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UK General Election - 8th June 2017 |OT| - The Red Wedding
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Spaced Harrier
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Well I Cant actually get this money out of the account anyway, so fuck it.
WhateverItTakes
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A friend of mine was saying yesterday that there should be a system where people who are hurt by their own doing have to pay for their own care. I politely pointed out a system that benefits from classifying injuries as self inflicted would end up being predisposed to put everything it can as such.
There's been a bloody good job done of making us hate eachother for using our health service, rather than the government who can't run the goddamn thing.
Audioboxer
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There was a proper old punch up between the cameramen outside of Tim Farron's polling station. It's on the BBC if you fancy a laugh
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/election-2017-40171454
All that attention for Tim Farron? Rigged.
GameRamble
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Did my part and put in a vote for Labour here in Bristol South, but feels like an empty gesture as this is a relatively safe red seat and all the polls are looking like a depressingly strong choke hold by the Tories in the rural areas.
Still though, free IPA from brewdog. Every cloud and all that.
Still though, free IPA from brewdog. Every cloud and all that.
Pyroclastic
Banned
Saw this post on another forum
it's a fairly left wing place so there the off chance it could be a wind up, but fear this is going to the mindset of millions of people today. FUCK'S SAKE
it's a fairly left wing place so there the off chance it could be a wind up, but fear this is going to the mindset of millions of people today. FUCK'S SAKE
"So you have lung cancer from a lifetime of smoking? Tough shit, that's your own doing. Cough up the tens of thousands it'll cost you in expensive chemotherapy and radiotherapy bozo!"
Yeah, I can see that going down well with so many people.
Edit:
Wow!
JonnyDBrit
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...that was actually really frustrating to read.
ferrasvansen
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In the end too many people voted solely on Brexit meant Labour did not really have a chance. Next election there will be a price to pay for brexit will be a very different election, roll on 2020-22.
Audioboxer
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lol, speaking about burning The Sun/DM, one of the blokes who went viral this morning now has "Poundland Hopkins" going after him
https://twitter.com/JuliaHB1/status/872765442070376448
I got that "Poundland Hopkins" from GAF. Seems appropriate for Julia.
Apparently, Liverpool liked the burning of The Sun!
https://twitter.com/NivenJ1/status/872765383056510976
But, Twitter, it's nothing but trash. False equivalencies to Germany/Hitler, "book burning" when it's newspapers and of course, wasting your own money on multiple copies of the rags just to get internet cred.
https://twitter.com/JuliaHB1/status/872765442070376448
I got that "Poundland Hopkins" from GAF. Seems appropriate for Julia.
Apparently, Liverpool liked the burning of The Sun!
https://twitter.com/NivenJ1/status/872765383056510976
But, Twitter, it's nothing but trash. False equivalencies to Germany/Hitler, "book burning" when it's newspapers and of course, wasting your own money on multiple copies of the rags just to get internet cred.
Theonik
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Basically went from a huge smile in my face to grumpy old man in one post.
JonathanEx
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Ah yes let's all spend the afternoon debating the merits of buying up/burning newspapers we don't like and the censorship arguments
Because what a handful of people do is totally worth taking up all our time, thanks bored political Twitter. Poundshop Hopkins gonna Poundshop Hopkins
Because what a handful of people do is totally worth taking up all our time, thanks bored political Twitter. Poundshop Hopkins gonna Poundshop Hopkins
Psychotext
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Have you seen the difference in donations? It was something like 5x higher for the conservatives on the last figures I saw.
Corporations and the rich know what they want, and what they want is a Tory government.
Audioboxer
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It's okay after the small detour I'll bring it back around to #dogsatpollingstations
Taking donations from the rich is clearly more effective than taking donations from the poor.
Wonder if that holds for taxes?
Bony Manifesto
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I don't know. I think the lack of impact of UKIP and the Lib Dems - parties that bet practically everything on the issue - shows that Brexit wasn't really much of a factor in this election. Which is weird and counter-intuitive considering it was supposed to be the sole reason why Theresa May called this election, but there you go.
WhateverItTakes
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Strong shoving and Stable camera work. Dude's a blue through and through.
Stead Fast
Banned
fffffffffffffffffffffffffffuuuuuu
Thornton Reed
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A good buddy of mine has done the exact same thing. My friend thinks the Labour manifesto is really admirable but he doesn't think it's realistic so he's voting Tory.
WhateverItTakes
Banned
1 hour for each year of future tory rule. Trust me man you'll need it!
