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The General Election - June 8th 2017

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  • edited June 2017

    bobmunro said:

    @newyorkaddick what is you modelling saying? Correct me if I'm wrong but not seen much in the way of predictions from you the last few days. Fancy sticking your neck out?

    My final prediction is/was:

    CON 380 (45%)
    LAB 197 (35%)
    LIB 3 (8%)
    GREEN 1 (2%)
    SNP 47 (4%)
    UKIP 0 (3%)
    PC 3 (1%)
    N.I. 18
    OTHER 1

    So a 110 seat Conservative majority.

    I hope you're wrong - just imagine the damage this current version of the tory party could do with the next five unfettered years in power.
    if they are so bad why are they going to beat Labour, again?

    A number of reasons, the fear campaign the tories have fought has worked, the perception of Corbyn - but certainly not because the tories are good. I'm not blindly against Conservatism, the same as I'm not blindly for Labour - but as I said, this current version of Conservatism scares me.

    For me it's a bit like Palace vs Millwall - I want both to lose but that's impossible.

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  • LenGlover said:

    I am seriously contemplating spoiling my ballot paper....

    Dont forget your wet wipes then.

  • Just voted. For the first time in my life, having voted in every single local, European and general election since 1974, I have not voted Labour. I have just voted for a party led by a religious freak! If someone said to me 10 years ago that those two things would come to pass I would have replied there is as much chance that happening as Charlton winning the Champion's league!
  • CHG said:

    bobmunro said:

    @newyorkaddick what is you modelling saying? Correct me if I'm wrong but not seen much in the way of predictions from you the last few days. Fancy sticking your neck out?

    My final prediction is/was:

    CON 380 (45%)
    LAB 197 (35%)
    LIB 3 (8%)
    GREEN 1 (2%)
    SNP 47 (4%)
    UKIP 0 (3%)
    PC 3 (1%)
    N.I. 18
    OTHER 1

    So a 110 seat Conservative majority.

    I hope you're wrong - just imagine the damage this current version of the tory party could do with the next five unfettered years in power.
    if they are so bad why are they going to beat Labour, again?

    I don't think you want to know the answer to that.
    the answer is because the only real alternative is even more unpalatable.

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  • any particular reason why there is a snapchat filter for im voting labour but no other parties?
  • edited June 2017

    any particular reason why there is a snapchat filter for im voting labour but no other parties?

    https://www.snapchat.com/on-demand

    You can submit custom filters to Snapchat for approval, over specific regions at specific times. Probably something Labour have submitted for the young people to enjoy.
  • any particular reason why there is a snapchat filter for im voting labour but no other parties?

    https://www.snapchat.com/on-demand

    You can submit custom filters to Snapchat for approval, over specific regions at specific times. Probably something Labour have submitted for the young people to enjoy.
    As I thought. Just booting up snapchat for the first time in weeks, the filter clearly says "sponsored" on it in the bottom corner. So was probably paid for by Labour.

    There's also other "I voted" ones that don't mention specific parties.
  • Just voted for labour for the first time in my life. Seems that they will come closest to challenging the Tories where I live, though it will take a lot to knock them down. Not a massive labour fan, but their campaign and manifesto has been a lot better, and I don't like what the Tories have been up to (and i recognise the work they had to do to recover from the global financial crisis)
  • Fiiish said:

    Fiiish said:

    Voting to keep the Tories out, wherever you live, is the only sane thing to do. Unless you own a newspaper, they do not represent you.

    There's some real desperation here. Laughable.
    What's laughable is the fact in the last two months no one has posted a single defensible reason to vote Tory unless you are a millionaire.

    You have also ignored all the really desperate posts calling Corbyn a disaster or similar. Take off the right wing goggles for once.
    I think some of the silent majority decided there was no point debating with hysteria.
    Yep I'm sure some of the silent majority acted en masse. Always organising, that lot.
  • edited June 2017

    If you got bored half way through those and just scrolled past, the key points:

    -she was the first black female MP.
    -she has a working class background – dad was a welder, mum was a nurse

    -she went to Cambridge to study history in the 70s
    -in 2017, the same Uni still has only 15 black students

    -she was working for the home office by age 22/23
    -by 24/25, she was race relations officer at National Councilfor Civil Liberties

    -in 2008, her speech on civil liberties won parliament speech of the year
    -she was brought into cabinet by Miliband in 2010 working to protect public health
    -in 2011, the Telegraph said she was one of Labours best frontbenchers

    And none of that is relevant now that she can't string a sentence together can't recall any real facts or figures and is likely not (either physically or mentally TBC) fit to be Home Secretary.

    I do however still believe that she can be a part of labour and help the party move forward.
  • Hard to see Labour getting more than 260-270 seats. So even if they overperform, they will be significantly smaller than the Tories.

    How long would a party like that likely be in power for before we do it all again?

    5 years - them's the rules.... Oh no, hang on a minute...
  • Fiiish said:

    Fiiish said:

    Voting to keep the Tories out, wherever you live, is the only sane thing to do. Unless you own a newspaper, they do not represent you.

    There's some real desperation here. Laughable.
    What's laughable is the fact in the last two months no one has posted a single defensible reason to vote Tory unless you are a millionaire.

    You have also ignored all the really desperate posts calling Corbyn a disaster or similar. Take off the right wing goggles for once.
    I think some of the silent majority decided there was no point debating with hysteria.
    Only one side of the debate has been hysterical.



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  • edited June 2017
    A PHD student from Cambridge? Piss off, the Sun has said Schroedinger's Corbyn is going to lead us back to the 1970's.
  • Fiiish said:

    Fiiish said:

    Voting to keep the Tories out, wherever you live, is the only sane thing to do. Unless you own a newspaper, they do not represent you.

    There's some real desperation here. Laughable.
    What's laughable is the fact in the last two months no one has posted a single defensible reason to vote Tory unless you are a millionaire.

    You have also ignored all the really desperate posts calling Corbyn a disaster or similar. Take off the right wing goggles for once.
    You won't be voting conservative then fish
  • How late are people planning to stay up tonight?

    Anyone usually watch the whole thing unfold?
  • How late are people planning to stay up tonight?

    Anyone usually watch the whole thing unfold?

    normally up until about 3am and once I know my side has won I can go to bed and sleep soundly

  • bobmunro said:

    cabbles said:

    I have had enough of you - because of your rude personal attacks on another thread - not anybody else, but you. Get over it or find me on a match day!

    Lol let's have a chat in August then
    Traditionally these sorts of disputes are ironed out in the Makro car park
    And I usually run the book.
    What odds can I get on a Muttley win?
  • How late are people planning to stay up tonight?

    Anyone usually watch the whole thing unfold?

    Leave off.....I'd rather go to the clap clinic
  • edited June 2017

    How late are people planning to stay up tonight?

    Anyone usually watch the whole thing unfold?

    Leave off.....I'd rather go to the clap clinic
    You better be quick before its closed down.... ;o)
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