Posts by recordari
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This is as stark an example of why FPP is not democracy as any I can imagine. At least political studies professors will now have a working example of why it sucks so badly.
Ok, so our MMP needs some improvement, but this is patently ridicolous. LD 22% of the vote (so far) and 7% of the seats. Right?
Whatthe?
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The BNP vote is more than slightly disturbing. Does this match increases in right wing parties across Europe? Apparently in Hungary it does.
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Whoops. The low-o-meter will start to operate soon. I was going to post Julian Clary's mincing machine earlier, but thought better of it. Still, Friday is a long day, especially when there's an election going on.
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Speaking of which;
Ed Balls has indeed held his seat. As David Dimbleby says, the Tories have been denied their "Portillo moment". After the result, Mr Balls acknowledges it was "quite close" and pays tribute to his Conservative opponent for fighting a "straight" and "decent" campaign.
Oh come on, please don't make it this easy.
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At least for those of us who don't have real jobs, ay?
I object! We can multi-task. It's a global conspiracy to state otherwise.
In related news from the Beeb;
Just looking at shots of David and Samantha Cameron going into a pub in the Tory leader's constituency of Witney in Oxfordshire. They're heading to the count later, but he obviously fancies a pint first. He's said before that Guinness is his tipple of choice.
Shouldn't he be in Bootle?
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Now that everyone's had a turn at taking offence
Hey, I tried to ignore it. But agree that given it wasn't your words, the reaction was a little OTT. But that's what you get when quoting Twitter ;-)
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"The Gypsy Tea Rooms" across the street. Did they serve tea? No. I guess I did feel genuinely gypped, though, maybe that was the joke.
Lucky you went past Jafa, cause then you'd be asking for trouble.
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Ok, so back to the election. Please.
Eve of the election: reflections from Election Experts. Suppose London School of Economics and Political Science is not everyone's cup of tea, but rumour has it they know a thing or two. There's lots of poll stuff linked on this page, for those with a statistical bent.
It can't be too bad. Monica Lewinsky is a graduate.
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Pass the crisps: UK Election watch.
It should perhaps come with a slight warning though. They have been discussing Charlie Brooker, and things have got a little divergent from the UK election.
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Bootle 47.7 53,700
So what were the other 28,000+ doing? On the bootle perhaps?