullet Magnet 05-07-2010 08:58 AM

Statistically, we're more likely to get south-east Asian and middle-eastern politicians than black politicians. Oh, and Polish politicians, if they haven't all gone back to Poland to find work by now.

MA 05-07-2010 12:28 PM

friggin Polish almost forced my stepfather out of his job. i am not impressed with their 'knocking other people the fuck off the employment ladder' forte.

Wings of Fire 05-07-2010 12:31 PM

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friggin Polish almost forced my stepfather out of his job. i am not impressed with their 'knocking other people the fuck off the employment ladder' forte.

Lucky for you that the Tories got in then!

Bullet Magnet 05-07-2010 03:02 PM

Damn those Poles and their penchant for working harder and for less pay than we lazy, greedy natives.

OANST 05-07-2010 03:06 PM

The Beaners, too.

MA 05-07-2010 03:23 PM

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Damn those Poles and their penchant for working harder and for less pay than we lazy, greedy natives.

no no, its got nothing to do with scaffolding.

Bullet Magnet 05-07-2010 04:02 PM

Ah. Booze money.

MA 05-08-2010 01:04 AM

LOOK YOU'VE ONLY BEEN BACK 10 MINUTES FUCK OFF

MeechMunchie 05-11-2010 11:42 AM

David Cameron is our new Prime Minister.

Eurgh.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/liveevent/

shaman 05-11-2010 11:46 AM

This reich will last for a thousand years.

OddjobAbe 05-11-2010 11:47 AM

I'm on the verge of fucking hanging myself.

Bullet Magnet 05-11-2010 12:03 PM

Can't wait to see how they reform the electoral process. By getting rid of elections, I imagine.

OANST 05-11-2010 12:04 PM

Oh, come on guys. He seems to about as liberal as a conservative can possibly get. It can't be that fucking bad.

OddjobAbe 05-11-2010 12:06 PM

He's a fucking twat. It's a fucking disaster. He's all for the chuffing rich.

OANST 05-11-2010 12:11 PM

I've read quotes from him stating that the government should find ways to increase their populations health and happiness, and lessen their attempts to line everyone's pockets.

He just doesn't seem that bad to me.

Wings of Fire 05-11-2010 12:13 PM

Even though I don't like the man I really also don't like when people keep crying SHADOW OF THATCHER.

OddjobAbe 05-11-2010 12:26 PM

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I've read quotes from him stating that the government should find ways to increase their populations health and happiness, and lessen their attempts to line everyone's pockets.

He just doesn't seem that bad to me.

That is clearly just something he has said to make people think "Jesus Christ, that sounds great! Let's vote for him!". The man's an utter tit, and I don't trust a word that is regurgitated through his smarmy little mouth.

OANST 05-11-2010 12:54 PM

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That is clearly just something he has said to make people think "Jesus Christ, that sounds great!

Ahhh. So he's a politician.

Bullet Magnet 05-11-2010 01:28 PM

Yes, to be honest, since the election I was hoping he'd get in just to clear up this fucking mess as quickly as possible. Now we can get back to the normal kind of political despair.

Nate 05-11-2010 06:19 PM

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I've read quotes from him stating that the government should find ways to increase their populations health and happiness, and lessen their attempts to line everyone's pockets.

He just doesn't seem that bad to me.

Perhaps you don't realise it, but most Conservative parties in the Western World are not only more Liberal than your country's Republican party; many of them are more Liberal than the Democrats also.

Wings of Fire 05-11-2010 07:22 PM

We're just spoilt.

OANST 05-12-2010 05:49 AM

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Perhaps you don't realise it, but most Conservative parties in the Western World are not only more Liberal than your country's Republican party; many of them are more Liberal than the Democrats also.

I think that maybe you're exaggerating a bit? Our liberals can be quite liberal. It's just that fuck Lieberman who ruins it for everyone.

Wings of Fire 05-12-2010 07:47 AM

http://libdems.org.uk/latest_news_de...7-7778979458ff

OANST 05-12-2010 07:57 AM

And that proves.....what? That your conservatives are much less hard line than ours? I think we all knew that.