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What is the best flav... you all know what this question is:
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Labour 907 49.92%
Theresa May Team (Conservative) 48 2.64%
Liberal Democrats 31 1.71%
UKIP 13 0.72%
Plaid Cymru 25 1.38%
Green 22 1.21%
Scottish Socialist Party 12 0.66%
Scottish Conservative Party 1 0.06%
Scottish National Party 59 3.25%
Some Kind of Irish Unionist 4 0.22%
Alliance / Irish Nonsectarian 3 0.17%
Some Kind of Irish Nationalist 36 1.98%
Misc. Far Left Trots 35 1.93%
Misc. Far Right Fash 8 0.44%
Monster Raving Loony 49 2.70%
Space Navies Party 39 2.15%
Independent / Single Issue 2 0.11%
Can't Vote 188 10.35%
Won't Vote 8 0.44%
Spoiled Ballot 15 0.83%
Pissflaps 312 17.17%
Total: 1817 votes
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Total Meatlove
Jan 28, 2007

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Rangers died, shoujo Hitler cried ;_;
Penny Mourdant and Flick Drummond are not the most popular MPs, and the current policy of not being seen at all isn't doing either of them many favours. The majority here last time was slim in Portsmouth South @ 5000 or so, but was complicated by the overall swing to the Tories, the Lib Dems, and Mike Jackson loving a Russian spy on the navy base making 2015s result a little anamolous. Southsea is very much a hippy town and despite the money, I could see it being a Labour gain.

It'd take a much bigger swing to oust Mourdant at about 6 points but the Scottish navy bases bribe still sticks in people's craw and Paulsgrove being abandoned won't help, especially if there's an increased youth turnout.

Fareham would vote for a scarecrow in a blue rosette, and the further north you go towards Petersfield (East Hampshire) from here the worse it gets.

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Total Meatlove
Jan 28, 2007

:japan:
Rangers died, shoujo Hitler cried ;_;

a pipe smoking dog posted:

Lol the bbc were absolutely hammering may on the lunchtime news over her response to trump and South Thanet.

She's refusing to do even softball interviews with them and now they're mad

Total Meatlove
Jan 28, 2007

:japan:
Rangers died, shoujo Hitler cried ;_;

Snipee posted:

To cooperate with the Conservatives when they don't have a majority and to receive the Economist's worthless endorsement.

They act as a holding pen for Libertarians who might otherwise infect the Labour party

Total Meatlove
Jan 28, 2007

:japan:
Rangers died, shoujo Hitler cried ;_;
When does the press start digging properly on the DUP and Fosters links to the RHI scandal?

Total Meatlove
Jan 28, 2007

:japan:
Rangers died, shoujo Hitler cried ;_;

ronya posted:

the lines of parties themselves will move - the Tories and Labour both will adapt, and the views that constitute "obviously Tory "or "obviously Labour" will shift

gay marriage is within memory of everyone in this thread. it has ceased to be a stick with which Labour can beat the Tories for obvious reasons

grammar schools switched from Liberal to Labour to Tory within a generation

once upon a time motorway construction and road widening made for whole Labour careers, especially in London; this has eroded as Tories themselves have embraced green belt politics

I think the new lines of attack will centre on our position in world affairs, and how we interact with Europe. The Tories have gone all out on their Empire 2.0 vision of a Britain that never suffered the Suez crisis, and the rest have to find a coherent strategy that fights that.

Housing, Funding, Immigration, the NHS (which is essentially the latter two), all hinge on where we are and how we deal with that issue effectively.

Barbe Rouge posted:

For man cannot live by bread alone, but hummus is quite another matter.


These sound like something Pratchett would write and now I'm reminded he's gone :(

Narrativia are still making the CSI:Ankh Morpork shows that he was involved in before his death. Some small comfort.

