right, so lets see if this is mirrored in the redneck town of Hartlepool today.

well off to vote now, looking for the anti hodcroft candidate.

Hope it wasn't the swivel eyed racist

the person i voted for i taught to drive,thats all i'm willing to divulge

Politicians try do brainwash the deluded so wouldnt be surprised if Ken Hodcroft gets his wish.

Theres more than a few of our fans believe his bullshit.
Mostly of the other message board!

If you've voted Labour in the local elections you've voted in favour of fraud and massively underpaying working people (Angie Wilcox and OFCA), abusing members of the public, threatening fellow councillors and wasting tens of thousands of pounds of Hartlepool taxpayers money (Kevin Cranney), lying to employers and falsifying council meeting minutes (Akers-Belcher), and being party to our Hospital services being stripped in readiness for selling the land to housebuilders (Wright).

Well done you.

Word.

I don't care who wins as long as Iain Wright is at the front of that fucking queue at the job centre so he finally knows what it feels like.

I voted UKIP, purely because they're the only party with a realistic chance of removing the bastard and his party from this town.

What a fantastic exit poll - I hope this isn't as good as it gets.

Hung Parliament? Who would have believed it.

Oh, and Farage, chuckle, snort.

In an election when many of the seats are marginal, exit polls can't be relied upon to form am accurate picture

Even UKIP don't think this Town is a realistic target.

The Exit poll is suggesting they've won a massive two seats.

The problem we have is we don't have anyone worth voting for.

At least darlo are towing the line...

At least the exit polls not predicting that Hartlepool will return a UKIP racist...

To be fair you can substitute any constituency you like into that sentence.

I'd be ashamed yes

So glad im off Wright and his cronies voted in again only in hartlepool

28% for Farage is still embarrassing for Hartlepool. I can understand it like, given the huge immigrant population in the town these days.

Well Kenneth on behalf of the bunker.................................we did our best to get you a UKIP friend.

Unfortunately, the majority of the rest of Hartlepool had more sense.

Oh well, you wont be getting the ground for nowt.

But hey, you could always try and buy it.

What a fantastic GE.

A solid Tory majority and huge support for UKIP.

As things stand, if the proportion of UKIP votes in England was reflected in seats in England, they'd have 75 seats. I think FPTP has definitely had its day. There's no longer just two parties with 90% of the vote.

But we dont have PR and this could be the end for UKIP.

And all those that voted UKIP knew we didnt have PR before the election, so all they done, like the SNP, is to ensure the tories get a free reign, and the two party system has just about returned.

We don't have PR yet but I'll be amazed if the return of SNP for 1.5m votes when compared to UKIP's return for 3.5m doesn't start a discussion about change.

I voted UKIP knowing they wouldn't win my constituency. I wanted to show significant support for UKIP and that's happened.

It's hardly amazing is it you may not have noticed but England is a significantly bigger country than Scotland. It's the best system they have chosen the SNP the represent them in parliament resoundingly, apart from a couple of exceptions people haven't chosen UKIP despite (depressingly) a high number of votes.

You struggle to see Labour getting back into power for a long, long time after this shift in Scotland. It was said at the time of the referendum that a 'Yes' vote would mean a Conservative government forever here, well no won and it still appears to be the case. The SNP won 56 out of 59 seats and secured 50% of the entire vote in Scotland, as I said, resounding.

Hopefully he just finally fucks off.

Lib dems wanted a different voting system to reflect their voting levels but never got it after the referendum for it. Amazing how right wing now want it cos it suits them.

Plus the Jocks have 5 years to get what they want or SNP are a busted flush.

Everything you said above is irrelevant to the issue raised.

Who said it was surprising? I'm saying it is wrong. Very wrong.

In England, UKIP have over 14% of the vote yet (so far) but have only 1 of the 533 seats. How are you failing to understand the inequality in this?

I truly believe Scottish people are very very stupid.

There have been loads of them on TV this morning saying that its a great day for Scotland.

And how they will ensure trident gets rejected.

Errrrr I think its not hit them yet that the tories could vote to Nuke Scotland now and get a mandate to do it, never mind get a mandate to build trident.

Stupid jock bastads.

To win so many votes the SNP has clearly done more than just play the nationalist card. They must be doing something right.
Can we join in too? How long before they start an English branch?

I voted for AV (as a stepping stone to PR) in 2011.

UKIP will disappear in 5 years time along with the SNP.

For once the colonel is right. The Tories could nuke Scotland and no one would care except the Scots due to how they voted and their rhetoric.

Completely disagree with SNP going away in 5 years. On what basis?

It's pointing to a federalist UK. The SNP are here to stay but I suspect their influence will be limited to Scotland.

No chance. Scotland will be independent within five years. It'll be a one party state.

You think it will be limited to Scotland? Just think?


The SNP now rule Scotland, but the tories can now walk into Glasgow and do what they like, and the SNP can do fuck all about it.

A very odd, but quite funny, political landscape.

Or quite simply Cameron just ignores them. They can't do anything UK wide. SNP get nothing done after saying they'll deliver. Killed the Lib Dems, same will happen to them

also, should they wish to do it, the Tories could cut all budgets allocated to Scotland and basically bankrupt the daft scottish twats.

I suspect the tories will be having some fun with them

That is the more likely scenario under the cover of deficit reduction

Isn't it time that we moved Trident and all Naval shipbuilding to Portsmouth? And the banks and all those others who were against independence.................come South before we re-invigorate the construction industry by building a wall along the border.

1.5m Jocks are going to pull our proverbial chain, lead by that ginger woman with no mandate.

It's time that the Barnet formula was dumped and the arrogant skirt wearers had to fend for themselves.

And then the Scottish Lion (to quote the bandit Salmond) can roar at its P45......

Well if I was in the tory government thats exactly what I would do.

I really want this to be true.

There is no way Cameron can ignore the SNP (his victory speech confirms this), but whatever he does for Scotland will be used as justification for empowering the Tories further in England.

of course he wont ignore them publicly. But behind the scenes he could rip them apart.

The SNP have no UK mandate whatsoever.

I quite understand your implication that whatever the political party, the party's interests always come before the people's.
But they'd have to be total morons to ignore the Scots.

He's going to ignore the Labour Party and they have a far bigger mandate than the SNP.. He'll do what the fuch he wants now.. As for UKIP they might as well pack in now.. Alternatively they can go back to Brussels and make themselves look like kids again.

Why would they? Serious question.

Also, those wanting to have ukip, what do you make of their leader not even winning?

UKIP are gonners. Thank god.

Ha! Love the fact that twat didn't even win his own constituency.

When it happens, when it happens.

Yes but Labour are the enemy whereas the SNP are a thorn in the side. Unless you're directly under enemy fire, which do you tend to first?

The first thing the tories will do is move the boundaries.

They will move them to suit them, and every step they take will be to make it harder for UKIP to get at them.

UKIP have taken labour voters. They will lose some if not all OF them next time. So next time they will need the tory voters.

Cameron knows it, and will do whatever it takes to ensure it doesnt happen.