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VileLL posted:how could anyone actually justify voting lib dem I don't vote. I got about 1000 students to vote for Clegg, never again. . o O ( Vote for Mr Clegg, Change is Coming! ) I'll literally punch people who identify as Lib Dems now.
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Hexyflexy posted:I'll literally punch people who identify as Lib Dems now.  (In all seriousness, a lot of rural councils are Lib Dem/Conservative marginals, with Labour nowhere)
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May 6, 2016 14:55
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Hexyflexy posted:I don't vote. I got about 1000 students to vote for Clegg, never again. Corbyn mania reminds me of Cleggmania.
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May 6, 2016 14:56
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If you wanted to be a dick (And I do) the Blairites are actually still in Charge in Scotland and look how much better Labour could have done if they'd been running the party! 
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May 6, 2016 14:56
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Is Kezia Dugdale really a Blairite?
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May 6, 2016 14:58
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VileLL posted:how could anyone actually justify voting lib dem I voted Lib Dem with a Labour second preference. They're the party closest to my own ideas and, while I have very mixed feelings about the coalition years, I do believe that they got way too much flack for a minority partner in that government and that they stopped the Tories from doing quite a few bad things. But I'm used to coalitions and I feel like the Brits don't quite view them in the same way I do.
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May 6, 2016 14:58
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First results are in for NI, all major parties bar the UUP have seen dips in support (with SF losing over 3% of their first preference vote share) Former MP Naomi Long is in for Alliance in Belfast East easily. Anti-austerity socialist party PBP have had a very good showing, topping the poll in Belfast West and securing their first assembly seat. Their candidate Eamonn McCann polled stronger than expected and looks well placed to take another seat in Foyle if transfers from another left wing independent go his way l, which they should.
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May 6, 2016 15:00
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Pissflaps posted:Corbyn mania reminds me of Cleggmania. Ah, see where you're coming from now. I'm not sure "on the ground" it's the same, though that's from me in the middle of bloody sheffield. As I keep saying to my mates - "Neil Kinnock".
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May 6, 2016 15:03
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Hexyflexy posted:Ah, see where you're coming from now. I'm not sure "on the ground" it's the same, though that's from me in the middle of bloody sheffield. As I keep saying to my mates - "Neil Kinnock". What do they say when you say 'neil kinnock' to them?
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May 6, 2016 15:05
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The Government aren't going to force schools to become academies. This is good.
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May 6, 2016 15:06
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Pissflaps posted:What do they say when you say 'neil kinnock' to them? They freeze up and say nothing. It's an amazing stalling tactic.
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May 6, 2016 15:06
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kustomkarkommando posted:Anti-austerity socialist party PBP have had a very good showing, topping the poll in Belfast West and securing their first assembly seat. I'm hoping this means the NI Greens get a seat in the same, because I really want Ellen to be the best MLgAy ever.
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May 6, 2016 15:08
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Khan well ahead with 90% of the votes counted; looking like a convincing win at this point.
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May 6, 2016 15:09
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I think it's good because While Ed had more over the Tories his poll numbers trended downwards while Corbyn's are trending upwards.
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May 6, 2016 15:09
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TinTower posted:I'm hoping this means the NI Greens get a seat in the same, because I really want Ellen to be the best MLgAy ever. unlikely unless she gets a load of preferences, second last on the first count with only the alliance behind her
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May 6, 2016 15:11
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ronya posted:linky link? in this analysis bit
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May 6, 2016 15:11
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VileLL posted:how could anyone actually justify voting lib dem They were my second preference for PCC on the logic that if I can't get someone I agree with in that post the next best thing is a totally incompetent idiot.
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May 6, 2016 15:13
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Nicky Morgan on Academies Climb Down posted:Better to have reforms than have none at all. "We must do something, this is something..." etc. etc.
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May 6, 2016 15:14
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7 police forces are investigating the tories overspending on elections and 3 have requested for extra time for it so prosecutions can happen if needed
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May 6, 2016 15:14
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IceAgeComing posted:unlikely unless she gets a load of preferences, second last on the first count with only the alliance behind her I know a lot of PBP preferences are going to the Greens. Probably not enough to get her up to challenging the major parties. Shame, really, Ellen is amazing.
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May 6, 2016 15:15
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Jose posted:7 police forces are investigating the tories overspending on elections and 3 have requested for extra time for it so prosecutions can happen if needed how large is the Tory majority again?
