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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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Angepain posted:Rock Fielding-Mellen. wherethefuckisyourchin.jpg
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OwlFancier posted:wherethefuckisyourchin.jpg Chins are for plebs.
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coffeetable posted:I've been meaning to do an ~effective altruism~ post for a while. Haven't got time for the full thing now, but here's a cliffnotes: And apparently, they're having real problems selling it to people here. People like to see either the big problems or clear goals like mosquito nets and deworming tablets - and that's fine, but there are plenty of charities/NGOs out there that do vital work that don't fall under those categories and they need some attention as well. It's gotten to a point where their latest campaign was decided based on getting around that issue - it's about maternal mortality, moms and babies dying and all that - which apparently was the source of a lot of controversy among the staff. But that's where they're at, it seems. So what I'm saying is definitely think about which charity you donate money to, like you said, but also consider giving to the bland ones from time to time. quote:Personally I put 10% towards demorming and I hope it'll be more in future.
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Jun 17, 2017 23:45
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So, uh. https://twitter.com/guardian/status/876193405243719681
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feedmegin posted:Afaik the only state in the Union without helmet laws is Ohio. Nooope.  The green ones have mandatory helmet laws for all riders. Most of the blue ones are "Helmet optional for adults". And for many of the mandatory ones they don't actually have to be approved helmets so poo poo like this:  is perfectly legal.
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Jun 17, 2017 23:53
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Thats loving shameless.
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Jun 17, 2017 23:54
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i saw a bloke in texas doing 90 on a motorbike wearing shorts, tshirt, flip flops and sunglasses. i wonder if he's still alive
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Jun 17, 2017 23:56
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Avoiding the next speech will give Liz much more time to stay at home and think about Brexit.
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Skinty McEdger posted:Thats loving shameless. I'm not understanding the implications, it just seems weird to me not sinister.
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Jun 18, 2017 00:02
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Jose posted:i saw a bloke in texas doing 90 on a motorbike wearing shorts, tshirt, flip flops and sunglasses. i wonder if he's still alive This is the one I've never understood. I've ridden without most safety equipment at various points and as loving stupid as it is I can understand why people would claim riding with no jacket or gloves is more comfortable (it's really not once you're doing any kind of speed but whatever). However your feet on almost any motorbike are within centimetres of very hot bits of metal and changing gear involves kicking a bit of metal that requires a fair amount of force and can occasionally kick back. It's loving agony even in trainers or normal shoes, how people can even begin to believe it's more comfortable to go effectively barefoot on one stretches pretty deep into kink territory.
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Jun 18, 2017 00:06
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Vitamin P posted:I'm not understanding the implications, it just seems weird to me not sinister. Avoids another confidence vote next year.
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Jun 18, 2017 00:06
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Vitamin P posted:I'm not understanding the implications, it just seems weird to me not sinister. If I understand it correctly, normally parliament is dissolved and reopened once a year, they're not doing it next year, though I don't know that it has any substantial effect on the government's stability as I don't believe the government has to reaffirm its legitimacy each year.
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OwlFancier posted:If I understand it correctly, normally parliament is dissolved and reopened once a year, they're not doing it next year, though I don't know that it has any substantial effect on the government's stability as I don't believe the government has to reaffirm its legitimacy each year. There's still a vote that follows each Queens speech, not just the first one of a term of office, that counts as a confidence vote (or rather now under the fixed term act would lead to a confidence vote). They just managed to cut out having a confidence vote next year, which if say you're a weak minority government would probably be a good idea. Edit: I mean they still have to past budgets, but they managed to get past what could be an awkward situation.
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Jun 18, 2017 00:11
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What happens if the monarch dies during a parliaments term? Do they need to have another speech with the new one?
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That's assuming the DUP blink and vote for this speech even though their demands have been rejected.
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JFairfax posted:What happens if the monarch dies during a parliaments term? Do they need to have another speech with the new one? The existing speech would still be valid until the start of the new session, but you would have the new monarch come to the house to have the mp's swear allegiance to them. Though the tradition in this case is for the MP's to cross their fingers behind their backs while they do so (I have no idea why they do that).
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Jun 18, 2017 00:18
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https://twitter.com/ST_Newsroom/status/876187607268544514 https://twitter.com/BBCHelenaLee/status/876180034805014534 The Times posted:A cabinet minister told friends he was "worried about her state of mind". I don't think May is going to last much longer.
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Jun 18, 2017 00:18
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Skinty McEdger posted:The existing speech would still be valid until the start of the new session, but you would have the new monarch come to the house to have the mp's swear allegiance to them. Though the tradition in this case is for the MP's to cross their fingers behind their backs while they do so (I have no idea why they do that). Monarchy is a loving stupid concept.
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Jun 18, 2017 00:30
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Honestly I think a horse could do a better job. Glitterhoof for PM.
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Jun 18, 2017 00:33
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Reveilled posted:Honestly I think a horse could do a better job. Glitterhoof for PM. Shergar is back to create a strong and stable government in the national interest.
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Jun 18, 2017 00:34
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Findus lasagne for PM
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Steve2911 posted:Monarchy is a loving stupid concept. Regicide is a moral good.
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Jun 18, 2017 00:35
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jabby posted:I don't think May is going to last much longer. The Tories keep acting like nothing is wrong. I know that's spin but it makes me nervous.
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Jun 18, 2017 00:41
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Steve2911 posted:Monarchy is a loving stupid concept.
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Jun 18, 2017 00:42
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Regarde Aduck posted:The Tories keep acting like nothing is wrong. I know that's spin but it makes me nervous. what else are they going to do? it's not like labour where they had leadership challengers readying their campaigns to launch immediately after the election.
