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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Apr 1, 2021 8:39:07 GMT
Still heading for a majority government, according to the latest Daily Express sponsored poll: findoutnow.co.uk/blog/exclusive-poll-snp-still-headed-for-clear-victory/Like I said, I think for most people it was just a he said she said spat which had little bearing on how they intend to vote. The next poll after the formation of the Alba Party will be interesting.
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Post by partickpotter on Apr 1, 2021 10:35:11 GMT
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Post by wagsastokie on Apr 2, 2021 6:00:03 GMT
That’s the one I was on about the other day Lorna slater
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Post by partickpotter on Apr 2, 2021 16:25:36 GMT
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Apr 2, 2021 18:00:35 GMT
Not good for Salmond so far! I suspect a lot of Scottish folk think what's the point, other than Wee Eck grabbing some limelight again, and it just takes away attention from the 'real' SNP cause. Plus a lot will think he is a sex pest, despite being cleared.
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Apr 4, 2021 19:10:46 GMT
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Apr 5, 2021 12:21:16 GMT
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Post by partickpotter on Apr 16, 2021 10:45:06 GMT
The hustings for the Scottish Parliament continue apace - more than ever it’s a case of more heat being generated than light. Sturgeon continues to dominate... with a breathtaking combination of eloquence and brass neck. The new Labour and Tory leaders seem unable to make much headway. As to the sex pest’s new party, well, they seem keen on having a party...
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Post by felonious on Apr 25, 2021 18:30:09 GMT
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Apr 26, 2021 6:20:42 GMT
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Post by Clayton Wood on Apr 26, 2021 8:03:28 GMT
I see Labour have had the same 'bounce' with the Brylcreem'd slug as we do with a new manager
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Apr 26, 2021 12:05:14 GMT
I see Labour have had the same 'bounce' with the Brylcreem'd slug as we do with a new manager With the exception of the SNP, they all change their leaders as regularly as we do managers and with the same result! It's kind of irrelevant who is leader of the Scottish opposition parties because they all effectively represent the same thing - it's a binary choice between independence or not. I wonder if, following independence, you might see some new parties evolve north of the border, leaving behind the traditional British ones (Tory, LD, Labour etc) and whether that might have an impact south too?
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Post by Clayton Wood on Apr 26, 2021 12:37:23 GMT
I see Labour have had the same 'bounce' with the Brylcreem'd slug as we do with a new manager With the exception of the SNP, they all change their leaders as regularly as we do managers and with the same result! It's kind of irrelevant who is leader of the Scottish opposition parties because they all effectively represent the same thing - it's a binary choice between independence or not. I wonder if, following independence, you might see some new parties evolve north of the border, leaving behind the traditional British ones (Tory, LD, Labour etc) and whether that might have an impact south too? Nah, can't see the SNP unseating the member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip anytime soon. Still more chance than the Sir Rich Ponce of Bell End doing it mind
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Apr 27, 2021 7:05:13 GMT
Revealing that you think Starmer is rich ponce of Bell End, in contrast to the current Uxbridge MP.
Try checking their relative upbringings!
That does help to explain why some folk vote the way they do!
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Post by Clayton Wood on Apr 27, 2021 8:42:12 GMT
Revealing that you think Starmer is rich ponce of Bell End, in contrast to the current Uxbridge MP. Try checking their relative upbringings! That does help to explain why some folk vote the way they do! Also revealing that a close friend has peeled the vote Labour sticker off the windscreen of their 2002 mini saying, 'he doesn't represent me, I bet he doesn't even know where Manchester is.' (Manchester born and bred). Which is my point. He's a Blairesque fraud. During my life I've voted Labour, Cons, Ukip and returned a blank voting slip. I'd never vote LD. Would you vote for Starmer and Tory-lite Champaign socialism? Sturgeon is an ex Glasgow solicitor, maybe that's the currency need to hoodwink working people to vote for them as they are 'on their side.'
