UK General election

[Richie Benauds Love Child]

Should we open a General Election thread in the M&GL? - Orignally posted by occaisional fan

By Golly Yes ! And here it is !

[Zainub]

Its on May 5th , isn't it?

[Occasional Fan]

Yes. So, now we've opened it, what shall we do with it? My main thought was that it would stop the likes of me putting off-cricket remarks in threads all over the board which people might read. In the end, we can delete the whole thread, I suppose.

[Zainub]

As long as it doesn't get terribly bogus or something on those lines I don't think we need to delete it. And since you've started it, or rather suggested to start it, you might as well tell me something about the guy who is challenging Mr Blair, I'm not that much a follower of British Politics , except that I know you guys have a got a foreign minister whose got the most admirable Hugh Grantisque accent I've ever heard. Enlighten me, please.

[Ernest]

Richie,
Good idea, : oh why did you not add a poll, with a thread about a poll. .

[Richie Benauds Love Child]

I'll give you brief, and no doubt highly inaccurate, and probably bias analysis of two of the opposition candidates.

Michael Howard - Conservative. FOrmer Home Office Minister in John Majors government, (yes those who dallied on europe in 1992), he's welsh, blinkered, has a seige mentality verging on xenaphobic, and was part of the cabinet who put 34,000 miners out of work in a single day, turning vast stretches of wales and yorkshire into an industrial wasteland. Personally I wouldnt trust him as far as I can throw him. Not so much jumping but rebranding the anti europe, anti immigration band wagon started by the daily mail and robert kilroy silk. odd considering his parent were jewish immigrants/refugees (i think!)

Charles Kennedy - Liberal Democrats. The Right Honerable MP for Have I got News For You will be hoping to trade his seat on a political quiz show for the hot seat of number. Cannily stuck to the anti war (iraq) from the start unlike Howard who backed it to the hilt until he sussed he'll get a few votes by caling blair a liar (which several "enquires" have clared him of. Sort of.) Scottish, ginger haired, yet with no violent tendancies, they toyed briefly in the last election of promising to legalise cannabis which should have won votes but all the pot heads were too busy watching Richard and Judy while gnawing away at digestive buscuits. He should stand a chance on policies and lack of sleaze but wont because not enough people want to "waste" a vote on a third placed party.

[Richie Benauds Love Child]

Originally Posted by Ernest

Richie,
Good idea, : oh why did you not add a poll, with a thread about a poll. .

Can I add a poll now or is it too complicated ? If not I'll do an exit/cant be arsed vote on the day.

[Zainub]

Interesting that RBLC. Thanks.

The 3 countries that send most forces to Iraq were the US of A, UK and Australia. The governments in Aus and the US of A have survived the test of time, both Bush and Howard won their respective elections, I'm sort of expecting Blair to survive his test too.

[Occasional Fan]

For Labour to lose this election, there would need to be the biggest swing against them since Pontius was a pilot. Ladbrokes yesterday had them at 16/1 odds on to win (i.e. you need to stake £16 to win £1).

[Zainub]

Ladbrokes yesterday had them at 16/1 odds on to win (i.e. you need to stake £16 to win £1).

Excuse my ignorance, but what's ladbrokes?