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Post by iainbhx on Jul 3, 2024 11:34:05 GMT
Meanwhile GB news poll out at noon shows Labour on just 36% You actually believe People Polling? Bless. If there is one pollster who has deffo being pulling their figures out of their arse this election - it’s Goodwin. |
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Post by gwynthegriff on Jul 3, 2024 11:49:38 GMT
Am thinking of leaving, it seems to me this place has a disproportionately full of right wingers, Lab centrists, Islamaphobic, Left hating types who seem to be quite pally and know each other or at least others identity. Well, personally, no, no, no, no and I knew one other member 40+ years ago (haven't seen him since) and until a pub meet-up a few years ago where I met 4 or 5 posters have - to the best of my knowledge - never met anyone else on here. And the only people whose identities I know are those who choose either not to conceal or are content to reveal. (My own identity isn't exactly hard to establish - I suspect googling 'Gwyn Griff Crewe Liberal' would give you details.) However, to return to H & SP, will the SEP lack of support damage the Feinstein vote?  |
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Post by gwynthegriff on Jul 3, 2024 11:51:20 GMT
I repeat I have it on a fairly good authority that most Labour candidates since the beginning of the week have been have been told to stay at home, do not attend hustings, do nothing in their seats. Obviously will not apply to tight marginals like Uxbridge, Harrow Chingford...etc The Ming vase strategy is hardly news. |
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Post by No Offence Alan on Jul 3, 2024 12:15:40 GMT
Am thinking of leaving, it seems to me this place has a disproportionately full of right wingers, Lab centrists, Islamaphobic, Left hating types who seem to be quite pally and know each other or at least others identity. Well, personally, no, no, no, no and I knew one other member 40+ years ago (haven't seen him since) and until a pub meet-up a few years ago where I met 4 or 5 posters have - to the best of my knowledge - never met anyone else on here. And the only people whose identities I know are those who choose either not to conceal or are content to reveal. (My own identity isn't exactly hard to establish - I suspect googling 'Gwyn Griff Crewe Liberal' would give you details.) However, to return to H & SP, will the SEP lack of support damage the Feinstein vote? I have only met 3 other forum members, when the LD conference was in Glasgow (2015?), and one of those is now dead, and one is now permanently banned from here. |
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Post by nodealbrexiteer on Jul 3, 2024 12:30:27 GMT
Well, personally, no, no, no, no and I knew one other member 40+ years ago (haven't seen him since) and until a pub meet-up a few years ago where I met 4 or 5 posters have - to the best of my knowledge - never met anyone else on here. And the only people whose identities I know are those who choose either not to conceal or are content to reveal. (My own identity isn't exactly hard to establish - I suspect googling 'Gwyn Griff Crewe Liberal' would give you details.) However, to return to H & SP, will the SEP lack of support damage the Feinstein vote? I have only met 3 other forum members, when the LD conference was in Glasgow (2015?), and one of those is now dead, and one is now permanently banned from here. nearly at 9000 posts! |
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Post by Defenestrated Fipplebox on Jul 3, 2024 13:40:47 GMT
Am thinking of leaving, it seems to me this place has a disproportionately full of right wingers, Lab centrists, Islamaphobic, Left hating types who seem to be quite pally and know each other or at least others identity. Meanwhile GB news poll out at noon shows Labour on just 36%
Some people have been posting on the equivalent of this board for nigh on 20 years, so people know each other, plus there have been drink meet ups.
It's taken me a good while to work out things, being a relative newbie, joining only 5 years ago.
You definately are to the left of most on here, but that is good for the board, and just because we disagree doesn't mean you are wrong. People can be abrupt on here sometimes, true, but take the rough with the smooth and try not to be too prickly back, then I think you'll come to enjoy it overall. Most of us take short breaks to unwind from here sometimes, so disappearing and then coming back is not unusual. Your contribution overall has been positive so I hope you stay.
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Post by nyx on Jul 3, 2024 19:13:27 GMT
Am thinking of leaving, it seems to me this place has a disproportionately full of right wingers, Lab centrists, Islamaphobic, Left hating types who seem to be quite pally and know each other or at least others identity. Meanwhile GB news poll out at noon shows Labour on just 36%
Some people have been posting on the equivalent of this board for nigh on 20 years, so people know each other, plus there have been drink meet ups.
It's taken me a good while to work out things, being a relative newbie, joining only 5 years ago.
You definately are to the left of most on here, but that is good for the board, and just because we disagree doesn't mean you are wrong. People can be abrupt on here sometimes, true, but take the rough with the smooth and try not to be too prickly back, then I think you'll come to enjoy it overall. Most of us take short breaks to unwind from here sometimes, so disappearing and then coming back is not unusual. Your contribution overall has been positive so I hope you stay.
