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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 have one of those 30 quid dehumidifiers from Argos and it has been pulling its god drat weight this week. Tonight is worse than last night and I'd like to seriously reiterate my previous suggestion of freezer packs lightly wrapped in kitchen towel pressed against the torso. Got me through some bad summers that has. e: Ugh, okay. Uhhh.... The Commodore 1581 was a 3½-inch double-sided double-density floppy disk drive for the Commodore 64, and it came with a big-rear end power brick because everything back then was shite. Doctor_Fruitbat fucked around with this message at 22:44 on Jun 20, 2017 |
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https://twitter.com/PeteApps/status/875768296888520704 Jesus Christ, selling a fire assessment contract to the cheapest bidder? quote:The organisation managing Grenfell Tower appointed a company to carry out its fire risk assessments at the “most competitive price” in 2010, board papers reveal.
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Jun 20, 2017 22:42
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Firos posted:Ever since the GE I've been following this thread like a thrilling TV show. So suspenseful!! all we need is a few Tories to have a reason to break ranks that outweighs their unending desire for power. And I mean a reason that would appeal to a Tory, so anything selfless or idealistic is right out. someone offer them a lucrative book deal maybe?
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Jun 20, 2017 22:42
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Angepain posted:all we need is a few Tories to have a reason to break ranks that outweighs their unending desire for power. And I mean a reason that would appeal to a Tory, so anything selfless or idealistic is right out. Young Boys?
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Jun 20, 2017 22:46
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Prince John posted:loving hell. I need some mind bleach after reading that.
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Jun 20, 2017 22:46
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NotJustANumber99 posted:But so rarely as to be unbelievable as an excuse without proof. Whereas here no one's going to question a late train. It's more that here, unlike Japan, no one's going to fine you at least half a day's salary for being 5 minutes late to the office.
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Jun 20, 2017 22:48
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Thrifting Day! posted:Only takes a couple of Tories to abstain or 1 to vote it down to potentially guarantee the end of May. Queen's Speech votes tend to be pretty much for show and as such you get a substantial number but not all MPs voting in them. This one looks like it'll be different and will be interesting just for that. I'd be very surprised if any tories abstained never mind rebelled, especially if the DUP stay away. It'd be a career ending move.
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Jun 20, 2017 22:48
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ookiimarukochan posted:It's more that here, unlike Japan, no one's going to fine you at least half a day's salary for being 5 minutes late to the office.
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Jun 20, 2017 22:53
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Party Boat posted:Queen's Speech votes tend to be pretty much for show and as such you get a substantial number but not all MPs voting in them. This one looks like it'll be different and will be interesting just for that. Maybe some of the more europhilic Tories could consider it a decent gamble given how much of a pig's ear May's going to make of Brexit. That would of course rely on a Tory having actual principle. Also, I'm wondering if some might not be tempted by the opportunity of leaving Labour with the mess and potentially poisoning their name. If Brexit is going to be a cock up either way there will surely be Tories who see the writing on the wall and are willing to sacrifice 5 years now to put themselves in a far stronger long term position.
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Party Boat posted:Queen's Speech votes tend to be pretty much for show and as such you get a substantial number but not all MPs voting in them. This one looks like it'll be different and will be interesting just for that. On the other hand there is the Ken Clarke factor. What if someone at the end of their career sees an opportunity to make a principled stand and put their name in the history books. It's exactly as you say though, what are normally symbolic votes like the Queens speech and the majority of budgets suddenly because of the make up of parliament have become much more serious and perilous for the government. It was the situation they foresaw for the Lib Dem coalition that never came to pass when they introduced the 2011 act. Of course the obvious thing to do is to find ways to avoid having them as much as possible.
