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I can't figure this card out at all. Is it saying "vote us locally, and vote for whoever at the EU election"? What sort of propaganda says to vote for whoever?
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I voted UKIP just to annoy you guys I chose the greens over the SNP. 
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May 22, 2014 19:24
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Just took my dad to vote (Green in EU and Labour for the parish) in his red hammer and sickle shirt. Woman at the polling station said it's been the busiest she's ever seen it in a non-general, and she's been going since the '90s. Given the rich, white, elderly demographics of the area, this is most likely to be a swarm of grey kippers. I'm fearing the worst, UKMT 
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May 22, 2014 19:27
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Greens, I think most of the people at the polling office were stoned, the woman who registered me was laughing like a horse, it was great. 5/5 would vote again. shame we are not german though. Last year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baKhkY3RCsc This year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-APtV0PeqCohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ2EHhvpkxo
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May 22, 2014 19:28
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winegums posted:I can't figure this card out at all. Is it saying "vote us locally, and vote for whoever at the EU election"? What sort of propaganda says to vote for whoever? The Lib Dems are effectively trying to do the opposite.
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May 22, 2014 19:31
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Mr. Flunchy posted:I don't get it! Been registered at the same address for nearly 5 years, voted in the general and London mayoral elections and now I'm mysteriously erased from the register. They know what you said about Thatcher!
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May 22, 2014 19:31
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Pork Pie Hat posted:I'm not voting for any of them because in or out of the EU all of the parties exist to consolidate and advance the power and interests of the capitalist classes. I hear this argument a lot, and though I get it, it seems like a weak argument to me. All my experience tells me that people passively accept our particular voting system, rather than only accept it as legitimate because of the voter turnout (which falls year on year). How is voting both too piss-weak and corrupt to bother with and also powerful enough to lend legitimacy to the process? Not saying that voting in rainy fascism island isn't a drop in the ocean btw.
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May 22, 2014 19:39
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So are we going to have to wait until all the other countries have voted in the next couple of days until we hear the results? I don't want to miss out on watching some suits in a BBC studio try to fill time for an evening as some numbers slowly climb up on the bottom of the screen.
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May 22, 2014 19:42
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Angepain posted:So are we going to have to wait until all the other countries have voted in the next couple of days until we hear the results? I don't want to miss out on watching some suits in a BBC studio try to fill time for an evening as some numbers slowly climb up on the bottom of the screen. Results won't be released until Sunday.
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May 22, 2014 19:43
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Legally they're on incredibly shaky ground and so are you if you sign up for that. A&A's main business is as a supplier of broadband to actual companies, so they may mean it for real rather than as a 'nudge-nudge-wink-wink here's how to avoid getting sued' kind of thing.
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May 22, 2014 19:49
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So we have about 25 to 26 people here voting for Greens (Scottish & UK including) This thread is turning out a den for hippies to which I have just joined by voting Green.
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May 22, 2014 19:52
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Christ there are too many parties, I could barely get the EU one in the box once it was folded. Also people who hang around outside the polling station with their "VOTE LABOUR" or whatever badges without having done any campaigning further than a single leaflet before the day, are terrible
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May 22, 2014 19:54
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Angepain posted:So are we going to have to wait until all the other countries have voted in the next couple of days until we hear the results? I don't want to miss out on watching some suits in a BBC studio try to fill time for an evening as some numbers slowly climb up on the bottom of the screen. It's about time the EU elections and Eurovision were merged.
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May 22, 2014 19:55
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Who I voted for is between me and the booth.
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May 22, 2014 19:56
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Torn between Green and SNP, ended up going with SNP. Also my primary school is all different and strange now.
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May 22, 2014 20:05
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uuuugghhh I wish the greens weren't so anti-nuclear and cherry-pickingly weird on science.
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May 22, 2014 20:06
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Extreme0 posted:So we have about 25 to 26 people here voting for Greens (Scottish & UK including) I, too, voted Green.
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May 22, 2014 20:07
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Zephro posted:uuuugghhh I wish the greens weren't so anti-nuclear and cherry-pickingly weird on science. You can always join them and influence the party direction, they are very democratic.
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May 22, 2014 20:07
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keep punching joe posted:You can always join them and influence the party direction, they are very democratic.
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May 22, 2014 20:09
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Prism Mirror Lens posted:Christ there are too many parties, I could barely get the EU one in the box once it was folded. Also people who hang around outside the polling station with their "VOTE LABOUR" or whatever badges without having done any campaigning further than a single leaflet before the day, are terrible I went to the polling station where a former labour counciler (I think) was just standing outside the front door wearing a typical Labour ribbon and just saying "Hello" to people going in and then saying "Bye" to people going out. I just did the gentlemen thing and said hello and bye back. The Supreme Court posted:It's about time the EU elections and Eurovision were merged. I suppose UKIP would be hosed then if that was the case... Oh god, I do not want people doing a eurovision style contest with the contestants representing the parties they are voting for, god knows what the Far-Right would have.
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May 22, 2014 20:13
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Green for both up Manchester way. The local candidates were pretty lean on the ground with the three main parties and the Greens, but the EU slip trailed off the polling booth desk with all the anti-EU parties.
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May 22, 2014 20:14
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Doctor_Fruitbat posted:Green for both up Manchester way. The local candidates were pretty lean on the ground with the three main parties and the Greens, but the EU slip trailed off the polling booth desk with all the anti-EU parties. Down here somebody managed to top An Independence from Europe by starting their party with a 4. Countdown to the "1 H4T3 F0RR3I6N5" party.
