DEM not gonna CON dis NATION: Rolling UK politics in the short-lived post-Murdoch era

Thought for ages Clegg would lose his seat but now expect him to hold by skin of teeth. Really been overestimating Tory support in general tho it seems (and I barely even read the papers/own a TV).

Then again we're talking about a Prime Minster who still hasn't sacked IDS.

actually, that's a point : has IDS been seen anywhere during the campaign ?
can't recall any news stories re him at all in last few weeks.
have tory hq hidden him deep so he does not get a chance to remind people just how evil (and inept) he really is.

In 2010, the BNP stood in 338 seats, but this time it is contesting just eight.

Doesn't say how many of those defected to UKIP. Also from that page UKIP's gender ratio alone highlights their governmental insufficiency, but also the fact that they are the only party to have FEWER women now than in 2010. None of this is that surprising tho I guess.

Tower Hamlets mayoral election voided over fraud:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-32428648

much of the verdict and the whole thing seemed very odd to me, this article kindly laid it out so i didn't have to think for myself https://ceasefiremagazine.co.uk/jennifer-izaakson-lutfur-rahman-verdict/

IDS is very easy to attack from both left (hearless benefits slasher) and right (Universal Credit shambles) so I wouldn't be surprised if he'd been buried in his constituency and told not to come out.

There was this from IDS two days ago:

(Daily Mail) 'Labour hate people who get up early and go to work': Iain Duncan Smith attacks Miliband's 'politics of hate and envy'

I envy myself for getting up early and going to work.

Do we think Clegg will lose his seat?

no according to everyone i know in sheffield hallam

i polled everyone

Oh, if only Ed Milliband was the revolutionary socialist/communist the DM says he is.

Alarm clock Britain!

much of the verdict and the whole thing seemed very odd to me, this article kindly laid it out so i didn't have to think for myself https://ceasefiremagazine.co.uk/jennifer-izaakson-lutfur-rahman-verdict/

Yep. There has always been a perception that there's a vast amount of corruption in Tower Hamlets, most of it fueled by Rahman, but the charges he was actually brought up on seem fairly strange.

The Judge further said police at the polling stations could be said to be like the ‘three wise monkeys’

i voted in this election and there were police outside watching people hand out leaflets and canvas voters on the way in. if this statement is meant to imply racism on the judge's part, the police were white fwiw.

Tower Hamlets has always struck me as a cross-party clusterfuck but that verdict seems highly dubious to me.

Me too, and Eric Pickles is in charge of it during this ~crisis time~ so my first thought was: are they going to try to parachute in some mayor figure who is into social cleansing and luxury flats?

Well, it'll either be John Biggs or whoever can corral Rahman's voting bloc.

would settle for an administration that's competent, regardless of who's fronting it. i have only lived in tower hamlets in london, so i can't compare it to other boroughs, but it is highly dysfunctional ime. from basics like bins not getting collected often enough to any dealing you'll ever have with the council - they are useless.

the verdict does seem a little like they decided they wanted to nail rahman and found a way to do so, but i don't have much sympathy for him based on the grants stuff, and the judge does discuss a lot of the issues raised in that article upthread in his summary.

TH has been a basket case since the dissolution of the GLC, even compared to local rivals like Hackney and Islington. Machine politics don't help either.

looking forward to things improving in tower hamlets

Lived in TH for six years. In terms of the council services I've used it's been better than Camden where I lived for the previous six. What might improve? (genuine question!)

Easy mistake to make, both claret and blue, give the man a break:
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/25/david-cameron-blames-brain-fade-for-getting-his-football-team-wrong

what a dick

And they're having such an uneventful season too, easy to forget you support them.

Even worse: apparently his uncle once owned Aston Villa.

Roughly same colours, give the man a break.

yeah, as a Hull City fan i can relate to this

it's only football but his slimy fakeness is on full show there

Part 26781 in the long running series 'stuff Cameron does that if Ed Miliband did it he would be eviscerated for'

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/24/labour-to-call-on-michael-heseltine-if-it-wins-election?CMP=share_btn_fb

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

Part 26781 in the long running series 'stuff Cameron does that if Ed Miliband did it he would be eviscerated for'

― 'come around to your house and fuck your ho' (paraphrase) (Bananaman Begins)

Media in UK is overwhelmingly corporate. Cameron is their man.

http://www.radiotimes.com/namedimage/DNN__Definitely_Not_Newsround___the_best_kids__TV_today.jpg?quality=85&mode=crop&width=620&height=374&404=tv&url=/uploads/images/original/49905.jpg

Miliband hasn't received instructions yet on which football team to pretend to support, has he? May be focus groups working on it though.

He's a Leeds fan so understandably keeps it quiet.

Tories would pounce on the Dirty Leeds angle for sure.

Bremner, Giles, Hunter, Miliband = ruthless dirty bastards one and all

http://i.huffpost.com/gen/2878082/thumbs/o-THE-SUN-570.jpg

devilish

torn from the doll's bonce with a trident, mb she has a thing about them

The Sun: we think you'll fall for this shit, how's that for contempt?

"is said to have"

whats this about devilish hacks?

^I knew you would come through on this one

what an evil bitch.

thats it, i am voting tory.

That speech is incredible. He manages to pat everyone in the country on the head while still blowing a hole in his own foot. I thought this cunt was meant to be good at PR?

Such a shame that Labour left this country bankrupt with all their overspending. Last night's unpleasantness could all have been avoided if they hadn't spent all of the money.

Where exactly is that wee cunt Liam Byrne these days?

http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Vandals-wreck-Bristol-MP-candidate-Charlotte/story-26425029-detail/story.html

Cook Pass Babtridge?

has mili really rowed back on his anti-snp stance?? it's the telegraph reporting it so i'm a little sus

Last night he said he'd rather see a Tory government than deal with the SNP so I'm thinking no.

I think he's trying to do a politician's shuffle on this one. There won't be a coalition-style deal with the SNP, where he agrees X and they agree their undying support. I think what they're trying to do is rule out a A Deal but leave wiggle room for Many Little Deals on a vote-by-vote basis.