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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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i'd much rather have a muffin than a crumpet
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OwlFancier posted:Have you tried moving the revolver away from your temple? for the first time since howard got ousted I'm feeling some political cheer. Maybe it's time for an optimistic avatar.
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Jun 10, 2017 12:31
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Why would 90s Labour's further shift to the center/right upset the press as much as Labour moving left again pageturn, ooh ooh spagetthi oohs
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Jun 10, 2017 12:31
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I had a homemade egg and cheese muffin for breakfast.
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Jun 10, 2017 12:32
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Well, anything that is av sized works. Unless you want to wait for mods anyway.
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Jun 10, 2017 12:33
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The Insect Court posted:Given that Corbynistas always yapped about how Corbyn's goal wasn't winning a governing majority(and he didn't) but rather changing the party(he did, Labour neoliberalism is dead), and given that his overperformance in the election guarantees that there will be enough lefty MPs to ensure that there will be lefty options on the leadership ballot next time round(which had been in doubt), then you could make a case for Corbyn stepping down after anointing a successor who shares his commitment to social democratic politics and economic populism but who lacks his particular liabilities and connections to fringe figures and movements. Why let Corbyn's agenda be dragged down by his "We salute Comrade Chavez and our friends Hamas and Hezbollah, Trump-esque NATO/Russia policy, ooh ah up the RA" bits? It's the possibility of Corbyn as PM that will keep the DUP in the coalition no matter what comes.
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Jun 10, 2017 12:33
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Jose posted:i'd much rather have a muffin than a crumpet I personally like both although i find myself having an easier time with crumpets
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Jun 10, 2017 12:34
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No idea why we're talking in euphemisms though
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Jun 10, 2017 12:35
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55kb. our boy shares a limited palette with a crumpet nicely.
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Jun 10, 2017 12:37
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pumpinglemma posted:The problem is, every possible candidate will have some sort of skeletons in their closet just from having been a politician for a decade or two. And if they run on an even vaguely progressive platform the tabloids will show no restraint in using heavily fictionalised and exaggerated versions of those skeletons to tear them to shreds, just as they tried to this time round. Corbyn has two major advantages. First, his skeletons are more fictional than most, and are counterbalanced by a robust (and extremely rare) reputation for honesty and a career of trading power for principle rather than the converse. Second, he has a strong enough following among young people (who don't give a poo poo about the tabloids and are overwhelmingly leftist) that he can get them to actually vote. I admit I didn't think I'd be saying this a few months ago, but he's objectively a very good candidate and I certainly don't see anyone else out there who could do a better job. 72 percent turnout among 18-24 is absolutely mindboggling. I don't think everyone around the world has fully internalized that yet. There are countries where parliamentary elections struggle to hit 72 percent altogether, let alone among the 18-24 year olds. I couldn't believe it when I first read about it. The accepted wisdom for the last two three decades has been that the youth don't turn out and it's pointless to draw them out, because they just won't when push comes to shove. There is a whole lot of awful things that have been cemented into politics based on the assumption that if you gently caress over the youth they won't punish you for it at the polls so you can just keep doing it.
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Jun 10, 2017 12:38
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Antti posted:72 percent turnout among 18-24 is absolutely mindboggling. I don't think everyone around the world has fully internalized that yet. There are countries where parliamentary elections struggle to hit 72 percent altogether, let alone among the 18-24 year olds. I couldn't believe it when I first read about it. The accepted wisdom for the last two three decades has been that the youth don't turn out and it's pointless to draw them out, because they just won't when push comes to shove. There is a whole lot of awful things that have been cemented into politics based on the assumption that if you gently caress over the youth they won't punish you for it at the polls so you can just keep doing it. Still doesn't change that they've jumped to a group who doesn't vote to one who suddenly turns out and matters.
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Jun 10, 2017 12:41
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 Maybe systematically loving over younger people was a bad idea?
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Jun 10, 2017 12:41
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If you put anything except butter/marge on a crumpet you might as well have voted Tory
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Jun 10, 2017 12:45
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bitmap posted:55kb. our boy shares a limited palette with a crumpet nicely. Awesome. e: wait poo poo, do we need plat for gang tags?
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Jun 10, 2017 12:45
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Antti posted:72 percent turnout among 18-24 is absolutely mindboggling. I don't think everyone around the world has fully internalized that yet. There are countries where parliamentary elections struggle to hit 72 percent altogether, let alone among the 18-24 year olds. I couldn't believe it when I first read about it. The accepted wisdom for the last two three decades has been that the youth don't turn out and it's pointless to draw them out, because they just won't when push comes to shove. There is a whole lot of awful things that have been cemented into politics based on the assumption that if you gently caress over the youth they won't punish you for it at the polls so you can just keep doing it.
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Jun 10, 2017 12:45
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jBrereton posted:Yes mate. It's not all marmite. Bovril or marmite for savoury crumpets, honey or jam for sweet. Salted butter either way.