Total Meatlove
Jan 28, 2007

:japan:
Rangers died, shoujo Hitler cried ;_;

ronya posted:

pledging a subordinate coalition partner to have an unwhipped vote on something is surely the most transparent non-promise ever? Does the DUP even get to say "well we tried" for such a thing?

Do the public see it as a shrewd piece of political machination, or as the Tories hating Northern Irish peace, LGBTQ people, modern science and/or women?

Because the line that's getting the most play is that Theresa May is willing to sell them all down the river for a fingertip hold on power.

Total Meatlove fucked around with this message at 09:19 on Jun 10, 2017

Total Meatlove
Jan 28, 2007

:japan:
Rangers died, shoujo Hitler cried ;_;

ronya posted:

historians of the future are going to really sad that so much decisive stuff is locked up in a msgstore.db.crypt12 file somewhere

They're all so egotistical they'll publish anyway.

Total Meatlove
Jan 28, 2007

:japan:
Rangers died, shoujo Hitler cried ;_;

Gorn Myson posted:

Okay, who is ready to put £5 down on Gove deciding that his first move is to send a copy of the Bible to every energy company in Britain to remind them of the importance of Christian values?

I can imagine the Carbon Capture and Storage Project are trying to think of a way to make their plan sound biblical enough for him to fund it

Total Meatlove
Jan 28, 2007

:japan:
Rangers died, shoujo Hitler cried ;_;

communism bitch posted:

It was mentioned a while ago upthread, but the total absence of any coroordinated disaster response in the UK really is a loving shambles.

There absolutely is meant to be, people have just got complacent and a lot of the knowledge has retired/ been made redundant

Total Meatlove
Jan 28, 2007

:japan:
Rangers died, shoujo Hitler cried ;_;

Gort posted:

I was trying to think of who - if I was a tory - I'd pick as a replacement leader. They're ALL poo poo. You've got Gove, Johnson, Fox, Hunt, Leadsom... I can't think of any tory MP of any actual skill or inspiration.

The only challenger with a net positive approval rating is Ruth Davidson

Total Meatlove
Jan 28, 2007

:japan:
Rangers died, shoujo Hitler cried ;_;
There's claims that the government have slapped a D-notice on the final death toll figure.

Total Meatlove
Jan 28, 2007

:japan:
Rangers died, shoujo Hitler cried ;_;
https://twitter.com/jimwaterson/status/875824651376746496

I think the knock on effects of this tragedy are going to be massive, especially for the reputation of Oxford's PPE's.

Total Meatlove
Jan 28, 2007

:japan:
Rangers died, shoujo Hitler cried ;_;

Mr. Flunchy posted:

Michael Sheen is clearly the only guy with the right look and political cred to play Corbyn. Or at minimum young Corbyn.



Just a shame that playing Blair might discount him by default.

It's hilarious if he does

Total Meatlove
Jan 28, 2007

:japan:
Rangers died, shoujo Hitler cried ;_;
The important thing is that Portsmouth earns £2k more than Southampton on average and I'm happy with that

Total Meatlove
Jan 28, 2007

:japan:
Rangers died, shoujo Hitler cried ;_;

I_Socom posted:

Anyway twitter'd a video of this?

You can watch his whole set on iplayer

Total Meatlove
Jan 28, 2007

:japan:
Rangers died, shoujo Hitler cried ;_;

Coohoolin posted:

This thread moves loving fast these days and I have a thesis to write.

If you just write it in English, and cut out the Scots translation step, you'll halve the time required to write it :eng101:

Total Meatlove
Jan 28, 2007

:japan:
Rangers died, shoujo Hitler cried ;_;

spectralent posted:

Nuclear fission is a process that requires mining, though. I fully agree we shouldn't be ignoring nuclear to the extent we are, but at the same time nuclear is a stopgap until we get either fission or cover the sahara in solar panels.

We could fish for uranium in filtered seawater and never run out.

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Total Meatlove
Jan 28, 2007

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Rangers died, shoujo Hitler cried ;_;
Nuclear is a renewable energy resource

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