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jimmydalad posted:So I’m at my Niece’s birthday and my family is putting up Dawn Butler’s interview and making fun of labour. Half are voting Tories and the other half are Lib Dem. God help me. Tell them they'll be laughing on the other side of their face when their daughter can't get to university, can never own her own home, will not have steady employment or any support when she has to start caring for them. Another page snipe I don't believe it! Anyway Russian developers have completed a third phase of flight-testing with the engine designed to power the Ilyushin Il-114-300 turboprop.  Jaeluni Asjil fucked around with this message at 16:33 on Dec 8, 2019 |
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I'm in a pub in my safe as houses Tory seat and there are country people on the next table talking about voting Labour. We passed a torn down vote Tory sign on the way here. They're usually everywhere by this point. It was never going to convince everybody but it feels like the result may be better at least.
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Tell them they'll be laughing on the other side of their face when their daughter can't get to university, can never own her own home, will not have steady employment or any support when she has to start caring for them. My family doesn’t have problems with money so I doubt they’d have issues with that. Harsh realities of this world.
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Woke up feeling hungover despite not drinking last night, and way too late to get the train to go canvassing, so instead I've had a pleasant day of light housework and Christmas decorating, and chucked £35 Jezza's way. Still not made up my mind what to do on election day itself - GOTV in my home constituency is probably a bit of a waste of time (very safe Labour seat), Thurrock is probably the one that could most benefit from the extra pair of hands given the very narrow margin, but at the same time Chingford and Two Cities are both closer and easier to get to and the allure of being able to claim a very small part in IDS' scalp, if it happens, would be awesome. Think I'll probably make up my mind on the morning - if the weather's really poo poo I'll probably gird my loins and head for Thurrock because they really will need the help, otherwise probably head for Chingford even though Two Cities has a much better selection of pubs.
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I've noticed a lot more this week how the Lib Dem campaign sign looks like a warning sign. Very ominous and appropriate.
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Angepain posted:I'm currently putting together my personal list of constituencies to keep an eye on during the results, if anyone has any suggestions for constituencies that are interesting or generally might be gained or lost by a thread favourite/enemy/meme let me know. here's my list so far, which may be skewed toward my own narrow interests: Definitely add all the CUKTIGs to this list, each one of those will be a treat. Unless they’re on there already, I honestly have no clue who’s left in that lot now.
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TACD posted:Definitely add all the CUKTIGs to this list, each one of those will be a treat. Unless they’re on there already, I honestly have no clue who’s left in that lot now. Who gives a poo poo about any of them apart from Chuka and our big milky boy?
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I'm a Canadian but I've been on the edge of my seat watching this election since the 2017 surprise labour victory. As a Canadian you have no idea how much I have wished to have a candidate like Bernie Sanders or Jeremy Corbyn to vote for, throw money at and volunteer for. We have two "centre-left" parties and both are essentially neoliberal and inadequate. Which is why I'm hopeful you guys can elect a labour government and show the rest of us it can be done. I've long believed socialist (or social-democratic) societies have to be built internationally, leveraging momentum built in countries culturally similar to yours. We need organizations like momentum here in Canada and in the USA. We need it badly. So please... please everyone do what you can to get Labour elected... We need this win. It'll send shockwaves abroad. I watched the last debate and couldn't believe what I was seeing or hearing. My partner, an English teacher and linguistic major by trade was practically shouting at the screen. She may not have felt particularly energized by Corbyn but it was blindingly obvious who was more suitable to govern. Whenever BoJo opened his mouth she kept telling me "What is this guy saying?!? He sounds like Trump! It's just words, hes blasting out words with zero meaning or intent." Then I saw the polls saying Britain thought Boris won the debate and am left seriously confused how it can be possible. Are these people lead poisoned? How can anyone think Boris won that debate?
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Kraftwerk posted:Then I saw the polls saying Britain thought Boris won the debate and am left seriously confused how it can be possible. Are these people lead poisoned? How can anyone think Boris won that debate? The polls were lying. It's pure manufacturing consent
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Maugrim posted:I'll be playing Minecraft and following the election purely via this thread. If the exit poll looks bad I'll just go to bed Pro strat. I'm going to have a bottle of champagne and a bottle of cheap bourbon for the exit polls. Either way. ..
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Not defending their posts, but just because someone's name on FB is not findable elsewhere doesn't mean anything. I know a number of people (including myself) who do NOT use their 'professional' name on FB. Me because my name is quite rare and there are only about 2 of us in the UK so if you google my name, it's quite likely to be my stuff that comes up. Others because they are teachers, work with offenders, residential psychiatric patients or whatever. (As one got beaten up by a former patient almost 15 years after last caring for that patient, very understandable). Thanks. I think one of them is just a Tory and has a legitimate looking account and actually engages in conversation. The other posts trollish content and never responds and has a completely blank account so I suspect less than honest motives. I've reported the latter to Facebook for now, hopefully they get purged.
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I crawled into a bottle of whiskey in 2015 and by god I'll do the same again
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feedmegin posted:Pro strat. I'm going to have a bottle of champagne and a bottle of cheap bourbon for the exit polls. Either way. .. ...those 2 bottles will be mixed into one delicious cocktail served from a small bin filled with ice E: also disappointing post/user combo
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I'm going to stay up for the exit poll and unless it shows potential for at least a Labour minority government I will have a little cry and then go to bed.