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Midnight- posted:What the hell do the DUP actually want for Brexit? I asked this of the quadrennial door-knocker that came round pre-election looking for my vote, and the non-answer I got basically boiled down to "the Shinners are pro-EU, so we're against it". It's a position of utter madness. NI has benefited from EU membership more that any other part of the UK. Post-Good Friday Agreement, Belfast has been transformed from a shithole post-industrial city with a history of violence to a fairly nice place to work/live. There have been massive urban regeneration schemes and millions of pounds thrown at high-tech industries to set up shop here. And all that money came from the EU's Peace & Reconciliation programme. Even in Farage's wettest amphibian-mind dreams there's no upside whatsoever for NI if Brexit goes ahead. All these news reports about the DUP being tough, experienced negotiators are BS. The NI Assembly has staggered from one crisis to the next for over a decade because the DUP's negotiation stance is "NEVER NEVER NEVER" on loving anything that has the support of Sinn Fein or the more moderate parties here. I'm never going to feel bad for the Tories, but I feel a certain sympathy for them trying to negotiate a coalition with a bunch of intransigent tub-thumpers with all the flexibility and political acumen of a concrete breezeblock. Clyde Radcliffe fucked around with this message at 23:06 on Jun 20, 2017 |
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I'd be amazed if a tory did rebel. It would be their career with any party down the drain and the right wing press would paint them as public enemy number one. e: Ken Clarke was the name that came to my mind too. But I still think it's really outlandish, for all that he's a Europhile in his last stint as an MP I'd say his loyalty to party runs deeper Party Boat fucked around with this message at 23:07 on Jun 20, 2017 |
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Jun 20, 2017 23:04
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ThomasPaine posted:Maybe some of the more europhilic Tories could consider it a decent gamble given how much of a pig's ear May's going to make of Brexit. That would of course rely on a Tory having actual principle. Also, I'm wondering if some might not be tempted by the opportunity of leaving Labour with the mess and potentially poisoning their name. If Brexit is going to be a cock up either way there will surely be Tories who see the writing on the wall and are willing to sacrifice 5 years now to put themselves in a far stronger long term position. from what I have seen of tories, patience & sacrifice are not exactly strong points.
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Jun 20, 2017 23:04
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Guavanaut posted:It turned into a comedy for me right about "Had the Labour party had its wits about it, and elected Yvette Cooper as its leader" The spectator is truly brilliant at being the idiot, who thinks their not, version of the Daily mail.
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Jun 20, 2017 23:16
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BobbyThompson posted:I left prospect a couple of years ago after a decade of membership. They got "recruit new members" tourettes. Prospect magazine has nothing to do with Prospect the union AFAIK.
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Jun 20, 2017 23:17
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staberind posted:from what I have seen of tories, patience & sacrifice are not exactly strong points. Good. I want their hubris to destroy them and anything that might distance them from taking full credit for the shitshow of Brexit reduces the likelihood of that.
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Jun 20, 2017 23:18
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Party Boat posted:I'd be amazed if a tory did rebel. It would be their career with any party down the drain and the right wing press would paint them as public enemy number one. Tbf he's been a europhile since the John Major 'bastard' days.
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Jun 20, 2017 23:24
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Can someone tell me why Jacob Rees-Mogg is a forced meme now? Seen a few pretty dire recommended Facebook posts and YouTube videos.
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Jun 20, 2017 23:33
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Molemitts posted:Can someone tell me why Jacob Rees-Mogg is a forced meme now? Seen a few pretty dire recommended Facebook posts and YouTube videos. stuffy 19th century throwback wanker is actually a better brand than Modern Tory
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Jun 20, 2017 23:36
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Molemitts posted:Can someone tell me why Jacob Rees-Mogg is a forced meme now? Seen a few pretty dire recommended Facebook posts and YouTube videos. He was doing the rounds on social media because he was recently given a £7.2mn grant from the government to do up his wife's mansion because "cultural heritage" but voted for the Bedroom Tax / lowering DLA/PIP. Basically as ToryHypocrisy.txt
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Jun 20, 2017 23:38
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Could someone who wants to lead the tories convince some backbencher with a cushy job in exchance for tanking the queens speech? That seems kinda plausible to me.
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Jun 20, 2017 23:43
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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2017/may/11/bbc-camera-operator-tended-to-after-being-run-over-by-corbyns-car-video communist
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Lord of the Llamas posted:Prospect magazine has nothing to do with Prospect the union AFAIK. Phew, it ended up so pissy for me. Made PCS look tame.
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Jun 20, 2017 23:49
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Outside of 11 dimensional chess shenanigans, you don't set yourself up as leader of a team by causing that team to noisily poo poo its pants on the most public of stages. Anyone with an eye on the throne is going to keep a lid on it until we're back to business as usual.
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Party Boat posted:Outside of 11 dimensional chess shenanigans, you don't set yourself up as leader of a team by causing that team to noisily poo poo its pants on the most public of stages. Anyone with an eye on the throne is going to keep a lid on it until we're back to business as usual. Yeah but chaos is a ladder.