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Apr 27, 2021 12:57:26 GMT
Revealing that you think Starmer is rich ponce of Bell End, in contrast to the current Uxbridge MP. Try checking their relative upbringings! That does help to explain why some folk vote the way they do! Also revealing that a close friend has peeled the vote Labour sticker off the windscreen of their 2002 mini saying, 'he doesn't represent me, I bet he doesn't even know where Manchester is.' (Manchester born and bred). Which is my point. He's a Blairesque fraud. During my life I've voted Labour, Cons, Ukip and returned a blank voting slip. I'd never vote LD. Would you vote for Starmer and Tory-lite Champaign socialism? Sturgeon is an ex Glasgow solicitor, maybe that's the currency need to hoodwink working people to vote for them as they are 'on their side.' Likewise, I've voted for various parties at various times in various locations. Anyone who votes the same way over and over without looking into it simply because they made their mind up several decades ago is a fool. What's fraudulent about passing your 11+ to go to a school (which became independent while he was there), going to Leeds Uni, then post-grad at Oxford, working as a lawyer and getting to the top of his profession, presumably without grace or favour as a result of birthright, unlike the Bluffer in No.10? I would have thought Starmer's upbringing and ability to get where he has exemplifies the kind of aspirational success that is at the very heart of what most Tories believe in? If anyone is a fraud it's the current incumbent in No 10, whose position owes far more to help, favour, contacts and upbringing than ability or anything Starmer has benefited from? I always find it odd that more people don't have a problem with that, although a lot of folk do like to know their place in this country. Yes, I'd vote for Starmer if he takes Labour back towards the centre ground. You have to acknowledge that all the evidence shows that England is a right-wing country. No genuinely socialist leftist party will govern this country for decades, if at all. Certainly not in my lifetime. In which case, do you keep banging the drum for a party that will never get elected, and just moan and whine from the sidelines with little or no impact, while the Right does whatever it effectively wants to, winning election after election (and doing very little for ordinary people in the process, other than telling them the alternative is terrifying). Or do you take a more pragmatic approach and accept that no political party is ever going to address all of what you want to see done or believe in, but the best "compromise" option is one that is more likely to bring about positive change for ordinary people and is actually electable? Seems pretty obvious to me. Have a go at this if you can be arsed! uk.isidewith.com/political-quiz You'll need to click on Other Stances to see the full range of options, plus the additional questions to go through the whole lot. It's worth doing if you've got a spare 20 mins. I got 48% Conservative which will surprise some people no doubt! 85% Green and somewhere in between the two for both LD and Labour. Sounds about right.
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Post by wagsastokie on Apr 28, 2021 5:13:22 GMT
Also revealing that a close friend has peeled the vote Labour sticker off the windscreen of their 2002 mini saying, 'he doesn't represent me, I bet he doesn't even know where Manchester is.' (Manchester born and bred). Which is my point. He's a Blairesque fraud. During my life I've voted Labour, Cons, Ukip and returned a blank voting slip. I'd never vote LD. Would you vote for Starmer and Tory-lite Champaign socialism? Sturgeon is an ex Glasgow solicitor, maybe that's the currency need to hoodwink working people to vote for them as they are 'on their side.' Likewise, I've voted for various parties at various times in various locations. Anyone who votes the same way over and over without looking into it simply because they made their mind up several decades ago is a fool. What's fraudulent about passing your 11+ to go to a school (which became independent while he was there), going to Leeds Uni, then post-grad at Oxford, working as a lawyer and getting to the top of his profession, presumably without grace or favour as a result of birthright, unlike the Bluffer in No.10? I would have thought Starmer's upbringing and ability to get where he has exemplifies the kind of aspirational success that is at the very heart of what most Tories believe in? If anyone is a fraud it's the current incumbent in No 10, whose position owes far more to help, favour, contacts and upbringing than ability or anything Starmer has benefited from? I always find it odd that more people don't have a problem with that, although a lot of folk do like to know their place in this country. Yes, I'd vote for Starmer if he takes Labour back towards the centre ground. You have to acknowledge that all the evidence shows that England is a right-wing country. No genuinely socialist leftist party will govern this country for decades, if at all. Certainly not in my lifetime. In which case, do you keep banging the drum for a party that will never get elected, and just moan and whine from the sidelines with little or no impact, while the Right does whatever it effectively wants to, winning election after election (and doing very little for ordinary people in the process, other than telling them the alternative is terrifying). Or do you take a more pragmatic approach and accept that no political party is ever going to address all of what you want to see done or believe in, but the best "compromise" option is one that is more likely to bring about positive change for ordinary people and is actually electable? Seems pretty obvious to me. Have a go at this if you can be arsed! uk.isidewith.com/political-quiz You'll need to click on Other Stances to see the full range of options, plus the additional questions to go through the whole lot. It's worth doing if you've got a spare 20 mins. I got 48% Conservative which will surprise some people no doubt! 85% Green and somewhere in between the two for both LD and Labour. Sounds about right. Interesting quiz No surprise it showed 80% Tory But the 35 % Lib Dem was a surprise
