Scott P Indeed, even Salmond was not ruling out a deal with FFA, this was not a vote about independence, that was last year, it was a vote for more powers for Scotland, Cameron will now have to listen. Many No voters will have voted SNP for precisely that. Quebec nationalists won over 50 seats at the Canadian general election in 1993 for example
Steven Paterson Scottish National Party 23,783 Johanna Boyd Labour 13,303 Stephen Kerr Conservative 12,051 Mark Ruskell Green 1,606 Elisabeth Wilson Liberal Democrat 1,392
Well another candidate for that second UKIP seat: Sam Morris @SamMorris_LE 34m34 minutes ago Early suggestions Boston and Skegness is "neck and neck" between Ukip and tories but still lots of votes to count
So...what do we put down to Tories getting all these swings in England?
Was it the Tories scare tactics over the Lab+SNP?
I think people woke up this morning and thought 'Miliband as PM? I can't vote for that'
I told story on a previous thread that is exactly what happened to Mrs Urquhart...She agrees with a lot of the problems identified by Ed and I was shocked when she told me she hadn't voted Labour because she just couldn't back a man who in her words "couldn't be trusted to open a bag of crisps".
So...what do we put down to Tories getting all these swings in England?
Was it the Tories scare tactics over the Lab+SNP?
I think people woke up this morning and thought 'Miliband as PM? I can't vote for that'
I think it is too simple to put it down to one message.
Lab + SNP for some. The horror of Milliband PM for others. Balls as CoE for others. Stopping UKIP for others. Positive vote for finishing off recovering the economy for others.
The Crosby campaign spoke to all of these are different times. In retrospect it may well have been a masterful campaign. I wonder at which point in the past few days the internal polling started to show this - or was it squeaky bum time for them as well as us?
So...what do we put down to Tories getting all these swings in England?
Was it the Tories scare tactics over the Lab+SNP?
Yeap.
Ed not believing Labour overspent 1997-2010 probably didn't help either.
That mauling by northern sounding people may have massively helped Cameron. That wasn't posh boys shredding Labour's economic record. That was 'people like us.'
Wondering whether Ukip will see only a single MP elected on the back of a couple of million votes? Sickening for them if the SNP gain 50+ MPs with fewer votes.
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'On evening the Tories & Lib Dems signed their coalition deal, William Hague told his wife Ffion: "I think I've just destroyed the Liberals."'
This election could have the least proportional result of any GE.
Overall majority..?
They will never recover after this.
The Liberal revival and the SDP split comes only once.
Tories offer FFA, Your move Nicola
Oh that SLAB wishful thinking that after decades of demonisation Scots Tories would suddenly vote for them!
George Eaton @georgeeaton · 1m1 minute ago
Chuka Umunna holds Streatham. Not the last election he'll fight this year.
Was it the Tories scare tactics over the Lab+SNP?
Poor Ted
@montie: Absolutely fascinating from @DPMcBride on LBC: Speculates that Gordon Brown may be interested in leading Scottish Labour... He should know
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2015/results
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/W07000060
Stirling;
Steven Paterson Scottish National Party 23,783
Johanna Boyd Labour 13,303
Stephen Kerr Conservative 12,051
Mark Ruskell Green 1,606
Elisabeth Wilson Liberal Democrat 1,392
I was on the tories to come 2nd @ 19/1
#excellentvalueloser
The union is still dead though. Cameron could be Jesus he couldn't fix this
Sam Morris @SamMorris_LE 34m34 minutes ago
Early suggestions Boston and Skegness is "neck and neck" between Ukip and tories but still lots of votes to count
Labour seem to have won Great Grimsby.
Almost two to one.
LAB Hold Hyndburn #GE2015
Edinburgh Zoo have more pandas than SLAB MPs.
Lab + SNP for some.
The horror of Milliband PM for others.
Balls as CoE for others.
Stopping UKIP for others.
Positive vote for finishing off recovering the economy for others.
The Crosby campaign spoke to all of these are different times. In retrospect it may well have been a masterful campaign. I wonder at which point in the past few days the internal polling started to show this - or was it squeaky bum time for them as well as us?
Wrong!