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May 6, 2016 15:16
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Tesseraction posted:how large is the Tory majority again? 22. Of note is that it's possible that most of the Tory gains from the Lib Dems in the South West might be overturned. Cameron should be bricking it right now.
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May 6, 2016 15:17
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Pissflaps posted:The Government aren't going to force schools to become academies. This is good. Ooh, sauce?
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May 6, 2016 15:17
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4 more forces might start investigations
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Darth Walrus posted:Ooh, sauce? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-36227570
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May 6, 2016 15:18
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https://twitter.com/TiernanDouieb/status/728588216744464385 or http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-36227570 e: fixed link
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May 6, 2016 15:18
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Pistol_Pete posted:Khan well ahead with 90% of the votes counted; looking like a convincing win at this point. Again, don't read too much into that at a national level - Labour have pretty much a guaranteed 40% vote in London, and the Tories took drubbings even in the first election where Ken was splitting the vote (well actually I suppose Frank Dobson was splitting the Ken vote). The Tories have never particularly bothered to contest it or put their best and brightest in there (Liverpudlian Shagger Norris, or as he's known affectionately in London, "Who?" was their candidate for the first two elections because literally nobody else wanted it). Boris getting it was a major black eye for the Tory leadership who hoped he would Boris it all up and disappear back into obscurity, but the man ran a good campaign (with the assistance of the Standard when people still read it) as Livingstone melted down and more importantly did literally nothing at all even vaguely Tory once he got in, with the exception of calling in a couple of planning applications so his chums could build tall buildings. The very fact that the best face they could come up with to front their campaign was Zac Goldsmith, a man possibly genetically engineered to repulse anyone who's not a died-in-the-wool Tory, proves how little they actually cared about this campaign. Given just how bitter and negative the campaign was from them I have to wonder if it wasn't actually being used as a proving ground for a more American "Play the man, not the ball" campaign style.
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May 6, 2016 15:19
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Given just how bitter and negative the campaign was from them I have to wonder if it wasn't actually being used as a proving ground for a more American "Play the man, not the ball" campaign style. Is it really worth burning basically the entire Muslim vote in Britain for it?
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May 6, 2016 15:22
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Again, don't read too much into that at a national level - Labour have pretty much a guaranteed 40% vote in London, and the Tories took drubbings even in the first election where Ken was splitting the vote (well actually I suppose Frank Dobson was splitting the Ken vote). As I recall, Goldsmith had relatively decent buzz for an ultraprivileged Tory boy. It was engaging in that hideous Lynton Crosby campaign that really wrecked his reputation.
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May 6, 2016 15:24
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The tag line of this is that plans are being abandoned but then finishes by saying that some things will remain as they are "under the new plans". Is this just 'lol bbc' or have I missed something?
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May 6, 2016 15:25
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Uh oh. Ken on the beeb loving everyone over.
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May 6, 2016 15:25
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goddamnedtwisto posted:The very fact that the best face they could come up with to front their campaign was Zac Goldsmith, a man possibly genetically engineered to repulse anyone who's not a died-in-the-wool Tory, proves how little they actually cared about this campaign. Given just how bitter and negative the campaign was from them I have to wonder if it wasn't actually being used as a proving ground for a more American "Play the man, not the ball" campaign style. They already did this with Ed, pictures of him in Salmond's pocket etc.
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May 6, 2016 15:25
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Lucky it was a slow news day to release this information...
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Trickjaw posted:Uh oh. Ken on the beeb loving everyone over. whats he saying?
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May 6, 2016 15:27
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Ken Livingtone posted:HItler was right. He did nothing wrong.
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May 6, 2016 15:28
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Overminty posted:The tag line of this is that plans are being abandoned but then finishes by saying that some things will remain as they are "under the new plans". Is this just 'lol bbc' or have I missed something? I think it's just saying that, under the new "everything is back to normal" plans, poor performing schools will be forced to academise.
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May 6, 2016 15:29
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I hope no-one confuses this "Livingtone" you've quoted with Ken Livingstone, noted senile.
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May 6, 2016 15:31
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I think they just want to avoid a co-ordinated teachers and doctors strike. One at a time will be fine.
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May 6, 2016 15:31
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Does Ken Livingtone know Jeremy Crobyn?
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Jose posted:whats he saying? I did nothing wrong, history, people baying for my blood cost us seats, Corbyn didn't suspend me rah rah rah
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