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Post by jigger on Oct 5, 2017 23:09:49 GMT
Do you have the figures for this one? Only than the Conservative reports getting 66% of the vote. That seems to be up from the last election? Overall then a pretty good night for someone of my political persuasion. Combined Conservative-Labour vote share up in all bar two of the results. Yet more evidence (if any were needed) that the country is getting behind the two main parties in their droves. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2017 23:14:46 GMT
We're all really pleased to hear that you're from Eton  Not only that I passed an entrance exam for it when I was at primary school - though didn't pursue it any further. I owe you an apology Mike. I inaccurately slandered you by altering your username to Buckinghamshiremike. I do accept that it is actually BerkshireMike and apologise profusely |
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Post by Ben Walker on Oct 5, 2017 23:17:17 GMT
Vote figs for Burnham Lent Rise & Taplow
Con: 699
Lab: 166
LDem: 136
Grn: 60
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Post by andrew111 on Oct 5, 2017 23:20:01 GMT
Only than the Conservative reports getting 66% of the vote. That seems to be up from the last election? Overall then a pretty good night for someone of my political persuasion. Combined Conservative-Labour vote share up in all bar two of the complete results. Yet more evidence (if any were needed) that the country is getting behind the two main parties in their droves. Well, the opinion polls show that the country is getting behind the two main parties to about the same extent as in June. Is that droves? And these local by-elections show that UKIP are doing very badly and where they used to be strong other Parties benefit... And the Lib Dems are doing better than they were a few weeks ago |
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Post by Merseymike on Oct 5, 2017 23:28:48 GMT
Not only that I passed an entrance exam for it when I was at primary school - though didn't pursue it any further. I owe you an apology Mike. I inaccurately slandered you by altering your username to Buckinghamshiremike. I do accept that it is actually BerkshireMike and apologise profusely Ah but then Eton and Slough were both in Bucks! Having Cliveden Hospital in Taplow meant that hardly anyone from Maidenhead was actually born there. So lots of people from that part of Berkshire were born over the border. Mind you I haven't lived there - Berks or Bucks - for 37 years....been here for 25 years now. |
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Post by Adam in Stroud on Oct 5, 2017 23:29:06 GMT
Burbage Sketchley and Stretton, Hinckley and Bosworth Con 822 (39.0%; -4.6) LD 785 (37.3%; +8.3) Lab 321 (15.2%; +2.0) UKIP 120 (5.7%; -8.5) Ind 57 (2.7%) Damn. Close but not enough. |
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Post by jigger on Oct 5, 2017 23:31:40 GMT
I owe you an apology Mike. I inaccurately slandered you by altering your username to Buckinghamshiremike. I do accept that it is actually BerkshireMike and apologise profusely Ah but then Eton and Slough were both in Bucks! Having Cliveden Hospital in Taplow meant that hardly anyone from Maidenhead was actually born there. So lots of people from that part of Berkshire were born over the border. Mind you I haven't lived there - Berks or Bucks - for 37 years.... been here for 25 years now. You made the right choice. |
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Post by Merseymike on Oct 5, 2017 23:36:00 GMT
Ah but then Eton and Slough were both in Bucks! Having Cliveden Hospital in Taplow meant that hardly anyone from Maidenhead was actually born there. So lots of people from that part of Berkshire were born over the border. Mind you I haven't lived there - Berks or Bucks - for 37 years.... been here for 25 years now. You made the right choice. Absolutely. I went to university in the north and decided then that I didn't want to go back south. Did have to suffer 15 months of Essex but made it back north and been there ever since. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2017 23:39:52 GMT
I owe you an apology Mike. I inaccurately slandered you by altering your username to Buckinghamshiremike. I do accept that it is actually BerkshireMike and apologise profusely Ah but then Eton and Slough were both in Bucks! Having Cliveden Hospital in Taplow meant that hardly anyone from Maidenhead was actually born there. So lots of people from that part of Berkshire were born over the border. Mind you I haven't lived there - Berks or Bucks - for 37 years....been here for 25 years now. That's a long time, but I'm not sure you can ever be a scouser if you are from Eton and your middle name is Julian. On the other hand my mother was born in Woolton. |
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Post by finsobruce on Oct 5, 2017 23:45:01 GMT
Burbage Sketchley and Stretton, Hinckley and Bosworth Con 822 (39.0%; -4.6) LD 785 (37.3%; +8.3) Lab 321 (15.2%; +2.0) UKIP 120 (5.7%; -8.5) Ind 57 (2.7%) Damn. Close but not enough. you almost cleaned up in Sketchley... |
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Post by Merseymike on Oct 5, 2017 23:47:41 GMT
Ah but then Eton and Slough were both in Bucks! Having Cliveden Hospital in Taplow meant that hardly anyone from Maidenhead was actually born there. So lots of people from that part of Berkshire were born over the border. Mind you I haven't lived there - Berks or Bucks - for 37 years....been here for 25 years now. That's a long time, but I'm not sure you can ever be a scouser if you are from Eton and your middle name is Julian. That's my cats name! Mind you think you have the wrong idea - I was actually named Julian on my original birth certificate. Offspring of a Single parent which was no go in 62 so I was adopted as a baby and Mum didn't like the name Julian! I'm definitely not a scouser and haven't picked up the accent but I've lived here longer than anywhere else. Coming from Bucks doesn't mean money or privelege though. I was brought up on a council estate and Dad was a sheet metal worker and fabricator. But people do often judge on superficialities |
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Post by jigger on Oct 5, 2017 23:47:53 GMT