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May 22, 2014 20:18
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Bobstar posted:Down here somebody managed to top An Independence from Europe by starting their party with a 4.
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Wait a minute, I just noticed this. Why is the Liberal Democrat logo on the UKIP row and vice versa? How the hell did they manage to screw that up  Bobstar posted:Countdown to the "1 H4T3 F0RR3I6N5" party. "2BR1TISH4U"
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May 22, 2014 20:24
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I voted for UKIP because I'm sick of seeing non-English people everywhere. Went to Tescos, not one English person. Got on the bus, no English. What the gently caress is wrong with Dundee?
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May 22, 2014 20:25
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sebzilla posted:Voted Green in EU, drew a veiny cock on the Council one because I refuse to lend my support to the Tories, the Lib Dems or UKIP and they are the only three on offer. Thanks, Cheltenham! Fairly sure Cheltenham is going to remain Lib Dem for a while, but only because the other candidates we seem to get are complete morons as opposed to just ineffectual but well-meaning idiots. The UKIP prick owns and lives in Cheltenham Guest House on Hewlett Road, so his lovely gardens are now the resting place of whatever xenophobic purple and yellow poo poo that gets pushed through my door.
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May 22, 2014 20:27
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Extreme0 posted:"2BR1TISH4U"
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May 22, 2014 20:28
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Broniki posted:What the gently caress is wrong with Dundee? St Andrews stole them all.
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May 22, 2014 20:30
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Bobstar posted:Down here somebody managed to top An Independence from Europe by starting their party with a 4. What are the restrictions on the party names on ballot papers? Can I run as "11AA United Klingon Independence Party (UKIP)" just to split their illiterate vote?
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May 22, 2014 20:30
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Bobstar posted:Down here somebody managed to top An Independence from Europe by starting their party with a 4.
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May 22, 2014 20:31
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JSYK, if people don't like particular elements of the green's manifestos, they are more horizontal than other parties and will probably be willing to listen to members who want another look at their alt-medicine anti-nuclear energy woo
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May 22, 2014 20:33
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Frequent lurker here, for those keeping count I voted Green over a bunch of UKIP splinters and the bigger three.
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May 22, 2014 20:38
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Mr Ragnite posted:Frequent lurker here, for those keeping count I voted Green over a bunch of UKIP splinters and the bigger three. The situation with the Greens lately reminds me of the Lib Dems at the general election. Every young adult with an internet connection was apparently voting for them but LOL no they got nowt, what happened.
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May 22, 2014 20:52
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They decided to keep the primary school open this year on polling day: so when I went to vote I had to walk through the playground while the kids were out, and I felt really loving weird about it. That was probably the reason why they didn't have any guys at the polling station: I don't know where they would stand. I'm sure that must be against some rule though: having random people walk through the school in order to vote with the kids being around...
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May 22, 2014 20:53
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Broniki posted:The situation with the Greens lately reminds me of the Lib Dems at the general election. Every young adult with an internet connection was apparently voting for them but LOL no they got nowt, what happened. Yeah, they're gonna get hit with the Cleggmania effect hard. Coming from a Lib Dem background, I often don't get how the Tory and Labour conferences work. Do they actually have policy debates, or is it basically just five days of self-congratulation? Smaller parties like the Lib Dems and Greens are incredibly more democratically run and willing to fight the hierarchy.
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May 22, 2014 20:55
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nuzak posted:JSYK, if people don't like particular elements of the green's manifestos, they are more horizontal than other parties and will probably be willing to listen to members who want another look at their alt-medicine anti-nuclear energy woo
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May 22, 2014 20:56
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Pissflaps posted:Who I voted for is between me and the booth. I don't understand people who have put who they're voting for online or on social media. I mean, when our new fascist overlords start putting people against the wall / into camps / euthanised - why give them access to criteria allowing them to select you for special treatment?
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May 22, 2014 20:57
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Seaside Loafer posted:Tis true, im a member although i havent been for a while there are frequent debates and stuff and there was seeming to be a growing core of people arguing against the nuclear policy etc One of my major issues with voting Green is their HS2 opposition, actually. The science and nuclear policy, I can have confidence will eventually come around to acceptability. I fear that the HS2 policy will stay because of the power of the North London liberal intelligensia.
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May 22, 2014 20:59
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TinTower posted:Yeah, they're gonna get hit with the Cleggmania effect hard. On a similar subject, it was really funny that the tories reformed their leadership selection process to be much less democratic when their party members kept selecting unelectable leaders like Hague and IDS. JFairfax posted:I don't understand people who have put who they're voting for online or on social media. If you already discuss politics online like everyone here does, posting who you voted for isn't going to make any difference to your file at MI5. They already will have more than enough information.
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Quote-Unquote posted:Fairly sure Cheltenham is going to remain Lib Dem for a while, but only because the other candidates we seem to get are complete morons as opposed to just ineffectual but well-meaning idiots. The UKIP prick owns and lives in Cheltenham Guest House on Hewlett Road, so his lovely gardens are now the resting place of whatever xenophobic purple and yellow poo poo that gets pushed through my door. Good to know for future leaflet-discarding reference, that's only about a three minute walk from me. Fancy a pint sometime?
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