Ah yes, the general election, because people may have changed their minds about what they were voting for in 2017, but absolutely haven’t changed their minds about what they voted for in 2016.
Gah.
Trying to find the least worst candidate, then looking to see whether the party he or she is representing has madness in its manifesto, and starting over again as many times as is necessary, only to find that the worst candidate and party have been elected, is frustrating to say the least.
You can tell when he's lying. His lips are moving.
But people believe him because he reinforces their prejudices. And they believe that the media are conspiring to cover up The Truth.
I'm not sure if people 'believe' him. It's a weird kind of postmodern relation to narratives, doesn't matter if they're true, it's whether I like them. Bit like a fairy-story. See Trump.
Trying to find the least worst candidate, then looking to see whether the party he or she is representing has madness in its manifesto, and starting over again as many times as is necessary, only to find that the worst candidate and party have been elected, is frustrating to say the least.
Is it my imagination or was his constituency Labour once?
North-east Somerset was formed from Wansdyke and a couple of wards Bath in the eighties. Labour gained it in 1997. Wansdyke was an odd constituency, almost surrounding Bath and including towns like Keynsham, Radstock & Midsomer Norton plus parts of east Bristol. Radstock & Midsomer Norton were mining towns and they include Peasedown St John, which was built to house people from the poorer areas of Bath, when that city was gentrified.
Great. Another chance for the collection of misfits, liars, unemployables and slimeballs who make up a fair proportion of our MPs to be re-elected by constituents who'd put in a pig so long as it was wearing the right colour lipstick.
Thank you for that information ss. So how did it go from Labour to a Tory as extreme as JRM?
He's apparently a decent enough constituency MP and that's what tends to make a difference as far as personal votes go. Until they're elected folk don't really know one face behind a rosette from another. The relative moderation or extremity of an MP has little to do with how marginal their constituency is.
I was seriously contemplating composing a reasoned response to @Thatcheright , but then I remembered what normally happens when you do that.
He had a different name on the Old Ship, didn't he?
Deano. Boasted that he once spat in Artburt Scargill's pint. Scargill's no mate of mine but it doesn't speak well of him. A thoroughly unpleasant piece of work; probably posts here when he's been banned from the pub for boring people to death.
Currently I'm torn between the part of me which is wondering what his local party would think of his most recent comment in Purg (an open admission that the Tory campaign will lie) and the part of me which is just happy to let him take all the rope he needs...
Hahaha! Farridge has announced he intends to piss full flow into ABdPJ's cornflakes unless he drops his deal and commits to a no-deal Brexit. Got to be a good 15-20% of the public willing to buy the horseshit he's selling. Enough to screw Piffle, not enough to win any seats. I'm suddenly feeling a lot more optimistic about this election.
Hahaha! Farridge has announced he intends to piss full flow into ABdPJ's cornflakes unless he drops his deal and commits to a no-deal Brexit. Got to be a good 15-20% of the public willing to buy the horseshit he's selling. Enough to screw Piffle, not enough to win any seats. I'm suddenly feeling a lot more optimistic about this election.
Let’s hope exactly that happens.
Endorsement by tRump won’t help de Pfeffel either.
Things are looking up.
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It's the Trump effect, is all. Farage is keeping the right side of his "friend". Who, knowingly or unknowingly, is helping the Putin destabilisation project.
Hahaha! Farridge has announced he intends to piss full flow into ABdPJ's cornflakes unless he drops his deal and commits to a no-deal Brexit. Got to be a good 15-20% of the public willing to buy the horseshit he's selling. Enough to screw Piffle, not enough to win any seats. I'm suddenly feeling a lot more optimistic about this election.
It could do just that. Boris's seat, Uxbridge and South Ruislip, isn't the safest Tory seat (maj, c 5,500) and from what I have gleaned, the British Asian vote, which is not negligible there, is volatile, plus the ever-present Gammons, could both turn on Boris. He could then spend more time with his families.
It could do just that. Boris's seat, Uxbridge and South Ruislip, isn't the safest Tory seat (maj, c 5,500) and from what I have gleaned, the British Asian vote, which is not negligible there, is volatile, plus the ever-present Gammons, could both turn on Boris. He could then spend more time with his families.
Now that really would be something to look forward to.
And then there's "Boris voted twice against the WA, so who was blocking Brexit?" I realize that this wasn't true Brexit, so we await the immaculate form thereof.
I am intriguedpuzzledamusedgob-smacked flabbergasted at any link between Immaculacy and the above-mentioned "gentleman" (you will realise that I use this word both figuratively and reluctantly).
Yes, indeed, but I was referring to the immaculate nature of The Great God Brexit, and not to that of His Vicar on Earth (who is but an unworthy Worm, and No Man, as are we all).
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(Election, that is).
But with any luck, the effing bastards currently 'governing' will be consigned to the outer darkness they deserve.
Gah.
We don’t.
The ‘charm’ is bullshitting, the promises are lies.
But people believe him because he reinforces their prejudices. And they believe that the media are conspiring to cover up The Truth.
No wonder so few people bother!
I'm not sure if people 'believe' him. It's a weird kind of postmodern relation to narratives, doesn't matter if they're true, it's whether I like them. Bit like a fairy-story. See Trump.
People are like flies in this respect.
Hmm. I work by "who can beat the Tory".
It's a bit negative but it works.
Well, hope springs eternal...
North-east Somerset was formed from Wansdyke and a couple of wards Bath in the eighties. Labour gained it in 1997. Wansdyke was an odd constituency, almost surrounding Bath and including towns like Keynsham, Radstock & Midsomer Norton plus parts of east Bristol. Radstock & Midsomer Norton were mining towns and they include Peasedown St John, which was built to house people from the poorer areas of Bath, when that city was gentrified.
He's apparently a decent enough constituency MP and that's what tends to make a difference as far as personal votes go. Until they're elected folk don't really know one face behind a rosette from another. The relative moderation or extremity of an MP has little to do with how marginal their constituency is.
He had a different name on the Old Ship, didn't he?
Deano. Boasted that he once spat in Artburt Scargill's pint. Scargill's no mate of mine but it doesn't speak well of him. A thoroughly unpleasant piece of work; probably posts here when he's been banned from the pub for boring people to death.
Meanwhile, here's DeanoSpode in action:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ShRf1svMcuA
I wasn't suggesting that, just drawing on his favourite aphorism and wondering whether it might apply in this case.
Or maybe not.
Let’s hope exactly that happens.
Endorsement by tRump won’t help de Pfeffel either.
Things are looking up.
👏🏼👏🏼
It could do just that. Boris's seat, Uxbridge and South Ruislip, isn't the safest Tory seat (maj, c 5,500) and from what I have gleaned, the British Asian vote, which is not negligible there, is volatile, plus the ever-present Gammons, could both turn on Boris. He could then spend more time with his families.
If they see them as "big brave Boris tried to get us out of the EU but those nasty folk in Westminster stopped him", then he's back in.
If they think it's a case of "Boris promised to get us out but broke his promise and can't ever be trusted again", then it's much more of a contest.
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