British general election

well since im not old enough to have DONE 10 years of work no i havent my parents have though...

do u know how ridiculous that sounds by the way? you cant strip people who have lived here for all their lives..
Having said that i do thing something needs to be done about immigration and benifit system. BUT stripping people is not the way
oh btw in my country of birth theres loads of brits who have migrated, should the same count for them?

format_quote Originally Posted by Blackpool

Have you done your 10 years contribution of working? If so, then you should be allowed to keep your citizenship. If you have done 5 years work then yes you should be stripped of your citizenship until you have done your 10 years. If you aren't working or aren't filling a gap that cannot be filled by a British born citizen then you should be deported back to your homeland. If you're doing a job that cannot be filled by a British born citizen then you should be granted stay to do that work until you leave it, unless you've done your 10 years and have applied for citizenship. We should use immigrants for OUR benefit not for THEIR benefit. Immigrants need to earn their right to stay and they definitely need to earn their right to citizenship. It may sound harsh to you but that is my opinion. We are currently a soft touch for immigration and eventually it is going to change...

What are you? a lawmaker or something?? seriously, immigration is not a big problem in UK as much as it is here on US-Mexico border. You dont see as much drug smuggling by immigrants there like you see on U.S. borders. If you lose your job, I think you should be deported aswell...to a mental facility.

I never tell anyone who I vote for. I like to keep people guessing. It's fun.

I've voted Labor because I like my MP but not a fan of the party. I might stay up to watch the results but I might fall asleep in front of the TV.

I think a hung parliament may not be such a bad thing.
At least it means that not just one party is in power and can run away, doing what they like. Instead they will have to team up with one of the smaller parties (most importantly the LibDems) to get anywhere at all!

It also means that we have a good chance (with the LibDems as the driving power) to change the voting system to a fairer representation.

In yesterday's election, the Conservatives were voted by 36% of all voters ... but they gained 47% of all seats!
Labour were voted by 29% of all voters ... but gained 40% of all seats!
The LibDems were voted by 23% of all voters ... but only gained 11% of all seats!
How is that a fair voting system??!

Good news is that the BNP got nowhere!!

Yeh, the BNP lost seats. thank goodness.

We shall wait to see what happens next.

format_quote Originally Posted by Boaz

Since the election ended in a hung parliament, what happens now? Do they hold another vote?

No, they try and run government. If it collapses, then yes another vote - and given the parliament composition I expect another election in a year. Perhaps with a slight change on the FPP.

format_quote Originally Posted by M..x

Galloway.. a slimey character? You whhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaat? I think he's brilliant.

He's very charismatic, but I wouldn't call him the most dignified and squeaky-clean of characters. He works on the Muslim vote for his anti-war, anti-american and anti-capitalist stance and founded basically a socialist party based on this. He also didn't win his seat this time round and neither did any other Respect candidates.

format_quote Originally Posted by Blackpool

If I were leader I would strip those not born here of their citizenships and have them to EARN it through 10yrs work in Britain on their best behaviour without rights of benefits until after 5 years. If there are no vacancies then they should then be deported.

How can you just like that drive away people who have grown up in Britain all their life? Because there were no vacancies for them to work? How is that their fault? Aren't you being a bit too undrestanding or thoughtful..

By doing this it would leave more houses and jobs for British people,

I agree with few you've said, but some others I fully disagree with. On one hand you complain that if a person doesn't work for a reason that might be as well acceptable (which you seem to be fully inconsiderate of "If they leave that job then they should be made to leave the country immediately." ), one the other hand you claim that they shouldn't get jobs, because it belongs to the British.

we wouldn't be having our cash being sent overseas to families

What do you mean?

and there would be very few claiming benefits.

mhm, but to me, some policies you mentioned are unreasonable.