wow i hadn't picked that up, man a nice long cold winter cd completely decimate the Tories' support
― Angles that bitch (Julie Lagger), Thursday, December 15, 2011 1:06 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink
REPEAL THE WINTER FUEL ALLOWANCE
:D
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Thursday, 15 December 2011 17:47 (twelve years ago) link
HOPE!
Sixty years of free health care, free bus travel and discounts at the National Trust tea shop and this is how they repay you...
― Ned Trifle, Thursday, 15 December 2011 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
Disappointing night for Bus-Pass Elvis supporters
Amusing (intentionally?) quote from Simon 'Scumbag' Hughes:
"What happened here was what normally happens in a by-election. People protest against the government, so government parties take a hit and the opposition normally moves forward."
― Derek Pringles (Deep in the Tony Hart land), Friday, 16 December 2011 09:55 (twelve years ago) link
Lib Dems - 1,364 (5.87%)
Much lower than the 9-11% they've been polling nationally for the past year.
― mortified of ILX (onimo), Friday, 16 December 2011 11:11 (twelve years ago) link
They've changed that article - originally the Tory quote came from the defeated candidate (I think) and was along the lines of 'well, it's a good result because people said we were going to get hammered and that hasn't happened'. Except there was a swing of 8.6% from the Tories to Labour (which would give Labour an 88-seat majority if repeated nationally), the Labour lead over the Tories was over 26% and they got almost double the Tory vote in a seat which the Tories held in the 90s, and less than 8% of the electorate could be bothered to vote for the Tories. I know it's only a by-election and the result means nothing in the long-term, but it's still a shit result for them.
― The Artist Formerly Known As Teh HoBB, Friday, 16 December 2011 12:51 (twelve years ago) link
(which would give Labour an 88-seat majority if repeated nationally)
is so meaningless it doesn't even deserve saying with the "i know this means nothing" caveat
― caek, Friday, 16 December 2011 13:28 (twelve years ago) link
28% turnout. Turnout in Homs was probably higher.
― Derek Pringles (Deep in the Tony Hart land), Friday, 16 December 2011 13:29 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16224394
― boxedjoy, Friday, 16 December 2011 23:30 (twelve years ago) link
"I'm saying something obnoxious that will piss you off, but I'm trying hard to say it in a way that won't piss you off. However that just pisses you off even more."
― yes this is the real (snoball), Friday, 16 December 2011 23:43 (twelve years ago) link
Describing himself as a "committed" but only "vaguely practising" Christian
So which is it then, hypocrite or fucking liar?
― Seed Production Scientist cum Head (Julie Lagger), Saturday, 17 December 2011 10:16 (twelve years ago) link
The bible contains plenty of both. Cameron would have fit right in.
― yes this is the real (snoball), Saturday, 17 December 2011 10:19 (twelve years ago) link
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― awesome to have a clever englishman zinging yr enemies (nakhchivan), Sunday, 18 December 2011 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
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― awesome to have a clever englishman zinging yr enemies (nakhchivan), Thursday, 22 December 2011 00:23 (twelve years ago) link
Sir Peter Lytton "Baz" Bazalgette (born on 22 May 1953) is a British media expert who helped create the independent TV production sector in the UK and went on to be the leading creative figure in the global TV company Endemol.
― Hongro4AS (nakhchivan), Saturday, 31 December 2011 01:05 (twelve years ago) link
It is the second year running that the former Prime Minister spent Christmas Day separated from her children in her elegant London home. Although increasingly forgetful, it will surely have been obvious to her that she was spending the festive period without her children, right, once again.
― Hongro4AS (nakhchivan), Saturday, 31 December 2011 17:41 (twelve years ago) link
Who would want to spend Christmas with Mark and Carol Thatcher?
― In other news: worldwide MJpopcorn.gif shortage (snoball), Saturday, 31 December 2011 18:30 (twelve years ago) link