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Post by gwynthegriff on Feb 21, 2018 21:50:52 GMT
I would remind the Hon Member of the Wales scrum-half by the name of Rupert StJohn Moon. Rupert Henry St John Barker Moon, if you please, who's about as Welsh as I am, having been born in Birmingham. Is alleged to have "Made in England" tattooed on his @rse. There was the memorable match when he was at 9 for Wales, while Dewi Morris, born in Crickhowell, was opposite him for England. His elder brother, Richard Moon, also a fine scrum-half, opted to be English, but never played for the England 1st XV, otherwise we could have had the interesting spectacle of two brothers playing in the same position for opposite international sides.I have a feeling that may have happened already. Bachop brothers? |
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Post by yellowperil on Feb 21, 2018 22:02:05 GMT
" not their job" - Oh I wasn't trying to justify it for one moment - just not surprised
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Post by andrewteale on Feb 21, 2018 23:42:22 GMT
I could have done without having to scrap the preview for Bryn ward, which I had already written and sent off to Britain Elects. Coming in from a long day at 10:30pm on a Wednesday evening and then having to rewrite a column with twelve by-elections on it is not my idea of fun.
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Post by Andrew_S on Feb 22, 2018 12:44:05 GMT
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Post by Robert Waller on Feb 22, 2018 13:18:57 GMT
I could have done without having to scrap the preview for Bryn ward, which I had already written and sent off to Britain Elects. Coming in from a long day at 10:30pm on a Wednesday evening and then having to rewrite a column with twelve by-elections on it is not my idea of fun. [/rant] Worth it, I hope! britainelects.com/author/andrewteale/ |
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Post by yellowperil on Feb 22, 2018 13:20:51 GMT
AJS: Nice one- fifteenth century sounds quite late for a classic cruck house. I've never heard of one in use as a polling station though.
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Post by Andrew_S on Feb 22, 2018 13:24:11 GMT
Nice one- fifteenth century sounds quite late for a classic cruck house. I might walk past this polling station this evening. Somehow I haven't noticed it before despite being interested in old buildings. |
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Post by yellowperil on Feb 22, 2018 13:36:39 GMT
The cruck house looks pretty heavily restored to make into a useful building for the twenty-first century (and why not?) and such buildings were being put up for maybe as much as a thousand years before the fifteenth century,and that's about as late as it could possibly be.I imagine there will have been a lot of archaeological work at the time of restoration to produce a date?
Half a lifetime ago I used to teach building history so I'm quite interested.
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Post by Andrew_S on Feb 22, 2018 18:29:39 GMT
I've visited two of the polling stations just now in Stowe and there are three ballot boxes, one for the district council, one for the city council, and one for a referendum on a local planning issue. Turnout is said to be "good", although no figures were available. Apparently the votes aren't being counted until tomorrow.
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Post by Zardoz on Feb 22, 2018 22:15:00 GMT
AJS: Nice one- fifteenth century sounds quite late for a classic cruck house. I've never heard of one in use as a polling station though. I didn't know they had crack houses back then. |
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Post by Andrew_S on Feb 22, 2018 22:42:17 GMT
Electorates (2017 figures except Bridport which is 2014):
Stowe: 4932
Marine: 6608
Old Leake: 2304
Fishbourne: 1900
Bridport: 15038
Bridport North: 6237
Goffs Oak: 12104
Swinderby: 4294
Minehead South: 2015
Trevethin: 2756
Selkirkshire: 7585
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Post by samdwebber on Feb 22, 2018 22:48:38 GMT
Worth reading and retweeting if you are on twitter:
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Post by andrewteale on Feb 22, 2018 22:54:51 GMT
First two results in:
C hold Old Leake and Wrangle
LD gain Minehead South from Ind
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Post by Andrew_S on Feb 22, 2018 22:56:55 GMT
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Post by andrewp on Feb 22, 2018 23:00:16 GMT
Trevethin
Lab 233
Ind Parker 148
Ind Wildgust 69
Green 15
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Post by andrewp on Feb 22, 2018 23:00:47 GMT
Lib Dem win Minehead South by 27 votes.
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Post by Andrew_S on Feb 22, 2018 23:02:24 GMT
Trevethin Lab 233 Ind Parker 141 Ind Wildgust 69 Green 15 Lab 50.9% Ind Parker 30.8% Ind Wildgust 15.1% Green 3.3% |
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Post by andrewp on Feb 22, 2018 23:06:29 GMT
Minehead South, West Somerset
Lib Dem 316
Con 291
Lab 125
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Post by andrewp on Feb 22, 2018 23:10:04 GMT
Trevethin Lab 233 Ind Parker 148 Ind Wildgust 69 Green 15 Lab 50.1% Ind Parker 31.8% Ind Wildgust 14.8% Green 3.2% Parker got 141 not 148. |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Feb 22, 2018 23:13:38 GMT
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