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rivingtonpike May 2nd 2015 5:39 pm

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:lol:

Originally Posted by Shard (Post 11635336)
Weird voice, weird everything. Pleased Labour stuck with him though, otherwise they might get back in power.

:lol::rofl:

mdizzle May 3rd 2015 1:43 am

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Originally Posted by rivingtonpike (Post 11635266)
I heard Ed Milliband speaking on Question Time last night. Hasn't he got a weird voice! Is it adenoids?

That thing he does where he asks someone their name and then repeatedly uses it in his answers is bizarre. The way he peers into the camera is also a bit unnerving.

Shard May 3rd 2015 1:58 am

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Originally Posted by mdizzle (Post 11635629)
That thing he does where he asks someone their name and then repeatedly uses it in his answers is bizarre. The way he peers into the camera is also a bit unnerving.

That habit came across as particularly synthetic. I thought Clegg came across the best of the three (although he did overuse the word 'fair' quite a bit).

withabix May 3rd 2015 2:07 am

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Originally Posted by mdizzle (Post 11635629)
That thing he does where he asks someone their name and then repeatedly uses it in his answers is bizarre. The way he peers into the camera is also a bit unnerving.

I like it when people still call him David....:rofl:

He always looks so offended, being the lesser of the two Millipedes.

He is after all the stooge of the Unions, who installed him as the leader that the rest of the Labour membership didn't want.

The Unions like him because he hasn't actually lived in the real world with ordinary people so he believes everything that his Union masters tell him is the truth.

He is of course as far from working class as you can possibly be, paying £1.9 million cash towards his £2.3 million house, despite never having done a day's work in his life. He's reportedly worth £5 million - even more than Cameron!

jimf May 3rd 2015 3:00 am

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Originally Posted by Shard (Post 11635638)
That habit came across as particularly synthetic. I thought Clegg came across the best of the three (although he did overuse the word 'fair' quite a bit).

I think Clegg has done quite well over the last few weeks. Hopefully the majority of sitting LD MPs will survive but it looks a bit unlikely.

Rosie Lee May 3rd 2015 3:32 am

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Originally Posted by jimf (Post 11635692)
I think Clegg has done quite well over the last few weeks. Hopefully the majority of sitting LD MPs will survive but it looks a bit unlikely.

In the BBC's poll of polls, LD only had 9%, UKIP had 13%!!! :ohmy:

caretaker May 3rd 2015 3:54 pm

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Originally Posted by jimf (Post 11635692)
I think Clegg has done quite well over the last few weeks. Hopefully the majority of sitting LD MPs will survive but it looks a bit unlikely.

I just saw the last 20 min of the replay of Question Time on CPAC and he's a good speaker but I was glad when it was over.
The fellow on the left who looks asleep giving him a hard time was the best part.

not2old May 3rd 2015 9:42 pm

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if the BBC polls are on the money, then its going to be an interesting parliament

Election 2015 poll tracker - BBC News

mikelincs May 3rd 2015 10:49 pm

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Originally Posted by not2old (Post 11636251)
if the BBC polls are on the money, then its going to be an interesting parliament

Election 2015 poll tracker - BBC News

It seems to be that they are all predicting a hung parliament, with most suggesting that the biggest single party might well struggle to even get a majority with the support of other parties. SNP may well hold the most important position, if they do get between 45 and 50 seats as seems likely they will have a lot of power. I've even seen it postulated that the biggest single party might well form a minority govenment, which would immediately get rid of any thoughts of an EU referendum as the conservatives would not get sufficiwnt votes to pass a bill to set one up.

not2old May 3rd 2015 11:17 pm

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imagine labour winning this election?

not2old May 5th 2015 6:35 am

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its all down to this, courtesy of the BBC

Election 2015: Q&A - what happens if no-one wins? - BBC News

rivingtonpike May 5th 2015 2:03 pm

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Well, our votes ended up being proxy ones with the voting forms going to my MIL. This meant for the first time, someone who isn't me or my wife knows which way I voted. I can't decide whether that tempered my voting choice or not. I might have been a bit more radical on the basis it won't affect me and no-one would ever know!

I'll be able to watch the election results unfold without staying up into the small hours!

Former Lancastrian May 5th 2015 2:23 pm

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If the Subaru changes to a tartan Subaru by Wednesday night then its got my vote. I prefer it to be the Royal Stuart tartan.

rivingtonpike May 5th 2015 2:27 pm

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I actually thought there would be a higher turnout of BE voters than there has been. Maybe they're waiting for the actual day to vote?

Former Lancastrian May 5th 2015 2:34 pm

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Originally Posted by rivingtonpike (Post 11637988)
I actually thought there would be a higher turnout of BE voters than there has been. Maybe they're waiting for the actual day to vote?

Maybe most of them don't give a shit about voting if they are over here permanently or temporary. Be it the UK or here in Canada I have lost all confidence in all parties and leaders. They are all as bad as each other. If a cheese and ham sandwich with pickled onions was on the ballot paper Id vote for it as thats how much confidence I have in politicians today.


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