2019 General Election

Really?

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Never before have I wanted a "None of the above" option so much. If I could afford it I would even be willing to start a party of that name if I didn't think it would win as per Brewsters Millions.
 

Mikinton

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If anyone's considering voting by proxy, I was quite impressed by how my daughter's request was dealt with this morning by the BC.

Despite the application being just the printout from a PDF that she'd emailed me overnight, they accepted it in that form and said they'd progress it. I'll let you know when they contact me as her proxy. Applications need to be in before 6 working days before the election, so plenty of time.
 

Mikinton

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How the YouGov MRP poll sees Stafford. (Percentage vote along the X axis.)

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https://yougov.co.uk/uk-general-election-2019/
 
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Withnail

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I mean, I see a lot in Theodora Clarke that makes me not want to vote for her, but is it really fair to hold her accountable for who her aunt decided to marry?
Well for starters i don't think i even remotely suggested it would be 'fair'.

I suggested it might be funny to hound her about it exactly because she wouldn't like it, which sounds to me almost like the exact opposite of 'fair'.

What do you think over-privileged world-on-a-plate horse-people like Theo think is 'fair'?

Safe seats in the Shires?
 

Withnail

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How the YouGov MRP poll sees Stafford. (Percentage vote along the X axis.)

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https://yougov.co.uk/uk-general-election-2019/
So what this rather suggests is that even if the Conservative candidate achieved the absolute arse-end of their expected vote share, and the Labour candidate achieved the top-banana of theirs, only the combined top end predictions of both yellow and green added to the Labour vote would run them close?

We have our candidate to deny the Tories a majority. War is Over - if you want it.

Still won't happen - see what i did there?
 

Withnail

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That shouldn't stop you from at least trying to run them close, what?

The very last thing this country needs is a workable Conservative majority in the House.

Get Brexit Done is just an expanded TLA - and like Take Back Control is equally meaningless.

If you genuinely think that Brexit will be 'got done' in anything other than the (at least) TEN YEARS that it will take to actually 'do' then i don't know what i could possibly say to you that hasn't been said to you by anybody else with more credibility than i have to convince you that it really is going to go on and on and on, dude, it's forever.

The only way to make it stop is to stop doing it.

The only way to stop doing it is to stop Johnson from doing it.
 

Withnail

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Never before have I wanted a "None of the above" option so much. If I could afford it I would even be willing to start a party of that name if I didn't think it would win as per Brewsters Millions.
In the grand scheme of things, a vote for Labour in this seat would essentially be a 'none of the above' vote.

The key must be to deny a majority to any of them.

Then we must talk to each other and rebuild.
 

Mikinton

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Get Brexit Done is just an expanded TLA - and like Take Back Control is equally meaningless.

If you genuinely think that Brexit will be 'got done' in anything other than the (at least) TEN YEARS that it will take to actually 'do' then i don't know what i could possibly say to you that hasn't been said to you by anybody else with more credibility than i have to convince you that it really is going to go on and on and on, dude, it's forever.
Good stuff. It'll take at least 10 years for the Brexit dust to settle, so anyone that thinks (does anyone?) that the UK leaving is the end of the matter is going to be disappointed.

Regarding "taking back control" (TBC) and "getting Brexit done" (GBD), it depends on how you define these TLAs. I've always thought of Brexit as being a bit like being in your 20s and leaving the family home to set up your own for the first time. Sure, it'll be a bit shit for the first few years, and it'll be more expensive, but at least you'll be able to crash out on the sofa surrounded by half-empty beer cans and takeaway trays without your mam nagging you the next morning.

GBD - It's like you've packed the car with your clothes, TV, hi-fi and your CD and DVD collection and you're all ready to go, but your mam's still trying to persuade you that you shouldn't. In the meantime, your dad's given up on persuading you to stay (he didn't try very hard anyway) and is planning to turn your old room into a man-cave. You'll have GBD'ed when you finally set off and wave your folks goodbye .... and your monthly cheque no longer goes into the family bank account. GBD will have been achieved at this point rather than 10 years later when your pad's fully furnished and redecorated.

TBC - You'll have some measure of control for sure - you can spend the money you would have given your mum on food that you like rather than on stuff that the family likes - but, true, you'll still not be able to play your hi-fi quite as loud as you like, and when you eventually get around to redecorating, you'll have to settle for B&Q own brand rather than the nice Farrow & Ball stuff that your folks use.

Me? I left home when I was 24.
 
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BobClay

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I didn't leave home and get my own place until I was in my mid-thirties. Although I didn't live at home much, either being a student in Edinburgh or being at sea. I don't know that I follow that simile with regards to Brexit but I do remember coming home after a 13 month trip and all through my leave my Mum and Dad kept asking me who I was !! (They were both born piss-takers.)
It's always nice to have a home to go to in reserve, especially as these days we are living in an ever increasing world of hostility.
 
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Gramaisc

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I didn't leave home and get my own place until I was in my mid-thirties. Although I didn't live at home much, either being a student in Edinburgh or being at sea. I don't know that I follow that simile with regards to Brexit but I do remember coming home after a 13 month trip and all through my leave my Mud and Dad kept asking me who I was !! (They were both born piss-takers.)
It's always nice to have a home to go to in reserve, especially as these days we are living in an ever increasing world of hostility.
I lived in digs for a few months when I was sixteen, to avoid moving schools during O-Levels.

I moved here and lived in digs when I was eighteen.

I got a sort of flat when I was twenty two.

And this house at twenty four. Bang on time for the 15% base lending rate...
 

Mikinton

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And they're off .... I've just had a Conservative party A4-size leaflet shoved through the letterbox.
And I've had a few more today.

Firstly a Labour leaflet presumably pushed through the letterbox by one of Jeremy's little elves. And now the postman's delivered some more, all personally addressed - Labour leaflets for me and my daughter and a Tory one for my better half (what do they know?!??).

Still no sign of anything from the also-rans.
 
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BobClay

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I noticed the piranhas in my doorstep trapdoor tank were all looking pleased with themselves this morning so I might have had a campaigner visit … (although I've noticed the postie hasn't been around lately … :eek: ) :heyhey:
 
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