trousers

I was reading today that if UKIP didn't exist and all their votes had gone to the Tories instead (which would be the 'best fit' home for those voters) then Mr Cameron would have got the 326 seats he needed. Is that true or some made up nonsense? A bit ironic if true: "vote UKIP, vote for closer ties to Europe"

Dr Who

Trousers thinking out loud alert... How about a hybrid system? We stick with first-past-the-post as the method for determining which political party resides in downing street and they run the country's 'national' interests (global finance, defence, tax, etc) but each constituency has, say, three representatives in parliament - i.e. The top 3 in each constituency vote. The man (or lady) who came top gets 3 voting points in parliament, the 2nd placed 2 voting points and 3rd placed gets 1 point. To cover the costs of 3 MPs per constituency, we can reduce the number of constituencies (i.e. Have much larger 'local' areas) so the net number of MPs is manageable. So we get strong/stable national government and representative Government for more local issues? Win win?

I know it's right for the police to have a significant say on this but, technically/legally, do they have the ultimate sanction on this or could cortese have said: "thanks for the advice chaps but we're going ahead anyway." I assume they can refuse to police games which probably answers my question

Echo breaking a Saints news story ahead of an official announcement? Whatever next? ;-)

Weston and Derry (if memory serves me correctly) heard that Hughes may have been at st mary's when saints were playing up at tranmere and that it was suspected that cortese wasn't at tranmere...

You are, of course, technically correct, but to suggest that the leader of the party isn't a significant influence on who people vote for is to stick one's head in the sand somewhat

In the London 2012 Olympics I thnk we should give the gold medal to everyone coming third for a change. It's only "fair". There are, afterall, many more people who don't come first than those that do...

Yup, but that's before they offered them such a big carrot

If the PM announces he's resigning after an election doesn't that then pave the way for the Tories to lead a minority government?

Ok, time for cameron to get on the blower to alec salmond to tell him he can have his independance if he supports the Tories for next 2 years. Win win

FFS

What happens to the employees of a company that goes bust because of strike action?

We've currently got a party who got c.20% of the vote deciding the future of the country as we speak...

If your question involved the use of the word "why?" then, no, you didn't get an answer, per se, within 2 hours.

Where's 'Mister Neil', our resident Director's Box photographer, when you need him?

:confused:..

But if we're going to be head and shoulders above every team in the league it doesn't matter who we're playing. Indeed, there is a train of thought that Saints play better when raising their game against the supposedly better sides....

FFS Someone PM me a scanned on copy of the programme and I'll go through the adverts with a fine toothed comb. FFS

Car Park?

You don't have a scanner in the loft per chance?

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Hmmm...Zola....Italian....more of a "yes-man" than Pardew... 2+2 anyone...? A straight swap might simplify the paperwork... ;-)

Something to do with Flybe or this season's caterers perhaps, given both are not having their contracts renewed?

Does anyone have a similar breakdown based on just votes in England?