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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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spectralent posted:
US HIV is 75% gay, 25% straight, with an overall incidence of ~.5% UK HIV is 50% gay, 50% straight, with an overall incidence of ~.15%
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Julio Cruz posted:The correct response is "where?" Ah yes but you see Corbyn wouldn't stand up to Putin because...uh yeah I don't really understand my dad's logic from here.
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Jun 13, 2017 13:45
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spectralent posted:My personal, 100% anecdotal experience is that after 80 olds become cool. It seems like living through WW2 gives you non-lovely opinions, somehow. I had way more "lively debates" with people in the 60-70 bracket than I did 80+, who were universally wonderful. well, yeah the generation that lived through WW2 and voted to build the welfare state are cool, the generation that came after are (mostly) entitled shits who sold off after all their parents' hard work to benefit themselves. The lesson we need to take from that is that if we do succeed in getting a socialist agenda through, we need to become vigilant that our kids who won't know what living under the Tories is like don't turn out to be the same spoilt brats the boomers turned out to be. coffeetable posted:are all y'all Tory parents actually rich pretty sure Tories won the old in all classes.
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Jun 13, 2017 13:48
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Baron Corbyn posted:well, yeah the generation that lived through WW2 and voted to build the welfare state are cool, the generation that came after are (mostly) entitled shits who sold off after all their parents' hard work to benefit themselves. The lesson we need to take from that is that if we do succeed in getting a socialist agenda through, we need to become vigilant that our kids who won't know what living under the Tories is like don't turn out to be the same spoilt brats the boomers turned out to be. It's pretty much exactly the same in regards to vaccinations.
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Jun 13, 2017 13:49
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Baron Corbyn posted:well, yeah the generation that lived through WW2 and voted to build the welfare state are cool, the generation that came after are (mostly) entitled shits who sold off after all their parents' hard work to benefit themselves. The lesson we need to take from that is that if we do succeed in getting a socialist agenda through, we need to become vigilant that our kids who won't know what living under the Tories is like don't turn out to be the same spoilt brats the boomers turned out to be. It's reassuring at least that so many people in my generation have voted Labour. Hopefully the proportions remain roughly the same for the next decade or 2, predicating a socialist Labour landslide at some point 
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Jun 13, 2017 13:51
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The DPRK posted:Have at it. Someone should write a just-so story in response about marks being distributed based on a bell curve and how despite working just as hard as the rest of the class and reaching all the criteria needed to pass a subject someone can be failed because the system is only intended to promote competition between students and not for ability.
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Jun 13, 2017 13:52
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Oh and let me tell you how "disgusting" it was that my cousin's husband was denied a work visa because he's a infant age teacher with piss poor exam results and we don't need any of those, and the only reason they wanted to come here and work was because it's not a easy job to find in NZ or Australia either, and he thought that he could play the cool accent card in the UK to get ahead of the game. It's discrimination the way my cousin was born here and then left at 3 months old, and then she wasn't even allowed to bring him back with her to a county she had never paid taxes in and... loving Tories.
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Jun 13, 2017 13:53
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John Major has intervened to tell Theresa not to deal with the DUP.
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Jun 13, 2017 13:54
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The DPRK posted:Have at it. Yeah this is a standard right-wing C+P, I've seen it elsewhere. It's a thought experiment for the unthinking.
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Jun 13, 2017 13:54
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Baron Corbyn posted:John Major has intervened to tell Theresa not to deal with the DUP. So he's told her to collapse the government and go to the polls again? Guess he really wants her gone.
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Jun 13, 2017 13:55
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Moonwolf posted:So he's told her to collapse the government and go to the polls again? Guess he really wants her gone. I think he's probably more concerned about her pissing away his legacy by destroying the Northern Ireland peace process.
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Jun 13, 2017 13:56
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The DPRK posted:Have at it. Each one of those points is exactly the opposite of what works in reality.
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Jun 13, 2017 13:57
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The DPRK posted:gently caress me, just dug a bit deeper and found this post from 2 days ago, same guy: quote:1. You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity.