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Jun 10, 2017 12:46
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Thing is, the reaction to getting systematically hosed over so far has been "meh", probably because the options on offer haven't been enough to persuade them that the election really matters. This was certainly true in the past.nothing to seehere posted:Independant are saying Youth turnout was 66%, but I can't find the raw data Yeah, 66 is still huge. I wonder if social media is actually a force for good here: it creates peer pressure and visibility for voting in a medium that young people consume. I saw a lot of tweets from UK left-wing celebs about registering to vote aimed at young people but scoffed at them because young people aren't supposed to turn out. I'd grown so jaded and cynical of it that I couldn't believe it could be pulled off. The Finnish Social Democratic Party leader's reaction to this all was "huh, that's interesting, I wonder what we could learn from Labour - although nationalizing stuff, get out of here, lol", which made me sigh. The SDP in Finland has a massive generational problem, the average age of the membership is something like 55 and the party is losing more people to die-off than are joining. They're getting their lunch eaten by newer liberal or left-wing parties. pumpinglemma posted:The BBC says there's no actual source on that figure (the real estimates won't come out until next week), but if it's even close to true then I'm shifting from "very good candidate" to "loving excellent candidate". For perspective, the 18-24 turnout in 2015 was about 44%. Okay, I'll hold off on my thinkpieces until we get firmer data on that.
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Jun 10, 2017 12:48
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Jose posted:i'd much rather have a muffin than a crumpet Deviant. Thank gently caress we have the DUP to keep you perverts in line.
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Jun 10, 2017 12:48
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Miftan posted:Awesome. Technically, when buying an avatar, img tags work with anything stored at http://fi.somethingawful.com technically. Hence people can abuse some of their words limit and add a second avatar image or gang tags with no mod support. Just put this in img as the first line in your title and it's done: http://fi.somethingawful.com/safs/titles/e6/36/00209771.0002.gif
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Jun 10, 2017 12:49
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dispatch_async posted:
ahahah oh wow I guess it's intergenerational war time Miftan posted:e: wait poo poo, do we need plat for gang tags? if "funded by the uk government" <- counts then I guess no? Though someone else bought this for me
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Jun 10, 2017 12:50
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dispatch_async posted:
You know what I think would be an interesting stat to gather/track? The age at which average salary crosses a quarter (or maybe an eighth) of the average house price. Because I'm willing to bet that that number is actually going up by more than one year a year for a while now. We've been told for 30 years now that owning your house is an absolute necessity, and the ladder on doing that is being pulled up pretty loving quickly.
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Angepain posted:ahahah oh wow I guess it's intergenerational war time It's been that time for a long time, it's just that we're finally firing back
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Jun 10, 2017 12:52
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Who are all you people who don't put butter + goldern syrup on your crumpets? I feel sorry for each and every one of you.
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Jun 10, 2017 12:53
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Replace Sharia Law with ISIS and its a full check list. They kill kids who were videoed dancing.
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Jun 10, 2017 12:53
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learnincurve posted:Who are all you people who don't put butter + goldern syrup on your crumpets? I feel sorry for each and every one of you. I put peanutbutter on mine
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Jun 10, 2017 12:54
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If you're gonna put PB on with something, just make it honey and go for the good stuff, skip the golden.
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Jun 10, 2017 12:57
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I'm not changing my avatar, it was a gift from our mysterious thread benefactor.  Also the DUP sounds awful and if Labour can keep that messaging up then the coalition will really hurt the tories in the next election.
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Jun 10, 2017 12:57
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communism bitch posted:I put peanutbutter on mine my friend have you tried vegemite
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Jun 10, 2017 12:59
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Miftan posted:I'm not changing my avatar, it was a gift from our mysterious thread benefactor. I've called them WestboroBaptistChruch.party before, but really most all the Fundie poo poo I grew up among fits right in with the sodding cunts. Even sadder in a way, my family's paternal history is Ulster Catholics who fled back in the 19thC, so why they ever fell to this crap is eeeuurgh. Playstation 4 fucked around with this message at 13:01 on Jun 10, 2017 |
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Jun 10, 2017 12:59
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bitmap posted:my friend have you tried vegemite loving disgusting
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Very well might buy myself that gang tag, it's great E: and did mfcrocker fucked around with this message at 13:03 on Jun 10, 2017 |
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Jun 10, 2017 13:00
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communism bitch posted:loving disgusting the aus/nz stuff is a lot less salty
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Jun 10, 2017 13:00
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I get it from waitrose, me.
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Playstation 4 posted:I've called them WestboroBaptistChruch.party before quick someone check if that domain name is taken
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Jun 10, 2017 13:02
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dispatch_async posted:
The most insane thing about this is that demographically it's not even an "enthusiastic youth vs. older people" thing but it's almost as far as to be the retired vs. people who are in full time education or work. I'd love to hear some opinions on why this has become so much more severe in recent years. I think when people see the talk of the 'Labour youth vote' they think of students, not working people in their 30s and 40s who according to this also voted strongly pro-Labour.
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Jun 10, 2017 13:06
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communism bitch posted:loving disgusting They're straying from the one true god  Forgive them, Marmite pot, the vegemite heathens will be cleansed in your purifying brown gunk.
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Jun 10, 2017 13:07
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How many of these decisions in the past few days are actually supported by Tory MPs? Are they really so desperate that they are in favour of May staying and and agreement with the DUP? I wouldn't be surprised if May has gone rogue and is doing all this solo to do anything she can to fend off the vultures.
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Jun 10, 2017 13:07
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mfcrocker posted:Very well might buy myself that gang tag, it's great its an odd effect, panning down to garnets crotch and seeing our boy winking over a crumpet
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Pesky Splinter posted:They're straying from the one true god is there not room in this storied empire for two yeast extracts
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