N7Commander95
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Holy Shit that interview is damming
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UK General Election - 8th June 2017 |OT| - The Red Wedding
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PJV3
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Imagine someone trying to oust her and claim a mandate to negotiate with the EU, you're right, outside of a hung parliament she's staying where she is.
SlipperyFishes
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I'm glad they're pushing the Saudi question
Props to Morgan. Wasn't taking any non answers. I hate it when politicians dodge reality.. She can say they're all about powers powers powers (I find that a bit worrying personally) but when he's clearly pursuing an acknowledgement of something we all know, there are fewer armed officers and fewer officers generally, she would do better to end the line of questioning by admitting it and moving on to whatever positive message for future policy she has. But she doesn't have one. Not one.
Likewise happy to see funding of wahabbi extremism brought up. People are starting to understand more about that particular sect.
Likewise happy to see funding of wahabbi extremism brought up. People are starting to understand more about that particular sect.
QuicheFontaine
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Hey I'm probably going to be a bit miserable too. Compare my prediction in the early part of this thread with the results on Friday. This election was all about crushing saboteurs, and on the polling numbers we've got it looks like they're going to remain thoroughly uncrushed.
I remember getting my first five o'clock shadow pretty much spontaneously on the morning of the 2010 election results.
QuicheFontaine
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Whoa whoa whoa, that money won't have been "wasted". I believe I've previously mentioned the Quite Excellent Garden Furniture we bought with poll-clerking money from the Metro Mayor elections. The GE will probably pay for a barbecue
I'm amazed my prediction is going to end up being kinda close to the actual results. My prediction is going to be like 20-30 seats to high in the end.
StWilson85
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Never thought I'd see the day that I truly enjoyed listening to Piers Morgan. If it wasn't so terrifying, the deflections about Wahhabism and police cuts and pushing on the evils of the internet would be hilarious.
jmvmadeira
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Was it not funny hearing her deflect the blame on Corbin and the tories and not giving a straight answer to any question?
I was watching a program last night on channel 4 (comedy political satire, can't remember the name of the show) and someone said that the "strong and stable" mantra means we are now being governed by a garden bench. Quite and apt analogy i thought
Considering where we were when the election was called, I'm taking a net loss for the Tories (as long as it's not to UKIP) as a win, so I'll be kinda happy at that point.
Just heard that interview. Piers Morgan is a cunt plain and simple, but he did a brilliant job of actually having salient facts to hand and giving the culture secretary an absolute grilling. Fair play, I still can't stand the guy but that really was excellent journalism.
Whoa whoa whoa, that money won't have been "wasted". I believe I've previously mentioned the Quite Excellent Garden Furniture we bought with poll-clerking money from the Metro Mayor elections. The GE will probably pay for a barbecue
Hypothetically speaking, how does one go about becoming a poll clerk?
Linkstrikesback
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Got a letter from the conservatives candidate for my area begging people to vote lib dem so that labour don't win the Sheffield Hallam seat.
That's... Interesting
That's... Interesting
QuicheFontaine
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Just fill in an application form and send it to your local council. Vacancies willl obviously vary from place to place but generally I think most councils are crying out for more people. If there are no poll clerk places you can also get work on the count. You also get paid for training (no idea what this entails since it looks like you just sit around all day).
Too late now to get in on this GE, but whack your name down and they'll probably contact you about the inevitable second GE later this year.
Whoa whoa whoa, that money won't have been "wasted". I believe I've previously mentioned the Quite Excellent Garden Furniture we bought with poll-clerking money from the Metro Mayor elections. The GE will probably pay for a barbecue
Fair play to you I don't think I could do that job, the urge to question the voting intentions of everyone coming in would drive me mad. I saw an old lady dig through a pile of papers to find a copy of the Daily Mail the other day and it took everything I had not to tut very loudly.
(No problem with people being on the right politically but don't read that bollocks)
PowderedToast
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the enemy of my enemy is my friend? even if he has entirely different goals and is a complete bellend? perhaps
Wow. I hope you vote Labour now just for that haha.
Don Draper's Hat
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Holy fuck at Bradley's last words in that interview.
THAT JEREMY GUY WON'T EVEN SHOOT TO KILL OR PUSH A BUTTON TO BOMB US ALL TO HELL THE BIG FUCKING JESSIE!
How do people not see through this shit?
THAT JEREMY GUY WON'T EVEN SHOOT TO KILL OR PUSH A BUTTON TO BOMB US ALL TO HELL THE BIG FUCKING JESSIE!
How do people not see through this shit?
That's Clegg's seat. He's not losing that.
Ravensmash
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Piers got a lot of respect from me when he did the gun control stuff on CNN every single night.
He's not what I'd call a nice chap, but when he has a point I agree on he pushes it well.
QuicheFontaine
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I've never done it, this is the missus. Both my parents do it too.
Yougov seem to think it's leaning towards Labour. Seems a possibility anyway.
You would have thought that if Cleggy didn't lose it in 2015, he would be bullet proof. Unless Labours MP there/Corbyn is actually making big in-roads.
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Fernando Fernandez
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The Conservatives' lead over Labour has been cut to a single point, according to one new opinion poll, amid a range of different predictions by pollsters five days ahead of the General Election.
Survation for The Mail on Sunday put the two main parties virtually neck and neck, with the Tories on 40 per cent and Labour on 39 per cent.
With less than a week to polling day, the poll shows a six point fall in support for the Tories since their last poll two weeks ago, while Labour are up five points
The Liberal Democrats are unchanged on eight per cent, while Ukip are up one on five per cent, according to the poll.
