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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Jul 26, 2018 20:54:15 GMT
We've been weeding the library recently. We've got the complete works of most of those authors and in several cases not a single one of their books has been borrowed in the past decade. It's interesting to see that your concrete experience matches my theory. Of all of those, I'd say Mauriac and Hauptmann are losses. I didn't weed German, so I can't say for sure about Hauptmann, but definitely Mauriac featured prominently on the never borrowed in recent memory list. Though to a certain extent that's about undergraduates increasingly reading from the reading list and not really engaging with the broader literary canon. |
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Post by finsobruce on Jul 26, 2018 20:57:35 GMT
It's interesting to see that your concrete experience matches my theory. Of all of those, I'd say Mauriac and Hauptmann are losses. I didn't weed German, so I can't say for sure about Hauptmann, but definitely Mauriac featured prominently on the never borrowed in recent memory list. Though to a certain extent that's about undergraduates increasingly reading from the reading list and not really engaging with the broader literary canon. What did you do with all those books!!! |
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Jul 26, 2018 20:59:18 GMT
Nothing for now. In a couple of years time those that aren't duplicates will probably go to the offsite storage facility.
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Post by finsobruce on Jul 26, 2018 21:22:39 GMT
Nothing for now. In a couple of years time those that aren't duplicates will probably go to the offsite storage facility. There are a couple of second hand book places/online retaliers that specialise in buying books from libraries. Anybook in Lincoln come to mind. Some of them might be worth a bob or two judging by the selection you quoted. There haven't been a huge number of translations of Hauptmann's works into English. Even in the UK second hand market most of the cheaply available are in German. |
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Post by johnloony on Jul 26, 2018 23:38:19 GMT
I met Imran Khan when he was signing copies of his book in WHSmith in Croydon in c.1989.
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Post by tiberius on Jul 27, 2018 11:55:27 GMT
Are Imran Khan and Zac Goldsmith related?
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jul 27, 2018 12:03:54 GMT
Ex brothers-in-law
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Post by The Bishop on Jul 27, 2018 12:26:32 GMT
I met Imran Khan when he was signing copies of his book in WHSmith in Croydon in c.1989. His autobiography All Round View? Recall it being a much more interesting read than your typical cricketing memoir. |
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Post by Sibboleth on Jul 27, 2018 17:35:53 GMT
PTI 115, PML-N 64, PPP 43, Ind 13, MMA 13, MQM-P 6, PML-Q 4, BAP 3, BNP 2, GDA 2, ANP 1, AMLP 1
Three seats yet to declare, two seats with postponed polls.
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Jul 28, 2018 16:16:57 GMT
Wasn't there meant to have been a report yesterday by international observers on the fairness of the election? What happened to it?
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Post by carlton43 on Jul 28, 2018 17:49:15 GMT
Wasn't there meant to have been a report yesterday by international observers on the fairness of the election? What happened to it? 'Fairness'? What on earth do you mean? This was a Pakistani GE! |
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Jul 29, 2018 0:10:55 GMT
Wasn't there meant to have been a report yesterday by international observers on the fairness of the election? What happened to it? 'Fairness'? What on earth do you mean? This was a Pakistani GE! Does anybody have an answer to this question that isn't histrionic nonsense? |
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Post by finsobruce on Jul 29, 2018 5:26:43 GMT
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Post by neilm on Jul 29, 2018 15:01:29 GMT
Did Khan run in multiple seats?
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Post by CatholicLeft on Jul 29, 2018 16:32:37 GMT
Did Khan run in multiple seats? Yes, it is normal practice for leading politicians in Pakistan. |
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Post by John Chanin on Jul 30, 2018 10:28:20 GMT
Did Khan run in multiple seats? This is an interesting point, and happens in other countries too (eg Modi was elected in Varanasi, but also stood in a safe seat in Gujerat just in case). Is there a by-election if a candidate is elected in more than 1 constituency, or do they get to nominate a substitute (or even get 2 votes as representative for both)? Did Khan actually get elected in more than 1 constituency?