Chasm Skulker
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Will be voting after work. Conservative and Labour
proxy vote for family abroad
Thornton Reed
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Yeah, it's frustrating when you can actually see the numbers.
he even described the tory manifesto as fluffy
Good job he's in a really safe labour seat
Yeah, but I got 30 beers coming with my groceries later tonight!
EDIT: Fuck it, I'll go when they need to sort the radiator in my PC room and take my Switch.
Will be voting after work. Conservative and Labour
proxy vote for family abroad
Just vote twice for Lib Dems to give balance
oh god please someone vote for the lib dems
Zvonimir Boban
Banned
Just cast my vote, pretty safe seat for Labour so I briefly considered voting Lib Dem to make Huw happy but couldn't do it in the end.
Now I'm going to go to bed for the rest of the day and will see you all this evening as we watch our country take the next step of its journey down the shitter.
Now I'm going to go to bed for the rest of the day and will see you all this evening as we watch our country take the next step of its journey down the shitter.
JonnyDBrit
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To be honest, I think the unfortunate effect of a Brexit based vote is that it's actually more likely to encourage tactical voting around the big two.
That is to say, if you're really, really for a hard Brexit and want it done without any sort of compromise, then one is likely to vote Conservative. Meanwhile if you accept the inevitability of Brexit, but feel the current government will use it as an excuse to pass all sorts of other, unsavoury stuff, then your lot is likely to be with Labour so as to keep them out. Other considerations are possible, but are unlikely to garner results that can actually, practically redirect the way in which Brexit talks and other associated policies will go.
I mean, that's part of why I'm voting Labour despite registering as an LD party member this year - I want to mitigate Brexit somehow, and unfortunately the local LD option simply will not be able to achieve the swing necessary.
Audioboxer
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#harshbanter #howtoloseyourfriendsandfamily
I'm away to work shortly but I'll be back for the sadness, memes and despair later tonight.
Some hope from our #1 independence biased paper ~ http://www.thenational.scot/news/15...rvatives_win_today___s_election/?ref=mrb&lp=2 We'll see how that supposedly translates when Scotland opts to swing to the Tories in some regions tonight!
Voted this morning in a safe Labour seat, went for Lib Dems as I don't want them to be wiped out in this election and I support their Brexit stance more than Labour.
My mates are voting Labour and Lib Dems too, managed to convince one guy to go out and vote so he's planning to vote C
Party :lol
My mates are voting Labour and Lib Dems too, managed to convince one guy to go out and vote so he's planning to vote C
ommunist
So he's voting Labour then?
I suggested Greens but since Communists aren't standing in St Helens North I'm not sure what he'll vote for.
War Peaceman
You're a big guy.
cartoon_soldier
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Any turnout estimates?
UtterlyPerplexed
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One and done.
Just cast a vote for Lucy Powell here in Manchester Central. Now to stock up on the beverages for this evening.
Just cast a vote for Lucy Powell here in Manchester Central. Now to stock up on the beverages for this evening.
Nice. Same Constituency
I did a postal vote despite living in the city centre and the polling station being a five minute walk from me
.Used to live in Erewash, old habits die hard.
I don't think anyone is allowed to report anything until 10pm.
Ah, so that's why the party have been badgering me for days to go doorstepping in Nottingham South!
(If I weren't working, I would have done)
SlipperyFishes
Banned
Tactical vote for the LDs delivered.
King Gilga
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Fair nuff on the funds, still with an area this close you'd think labour would put in more effort.
50/50ish, labour barely (0.9% over) last election, predictions where with tories winning in this one, but that was before all the tory clusterfuck stuff.
50/50ish, labour barely (0.9% over) last election, predictions where with tories winning in this one, but that was before all the tory clusterfuck stuff.
JonnyDBrit
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...so it just hit me there were only four options on the ballot paper in my constituency this year. UKIP chose not to field a candidate.
Makes me feel unfortunately certain it'll be a Tory hold then. Because that's a little under 5k votes, while the previous gap between first and second was 6.5k. That is to say, those voters could nullify almost any swing from Tory to Labour.
Makes me feel unfortunately certain it'll be a Tory hold then. Because that's a little under 5k votes, while the previous gap between first and second was 6.5k. That is to say, those voters could nullify almost any swing from Tory to Labour.
WorldofMiku
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I want to vote for Lib Dems, but they never came close in Harrow East and I feel voting for them is a wasted vote.
I want the Tories kicked out so bad, I'm in a dilemma on voting for Labour or stick to my guns and vote Lib Dems.
I want the Tories kicked out so bad, I'm in a dilemma on voting for Labour or stick to my guns and vote Lib Dems.
Dirtyshubb
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The most important thing to do is get the Tories out so vote for whoever has the best chance of doing that.
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