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"i voted for ukip"
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May 6, 2015 22:22
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My Imaginary GF posted:'Joe' is an acceptable short-form for 'Josephine' yeah though supposedly her actual name was joseph
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May 6, 2015 22:23
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May 6, 2015 22:24
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unfortunately valve kind of ruined the name gladys
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May 6, 2015 22:27
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they're doing an election tomorrow, right?
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May 6, 2015 22:29
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i could def join them for a bit of afternoon drinking.
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May 6, 2015 22:30
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May 6, 2015 22:31
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Lol the uk is so bad
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May 6, 2015 22:33
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It's like a cross of George foreman Keanu reeves and Eric spoelestra
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May 6, 2015 22:34
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hey so i know you guys dont have "a constitution" or "laws" or whatever, but if labour formed a non-coalition minority government, what would the effect be of the fixed election date law the tories passed? would it be negated with a vote of no confidence in the queen's speech thing you mentioned or whatever
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May 6, 2015 22:34
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euphronius posted:It's like a cross of George foreman Keanu reeves and Eric spoelestra lol
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May 6, 2015 22:35
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didn't charlie brooker call him "a human sigh"
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May 6, 2015 22:35
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lol would play this game
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May 6, 2015 22:35
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May 6, 2015 22:40
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Oh no a whole month!!!!
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May 6, 2015 22:41
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May 6, 2015 22:43
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Jagchosis posted:hey so i know you guys dont have "a constitution" or "laws" or whatever, but if labour formed a non-coalition minority government, what would the effect be of the fixed election date law the tories passed? would it be negated with a vote of no confidence in the queen's speech thing you mentioned or whatever The Fixed Term Parliament Act would stand unless it was repealed. The only advantage Labour would lose would be the ability to dissolve parliament and move for elections when they don't have support of 2/3rds of the house for the new elections, potentially stopping them from calling new elections when polls swing to their favour (the act was pushed through as a condition of the Tory/LibDem coalition deal to assure the Lib Dems the Tories wouldn't push them under the bus if polling made it clear they could go it alone). Of course Ed could just scrap the FTPA because parliament can not bind future parliaments.
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May 6, 2015 22:43
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a friend of mine met d miliband the other week and said he kind of just lounged everywhere in the office, on desks, on drawers, against walls, with other leg up on something bent at the knee that and humming a lot to himself
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May 6, 2015 22:46
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Berke Negri posted:a friend of mine met d miliband the other week and said he kind of just lounged everywhere in the office, on desks, on drawers, against walls, with other leg up on something bent at the knee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVIGhYMwRgs
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May 6, 2015 22:49
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is the uk seriously so hard up for politicians that they just anybody who shows up be a party figurehead
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May 6, 2015 22:50
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uh well we got a really damp shapeless guy who talks like a total prick, another guy who was raised in the middle of the uncanny valley, and some guy we found down at the bus station that just rambles all the time about pakis. good poo poo, lets have an election.
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May 6, 2015 22:51
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paranoid randroid posted:is the uk seriously so hard up for politicians that they just anybody who shows up be a party figurehead yes
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May 6, 2015 22:52
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Jagchosis posted:hey so i know you guys dont have "a constitution" or "laws" or whatever, but if labour formed a non-coalition minority government, what would the effect be of the fixed election date law the tories passed? would it be negated with a vote of no confidence in the queen's speech thing you mentioned or whatever fixed-date elections sound like a motherfucking awesome idea. Here's to hoping it makes the UK into a two-party state like America, thus creating a stable democratic government.
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May 6, 2015 22:53
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oh, doris, that is another one but for like, a redhead with brown eyebrows
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May 6, 2015 22:53
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Murdoch needs to be kicked in the balls - repeatedly
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May 6, 2015 22:54
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paranoid randroid posted:is the uk seriously so hard up for politicians that they just anybody who shows up be a party figurehead no how he got elected leader of his party is hilarious. His brother was favourite to win and is much more charismatic. And then his brother ran against him at the last second. Labour party leader elections are tripartite, with general members, parliamentary members, and trades unions represented. Because the unions didn't like his brother that much they knifed him at the last second and installed Ed. Hilarious.
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May 6, 2015 22:54
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#JeSuisEd
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My Imaginary GF posted:fixed-date elections sound like a motherfucking awesome idea. Here's to hoping it makes the UK into a two-party state like America, thus creating a stable democratic government. rofl motherfucker we invented that poo poo
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May 6, 2015 22:55
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you shouldn't be able to call elections every time you have the chance to pounce on an opponents' political weakness and gain more seats, you should have fixed-date elections which lead to increased time spent campaigning as folks know when election day will be and can register in advance while lining up an ever-increasing amount of financing, thus forcing the UK to adopt a two-party system in America through free market competition
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May 6, 2015 22:56
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Did you doxx zoux?
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May 6, 2015 22:56
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paranoid randroid posted:is the uk seriously so hard up for politicians that they just anybody who shows up be a party figurehead really.... hmm ----------------
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May 6, 2015 22:56
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movable elections have historically been pretty good for democracy in the UK to be honest they helped create popular politics
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May 6, 2015 22:57
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Disinterested posted:no all your politicians look and act like public access television personalities, its bizarre
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May 6, 2015 22:58
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Disinterested posted:rofl like anything invented by the brits, its been perfected in america
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May 6, 2015 22:58
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paranoid randroid posted:all your politicians look and act like public access television personalities, its bizarre red dwarf is coming back
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May 6, 2015 23:00
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paranoid randroid posted:all your politicians look and act like public access television personalities, its bizarre the relationship is the other way around and not all of them in private Ed is regarded as an uncharasmatic figure by any standard the new wave enthusiasm for him is partly ironic
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May 6, 2015 23:00
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calling a snap election is a massive risk and parties err on the side of caution now a days because they are still largely linked in the popular consciousness with the chaos of the mid-70s
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Disinterested posted:the relationship is the other way around and it's ironic enthusiasm that has tipped over into honest enthusiasm Welcome to the new age
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