J.G.Harston
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Post by J.G.Harston on Dec 26, 2021 11:58:53 GMT
In 1901 Scotland comprised 14% of the UK's population. Today it's 8%. And at union in 1707 it was around 20%. (estimates vary due to being before proper census statistics) |
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Post by greenhert on Dec 27, 2021 9:38:06 GMT
In 1901 Scotland comprised 14% of the UK's population. Today it's 8%. If Britain were a more federal and less centralised nation, the proportion would be higher today. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2022 20:19:25 GMT
Rishi Sunak will be the youngest PM since Pitt the Younger if he becomes Prime Minister before turning 42.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jan 13, 2022 20:35:55 GMT
Rishi Sunak will be the youngest PM since Pitt the Younger if he becomes Prime Minister before turning 42. He would need to become PM on or before 12 May 2022 in order to beat Lord Liverpool. If he becomes PM before 12 December 2023 he would beat David Cameron and be the youngest PM since 1812. |
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Post by manchesterman on Jan 13, 2022 20:41:45 GMT
Rishi Sunak will be the youngest PM since Pitt the Younger if he becomes Prime Minister before turning 42. He would need to become PM on or before 12 May 2022 in order to beat Lord Liverpool. If he becomes PM before 12 December 2023 he would beat David Cameron and be the youngest PM since 1812. what date do the local elections fall on this year?  |
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Post by greenhert on Jan 13, 2022 20:55:19 GMT
He would need to become PM on or before 12 May 2022 in order to beat Lord Liverpool. If he becomes PM before 12 December 2023 he would beat David Cameron and be the youngest PM since 1812. what date do the local elections fall on this year?  5 May. |
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Post by manchesterman on Jan 13, 2022 21:00:13 GMT
still time then  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2022 20:32:30 GMT
Chris Sununu would be the first New Hampshire governor to serve more than three terms since 1805
Federalist John Taylor Gilman was the last
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Post by WestCountryRadical on Jan 16, 2022 12:59:14 GMT
Chris Sununu would be the first New Hampshire governor to serve more than three terms since 1805 Federalist John Taylor Gilman was the last John Lynch served four terms 2005-13 |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2022 13:05:44 GMT
Chris Sununu would be the first New Hampshire governor to serve more than three terms since 1805 Federalist John Taylor Gilman was the last John Lynch served four terms 2005-13 Oh. Sununu could be the first in a long time to serve more than four if he wins in November and in 2024. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2022 10:47:49 GMT
The USA was 42,921 votes away from a 269-269 Electoral College tie in 2020.
I think the following would then have happened
1) The House would have voted for President (by state not Congressional District)
27 states had Republican majority House delegations while 20 had Democrat ones after the House elections. Michigan, Minnesota and Pennsylvania had tied delegations and so couldn't vote.
The House would have voted 27-20 to re-elect Trump
2) The Senate would have been 50-50 after the Georgia runoffs and Pence would have cast the tiebreak vote to re-elect himself as VP
All while Biden won the popular vote by 7 million votes...
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Post by J.G.Harston on Jan 24, 2022 13:18:31 GMT
The USA was 42,921 votes away from a 269-269 Electoral College tie in 2020. I think the following would then have happened 1) The House would have voted for President (by state not Congressional District) 29 states had Republican majority House delegations while 18 had Democrat ones after the House elections. Michigan, Minnesota and Pennsylvania had tied delegations and so couldn't vote. The House would have voted 29-18 to re-elect Trump 2) The Senate would have been 50-50 after the Georgia runoffs and Pence would have cast the tiebreak vote to re-elect himself as VP All while Biden won the popular vote by 7 million votes... Well, the USA is a federation, and the President is the president of the federation, and the members of the federation are the states, not the people, so it's the states that choose the president of the federation of the states. All there in the constitution specifically to avoid the president being a demagogue bypassing the states. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2022 5:50:45 GMT
Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski is older than Alaska.
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Post by minionofmidas on Feb 4, 2022 14:35:05 GMT
Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski is older than Alaska. Every member of congress - House or Senate - from Alaska ever was either born in the lower 48, or else (Murkowski and Mark Begich) is the Alaska-born child of a former member of congress from Alaska who was born in the lower 48. Begich was born after statehood, though. If there is any member of congress from elsewhere who was born in Alaska, then I am not aware of them - I think Murkowski is and will almost certainly remain the only territory native to have made it into congress. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2022 9:04:48 GMT
Jeremy Bernard Corbyn
Bernard Sanders
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Post by Defenestrated Fipplebox on Feb 17, 2022 9:18:20 GMT
Jeremy Bernard Corbyn Bernard Sanders Are you starting a link the politician's names thread? |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2022 5:06:09 GMT
The popular vote margin of victory was within 4.4% in five of the six US elections held since 1996.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2022 6:19:07 GMT
Every Conservative to gain a seat in a by-election while the Tories have been in office has been a woman since the '60s:
Angela Rumbold (Mitcham & Morden 1982)
Trudy Harrison (Copeland 2017)
Jill Mortimer (Hartlepool 2021)
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2022 6:03:18 GMT
David Cameron was the first privately educated Tory leader since Alec Douglas-Home left the post in 1965.
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Post by The Bishop on Feb 26, 2022 12:00:40 GMT
Every Conservative to gain a seat in a by-election while the Tories have been in office has been a woman since the '60s: Angela Rumbold (Mitcham & Morden 1982) Trudy Harrison (Copeland 2017) Jill Mortimer (Hartlepool 2021) Not getting my hopes up or anything, but a Labour (re)gain in Hartlepool at the next GE would be amusing wouldn't it? |
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