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Really interesting match in an interesting tournament.

I really like Murphy, but every match he started strongly and then seemed to loose focus or concentration or something and just went off the boil. Luckily it didn’t matter too much until the final. Bingham was amazing, just kept going and going and what little weakness there was in his game wasn’t punished enough by Murphy.

I think that frame at 15-15 was key in the end, over an hour and you had to feel that whoever lost that was going to cave in - and it wouldn’t be Bingham!

Also I do think that this marks the start of Ronnie O’Sullivan’s decline and definitely the start of Anthony McGill’s rise to great things.

Intense Degree - 05 May 2015 04:59 AM

I think that frame at 15-15 was key in the end, over an hour and you had to feel that whoever lost that was going to cave in - and it wouldn’t be Bingham!

I agree, that was the crucial frame.

I’m glad to see Bingham take the tournament. He’s been outstanding throughout (in his win against O’Sullivan and especially in that thriller against Trump), and I was in fact rooting for him (I tend to favour the underdog).
It’s a great reward for a long career, and proof that hard work can pay off, and that age doesn’t matter in the game…

The voting results are underway in the UK and it’s painting a very grim picture. The Tories will be staying in government and this time without the Lib dems to stop them being so cruel.

Think a few people have been left baffled. An in/out ref might be the reason for some, but beyond that, who knows.

Personally, I think it’s down to the fact their wasn’t really much of a challenge against them. The Lib dems had developed a completely untrue and harsh reputation as power hungry push overs by the media while the real competition (Labour) were beyond pathetic really.

Labour, Lib Dems and Ukip leaders have all resigned since the loss.

Sort of.

The voting system is sort of broken. People can vote for representatives from each party in their area in the UK, but only one with the most votes gets a seat in parliament. The more seats you have, that party wins like the conservatives did.

The problem is thousands in each area voted and if their representative doesn’t win, their vote means nothing.

The problem here though is UKIP, greens and Labour all has thousands of votes yet got far fewer seats. Ukip for example had about 1.2 million votes in the whole of the UK, but only gained 2 seats. The SNP in Scotland had similar votes and got 59 seats - that’s all but 3 available in Scotland.

SNP Tidal wave for the win. Sweeping the nation Yellow had unintended consequences though.

The English voters scared of a powerful Scotland with Labour in it’s pocket caused a rush to vote Tory.

Now Scotland has 56 seats at Westminster where it previously had 6, but probably cant do much with it with a majority gov in charge.

It’s England that I’m worried about. Despite what the media say, the Lib Dems did hold back the tories in the coalition. You only have to look at the 75% they did achieve in their manifesto to see it.

Now the tories are on their own, they’ll push for the powers to stop Wales and Scottish representatives from voting on english law. Meaning Tories will have far more chance of pushing policies through due to the lack of those voting against it. England need the SNP now to fight for the left.

*pops in* England! *pops out*