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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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Darth Windu posted:Can I get a gang tag since I live in surrey and all my roommates voted for labour We don't give them to yanks who ironically big up the ira without knowing a single rebel song.
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Probably never even watched the gaelic football
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Jun 13, 2017 01:45
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Reveilled posted:Agreed. I do wish I'd known this going in, I had listened to quite a few of his shows uncritically before it rubbed up against an area I was familiar with, and I do wonder now how much I "know" about other periods is based on unsubstantiated stories from less than reliable sources. I'm currently enjoying Mike Duncan's Revolutions--I don't think he goes for the sensational story the way Carlin does and he does begin episodes with corrections occasionally (something Carlin never, ever does), but who knows with history podcasts, if you're not a historian or willing to do your own research, anybody can be bullshitting you. I'm not a Rome expert (I'm a Byzaboo and he stopped with Romulus Augustulus  ) but the modest amount I know about Rome and what Mike Duncan presented in History of Rome lined up pretty well, and given that his podcast won loads of awards I'd expect any big problems would have been called out. Dude seems strongly committed to accuracy or at least reporting the current strongest theories.Imagine, on another topic, thinking that Jeremy Hunt is the man for any job more complex than counting a pair of sticks to make sure you still have two sticks.
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Jun 13, 2017 01:54
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I was born at the end point of the troubles really and never learned anything about it but I'm starting to realise that the IRA were right all along
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Jun 13, 2017 01:59
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He's pretty good at his job of making rcn nurses prep to ballot for our first strike ever. The poll before the election showed 91% in favour of industrial action and about 70% in favour of strikes. Probably our only strike if it goes ahead because they'll slam us on the same rules as the police afterwards.
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Reveilled posted:Agreed. I do wish I'd known this going in, I had listened to quite a few of his shows uncritically before it rubbed up against an area I was familiar with, and I do wonder now how much I "know" about other periods is based on unsubstantiated stories from less than reliable sources. I'm currently enjoying Mike Duncan's Revolutions--I don't think he goes for the sensational story the way Carlin does and he does begin episodes with corrections occasionally (something Carlin never, ever does), but who knows with history podcasts, if you're not a historian or willing to do your own research, anybody can be bullshitting you. That said, I feel obliged to plug The Fall of Rome, which is by a guy I know through the internet, a history PhD at that. Late Antiquity is his speciality. It's not a narrative history in the way a lot of history podcasts end up being, but it's very interesting. If that period is at all interesting to you I highly recommend it. Someone needs to do a podcast covering the history of the various social & intellectual socialist movements through the ages. I'd listen to that.
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Jun 13, 2017 02:29
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Is there any hope in hell of the Irish government saying this whole DUP-tory deal is bullshit and harmful to the peace process and setting off some kind of crisis that collapses the British government? 'Cos that would be hilarious and I'd thoroughly enjoy it.
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hit button posted:Turns out that Ork Thatcher is sadly just an urban legend: 
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Jun 13, 2017 02:39
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Ages and ages back now, but John Oliver repeating bits over and over again is really just because that's what American writers think you literally need to do to be funny. I remember reading an article by a writer for SNL who said they'd been writing jokes with the same formula since the 80s because it still worked. I honestly can't imagine how creatively bankrupt you'd have to be to want to write like that, but I guess it's a cultural thing.
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WhiskeyWhiskers posted:Ages and ages back now, but John Oliver repeating bits over and over again is really just because that's what American writers think you literally need to do to be funny. I remember reading an article by a writer for SNL who said they'd been writing jokes with the same formula since the 80s because it still worked. So what you're saying is he's a hack and a sellout Agreed.
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Skinty McEdger posted:Conservative Home has another post mortem article up as they go into depth about how hosed they feel they are now May's appointed Gove. http://www.conservativehome.com/thetorydiary/2017/06/the-cabinet-reappointment-that-could-put-corbyn-in-power.html Man your political aparatus is quaint and cute compared to the us. Considering someone is going out there and doing this level of post-mortem and naming names. Here our political campaigns have billion dollar budgets, thousands of staff, and life-long career professionals running them.
