Clegg going to survive this?
Politics at Westminster | BREAKING: UKIP
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When times are really, really hard it's left as in Greece - Syriza.
Lib Dems are getting absolutely annihilated here.
Is this that rare thing that me and you can enjoy together? I'm loving it.
I'm not really enjoying it. It's almost sad. I like Tim Farron and he's on TV telling us he was expecting them to get 0 seats. It's depressing.
It's all Clegg's fault.
Hopefully UKIP won't pick up the 6th seat in Scotland. Even though their vote share has increased it's telling to see the difference in people voting for them in England and Scotland.
Christ, Lib Dems wiped out in South West England too.
When the Liberal party went into coalition with the Tories in 1921 it destroyed the party. History is repeating itself due to Clegg's vanity.
At least Nick Griffin won't be around. Two of his boys were injured during scuffles.
Liberal Democrats having a shocker tonight so far.
It is. They should get rid, or this will keep happening.
seen this movie before....
A Lib Dem MEP, or should i say former MEP, has just used the phrase "complete bollocks" in an anti-UKIP rant live on the BBC. One presenters was certainly a tad shocked.
It does worry you somewhat that the BNP does consistently get 8-10k everywhere. This is a lot of racists, tallied up.
Britain First aren't much better either.
It's not good, but haven't they lost both their seats tonight? Would be interesting to see the percentage that have switched to UKIP from Labour, Cons., Lib. Dem., BNP etc.
Liberal democrats had this coming when they betrayed their core vote after the last election. Those riots/protests in London all those years ago didn't change anything then, but the ballot box has had it's way in the end. Good riddance.
That's superb. The real page is even funnier, although for more worrying reasons.Why is Sadiq Khan standing in an empty auditorium by himself, praising Blair, harping on about media coverage and rambling like a deranged bloke on a park bench?
BBC's recent bias towards UKIP coming under the under the microscope: Salmond pointed out UKIP got 4x coverage v SNP in Scotland; Khan pointing out BBC largely ignored London council results in favour of 'didn't UKIP do well' when in fact Thursday's results weren't that amazing.
I have to say I find this delusional, BBC are predominatly liberal. Bottom line is, UKIP are doing well as are many far right groups across Europe. Is that down to the BBC as well?
The love in with Farage is Mourinho-esque at times.
By staying true to another part of their identity in the shape of coalition/consensus government? The Tories are suffering in their own way for deviations of policy, possible to a critical degree come the next election.
The BBC's political editor (whose only contribution to tonight's debate was a musing on a Labour meltdown) is a former head of the Young Conservatives.
Check out Newsnight while you're at it.
It's not consensus government - they've just played patsy to the Tories so Clegg could grab a pretence of power.
Unbearable, isn't he?
Yeah, but most of the BBC's political programs are headed by Andrew Neill, and he's ..., ah, a bit right as well.
Come now, the BBC is hardly a Eurosceptic broadcaster [Fivelive had to apologise for a presenter being too pro-EU last year or so].
How the f*ck can someone like Roger Helmer get elected, nay top the poll, in 2014? Ridiculous.
Albeit they technically weren't *directly* voting for him.
Albeit they technically weren't *directly* voting for him.
Because not everyone is you.
They're not. Al got it spot on by saying that the Farage love in is Mourinho-esque and the BBC are guilty of this and it's probably the main reason for their overblown coverage. That and the fact that UKIP and other far right parties in Europe are controversial and that always makes news.
Whilst you may disagree with his opinions, surely people can agree that Farage is one of the most effective politicians in recent times. Comes across alot better than the majority of them, despite the mud slinging.
Stop shouting, Jeremy. This is killing me.
A rhetorical question Al, lest you be so quick to jump behind someone who thinks gays should get therapy to cure them and climate change is a conspiracy
I'm not behind him. He's a complete idiot. I was just answering your question.
Don't forget his admittance that he speeds regularly and views that in some cases rape victims must take some responsibility, as well as thinking that rape sentences should be reduced. Cretin of a person.
You gotta be kidding me. A gobshite with a perma-pint in hand embarrassing the nation with a thinly-disguised 'bloody foreigners' soundbite as his mantra? What a star.
As a party they believe in coalition government, were their voters imply not aware of the likely consequences therein?
Whilst they may well have preferred to team up with Labour such a decision would have been even more unpopular in 2010. This impression that Lib Dems voters sustained some sort of unique betrayal is both inaccurate and overblown. What could certainly be argued however, is that the coalition agreement was far too broad in its scope [a lesson they'll take into any future negotiation i am sure].