The 2015 General Election

[brommy]

The Marginals are going to be key

 

Latest info suggests Labour have clawed back Grimsby from UKIP  ( at least in terms of where previous polling had that seat going)

 

Peterborough seems likely to stay Tory

 

It still suggests a hung parliament either way ... unless the media have something special up their sleeve for Thursday morning  ..

I fully expect the written media will have something up their sleeves for tomorrow and Wednesday. I'm also sure their intended damage won't be balanced across the parties.

We can only hope the UK written media, ruled by a few, near eccentric, often non-UK based billionaires, has no influence on the voters of the UK.

[tonyh29]

No comments on Ed's pledge stone  .. do these advisor's really get paid for coming up with this crap  ...

 

You'd think after Cameron's posters got shopped to the hilt , the politicians would know better by now

 

 

[mjmooney]

I agree the stone was utterly stupid, and a massive own goal. 

[CarewsEyebrowDesigner]

It did provide the greatest sentence of the campaign:

 

'Ed Miliband has unveiled a giant stone slab inscribed with Labour’s six election pledges'.

 

Genuinely surreal.

[Eames]

If Armando Ianucci had written that into a script for The Thick Of It - it would have been cut as too unbelievable. 

 

I can't believe no-one withing the Labour hierarchy said "Hang on Ed, this is a shit idea" 

 

If it contained any actual policy commitments I might have sort of understood what he was on about but it was just a bunch of airy fairy intentions that could be interpreted anyway Labour felt like anyway. 

[chrisp65]

we've gone from pledge cards to a stone monolith

 

I can't wait to see how we scale up from that at the next election

 

in July

[Eames]

Nick Clegg to have the entire Liberal Democrat manifesto tattooed on his face?

[chrisp65]

If there is another election relatively soon. Which party would have the biggest budget available?

 

I imagine most have just spent 5 years of savings, donations, good will and overdraft.

 

Another campaign in the summer could see a welcome return for the home made election leaflet with a punky gestetner copier vibe about them.

[tonyh29]

Nick Clegg to have the entire Liberal Democrat manifesto tattooed on his face?

 

talking of the Nick  ..the Clegg reads Twitter stuff about him was quite good .. though calling it "I Clegg your pardon" made me think Drat works for the Sun

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wexGqJL5dog

[hippo]

I think it will be a small tory majority. They always seem to come good at the end, and a good deal of 'don't knows' are shy tories,  and Tory supporters are more likley to get out and vote.

[andyjsg]

I will be suprised if it ends up with a Tory Majority, I think it will pretty much stay the same as it is now.

[brommy]

Still no VTers willing to have a guess at the seat numbers gained by the major parties?

Edited May 5, 2015 by brommy

[Xela]

I think Conservatives will get the most seats, but not sure how many

[markavfc40]

Stll no VTers willing to have a guess at the seat numbers gained by the major parties?

 

Go on I'll play along as I can sense that your feeling a bit peeved no one answered your first request

 

Tories 288

Labour 271

SNP 48

Lib Dems 27

UKIP 2

Others 14

[HanoiVillan]

Stll no VTers willing to have a guess at the seat numbers gained by the major parties?

 

Something like:

 

Cons 286

Lab 264

LD 22

SNP 52

PC 4

UKIP 2

Green 1

 

Graun have Tories to win only 274, think they'll do better than that, but still not enough to get over the line with LD + UKIP. 

[brommy]

Stll no VTers willing to have a guess at the seat numbers gained by the major parties?

 

Go on I'll play along as I can sense that your feeling a bit peeved no one answered your first request

 

Tories 288

Labour 271

SNP 48

Lib Dems 27

UKIP 2

Others 14

Not peeved as such, just surprised in amongst all the action on this thread there were no seat predictions.

Your prediction is very close to mine and is probably what will happen according to the latest opinion polls. I based my guess of a few more seats for the tories and a few less for labour around some of the 'don't knows' voting for the largest incumbent party.

[snowychap]

..."I Clegg your pardon"...

Cameron: I never promised you the Rose Garden.

[snowychap]

Nick Clegg to have the entire Liberal Democrat manifesto tattooed on his face?

Which one?

[tonyh29]

Tory 281

Labour 267

Liberal Democrats 26

UKIP 1

Green 0 here's hoping but I think Lucas will keep her seat as she appears to have successfully distanced herself from the unpopular greens in Brighton council

SNP 51

[markavfc40]

Tory 281

Labour 267

Liberal Democrats 26

UKIP 1

Green 0 here's hoping but I think Lucas will keep her seat as she appears to have successfully distanced herself from the unpopular greens in Brighton council

SNP 51

 

Something as seriously gone wrong somewhere if I am predicting the Tories to get more seats than you mate    You just erring on the side of caution? Based on your predication the Tories, plus DUP, UKIP and perhaps the Lib Dems would still be way short.

 

Anyone genuinely think a party will get an overall majority.? I wonder what odds you'd get as it seems a long shot if the polls are to be believed.

 

The way things are looking the days after the election are likely to be way more interesting then the weeks preceding it.

Edited May 5, 2015 by markavfc40