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Jun 18, 2017 00:43
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Fair point, just a few weeks ago it looked like she had all her opponents completely out gunned. It would have been mad for them to consider trying anything.
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Jun 18, 2017 00:46
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Brexit happened, Trump happened, Corbyn happened, why not one more surprise and we have a zombie party limp on with 2% approval for 4 more years.
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Jun 18, 2017 00:46
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It seems like May has actually lost her mind. Like, she seems to be actually going nuts at her failure.
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Jun 18, 2017 00:48
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I can understand this. After all, don't want Brenda to have to stand up and say 'The very naughty men from France, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, won't let us fish in the areas we did before.'.
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CoolCab posted:Do you guys all have roommates or SOs you live with or something? I'm living in one of the cheapest "cities" in England and my (relatively spacious admittedly) one bedroom flat with council tax, water, electricity and internet comes to way more then £500 a month, and I'm extremely savvy with changing utilities, finding as many discounts as possible and (as I'm Canadian) literally never using a heater, Average price in the Derbyshire town with great transport links I just moved from, has average rental prices of £420 a month for a three bed semi all of your own. If you want a lovely two bed flat with underground secure parking which is next to the station/centre of town, and is on a restored canal it's about £300 fully furnished because they converted too many warehouses for a office working demographic that does not exist.
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Murderion posted:One of the times I was out of work, I found one of those on the DWP's own jobsearch website. Or rather, about fifty ads, all for the same job, written in such a way as to show up on pretty much any keyword search (ie, looking for people with experience in customer service, retail, cleaning, bar work, security, you name it). I fired off an application (because hey, counts as an action for the weekly jobseeker's report), and got a reply by phone suspiciously quickly, from the head honcho herself. I agreed, because hey, an interview would probably get the advisor off my back for the week and it got me out of the house. Plus, there was a chance it could have been legit (no there wasn't). I think this is probably literally the same group, right down to the ~fantastic opportunity~ to become a business owner (by opening the next tier of pyramid scheme). Trickjaw posted:Agreed. Awful, awful cons that prey on the weak and still, both staff and marks. Mr Phillby posted:I had one of theses too. I applied for a listing for trainee insulation fitters and it was only after they bundled me into a car and had driven me to another town to shadow one of their workers for the day did the reveal the job was actually door-knocking to flog talk.talk broadband. It was terrifyingly cultlike, too. Like, 90% of it was spooky indoctrinational repeating of mantras and talking about "positive attitude". Also they believe there's only six kinds of technology and one of them's mobile phones.
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Jun 18, 2017 00:54
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experience of the commission only scam industry. The saddest thing is that particular pyramid scheme doesn't kick in proper until you reach management level. They're encouraged to set up their own branched off, and do a bunch of shady poo poo like front up ten grand of their own money to set up the company accounts. I'll try to find the sources I did when I looked into it (because again, I was unemployed, bored and genuinely had nothing better to do) if people are interested.
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Reveilled posted:Honestly I think a horse could do a better job. Glitterhoof for PM. Incitatus for PM!
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Jun 18, 2017 00:56
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Night10194 posted:It seems like May has actually lost her mind. Like, she seems to be actually going nuts at her failure. Corbyn was slandered every which way by his party, but I don't remember seeing a cabinet minister actually questioning his mental state on the front page of the Times before. Regarde Aduck posted:The Tories keep acting like nothing is wrong. I know that's spin but it makes me nervous. Phillip Hammond is doing both Marr and Peston tomorrow. Hammond doesn't even like May, and was expected to lose his job in the reshuffle. The fact that he's doing both major political programs is probably a sign that it's chaos behind the scenes and they can't find two people who can go on and not cause a major gently caress-up.
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learnincurve posted:Average price in the Derbyshire town with great transport links I just moved from, has average rental prices of £420 a month for a three bed semi all of your own. If you want a lovely two bed flat with underground secure parking which is next to the station/centre of town, and is on a restored canal it's about £300 fully furnished because they converted too many warehouses for a office working demographic that does not exist. Man, is Carlisle somehow really highly priced? I couldn't find anything less then 325 except total dumps (a converted basement that was one medium sized room with a single window acting as the bedroom and living room +tiny bathroom and kitchenette with one window was 325) or missing expensive things like a fridge and washing machine and we looked for months. I can't drive and don't own a car and the public transport around here is both terrible and expensive, so I prioritized something within walking distance to my work- man, maybe I should move to a better city. Or Corbyn could get in and I could go back and get my degree 
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Jun 18, 2017 01:02
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Heck yeah!
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Jun 18, 2017 01:03
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spectralent posted:It was terrifyingly cultlike, too. Like, 90% of it was spooky indoctrinational repeating of mantras and talking about "positive attitude". Also they believe there's only six kinds of technology and one of them's mobile phones.
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Jun 18, 2017 01:03
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Actually yeah if it's at all feasible you should all be blood donors too. An hour out of your day 3 or 4 times a year, and you get choccy biscuits. They even text you letting you know when and where your donation gets used, which is a genuinely amazing feeling. in my country we get fully paid days off for donating blood. 6 extra days off a year!
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Jun 18, 2017 01:05
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Yeah it actually bothers me quite a bit, this is the house I grew up in and I really don't want to move away - my neighbours are cool, the area's nice enough, and I might actually have the closest proper garden to Canary Wharf, but at the same time I feel like I'm sort of squatting here because it should be a family home - but no family I'd be happy with moving in could possibly afford it if I sold it on, it would just go to a BtR shitlord. Open it as a squat to struggling musicians.
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Guavanaut posted:I vote for duoarchy with whoever is the current President of Ireland and whoever is the current Bishop of Berwick being co-princes of the United Kingdom. Michael D Higgins would make a fantastic ruler
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