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Post by carlton43 on Jul 4, 2019 13:38:26 GMT
Usenet was the usual forum for political discussion at the time. Some of us are veterans of it. Would have been fascinating if this forum had been going in the 1979-83 Parliament. Or at the time of the 1931 crisis. The 1832 Reform Act might have been fun. Rotten luck for some. |
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Post by pragmaticidealist on Jul 4, 2019 14:38:28 GMT
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In April, someone creates a thread entitled, simply, 'Enoch Powell MP' and it runs for a good 50 pages at least.
International elections/general politics boards overflow throughout the year due to the goings-on in France, the USA and Vietnam, amongst other places.
A few brave Labour posters sweat it out on local elections night.
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Post by carlton43 on Jul 4, 2019 14:57:52 GMT
Rotten Boroughs more like... THAT WAS A PARTY POLITICAL BROADCAST BY THE CAPTAIN OBVIOUS PARTY. |
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Post by jimboo2017 on Jul 4, 2019 15:04:38 GMT
Pre 1945 election internet, wow the information and disinformation that would have brought. don't bring that up, Labour we never got over the Zimmerman tweet ( |
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Post by carlton43 on Jul 4, 2019 15:16:22 GMT
We would have been in our element at the time of the numerous Railway Acts (1835-65) with our interests combined in politics and railways and rumour, gossip, bribery, corruption and lobbying. We could all have had years of fun and some of us could specialised and make a fortune in advice, legal fees and lobbying money, not to mention speculation in stocks that we knew would fail or perhaps could be made to fail. Be as good as the days of the East India Company and without the heat and disease!
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Jul 4, 2019 16:54:34 GMT
A discussion thread on Chamberlain signing the Munich accords in 1938 would have attracted the usual suspects praising him as the greatest political leader that ever existed (bar the nice chap he had just signed the agreement with), and pointing out what a pathetic weak country Czechoslovakia was because its dispute was about " a far away (European) country.." It would have turned into a thread about how leading figures in just about every party had endorsed Hitler at some point! |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Jul 4, 2019 17:01:18 GMT
Owen Jones would be saying how much he knew about rotten boroughs because he had a cousin who lived east of Dunwich.
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Post by greenchristian on Jul 4, 2019 17:09:41 GMT
Usenet was the usual forum for political discussion at the time. Some of us are veterans of it. Would have been fascinating if this forum had been going in the 1979-83 Parliament. Or at the time of the 1931 crisis. The 1832 Reform Act might have been fun. Which rotten borough will you miss most? |
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Post by jimboo2017 on Jul 4, 2019 17:16:17 GMT
Owen Jones would be saying how much he knew about rotten boroughs because he had a cousin who lived east of Dunwich. Owen Jones on the Hitler Stalin pact would be interesting |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Jul 4, 2019 17:18:45 GMT
Owen Jones would be saying how much he knew about rotten boroughs because he had a cousin who lived east of Dunwich. Owen Jones on the Hitler Stalin pact would be interesting Meanwhile, in the same paper- is George Formby's banjo an act of cultural appropriation? |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Jul 4, 2019 18:08:58 GMT
The 1832 Reform Act might have been fun. Which rotten borough will you miss most? Tameside. |
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Post by AdminSTB on Jul 4, 2019 21:00:00 GMT
It would have been fun creating threads for all the pre-1973 local authorities every year.  |
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Post by Khunanup on Jul 5, 2019 9:35:00 GMT
Rotten Boroughs more like... Robber Button shurely...?! |
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Post by The Bishop on Jul 5, 2019 10:03:50 GMT
Owen Jones would be saying how much he knew about rotten boroughs because he had a cousin who lived east of Dunwich A mermaid? |
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Post by cibwr on Jul 6, 2019 12:42:39 GMT
Were there any forums or discussion boards like this in the very early days of the internet (mid-90s)? I'm sure that would have been interesting. In particular, seeing everyone get it wrong in the 1997 election (there was a widespread belief at the time - including within the Labour campaign - that the Tories wouldn't do anything like as badly as the polls were projecting). Usenet was the usual forum for political discussion at the time. Some of us are veterans of it. Would have been fascinating if this forum had been going in the 1979-83 Parliament. Or at the time of the 1931 crisis. Indeed does anyone venture into uk.politics.misc anymore? |
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Post by Harry Hayfield on Jul 6, 2019 15:29:36 GMT
My two favourite bits would be a) the Long Parliament (with a discussion as to whether the King should and could enter the Commons) and b) the 1885 general election in Scotland (with the election of no less than 5 Crofter MP's)
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Post by jimboo2017 on Jul 6, 2019 19:13:48 GMT
My two favourite bits would be a) the Long Parliament (with a discussion as to whether the King should and could enter the Commons) and b) the 1885 general election in Scotland (with the election of no less than 5 Crofter MP's) My favourite Election |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jul 6, 2019 20:18:06 GMT
1885 was the only election to result in an absolute tie.
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Post by greenchristian on Jul 6, 2019 20:25:53 GMT
1885 was the only election to result in an absolute tie. Only election for anything ever? |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jul 6, 2019 20:52:54 GMT
1885 was the only election to result in an absolute tie. Only election for anything ever? I mean nationally, in seats. Conservatives 249 + Irish Parliamentary Party 86 = 335 Liberal 319 + Independent Liberals and Crofters 16 = 335 |
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