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Clegg to be appointed Deputy PM ?

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  • marklv
    marklv Posts: 1,768 Forumite
    A._Badger wrote: »
    Thank you for those few kind words. I'm sure they adequately reflect the depth of your opinions.

    I suggest you make more constructive comments instead of dispensing sarcasm.
  • marklv
    marklv Posts: 1,768 Forumite
    Rochdale_Pioneers wrote: »
    The Yellow Pox is a disease. Cameron had to let himself get raped by Clegg to secure power - quite how the two sides will cope with the marriage I don't know.

    Would you rather have the red pox?
  • Thrugelmir
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    geri1965 wrote: »
    Liam Fox gets defence.

    Confirmed .
  • Cat695
    Cat695 Posts: 3,647 Forumite
    marklv wrote: »
    PR is not on the agenda. AV is not a form of PR, it's merely an adjustment of the 'first past the post' system which ensures that a party needs at least 50% of votes in order to win a given constituency. Instead of voting for one candidate alone, you have a first preference, a second, a third and so on.

    So what happens if you don't want to choose any of the 2nd or 3rd candidates??
    If you find yourself in a fair fight, then you have failed to plan properly


    I've only ever been wrong once! and that was when I thought I was wrong but I was right
  • Really2
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    A._Badger wrote: »
    Pretty good going. Comprehensively lose an election and wind-up as Deputy PM.

    And the chattering class wonders why voters are cynical.

    Better than ending up as 2nd fiddle to a 2nd + 3rd coalition.;)
  • A._Badger
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    marklv wrote: »
    I suggest you make more constructive comments instead of dispensing sarcasm.

    You got the response your insult deserved.
  • A._Badger
    A._Badger Posts: 5,881 Forumite
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    Really2 wrote: »
    Better than ending up as 2nd fiddle to a 2nd + 3rd coalition.;)

    By any objective standard, Clegg flunked this election - his party coming a poor third.

    He has no place occupying the No. 2 slot, having been overwhelmingly rejected by the voters.
  • Really2
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    A._Badger wrote: »
    By any objective standard, Clegg flunked this election - his party coming a poor third.

    He has no place occupying the No. 2 slot, having been overwhelmingly rejected by the voters.

    Maybe, but only with their seats can a stable government be formed.

    As someone who voted Con I have no problem him being deputy, we needed them for stability.
  • Rochdale_Pioneers
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    A._Badger wrote: »
    By any objective standard, Clegg flunked this election - his party coming a poor third.

    He has no place occupying the No. 2 slot, having been overwhelmingly rejected by the voters.

    Rejected by receiving nearly a million more votes in 2010 than in 2005?
  • silvercar
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    Cat695 wrote: »
    So what happens if you don't want to choose any of the 2nd or 3rd candidates??

    Then you would only put a first preference. Should this first preference be eliminated for having the lowest number of votes, your vote is discarded as you haven't chosen a second preference for it to pass to.
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