I think Clegg is pissed off at UKIP as well.
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- Thread starter Forostar
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Miliband blamed Scottish nationalism for Labour's poor performance. But then he wasn't likely to admit that Labour is just a poor prospect to vote for.
bearfan
Ancient Mariner
True, it is interesting seeing these concession speeches. They differ greatly from the US where the speech is always
1) We fought a good fight/thanks supports
2) We will keep up a fight
3) But then end on reconciliation ... wish the new President (whatever) luck, will work with him as much as possible.
I saw a lot of the first 2, but none of the third
1) We fought a good fight/thanks supports
2) We will keep up a fight
3) But then end on reconciliation ... wish the new President (whatever) luck, will work with him as much as possible.
I saw a lot of the first 2, but none of the third
CriedWhenBrucieLeft
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What leader are you referring to? Cameron?
Black Wizard
Pleb Hunter
So glad I don't live in Scotland anymore.
Forostar
Ancient Mariner
Black Wizard
Pleb Hunter
With PR we'd have had a Conservative/UKIP coalition.
bearfan
Ancient Mariner
On the lighter side
Paul O’Grady, best known for playing the stand up comedienne Lilly Savage, last Saturday told a celebrity-stuffed Labour rally that he would move to Venice if the Conservatives win the general election.
A senior Tory source tells me: “Paul O'Grady promised to quit the UK, and emigrate to Venice if the Conservatives won the election. Well, we've won a clear majority. So if he could f*** off, we'd be grateful.”
CriedWhenBrucieLeft
Meme Only Account
Thank god we don't use PR then.
With PR we'd have had a Conservative/UKIP coalition.
CriedWhenBrucieLeft
Meme Only Account
The SNP didn't field any candidates anywhere besides Scotland though. UKIP are also a bunch of nutcases.
I wonder what AV would have come up with for the UK election.
Black Wizard
Pleb Hunter
There has already been protests outside Downing Street from people who want the Tories out already. Obviously these people don't understand how democracy works. 
bearfan
Ancient Mariner
There has already been protests outside Downing Street from people who want the Tories out already. Obviously these people don't understand how democracy works.
Wow. What morons
Black Wizard
Pleb Hunter
Seventeen of them were arrested, with a war memorial being vandalized.
I may or may not approve of the Conservative majority, but I would never protest the will of the people. The method by which the people are selected? Sure.
bearfan
Ancient Mariner
LOL ... they meant for the tank t stall for 15 minutes.
MOSCOW — A state-of-the-art Russian tank, which was shown to the public for the first time earlier this month, on Thursday ground to a halt during the final Victory Day rehearsal.
The tank, the T-14 Armata, is said to surpass all Western versions because of its remotely controlled cannon and the protection it offers its crew. The T-14, which replaces the T-72 and T-90, is set to undergo trials next year.
Weaponry was rolling across central Moscow on Thursday morning in the dress rehearsal for the military parade on Red Square on May 9 as Russia commemorates the 70th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.
One of eight T-14s suddenly stopped while others drove on. The engine was still rumbling but it wouldn’t move. After an attempt to tow it failed, the T-14 rolled away under its own steam about 15 minutes later.
While the tank was stranded on the cobbled Red Square, the presenter commenting over the PA system said it was part of the training to “evacuate weaponry” and had been planned.
The tank’s producer insisted that the T-14 did not break down.
Alexei Zharich, deputy general director of the Uralvagonzavod factory, said on Twitter that the military was responsible for the way the rehearsal was held but insisted that the tank “was functioning properly and left on its own power.”
MOSCOW — A state-of-the-art Russian tank, which was shown to the public for the first time earlier this month, on Thursday ground to a halt during the final Victory Day rehearsal.
The tank, the T-14 Armata, is said to surpass all Western versions because of its remotely controlled cannon and the protection it offers its crew. The T-14, which replaces the T-72 and T-90, is set to undergo trials next year.
Weaponry was rolling across central Moscow on Thursday morning in the dress rehearsal for the military parade on Red Square on May 9 as Russia commemorates the 70th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.
One of eight T-14s suddenly stopped while others drove on. The engine was still rumbling but it wouldn’t move. After an attempt to tow it failed, the T-14 rolled away under its own steam about 15 minutes later.
While the tank was stranded on the cobbled Red Square, the presenter commenting over the PA system said it was part of the training to “evacuate weaponry” and had been planned.
The tank’s producer insisted that the T-14 did not break down.
Alexei Zharich, deputy general director of the Uralvagonzavod factory, said on Twitter that the military was responsible for the way the rehearsal was held but insisted that the tank “was functioning properly and left on its own power.”