Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

Cameron is doing a good job. Even the majority of the public want and expect him to be PM after the GE

Conservatives lead at 1

Latest YouGov / The Sun results 26th January -

Con 34%, Lab 33%, LD 6%, UKIP 15%, GRN 7%;

If you look at Sky, you will see their latest prediction; Labour biggest part but short by 40 seats. That is of course with three months left before the GE.

Makes no odd's...taxpayer fooked

Note the UKIP prediction of 2 seats!

Who cares?

Nobody expected ukip to win....upset the applecart is all that is required.

Im afraid hays you are blinkered. See the Mirror poll I put up last night.

If UKIP are still predicted 2 seats just before the GE, voters will switch back to traditional patterns.

The Mirror is just one poll. The rest are pretty much in line.

If Millibandus wants the SNP to support a labour gov, can you imagine what the price will be?

Sturgeon as deputy PM. A new referendum for Scotland...........

and you wonder why i am fearful of the market?

Hays well Farage on Sunday pledged support to the Torys if you were to give them an early vote.

Yes I can see it now all UKIPs 2 seats helping the Torys out LOL LOL LOL LOL

Cant have it both ways bud.

Farage is deluded if he thinks he can help out any party. He can offer what he likes, but won't be able to deliver. There is a good chance he may lose one of his current seats. He has no bargaining power.

The bargaining power of ukip lies with who they don't oppose, ie, desperate sitting mp's.

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Sturgeon as deputy PM. A new referendum for Scotland...........


Dafter and dafter.

I haven't heard Sturgeon is standing for UK election.

Do you mean she will be an unelected Deputy PM.

A bit lit Lynton Crosby for the tory party,

But Wee Alex is standing for UK election.

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Just heard a joke going round.

What is the difference between a toilet paper and David Cameron?





A toilet is used to wipe the arse, while David Cameron will lick any arse.

Toilet paper is usefull.

But Cameron and Osborne have fixed the economy.

Sorry, I meant that they are a pair of fixers.

MaxK
There is no bargaining power in that situation as it is all after the election. They may have an effect in splitting the vote, letting in other parties. However that is not bargaining power.

You don't have to be an MP to be deputy leader. There are historic examples where we have had PMs who were from the House of Lords. The Marquess of Salisbury, who retired in 1902, was the last Prime Minister to lead a government from the Lords.

You don't even need to be an MP to be PM. Sir Alec Douglas Home was appointed to be PM by the Queen from the Lords in 1963. He renounced his title and later ran for election as an MP. You don't even need to be a British National, they could be an Australian, Indian, Canadian, Pakistani, Kenyan, South African etc.... This is due to something called the British Nationality Act of 1981 which basically gave commonwealth citizens eligible to live in Britain equal status with UK citizens, without actually having to become UK citizens. You could even be from the Republic of Ireland.

In fact the Queen can appoint anyone to be Prime Minister. We have no written constitution. We operate by custom and convention.

On CNBC this morning the prediction was for UKIP to get 16 seats if (a big IF) they poll 23% of the votes.
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