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pangstrom
Jan 25, 2003

Wedge Regret

Joementum posted:

"animal welfare party" lmao
Is that like a joke term for SNP or like a real party?

okay fine: 250 Diophantus writes Arithmetica, the first systematic treatise on algebra. Also 1526 years before the greatest year in history :911:

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Badger of Basra
Jul 26, 2007

Philip Cowley, the psephologist, says the Swindon North seat suggests the Tories are doing better than the exit poll suggested.

:eyepop:

paranoid randroid
Mar 4, 2007

Disinterested posted:

if they find someone less charismatic than ed

I will laugh pretty hard

tellin ya, man, a dog with its head stuck in a pot

Mecca-Benghazi
Mar 31, 2012


Badger of Basra posted:

Philip Cowley, the psephologist, says the Swindon North seat suggests the Tories are doing better than the exit poll suggested.

:eyepop:
how?

ReidRansom
Oct 25, 2004


who's next in line at labour once ed gets kicked?

A Winner is Jew
Feb 14, 2008

by exmarx

GhostofJohnMuir posted:

Haha, those are the western most locations. Hahaha

yeah, the only reason i ever went to pomona was for the computer shows back when amazon didn't exist

Joementum
May 23, 2004

jesus christ

the Lib Dems collapsed and their votes went to the Tories basically

razorrozar
Feb 21, 2012

by Cyrano4747
I am eating pineapple pizza right now

I have been so wrong my whole life

This poo poo is baller

kustomkarkommando
Oct 22, 2012

migf please stop trying to provoke ukmt

This will end badly

Mecca-Benghazi
Mar 31, 2012


Joementum posted:

the Lib Dems collapsed and their votes went to the Tories basically
i guess i was assuming that disaffected lib dems would go labour, but :lol:

Disinterested
Jun 29, 2011

You look like you're still raking it in. Still killing 'em?

ReidRansom posted:

who's next in line at labour once ed gets kicked?

nobody

there is no obvious or expected candidate

Jerry Manderbilt
May 31, 2012

No matter how much paperwork I process, it never goes away. It only increases.

Joementum posted:

the Lib Dems collapsed and their votes went to the Tories basically

what.

Badger of Basra
Jul 26, 2007

ReidRansom posted:

who's next in line at labour once ed gets kicked?

the gordy relaunches

fade5
May 31, 2012

by exmarx
People are assholes

And Top Gear was cancelled:v:

Dreylad
Jun 19, 2001

Jagchosis posted:

he's gonna resign, labour will elect another leader who has 0 appeal. ask canada, they'll give you the DL on how it works

dion to igantieff was a bad move sure, but then they elected justin trudeau.

so basically after ed millband you'll get russel brand or someone leading labour

site
Apr 6, 2007

Trans pride, Worldwide
Bitch
Comic people: was linked to the thread about Marvel's Secret Wars and :laffo: it'll cost ~$140 to catch up on enough issues to know what is happening in an 8 issue arc. How do people afford this poo poo?!

A Winner is Jew
Feb 14, 2008

by exmarx

razorrozar posted:

I am eating pineapple pizza right now

I have been so wrong my whole life

This poo poo is baller

pineapple+bacon+ham :yum:

ReidRansom
Oct 25, 2004


Kwik posted:

UKIP donor apparently saying that Farage has lost.

Venom Snake
Feb 19, 2014

by Nyc_Tattoo

fade5 posted:


also what happened to your kill la kill avatar?


Satsuki and the Mason order are both cool and good. One day I will have an avatar combining them both.

Effectronica
May 31, 2011
Fallen Rib

Mecca-Benghazi posted:

i guess i was assuming that disaffected lib dems would go labour, but :lol:

better dead than red

site posted:

Comic people: was linked to the thread about Marvel's Secret Wars and :laffo: it'll cost ~$140 to catch up on enough issues to know what is happening in an 8 issue arc. How do people afford this poo poo?!

they aim at 40-year-old men who compulsively bought variant covers in the 90s

My Imaginary GF
Jul 17, 2005

by R. Guyovich

Joementum posted:

btw, america needs to get on bacon sandwiches

i'm NOT talking about BLTs

http://digg.com/video/hugh-jackman-bacon-pancakes

Torrie-LibDem-UKIP coalition, ahoy!

also proves why electoral college and first past the post be good, imagine if UKIP had around 17% of the parliament rather 17% of the popular vote

A Winner is Jew
Feb 14, 2008

by exmarx

goodbye sweet prince

you flew too close to the sun and burnt your wings crashed your single engine plane

Homura and Sickle
Apr 21, 2013

Dreylad posted:

dion to igantieff was a bad move sure, but then they elected justin trudeau.

so basically after ed millband you'll get russel brand or someone leading labour

exactly. the next government will be either some ndp freakshow or harper

Jerry Manderbilt
May 31, 2012

No matter how much paperwork I process, it never goes away. It only increases.