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Paperhouse posted:So what you're saying is he's a hack and a sellout Oh definitely. Just interesting to me that they're not interested in originality, and actually like and seek out formulaity in their writing. WhiskeyWhiskers fucked around with this message at 03:13 on Jun 13, 2017 |
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Reveilled posted:Agreed. I do wish I'd known this going in, I had listened to quite a few of his shows uncritically before it rubbed up against an area I was familiar with, and I do wonder now how much I "know" about other periods is based on unsubstantiated stories from less than reliable sources. I'm currently enjoying Mike Duncan's Revolutions--I don't think he goes for the sensational story the way Carlin does and he does begin episodes with corrections occasionally (something Carlin never, ever does), but who knows with history podcasts, if you're not a historian or willing to do your own research, anybody can be bullshitting you. What's his other podcast like? I've never listened because a current affairs show called "Common Sense" rang my conservative turd alarm.
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ISeeCuckedPeople posted:Man your political aparatus is quaint and cute compared to the us. Considering someone is going out there and doing this level of post-mortem and naming names.
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Jun 13, 2017 03:23
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Namtab posted:We don't give them to yanks who ironically big up the ira without knowing a single rebel song. I think the IRA had some very valid points and on the whole were probably the good guys in the whole mess. Then again, I spent about a year back when I was still studying history researching the Troubles and got unironically radicalized by rebel songs, can I keep my gang tag? E: Now I'm down the rabbit hole again and humming the SAM Song, thanks for reminding me Crazycryodude fucked around with this message at 03:35 on Jun 13, 2017 |
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Jun 13, 2017 03:25
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Strong & Stable Strong & Stable Strong & Stable Strong & Stable Strong & Stable Strong & Stable Strong & Stable Strong & Stable Strong & Stable Strong & Stable Strong & Stable Strong & Stable Strong & Stable Strong & Stable https://twitter.com/Peston/status/874292503314386944
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Crazycryodude posted:I spent about a year back when I was still studying history researching the Troubles and got unironically radicalized by rebel songs, can I keep my gang tag? Yes.
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Jun 13, 2017 03:28
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TheRat posted:Strong & Stable Strong & Stable Strong & Stable Strong & Stable Strong & Stable Strong & Stable Strong & Stable Strong & Stable Strong & Stable Strong & Stable Strong & Stable Strong & Stable Strong & Stable Strong & Stable Yessss, eat each other
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Jun 13, 2017 03:29
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Dr. Miracle posted:What's his other podcast like? I've never listened because a current affairs show called "Common Sense" rang my conservative turd alarm. It's not quite Alex jones, but it seemed to be pretty far down the American libertarian hole. In my head him and joe rogen fill the same place, appealing to "real working men" with easily digestible parables about how someone is beating the system, mixed in with love for weed and bizarre conspiracies born out of the desire to make everything simple to digest. I maybe biased how ever because the one I sort of remember touched on Syria and he was hilariously bad with basic facts as well as being disagreeable with my personal outlook.
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Jun 13, 2017 03:37
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Namtab posted:We don't give them to yanks who ironically big up the ira without knowing a single rebel song. I bet he doesn't even know the sash
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Jun 13, 2017 03:59
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TheRat posted:Strong & Stable Strong & Stable Strong & Stable Strong & Stable Strong & Stable Strong & Stable Strong & Stable Strong & Stable Strong & Stable Strong & Stable Strong & Stable Strong & Stable Strong & Stable Strong & Stable Also, a hearty LOL at the Express tomorrow. 'Oh god, how do we spin this? How do we deflect attention? What possible news story is there that could distra- OH MY GOD IT'S WARM OUTSIDE!' 