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Tesseraction posted:He was doing the rounds on social media because he was recently given a £7.2mn grant from the government to do up his wife's mansion because "cultural heritage" but voted for the Bedroom Tax / lowering DLA/PIP. Basically as ToryHypocrisy.txt I've been seeing positive memes about him. Like a bunch of Tories are forcing him to be a meme, unless it's ironic and I'm missing something. I'd link to the Facebook page but I don't want "jacob rees-mog memes" in my Facebook search history.
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Jun 20, 2017 23:54
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http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/environment/uk-would-back-full-communism-if-it-provided-air-conditioning-20170620129904 Just something that came up on my feed and made me laugh. Seems pretty relevant to this thread.
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Jun 20, 2017 23:56
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ThomasPaine posted:Maybe some of the more europhilic Tories could consider it a decent gamble given how much of a pig's ear May's going to make of Brexit. That would of course rely on a Tory having actual principle. Also, I'm wondering if some might not be tempted by the opportunity of leaving Labour with the mess and potentially poisoning their name. If Brexit is going to be a cock up either way there will surely be Tories who see the writing on the wall and are willing to sacrifice 5 years now to put themselves in a far stronger long term position. No Tory will bring down the government this quickly when Corbyn is on a wave of momentum and they've sincerely convinced themselves he is going to throw them all in Gulags if he becomes PM.
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Jun 20, 2017 23:59
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i know it'll be bad for their careers and the rest of their lives and all but any tory backbenchers reading please think about how much voting against the queen's speech would be Mad Bants. thankyou. you know what to do.
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Jun 21, 2017 00:01
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So, any UKMT regulars headed to Glastonbury for the weekend? I know it's terribly 'rah rah rah' of me but it's basically my holiday this year and I get to see the absolute boy. As an aside, could you imagine Theresa May on the pyramid stage? I think she'd dissolve into a puddle.
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Jun 21, 2017 00:02
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Loving Africa Chaps posted:If you're not watching hospital you should be. Seconding this wholeheartedly. It was on BBC2 at 9pm, and it's an astonishing hour of TV. You know the drill, BBC has wide access to film in a hospital etc etc. This episode is the day of the Westminster Bridge attack, and you really should watch.
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Jun 21, 2017 00:06
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The sun being out has caused anarchy to descend upon Ascot. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-40343086
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Jun 21, 2017 00:12
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Skinty McEdger posted:The sun being out has caused anarchy to descend upon Ascot. jfc i hate these people
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Jun 21, 2017 00:14
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lol https://twitter.com/jonsnowC4/status/877175289960435713
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Skinty McEdger posted:The sun being out has caused anarchy to descend upon Ascot. Oh it's too hot is it? I'd like to propose a revised dress code for ascot 
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Ocrassus posted:So, any UKMT regulars headed to Glastonbury for the weekend? I know it's terribly 'rah rah rah' of me but it's basically my holiday this year and I get to see the absolute boy. I have strong feelings about Glasto. Mostly the revolve around the absence of metal bands when you consider how big a promoter of groups like Napalm Death & Carcass that a guy like John Peel was. That said, there's always something worth catching on telly, like last year they had The Family Stone & Funkadelic bands jamming together (without Sly obviously because he's a broken mess) & that was great. This year I'll definitely catch Run the Jewels, Chic, Kate Tempest, Sleaford Mods & the Boy Better Know collective, and assuming it's streamed on the BBC I'd also like to watch Justin Townes Earle & Cabbage I just looked at the full line up and have seen that Wormrot & Extreme Noise Terror on the bill. loving hell. That's ridiculously cool. Maybe they've finally gotten over their fear of evil heavy metal fans somehow ruining their hippie wankfest.
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bwahahahahahaahahahahahahahahaahaha *pulls out wallet full of moths* boohoohoohoohoohoo
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Madness' "house of fun" Kept out duran duran from the number one spot with a "home made" music vid, apparently millions were spent making Rio. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ2X9SANsME https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3W6yf6c-FA Madness>Duran Duran in 1982. Essentially, good policies should dictate who gets to live at Number 10, Downing St, not how much people waste on calling the other lot cunts. staberind fucked around with this message at 01:12 on Jun 21, 2017 |
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WeAreTheRomans posted:Glad to see the UK thread is just as susceptible to breakfast derail as the Irish thread There's no such thing as Irish muffins, if they want muffins in Ireland they just go to England and get English muffins. If you accidentally order Irish muffins, it's just beef. Just a big piece of beef.
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staberind posted:Madness' "house of fun" Kept out duran duran from the number one spot with a "home made" music vid, apparently millions were spent making Rio.
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