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Jun 13, 2017 13:58
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WhiskeyWhiskers posted:Someone should write a just-so story in response about marks being distributed based on a bell curve and how despite working just as hard as the rest of the class and reaching all the criteria needed to pass a subject someone can be failed because the system is only intended to promote competition between students and not for ability. Yeah just post the same story but instead the professor picks one student randomly, that guy gets the average of the top 5 marks because his granddad was mates with the king, everyone else gets the average mark no matter how well they do individually, and if you get an E or under you're kicked out of future exams but you also starve to death.
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Jun 13, 2017 13:58
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goddamnedtwisto posted:quote="goddamnedtwisto" post="473246352"] Cheers. I'll do the donation this evening when I get home.
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Jun 13, 2017 13:58
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The DPRK posted:Tell me if you're getting bored of these. One of my colleagues openly admitted that he thinks voting Labour would be better for society and then said he was gonna go Tory, 'cause he's co-owner of the company and has kids, and has to consider company taxes being increased if voting Labour. The other one said she thought Tories hosed their campaign, but May was still 'absolutely the right choice'' and expressed her dislike of Corbyn, saying we (young ones) didn't live through '70s when socialist Labour was in power. One of the young ones was torn because her dad explained to her that under Labour manifesto they'd only have £100,000 of their house value as a usable asset, and the other £500,000 would automatically go to care, and she'd rather they had the option to decide what to do with that money? I don't even know.
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Jun 13, 2017 14:00
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While we're discussing parent chat, I had a very pleasant surprise today. I'm just back from my stag weekend (getting married in a fortnight!!) and met up with my folks in town to spend some time and seek advice about marriage, speeches and poo poo. Now, my parents are to put it bluntly spectacularly wealthy (hugely successful retired accountant and freshly retired tax barrister, live in Grays Inn, own multiple properties here and abroad etc), and tend towards being incredibly reactionary and conservative. They're lovely people, but we Do Not Talk Politics since I swung to the left. Anyway, a couple of weeks back I met my mum for lunch and bit the bullet- she 'deeply admires' Theresa May and deeply distrusted Corbs. I asked her to at least read the labour manifesto, then put it to her that despite my very hosed up mental health history that I'm still standing and hell, happy due to the support network both emotional and financial that my family has provided. That there are so many other parents out there who wouldn't be able to help like they did me if their kid had a sudden crisis or accident. And that she should bear in mind how she felt each time she got word that I was in hospital or having a crisis, and how it would feel if there was literally nothing she could do to help fill the gaps of support left by our devastated health services. She voted for labour for the first time since 1997 and the second time in her life. I will admit, I cried a bit when I found out.
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Jun 13, 2017 14:05
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I remember my old man, 66 and mostly retired now, telling me 'son, most people vote Labour when they are young then go to the Tories when they get old' when i was in my teens. Im very proud of him that he never for a loving second did this, and being kinda old now myself I never did either. He told the canvassers for Pritti Patel to gently caress right off in no uncertain terms when they came knocking. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priti_Patel
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Jun 13, 2017 14:06
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Can I just say how much I love how the gangtag segues so neatly from my existing av quote
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Jun 13, 2017 14:11
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Camrath posted:While we're discussing parent chat...
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Jun 13, 2017 14:12
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Wistful of Dollars posted:Soontm. Reasons to live in Maidenhead #1
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Borrovan posted:
I met David Trimble once, had to give him a security interview and he wouldn't talk to me and let his assistants do all the talking. I didn't recognize him (had to look him up after) and we both just stood there for about 2 minutes sliently until he actually answered the questions. What a jackass. Camrath posted:While we're discussing parent chat, I had a very pleasant surprise today. I'm just back from my stag weekend (getting married in a fortnight!!) and met up with my folks in town to spend some time and seek advice about marriage, speeches and poo poo. Now, my parents are to put it bluntly spectacularly wealthy (hugely successful retired accountant and freshly retired tax barrister, live in Grays Inn, own multiple properties here and abroad etc), and tend towards being incredibly reactionary and conservative. They're lovely people, but we Do Not Talk Politics since I swung to the left. This is great, congratulations on your mother and your marriage! Miftan fucked around with this message at 14:23 on Jun 13, 2017 |
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Jun 13, 2017 14:15
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Why the gently caress is John Major a "Sir" ? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-40255958 He was a completely useless oval office, I honestly think that despite my use of illegals drugs and borderline alcoholism ive actually done more for society, why cant I have one?