Ah but then Eton and Slough were both in Bucks! Having Cliveden Hospital in Taplow meant that hardly anyone from Maidenhead was actually born there. So lots of people from that part of Berkshire were born over the border. Mind you I haven't lived there - Berks or Bucks - for 37 years....been here for 25 years now. That's a long time, but I'm not sure you can ever be a scouser if you are from Eton and your middle name is Julian. On the other hand my mother was born in Woolton. Why not? We are a very welcoming bunch. |
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Post by Robert Waller on Oct 5, 2017 23:50:25 GMT
Vote figs for Burnham Lent Rise & Taplow Con: 699 Lab: 166 LDem: 136 Grn: 60 I make that C 65.9 Lab 15.6 LD 12.8 G 5.7 |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2017 0:08:14 GMT
According to Britain Elects, LAB GAIN FROM UKIP - Mash Barn (Adur DC) Knew it. |
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Post by Khunanup on Oct 6, 2017 0:26:23 GMT
That's a long time, but I'm not sure you can ever be a scouser if you are from Eton and your middle name is Julian. On the other hand my mother was born in Woolton. Why not? We are a very welcoming bunch. What's this 'we', you're from Formby! Plastic scouser at best... |
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Post by jigger on Oct 6, 2017 0:44:59 GMT
Why not? We are a very welcoming bunch. What's this 'we', you're from Formby! Plastic scouser at best... It's interesting that you say that actually. Because my parents, particularly my father, - born in 1932 and 1955 respectively - who have lived in Formby all their lives strongly dislike being associated with Liverpool in any way - they don't regard themselves as having anything really in common with the city. On the other hand, my school year (born 1979-1980) feel a much closer connection with Liverpool and when I'm asked from outside of Merseyside where I'm from, I always say Liverpool. However, my parents would say, without any hesitation, that they were from Lancashire. It's just very interesting how there is that generational divide with regards to identity - maybe that's got something to do with the collapse of the Conservative Party round here, people feeling more Scouse and less Lancastrian. |
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Post by neilm on Oct 6, 2017 0:49:13 GMT
What's this 'we', you're from Formby! Plastic scouser at best... It's interesting that you say that actually. Because my parents, particularly my father, - born in 1934 and 1955 respectively - who have lived in Formby all their lives strongly dislike being associated with Liverpool in any way - they don't regard themselves as having anything really in common with the city. On the other hand, my school year (born 1979-1980) feel a much closer connection with Liverpool and when I'm asked from outside of Merseyside where I'm from, I always say Liverpool. However, my parents would say, without any hesitation, that they were from Lancashire. It's just very interesting how there is that generational divide with regards to identity - maybe that's got something to do with the collapse of the Conservative Party round here, people feeling more Scouse and less Lancastrian. Or maybe the creation of Merseyside gave an identity to a group who felt part of the orbit of Liverpool but not of Liverpool itself. I know a few people who actually say they're from Merseyside. |
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Post by jigger on Oct 6, 2017 0:55:15 GMT
It's interesting that you say that actually. Because my parents, particularly my father, - born in 1934 and 1955 respectively - who have lived in Formby all their lives strongly dislike being associated with Liverpool in any way - they don't regard themselves as having anything really in common with the city. On the other hand, my school year (born 1979-1980) feel a much closer connection with Liverpool and when I'm asked from outside of Merseyside where I'm from, I always say Liverpool. However, my parents would say, without any hesitation, that they were from Lancashire. It's just very interesting how there is that generational divide with regards to identity - maybe that's got something to do with the collapse of the Conservative Party round here, people feeling more Scouse and less Lancastrian. Or maybe the creation of Merseyside gave an identity to a group who felt part of the orbit of Liverpool but not of Liverpool itself. I know a few people who actually say they're from Merseyside. The term Merseyside has existed for ages though. Well before 1974. It is certainly not an uncommon term and I'm quite happy to use it. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2017 0:57:22 GMT
It's interesting that you say that actually. Because my parents, particularly my father, - born in 1934 and 1955 respectively - who have lived in Formby all their lives strongly dislike being associated with Liverpool in any way - they don't regard themselves as having anything really in common with the city. On the other hand, my school year (born 1979-1980) feel a much closer connection with Liverpool and when I'm asked from outside of Merseyside where I'm from, I always say Liverpool. However, my parents would say, without any hesitation, that they were from Lancashire. It's just very interesting how there is that generational divide with regards to identity - maybe that's got something to do with the collapse of the Conservative Party round here, people feeling more Scouse and less Lancastrian. Or maybe the creation of Merseyside gave an identity to a group who felt part of the orbit of Liverpool but not of Liverpool itself. I know a few people who actually say they're from Merseyside. Yes I have a friend from Knowsley at Oxford who identifies with Merseyside. You don’t get this with other metropolitan counties like Tyne & Wear. |
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Post by neilm on Oct 6, 2017 1:05:28 GMT
Or maybe the creation of Merseyside gave an identity to a group who felt part of the orbit of Liverpool but not of Liverpool itself. I know a few people who actually say they're from Merseyside. Yes I have a friend from Knowsley at Oxford who identifies with Merseyside. You don’t get this with other metropolitan counties like Tyne & Wear. Yes, you never hear people say 'I'm from Humberside' or 'I grew up in Cleveland' etc. You do sometimes hear people say 'I'm from the West Midlands' though. Pete Whitehead and I have come across people who say they come from Brent, which is very odd indeed. |
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