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| Labour |
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907 | 49.92% |
| Theresa May Team (Conservative) |
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48 | 2.64% |
| Liberal Democrats |
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31 | 1.71% |
| UKIP |
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13 | 0.72% |
| Plaid Cymru |
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25 | 1.38% |
| Green |
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22 | 1.21% |
| Scottish Socialist Party |
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12 | 0.66% |
| Scottish Conservative Party |
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1 | 0.06% |
| Scottish National Party |
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59 | 3.25% |
| Some Kind of Irish Unionist |
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4 | 0.22% |
| Alliance / Irish Nonsectarian |
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3 | 0.17% |
| Some Kind of Irish Nationalist |
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36 | 1.98% |
| Misc. Far Left Trots |
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35 | 1.93% |
| Misc. Far Right Fash |
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8 | 0.44% |
| Monster Raving Loony |
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49 | 2.70% |
| Space Navies Party |
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39 | 2.15% |
| Independent / Single Issue |
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2 | 0.11% |
| Can't Vote |
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188 | 10.35% |
| Won't Vote |
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8 | 0.44% |
| Spoiled Ballot |
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15 | 0.83% |
| Pissflaps |
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312 | 17.17% |
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This is kind of like the end of the first Rocky when you think about it lol
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Mr. Flunchy posted:I dunno actually, I don't think it's a major factor but there's pretty much universal revulsion of Trump in this country and the pictures of him and May holding hands were widely used to attack her. I think Trump also gives a smidge of energy to young activists as he so obviously represents all that's vile and moronic in the world. He's a big target and association with him is anathema to them.
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You know when this all gets recorded in the history books people are going to think it was all made up because none of this poo poo is believable. The latter half of the 2010s is going to be loving herodotus' histories.
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Jun 9, 2017 17:58
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OwlFancier posted:I don't know if scottish labour are allowed knives at this point. They're also not allowed to drink in public or at football games
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Jun 9, 2017 17:58
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Angepain posted:Who are the best people to replace her with now? Last time I was paying attention, looked like they'd run through all their top brass through the chain resignations of the last few years Ironically at this point their best bet is to become a branch office
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Jun 9, 2017 17:58
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WhiskeyWhiskers posted:Do be fair, they haven't had a war with you guys in centuries. They have no way of knowing your geography. Pretty much, find some oil and then I'll refer to you as the UK or whatever.
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Jun 9, 2017 17:59
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OwlFancier posted:You know when this all gets recorded in the history books people are going to think it was all made up because none of this poo poo is believable. So they poisoned him, shot him, wrapped him in chains and threw him in an icy river and he was found
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Jun 9, 2017 18:00
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OwlFancier posted:I don't know if scottish labour are allowed knives at this point. would be pretty hypocritical of them. I remember the scottish parliament election where the snp won a majority for the first time, where the entire scottish labour campaign seemed to consist of something nobody really cared about about stronger sentences for knife crime. strong and competent leadership.
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Jun 9, 2017 18:00
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Knifegrab posted:Pretty much, find some oil and then I'll refer to you as the UK or whatever. There used to be quite a bit in the north sea until we mined it.
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Jun 9, 2017 18:00
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3rd Kensington recount about to begin. Recount #2 had a 20 vote Labour lead, in a constituency which had a 21% Tory lead in 2015
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Jun 9, 2017 18:00
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Knifegrab posted:Pretty much, find some oil and then I'll refer to you as the UK or whatever. They have oil in the North Sea. Oh no, what have I done!
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Jun 9, 2017 18:01
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OwlFancier posted:You know when this all gets recorded in the history books people are going to think it was all made up because none of this poo poo is believable. how well do you remember the Blair years by Portillo's defeat, which was the headline item of the age?
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Jun 9, 2017 18:01
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OwlFancier posted:There used to be quite a bit in the north sea until we mined it. What, again?
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Also what is with you guys constantly using the term "knifing." Like its always sharpening knives and they're gonna knife her. I've never heard it really used elsewhere.
