Deathray

Still 0 points - fucking hell

5/50 ain't bad as we head into April. On track for 20 hits which is much more impressive than DL's been for a while.

In that case, could some administrator post the picture to every thread? Tempting... Go on Hein, you know we want him gone. Also am I the only one who finds the concept of a worlds ugliest woman competition repulsively abhorrent?

I reckon Bennett's restored some of her reputation there, if it wasn't for the radio interview fiasco this might have been a breakthrough.

The heckler has livened things up a bit. Hopefully she's not affiliated to any party.

Jeez this debate an absolute snorefest.

Will also be watching the debate. Personally would have preferred a separate debate for each country, as the SNP and Plaid have no relevance to me and similarly the Green Party of England and Wales have no relevance to Scottish voters.

It's right at the bottom of Ben Nevis, so when it rains there's a lot of water to drain down that way. Would it not have made more sense to put the pitch the other side of the lake? It would make more sense to snag a 3G pitch and/or put a roof over it. But that'd need more money that Highland League teams are likely to see over a season. It's waaay behind shinty in terms of appeal, that 'should' get any cash going. And deathray, don't think "lake" has been overlooked , ya cunt The only option is promotion then You guys voted to stay with us, you can bleeding well use our language as well.

Only if she died a non-ironic death. Entirely possible, I'd imagine most people have seen this, but in case you haven't, Ed Byrne explains irony to Alanis. I didn't know that one, but yes, such a rant was on my mind. I watched a few more clips by Byrne; pretty funny chap, that. Watch his different class live show if you get a chance. One of the few comedy live shows I've watched twice. (Both on youtube of course, something to which the man himself would greatly object)

Not if he gets back for another full term. 10 years without a majority. Lucky bugger. That's politics. John Major was seen as a failure, yet he was 6+ years PM and got the largest vote ever in 1992 with 14 million votes. More than Thatcher, more than Atlee, more than Blair, more than Churchill. Think it would be much fairer to compare largest vote on percentage terms (since the war for ease) given the massive fluctuations in turnout and population: Eden 1955 - 49.8% MacMillan 1959 - 49.6% Wilson 1966 48.0% Churchill 1951 - 48.0% Attlee 1945 - 47.7% Heath 1970 46.4% Attllee 1950 - 46.1% Wilson 1964 44.1% Thatcher 1979 43.9% Blair 1997 43.2% Thatcher 1983 42.4% Thatcher 1987 42.2% Major 1992 41.9% Blair 2001 40.7% Wilson Oct 1974 39.2% Heath Feb 1974 - 37.9% (or Wilson Feb 1974 37.2% if we're only including PMs) Cameron 2010 36.1% Blair 2005 35.2% The trend is pretty clear, our electoral choices have massively diversified with 1974, 1983, 1987, 2005 and 2010 elections being clear indicators of this. For a government in our country to have any legitimacy at all we need a reform in voting system otherwise were stuck in this situation where more than 50% of the country can vote for a left-leaning party but the Tories get in (1987, 1983). Problem is with the electoral system being designed in a way that the two parties who would never push through that reform, or be interested in convincing people of why that reform is necessary, are going to eternally govern us. My personal suggestion would be for all parties that support voting reform to start hammering the benefits to people now and stand unity candidates in 2020.

No, shurely the biggest loser PMs are those who lose a vote of no confidence. Or "win" one if you like. Which PMs have actually lost a vote of confidence in the modern era? Also on the whole speech thing it's the queens duty to read, refusing to do so would be interfering as it could be seen as expecting the speech to fail.

AFAIK you are not from across the pond so stop using shitty Yank expressions. He's been doing that from the get-go, LFN... You really knocked the ball out the park with that joke tmib!!

Bloody hell.The House of Commons s going to have more fathers in the next parliament than Katie Prices children ! There will be only one Father. Assuming they all get re-elected then it will be the one who made their maiden speech first. Which one will that be?

For all those of you who were asleep during any election ever including by-elections or have been living in caves all your lives the ever hilarious site newsbeat has been very kind to you wee bairns and published the most dumbed down election jargon buster you'll ever find http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/32114560

Seen as it's the day of dissolution I'm going to come out and say it... I prefered it when the PM had control over when to call and election, it meant elections were generally more frequent (something I prefer as a keen political watcher) and there was a lot more suspense involved in government difficulties, the fact I haven't experienced a snap election yet ( the last being 1974) probably has something to do with it. At this rate 2001 will go down as the last non-multiple of five election.

Cameron has just visited the queen to inform her parliament has been dissolved, first time that she's not been required to dissolve it herself - reckon she's butthurt. This is quite likely to be the closest elections in several hundred years.

April 4th

As promised here's an update: After just about three months in play and 14/233* dead here's the scores on the doors. Death Impends 243 (Irving Khan, Jerry Tarkanian, Lee Kuan Yew, Little Jimmy Dickens, Sam Simon) The Unknown Man 189 (Leonard Nimoy, Sam Simon (W) ) Estuarian Float 174 (Ahmed Givens, Leonard Nimoy, Sam Simon) Rotten Ali 147 (Lee Kuan Yew, Sam Simon the_engineer 146 (Ethel Lang, Sam Simon (W) ) Eesti 132 (Sam Simon (W)) deadsox 131 (Ahmed Givens, Ethel Lang, Sam Simon) Whoam 123 (Leonard Nimoy, Sam Simon) CaptainChorizo 117 (Ahmed Givens, Sam Simon) Bibliogryphon 114 (Jeffrey Segal (W), Louis Jordain) Shaun of the Dead 110 (Pamella Cundell, Sam Simon) maryportfuncity 80 (Ethel Lang,Sam Simon) Book 70 (Terry Pratchett) msc 68 (Stuart Wagstaff) gcreptile 46 (Heinrich Windelin) Toast 14 (Ethel Lang) *Also I'd like to give a special shout out to Estuarian who's team member Prince Bernhard died in 2004.

Just started watching Coalition - they really skimped on the make-up department didn't they.

Gerald Kaufman and Dennis Skinner being prime candidates not to make 2020. They'll both become father of the house alongside Michael Meacher and Ken Clarke assuming they are all re-elected on May 7th.

I fear you mean analyst rather than analist.. Also are the dutch not aware you can do PR whilst maintaining constituency link? All hail the STV voting system!!

It's right at the bottom of Ben Nevis, so when it rains there's a lot of water to drain down that way. Would it not have made more sense to put the pitch the other side of the lake?

How many SNP? No more than 10. I'm foreseeing a shy Labour effect in Scotland and a shy UKIP effect in England and Wales.

Reckon the election result will be a bit of a surprise: My prediction is (seats calculated using electoral calculus): Conservative: 32% (300) Labour: 30% (302) UKIP: 20% (12) Green: 10% (2) Lib Dem: 5% (6)

Objection your honour... just shift the onus to the entrant to check for stiffs up until Dec 1st. Problem solved from your workload point if view... BG - I'll update the Hare's Death Pool at the weekend.