The Bishop
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May 5, 2020 10:51:48 GMT
Post by The Bishop on May 5, 2020 10:51:48 GMT
Very interesting to see the strong antipathy to fascism even if communism is the only alternative, along with support for pensions for women over 55 and (surprising to me) abolition of the death penalty. Makes the 1945 GE election result less surprising. Also note that Chamberlain had approval figures most modern party leaders would kill for, at a point when Munich was known to have failed. Quoting an older post I know, but the narrowness of the response to the question on the death penalty makes me wonder whether the sample was less than representative given that polling until very recently tended to find substantial *absolute* majorities in favour of the death penalty. It may be that social attitudes were hardened by the war and then hung over for decades, of course. Polling on the death penalty has varied over time, there is evidence the "cause celebres" of the 1950s like Ruth Ellis helped increase support for its abolition though it still had majority support. Following the end of capital punishment for murder, however, the growth of terrorism in particular plus other high profile cases caused support to increase again and polls in the 1980s regularly showed backing for restoration around the 70-75% mark. Since then it seems to have been on a gradual but long term decline, with most younger voters now strongly opposed.
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May 5, 2020 16:10:10 GMT
Post by greenhert on May 5, 2020 16:10:10 GMT
I noticed an unusually lopsided election result from the handbook of London Borough election results from 1900-1965 from the Elections Centre:
Finsbury East, London Borough of Finsbury, 1949: the three Labour candidates each polled less than 10 votes apiece: 8,7,and 6 respectively. The three Conservative candidates polled just 128, 126, and 124 votes respectively but this gave them a vote share of 94.1%!
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on May 5, 2020 16:18:10 GMT
I noticed an unusually lopsided election result from the handbook of London Borough election results from 1900-1965 from the Elections Centre: Finsbury East, London Borough of Finsbury, 1949: the three Labour candidates each polled less than 10 votes apiece: 8,7,and 6 respectively. The three Conservative candidates polled just 128, 126, and 124 votes respectively but this gave them a vote share of 94.1%! This was an absolutely tiny ward (all the Finsbury wards were), and most of the buildings had been demolished courtesy of Herman Goering. When the area was rebuilt in the late 1940s it was for business uses. There was a rewarding before the 1953 election. maps.nls.uk/view/196759733#zoom=6&lat=4188&lon=1786&layers=BT
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May 5, 2020 18:56:20 GMT
Post by johnloony on May 5, 2020 18:56:20 GMT
It occurs to me that the top two candidates in Croydon Central in the general election of 2019 are both (or, at least, one is and one soon will be) parents of twins. Are there any other such similar pairings?
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Post by David Ashforth on May 7, 2020 20:01:47 GMT
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May 16, 2020 11:16:06 GMT
Post by hullenedge on May 16, 2020 11:16:06 GMT
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Post by David Ashforth on May 20, 2020 15:14:22 GMT
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Post by LDCaerdydd on May 25, 2020 10:06:51 GMT
Today the SNP Governments of Salmond and Sturgeon have overtaken the Labour Governments of Blair and Brown.
Labour were in power in Westminster for 4,757 days, today The SNP have been in power for 4,758 days.
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johng
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May 25, 2020 10:27:54 GMT
Post by johng on May 25, 2020 10:27:54 GMT
Today the SNP Governments of Salmond and Sturgeon have overtaken the Labour governments of Blair and Brown. Labour were in power in Westminster for 4,757 days, today The SNP have been in power for 4,758 days. And their popularity shows no signs on diminishing. Whether you like or dislike the nationalists, their ability to remain popular through numerous crisis is pretty extraordinary.
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Jul 11, 2020 9:24:50 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2020 9:24:50 GMT
The most "recent" mainland GB Westminster by-election with only two candidates was Widnes 1971.
G. Oakes LAB 22,880 69.1 D. Stanley CON 10,219 30.9
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Post by David Ashforth on Jul 31, 2020 20:56:25 GMT
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Post by LDCaerdydd on Aug 3, 2020 20:50:10 GMT
Alec Douglas-Home and Harold Wilson (who died four months apart from each other) were the only British PMs to be both born and die in the 20th Century.
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Post by manchesterman on Aug 3, 2020 23:10:35 GMT
Alec Douglas-Home and Harold Wilson (who died four months apart from each other) were the only British PMs to be both born and die in the 20th Century. Quality trivia!
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Aug 4, 2020 6:20:19 GMT
Post by yellowperil on Aug 4, 2020 6:20:19 GMT
Alec Douglas-Home and Harold Wilson (who died four months apart from each other) were the only British PMs to be both born and die in the 20th Century. Quality trivia! Thought: any British PM who will achieve this feat for the twenty-first century is probably alive now. Assuming that there continues to be the concept of British PMs. Or of the twenty-first century.
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Post by Daft H'a'porth A'peth A'pith on Aug 8, 2020 15:00:59 GMT
Alec Douglas-Home and Harold Wilson (who died four months apart from each other) were the only British PMs to be both born and die in the 20th Century.
For the Nineteenth Century we only have 2 as well, but it's those 2; Dnjamin Disraeli 1804 - 1881
William Ewart Gladstone 1809 - 1898
For the Eighteenth Century - 6
William Pitt the Elder 1708 - 1778 George Grenville 1712 - 1770 John Stuart (3rd Earl of Bute) 1713 -1792 William Cavendish (3rd Duke of Devonshire) 1720 - 1764
Charles Watson - Wentworth (2nd Marquess of Rockingham) 1730 - 1782 Lord Frederick North 1732 - 1792
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Aug 8, 2020 15:36:04 GMT
Post by 🏴☠️ Neath West 🏴☠️ on Aug 8, 2020 15:36:04 GMT
Seems to be a peculiar North-Western fashion for drawing boundaries. Glossop MB was similarly created by drawing a 2-mile circle around its town hall.
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nick
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Post by nick on Aug 9, 2020 14:23:33 GMT
Love how the SNP was once classified as a 'minor political party'...
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Aug 9, 2020 14:32:21 GMT
Post by nick on Aug 9, 2020 14:32:21 GMT
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Aug 9, 2020 15:32:55 GMT
Post by carlton43 on Aug 9, 2020 15:32:55 GMT
Love how the SNP was once classified as a 'minor political party'... It still is a very minor regional party in a region with a population smaller than Yorkshire-Humberside.
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Aug 9, 2020 15:35:39 GMT
Post by greenchristian on Aug 9, 2020 15:35:39 GMT
Love how the SNP was once classified as a 'minor political party'... It still is a very minor regional party in a region with a population smaller than Yorkshire-Humberside. If the SNP is a "very minor" regional party, what counts as a regularly minor regional party, let alone a major regional party?
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