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Jun 13, 2017 04:02
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Apraxin posted:It's Ken Clarke isn't it? A revenge twenty-five years in the making. I've had enough of experts getting it wrong
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Jun 13, 2017 04:15
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I want a Corbyn gang tag
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Jun 13, 2017 04:23
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Punkbob posted:It's not quite Alex jones, but it seemed to be pretty far down the American libertarian hole. In my head him and joe rogen fill the same place, appealing to "real working men" with easily digestible parables about how someone is beating the system, mixed in with love for weed and bizarre conspiracies born out of the desire to make everything simple to digest. I feel like I should say a couple words in Carlin's defense here. He sounds like a conspiracy kook and even describes himself as a kook, but I think that's a consequence of him coming up through talk radio. He's a libertarian, but he's a libertarian you can talk to. I don't agree with everything he says, but I think generally he argues in good faith and with some nuance. He's certainly not FYIGM or a closet Nazi like some other internet bastards. I could say more, but I think that would really belong in the USPOL thread.
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Jun 13, 2017 04:48
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Someone made a pornographic film about the brexit and it's got "Jizza Cwoarbyn"
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Jun 13, 2017 04:49
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He did a pro-Medicare for all episode recently, so that's pretty cool.
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Jun 13, 2017 05:00
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YES HELLO
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I've never found David Squires' football cartoons all that funny, but I really recommend that everyone clicks the tweet and looks at his post-election magnum opus: https://twitter.com/squires_david/status/874243731670487040 Debate & Discussion › UKMT General Elextravaganza 2017: HARDEN MY BREXIT!
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Jun 13, 2017 05:53
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Can I get a gangtag also, I am a fully subbed labour member and am ideologically pure but don't have pms
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Jun 13, 2017 06:09
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Zank Frappa posted:Can I get a gangtag also, I am a fully subbed labour member and am ideologically pure but don't have pms Same, also it would match my av
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Jun 13, 2017 06:23
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Apraxin posted:I've never found David Squires' football cartoons all that funny, but I really recommend that everyone clicks the tweet and looks at his post-election magnum opus:  Hehe
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Jun 13, 2017 06:25
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Jun 13, 2017 06:36
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This is why I said I loved the term magic money tree earlier on. It's such a great thing to bite tories in the rear end with. It's you! You are the magic money tree! quote:Work has begun to make the next manifesto Institute for Fiscal Studies-proof: not by junking spending commitments that attracted voters, but by iron-cladding its priorities, costings and revenue-raisings. The Tories’ “magic money tree” jibe has become Labour’s friend.
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Jun 13, 2017 06:37
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Antilles posted:Also, Corbyn gang tag plz, Fans
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Jun 13, 2017 06:41
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The absolute best thing is that the mail and the telegraph and the sun and all of those other nasty bullshitting rags who smeared Corbyn are powerless. We know this, this is fact, they tried thier best and they failed. The young people are not reading them only the old and the Tory, and a huge number of those will be gay or Muslim. No one is mentioning the Muslims. Exactly how happy do people think the Muslim community are about the DUP? I don't know, does anyone know? It's not exactly being reported. End gloating rant.
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Jun 13, 2017 06:53
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Antilles posted:
American but I love the absolute boy so I'd like to have one too please!
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Jun 13, 2017 06:54
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Bobby Digital posted:American but I love the absolute boy so I'd like to have one too please! I wish Bernie was the American Jez. He's not worthy of the title tho
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Jun 13, 2017 06:56
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The idea that the Tories abandoning austerity would put "tanks on Labour's lawn" seems a bit silly. It points far more questions at the Tories i) Was austerity a mistake? ii) Why stop it now? iii) Why are you not going as far as comrade Corbyn? iv) How will we balance the books / pay off the national credit card? If you stick to a bullshit meme narrative you have to see it through. This won't work for the same reason Labour's "controls on immigration" didn't work, nobody wants you to be the light version of the other party.
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Jun 13, 2017 07:00
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learnincurve posted:The absolute best thing is that the mail and the telegraph and the sun and all of those other nasty bullshitting rags who smeared Corbyn are powerless. This is why they've turned on May. Don't listen to anyone who says it's because they're chasing readership. It's because she made them look stupid and weak.
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I have a Tories are batshit crazy non-election thing https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/12/gunowners-could-help-fight-terror-attack-says-police-commissioner Former Tory election agent turned police commissioner wants people with firearms licences to be able to help the police against terrorist attacks in rural areas. terrorist attacks in rural areas.
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