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Post by Clayton Wood on Apr 28, 2021 8:05:03 GMT
Likewise, I've voted for various parties at various times in various locations. Anyone who votes the same way over and over without looking into it simply because they made their mind up several decades ago is a fool. What's fraudulent about passing your 11+ to go to a school (which became independent while he was there), going to Leeds Uni, then post-grad at Oxford, working as a lawyer and getting to the top of his profession, presumably without grace or favour as a result of birthright, unlike the Bluffer in No.10? I would have thought Starmer's upbringing and ability to get where he has exemplifies the kind of aspirational success that is at the very heart of what most Tories believe in? If anyone is a fraud it's the current incumbent in No 10, whose position owes far more to help, favour, contacts and upbringing than ability or anything Starmer has benefited from? I always find it odd that more people don't have a problem with that, although a lot of folk do like to know their place in this country. Yes, I'd vote for Starmer if he takes Labour back towards the centre ground. You have to acknowledge that all the evidence shows that England is a right-wing country. No genuinely socialist leftist party will govern this country for decades, if at all. Certainly not in my lifetime. In which case, do you keep banging the drum for a party that will never get elected, and just moan and whine from the sidelines with little or no impact, while the Right does whatever it effectively wants to, winning election after election (and doing very little for ordinary people in the process, other than telling them the alternative is terrifying). Or do you take a more pragmatic approach and accept that no political party is ever going to address all of what you want to see done or believe in, but the best "compromise" option is one that is more likely to bring about positive change for ordinary people and is actually electable? Seems pretty obvious to me. Have a go at this if you can be arsed! uk.isidewith.com/political-quiz You'll need to click on Other Stances to see the full range of options, plus the additional questions to go through the whole lot. It's worth doing if you've got a spare 20 mins. I got 48% Conservative which will surprise some people no doubt! 85% Green and somewhere in between the two for both LD and Labour. Sounds about right. Interesting quiz No surprise it showed 80% Tory But the 35 % Lib Dem was a surprise Just to the right of Trump. Sounds about right.
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Post by RipRoaringPotter on Apr 28, 2021 8:16:42 GMT
Also revealing that a close friend has peeled the vote Labour sticker off the windscreen of their 2002 mini saying, 'he doesn't represent me, I bet he doesn't even know where Manchester is.' (Manchester born and bred). Which is my point. He's a Blairesque fraud. During my life I've voted Labour, Cons, Ukip and returned a blank voting slip. I'd never vote LD. Would you vote for Starmer and Tory-lite Champaign socialism? Sturgeon is an ex Glasgow solicitor, maybe that's the currency need to hoodwink working people to vote for them as they are 'on their side.' Likewise, I've voted for various parties at various times in various locations. Anyone who votes the same way over and over without looking into it simply because they made their mind up several decades ago is a fool. What's fraudulent about passing your 11+ to go to a school (which became independent while he was there), going to Leeds Uni, then post-grad at Oxford, working as a lawyer and getting to the top of his profession, presumably without grace or favour as a result of birthright, unlike the Bluffer in No.10? I would have thought Starmer's upbringing and ability to get where he has exemplifies the kind of aspirational success that is at the very heart of what most Tories believe in? If anyone is a fraud it's the current incumbent in No 10, whose position owes far more to help, favour, contacts and upbringing than ability or anything Starmer has benefited from? I always find it odd that more people don't have a problem with that, although a lot of folk do like to know their place in this country. Yes, I'd vote for Starmer if he takes Labour back towards the centre ground. You have to acknowledge that all the evidence shows that England is a right-wing country. No genuinely socialist leftist party will govern this country for decades, if at all. Certainly not in my lifetime. In which case, do you keep banging the drum for a party that will never get elected, and just moan and whine from the sidelines with little or no impact, while the Right does whatever it effectively wants to, winning election after election (and doing very little for ordinary people in the process, other than telling them the alternative is terrifying). Or do you take a more pragmatic approach and accept that no political party is ever going to address all of what you want to see done or believe in, but the best "compromise" option is one that is more likely to bring about positive change for ordinary people and is actually electable? Seems pretty obvious to me. Have a go at this if you can be arsed! uk.isidewith.com/political-quiz You'll need to click on Other Stances to see the full range of options, plus the additional questions to go through the whole lot. It's worth doing if you've got a spare 20 mins. I got 48% Conservative which will surprise some people no doubt! 85% Green and somewhere in between the two for both LD and Labour. Sounds about right. I got 95% Plaid Cymru. The 33% Conservative was a surprise - can only assume I have a problem with Islamophobia and am absolutely refusing to acknowledge it.
