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dbboy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > But it's not going to happen like you say. > No party will have a majority and my current > prediction is 1.tory, 2 brexit party, 3. lib dems, > 4. labour. This prediction makes no sense, care to explain, say with some approx vote share? I'm no fan of opinion polls but there's a clear trend at the moment that the Tories will win with a majority because they have most of the Leave vote whereas the Remain vote is split. Also, I think it's nigh on impossible for the Tories and BXP to finish first and second for this very reason, they both rely on votes from Leavers but they only make up around 46-48% of the total vote at present. What your prediction is suggesting is that Labour Remain voters will dessert them in droves in favour of the Tories and BXP. Ain't gonna happen...

Micky Flanagan has already moved to the dark side, he owns a Cockerpoo...

uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The anti-semitism is a sure-fire way of ensuring > the muslim vote. The Jewish and Muslim communities are both smart enough to know when they're being played by racist fascists like yourself > We only have Brexit 'chaos' because the democratic > will of the people, who voted according to their > own experiences in their own locales, was ignored > and sneered at. We only have Brexit chaos because what was promised by the Leave campaign has not been delivered, in effect sticking two fingers up to democracy...

Bob Buzzard Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Where is Lord Buckethead standing this time? Johnson's seat in Uxbridge, but due to copyright issues the original LB is now called Count Binface, and the new LB is standing for the Monster Raving Loony Party/ Politics is a nasty business, even in the outer galaxies...

Austerity was a political choice not an economic one, Hammond when Chancellor later admitted as much when he said public finances are best repaired by a growing economy... ''Get the economy growing faster with higher trend productivity growth...grow the GDP, strong real wage growth, rising living standards'' As for whether austerity worked regarding UK government debt (from ONS)... General government gross debt was ?1,821.3 billion at the end of the financial year ending March 2019, equivalent to 85.2% of gross domestic product (GDP) and 25.2 percentage points above the reference value of 60% set out in the Protocol on the Excessive Deficit Procedure. General government gross debt first exceeded the 60% Maastricht reference value at the end of the financial year ending March 2010, when it was 69.6% of GDP.

Algorithms shmalgorithms...

Spartacus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > last time labour were in power and how they broke > the economy resulting in austerity measures being > required to fix it Think you'll find that the collapse of the American sub-prime market, Lehmans going under, a run on our own Northern Rock bank, and the general banking system ceasing up with a credit crunch might have contributed a tad...

I've always voted Labour except in the recent local and European elections, and I don't like Corbyn either, but I'm looking at the bigger picture and the best he can achieve is a coalition gov with the Remain parties, in which he'll have his hands tied as to how much he can do politically. The initial focus of such a coalition will be to have a confirmatory referendum, after which I can easily see the coalition unravel quickly, and Corbyn then retiring to his allotment...

I'm not sure cancelling Brexit would go down that well, I think most would prefer to do it via a confirmatory referendum rather than a straight revoke, a new ''will of the people'' if you like. This is all semantics anyway as the LDs won't win this GE, the best chance for Remainers is a Labour led coalition, and I hope most people relaise that and vote accordingly...

The Lib Dems had zilch chance of winning (35,000 behind Labour) that's why they stood down...

I'd be wary of polls this GE as it must be difficult to allow for the nuances of tactical voting, which you're going to see a lot of in this GE. The fact is the Tories need to gain seats, the BXP pulling out of seats the Tories already hold doesn't add to the gains needed, in fact the reality is that they are likely to lose a number of them to the Lib Dems and SNP regardless. So that leaves the Labour held marginals where the Tories have to make their gains, yet the BXP has said they won't pull out of these seats...

Well, I don't like Corbyn but I'm prepared to vote Labour for reasons above. Ideally he'll lead a coalition Gov, have a confirmatory referendum, then there'll probably be another GE...

Survation were the closest pollsters in the 2017 GE, doesn't mean they will be again, but YouGov pols have a rep for being outliers, they predicted a 7% lead for the Tories but it was only 2.5%...

GE 2017 results here... https://electionresults.parliament.uk/election/2017-06-08/results/Location/Constituency/Dulwich%20and%20West%20Norwood Helen Hayes was one of the few to vote against triggering Article 50, for that alone she deserves Remainers' votes...

Week 12 points... Week 12 table...

After what DHFC and the fans recently went through after being made homeless, most are just relieved to have the ground back despite the length of toilet queues...

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This is not the drunk at a wedding reception that no one knows who he is but politely nods along to his incoherent ramblings, this is our Prime Minister. A Prime Minister who doesn't understand the deal he struck with the EU, states that NI will have a great deal because it will remain in a customs union with freedom of movement. Errrr, so if it's such a great deal why are you taking that all away from the rest of us?...https://twitter.com/ManufacturingNI/status/1192564837345353728

One of the many traditions of the FA Cup are the homemade banners and kitchen foil clad cut-outs of the Cup itself, might be a bit late in the day but wondering if any of those on here lucky enough to have a ticket planning on making/taking a banner to the match so we can look out for you on the box tonight, perhaps with an EDF theme?... Carlisle, you've just been crushed and devalued!

Friday night match. Week 12 fixtures... Friday 8th November Norwich City v Watford Saturday 9th November Chelsea v Crystal Palace Burnley v West Ham United Newcastle United v AFC Bournemouth Southampton v Everton Tottenham Hotspur v Sheffield United Leicester City v Arsenal Sunday 10th November Manchester United v Brighton & Hove Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers v Aston Villa Liverpool v Manchester City

Another visual trick, what you see on the TV news isn't always the whole picture...

Ocado priced matched Tesco, not sure if they still do, but they certainly have lots of excellent offers and a good mix of everyday brands like Heinz, Kelloggs etc as well as Waitrose stuff. Next year sometime they are teaming up with M&S instead of Waitrose...

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Not ordered with them yet although I've got a ?15 > off coupon so might do so. If you've got a friend who already uses Ocado they cab invite you to shop with Ocado and you will receive a ?20 off voucher plus free deliveries for a year, after your first order your friend will receive ?20 off too...

Ocado still use bags, they charge 5p per bag but you get 5p off your bill for any bags returned, including non-Ocado bags. They ask whether you'd like the bags carried through or not...