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UK General Election - May 6th 2010 by Chrissy on 05-05-2010 at 12:37 AM

The United Kingdom general election of 2010 will be held on 6 May to elect one Member of Parliament in each of the 650 constituencies to the House of Commons, the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The election was called on 6 April, and Parliament was dissolved  on 12 April for the ensuing campaign. Voting will take place between 7.00 am and 10.00 pm. Local elections will also be held in some areas on that day.

If you can or want to vote who would you vote for? There's been a lot of hype about this on the news and shit, and I remembered the big thread we had when it was Obama ;)

[Image: election-2010-the-polls-$7041602$300.jpg]

I also found this funny on HIGNFY:

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Takeshi's Castle Should Be The New Immigration Policy.
RE: UK General Election - May 6th 2010 by blessedguy on 05-05-2010 at 12:47 AM

Wait wait wait, so in the UK you don't have fixed election dates?

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Originally posted by Chrissy
The election was called on 6 April, and Parliament was dissolved  on 12 April for the ensuing campaign.

[We have one each 2 years, btw. President and Governors, which is this year, and Senators, Federal and State Deputies, and Members of Municipalities. The two most voted go for a second round if the first voted doesn't get at least 50%+1 votes, President and Governor only.

You don't choose a party, you get a candidate, and his vice, instead.]
RE: UK General Election - May 6th 2010 by Chrissy on 05-05-2010 at 12:56 AM

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Originally posted by blessedguy
Wait wait wait, so in the UK you don't have fixed election dates?
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Originally posted by Chrissy
The election was called on 6 April, and Parliament was dissolved  on 12 April for the ensuing campaign.
No, the Prime minister calls the election. At any time he can call one but there must be one every 5 years. Usually the prime minister calls one before the 5 years.
RE: UK General Election - May 6th 2010 by segosa on 05-05-2010 at 11:17 AM

libdems ftw

RE: UK General Election - May 6th 2010 by djdannyp on 05-05-2010 at 11:37 AM

Conservative for me.  "Vote Clegg, Get Brown" :P

RE: UK General Election - May 6th 2010 by Hank on 05-06-2010 at 12:48 AM

i reckon Pauline Hanson should be Britains PM..:refuck:

RE: UK General Election - May 6th 2010 by Chris4 on 05-06-2010 at 01:02 AM

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Originally posted by segosa
libdems ftw
You voted BNP in the above poll? :tongue:

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Originally posted by djdannyp
"Vote Clegg, Get Brown" :P
O.o ... Clegg has completely different views to Brown?

If you're thinking of voting Conservatives, you might wanna watch this first.
RE: UK General Election - May 6th 2010 by Spunky on 05-06-2010 at 07:22 AM

Vote Lib Dems and parliament will be hung... They need a clear 50-ish%  to get in...

Plus, Lib Dems haven't been in power for around what, 90 years? They don't have the experience anyway

I agree with some things, but others just seem stupid (or unfair really)

RE: UK General Election - May 6th 2010 by djdannyp on 05-06-2010 at 07:43 AM

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Originally posted by Chris4
quote:
Originally posted by djdannyp
"Vote Clegg, Get Brown" :P
O.o ... Clegg has completely different views to Brown?

Yes, but not enough people will vote for Clegg to get him in.....so the statement means that voting for Clegg will just take votes away from the Conservative and leave Labour as the majority...

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Originally posted by Chris4
If you're thinking of voting Conservatives, you might wanna watch this first.

Anyone can edit a video like that about any two people to show similarities, it's just political spin ;)

Ever seen Barack Roll?  Doesn't mean that Rick Astley should be president of the US ;)