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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2017 13:47:49 GMT
This thread is a pedants charter. I believe you are missing an apostrophe there... Deliberate to set off the pedants ! |
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Post by Andrew_S on Sept 30, 2017 14:18:13 GMT
I'd like to buy one but not for £60. I'll have to wait for second-hand copies to become available.
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Post by swanarcadian on Sept 30, 2017 16:56:16 GMT
I'd like to buy one but not for £60. I'll have to wait for second-hand copies to become available. As we say in Yorkshire: "'ow much?!" |
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Post by johnloony on Sept 30, 2017 17:47:44 GMT
I haven't seen the 2017 edition yet, and I'm beginning to think I won't buy it at all this time. Since general Election Day, I have managed just by looking at the results in my copy of the Times newspaper.
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Post by Andrew_S on Oct 4, 2017 20:12:14 GMT
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Oct 4, 2017 20:20:47 GMT
Bill Esterson is renamed Bill Esterton.
(I didn't mention my error in failing to put the discount code in when ordering it and so having to pay full whack instead of 40% off. Oh well)
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Post by Harry Hayfield on Oct 4, 2017 20:36:17 GMT
And is now a good time to mention that on the 2015 map a large chunk of Devon seems to have vanished?
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Post by johnloony on Oct 4, 2017 21:21:09 GMT
And is now a good time to mention that on the 2015 map a large chunk of Devon seems to have vanished? No, because it hasn't. (?) |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Oct 4, 2017 21:46:28 GMT
But if it had, 2015 might have been a better time to mention it..
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Post by Harry Hayfield on Oct 5, 2017 18:29:45 GMT
And is now a good time to mention that on the 2015 map a large chunk of Devon seems to have vanished? No, because it hasn't. (?) Okay, I grant you that it's Cornwall North and not a vast chunk of Devon, but the point is is that it is not there  |
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Post by johnloony on Oct 6, 2017 1:09:53 GMT
No, because it hasn't. (?) Okay, I grant you that it's Cornwall North and not a vast chunk of Devon, but the point is is that it is not there On the contrary, it is there, whether it's Cornwall or Devon. You (and the map you have shown) appear to be hallucinating. In my copy, it is shown thus:  |
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Post by Harry Hayfield on Oct 6, 2017 4:57:45 GMT
Okay, I grant you that it's Cornwall North and not a vast chunk of Devon, but the point is is that it is not there On the contrary, it is there, whether it's Cornwall or Devon. You (and the map you have shown) appear to be hallucinating. In my copy, it is shown thus: Ah, I see what the problem is. We are talking about different books. So here's clarifying the situation Times Guide to the Commons 2015 edition: No missing constituencies Times Guide to the Commons 2017 edition: On map showing 2017 results, the 2015 map (inset) is missing Cornwall North |
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Post by LDCaerdydd on Oct 6, 2017 9:18:04 GMT
If that's in the 2017 edition, that really is a horrendous error - did no one even give the big colour map a quick glance before sending it to print?
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Post by johnloony on Oct 6, 2017 14:02:22 GMT
On the contrary, it is there, whether it's Cornwall or Devon. You (and the map you have shown) appear to be hallucinating. In my copy, it is shown thus: Ah, I see what the problem is. We are talking about different books. So here's clarifying the situation Times Guide to the Commons 2015 edition: No missing constituencies Times Guide to the Commons 2017 edition: On map showing 2017 results, the 2015 map (inset) is missing Cornwall North No, we are not talking about different books. I'm talking about the same book. It is you who are talking about a different book. Meanwhile, the 2015 map is missing West Midlands county, but anyway. |
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Post by johnloony on Nov 8, 2017 0:00:21 GMT
I bought the 2017 edition today. Still not sure whether I "should". I decided to in order to be consistent with the other editions on my shelf (going back to 1987). While I was in the bookshop I noticed a Politicos version for only £30, which - at a glance - seemed to have more extra details. But anyway.
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Post by Robert Waller on Nov 8, 2017 8:49:04 GMT
I bought the 2017 edition today. Still not sure whether I "should". I decided to in order to be consistent with the other editions on my shelf (going back to 1987). While I was in the bookshop I noticed a Politicos version for only £30, which - at a glance - seemed to have more extra details. But anyway. Would you by any chance mean this?! www.amazon.co.uk/Politicos-Guide-House-Commons-2017/dp/178590275XAre you aware that the above is the book which was very kindly 'crowdauthored' or some such word (sure there are no pedants on this thread) by members of this forum, on my invitation? Have you no loyalty, man?!  (last comment not intended to be serious) |
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Post by johnloony on Nov 8, 2017 14:55:28 GMT
I bought the 2017 edition today. Still not sure whether I "should". I decided to in order to be consistent with the other editions on my shelf (going back to 1987). While I was in the bookshop I noticed a Politicos version for only £30, which - at a glance - seemed to have more extra details. But anyway. Would you by any chance mean this?! www.amazon.co.uk/Politicos-Guide-House-Commons-2017/dp/178590275XAre you aware that the above is the book which was very kindly 'crowdauthored' or some such word (sure there are no pedants on this thread) by members of this forum, on my invitation? Have you no loyalty, man?! (last comment not intended to be serious) No, I wasn't aware of that. I think I was so focused on buying the TGttHoC that I didn't really notice the other one until after I had bought it. If I had compared them properly, I might have spent my money otherwise. |
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Post by neilm on Nov 8, 2017 23:41:29 GMT
I bought the 2017 edition today. Still not sure whether I "should". I decided to in order to be consistent with the other editions on my shelf (going back to 1987). While I was in the bookshop I noticed a Politicos version for only £30, which - at a glance - seemed to have more extra details. But anyway. Is the 2015 map therein missing a chunk of Cornwall? |
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Post by johnloony on Feb 19, 2019 2:25:23 GMT
I noticed that the 2015 TG says that Chuka Umunna was born on 21st April 1964. I wonder who they were confusing him with?
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Post by greenhert on Feb 19, 2019 9:25:49 GMT
Some of the boundary change percentages in the Times Guide to the House of Commons are clearly incorrect. Bishop Auckland was claimed to have undergone a 47.7% change from its 1983 boundaries, and Sedgefield 53.3%, but Wikipedia, Davıd Boothroyd 's election website detailing electorate changes in the Durham constituencies from 1983-1992, and the British General Election of 1997 by Butler & Kavanagh confirm this to be inaccurate. They must have accidentally multiplied the real level of change by 10, as with Sedgefield. The number of constituencies in Durham (excluding the parts of Durham in Tyne & Wear) has remained unchanged since 1983. |
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