A Winner is Jew posted:

goodbye sweet prince

you flew too close to the sun and burnt your wings crashed your single engine plane

nicarus farage

Disinterested
Jun 29, 2011

You look like you're still raking it in. Still killing 'em?

My Imaginary GF posted:

Torrie-LibDem-UKIP coalition, ahoy!

thingsthatwonthappen.txt

Goatse James Bond
Mar 28, 2010

If you see me posting please remind me that I have Charlie Work in the reports forum to do instead

zoux posted:

My desire to drink the tears of the English is clashing with my lifelong mandate of never learning the first loving thing about UK politics...

*zombie groan of vague procedural assent*

ReidRansom
Oct 25, 2004


Dreylad posted:


so basically after ed millband you'll get russel brand or someone leading labour

lol i'd unsarcastically like to see that

Homura and Sickle
Apr 21, 2013

Jagchosis posted:

exactly. the next government will be either some ndp freakshow or harper

i mean tbf ndp freakshow is prolly the best result

Homura and Sickle
Apr 21, 2013
has uk ever had a straight up minority parliament before? are y'all just gonna copy westminster parliaments that have

Dreylad
Jun 19, 2001

ReidRansom posted:

lol i'd unsarcastically like to see that

I don't know of any attractive, charismatic UK politicians so I threw out the only name I knew.

Joementum
May 23, 2004

jesus christ
the "word" "cockahoop" was just spoken on TV

ReidRansom
Oct 25, 2004


Joementum posted:

the "word" "cockahoop" was just spoken on TV

i like this main old geezer

My Imaginary GF
Jul 17, 2005

by R. Guyovich

Joementum posted:

the "word" "cockahoop" was just spoken on TV

Unfortunately, not on the Senate floor.

A Winner is Jew
Feb 14, 2008

by exmarx

Joementum posted:

the "word" "cockahoop" was just spoken on TV

the gently caress can't the UK just learn to speak english finally

Disinterested
Jun 29, 2011

You look like you're still raking it in. Still killing 'em?

Jagchosis posted:

has uk ever had a straight up minority parliament before? are y'all just gonna copy westminster parliaments that have

yes, plenty, but not very recently

they're not usually stable since you can lose a confidence vote quite easily, and lost votes on major legislation are supposed to lead to the government resigning by convention

last two were major in 96-97 and Wilson in 1974, but neither lasted long

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

FULL COMMUNISM NOW

paranoid randroid posted:

tellin ya, man, a dog with its head stuck in a pot

Probably work out better for them than the recent leadership.

Badger of Basra
Jul 26, 2007

Joementum posted:

the "word" "cockahoop" was just spoken on TV

the "constituency" of "tooting" is counting their ballots

Jerry Manderbilt
May 31, 2012

No matter how much paperwork I process, it never goes away. It only increases.
so what if ukip goes all in for the working class northern racists

that'd gently caress labour permanently too right

My Imaginary GF
Jul 17, 2005

by R. Guyovich

Disinterested posted:

yes, plenty, but not very recently

they're not usually stable since you can lose a confidence vote quite easily, and lost votes on major legislation are supposed to lead to the government resigning by convention

last two were major in 96-97 and Wilson in 1974, but neither lasted long

what happens when you lose a confidence vote, do y'all elect a new speaker?

Jerry Manderbilt posted:

so what if ukip goes all in for the working class northern racists

that'd gently caress labour permanently too right

unless labour goes all in for working class racists. that'd gently caress the conservatives right proper, wouldnt it?

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Disinterested
Jun 29, 2011

You look like you're still raking it in. Still killing 'em?

My Imaginary GF posted:

what happens when you lose a confidence vote, do y'all elect a new speaker?

:frogout:

election happens

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