UK General Election tomorrow... whose gonna get in?

[Rusco]

Have to admit we're a bit surprised here in Finland how did the conservatives win in UK even though 75% voted something else than them? 

[Anna Woman von NRW]

Hey Rusco - that is because of the brilliance in our voting system whereby you don't have to win in order to win !

It's all down to the fact that we vote in our own little areas (constituencies) rather than in an overall national vote. So this way a party can end up with the most constituencies ( and therefore become the Government) even though most people didn't vote for them.

Based on how people actually voted the House Of Commons should look like this:

(scroll down to 2015 Seats Under PR)

http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/heres-how-the-election-results-would-look-under-a-proportional-voting-system--gJenQmaW2gW

England - the mother of parliaments ?? Bollox !

[Pol]

On the plus side Anna it meant that ukip only got one seat instead of about 80 they would have under proportional representation so not all bad. Hope the house of commons bar has stocked up on irn bru lol

I won't even mention the joke that is the house of lords

[Danny]

FPTP is a joke, but it's carefully devised to make sure only one of two parties can ever get in, to keep the pretence of democracy while in fact all the people can choose from is the lesser of two evils, and as such they'll never accept to change it... and now the tory scum are gonna redraw the boundaries to make sure it'll be virtually impossible to beat them. I hate UKIP like everyone else here (apart from possibly the one troll) does, but you can't be democratic only when it suits you: if people voted for them they should be in parliament, simple as that. And we'd have a lot more Greens too.
Pol, like I told you in person in Nottingham, your country had a great chance to break free from this toxic union but sadly succumbed to the lies and scare stories of the press and didn't take it. Thanks to the SNP's great result maybe you'll get another chance soon(ish) - make sure you don't blow it again... and then get ready for an influx on refugees from England - I'm seriously considering moving already, and I live in a completely labour area, where the Greens get more votes that the scum; but the chances of Leytonstone becoming independent are somewhat lower than Scotland's 

[Pol]

I'm still in therapy from the independence vote lol , hey that's democracy you just have to accept it and move on.
On the proportional representation we had the chance a few years ago to change things and didn't, i mentioned this at the time of the European Parliament elections. Yes the idea seemed a little over complicated but i know that the British public are smart enough to get there head around it, it works well enough when we vote in the Scottish Parliament elections.
I find it totally outrageous that any party can change the boundaries surly this should be only done if totally necessary and by a independent body

[Pol]

ww.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p02qs82x/frankie-boyles-election-autopsy

thought this might help