Re: [b] --I couldn't see for blindness

["Subintellectual" <subint00@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Lerwick DeTocqueville-Grabcocque"

> It was a disastrous night for the Tories. If they repeat this  performance 
> on election night, they'd be lucky to even stay the Opposition.

But it's a by-election. Which are shit predictors of general elections. I 
suppose the tories are doing worse than they should in a mid-term election, 
but how generalisable is this result. What sort of vote have they had in the 
past?

> The ironic thing is that UKIP will, by their successes, probably hand the 
> Lib Dems several seats that would otherwise have gone Tory.

That is possible. On the other hand, it could bring a few Tories back in.

> Hooray for FPP. The simple voting system everyone understands.


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Martin Coxall is a cheat and he steal my pen.


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