Bollitics: The General Election 2010 Exit Poll

[CarewsEyebrowDesigner]

Not now, no. It'd just be silly to join within the next 5 years.

However in the future when the dollar is no longer the mighty currency it is now (and it will happen), and when the debt the country has taken on and the instability within the financial sector mean the sterling is weak, and when we see the euro get stronger thanks to the big boys of Germany and France, would you not think it'd be a good idea to join then?

To sum it up, I'm afraid of the Chinese

[TheEgo]

Get in Cameron! Woop Woop!! Not a popular opinion on here, but mine and that's a fact!!!

Let's see what the Cons and Lib Dems can do to get the country back on track! we all have our own views and the nation has clearly decided they can't decide, so this is what we have now and have to accept it! (well until the coalition falls apart and another Election is called)

[andyjsg]

They have got a huge job on their hands sorting out the mess Labour have left behind again.

This kind of thing gets said every time a government changes hands from one outdated concept to the next

Yep, usually it goes like this....

"They spent all the money and left us in shit"

and the other one goes

"They destroyed public services and left us in shit"

[Reality]

Big kick in the teeth for Liam Fox in defence, apparently Paddy Ashdown will take on the role of Defence Secretary.

[privateer]

In the long term though I hope English pride stops getting the better of them, and they join the Euro. It's in everyones best interests if they wish to compete in the future.

Sorry, what exactly is your definition of "everyone"? Are you seriously arguing that we would be better of if we had ditched sterling and were in the euro now? Or are you suggesting we should adopt it soon?

As thetrees pointed out, just about every country that joined the euro got hit hit with price rises on just about everything. I saw this at first hand by traveling in the eurozone and watching the effect it had as they adopted it. Pre-euro x price, post euro y price. x was always lower than y.

[bickster]

Big kick in the teeth for Liam Fox in defence, apparently Paddy Ashdown will take on the role of Defence Secretary.

Well you might as well have someone who knows all about being in the forces in the job

[CarewsEyebrowDesigner]

Hague as Foreign Secretary. Can't complain.

But oh my.

Osborne is Chancellor.

Bollocks. Even tory supporters think he's a mong.

[mykeyb]

Well lets all hope that history repeats itself and Villa can have the same kind of success they had the last time the tories took over from labour.

Labour had better get their arses in gear because if some people are right about this they wont have long to re-group before we are back to the polls.

If they are wrong and this does work it could be a great government that could see a big change in the political arena for some time to come.

They have got a huge job on their hands sorting out the mess Labour have left behind again.

The mess the Tories left from the 70s/80s is still here as well.

Care to enlighten us?

[Reality]

Big kick in the teeth for Liam Fox in defence, apparently Paddy Ashdown will take on the role of Defence Secretary.

Well you might as well have someone who knows all about being in the forces in the job

Yes of course, but as expected Liam Fox is not one bit pleased.

[privateer]

Well lets all hope that history repeats itself and Villa can have the same kind of success they had the last time the tories took over from labour.

Labour had better get their arses in gear because if some people are right about this they wont have long to re-group before we are back to the polls.

If they are wrong and this does work it could be a great government that could see a big change in the political arena for some time to come.

They have got a huge job on their hands sorting out the mess Labour have left behind again.

The mess the Tories left from the 70s/80s is still here as well.

Whaaaaaat? So what the **** have Labour actually been doing for the last 13 years? How long did they want to "right the mess"? If they had concentrated on righting the so-called mess rather than royally **** up economically and doing their best to create a combination of a nanny state and a control freaks wet dream maybe we would be in a better position now.

[thetrees]

The mess the Tories left from the 70s/80s is still here as well.

You mean that 13 years of Labour couldn't clean it up? :shock:

A damning indictment of the Labour party and socialist policies in general if that's the case.

[andyjsg]

Big kick in the teeth for Liam Fox in defence, apparently Paddy Ashdown will take on the role of Defence Secretary.

Well you might as well have someone who knows all about being in the forces in the job

Maybe this is Dave's plan to cut the defence budget by making Paddy 'Rambo' Ashdown a one man army. Send him into Afganistan, those Taliban will run for the hills!!

[thetrees]

Big kick in the teeth for Liam Fox in defence, apparently Paddy Ashdown will take on the role of Defence Secretary.

If that's the case, a very sensible appointment.

We will have gone from the least qualified defence secretary to the most qualified defence secretary in one fell swoop.

[CarewsEyebrowDesigner]

Part of me is happy for Cameron himself, he's had a tough year and remained strong. Put the party bollocks aside and hes done his family proud.

[mykeyb]

They have got a huge job on their hands sorting out the mess Labour have left behind again.

This kind of thing gets said every time a government changes hands from one outdated concept to the next

Yep, usually it goes like this....

"They spent all the money and left us in shit"

and the other one goes

"They destroyed public services and left us in shit"

Well I agree with point one, not sure you could level point two at Labour though.

Maybe that one can be used against the Tories when they get voted out.....

[privateer]

Hague as Foreign Secretary. Can't complain.

But oh my.

Osborne is Chancellor.

Bollocks. Even tory supporters think he's a mong.

The one point I've agreed with you tonight. Osborne should have been sacrificed as art of the negotiations. Ken Clark as Chancellor FTW.

[bickster]

They have got a huge job on their hands sorting out the mess Labour have left behind again.

This kind of thing gets said every time a government changes hands from one outdated concept to the next

Yep, usually it goes like this....

"They spent all the money and left us in shit"

and the other one goes

"They destroyed public services and left us in shit"

Well I agree with point one, not sure you could level point two at Labour though.

Maybe that one can be used against the Tories when they get voted out.....

That was the point he was making!

[CarewsEyebrowDesigner]

The one point I've agreed with you tonight. Osborne should have been sacrificed as art of the negotiations. Ken Clark as Chancellor FTW.

Would've prefered if they somehow snuck Portillo in through the back door! Clark wouldn't be a bad choice though.

[villaajax]

Well lets all hope that history repeats itself and Villa can have the same kind of success they had the last time the tories took over from labour.

Labour had better get their arses in gear because if some people are right about this they wont have long to re-group before we are back to the polls.

If they are wrong and this does work it could be a great government that could see a big change in the political arena for some time to come.

They have got a huge job on their hands sorting out the mess Labour have left behind again.

The mess the Tories left from the 70s/80s is still here as well.

Care to enlighten us?

Look at the North East of England, that is still feeling the effects of Thatcher.

[thetrees]

Not now, no. It'd just be silly to join within the next 5 years.

However in the future when the dollar is no longer the mighty currency it is now (and it will happen), and when the debt the country has taken on and the instability within the financial sector mean the sterling is weak, and when we see the euro get stronger thanks to the big boys of Germany and France, would you not think it'd be a good idea to join then?

To sum it up, I'm afraid of the Chinese

The dollar won't be a mighty currency and you're afraid of the Chinese.

The Chinese have so much invested in the US that the dollar will be secured for a long time yet.

As for sterling being weak, it goes up and it goes down, you just have to ride with it and act accordingly.

Yesterday I spent substantial amounts of money buying goods for export on the back of the weakness in the pound against Euro-good for Britain

Tomorrow I will sell large quantities of imported goods on the back of the strengthening pound against the Euro-good for my customers in Britain as the goods were coming here anyway, they will just get better prices.

Could just do with the dollar weakening a tad now

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