Time for me to concede. I have been slaughtered at the bookies tonight. I will be holding a full post mortem with myself at breakfast in a couple of hours.
Clacton Tory GAIN in next election. That's a shockingly low vote for the late UKIP party.
Don't get high on your own supply. UKIP have won millions of votes.
As have the Greens and as the BNP did last time. Thankfully we decided to keep by two to one in a referendu, First Past The Post to give seats to the winners and not the fringes.
Obviously the beneficiaries of the system think it's the best system there is. But, when the system turns, as it has tonight for Scottish unionist parties, it can turn very viciously.
John Curtice and his exit poll looked nervous about his projections but that exit poll is not far out at all and what does this outcome say about Peter Kellner and YouGov,Lord Ashcroft and the rest,who have turned out to be offering snake-oil? Heads must surely roll.
If there were to be another election quite soon - and I don't think there will be - would the LDs be advised to not stand in all constituencies? Waste of even marginal amounts of resources to put up candidates in many areas.
Clacton Tory GAIN in next election. That's a shockingly low vote for the late UKIP party.
Don't get high on your own supply. UKIP have won millions of votes.
As have the Greens and as the BNP did last time. Thankfully we decided to keep by two to one in a referendu, First Past The Post to give seats to the winners and not the fringes.
Obviously the beneficiaries of the system think it's the best system there is. But, when the system turns, as it has tonight for Scottish unionist parties, it can turn very viciously.
100% agreed.
Though I don't think it's a fault in the system, Canada is another famous example - and the Canadian Tories returned to government after that. Tonight Scotland has spoken and it said SNP.
@ChrisMasonBBC: Labour think they have narrowly beaten Conservative minister Esther McVey in Wirral West, reports @ArifBBC ...there is a recount underway.
I'm glad Carswell won in Clacton in the face of ridiculous and bullying 'anti-UKIP' marches arranged in his constituency. Prats.
If the idiots who arranged those kind of things actually looked at what Carswell stands for they would realise he is a million miles from what they think he stands for.
If there were to be another election quite soon - and I don't think there will be - would the LDs be advised to not stand in all constituencies? Waste of even marginal amounts of resources to put up candidates in many areas.
I think they will go back to their stone age years of 1945-1964, they will stand in a handful of seats from now on.
If there were to be another election quite soon - and I don't think there will be - would the LDs be advised to not stand in all constituencies? Waste of even marginal amounts of resources to put up candidates in many areas.
I think they will go back to their stone age years of 1945-1964, they will stand in a handful of seats from now on.
2025 is the rebuilding election for them now I guess.
John Curtice and his exit poll looked nervous about his projections but that exit poll is not far out at all and what does this outcome say about Peter Kellner and YouGov,Lord Ashcroft and the rest,who have turned out to be offering snake-oil? Heads must surely roll.
They may have been right when they polled if a lot of voters (right-leaning kippers?) changed their minds on the day, as per Jack Straw's anecdote.
What they need to do to control for this is to fool a bunch of voters into thinking the election is a week earlier, and see how they actually vote in the fake ballot booth.
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Tories GAIN Southampton Itchen. Wow.
@iainmacwhirter: Paco McSheepie gets dipped. What an idiot. #GE2015 A lesson for all cybertwats
Though I don't think it's a fault in the system, Canada is another famous example - and the Canadian Tories returned to government after that. Tonight Scotland has spoken and it said SNP.
Official at Twickenham count says there may be a recount but Vince Cable is behind his Conservative opponent
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000533
LAB Hold Edinburgh South #GE2015
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What they need to do to control for this is to fool a bunch of voters into thinking the election is a week earlier, and see how they actually vote in the fake ballot booth.