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Jun 9, 2017 18:01
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ronya posted:how well do you remember the Blair years by Portillo's defeat, which was the headline item of the age? Not, because I was... about eight.
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Jun 9, 2017 18:02
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Angepain posted:Who are the best people to replace her with now? Last time I was paying attention, looked like they'd run through all their top brass through the chain resignations of the last few years Autonomous Monster pointed out Neil Findlay earlier. There's also Alex Rowley. Knifegrab posted:Also what is with you guys constantly using the term "knifing." Like its always sharpening knives and they're gonna knife her. I've never heard it really used elsewhere. A penchant for Julius Caesar perhaps?
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Jun 9, 2017 18:02
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Knifegrab posted:Also what is with you guys constantly using the term "knifing." Like its always sharpening knives and they're gonna knife her. I've never heard it really used elsewhere. It's a thing in Australia too.
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Jun 9, 2017 18:03
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Knifegrab posted:Also what is with you guys constantly using the term "knifing." Like its always sharpening knives and they're gonna knife her. I've never heard it really used elsewhere. Well we actually have gun control
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Jun 9, 2017 18:03
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Wait why would the tabloids be absolutely crushed by this? (Sun, Mail, etc) And why aren't they outlawed? How can you make Freedom of the Press regulated against tabloids and fake news anyway?
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Jun 9, 2017 18:03
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Knifegrab posted:Also what is with you guys constantly using the term "knifing." Like its always sharpening knives and they're gonna knife her. I've never heard it really used elsewhere.
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Jun 9, 2017 18:03
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Knifegrab posted:Also what is with you guys constantly using the term "knifing." Like its always sharpening knives and they're gonna knife her. I've never heard it really used elsewhere. Politically, the "night of the long knives" is a saying used to mean vicious intra-party fighting. Also we are a very knife focused culture. Scots have their Sgian-dubh, England's got Seaxes, Wales probably has some kind of shanking implement as well.
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Jun 9, 2017 18:04
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Tsaedje posted:Well we actually have gun control Yeah but we're not always like "The GOP is gonna shoot donny" or "The GOP is loading and aiming their rifles are the only cheetoh man". JT Jag posted:Nice username/post combo. Its a nemonic to help remember!
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Jun 9, 2017 18:04
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No real word yet on how the majority of pollsters got it so catastrophically wrong yet again. Obviously it was the youth vote wot done it, but I don't envy the people who now have to try and reweight their polls to make them accurate. I do wonder if we could start seeing Labour leads in the polls though. Interestingly the line of most Tory MPs and right-wing Labour MPs is that the dementia tax was the defining issue because it turned off the old vote. The subtext being the praise shouldn't go to Corbyn. But that seems at odds with the polls which showed the old vote holding up very well, just being matched by massive youth turnout.
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Jun 9, 2017 18:05
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OwlFancier posted:Not, because I was... about eight. well, it was a big thing then. Symbol of the extent of Labour triumph. But not really memorialised; nobody even thinks of Tories in terms of Thatcher-era wets and dries any more
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Jun 9, 2017 18:05
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Why don't we have a four nations knife fight to go with the cheese suicide and the shin kicking competition?
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Jun 9, 2017 18:05
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Magner posted:For what it's worth we've generally stopped pointing out who used to be a terrorist here in NI. We'd never get anything done otherwise. Not that we get much done. Ah, it's going to be a fun few years of "our terrorist sympathising is better than your terrorist sympathising"
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Jun 9, 2017 18:06
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It's a way of saying that her "allies" are getting ready to stab her in the back.
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Jun 9, 2017 18:06
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Knifegrab posted:Also what is with you guys constantly using the term "knifing." Like its always sharpening knives and they're gonna knife her. I've never heard it really used elsewhere. We don't have many guns. e: oh I'm super late on that one
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Jun 9, 2017 18:06
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jabby posted:No real word yet on how the majority of pollsters got it so catastrophically wrong yet again. Obviously it was the youth vote wot done it, but I don't envy the people who now have to try and reweight their polls to make them accurate. I do wonder if we could start seeing Labour leads in the polls though. Yeah, any talk about the dementia tax I'd see as pretty euphemistically referring to the disparity in how the public reacted to the manifestos.
