# UK General Election May 2015 (Population Share Version) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [April 2, 2015, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612 "2015-04-02T10:29:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 29
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/561 "2015-05-08T02:42:58Z")
LibDems now down £29,000. An absolute slaughter. ---
**Author:** ![Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omg_a_Black_Conservative)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/562 "2015-05-08T02:54:33Z")
I just want to see Scottish independence and the UK leave the EU. That would be… glorious. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/563 "2015-05-08T02:59:08Z")
> [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](#): > > I just want to see Scottish independence and the UK leave the EU. That would be… glorious. Why? ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/564 "2015-05-08T03:00:15Z")
Orkney & Shetland stay out of SNP hands. Cancel the independence talk… ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/565 "2015-05-08T03:07:25Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > Orkney & Shetland stay out of SNP hands. Cancel the independence talk… Wonder if they’ll try to stay in the UK if Scotland goes… ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/566 "2015-05-08T03:07:33Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > Orkney & Shetland stay out of SNP hands. Cancel the independence talk… That was always the LD banker ---
**Author:** ![Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omg_a_Black_Conservative)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/567 "2015-05-08T03:12:24Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Why? 1.) No reason. I’d just like to see it. 2.) The EU leaches off of the UK (and Germany) similar to how the UN leaches off the US. Would be nice to see at least the UK tell the EU to screw off and support themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/568 "2015-05-08T03:12:39Z")
> [@Steophan](#): > > Wonder if they’ll try to stay in the UK if Scotland goes… Edinburgh and London are both far away, and unconcerned, from their perspective. That’s no slam on them. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/569 "2015-05-08T03:13:38Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Why? Some people just want to watch the world burn. In other news - Simon Hughes is out, Alex Salmond is in (not in the same constituency) ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/570 "2015-05-08T03:13:44Z")
> [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](#): > > 1.) No reason. I’d just like to see it. > > 2.) The EU leaches off of the UK (and Germany) similar to how the UN leaches off the US. Would be nice to see at least the UK tell the EU to screw off and support themselves. A nuanced and well informed perspective. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omg_a_Black_Conservative)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/571 "2015-05-08T03:20:07Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > A nuanced and well informed perspective. Thanks. No problem! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/572 "2015-05-08T03:20:46Z")
The DUP have lost South Antrim, which includes Newtownabbey. The Reduced Shakespeare Company are claiming credit. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Pjen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Pjen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pjen)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/573 "2015-05-08T03:23:59Z")
Alex Salmond to Westminster! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/574 "2015-05-08T03:25:56Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Well, there was [this guy](http://blackadder.wikia.com/wiki/Pitt_the_Even_Younger)… LOL. “Pitt the Glint in the Milkman’s Eye.” Love it! A tangential question: Do _most fair-minded Brits_ see Ed Miliband as having won the Labour leadership fair and square over his brother in 2010, or do they see him as a disloyal Cain-and-Abel backstabber for how things unfolded? > **[Ed Miliband](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Miliband#Leadership_election)** > > This is an accepted version of this page > > > Leader of the Labour Party > Elections ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/575 "2015-05-08T03:26:07Z")
The counting seems to be going slower than expected - there were supposed to be 400 seats reported by 4:30 AM, but only about 200 have ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/576 "2015-05-08T03:28:29Z")
> [@Pjen](#): > > Alex Salmond to Westminster! Maybe he can become leader of the Tory Party. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/577 "2015-05-08T03:29:55Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > A tangential question: Do _most fair-minded Brits_ see Ed Miliband as having won the Labour leadership fair and square over his brother in 2010, or do they see him as a disloyal Cain-and-Abel backstabber for how things unfolded? Eh? Ed beat David under the rules for electing a Labour leader. That’s all. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/578 "2015-05-08T03:38:22Z")
Boris wants us all to go make breakfast. Hurrah! ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/579 "2015-05-08T03:38:30Z")
Vince Cable gone ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/580 "2015-05-08T03:43:22Z")
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