The Lib Dems,do they face Wipeout ?

ROSM said:

I did laugh at the comment concerning performance in the house. David Cameron has answered just 6 questions in the nearly 4 years since he became pm during pm questions. He has asked over 40.


As for performances of party leaders. If that was the telling factor then Nigel farage will according to ipsos Mori, be the next PM.

I think Andy Burnham has been proven right on health and care, Tristram Hunt is doing well in education. If Balls was replaced by Alistair Darling then i think the economic credibility element would be repaired - after all there's barely a fag paper between his plans in terms of reduction and what Osborne achieved.

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ROSM said:

I think Andy Burnham has been proven right on health and care, Tristram Hunt is doing well in education. If Balls was replaced by Alistair Darling then i think the economic credibility element would be repaired - after all there's barely a fag paper between his plans in terms of reduction and what Osborne achieved.

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GreersElbow said:

I don't think they'll be wiped out, however, they most certainly will not be as large as they are. I suspect they'll lose around 10-15 seats. Labour won't win, I've been doing canvassing here in Lincoln for the Conservatives and we've heard the same thing over and over again. They don't like Ed Miliband, so far this has been an occurring trend in which they would like to vote Labour, but cannot bring themselves to do so leading many to consider voting Green. The Labour party also have had no real answer to anything in the House, they've been a party of protest, not opposition. Their economic plan has been pursued in France and look at the state of their economy now. Labour do have one thing, which is the "Cost of living crisis" - but the issue with this is that anyone with basic understanding of economics is that, well, the cost of living crisis was indeed caused by Labour. The interesting thing though is that UKIP appear to be stealing Labour supporters, more so than Tory, which inevitably cause some issues for them. A split in voting will cost Labour heavily, as it did Tories in the 2012 county elections, which Labour literally saw no increase in their overall percentage of vote, but gained the most seats due to a right-wing split. Which says a lot about Labour if they're not gaining votes.

However, for us Tories, we face an uphill battle up a steeper hill. The electorate don't feel as though the government is connected to the electorate. Which is understandable when the vast majority are privately education. Many believe the economy is better off under the Conservatives, but don't feel as though socially we've done much to help local communities. The 'Big Society' ideal was an ill-thought of and poorly construed strategy that failed to get its message across. Of course, whilst the economy is getting better. That's on the macro-economic scale, we're talking businesses here that I seeing the benefits. The average person will not see these benefits for a while, it takes longer to effect the general population than the businesses.


My prediction will be a Conservative minority government, likely to fall within 2 years of election. The electoral system now faces a serious question about both our electoral voting system and our legislative system. I could imagine more and more coalitions being formed from now on than ever before, and that'll put pressure on the voting system. I believe there's a correlation between roughly low turnout and the electoral system. It's literally one choice for the voter in ballot box. Might worth moving from FPTP towards proportional representation to allow smaller parties to have their chance in the legislature and give the electorate more choice.



Deluded. No one's buying this new image Labour's taken up other than its hardcore support, sorry bud. UKIP's now stealing your votes.

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e77 said:

They will simply round the wagons round their winnable seats and sacrifice the marginal ones.

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nwgull said:

They're a shambles. How can the leadership insist a man apologise for something that he denies doing and for which they have insufficient evidence to back it up to make either a criminal or civil charge. It stinks of a witch hunt to me.

They've lost my vote for the first time in my life.

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seagullsovergrimsby said:

Gotta a feeling that the Greens will lose their solitary seat in GE 2015 due to a backlash from the electorate unhappy with local issues and the influx of Londoners into the constituency to turn it blue.

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East Preston Gull said:

In answer to the post, yes I hope the lib dems are wiped out for good. I hope ukip get in, are a total disaster and we can start again with politics for real people. The lib dems are a disgrace,the tories and labour are the same university trained stooges with no idea how real people live. Russell Brand and his nonsense left wing loonies can **** right off and a real revolution can begin with the ordinary working man downing tools and taking to the streets without the backing of corrupt unions who do nothing but swell their own coffers and political ambition.....I'll get my coat!

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East Preston Gull said:

In answer to the post, yes I hope the lib dems are wiped out for good. I hope ukip get in, are a total disaster and we can start again with politics for real people. The lib dems are a disgrace,the tories and labour are the same university trained stooges with no idea how real people live. Russell Brand and his nonsense left wing loonies can **** right off and a real revolution can begin with the ordinary working man downing tools and taking to the streets without the backing of corrupt unions who do nothing but swell their own coffers and political ambition.....I'll get my coat!

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Don Quixote said:

I can't see that to be honest. The Conservatives came third last time, they won't improve on that.

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Badger said:

The thing is, as much as I dislike how the Lib Dems have caved in to the Tories I'm struggling to decide who to vote for in the next election. Labour have got absolutely NOTHING going for them and Ed as Prime Minister is laughable, the Tories have done some good things but they are still the same old Tories. My vote is going to be largely based on trying to stop the Greens keeping Brighton Pavilion, so who on Earth do I vote for? I just can't bring myself to vote Labour at the moment.

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