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Post by greenchristian on Jun 12, 2018 16:47:30 GMT
What time are we expecting the result to be announced? It does not appear that there will be a by-election special on TV  TV specials seem to be very much of the past. Sky News will sometimes go to the result in the middle of other programming. Does BBC Parliament not have a budget for actually making programs, then? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2018 16:56:23 GMT
TV specials seem to be very much of the past. Sky News will sometimes go to the result in the middle of other programming. Does BBC Parliament not have a budget for actually making programs, then? Have you seen their book review show?! |
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Post by Andrew_S on Jun 12, 2018 16:56:27 GMT
TV specials seem to be very much of the past. Sky News will sometimes go to the result in the middle of other programming. Does BBC Parliament not have a budget for actually making programs, then? It does but it doesn't do by-election specials. |
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Jun 12, 2018 17:30:23 GMT
It depends on the type. The ones who sound offended by being asked are straightforward againsts, the secrecy of the ballot box type can safely be assumed to be Lib Dem unless a neighbour says otherwise. You mean all the "secret ballot " types I always had down as antis were really closet Lib Dems all along? I doubt it somehow. To be fair, that's mostly based upon canvassing in Cambridge. Where there is a very particular type of voter who says that. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2018 17:38:50 GMT
LAB HOLD
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2018 18:14:28 GMT
You mean all the "secret ballot " types I always had down as antis were really closet Lib Dems all along? I doubt it somehow. To be fair, that's mostly based upon canvassing in Cambridge. Where there is a very particular type of voter who says that. Oh, we have them too... |
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Post by gwynthegriff on Jun 12, 2018 19:52:49 GMT
Is that a prediction or the result? |
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Post by justin124 on Jun 12, 2018 20:35:23 GMT
Is that a prediction or the result? The election takes place on Thursday! |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2018 20:54:04 GMT
Is that a prediction or the result? The election takes place on Thursday! he's got the sports almanac stuffed down his trousers |
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Post by greenchristian on Jun 12, 2018 20:58:02 GMT
The election takes place on Thursday! he's got the sports almanac stuffed down his trousers Or mistakenly thinks this is Lufthur-era Tower Hamlets... |
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Post by where2travel on Jun 12, 2018 22:17:28 GMT
On a run back home through a chunk of Lewisham East tonight (primarily Lee Green and Whitefoot) I saw a handful or so of posters outside houses - I think they were all on or near Verdant Lane and Whitefoot Lane (so in Whitefoot ward). Actually it's more than I would have expected (i.e. probably none) for this area in a by-election. All Labour bar one Lib Dem "Winning Here".
I'm surprised it's generated enough interest to care who finishes second here (I saw on a non-political forum someone comment on the point the Lib Dems may finish second).
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2018 7:54:23 GMT
I don’t think we can be arsed in by elections where we don’t have a chance.
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Post by andrew111 on Jun 13, 2018 8:27:17 GMT
I don’t think we can be arsed in by elections where we don’t have a chance. Well, actually, judging by twitter the Tories have been working pretty hard.. James Cleverly seems to be there every day with another couple of groups of 20 outside activists. They have all, without exception, been getting a "great response on the doorstep"
On the other hand judging by his brief appearance on C4, the candidate is pretty unimpressive
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Post by timrollpickering on Jun 13, 2018 9:20:26 GMT
I've been down a few times, enjoying the train timetable as I go. The other day I was doing some leafleting and quite by chance discovered that the section we'd been given included my old school's sports ground. The main response on the door on that particular occasion was politeness from everyone out front and only one very hostile dog which my co-leafletter had the pleasure of delivering to.
There was a hustings arranged last night that got shut down by a mob including people waving Socialist Workers Party placards despite Anne Marie Waters having already decided not to attend on police advice.
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Post by where2travel on Jun 13, 2018 9:38:21 GMT
I've been down a few times, enjoying the train timetable as I go. The other day I was doing some leafleting and quite by chance discovered that the section we'd been given included my old school's sports ground. The main response on the door on that particular occasion was politeness from everyone out front and only one very hostile dog which my co-leafletter had the pleasure of delivering to. There was a hustings arranged last night that got shut down by a mob including people waving Socialist Workers Party placards despite Anne Marie Waters having already decided not to attend on police advice. Was that on the South Circular, just outside Catford (towards Lee)? There was a big kerfuffle there with lots of police presence but a fairly small group of shouters similar to what you describe. Most seemed to have placards about anti-racism and Islamaphboia from what I could see. |
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Post by Chris from Brum on Jun 13, 2018 9:41:09 GMT
I've been down a few times, enjoying the train timetable as I go. The other day I was doing some leafleting and quite by chance discovered that the section we'd been given included my old school's sports ground. The main response on the door on that particular occasion was politeness from everyone out front and only one very hostile dog which my co-leafletter had the pleasure of delivering to. There was a hustings arranged last night that got shut down by a mob including people waving Socialist Workers Party placards despite Anne Marie Waters having already decided not to attend on police advice. Was that on the South Circular, just outside Catford (towards Lee)? There was a big kerfuffle there with lots of police presence but a fairly small group of shouters similar to what you describe. Most seemed to have placards about anti-racism and Islamaphboia from what I could see. Sounds like your standard issue SWP Rent-a-mob. |
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Post by yellowperil on Jun 13, 2018 11:52:09 GMT
I don’t think we can be arsed in by elections where we don’t have a chance. Well, actually, judging by twitter the Tories have been working pretty hard.. James Cleverly seems to be there every day with another couple of groups of 20 outside activists. They have all, without exception, been getting a "great response on the doorstep"
On the other hand judging by his brief appearance on C4, the candidate is pretty unimpressive
I would say from all I hear the candidate is astoundingly unimpressive. Why are the Tories trying as hard as they are? Well,losing a deposit would be pretty embarrassing, wouldn't it? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2018 12:54:45 GMT
Well, actually, judging by twitter the Tories have been working pretty hard.. James Cleverly seems to be there every day with another couple of groups of 20 outside activists. They have all, without exception, been getting a "great response on the doorstep"
On the other hand judging by his brief appearance on C4, the candidate is pretty unimpressive
I would say from all I hear the candidate is astoundingly unimpressive. Why are the Tories trying as hard as they are? Well,losing a deposit would be pretty embarrassing, wouldn't it? perhaps they're trying to hold to 2nd |
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Post by Chris from Brum on Jun 13, 2018 13:10:56 GMT
Well, actually, judging by twitter the Tories have been working pretty hard.. James Cleverly seems to be there every day with another couple of groups of 20 outside activists. They have all, without exception, been getting a "great response on the doorstep" Isn't that the traditional cry of a party whose vote is crumbling by the day? |
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Post by timrollpickering on Jun 13, 2018 13:26:44 GMT
Well, actually, judging by twitter the Tories have been working pretty hard.. James Cleverly seems to be there every day with another couple of groups of 20 outside activists. They have all, without exception, been getting a "great response on the doorstep" Isn't that the traditional cry of a party whose vote is crumbling by the day? Who knows? |
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