Eagle Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 Loo, you are going to have to get your discalculia seen to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 Share of the vote is the Lib Dem way of trying to make a silk purse from a sows ear performance Sgt. The Tories win control of 30 Councils, Labour win none and Libs get 1. Tories gain 285 seats, Labour lose 329 and the libs LOSE 48. Even the "Others" gained 90.... whichever way you want to paint it it was a drubbing for the Libs regardless of vote share Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horace Posted June 6, 2009 Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 Seems to me that all the main parties have suffered from the expenses scandal, but Labour more than the others. This could be because of the Brown factor - and it isn't being helped by the procession of scorned women flouncing out on him. Always thought women were no good in politics because they can't control their emotions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted June 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 and as I predicted most people chose not to vote! So much for democracy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey Settle Posted June 6, 2009 Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 Gary isn't democracy where you can vote for which ever party you want to or not? Surely you can't base any conclusions from the on-line voting figures where less than 0.98% of all eligible Warrington Worldwide voters actually voted in the on-line poll. Of those who voted in your on-line, 25% said that they didn't vote in the European Election on Thursday. Logic dictates that democrtically they will get what they deserve by default. An analysis of the on-line results results might suggest that Warrington Worldwide discussion forum has a very right wing readership, especially the BNP contingent. It also suggests that they are even less bothered about voting than the general public which I believe is between 30 and 38%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted June 6, 2009 Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 And what % did the Tory vote go down by Baz The Tories only benefited because most of the Labour vote stayed at home. Yes the Tories had a victory but it is slightly hollow as the % of people who actually voted for them went down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted June 6, 2009 Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 Gary, eight people didn't vote whilst twenty did which makes your observation that most people didn't vote look rather foolish; is is your maths that is the problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted June 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 Gary, eight people didn't vote whilst twenty did which makes your observation that most people didn't vote look rather foolish; is is your maths that is the problem? No most people voted that they didn't vote! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted June 7, 2009 Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 So it's your English then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kennedy Posted June 8, 2009 Report Share Posted June 8, 2009 Here in Warrington the Conservatives topped the polls pushing Labour into second place: C 10978 L 8956 L/D 7853 UK 6886 BN 3253 GR 2886 29% turnout (44392 votes) Rejected was lower than I thought it would be at 146. Here in the NorthWest Region the MEP seats are: C 3 L 2 UKIP 1 L/D 1 BNP 1 PS And if you think MPs have got their snouts in the trough, MEPs are fully in the trough, the following from today's Times: "........Of course there will be the fully equipped offices in Brussels and Strasbourg, the salary of ?91,980 a year (?80,443), the annual staff budget of up to ?210,480, which can be spent on employees in the European Parliament or in the UK, and the office allowance for telephone and postal costs of ?50,424 a year (no receipts required). Then, depending on how often an MEP turns up for work in the European Parliament, there is the daily allowance of ?298, making the total annual possible amount ?88,804 ? again, no receipts needed, just signing in during the day.....SISO.... Sign In & Sod Off As Nigel Farage, the UKIP leader, boasted during the election campaign, he received more than ?2 million over the course of the last five-year European Parliament session, much of which was channelled back to UKIP in Britain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted June 8, 2009 Report Share Posted June 8, 2009 You forgot the new "equalisation" of MEPs pay throughout the EU, to put all MEPs on the same salary levels - this results in a wage cut of 34% for the Italians, but a rise of 24% for the Brits, and a rise of 700% for the Bulgarians - very nice work if you can get it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted June 8, 2009 Report Share Posted June 8, 2009 I am amused re. the shocked comments over the BNP. The main parties have no-one to blame but themselves. They ignore the grass roots, so folk tend to go where someone listens. An example being the refusal of a referendum over Europe. This could hit the Tories next year, unless they start to be more upfront about their intentions over Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianR Posted June 8, 2009 Report Share Posted June 8, 2009 Didnt vote. Power in the EU is with the comission and council of ministers neither of which we have any direct control over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rifles Posted June 8, 2009 Report Share Posted June 8, 2009 I am wondering if any of the parties thought they " had it in the bag " and could not be bothered to a bit of door to door pitching. Had a pamphlet both of conservative and labour although nothing off ukip or libdems. The only people that came knocking was the BNP. Maybe they were more hungry for votes. Anyone else thought there was a lack of campaigning ? or maybe the parties thought the EU elections were not important enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted June 8, 2009 Report Share Posted June 8, 2009 I am wondering if any of the parties thought they " had it in the bag " and could not be bothered to a bit of door to door pitching. Had a pamphlet both of conservative and labour although nothing off ukip or libdems. The only people that came knocking was the BNP. Maybe they were more hungry for votes. Anyone else thought there was a lack of campaigning ? or maybe the parties thought the EU elections were not important enough. We never had anyone here in Westbrook. We had the usual UKIP and two lots of BNP material as well as the main stream party stuff. Anything with Jo Grottys name, face or party on it goes straight into recycling anyway They all take us for granted and I have to say (Sorry Paul) but that arrogant self centred posh t**t Sir whatever his name is Tory MEP that was on the stage before Nick Griffin last night was one of the most objectionable people I have ever listened to. I don't know about him being abhorred by Griffin being elevted; he had the same effect on me when he opened his posh gob. What an utter prat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted June 8, 2009 Report Share Posted June 8, 2009 Wigan had the largest vote (7517) for the BNP, that would be the CAP voters picking the nearest fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted June 8, 2009 Report Share Posted June 8, 2009 I would have voted if my postal voting papers had reached me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted June 8, 2009 Report Share Posted June 8, 2009 Should have sent them in a bottle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted June 8, 2009 Report Share Posted June 8, 2009 Back to topic: what's interesting about this EU election, is the low turnout - thus showing the contempt that most Europeans have for this institution, particularly in Eastern Europe, so long denied "democracy" and currently the beneficeries of membership. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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