Mr Apples 1,320 Posted December 16, 2019 "What do people who've been indoctrinated by Guido call it?" Whatever he tells them? 🤔🤣 Apples Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yellow Fever 3,783 Posted December 16, 2019 3 hours ago, Jools said: So minus the 15,000 UEA votes, Lewis would've garnered around 12,000 votes leaving Spencer with 15,000 votes a victory by 3,000... The Conservatives really need to finally do something to counter the Lefty indoctrination in education 🤔 Say 10000 could of voted in Norwich North. Would that help ? It's a daft argument and not all students vote left anyway. PR would resolve all these issues. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
How I Wrote Elastic Man 1,187 Posted December 16, 2019 1 hour ago, Rock The Boat said: Water, electricity and gas. All essential services. Not government funded. Why should broadband be different? In my opinion broadband is becoming as essential as the other services and I would like to see all those services funded so that the costs to the consumer are affordable Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canary Wundaboy 1,359 Posted December 16, 2019 4 minutes ago, How I Wrote Elastic Man said: In my opinion broadband is becoming as essential as the other services and I would like to see all those services funded so that the costs to the consumer are affordable You can get broadband and line rental for £20 a month, doesn’t sound like it’s non-affordable at present. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Apples 1,320 Posted December 16, 2019 "The gammon are still angry. No matter what they get you can not purge their saltiness." Here's some suggestions for possible gammon happiness from the Daily Mash...😂 Six Christmas gifts for the gammon in your life WONDERING what to get that relative who’s a permanently angry fanatical Brexiter? Look no further – here’s the perfect selection: Tickets to Question Time The equivalent of taking a theatre buff to see Mark Rylance in Richard III. Try to attend one in a solid Leave area like Lincolnshire with a big name like Francois or Farage and a hate figure like Anna Soubry they can have a good boo at. A Jacob Rees-Mogg playset It takes little effort to combine a farm and mansion playset into a replica of Rees-Mogg’s Gloucestershire mansion. Then make Jacob and his chums by adapting charity shop action figures, adding a tiny, ill-fitting double-breasted suit for him and a drawn-on scowl for Annunziata. Anger management classes Being furious is part of the fun of Brexit so they won’t thank you for this, but their heart will. Think of it as buying a Fitbit for a seriously obese friend. A romantic weekend at Bovington Tank Festival If, God help you, you’re romantically involved with a gammon, what could be a nicer gift than spending quality time together reliving World War Two? The photo of them poking proudly out of a Challenger turret will be their Facebook profile pic for years to come. A Richard Littlejohn book Everyone gets a ‘funny’ book for Christmas, and leading gammon Littlejohn has turned out tons of interchangable volumes about politically correct Britain. And due to being unreadable they’re great value for money, with copies available on Amazon for as little as £0.01. Brexit You can’t really get them Brexit for Christmas, obviously, because the Brexit they want is impossible and not real, but gifts like pro-Brexit mugs are freely available. If they want the real thing they’ll have to wait until Christmas 2025, or much later. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jools 584 Posted December 16, 2019 29 minutes ago, Yellow Fever said: Say 10000 could of voted in Norwich North. Would that help ? It's a daft argument and not all students vote left anyway. PR would resolve all these issues. So it's just a coincidence that most university towns and cities vote and voted Labour then? 🙃 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
How I Wrote Elastic Man 1,187 Posted December 16, 2019 12 minutes ago, Canary Wundaboy said: You can get broadband and line rental for £20 a month, doesn’t sound like it’s non-affordable at present. £20 not bad at all. Is that available everywhere? My last contract was about £50 total, including the BT line rental Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jools 584 Posted December 16, 2019 9 minutes ago, Mr Apples said: "The gammon are still angry. No matter what they get you can not purge their saltiness." Here's some suggestions for possible gammon happiness from the Daily Mash...😂 Six Christmas gifts for the gammon in your life WONDERING what to get that relative who’s a permanently angry fanatical Brexiter? Look no further – here’s the perfect selection: Tickets to Question Time The equivalent of taking a theatre buff to see Mark Rylance in Richard III. Try to attend one in a solid Leave area like Lincolnshire with a big name like Francois or Farage and a hate figure like Anna Soubry they can have a good boo at. A Jacob Rees-Mogg playset It takes little effort to combine a farm and mansion playset into a replica of Rees-Mogg’s Gloucestershire mansion. Then make Jacob and his chums by adapting charity shop action figures, adding a tiny, ill-fitting double-breasted suit for him and a drawn-on scowl for Annunziata. Anger management classes Being furious is part of the fun of Brexit so they won’t thank you for this, but their heart will. Think of it as buying a Fitbit for a seriously obese friend. A romantic weekend at Bovington Tank Festival If, God help you, you’re romantically involved with a gammon, what could be a nicer gift than spending quality time together reliving World War Two? The photo of them poking proudly out of a Challenger turret will be their Facebook profile pic for years to come. A Richard Littlejohn book Everyone gets a ‘funny’ book for Christmas, and leading gammon Littlejohn has turned out tons of interchangable volumes about politically correct Britain. And due to being unreadable they’re great value for money, with copies available on Amazon for as little as £0.01. Brexit You can’t really get them Brexit for Christmas, obviously, because the Brexit they want is impossible and not real, but gifts like pro-Brexit mugs are freely available. If they want the real thing they’ll have to wait until Christmas 2025, or much later. Your horse is dead. It is pointless to flog it 😎 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Apples 1,320 Posted December 16, 2019 "Your horse is dead. It is pointless to flog it" So is your unicorn. 