tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post5713954464249065720..comments2023-08-29T09:01:57.436+01:00Comments on Musings of a Durotrigan: BBC Polling 'Scandal'Durotriganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12427474698912082351noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post-88187272071276394002010-05-07T11:46:30.811+01:002010-05-07T11:46:30.811+01:00British political instability and economic chaos i...British political instability and economic chaos is not necessarily bad. Something has to give under stress. If the situation in the UK leads to the break-up of the EU, then the pain will be worth it.Abu Abdullahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07890581041220191846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post-625901196811849372010-05-07T10:28:24.399+01:002010-05-07T10:28:24.399+01:00'Good' morning Abu. Your comment displays ...'Good' morning Abu. Your comment displays some hope, but to be honest, it's been a disappointing night. Although I've not managed to trawl through all of the stats yet (I needed at least some sleep and it's going to take a few days to collate and analyse this information properly), it's becoming clear that in most constituencies where it stood in 2005 the BNP vote, both inDurotriganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12427474698912082351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post-60493702969277928382010-05-07T09:37:56.238+01:002010-05-07T09:37:56.238+01:00Extrapolating from the results reported so far, a ...Extrapolating from the results reported so far, a Lib-Con coalition government is the likely outcome. If that comes true, we'll see how the Barnes hypothesis does in practice.<br /><br />Total votes for the BNP rose by more than 250% (!!!), from 0.7% to 1.9% of the national total, due to their contesting many more seats and voter dissatisfaction with the major parties. The BNP's total Abu Abdullahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07890581041220191846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post-78291072235379859242010-05-07T03:31:02.813+01:002010-05-07T03:31:02.813+01:00Hi,
Thanks for your comment. Yes, if they turned ...Hi,<br /><br />Thanks for your comment. Yes, if they turned up at 9.55pm then I agree. However, some were made to wait in queues for hours, and others didn't have ballot papers! We'll have to see what the Electoral Commission make of it all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com