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Gonzo McFee posted:100% guarantee that the PR guy kicked and screamed the entire way that this was a bad idea and Prince Andrew is so convinced of his genius he did it anyway and then blamed everyone else when he started making up bizarre lies about having the sweat shot out of him and that he goes to Pizza Express. There are people in the Twitter comments praising his integrity for quitting. I think it's worth remembering that up until now this person worked in PR for Prince Andrew. He's a rat fleeing a sinking ship, and presumably very much not a good person. I am of course not suggesting that you are saying that, Gonzo  Edit: Prince Andrew has no recollection of the things he allegedly did with 2 17 year olds. Braggart fucked around with this message at 18:14 on Nov 17, 2019 |
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Oh dear me posted:Oh I see. Nice movement then. Yeah, it's debatable how much value the figures have but since they started making seat predictions the Tory vote share has consistently gone up but the size of their predicted majority has always dropped. Mainly shows that Labour or the smaller parties putting on a few points actually hurts the Tories a lot even if their own vote share goes up at the same time.
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Duckula posted:So what happens now? Prince Andrew disappears from the public eye for the rest of time? I'm concerned about Prince Andrew's "mental health"
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Someone's going to have a tell all in next weeks Sunday papers! Bidding starts at half a mill. Duckula posted:So what happens now? Prince Andrew disappears from the public eye for the rest of time? Yeah basically. He will take a 'vacation' now and just hide away until another Royal fucks up.
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Nov 17, 2019 18:10
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My wet dream is for the Tories' focus on Workington Man to be a miscalculation of the scale of Hillary focusing on trying to swing Texas 
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Nov 17, 2019 18:11
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Duckula posted:So what happens now? Prince Andrew disappears from the public eye for the rest of time? Prince Philip goes to the shed at Sandringham and pulls the covers of an old white Fiat Uno.
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Nov 17, 2019 18:13
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CGI Stardust posted:just had one of these (common pheasant) wandering around the garden for ~15 minutes Pheasants are insanely stupid birds that learning so took the shine off Danny champion of the world
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Prince Philip goes to the shed at Sandringham and pulls the covers of an old white Fiat Uno. The nonce of are hearts
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lol https://twitter.com/ajones13113/status/1196046156226351105?s=19
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Braggart posted:There are people in the Twitter comments praising his integrity for quitting. I think it's worth remembering that up until now this person worked in PR for Prince Andrew. He's a rat fleeing a sinking ship, and presumably very much not a good person. Oh he's a rat bastard for sure. All people who work in PR for the rich are. happyhippy posted:Someone's going to have a tell all in next weeks Sunday papers! I regret to inform you that the PR man was found dead after stabbing himself 30 times and hanging himself off London Bridge with a bunch of rocks with masonic symbols in his pockets weighing him down.
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happyhippy posted:Someone's going to have a tell all in next weeks Sunday papers! Half a mil doesn't buy you an 'accident'-proof car. He ain't saying anything.
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apropos of nothing, the debates are probably gonna suck since like trump v hillary both sides will see what they wanna see and declare victory. the fash rags will declare crushing victory for bojo and the lib rags will declare a draw
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Is there some way to measure how many people change their minds in an election? I'd be curious to know if this is like a parliamentary debate where the debate is pointless as everyone has made up their minds or whether it makes a difference.
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Communist Thoughts posted:apropos of nothing, the debates are probably gonna suck since like trump v hillary both sides will see what they wanna see and declare victory. I guess this thread stands in for a theoretical leftist rag in this scenario. But the debates served Corbyn pretty well in 2017 I believe? E: ^^^ I actually think in Corbs' case he's been so aggressively misrepresented by the media that actually seeing him speak in a debate may convince some people who only pay attention to politicians during a GE (a surprising number - I guess it's like only following sports during the Olympics/Wimbledon/World Cup) Maugrim fucked around with this message at 18:36 on Nov 17, 2019 |
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Azza Bamboo posted:Is there some way to measure how many people change their minds in an election? I'd be curious to know if this is like a parliamentary debate where the debate is pointless as everyone has made up their minds or whether it makes a difference. exit polling asks for previous vote, typically there is a tendency for people to misremember so this can also be checked against panel survey
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Jose posted:Pheasants are insanely stupid birds that learning so took the shine off Danny champion of the world True. They're everywhere in the New Forest, and I swear when they hear your car coming their response to it is always to try and run *directly away* from it, forgetting they can move in the Z axis. Or the X axis, for that matter. Speaking of which, it's unusal for here but the only leaflet I've had through yet has been the labour one. Usually by now we've had the "only the LD can beat the tories here" one (the tories wouldn't deign to make their way over to the waterside).
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HauntedRobot posted:True. They're everywhere in the New Forest, and I swear when they hear your car coming their response to it is always to try and run *directly away* from it, forgetting they can move in the Z axis. Or the X axis, for that matter. Yeah but people in films running from anything also do that. I'm always yelling 'veer veer' at the telly.
