Rarity posted:

Wow can't believe Namtab announced his candidacy for the Labour leadership position right here in UKMT!

Pesky Splinter posted:

Rarity posted:

Wow can't believe Namtab announced his candidacy for the Labour leadership position right here in UKMT!

feedmegin posted:

I mean it's always been fine as long as the dude is white and it's kept discreet. Consent optional.

Edit: Lewis Carroll

Beeb posted:

Lifelong Bolsover resident and mother-of-six Mandy McKenna, 36, said people stopped trusting in Labour.

"Voting for Labour felt like a wasted vote," she said. "I voted for the Conservatives. It hurt - I didn't want to - but I felt I should vote for someone."

She said she felt "surprised" Mr Skinner lost his seat but added: "No-one round here has any faith in Jeremy Corbyn."
"It's the things he's done in the past, like the IRA stuff, " she said. "If Labour got a new leader, people would be a lot happier.

"I think people voted more tactically than from actually wanting to vote for the Conservatives. My family have voted Labour all my life."

Malcolm Tomlinson says he could not vote for Jeremy Corbyn

Former miner Malcolm Tomlinson, 75, who took part in two strikes, said he voted Conservative and was happy with the result.

"I've voted Labour all my life but I just didn't like Corbyn or his cronies. It's nothing to do with Brexit, although we did vote leave. If Labour had a decent leader I wouldn't have changed.

"Bolsover hasn't had much money spent on it. I never see Dennis Skinner around."

He described the Labour party as "crippled" by the result.
"All that red gone - all those die-hard Labour voters changed sides. It's sad."

Nicky Cann said Dennis Skinner was "a good MP"

Nicky Cann, 29, who works in a pub said he also felt a sense of sadness.

"I'm gutted," he said. "Not about Labour losing but about Dennis Skinner. He was a good MP.

"I knew the Conservatives would win but didn't think it'd be here."

Rosalie Welton, 75, a retired hospital worker, said she voted for the independent candidate.

"Corbyn has smashed Labour," she said. "I've voted for them for 50 years but they're nothing like what I used to vote for now.

"I felt like a traitor, I really did. But I was not going to vote for him - he wanted another referendum when we've already had one."


Karen Hepworth says the area has been neglected

Karen Hepworth, 62, who runs a crafts stall in Bolsover, would not say how she had voted but blamed Jeremy Corbyn for the result.

"Everyone says the same thing: they don't like him and they're fed up with Brexit.
"We have absolutely nothing - it's disgraceful.

"If we lived down south, we'd not have this problem but they don't spend money here."


The perception that the constituency had been neglected - particularly in the town of Shirebrook, the home of Mike Ashley's Sports Direct headquarters - rang true with many voters.

Troy Kissane, a plumber from Shirebrook, would not reveal how he voted but said Mr Skinner had, "had his time".

"He's way too old," he said. "This area has been solid Labour for years and years but that's all changed round since the Brexit vote.

"Shirebrook has had a huge amount of immigration to deal with and it's had a massive effect on things like doctors' surgeries.

Darth Walrus posted:

Now, J. M. Barrie? Definitely a paedo. The Peter Pan books start from a dodgy enough premise and just get more and more .

Darth Walrus posted:

looking like a paedo was better than definitely being a serial adulterer.

Private Speech posted:

Let's read some local Bolsover comments cherry-picked by the BBC:

quote:

But I was not going to vote for him - he wanted another referendum when we've already had one.

Private Speech posted:

I especially love Mrs. Hepworth voting out Skinner because the Tories don't spend any money up there.

Darth Walrus posted:

Now, J. M. Barrie? Definitely a paedo. The Peter Pan books start from a dodgy enough premise and just get more and more .

Ms Adequate posted:

Happy new year you filthy sluts!

Guavanaut posted:

Are you in South Africa?

MeinPanzer posted:

My wife and I moved to the UK a year and a half ago and after being in a weird limbo I'll be starting a new job in Scotland in the new year that pays substantially more than I've ever made in my life. Given that we're both debt free and now aiming to live in the UK long term, I'd like to start looking at simple investing, but I'm not sure how best to start things off. Is there a UK investing or money guide anywhere? I know there was one for Canada that was really good with basic step-by-step guides.