But the findings contrast sharply with a ComRes poll the same day, which suggest the Conservatives still have a healthy 12 point advantage over Labour.
ComRes has the Tories up one on 47 per cent and Labour also up one on 35 per cent, with the Lib Dems on eight per cent and Ukip on four per cent both unchanged from last week.
Opinium for The Observer also has the Tories ahead, but with the gap between the two main parties narrowing to just six points, putting the Conservatives on 43 per cent - down two points on a week ago - while Labour is up two on 37 per cent.
Both Opinium and ComRes suggest a fall in Theresa May's personal approval rating. Opinium has it down from plus 11 per cent last week to plus six per cent, while Jeremy Corbyn's has held relatively steady on minus 12 per cent.
ComRes has Ms May's personal rating turn negative for the first time since becoming Prime Minister last year at minus three per cent a 12 point drop since they last tested it in February.
In contrast, Mr Corbyn's rating has risen by 18 points although he continues to lag well behind the Prime Minister on minus 15 per cent.
The latest YouGov prediction model meanwhile shows the Tories winning 308 seats and Labour 261, putting them on track to fall 18 seats short of a majority.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...lead-one-point-general-election-a7771526.html
100% coming to be ComRes that's right </3
Survation for The Mail on Sunday put the two main parties virtually neck and neck, with the Tories on 40 per cent and Labour on 39 per cent.
With less than a week to polling day, the poll shows a six point fall in support for the Tories since their last poll two weeks ago, while Labour are up five points
The Liberal Democrats are unchanged on eight per cent, while Ukip are up one on five per cent, according to the poll.
But the findings contrast sharply with a ComRes poll the same day, which suggest the Conservatives still have a healthy 12 point advantage over Labour.
ComRes has the Tories up one on 47 per cent and Labour also up one on 35 per cent, with the Lib Dems on eight per cent and Ukip on four per cent both unchanged from last week.
Opinium for The Observer also has the Tories ahead, but with the gap between the two main parties narrowing to just six points, putting the Conservatives on 43 per cent - down two points on a week ago - while Labour is up two on 37 per cent.
Both Opinium and ComRes suggest a fall in Theresa May's personal approval rating. Opinium has it down from plus 11 per cent last week to plus six per cent, while Jeremy Corbyn's has held relatively steady on minus 12 per cent.
ComRes has Ms May's personal rating turn negative for the first time since becoming Prime Minister last year at minus three per cent a 12 point drop since they last tested it in February.
In contrast, Mr Corbyn's rating has risen by 18 points although he continues to lag well behind the Prime Minister on minus 15 per cent.
The latest YouGov prediction model meanwhile shows the Tories winning 308 seats and Labour 261, putting them on track to fall 18 seats short of a majority.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...lead-one-point-general-election-a7771526.html
100% coming to be ComRes that's right </3
N7Commander95
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I mean, it's going to probably be slap bang in the middle of comres and you gov isn't it?
A reminder that a) where a party gets its votes is just as important, if not more, than how many it gets and b) Labour were ahead in several polls going into the last general election (i.e. the one in which the Tories got an outright majority).
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Cheers, ears.
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Cheers, ears.
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KormaChameleon
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Because people think that terrorism can be stopped by offering them a cup of tea and a great big hug. Corybn is a terrorist enabler. Been proven he was a pro IRA supporter. Plenty of pictures and evidence on the internet.
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May literally sold weapons to the Saudis.
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SlipperyFishes
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Oh bullshit. Fuck right off with that terrorist enabler nonsense because May literally sold weapons to those who enabled these recent attacks.
Yeah anyone getting excited just a reminder this is from the fivethirtyeight article:
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/are-the-u-k-polls-skewed/
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/are-the-u-k-polls-skewed/
Little Old Man
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Because the Tory leadership are a shambles and can't bear to face the media.
KormaChameleon
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With the claim "to keep people on the streets of Britain safe" which I very much doubt as of now. I don't like either party/leader but I feel like a tactical vote for Tory inbound in order to keep the Brexit deal at bay (Since that what the snap GE is pretty much all about) and since Diane Abbott has proven to us she's got a PHD in maths, Don't really trust her with on negotiating a "deal" on a bill to leave.
Yeah anyone getting excited just a reminder this is from the fivethirtyeight article:
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/are-the-u-k-polls-skewed/
Aren't they supposed to be accounting for shy Tories now though? And now shy Corbyn voters and (potentially) a somewhat increased youth turnout could be a thing.
Electoral calculus the last time I checked also showed labour winning Clegg's seat. They also showed Zac Goldsmith winning back his seat from the lib dems with like 60% of the vote.
I don't think the point is that Clegg will lose it, but just that they want to split the liberal electorate's vote. It's the Conservative Party's version of tactical voting. "We know some of you don't want to vote for us, but we also know that some of you don't want to see Corbyn in power. Vote with your conscience, and vote LibDem."
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Yeah anyone getting excited just a reminder this is from the fivethirtyeight article:
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/are-the-u-k-polls-skewed/
Secret Tories.
People tend to forget, but IRA stopped terrorist activities after UK government talked with them...
Despite multiple violence, people persevered toward peaceful resolution, not retaliation, ending with Good Friday Agreement
SuperEpicMan
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I might be delusional, but I think Corbyn might actually win this. When the election was originally called I thought we might be surprised at how well Corbyn does once he gets out there and starts campaigning, but I figured the Tories would still win overall. Now however, I am beginning to notice various factors which could contribute to a Corbyn win.
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