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 Things that have aged so well that nonces aren't interested in them. Jaeluni Asjil posted:Yeah but people in films running from anything also do that. I'm always yelling 'veer veer' at the telly.
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I drove past a pheasant the other day that was basically sat in the middle of the road trundling left and right as cars came at it from both sides. Stupidest birds in creation.
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OwlFancier posted:I drove past a pheasant the other day that was basically sat in the middle of the road trundling left and right as cars came at it from both sides. That is not true whilst turkeys exist. Also as a quick thing if anyone is in the Loughton part of the country one of my friends dogs has gone missing, he is a black cockerpoo who is blind and has diabetes. He somehow got out of the garden this morning and they have been spending all day looking for him. If anyone see's anything please let me know!
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Josef bugman posted:That is not true whilst turkeys exist. Domestic turkeys are dumb as gently caress, but a wild tom will go after your rear end if you happen upon him.
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quote:Johnson will defend smallest personal majority for a PM since 1924... I wonder what happens if the Tories get a narrow majority but then Johnson loses his seat - Conservative meltdown #3?
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Maximum hilarity certainly.
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CGI Stardust posted:just had one of these (common pheasant) wandering around the garden for ~15 minutes Landowners have released so many and without any requirement to limit or control that they are wild (introduced) now, so pretty much everywhere. They're non-natives that impact ground flora/fauna detrimentally to native birds, when they are released they destroy small reptile pops and they're also stupid as poo poo. They need to be controlled, preferably by banning releases. The only benefit is that the shoots give the landowners a reason not to fell an entire woodland, but if posh-cunts wanting to shoot things is the only reason landowners maintain healthy woodlands then its time for the wall.
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The curlews on the moor are much smarter, they hide in the heather and only move if you're about to step on one.
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Isn't there a weird technicality that the PM doesn't have to be an MP, so he could physically lead the house and debates/questions, but can't vote?
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As far as I know yes but it might necessitate changing the conservative party rulebook to let them let him stay as PM. Also it'd be funny watching him whinge about unelected eurocrats when he got his mates to appoint him PM after losing the vote lol. Also not entirely sure if he's allowed in the commons without being an MP.
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Bird/road chat reminds me of this when I still had my Mini. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5m_vyL3DEM The pigeon had so many other options.
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I doubt he would - it would pretty much decisively shatter any semblance of his authority (and image as a 'winner'), and Gove, Hunt, Javid et al would all come crawling out of the woodwork to stab him in the back. I suspect even the papers would turn on him On the other hand, this is the bizzaro timeline so anything goes
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OzyMandrill posted:Isn't there a weird technicality that the PM doesn't have to be an MP, so he could physically lead the house and debates/questions, but can't vote? Nah, the PM essentially the chairman of the government ministers so he has to be an MP in the first place Having a shadow MP leader , like in Poland would be possible though
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I think the PM can also be a lord if necessary I'm fairly sure ministers don't have to be commons MPs but I can't remember if they have to be at least lords.
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If he did lose his seat he would be immediately parachuted into the safest possible Tory seat (the MP for which would have to mysteriously resign). Who knows what would happen with the PM/leader of the Tories thing, I know Labour have rules about the leader being a sitting MP (so if Corbyn somehow lost his there would be an immediate leadership election) but no idea what the Tories do.
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EvilHawk posted:If he did lose his seat he would be immediately parachuted into the safest possible Tory seat (the MP for which would have to mysteriously resign). Who knows what would happen with the PM/leader of the Tories thing, I know Labour have rules about the leader being a sitting MP (so if Corbyn somehow lost his there would be an immediate leadership election) but no idea what the Tories do. He'd still have to win a byelection in that seat, they can't swap him out without one. Which would take time, and the government not forming because hang on hang on the PM's actually lost his seat let me just find a safe one to take over, would be ridiculous. More likely I think the tories would just get rid of him.
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Jose posted:Pheasants are insanely stupid birds that learning so took the shine off Danny champion of the world I have to assume you mean the film because the book has lengthy asides about how stupendously thick pheasants are.
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OwlFancier posted:Also not entirely sure if he's allowed in the commons without being an MP.
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i wonder what kind of accident prince andrew will have if this PR campaign doesn't put out the fire, i hope they do funny one to him like auto erotic asphyxiation or something
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gh0stpinballa posted:i wonder what kind of accident prince andrew will have if this PR campaign doesn't put out the fire, i hope they do funny one to him like auto erotic asphyxiation or something I'm gonna go with sudden onset haemophilia.
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Guavanaut posted:PM Johnson debating by shouting down from the public gallery. Not sure if this would make PMQs more or less dignified tbh.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Because if everything else fails and a live missile is accidentally launched dropping it somewhere safe in your own borders is considerably better than just going "gently caress it, might as well just kick off armageddon". There was something about the default being Washington though? Also surely the middle of the ocean would be a far safer spot to ditch a nuke.
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