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Post by wagsastokie on Apr 28, 2021 8:26:07 GMT
Interesting quiz No surprise it showed 80% Tory But the 35 % Lib Dem was a surprise Just to the right of Trump. Sounds about right. I wouldn’t go as far as trump But I’m certainly more right than boris Johnson
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Post by Kilo on Apr 28, 2021 9:18:08 GMT
Also revealing that a close friend has peeled the vote Labour sticker off the windscreen of their 2002 mini saying, 'he doesn't represent me, I bet he doesn't even know where Manchester is.' (Manchester born and bred). Which is my point. He's a Blairesque fraud. During my life I've voted Labour, Cons, Ukip and returned a blank voting slip. I'd never vote LD. Would you vote for Starmer and Tory-lite Champaign socialism? Sturgeon is an ex Glasgow solicitor, maybe that's the currency need to hoodwink working people to vote for them as they are 'on their side.' Likewise, I've voted for various parties at various times in various locations. Anyone who votes the same way over and over without looking into it simply because they made their mind up several decades ago is a fool. What's fraudulent about passing your 11+ to go to a school (which became independent while he was there), going to Leeds Uni, then post-grad at Oxford, working as a lawyer and getting to the top of his profession, presumably without grace or favour as a result of birthright, unlike the Bluffer in No.10? I would have thought Starmer's upbringing and ability to get where he has exemplifies the kind of aspirational success that is at the very heart of what most Tories believe in? If anyone is a fraud it's the current incumbent in No 10, whose position owes far more to help, favour, contacts and upbringing than ability or anything Starmer has benefited from? I always find it odd that more people don't have a problem with that, although a lot of folk do like to know their place in this country. Yes, I'd vote for Starmer if he takes Labour back towards the centre ground. You have to acknowledge that all the evidence shows that England is a right-wing country. No genuinely socialist leftist party will govern this country for decades, if at all. Certainly not in my lifetime. In which case, do you keep banging the drum for a party that will never get elected, and just moan and whine from the sidelines with little or no impact, while the Right does whatever it effectively wants to, winning election after election (and doing very little for ordinary people in the process, other than telling them the alternative is terrifying). Or do you take a more pragmatic approach and accept that no political party is ever going to address all of what you want to see done or believe in, but the best "compromise" option is one that is more likely to bring about positive change for ordinary people and is actually electable? Seems pretty obvious to me. Have a go at this if you can be arsed! uk.isidewith.com/political-quiz You'll need to click on Other Stances to see the full range of options, plus the additional questions to go through the whole lot. It's worth doing if you've got a spare 20 mins. I got 48% Conservative which will surprise some people no doubt! 85% Green and somewhere in between the two for both LD and Labour. Sounds about right. I don't often take part in any 'find out what you're really like' type quizes but that's actually a very well done one and leaning towards an economic freedom libertarian is where I'd want to be, I think. I've always been a bit of a rebel but who still uses lots of common sense.
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Post by Clayton Wood on Apr 28, 2021 11:51:51 GMT
Just to the right of Trump. Sounds about right. I wouldn’t go as far as trump But I’m certainly more right than boris Johnson Sorry! that was my result that puts me right of Trump! Con 61% Lab 15%, LD 8% Green 5%
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Post by crapslinger on Apr 28, 2021 12:11:21 GMT
75% National Socialism 25% Conservative
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Apr 29, 2021 6:44:43 GMT
75% National Socialism 25% Conservative Sounds spot on, Crappy!
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Post by RipRoaringPotter on Apr 29, 2021 6:56:02 GMT
75% National Socialism 25% Conservative Chin up. It could be worse, it could've said you were 75% Nazi!
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Post by scfcbiancorossi on Apr 29, 2021 8:22:51 GMT
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Post by crapslinger on Apr 29, 2021 8:33:20 GMT
75% National Socialism 25% Conservative Chin up. It could be worse, it could've said you were 75% Nazi!
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Post by RipRoaringPotter on Apr 29, 2021 8:56:44 GMT
Chin up. It could be worse, it could've said you were 75% Nazi! I'm aware that National Socialism is Nazism. It was a joke.
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Post by crapslinger on Apr 29, 2021 8:59:12 GMT
I'm aware that National Socialism is Nazism. It was a joke. Have you watched it socialism is Nazism
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Post by RipRoaringPotter on Apr 29, 2021 9:11:47 GMT
I'm aware that National Socialism is Nazism. It was a joke. Have you watched it socialism is Nazism And the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is a democracy!
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