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England wants the Tories. It seems.

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Alouiseg · 07/05/2010 15:30

map here

England is nearly all blue therefore most of the English want a Conservative Govt.

Isn't it about time Scotland and Wales were left to govern and provide for themselves?

Problem solved

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dreamingofsun · 10/05/2010 18:36

tbhheathen - i think you will find that the conservatives got the highest percentage of votes and the highest number of mps. they are handicapped by the voting system as they have larger constituencies than labour and i believe (though could be wrong) the scottish/welsh/n.ireland.

TheHeathenOfSuburbia · 10/05/2010 18:31

dreamingofsun

sigh.

The majority of votes were not Conservative.

Most of England voted for one of the progressive parties.

However, the Conservatives got more seats due to the voting system.
But by no stretch of the imagination can you say "most of the English want a Conservative Govt".

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Alouiseg · 10/05/2010 18:28

It's been a corrupt dictatorship since 1997 dreamingofsun

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dreamingofsun · 10/05/2010 18:20

the majority of votes for the UK were conservative, along with the number of MPs who won seats. why should nick clegg decide which party gets into power? its like living in one of these corrupt dictatorship countries you see on tele at the moment. the party with the most votes and seats should be in power.

NordicCelt · 10/05/2010 18:03

FanjoForTheMammaries,

I stand corrected. You are absolutely right that we shouldn't generalise. This point should be taken on board by others.

Tortington · 10/05/2010 17:53

the nation is clearly wrong and i am right.

ithink they should let the tories fuck it up for 12 months then labour can get back in again.

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Alouiseg · 10/05/2010 17:49

Farks sake, the country needs the tories to sort out the economics or there won't be an economy!

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fanjoforthemammaries7850 · 10/05/2010 17:47

Anyway you can't generalise about what a whole nation of people think.

fanjoforthemammaries7850 · 10/05/2010 17:46

NordicCelt...I am Scottish, you don't need to TELL me what the Scots think

NordicCelt · 10/05/2010 15:51

FanjoForTheMammaries,
The Scots do not dislike the English, what they dislike is the English bias to the media and the fact that the British government is pro-English.

TheHeathenOfSuburbia · 09/05/2010 21:28

No.

Most of England voted for one of the progressive parties.

However, the Conservatives got more seats due to the voting system.
But by no stretch of the imagination can you say "most of the English want a Conservative Govt".

NordicCelt · 09/05/2010 20:02

b4real,
Scotland has never been militarily conquered by any nations. The beginning of the Union between Scotland and England took place with the Union of the Crowns in 1603 when James VI of Scotland was offered the crown of England after the death of Elizabeth I.
The parliaments were joined together in 1707 when both parliaments voted to accept the proposed political union. No conquering was involved.

justaboutacompletedfamily · 09/05/2010 19:31

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animula · 09/05/2010 19:21

Actually, I've been thinking even more.

I want a very large pair of scissors and a few tug boats. We can snip around London, attach it to some tug boats, and pull it somewhere warmer.

Or I volunteer we sell it to the Scandis and I'll put up with the weather.

justaboutacompletedfamily · 09/05/2010 19:19

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mosschops30 · 09/05/2010 19:11

I live in Wales and I certainly dont want bloody Plaid Cymru governing me thank you very much.
I voted consevative

Quattrocento · 09/05/2010 19:11

Not Cornwall. Wales. And you could throw in Liverpool on a 2 for 1 deal.

justaboutacompletedfamily · 09/05/2010 19:06

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animula · 09/05/2010 18:28

Picking up an idea from the "London -why?" thread, losing Scotland just because it didn't vote blue in these deficit times is a bit daft.

We need to think big. Let's sell Cornwall. It's pretty, yes, but makes sod all money, and is expensive to keep up. Just keeping it as a potential blue-vote farm is ... pricey. We could move all the blue-voters in Cornwall to ... Peckham - that'll even out the vote in London. Yes, yes, lots of people-who-matter have second homes there, and holidaying there is lovely (heck, we're going this year,) but ... come on, you know it makes sense.

shewhoneverdusts · 09/05/2010 18:27

I'm pleased to say that if you look at the map of the uk, and look down south as if you were heading to the Isle of Wight, there are two, yes two, little red dots. I'm in one of them!!!!!

animula · 09/05/2010 18:17

As we keep saying - by that reasoning they'll have to say 'bye 'bye to London too.

Can't see that happening, can you?

Bonkers. Silly, silly people.

Utterly deranged. Why not just say that they' like to put all non-Conservative voters in a ship and set them off towards, errr, somewhere else. Then there'd be none of this pesky no majority nonsense.

fanjoforthemammaries7850 · 09/05/2010 18:14

i can't believe these same views about Scots disliking the English and all wanting independence are in a newspaper as well

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Alouiseg · 09/05/2010 16:10

this makes sense

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Batteryhuman · 08/05/2010 16:58

There are millions of people across the country did not vote Tory.64% of those who voted in fact but because of our ridiculous system the map turns blue. Tht is why we need electoral reform.

livenletlive · 08/05/2010 16:56

Yes Belledans......
I absolutely agree I'm not leaving the country in the hands of that lot - look what devastation Thatcher caused and the fear of that ever happening again did it for the Scots who have more sense. The reason the England looks blue is because the Tories have territories spreading over 1,000's of acres.