# 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:** 30
**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, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/581 "2015-05-08T03:44:51Z")
Conservatives winning seats inside the M25! ---
**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, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/582 "2015-05-08T03:48:03Z")
Boris says “There has to be some sort of federal offer” ---
**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, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/583 "2015-05-08T03:49:27Z")
When do we hear from Sheffield? I’m curious now to see what happens to Clegg. ---
**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, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/584 "2015-05-08T03:51:40Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > When do we hear from Sheffield? I’m curious now to see what happens to Clegg. Soon I think, he’s at the count. I also want to see Farage not win in South Thanet, and then I’m going to really have to collapse in a heap. Edit: Clegg held his seat, although his party is destroyed. Good job. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/585 "2015-05-08T03:52:39Z")
Clegg wins ---
**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, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/586 "2015-05-08T03:53:05Z")
C4 has just said the Tories are looking like holding their Scottish seat. ---
**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, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/587 "2015-05-08T03:58:43Z")
BUGGER. I still live in a Tory 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, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/588 "2015-05-08T03:59:31Z")
> [@Steophan](#): > > C4 has just said the Tories are looking like holding their Scottish seat. The Borders one I guess ---
**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, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/589 "2015-05-08T04:01:49Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Clegg wins His speech at the count very much sounded like he is going to resign despite his personal victory. ---
**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, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/590 "2015-05-08T04:09:45Z")
Anna Soubry holds my seat for the Tories, increased majority. This had gone against all the polls, and everything I heard anecdotally around here. I have genuinely no idea where all these Tory voters have come from. ---
**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, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/591 "2015-05-08T04:20:48Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > The Borders one I guess Dumfriesshire… ---
**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, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/592 "2015-05-08T04:21:48Z")
Charles Kennedy gone. ---
**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, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/593 "2015-05-08T04:26:58Z")
Miliband hints that the next government will have to offer something to Scotland and the SNP to keep the union intact. ---
**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, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/594 "2015-05-08T04:29:52Z")
> [@Pjen](#): > > Miliband hints that the next government will have to offer something to Scotland and the SNP to keep the union intact. Boris Johnson said the same. ---
**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, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/595 "2015-05-08T04:33:17Z")
> [@Steophan](#): > > Boris Johnson said the same. I think if you look back, I predicted moves to Home Rule further than the Smith Commission after the election whatever the outcome, some months ago. ---
**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, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/596 "2015-05-08T04:36:51Z")
> [@Pjen](#): > > I think if you look back, I predicted moves to Home Rule further than the Smith Commission after the election whatever the outcome, some months ago. Much as I hate to admit it, you seem to have been right. ---
**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, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/597 "2015-05-08T04:41:10Z")
> [@Pjen](#): > > Dumfriesshire… Meh, same difference. (I used to live in Ian Lang’s seat) ---
**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, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/598 "2015-05-08T04:48:27Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Meh, same difference. (I used to live in Ian Lang’s seat) The Borders is definitely the Borders. Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweedsdale reaches almost to the to the southern suburbs of Glasgow. ---
**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, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/599 "2015-05-08T04:49:49Z")
David Cameron confirming that an offer will be made to Scotland. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/600 "2015-05-08T04:52:03Z")
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