😂 Apples 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Creative Midfielder 1,996 Posted December 16, 2019 8 minutes ago, Canary Wundaboy said: You can get broadband and line rental for £20 a month, doesn’t sound like it’s non-affordable at present. That very much depends on where you live, as does the speed - UK broadband is slow...slow.....slow. Whilst I wasn't especially keen on Labour's broadband idea I can see why they did it, the free (which of course it isn't) part is a bit of a gimmick but what is important (to businesses even more than individuals) is to quickly roll out really quick broadband to the entire country. As with other former public utilities which have been privatised, trying to bring the infrastructure up to date via the private sector has been very slow, hughly costly and resulted in very fragmented coverage rather than a fit for purpose, integrated, resilient and reasonably priced national network. I wonder if the British are ever going to get over the arrogant belief that we know best in everything. Yes, there are a few things we still do well though they are ever dwindling, but there are so many things, broadband being the topical example, that you don't need to look far at all to see other countries doing it a lot better, and often, though not always, via the public rather than the private sector. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jools 584 Posted December 16, 2019 7 minutes ago, Mr Apples said: 😂 Apples Canned laughter... 🙃 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Apples 1,320 Posted December 16, 2019 But you didn't disagree with me on the state of your unicorn? 🤔😂 Apples 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A Load of Squit 5,162 Posted December 16, 2019 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Jools said: So it's just a coincidence that most university towns and cities vote and voted Labour then? 🙃 It's not a coincidence, it's a lie. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_universities_in_the_United_Kingdom Edited December 16, 2019 by A Load of Squit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jools 584 Posted December 16, 2019 1 minute ago, Mr Apples said: But you didn't disagree with me on the state of your unicorn? 🤔😂 Apples Do you contribute in some way to the 'Daily Mash'? You certainly post enough of their cr@p... They didn't do much to dissuade people from voting for Conservatives and Populism did they 😀 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jools 584 Posted December 16, 2019 1 hour ago, Herman said: The gammon are still angry. No matter what they get you can not purge their saltiness. 😀 Canned laughter... 😎 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jools 584 Posted December 16, 2019 On 12/11/2019 at 06:29, Herman said: The Conservatives have nothing really. They can promise some nonsensical economics but while they still have a destructive Brexit in their sights it will all come to nought. Vote tactically and GTTO. 🤣☝️ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rock The Boat 1,332 Posted December 16, 2019 1 hour ago, How I Wrote Elastic Man said: £20 not bad at all. Is that available everywhere? My last contract was about £50 total, including the BT line rental So we've established that broadband is not essential in the same way that water, electricity and gas are essential but you've personally been over-paying for your broadband and so you want the government to fix it for you. Is your mum still doing your laundry? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rock The Boat 1,332 Posted December 16, 2019 On 12/12/2019 at 21:34, Yellow Fever said: Is it going to be a Johnson "Who runs the country" moment with a riposte of "Not you"? I have my suspicions. 🤣 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rock The Boat 1,332 Posted December 16, 2019 On 12/12/2019 at 08:21, Bagster said: Today , you will witness history, the red wall will fall and Boris will get a 58 seat majority. This labour party is not fit to govern and you lot know it. Free nationalised broadband, sounds like b...y China FFS !!! Anti semetic to its core! Free stuff for everyone and the rich will pay!!! Diane Abbott would be home secretary!!! Jim MacDonald would be chancellor!!!! And Jeremy Corbyn would be momentum's puppet leader!!! NOT ON MY WATCH 😉 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rock The Boat 1,332 Posted December 16, 2019 On 12/12/2019 at 18:26, Midlands Yellow said: Odds for a Tory majority lengthening. Hung parliament coming up. 🤣 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Apples 1,320 Posted December 16, 2019 "Do you contribute in some way to the 'Daily Mash'? You certainly post enough of their cr@p... They didn't do much to dissuade people from voting for Conservatives and Populism did they" You still haven't answered the unicorn question...