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Post by jimboo2017 on Jun 19, 2018 21:32:54 GMT
Interesting thing is the SNP Labour alliance should make it awkward |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2018 22:11:20 GMT
Any chance of a Conservative gain? They won the most votes in the ward last year.
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Post by jimboo2017 on Jun 20, 2018 11:29:51 GMT
Any chance of a Conservative gain? They won the most votes in the ward last year. Well Dalgety Bay is really an Edinburgh Suburb hiding in Fife. high percentage of kids go to private schools with a bus going to Dollar Academy for example. So with a neutral hat on I could see the Tories win this with a good candidate and well organised campaign. |
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Post by Tony Otim on Jun 20, 2018 11:46:10 GMT
Any chance of a Conservative gain? They won the most votes in the ward last year. On paper, I'd say they'd look to be favourites. It'll be an Con-SNP battle at the end with a lot of votes not transferring or not overwhelmingly favouring one or the other. So if they're ahead on 1st prefs like last year they should win. The main question mark would be how much of their vote last year was personal for the incumbent and that I have no idea about. |
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Post by jimboo2017 on Jul 19, 2018 18:46:27 GMT
 Inverkeithing, Aberdour, Dalgety Bay and North Queensferry Labour Candidate Billy Pollock |
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Post by boogieeck on Aug 18, 2018 18:17:07 GMT
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Post by Tony Otim on Aug 18, 2018 19:28:03 GMT
A Conservative win here would actually tell us very little. Based on last year's result they should start as strong favourites and anything other than a win would be a poor result for them. I also don't think a tory defeat would have much to di with this as I'm not sure stories like this ever have all that much impact on actual election results. It's all noise in a political bubble that impacts very few in the polling booth. So rather than being a sign of changing public attitudes it would more be a sign that things were much as they ever were. |
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Post by jimboo2017 on Aug 18, 2018 20:35:33 GMT
Yep, Tory win is on the cards, the SNP / Labour Fife Council coalition will probably make it a landslide
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Post by andrew111 on Aug 19, 2018 13:50:38 GMT
I am not a fan of the politics of offence and victimhood, but on the other hand I don't like pr*ts who think it is funny to deliberately offend people.. What a dilemma.. |
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Post by jimboo2017 on Aug 19, 2018 14:36:02 GMT
“Chavs to the left of me, pikeys to the right, here I am shopping in Lidls with you.”
that is funny
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Post by European Lefty on Aug 19, 2018 19:01:40 GMT
“Chavs to the left of me, pikeys to the right, here I am shopping in Lidls with you.” that is funny No it isn't. |
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Post by gwynthegriff on Aug 19, 2018 19:25:43 GMT
“Chavs to the left of me, pikeys to the right, here I am shopping in Lidls with you.” that is funny The play on "stuck in the middle / shopping in Lidl's" is clever, but otherwise dire. The "window licker" is deeply unpleasant. But ... it was eight years ago, he's (sort of) apologised, and it's up to the Tories whether they consider him fit to be their candidate. (And for the electorate to decide whether he's an appropriate councillor) Personally I wouldn't vote for anyone who used the expression "window licker" without a craven apology and evidence of a change in attitude. |
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Post by jimboo2017 on Aug 19, 2018 19:37:53 GMT
“Chavs to the left of me, pikeys to the right, here I am shopping in Lidls with you.” that is funny No it isn't. Yup, it is, totally encapsulates the Lidl experience in Fife at least, if I were to make an edit it would be replacing "Pikey" with "Roma". Just love watching the staff run around keeping an eye on them as the the local tea leafs walk out with a bottle in their pocket. Remember the people who will be voting here are the ones who, if they accidently entered Lidls, would mistake it for a foodbank, Oh look Hamish, Comte de Senneval Champagne Brut, only £10.99 |
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Post by jimboo2017 on Aug 19, 2018 19:41:54 GMT
“Chavs to the left of me, pikeys to the right, here I am shopping in Lidls with you.” that is funny The play on "stuck in the middle / shopping in Lidl's" is clever, but otherwise dire. The "window licker" is deeply unpleasant. But ... it was eight years ago, he's (sort of) apologised, and it's up to the Tories whether they consider him fit to be their candidate. (And for the electorate to decide whether he's an appropriate councillor) Personally I wouldn't vote for anyone who used the expression "window licker" without a craven apology and evidence of a change in attitude. Never mentioned the Windae Lickers for the simple reason that it makes me uneasy even though it is a commonly used term i this area |
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Post by CatholicLeft on Aug 20, 2018 16:42:23 GMT
“Chavs to the left of me, pikeys to the right, here I am shopping in Lidls with you.” that is funny The play on "stuck in the middle / shopping in Lidl's" is clever, but otherwise dire. The "window licker" is deeply unpleasant. But ... it was eight years ago, he's (sort of) apologised, and it's up to the Tories whether they consider him fit to be their candidate. (And for the electorate to decide whether he's an appropriate councillor) Personally I wouldn't vote for anyone who used the expression "window licker" without a craven apology and evidence of a change in attitude. I wouldn't vote for somebody who used either expression. Not sure why you haven't suggested the use of the word "Pikey" equally disqualifying? It is a vile phrase and the use of it is as offensive as using a racial epithet for black people or any other group. At a time we rightly condemn anti-Semitism, perhaps it is as well to remember the other racial group singled out for total extermination by the Nazis. |
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Post by European Lefty on Aug 20, 2018 16:46:41 GMT
Well, it's nice to see that this place is a hotbed of anti-Roma racism. And to think I thought it would be more civilised than Facebook......
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Post by jimboo2017 on Aug 20, 2018 16:57:08 GMT
Well, it's nice to see that this place is a hotbed of anti-Roma racism. And to think I thought it would be more civilised than Facebook...... Spend a lot of my time highlighting the problems of the travellers and Gypsies and the new influx of Roma who were the first through the doors when the gas chambers were opened, but the reality is we will always take the pish out of those who are different and it is a no different from the Jackies and Culshies, Teuchters and weegies or tales of teachers in Fife teaching English as a second language to the locals, will get back to it tonight but in the old forum it was well discussed. Bouldering's a bastard in Fife. |
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Post by gwynthegriff on Aug 20, 2018 18:31:07 GMT
Well, it's nice to see that this place is a hotbed of anti-Roma racism. And to think I thought it would be more civilised than Facebook...... But is it? |
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Post by jimboo2017 on Aug 20, 2018 20:41:51 GMT
Well, it's nice to see that this place is a hotbed of anti-Roma racism. And to think I thought it would be more civilised than Facebook...... But is it? No - people read something into a statement that is not there, look at poor Jeremy |
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Post by andrew111 on Aug 20, 2018 20:47:34 GMT
www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pikeysums up why pikey is not a term anyone with an ounce of common sense or decency should be using (IMO)
BTW I shop at LIDL every week... So do most other people round where I live. Hence they doubled the size of the store last year
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