I personally quite enjoy being exposed to a wide variety of political opinions on here; I'd say it's pretty balanced overall. |
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Post by doktorb🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ on Jul 3, 2024 19:34:43 GMT
Am thinking of leaving, it seems to me this place has a disproportionately full of right wingers, Lab centrists, Islamaphobic, Left hating types who seem to be quite pally and know each other or at least others identity. Meanwhile GB news poll out at noon shows Labour on just 36% I'm the last person to suggest someone shouldn't flounce but nonetheless. It's the end of a very weird election campaign, people are frazzled, and nobody tends to come into a messageboard to agree with one another. In the years I've been here, there's been a LibDem surge, a far right incursion, and a Brexit revolution, and the tide goes in and out as the planet turns. I would suggest that you've seen the best and worst of forummers during an unusual and atypical time. We do get on, we even give out awards at the end of the year  |
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Post by islington on Jul 3, 2024 21:20:19 GMT
Am thinking of leaving, it seems to me this place has a disproportionately full of right wingers, Lab centrists, Islamaphobic, Left hating types who seem to be quite pally and know each other or at least others identity. Meanwhile GB news poll out at noon shows Labour on just 36%
Some people have been posting on the equivalent of this board for nigh on 20 years, so people know each other, plus there have been drink meet ups.
It's taken me a good while to work out things, being a relative newbie, joining only 5 years ago.
You definately are to the left of most on here, but that is good for the board, and just because we disagree doesn't mean you are wrong. People can be abrupt on here sometimes, true, but take the rough with the smooth and try not to be too prickly back, then I think you'll come to enjoy it overall. Most of us take short breaks to unwind from here sometimes, so disappearing and then coming back is not unusual. Your contribution overall has been positive so I hope you stay.
I'd endorse this and it's healthy for all of us to be exposed to a range of well-argued views with some of which we are likely to strongly disagree. Judging by our poll on voting intentions, the one group that is dramatically over-represented here, compared with the general population, is the Lib Dems. But in the end, the fundamental question is what you are getting out of it, and there's only one person that knows the answer to that. PS: I've been on here for years and I can honestly say that I don't know (and have made no attempt to find out) the real names of the great majority of posters with whom I engage. |
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Post by J.G.Harston on Jul 3, 2024 21:21:08 GMT
Am thinking of leaving, it seems to me this place has a disproportionately full of right wingers, Lab centrists, Islamaphobic, Left hating types who seem to be quite pally and know each other or at least others identity. Meanwhile GB news poll out at noon shows Labour on just 36% I'm the last person to suggest someone shouldn't flounce but nonetheless. It's the end of a very weird election campaign, people are frazzled, and nobody tends to come into a messageboard to agree with one another. In the years I've been here, there's been a LibDem surge, a far right incursion, and a Brexit revolution, and the tide goes in and out as the planet turns. I would suggest that you've seen the best and worst of forummers during an unusual and atypical time. We do get on, we even give out awards at the end of the year To kick it off, I'd like to nominate norflondon for newcomer of the year.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2024 21:48:05 GMT
Go on then, spit it out as they say..... Do you not think that the posting style and obsessions of @weld and norflondon are fairly similar? Sorry to post on here, but no, we are not the same poster. My former aliases are conservativeestimate and Rockefeller. |
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Post by gwynthegriff on Jul 4, 2024 22:34:13 GMT
Do you not think that the posting style and obsessions of @weld and norflondon are fairly similar? Sorry to post on here, but no, we are not the same poster. My former aliases are conservativeestimate and Rockefeller. Ah, conservativeestimate explains a lot. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2024 22:35:33 GMT
Sorry to post on here, but no, we are not the same poster. My former aliases are conservativeestimate and Rockefeller. Ah, conservativeestimate explains a lot. That account was set up in early 2017 when I was still a Tory voter. |
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Post by islington on Jul 4, 2024 22:41:16 GMT
Ah, conservativeestimate explains a lot. That account was set up in early 2017 when I was still a Tory voter. You've been on a journey, haven't you? |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2024 22:42:42 GMT
That account was set up in early 2017 when I was still a Tory voter. You've been on a journey, haven't you? I've seen the real world affects of neoliberalism, yes. |
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Post by LDCaerdydd on Jul 5, 2024 0:27:26 GMT
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Post by LDCaerdydd on Jul 5, 2024 1:59:16 GMT
Starmer - 18,884 votes
Feinstein - 7,312 votes
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Post by YL on Jul 5, 2024 2:01:18 GMT
That's actually quite a respectable performance by Feinstein.
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Post by carlton43 on Jul 5, 2024 2:01:33 GMT
Starmer - 18,8884 votes Feinstein - 7,312 votes By Jove that was close HA HA HA HA HA! |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2024 2:02:23 GMT
I got carried away, but we shaved 17% off Starmer's vote. Labour are where they were in 1983 here.
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