A thread for the all-nighters

Granny twice sums it up. As for proportional voting, I'm all for it, especially after the results in England.

BTW I did not have a Scottish vote, in case anyone was wondering. x

excellent result (no I am not a selfish anti-labour voter)
admit it - if things had gone in your favour (as they did in 1997) you would all be crowing at how wonderful it is. (addressing the left-leaning majority on here)

www.thepeoplesassembly.org.uk/mum_of_4_fears

No. They have won because Labour is useless and (shock, horror, no one really cares that much about the Welfare state because it is always in a mess).

I realise this result won't please many of you on this thread, but after all, the British people have spoken, so it is what they want.

Well, didn't see that coming. One thing Nick Robinson pointed out this morning was the anomaly of our 'first past the post' system as illustrated by the fact that in terms of actual votes, the SNP and UKIP have achieved very similar numbers, UKIP has 1 seat, the SNP have over 50. My sympathies do not lie with either party so I am not saying one is fairer than the other but it is clear there would be a different outcome nationally if the densely populated urban areas dictated what happens right across the country.

It is strange that Scotland voted against independence in last year's referendum, but the SNP have swept the board, bar Orkney and Shetland, in Scotland. Also interesting to see how London has bucked the trend and swung very much to Labour, yet voted in a Conservative mayor last time around.

Final observation, the Lib Dems have been virtually wiped out particularly in England by the Conservatives with whom Nick Clegg chose to form a coalition. It looks as if that was a suicidal decision for the party and IMHO Clegg should go for selling his soul and that of his party.

The Tories ate the Lib Dems alive and spat out the bones. Only two years Durhamjen - a small consolation but a glimmer of hope I guess.

Yes, Iam. I put a link on earlier to a DM article listing the best 50 seats to vote tactically to keep Labour out.
It hasn't always worked because at least five of them have gone to Labour, 3 from LD and two from conservatives.

the SNP just cleared the board in Scotland, Labour were nowhere.I think in a few years you will find Scotland going it alone, and for us, here in the rest of the UK maybe this is the best thing.

I think that the next parliamentary term may see huge changes.

The SNP will of course push for independence, and this government could lose the UK.

We then have the EU referendum and we could be out of Europe.

The NHS will look very different in 5 years time with effectively it being contracted out to the private provider.

There are to be no tax rises - so the rich can rest easy, as nothing else the government does will touch them.

The poor will grow as will inequality - the sort of society I was hoping never to see.

State schools as we know them will no longer exist -

The list goes on and on.

The good news? We won Hove

Perhaps the North East should join the SNP.

Won Cambridge and the Wirral from the conservatives, too. Esther McVey has gone, but says she'll be back.

Oh my God. Get real. Big Business rules the World and the Tories won because "It's the Economy, Stupid".

Caroline Lucas got an increased majority.
We are real, jo1book. We need some small bits of comfort, and you are being mean to deny us.

gillybob,I for one certainly did not vote for SNP because I hate England and resent the very suggestion that I might have.

GrannyTwice, that sounds like a fair assessment.
jo1book, I expect you are a typical Tory voter, thinking no one is real but yourself and selfish big business interests.

That's nasty and unnecessary farnorth. There have always been many grans who quietly supported the party who had the best economic policies. Just because they don't go on about it doesn't mean they aren't there. Btw I have no faith at all in SNP grasp of business and how that translates into jobs and funding for benefits.

Well that's ED BALLS gone!

No, just pragmatic. Labour is so last century. You need better people leading you for a start. I'd love to see David Milliband's face this morning! You need another "New Labour" movement with another Blair type; you know it's the only way. Please don't get another Geek!
Also, may I congratulate all left wingers on this forum for ensuring a Tory vote.

jane10 0749. I'm thinking the same as you re proportional representation.

Years back, my first husband, a Scot and a mathematician, always voted Liberal because that was the only party to support proportional representation, which he felt was the only fair system. What we have now is not as democratic as it could be by a ling chalk.

make that long. Heather has nothing to do with it!

jane10, likewise your post at 0820. I fear for Scotland's economic prospects under the SNP.

I suppose the 'best economic policies' are always open to interpretation though Jane10. Best for whom? And don't say the country. The country is made up of the people who live in it.

woW, Ed Balls gone? Who was it that said "a week in politics is a long time"It seems a night in politics is a long time too.
the polls got it very wrong this time.
I suppose if you are left wing then you will be devastated.There will be another election along in five years though!

But the predominant party in Scotland now only represents half the people who live in it. Hey ho. Time will tell.