# 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:** 33
**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, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/641 "2015-05-08T11:05:57Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > A generation is roughly 5.5 months these days from the looks of it. > > If you have investments in Scotland, you might want to get out now. > In allience, they CSU was in many ways the Bavarian franchise for the CDU in W Germany. SNP is toxic outside of Scotland, The Catholic backwoods CSU was toxic in Protestant liberal Northern Germany. That is why there was a split. ---
**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, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/642 "2015-05-08T11:07:08Z")
> [@Pjen](#): > > I disagree that the Tory argument is not powerful (however immoral and false it is). > > I expect the Tories to > > 1/ Stay in number 10 as long as possible, trying to form a government, possibly even to a Queens Speech? Claiming all the time that they are the only legitimate government. Wow, it’s like you were psychic! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/643 "2015-05-08T11:10:41Z")
Jesus Christ on a bike, the constituency where I grew up: [QUOTE=The Beeb] I’ve just heard that counts for Warwick & Leamington and Kenilworth & Southam won’t start until 11:30 at earliest. [/QUOTE] That’s some proper laziness there. They’re like the anti-Sunderland. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Why\_Bother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19adc/32.png) [@Doctor\_Why\_Bother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Why_Bother)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/644 "2015-05-08T11:37:46Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Clegg resigns. I don’t believe him. ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/645 "2015-05-08T11:47:43Z")
> [@RiCu](#): > > Cons now have 323 seats, which I think is what’s needed for a majority. They needed 326 which they now have. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/646 "2015-05-08T11:50:18Z")
> [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](#): > > They needed 326 which they now have. Well 323 is considered an “unofficial” majority, since neither the speaker nor sinn fein typically vote. But nice we’re not even in that grey area 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/647 "2015-05-08T12:07:31Z")
Bloodbath! Miliband, Clegg and Farage have now all resigned. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/648 "2015-05-08T12:09:10Z")
I am still unclear as to what part of the political spectrum the Liberal Democrats actually filled. ---
**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, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/649 "2015-05-08T12:11:11Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > I am still unclear as to what part of the political spectrum the Liberal Democrats actually filled. Seems like it was “default protest vote”. A niche filled in this election by UKIP, at least in England. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/650 "2015-05-08T13:07:53Z")
Tories on 330 now. ---
**Author:** ![nicky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f0a364/32.png) [@nicky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nicky)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/651 "2015-05-08T13:21:35Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > I am still unclear as to what part of the political spectrum the Liberal Democrats actually filled. They were the social democrat middle party between the tories and the socialist labour party. Then they were the idealistic social democrat party as opposed to the dirty handed social democratic New Labour. Then they got their hands dirty in government. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/652 "2015-05-08T13:35:57Z")
I’m getting a real sense of deja vu here. ---
**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, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/653 "2015-05-08T13:39:04Z")
> [@Steophan](#): > > Galloway out, thank fuck. Galloway is blaming his loss on “racists and Zionists”. You know, the kind of racists and Zionists who voted for a Muslim woman instead of the white Scottish man. Go home, George - you’re drunk. ---
**Author:** ![Stealth\_Bragg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@Stealth\_Bragg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stealth_Bragg)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/654 "2015-05-08T14:13:18Z")
Well, the last time the Conservatives won outright (rather than just being re-elected) was back in '79 and it led directly to the invention of alternative comedy (Ben Elton et al). So maybe it’s not all bad… ---
**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, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/655 "2015-05-08T14:39:21Z")
> [@Stealth\_Bragg](#): > > Well, the last time the Conservatives won outright (rather than just being re-elected) was back in '79 and it led directly to the invention of alternative comedy (Ben Elton et al). So maybe it’s not all bad… 2 Tone and other angry, political yet danceable music too. ---
**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, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/656 "2015-05-08T14:55:16Z")
Ah, Ben Elton… a middle-class-but-faux-working-class white male stand-up comedian and writer portraying himself as a bold campaigner for social justice while in actuality being an insufferable twat (albeit one with the capacity to be incredibly funny in the right context). It’s a shame there’s [no one filling that niche these days](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Brand)… ---
**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, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/657 "2015-05-08T15:02:44Z")
331, final number for the Tories. I predict an awkward dinner time this year during Christmas family get-together at the Miliband home. ---
**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, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/658 "2015-05-08T15:15:29Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > I predict an awkward dinner time this year during Christmas family get-together at the Miliband home. I’m pretty sure it’s been that way every Christmas since Ed beat David for the party leadership. ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/659 "2015-05-08T15:15:41Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > I am still unclear as to what part of the political spectrum the Liberal Democrats actually filled. I’m sure I WAS perfectly clear on that matter up until around five years ago. Then, over the next year or so, suddenly I became… less clear. Can’t think what could have caused that. Looks like about four and a half million people felt the same way last night. Wow! The LDs have been nuked from orbit. (Check out the first graph on [this](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2015_United_Kingdom_general_election) page. I hadn’t realised it was THAT bad) ---
**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, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612/660 "2015-05-08T15:17:01Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > 331, final number for the Tories. > > I predict an awkward dinner time this year during Christmas family get-together at the Miliband home. > [@Gyrate](#): > > I’m pretty sure it’s been that way every Christmas since Ed beat David for the party leadership. Er… I realize belatedly I should have said, “Chanukah.” 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612.md?page=32) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-general-election-may-2015-population-share-version/716612.md?page=34)