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Jun 9, 2017 18:06
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jabby posted:No real word yet on how the majority of pollsters got it so catastrophically wrong yet again. Obviously it was the youth vote wot done it, but I don't envy the people who now have to try and reweight their polls to make them accurate. I do wonder if we could start seeing Labour leads in the polls though. Yougov and Survation got it more or less right by modelling demographics and taking people at their word that they would vote, everyone else based their model on 2015 when we have a dramatically different political climate 2 years on in the light of the brexit vote.
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Jun 9, 2017 18:08
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Knifegrab posted:Also what is with you guys constantly using the term "knifing." Like its always sharpening knives and they're gonna knife her. I've never heard it really used elsewhere. Caesar, plus Shakespeare. In general, the last time having a political rival actually literally killed was a plausible plan (the Tudors maybe?) gunpowder was still only usable in cannons.
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Jun 9, 2017 18:08
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I guess though we do sometimes say the party has someone in their crosshairs? But drat you guys love your knife analogies. In your head are they daggers? Dinner knives? I mean I gotta know Britania
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Jun 9, 2017 18:09
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May really can't afford to reshuffle. Losing the support of even the one Tory MP she sacks would be disasterous.
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Jun 9, 2017 18:09
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So the Conservatives' unjustly earned aura of competence and (lol) stability has got to be pretty much gone now. In two years we've seen Cameron gently caress up the referendum and resign, May putting everyone through an unnecessary general election that she completely fumbled, Europe openly laughing at us just before Brexit negotiations start and the incoming tsunami of shite that this minority coalition government is going to cause. If there's another election can't Labour just hammer the fact that the Tories are staggeringly incompetent at basically everything?
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Jun 9, 2017 18:09
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jabby posted:No real word yet on how the majority of pollsters got it so catastrophically wrong yet again. Obviously it was the youth vote wot done it, but I don't envy the people who now have to try and reweight their polls to make them accurate. I do wonder if we could start seeing Labour leads in the polls though. The youth vote is notoriously hard to poll. Both because a lot of it is made up of University students who don't necessarily live where they're being polled, and because they're fickle as gently caress when it comes to actually turning up to vote.
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Jun 9, 2017 18:09
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Grouchio posted:Can someone explain to me what would come of May forming a coalition with the DUP? qhat explained already, but basically May has to try and reconcile her party's generally socially liberal policies with a party that is on the level of the Deplorable wing of the Republican party here in the States. Above all, they'll want to maintain the current status quo in NI, otherwise the Good Friday agreement is off and NI is plunged into chaos. Magner posted:For what it's worth we've generally stopped pointing out who used to be a terrorist here in NI. We'd never get anything done otherwise. Not that we get much done. Oh for sure, pretty much all the political leaders in NI at this point were wrapped in the Troubles in some way but the whole "IRA sympathizer" line was used on Jezza so hard (the ukip idiot even mouthed it during Corbyn's acceptance in his district) and it's just such delicious schadenfreude to see May getting into bed with the god damned UDA (the UDA are responsible for such wonders as this, for my fellow Americans)
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Jun 9, 2017 18:10
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radmonger posted:Caesar, plus Shakespeare. In general, the last time having a political rival actually literally killed was a plausible plan (the Tudors maybe?) gunpowder was still only usable in cannons. The gunpowder plot?
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Knifegrab posted:I guess though we do sometimes say the party has someone in their crosshairs? But drat you guys love your knife analogies. If you're Scottish, twin edged, not too long. English, about a cubit long, single edged. OwlFancier fucked around with this message at 18:15 on Jun 9, 2017 |
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Mr. Flunchy posted:If there's another election can't Labour just hammer the fact that the Tories are staggeringly incompetent at basically everything? Yes, easily, that's another reason Labour is so happy, Jezza's already turned things around and now, if anything, they've got a little while longer to sow the fields and water 'em, maybe get some fertilizer in there.
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WhiskeyWhiskers posted:The gunpowder plot? The barrels were actually full of knives.
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