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Author:  paulzolo [ Fri May 04, 2012 8:49 am ]
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Labour have won a string of victories in English and Welsh local elections - with shadow ministers claiming Ed Miliband is now on course for No 10.

The party is set to add more than 700 seats and has taken control of councils including Birmingham and Cardiff.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17920848

Another pasting. I am surprised the LibDems didn’t get more of a battering.

No doubt the Tories will go on about it being a “disappointing night” and that they have to work harder to get their “message across”. News for them - their message has been received and understood, hence the results.
Author:  Spreadie [ Fri May 04, 2012 9:12 am ]
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paulzolo wrote:
No doubt the Tories will go on about it being a “disappointing night” and that they have to work harder to get their “message across”. News for them - their message has been received and understood, hence the results.

+1
Author:  ShockWaffle [ Fri May 04, 2012 9:29 am ]
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I haven't switched my vote away from the Lib Dems; like many others I think we should have coalitions more often, that my team should work with whoever has the largest share of the vote, and that whichever party in the coalition has the most MPs should drive the general direction of policy.

The fantasists who thought this kind of policy should exist just to keep the evil Tories out have long since abandoned the liberal camp, but they were dilettantes anyway so its debatable how much of a loss those guys represent. I don't see any reason why the electoral maths for the Libs should deteriorate substantially from here. I guess there's little hope of converting more people to accept a grown up version of what the Lib Dems can and should be any time soon though, so major improvement is unlikely.

So hooray, Britain has decided to maintain business as usual. At every election millions of idiots will buy into transparent lies...That either Labour can spend more without increasing taxes or imperiling our finances through unsustainable debt; or else that the Tories can cut taxes but improve services through clever management school gimmicks. Both claims are equally fraudulent, but 80% of the electorate will buy one or other and decry the enemy's lies based on shallow, ignorant tribalism.

hands up who can remember the last time a political party actually promised to increase tax and pay for something specific with it? All I can recall is the Lib Dems at the election before last who wanted to put 2p on income tax to pay for education. They lost the election and Gordon Brown used PFI to raise the cash instead. What a victory that was for democracy.
Author:  belchingmatt [ Fri May 04, 2012 9:31 am ]
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So the cycle continues ad infinitum....

:roll: :P
Author:  rustybucket [ Fri May 04, 2012 12:26 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Local elections: Labour make gains in England and Wales
ShockWaffle wrote:
I haven't switched my vote away from the Lib Dems; like many others I think we should have coalitions more often, that my team should work with whoever has the largest share of the vote, and that whichever party in the coalition has the most MPs should drive the general direction of policy.

+1

Coalitions can (and do) work but they require the politicians, the media and especially the public to grow up and rein back on the schizophrenia. Which just won't happen.

"We want a fairer electoral system!"
"You can't have it"
"We want a fairer electoral system!"
"You could have had it, but you voted out the party that would have given it to you"
"We want a fairer electoral system!"
"We can't afford it right now - we've got a Cold War to fight and Western Europe to rebuild"
"We want a fairer electoral system!"
"You can't have it"
"We want a fairer electoral system!"
"Okay - let's have a referendum on IRV"
"We don't like Nick Clegg - stuff your new voting system!"

:roll:
Author:  Linux_User [ Fri May 04, 2012 1:03 pm ]
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Cardiff's just gone from a Lib Dem run authority to a Labour controlled one. It will be interesting to see how this pans out.
Author:  steve74 [ Fri May 04, 2012 1:59 pm ]
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Man dressed as penguin receives more votes than the Liberal Democrats
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Professor Pongoo, whose real name is Mike Ferrigan, carried out his campaign dressed in a penguin costume. He even promised to go to every full council meeting in the costume.

Don't yer just love Britain?!!
:lol:
Author:  james016 [ Fri May 04, 2012 2:24 pm ]
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For us Londoners there is this site which is showing live results. http://www.londonelects.org.uk/im-voter ... sults-2012

As someone who lives in Barnet, it is not looking good for Brian Coleman, hopefully this lardy parasite will be gone from the GLA and in time from the council.
Author:  l3v1ck [ Sat May 05, 2012 6:41 am ]
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News just in: Party/Parties in power do badly at mid term local elections.

Oh wait, that's not news, it's par for the course.
Author:  paulzolo [ Sat May 05, 2012 10:07 am ]
Post subject:  Local elections: Labour make gains in England and Wales
l3v1ck wrote:
News just in: Party/Parties in power do badly at mid term local elections.

Oh wait, that's not news, it's par for the course.

This is more than "doing badly". It's happened twice in two years. The Tories have far less local government control now than they did when they came to power.
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