🤔🤣 Apples Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rock The Boat 1,332 Posted December 16, 2019 On 29/10/2019 at 15:16, Bill said: not guilty as that is something that I have spoke about numerous times there will definitely be an effect of this, as with 2017 and 1997 GEs and there has been a huge registering of voters over the past 8 weeks - 250,000 a week is the figure what the polls ovrlook again is how likely are voters to vore - not who they would vote for that's what confused some of the senile into predicting a 70-100 Tory majoroty in 2017 to🤣o much voring for Bill 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rock The Boat 1,332 Posted December 16, 2019 On 12/11/2019 at 21:25, Bill said: I think there is already quite a number of these agreements already in place however the Libdems know they can, and will, make huge inroads into Tory voting so cannot be seen to have any association with Corbyn....hence the 'boo hiss, he's the devil' stance being taken likewise Corbyn knows that if the Libdems are seen as 'acceptable' then it's ok for pro Remain Lab voters to switch to the Libdems so as stated I think we will see differing tactics used in different areas, which rather negates using UK wide polls as any accurate projection of how the election will add up ps hand crank, RTB and Jools have all disappeared at the same time - perhaps they have left Disco Dale on duty as before 😏 🤣 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Essjayess 307 Posted December 16, 2019 I have come late into this thread, thought i would read the posts, or most of them, since Thursday's election. Seems to be a fair number of posts raising the question of PR again, just because only 45% of voters voted for the Tories. Yet also a fair few seem to think Scotland are definitely on the way out of the UK....despite, albeit a significant landslide that parallels the Tory victory, the SNP gained 8 fewer seats than in 2015 and also 45% of Scottish voters voted for the SNP. So how would the map read if Scotland had PR based on voter percentage? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ron obvious 1,502 Posted December 16, 2019 1 hour ago, How I Wrote Elastic Man said: £20 not bad at all. Is that available everywhere? My last contract was about £50 total, including the BT line rental Mine's £31.50 from John Lewis. That includes free landline calls anytime. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
How I Wrote Elastic Man 1,187 Posted December 16, 2019 37 minutes ago, Rock The Boat said: So we've established that broadband is not essential in the same way that water, electricity and gas are essential but you've personally been over-paying for your broadband and so you want the government to fix it for you. Is your mum still doing your laundry? No, we have established that broadband prices are not consistent (no way could I get it for £20, including line rental) Yes, I would like the government to take action on this No, my local dry cleaners does my washing for me 😃 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Creative Midfielder 1,996 Posted December 16, 2019 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Essjayess said: I have come late into this thread, thought i would read the posts, or most of them, since Thursday's election. Seems to be a fair number of posts raising the question of PR again, just because only 45% of voters voted for the Tories. Yet also a fair few seem to think Scotland are definitely on the way out of the UK....despite, albeit a significant landslide that parallels the Tory victory, the SNP gained 8 fewer seats than in 2015 and also 45% of Scottish voters voted for the SNP. So how would the map read if Scotland had PR based on voter percentage? The Tories only managed 43.6% of the votes but anyway I don't think it's any surprise that PR is being talked about - I think quite a lot of people see a fundamental problem with an electoral system which gives a party 56% of the seats on 43% of the vote. And of course that operates in reverse as well, I think is purely a co-incidence that in this particular election one party (Labour) did actually get a close relarionship between votes and seats - normally they are skewed for every party. But even so if you look at the results this time the unfairness is blindingly obvious: Votes % Seats % Tories 43.6 56.2 Labour 32.1 31.1 Lib Dem 11.6 1.7 Greens 2.7 0.2 Brexit Co 2.0 0 Same effect in Scotland and N.Ireland - the DUP got just over a quarter of the votes of the Greens but 8 times the number of seats - how can that be right in a supposedly 'democratic' country? Edited December 16, 2019 by Creative Midfielder Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
How I Wrote Elastic Man 1,187 Posted December 16, 2019 1 hour ago, Rock The Boat said: So we've established that broadband is not essential in the same way that water, electricity and gas are essential but you've personally been over-paying for your broadband and so you want the government to fix it for you. Is your mum still doing your laundry? 28 minutes ago, How I Wrote Elastic Man said: No, we have established that broadband prices are not consistent (no way could I get it for £20, including line rental) Yes, I would like the government to take action on this No, my local dry cleaners does my washing for me 😃 Not long for the government to make good on this 🤨 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SwindonCanary 455 Posted December 16, 2019 6 hours ago, SwindonCanary said: Did he have to sit on the floor ? =NO ! Do you have to be this stupid ? =NO ! What's stupid about that comment, maybe it's 'kettle calling the pot black' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,765 Posted December 16, 2019 Isn't it "the pot calling the kettle black"?🤣 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites