Dumb election questions

[malvolio]

As if I know who my MP is

www.theyworkforyou.com , always assuming you are a UK resident!

[Gonzo]

As if I know who my MP is

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You can put your postcode into the a search on the BBC page I linked to above and it will tell you the results at the last election for the constituency your postcode is in.

[sasguru]

2) You have little scope for having any impact anywhere in the North East. Labour could put a chimpanzee up for election(and indeed have on numerous occasions!) and provided he wore a red rosette he'd be returned with a healthy majority.

Its these bone-idle Northern monkeys who are dragging the whole country down

[d000hg]

Its these bone-idle Northern monkeys who are dragging the whole country down

Eee, northerners are the ones who still know how to put in a hard day's work. Or so I hear.

[Doggy Styles]

1) Not announced yet. It takes 4 weeks to organise, so they won't announce until required. However, there are local elections on 6 May, so it will most likely be then.

I seem to recall that they only need give three weeks notice.

This gives Brown time to call one and hold the election before the Q1 growth figures are released towards the end of April.

Growth is expected to go down again, now that the autumn VAT and QE effects are no longer there, and that's some bad news that won't help Brown's "Don't Risk The Recovery" campaign.

[NotAllThere]

...
I just checked the wikipedia entry which ominously reminds us

The next United Kingdom general election is due to take place on or before 3 June 2010, barring exceptional circumstances.

He's going to invade Poland, isn't he.

www.theyworkforyou.com , always assuming you are a UK resident!

If you're not UK resident then simply enter the postcode of the last UK address where you were registered on the Electoral Register. Of course, to vote you must have maintained your entry.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

In previous years there have been tactical voting campaigns which supplied the data needed - one year there was a scheme for voters to "swap" votes so that their votes counted - relied on trust though.

[The Wikir Man]

In previous years there have been tactical voting campaigns which supplied the data needed - one year there was a scheme for voters to "swap" votes so that their votes counted - relied on trust though.

Donna Moss does that in The West Wing because she "inadvertently" voted for the wrong guy on the presedential ballot.

[Gonzo]

1) There is talk that the paraphilia indulging, pant-pissing snot goblin will go and see the other queen on Thursday.

This has been playing on my mind overnight.

Such a move would completely spike Darling's budget on Wednesday by curtailing the post-budget debate and preventing the Finance Act from being passed, necessitating an immediate post-election budget that could be very different.

Hmmm. It would be interesting to watch, but I am not sure that I can see it happening.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

http://www.tacticalvoting.org/