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I'll be going to bed without looking at the exit poll and drinking all day on Friday regardless of the result
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Is it better to donate to Labour or Momentum?Kraftwerk posted:Then I saw the polls saying Britain thought Boris won the debate and am left seriously confused how it can be possible. Are these people lead poisoned? How can anyone think Boris won that debate? The Yougov poll polled over 400 over 65s and 36 under 25s, guess which demographic favours Johnson e: so yes, most people polled will have been lead poisoned
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I'll have work the next day, so I'll go vote then crack open a bottle of rum, down Cuba libres and play XCom 2 until I need to sleep.
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I have my work Xmas lunch on Friday, so... Watch results all night, quick powernap, and then drink for 14 hours? Can't see any potential downside
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TACD posted:Definitely add all the CUKTIGs to this list, each one of those will be a treat. Unless they’re on there already, I honestly have no clue who’s left in that lot now. Two of them aren't standing (cowards), so all that's left is; Gapes - Miwkford South Piss Leslie - Nottingham East Soubry - Broxtowe Others who were in CUKTIG but fled (excluding Umunna) are; Heidi Allen - South Cambridgeshire Luciana Berger - Liverpool Wavertree Gavin Shuker - Luton South Angela Smith - Penistone and Stocksbridge Sarah Wollaston - Totnes goddamnedtwisto posted:Who gives a poo poo about any of them apart from Chuka and our big milky boy? I really want to see Leslie eat poo poo.
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https://twitter.com/jrschlosberg/status/1203695089576554496
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Agenda, much https://twitter.com/multistable/status/1203230523989954560?s=20 Ed: yeah I get the point that maybe they're trying to get a cross section and finding 'leavers' and folk who did vote labour before but are voting tory now is hard - but frankly don't believe it. They seem to find them easily enough for the voxpops. Jaeluni Asjil fucked around with this message at 17:30 on Dec 8, 2019 |
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A hopeful part of me takes this as a sign they struggle to find such a voter.
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Azza Bamboo posted:A hopeful part of me takes this as a sign they struggle to find such a voter. they'll just conjure one out of the aether like some kind of right wing daedra.
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kecske posted:they'll just conjure one out of the aether like some kind of right wing daedra. They'll just find lying Tories as per normal.
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I'm sure they'll 'find' one and present them as representatives of the highly significant unicorn demographic.
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Pesky Splinter posted:I really want to see Leslie eat poo poo. For some reason I thought he wasn't running again, so enthusiastically agreed. Hope the winning Labour candidate starts his acceptance speech with "I'm afraaaaaid...".
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Pesky Splinter posted:Gapes - Miwkford South
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who the gently caress is this weirdo https://twitter.com/EmmaBurnell_/status/1203677380730085379?s=19
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I think they sell the Penistone on late night QVC.
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OwlFancier posted:I think they sell the Penistone on late night QVC. isn't that the big jewel that thorin was looking for in the hobbit films
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gh0stpinballa posted:who the gently caress is this weirdo Why wouldn't you not ask yourself why, if you were not not electable?
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 At long last, it is mine, OwlFancier posted:the Penistone
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lol all abi said was "i don't have any ibfluence on the party i just have more twitter followers" (i.e., her online profile doesn't give her any more clout than burnel) and the weirdo is now doing this... https://twitter.com/EmmaBurnell_/status/1203681422852182016?s=19 https://twitter.com/EmmaBurnell_/status/1203680982798393345?s=19
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gh0stpinballa posted:who the gently caress is this weirdo Why are people so loving stupid and actually believe the media framing of Jeremy Corbyn?
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Today's crop of lib dem shite is a badly printed 'handwritten' note from Berger. Did have comrades canvassing though. Apparently our immediate area is good, but it's been harder going across the constituency (Finchley and Golders Green)
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Camrath posted:can assing cans dont have flared bases 
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CoolCab posted:think that's one of weetmans hangers on Tellingly the first "Who to follow" recommendation I get on her profile is Luke "Var of piss" Akehurst.
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Yeah, I've been catching up with the thread and while it's a little distressing to think about how Labour strongholds like Bolsover are seemingly vulnerable, and that the "traditional white working class" are shifting from Labour to Tory, I think that's not the sign of Tories winning as much as it is a sign of voting patters transforming into something the country hasn't seen before. This election is coming down to the generational gap that will define the transition into the next decade - the old are rich, sociopathic, and are completely unwilling to even contemplate the idea that maybe the lifestyle they've cherished and withheld from others will lead to the demise of their younger relatives. They will vote to protect their own interests and their own blissful ignorance. Young people across the entire country are finally mobilizing to seize democratic representation because we've realised nobody else will, and we are a significant voting block. Just like with Bolsover etc., there are now also Tory "stronghold" seats that - as a result of this surge in youth voting - will be vulnerable to Labour this time around. Uxbridge holds the loving Prime Minister, and had a 10,000+ majority four years ago, but is now a very realistic gain for Labour thanks to what is primarily a socialist youth movement.
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