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Jun 13, 2017 14:19
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Seaside Loafer posted:Why the gently caress is John Major a "Sir" ? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-40255958 Because you're wrong.
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Jun 13, 2017 14:20
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communism bitch posted:Dear thread, please enjoy some bourg.txt, 1905 edition: lol American trains in 1905 are faster than the ones today!!!
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Jun 13, 2017 14:20
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an angry penguin posted:Reasons to live in Maidenhead #1 of 1
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Jun 13, 2017 14:21
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Seaside Loafer posted:Why the gently caress is John Major a "Sir" ?
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Jun 13, 2017 14:21
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Seaside Loafer posted:Why the gently caress is John Major a "Sir" ? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-40255958 He never shat on a train platform though? Well, he might have, but he never admitted it! That's politics 101
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Jun 13, 2017 14:24
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Didn't he inherent a country in recession and leave one growing? That puts him ahead of Dave and Little Miss Strong and Stable.
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Jun 13, 2017 14:24
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Miftan posted:He never shat on a train platform though?
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Jun 13, 2017 14:26
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Butterfly Valley posted:Sorry, I should have assumed the positive meaning of what you said, but evidently I've had too many arguments with people in the parochial village I used to live in explaining and defending my sister, her job and the organisation's mission I mean, in fairness, I didn't remotely put "following a discussion about the epidemiology of HIV, suggesting that, in particular, efforts do not serve LGBT communities, which is notable since HIV disproportionately impacts them", which is the thing that makes "But straight people get HIV too" a non-argument. "Gay people get HIV" is an absolutely deserved takedown and I deserved it.
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Jun 13, 2017 14:26
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Pablo Bluth posted:Didn't he inherent a country in recession and leave one growing? That puts him ahead of Dave and Little Miss Strong and Stable. e: apart from intentionally gently caress things up further for the next generation which he worked at really well
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Jun 13, 2017 14:27
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If I had to pick a Tory Prime Minister from the past 40 years for us, I would choose John Major.
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Jun 13, 2017 14:28
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Seaside Loafer posted:loving economic cycle though wasn't it, didn't have do anything really.
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Jun 13, 2017 14:28
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Seaside Loafer posted:Why the gently caress is John Major a "Sir" ? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-40255958 Former PMs generally get the Knight of the Garter, which isn't a traditional knighthood in that it's the Queen's personal choice who gets it. Tony Blair still hasn't been offered one.
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Jun 13, 2017 14:29
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hyper from Pixie Sticks posted:Former PMs generally get the Knight of the Garter, which isn't a traditional knighthood in that it's the Queen's personal choice who gets it. Kinky
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Jun 13, 2017 14:30
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I think the nicest thing about my grandma is that she goes "It's funny how we never heard about (trans people/abortions/racism/whatever)", instead of the usual "Now we've got all this (trans people/abortions/racism/whatever)" I hear from my grandparents and the over-55 segment of the pub. Like, she 100% gets that racism, homophobia, and women's rights must've been things that were concerns and wanted action but there was no interest from people in power of representing those interests when she was young so she just didn't hear about it, while my nan still thinks that gay people sprung fully formed from the ether in the 80s.
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Jun 13, 2017 14:32
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hyper from Pixie Sticks posted:Former PMs generally get the Knight of the Garter, which isn't a traditional knighthood in that it's the Queen's personal choice who gets it. Wow my respect for the queen just improved dramatically.
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Jun 13, 2017 14:33
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hyper from Pixie Sticks posted:Former PMs generally get the Knight of the Garter, which isn't a traditional knighthood in that it's the Queen's personal choice who gets it. To be fair, neither has Brown or Cameron yet. When one of them get offered it and Blair doesn't have one...
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If you think I'm reading that you're mental. nothing to seehere posted:To be fair, neither has Brown or Cameron yet I mean, that just makes it better?
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