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Do you want to discuss boring politics? (21 Viewers)

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skybluetony176

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  • Jul 10, 2022
  • #17,431
Nick said:
Has to be one of those strange Russian accounts
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I read somewhere that some analysts has been done on who’s signing it and apparently twice as many people have signed it in the US than in the UK.
 
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Grendel

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  • Jul 10, 2022
  • #17,432
Otis said:
You would think that it would be the exact right time for the Lib Dems to make a real challenge wouldn't you. The Tories in disarray, the Labour party with what many consider a weak leader in charge and them still reeling from the Corbyn years.

You would have thought this would be the perfect opportunity. I don't even know what they stand for right now though.
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Not a chance a Jeremy hunt type leader would regain the seats back

They have no real beliefs or principals

The new leader will focus on ending this unofficial Lib Lab nonsense and target a two horse race
 

Otis

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  • Jul 10, 2022
  • #17,433
Grendel said:
Not a chance a Jeremy hunt type leader would regain the seats back

They have no real beliefs or principals

The new leader will focus on ending this unofficial Lib Lab nonsense and target a two horse race
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I know. I just saying this SHOULD be the perfect opportunity for them. They just don't seem to represent much at all though to my mind.
 

Grendel

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  • Jul 10, 2022
  • #17,434
Otis said:
I know. I just saying this SHOULD be the perfect opportunity for them. They just don't seem to represent much at all though to my mind.
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A new leader will get some bounce back against Labour and Lib Dem’s - lib dems are a despicable bunch always have been
 
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SBT

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  • Jul 10, 2022
  • #17,435
Grendel said:
A new leader will get some bounce back against Labour and Lib Dem’s - lib dems are a despicable bunch always have been
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Which candidate do you like best?
 

skybluetony176

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  • Jul 10, 2022
  • #17,436
I see another recorded telephone call involving Boris has come out. This time involving the latest sexual favours for a job story. What is it about Boris and people feeling the need to record telephone conversations with him?

 
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Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Jul 10, 2022
  • #17,437
Deleted member 5849 said:
b is an option already
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You can spoil your ballot, but there's no distinction made as to whether it's a protest or just not done correctly.

'None of the above' is a clear protest vote.
 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Jul 10, 2022
  • #17,438
SBT said:
Which candidate do you like best?
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PVA

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  • Jul 10, 2022
  • #17,439
It's an old list but has resurfaced again recently.

Perfectly normal behaviour in a perfectly normal workplace

Fucking ridiculous


 

clint van damme

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  • Jul 10, 2022
  • #17,440
Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
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That gif never fails to raise a smile. Would love to know what caught Jacketts attention.
 
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Deleted member 9744

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  • Jul 10, 2022
  • #17,441
SBT said:
Which candidate do you like best?
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And do you think Johnson was a good Prime Minister?
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Jul 10, 2022
  • #17,442
Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
You can spoil your ballot, but there's no distinction made as to whether it's a protest or just not done correctly.

'None of the above' is a clear protest vote.
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Write None of the Above on it then
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • Jul 10, 2022
  • #17,443
Deleted member 5849 said:
Write None of the Above on it then
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I’d be fearful in johnson’s seat putting wanker as it is most likely to be added to his total
 

shmmeee

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  • Jul 10, 2022
  • #17,444
Deleted member 5849 said:
Write None of the Above on it then
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That doesn’t really work because there’s loads of reasons to spoil your ballot intentionally or not.

I’m not sure what a NOTA option would do though? Perhaps draw out more disillusioned non-voters, but if there’s nothing for them from Monster Raving Looney Party to Conservative then you’ve got to question what the point of repeatedly rerunning an election based on their opinion is.

I’d also worry is deters compromise and ultimately you end up with everyone wanting their own bespoke party and what’s the point then?

I’d worry the electorate would become like my girlfriend when we go out to eat: “What do you fancy?” “Anything” “Labour? No not that. Anything.” “Tory? Urgh God no. Anything else” “Lib Dem…”
 

skybluetony176

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  • Jul 10, 2022
  • #17,445
There’s only one way to spoil your ballot paper. Draw a spunking cock on it.
 
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Ian1779

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  • Jul 10, 2022
  • #17,446
skybluetony176 said:
There’s only one way to spoil your ballot paper. Draw a spunking cock on it.
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9 times out of 10 the counter would assign that to the Tory candidate.
 
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Philosoraptor

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  • Jul 10, 2022
  • #17,447

Election 2015: MP thanks voter for penis ballot paper mark

A Welsh voter draws a penis on their ballot slip - and the vote still counts because it was all inside the box.
www.bbc.co.uk
 

shmmeee

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  • Jul 10, 2022
  • #17,448
She doesn’t stand a chance but having looked through a few I think Mordant is a lefties best shot, unless you are pursuing an accelerationist strategy.
 

skybluetony176

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  • Jul 10, 2022
  • #17,449
If you want to know what this Tory party is really about watch a documentary on Netflix called The Spiders Web:Britains Second Empire.
 

Grendel

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  • Jul 10, 2022
  • #17,450
clint van damme said:
That gif never fails to raise a smile. Would love to know what caught Jacketts attention.
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He was probably interviewed after a game against us and thought he saw Tony at a ccfc game - I think we’d all have that same look
 

Grendel

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  • Jul 10, 2022
  • #17,451
Deleted member 9744 said:
And do you think Johnson was a good Prime Minister?
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I know you love a bit of binary yes and no but sorry it’s not that straightforward
 

Grendel

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  • Jul 10, 2022
  • #17,452
SBT said:
Which candidate do you like best?
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I can’t say I like any of them but that’s the wrong question.
 

Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Jul 10, 2022
  • #17,453
PVA said:
It's an old list but has resurfaced again recently.

Perfectly normal behaviour in a perfectly normal workplace

Fucking ridiculous


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The number of times 'inappropriate with' is included is a disgrace.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Jul 10, 2022
  • #17,454
Grendel said:
A new leader will get some bounce back against Labour and Lib Dem’s - lib dems are a despicable bunch always have been
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They will but only the clown has the pull factor needed to con former mining communities into voting Tory a second time.
 
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Grendel

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  • Jul 10, 2022
  • #17,455
Brighton Sky Blue said:
They will but only the clown has the pull factor needed to con former mining communities into voting Tory a second time.
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The funny thing is you say Starmer is a sneerer but you are an identikit version of him. Selected school snob who thinks the working class don’t know what’s good for them
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Jul 10, 2022
  • #17,456
Grendel said:
The funny thing is you say Starmer is a sneerer but you are an identikit version of him. Selected school snob who thinks the working class don’t know what’s good for them
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On the contrary-big lies were told to get people's votes in areas that up to that point the Conservatives didn't bat an eyelid over. Johnson himself said after the election 'now we've actually got to pay attention to the North'. There isn't a better snake oil salesman than him in the party.
 

skybluetony176

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  • Jul 10, 2022
  • #17,457
Brighton Sky Blue said:
On the contrary-big lies were told to get people's votes in areas that up to that point the Conservatives didn't bat an eyelid over. Johnson himself said after the election 'now we've actually got to pay attention to the North'. There isn't a better snake oil salesman than him in the party.
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The bigger the lie the bigger the liar required to sell it. Enter the Boris.
 

stay_up_skyblues

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  • Jul 10, 2022
  • #17,458
Sick Boy said:
The number of times 'inappropriate with' is included is a disgrace.
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Maybe I have worked in a boring industry all my adult life, or perhaps I’m just sheltered from it. But other than the occasional bit of extra martial slap and tickle between probably 2% of the staff I’ve worked alongside every workplace has been pretty vanilla. Whereas in politics it almost seems a pre-requisite than a minimum proportion have to be sex crazed or deviants. Do they have some sort of sex pest Rooney Rule when screening for MPs?
 

skybluetony176

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  • Jul 10, 2022
  • #17,459
stay_up_skyblues said:
Maybe I have worked in a boring industry all my adult life, or perhaps I’m just sheltered from it. But other than the occasional bit of extra martial slap and tickle between probably 2% of the staff I’ve worked alongside every workplace has been pretty vanilla. Whereas in politics it almost seems a pre-requisite than a minimum proportion have to be sex crazed or deviants. Do they have some sort of sex pest Rooney Rule when screening for MPs?
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Same here. My working life stretches over 30 years. I’ve only worked for a handful of companies but have worked with 100’s of people and only witnessed one case of someone being dismissed for inappropriate behaviour or even been accused of such behaviour.
 
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skybluetony176

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  • Jul 10, 2022
  • #17,460
Suddenly remembering what Hunt rhymes with

 
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Deleted member 9744

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  • Jul 10, 2022
  • #17,461
Grendel said:
I know you love a bit of binary yes and no but sorry it’s not that straightforward
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Ironically on most things I really don't and find your views ridiculously binery and simplistic. But on Johnson and Trump there are no shades of grey for me. They were both disastrous but it's interesting you don't feel so.
 
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PVA

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  • Jul 10, 2022
  • #17,462
stay_up_skyblues said:
Maybe I have worked in a boring industry all my adult life, or perhaps I’m just sheltered from it. But other than the occasional bit of extra martial slap and tickle between probably 2% of the staff I’ve worked alongside every workplace has been pretty vanilla. Whereas in politics it almost seems a pre-requisite than a minimum proportion have to be sex crazed or deviants. Do they have some sort of sex pest Rooney Rule when screening for MPs?
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If a company or organisation had such a high, and it's seemingly really high, number of sex pests in the ranks it'd be a fully blown scandal, police investigations, their reputation tarnished forever.

Yet in politics, and seemingly the Tory party in particular, it's seen as perfectly normal and actually quite useful as blackmail material.
 
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Otis

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  • Jul 10, 2022
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Deleted member 9744 said:
Ironically on most things I really don't and find your views ridiculously binery and simplistic. But on Johnson and Trump there are no shades of grey for me. They were both disastrous but it's interesting you don't feel so.
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I think both have been an unmitigated disaster. Both liars and cheats and only in it for themselves.

I think both have set both countries back a few years.

Without Trump I honestly don't think we would have the Roe vs Wade issue right now.

And Johnson has just created so much distrust amongst politicians and the public alike
 
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Deleted member 9744

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  • Jul 10, 2022
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Otis said:
I think both have been an unmitigated disaster. Both liars and cheats and only in it for themselves.

I think both have set both countries back a few years.

Without Trump I honestly don't think we would have the Roe vs Wade issue right now.

And Johnson has just created so much distrust amongst politicians and the public alike
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Without Trump the abortion issue wouldn't have happened for sure. He left the US that little present. Neither Trump nor Johnson achieved anything of value and they have caused immense suffering, and harm to democracy.
 
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Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Jul 10, 2022
  • #17,465
Deleted member 5849 said:
Write None of the Above on it then
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But still won't be differentiated from incorrectly filled out forms and thus recorded as a protest vote.

It has to specifically be an option on the ballet for it to be recorded and thus prove a level of dissatisfaction with politics.
 
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