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Conservatives in crisis as UKIP push Tories into THIRD place as Lib Dems hold onto Eastleigh seat
Daily Mail UK ^

Posted on 02/28/2013 7:22:48 PM PST by Perdogg

David Cameron is facing turmoil after a UKIP surge enabled the scandal-hit Liberal Democrats to cling on in the most crucial by-election battle for 30 years and pushed the Tories into a humiliating third place.

The Liberal Democrats held the South Coast seat of Eastleigh seat vacated by Chris Huhne - despite an unprecedented period of bad publicity over the Lord Rennard scandal and record lows in national opinion polls.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: chrishuhne; conservatives; davidcameron; eastleigh; formerlygreatbritain; liberaldemocrats; lordrennard; southcoast; tories; ukip; ukteaparty; unitedkingdom

1 posted on 02/28/2013 7:22:59 PM PST by Perdogg
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To: Perdogg

I guess the Brits know what UKIP is, since the article doesn’t bother to explain it. I looked it up.

United Kingdom Independence Party.

Libertarian, and they want to pull out of the EU.


2 posted on 02/28/2013 7:28:19 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Perdogg

And, by the way, we’ve had some really lousy Conservative Party leaders ever since Maggie Thatcher was given the boot. But I think David Cameron is the worst one yet.

Is he gay or something?


3 posted on 02/28/2013 7:29:56 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Perdogg

Well, Cameron went Left and got punished.
Gay marriage didn’t help him.


4 posted on 02/28/2013 7:33:23 PM PST by RginTN
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks Perdogg.


5 posted on 02/28/2013 7:33:30 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: Cicero

Cameron isn’t gay. His leadership is.


6 posted on 02/28/2013 7:36:10 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Cicero

If the Conservative Party were more well, conservative, they’d be winning landslides or rather, would have won last time big.


7 posted on 02/28/2013 7:40:21 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: RginTN

This is punishment for him being a sodomite-supporting jackass.


8 posted on 02/28/2013 7:55:35 PM PST by Viennacon
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To: Viennacon

Republicans want to follow Cameron and then the Republican party will be dead.


9 posted on 02/28/2013 8:02:24 PM PST by RginTN
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To: Cicero

The leader of UKIP is Nigel Farage, and he is a brilliant public speaker, in the style of the great English debating societies. He is riveting to watch.

There are lots of YouTube videos of him speaking at the European Parliament, and he is incredibly sharp tongued. Extremely persuasive, and if some other MEP tries to rebut him, Farage just slices and dices him rhetorically, in the grand style.

It is an irony that UKIP, because of the UK election system, cannot get seats in the British Parliament right now, but have many seats in the European Parliament, an organization they oppose and want England to leave.

But again, check out his vids. You will remember him.


10 posted on 02/28/2013 8:12:02 PM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Best WoT news at rantburg.com)
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To: Perdogg

Given the current crop of Tories I’m not surprised. Cameron makes Obama look manly.


11 posted on 02/28/2013 9:03:57 PM PST by LifeComesFirst (http://rw-rebirth.blogspot.com/)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
'Nigel Farage Was Right!' A compilation from several Farage speeches over recent years.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez-88_hIrLY









12 posted on 02/28/2013 9:15:52 PM PST by preacher (Communism has only killed 100 million people: Let's give it another chance!)
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