Regardless of turnout, are you trying to say the Conservatives got a majority of the votes in the election?

sorry, who is IN GOVERNMENT?

who waged illegal wars
who sold gold at a record low
who let down countless people by increasing the deficit

does anyone with a brain vote Labour, no.

it's simple

The Conservatives. Who got 42.4% of the vote. They are a perfectly legitimate government, but it's also true that nowhere near a majority voted for them.
I've ignored your party talking points as they're not worthy of discussion other than you might want to ask what the people you support wanted to do at the time each of those decisions was made.

When was the last time any government regardless of political persuasion actually got over 50% of the electoral vote?

It was actually the Conservatives in 1931 so since then every government elected has had a majority of the population not vote for it.

not quite true, a "majority" is when someone/party gets the highest number of votes, so every government has had a majority. A majority is not 50%, especially not in a system with idiots like the Lib Dems and Greens involved.

I think that you may need a dictionary:


ma·jor·i·ty
[m uh- jawr-i-tee, - jor-]

NOUN [PLURAL MA·JOR·I·TIES.]
1.
the greater part or number; the number larger than half the total ( minority): the majority of the population.
2.
a number of voters or votes, jurors, or others in agreement, constituting more than half of the total number.
3.
the amount by which the greater number, as of votes, surpasses the remainder ( plurality).
4.
the party or faction with the majority vote: The Democratic Party is the majority.
5.
the state or time of being of full legal age: to attain one's majority.

They had the largest share of the vote but, not the majority of them

I didn't know you'd written your own dictionary, bless, glad you have time to do so.

wrencat1873 wrote:I think that you may need a dictionary: ma·jor·i·ty [m uh- jawr-i-tee, - jor-] NOUN [PLURAL MA·JOR·I·TIES.] 1. the greater part or number; the number larger than half the total ( minority): the majority of the population. 2. a number of voters or votes, jurors, or others in agreement, constituting more than half of the total number. 3. the amount by which the greater number, as of votes, surpasses the remainder ( plurality). 4. the party or faction with the majority vote: The Democratic Party is the majority. 5. the state or time of being of full legal age: to attain one's majority. They had the largest share of the vote but, not the majority of them Oxford English https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/majority you know, the one we all use, not the American version that you copied and pasted (which I might point out is againat the AUP)

wrencat1873 wrote:I think that you may need a dictionary: ma·jor·i·ty [m uh- jawr-i-tee, - jor-] NOUN [PLURAL MA·JOR·I·TIES.] 1. the greater part or number; the number larger than half the total ( minority): the majority of the population. 2. a number of voters or votes, jurors, or others in agreement, constituting more than half of the total number. 3. the amount by which the greater number, as of votes, surpasses the remainder ( plurality). 4. the party or faction with the majority vote: The Democratic Party is the majority. 5. the state or time of being of full legal age: to attain one's majority. They had the largest share of the vote but, not the majority of them Oxford English https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/majority you know, the one we all use, not the American version that you copied and pasted (which I might point out is againat the AUP)

PCollinson1990 wrote:Oxford English https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/majority you know, the one we all use, not the American version that you copied and pasted (which I might point out is againat the AUP) As we are on the "Donald Trump" thread, I thought that you may prefer the American version. Regardless of the source, it's clear that, although the Tories won most seats and polled the largest amount of votes, they didn't actually receive the "majority" of the votes. However, they have made new friends (The DUP) so, everything is tickety boo.

PCollinson1990 wrote:Oxford English https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/majority you know, the one we all use, not the American version that you copied and pasted (which I might point out is againat the AUP) As we are on the "Donald Trump" thread, I thought that you may prefer the American version. Regardless of the source, it's clear that, although the Tories won most seats and polled the largest amount of votes, they didn't actually receive the "majority" of the votes. However, they have made new friends (The DUP) so, everything is tickety boo.

there we go, spinning the facts to suit your own argument.

I never realised Tresaon Tony posted on here along with Bull541t Brown.