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UKIP Could Win Over 100 Seats Say Experts
Sky News (UK) ^ | 10/11/2014 | Sky News Staff

Posted on 10/11/2014 7:17:46 PM PDT by JSDude1

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To: Lorianne

Thanks - it may not end up being the way things go but I will take any prospective good news I can get!


41 posted on 10/12/2014 12:32:17 AM PDT by melsec (There's a track, winding back, to an old forgotten shack along the road to Gundagai..)
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To: SunkenCiv

Forget it, most will not see that UKIP is merely a spoiler against the Conservative party, and is in line to take the Lib Dem place as the third party here. Unfortunately, UKIP isn’t going to take any large numbers of Labour seats, the close finish in Middleton not withstanding.


42 posted on 10/12/2014 2:35:25 AM PDT by AnAmericanInEngland
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To: JSDude1

Unless of course the britts use the full federal gubmint over their to go after the crazy conservatives the way obammy and company have.
Piece of crap that obammy and jarrett are.


43 posted on 10/12/2014 3:29:15 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (Obammy lied and lied and lied.)
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To: ConservativeMind
"Imagine if 120 House members switched to an actual conservative third party"

Then Nancy Pelosi would run the House.

44 posted on 10/12/2014 4:17:25 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (The Stone Age didnÂ’t end because we ran out of stones)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

There have always been three major parties: Labour, Tory, Liberals (or Liberal democrats or Lib Dems for short). Then smaller parties: usually minor socialist parties, the nationalist parties in Scotland, Wales and NI, some small conservative parties, and a lot of very small almost pointless parties. Some done for fun, like the Monster Raving Loony Party or Lets Have Another Party Party.


45 posted on 10/12/2014 4:31:56 AM PDT by the scotsman (UK)
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To: the scotsman

If the poll is right, Labour would have a strong minority government.

It could survive in office four years with 35% of the vote. This is due to the quirks of the first past the post electoral system.

Very few regions in the UK swing much from one election to the next.

The difference for the future is both UK and Canada will have fixed elections rather have them called at the whim of the Prime Minister as in the past.


46 posted on 10/12/2014 5:53:00 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop

In 1974, we had two elections in one year!. One won (just) by the Tories, one won later on by Labour.


47 posted on 10/12/2014 5:57:33 AM PDT by the scotsman (UK)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

All the freepers who arent gazing at their navels.


48 posted on 10/12/2014 11:42:20 PM PDT by Vanders9
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To: Viennacon
It is insane. Its an extrapolation based on by-elections, and a very basic extrapolation at that. There is no way, and I mean no way, that the "minor parties" will pick up 71 seats. They will be lucky to get half that.

The truth is, with at least six months before the UK goes to a general election, an awful lot can happen. UKIP needs to keep up the momentum, and that's not easy for a young, media despised and generally underfunded party. I think for them to get 128 seats will be very hard. I think they may get quite a lot, but 128 is a big ask.

49 posted on 10/12/2014 11:46:49 PM PDT by Vanders9
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To: AnAmericanInEngland

Can I ask exactly whereabouts in England you are, AmericaninEngland?


50 posted on 10/12/2014 11:51:45 PM PDT by Vanders9
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