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Ukip come within 600 votes of having TWO MP's at Westminster
Topic Started: Oct 10 2014, 05:46 AM (1,256 Views)
johnofgwent
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It .. It is GREEN !!
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Blessed are the alarm clocks that wake your missus, for they allow you first peck at the juicy headline ...

I wake this morning to find that Clacton has a UKIP Member of Parliament.

That isn't all that surprising, the man was clearly unhappy at Cameron's leadership, and over fifty per cent of the electorate turned out to demonstrate that they are not happy with him either, to the tune of a twelve thousand majority over the "official concervative and unionist party candidate" with the others in the running reduced to the status not so much of "also rans" but more "did they bother to leave the starting gate ?"

What I find most entertaining, coming as I do from a constituency where the sitting (L:abour) MP has pissed her 10,000 + majority up the wall and wonlast time by a mere 1000 votes on a turnout higher than it has been for a while, is that the OTHER by election, in a constituency LABOUR have held comfortably since it was created in 1983, a by-election caused not by political discontent but by the death of the sitting MP, UKIP came to within SIX HUNDRED VOTES of winning. LABOUR held the seat with 11,600 and something the UKIP's Eleven Thousand.

I shall REALLY enjoy voting UKIP in May 2015 in Newport East.
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RJD
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Prudence and Thrift
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Tigger
Oct 13 2014, 06:12 PM
RJD
Oct 13 2014, 05:56 PM
Tigger
Oct 13 2014, 05:52 PM
krugerman
Oct 13 2014, 05:37 PM
Why do anti Europe posters believe or assume that a referendum will result in a "Yes" vote to leave the EU. ?

A comprehensive poll by YouGov in 2010 showed that 47% would vote to leave, 33% would vote to stay, and 19% are either undecided or would not vote.

But that comprehensive poll also found some other very interesting findings

Time it seems, is running out for Eurosceptics

The most Eurosceptic people in the UK are the over 60s age group, with the 18 - 24 age group been very pro European.

Also, history teaches us that voting intentions always change during and after a campaign, as happened in Scotland recently, the pro Europeans have been largely silent, almost all the shouting (so far) has been by those who want the status quo to change, in other words Nigel Farage, UKIP, the Eurosceptic wing of the Tory Party and the Daily Mail.

Leaving the EU is not a foregone conclusion following a long campaign where the issues will be thrashed out
As soon as the economic implications are spelt out it is a foregone conclusion that the UK will stay in the EU, just about anyone in business can see this which is why a recent poll reported that 90% of those involved in manufacturing would like to stay in.

I sometimes wonder what the elderly right wing contingent on here have running through their minds with the rosy picture they paint of a UK cut adrift and on the receiving end of the World's trading blocs, one thing is certain though if our politicians are as ignorant and as poorly informed as these forum duffers we will be well and truly stuffed in the event of an exit.
I sometime wonder why relatively young and Worldly unwise Plumbers from the NE are so scared of being away from the centre of the big herd. But after about millisecond the Penny drops. Tiger you are the little Englander.
The big herd is where the action is, ever noticed that? Almost certainly not.

You may well find the prospect of being put out to pasture appealing and the eventual appearance of the vet with his smooth bore pistol rather comforting when the World gets a bit too much for you, but whatever you do don't confuse your own lack of wisdom for common sense..........
Clearly you have not visited Germany or Italy or France of late. What you class as wisdom most bottle as pub gossip. Germany is on the verge of a third recession in six years and France is in free fall without a parachute.
The fact that I am old and infirm is not an excuse for you to mock my status, it just shows you up to be no more than a nasty callous wretch.
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papasmurf
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Oct 15 2014, 11:08 AM
Looks like Labour and the Tories have similar form as well: http://liarsbuggersandthieves.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Animal%20Cruelty

All The Best
As I have pointed out several times in the past, but it is a shame it is in that constituency because of the very high numbers of people using Camborne food bank. The current Tory MP stands NO chance or getting re-elected as it is.
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