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Post by bsjmcr on Feb 9, 2023 17:11:41 GMT
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Post by owainsutton on Feb 9, 2023 17:44:31 GMT
Indeed. As in 'spoiled ballots', for instance. You mean "spoiled votes", or cases in which the voter has "spoiled his/her ballot paper". Not "spoiled his/her ballot". "Ballot (noun): a piece of paper on which you write your vote" - Cambridge Dictionary. |
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Tony Otim
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Post by Tony Otim on Feb 9, 2023 17:52:02 GMT
Is the fact we're arguing about the definition of ballots
(A) evidence of how pedantic we all are
(B) a sign of how boring this by-election is
(C) both of the above.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2023 18:14:03 GMT
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Post by galloglass on Feb 9, 2023 18:28:03 GMT
Just had Labour come to the door to check I'd voted. Assured them I had.
Not canvassing does have its downsides.
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Post by where2travel on Feb 9, 2023 19:55:28 GMT
Have I tuned in to an episode of Play Your Cards Right?  Anyway, here's a Labour leaflet from the campaign to keep you engaged in the snoozefest!
So you go from your home to the polling station and vote, then it's all down from there? |
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Post by jamie on Feb 9, 2023 20:19:43 GMT
So you go from your home to the polling station and vote, then it's all down from there? Only if you vote Labour, apparently. |
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Post by CatholicLeft on Feb 9, 2023 20:57:07 GMT
My sister and her other half have voted - as have her daughter (my niece) and her husband. Apparently my nephew has gone to vote with his fiancée to "shut his Mum up." If the turnout is low, they might register as a percentage.
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Post by batman on Feb 9, 2023 21:04:09 GMT
Is the fact we're arguing about the definition of ballots (A) evidence of how pedantic we all are (B) a sign of how boring this by-election is (C) both of the above. (D) and John enjoys an argument for argument's sake sometimes |
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Post by maxque on Feb 9, 2023 21:56:51 GMT
Just had Labour come to the door to check I'd voted. Assured them I had. Not canvassing does have its downsides. I suspect, at this point, knocking on random doors would have a positive effect on the Labour, especially if you live in Skems or Ormskirk. They're more likely than now to get Labour voters. |
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Post by johnloony on Feb 9, 2023 22:07:43 GMT
Is the fact we're arguing about the definition of ballots (A) evidence of how pedantic we all are (B) a sign of how boring this by-election is (C) both of the above. (D) and John enjoys an argument for argument's sake sometimes Oh no I don’t |
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Post by johnloony on Feb 9, 2023 22:28:57 GMT
Are you predicting a Conservative gain? Presumably you mean Con 100.0%, otherwise you would have mentioned the other parties |
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Post by johnloony on Feb 9, 2023 22:52:50 GMT
You mean "spoiled votes", or cases in which the voter has "spoiled his/her ballot paper". Not "spoiled his/her ballot". "Ballot (noun): a piece of paper on which you write your vote" - Cambridge Dictionary. If that’s what the Cambridge Dictionary says, then it’s clear that the Cambridge Dictionary was written by a rabble of long-haired weirdo saboteurs who wrote perverse definitions specifically for the purpose of trying, but failing, to make me look silly by providing source material for miserable malcontents who have nothing better to do than contradicting my profound down-to-Earth common sense statements. |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Feb 10, 2023 0:31:45 GMT
Electorate approx 72,191
BPs verified 22,639
Turnout 31.36%
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Post by johnloony on Feb 10, 2023 0:58:35 GMT
Electorate approx 72,191 BPs verified 22,639 Turnout 31.36% That means that half of us (8 out of 16) are predicting a Labour majority of more than 10,000 and the other half fewer than 10,000. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2023 1:28:57 GMT
From twitter: "Tory candidate Mike Prendergast tells the ECHO: "West Lancashire has always been a very safe Labour seat. They’ve had it since 1992"
That is quite an outstandingly blatant contradiction
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2023 1:44:53 GMT
"Result in the next 5 minutes" according to the Liverpool Echo
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2023 1:55:21 GMT
Jo Barton (Lib Dem) 918
Peter Cranie (Green) 646
Ruth Ashley Dalton (Lab) 14,068
Howling Laud Hope (OMRLP) 210
Jonathan Kay (Reform UK) 994
Mike Prendergast (Con) 5,742
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Post by manchesterman on Feb 10, 2023 1:55:56 GMT
lab 14068
con 5742
ref 994
LD 918
Green 646
OMRLP 210
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Post by manchesterman on Feb 10, 2023 1:57:52 GMT
I make the percentages:
LAB 62.14
CON 25.36
REF 4.39
LD 4.05
GRN 2.85
OMRLP 0.93
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