If I remember correctly the law was changed really quite recently in Britain to bar people from standing in more than 1 constituency. Fringe candidates often used to stand in multiple constituencies here too. I can't remember a case of a "serious" politician doing so though, in my lifetime.
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Post by neilm on Jul 30, 2018 10:56:40 GMT
Did Khan run in multiple seats? This is an interesting point, and happens in other countries too (eg Modi was elected in Varanasi, but also stood in a safe seat in Gujerat just in case). Is there a by-election if a candidate is elected in more than 1 constituency, or do they get to nominate a substitute (or even get 2 votes as representative for both)? Did Khan actually get elected in more than 1 constituency?
If I remember correctly the law was changed really quite recently in Britain to bar people from standing in more than 1 constituency. Fringe candidates often used to stand in multiple constituencies here too. I can't remember a case of a "serious" politician doing so though, in my lifetime.
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Post by timrollpickering on Jul 30, 2018 11:52:48 GMT
Did Khan run in multiple seats? This is an interesting point, and happens in other countries too (eg Modi was elected in Varanasi, but also stood in a safe seat in Gujerat just in case). Is there a by-election if a candidate is elected in more than 1 constituency, or do they get to nominate a substitute (or even get 2 votes as representative for both)? Did Khan actually get elected in more than 1 constituency?
If I remember correctly the law was changed really quite recently in Britain to bar people from standing in more than 1 constituency. Fringe candidates often used to stand in multiple constituencies here too. I can't remember a case of a "serious" politician doing so though, in my lifetime.
I suppose the Unionist who changed his name to "Peter Barry" in the Anglo-Irish Agreement by-elections was the most serious modern case. Going back into the past, Gladstone contested both South Lancashire and Greenwich in 1868, handy as he lost the former (the only time a party leader has lost his own seat despite his party winning office IIRC) but won the latter. It's said he spent a lot of time in the former and none in the latter. In 1880 he left Greenwich and stood in both Midlothian and Leeds. He chose to sit for the former and there was a by-election in Leeds which was won by his son Herbert who represented the seat until it was split in 1885 and then Leeds West until 1910. An even earlier case was Fox in the 1784 election who stood in Westminster, the seat with the largest electorate, and also Tain Burghs, where he was elected by literally 3 to 2 (albeit Burgh commissioners elected by Burgh councillors than direct voters). There was a challenge to the result in Westminster which led to a very long scrutiny so Fox sat for Tain in the interim until the Commons voted to end the delaying tactic. |
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Post by Sibboleth on Jul 30, 2018 17:43:05 GMT
Two results overturned due to sub-10% female turnouts: NA-10 and NA-48. My understanding of the rules (which may be faulty!) is that only the polling stations where female turned was logged at under 10% will be re-polled. NA-10 was a four-way contest between the PML-N, the ANP, the PTI and the MMA; NA-48 was a three-way contest between an independent, the MMA and the PTI.
There are also a number of full recounts ongoing.
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Post by YL on Jul 30, 2018 18:11:02 GMT
This is an interesting point, and happens in other countries too (eg Modi was elected in Varanasi, but also stood in a safe seat in Gujerat just in case). Is there a by-election if a candidate is elected in more than 1 constituency, or do they get to nominate a substitute (or even get 2 votes as representative for both)? Did Khan actually get elected in more than 1 constituency?
If I remember correctly the law was changed really quite recently in Britain to bar people from standing in more than 1 constituency. Fringe candidates often used to stand in multiple constituencies here too. I can't remember a case of a "serious" politician doing so though, in my lifetime.
I suppose the Unionist who changed his name to "Peter Barry" in the Anglo-Irish Agreement by-elections was the most serious modern case. Not Westminster elections, but also in Northern Ireland, Robert McCartney stood in six different constituencies for the UK Unionists in the 2007 Assembly election. |
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