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Post by frankyank on Dec 16, 2021 18:47:53 GMT
Hello. American with a fascination with the quaintness of British politics.
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Post by stb12 on Dec 16, 2021 19:12:52 GMT
Hello. American with a fascination with the quaintness of British politics. Hi Donald!
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Post by No Offence Alan on Dec 16, 2021 19:24:53 GMT
Hello. American with a fascination with the quaintness of British politics. Hi. You picked a good day to join the forum. Today there is a by-election for the House of Commons. I guess The USA equivalent would be a special election for Congress.
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Post by frankyank on Dec 16, 2021 19:27:23 GMT
Hello. American with a fascination with the quaintness of British politics. Hi. You picked a good day to join the forum. Today there is a by-election for the House of Commons. I guess The USA equivalent would be a special election for Congress. Oh, I know, quite a bit I'd like to believe. That's why I had joined.
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Post by spqr on Dec 16, 2021 19:37:27 GMT
Hi. You picked a good day to join the forum. Today there is a by-election for the House of Commons. I guess The USA equivalent would be a special election for Congress. Oh, I know, quite a bit I'd like to believe. That's why I had joined. You must be amused by certain campaign phrases we use over here, such as "knocking-up", "The Labour candidate went round to knock up his supporters."
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Post by frankyank on Dec 16, 2021 19:39:44 GMT
Oh, I know, quite a bit I'd like to believe. That's why I had joined. You must be amused by certain campaign phrases we use over here, such as "knocking-up", "The Labour candidate went round to knock up his supporters."Indeed. That's a wonderful level of candidate-constituent intimacy you wouldn't find here.
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Post by Chris from Brum on Dec 16, 2021 19:42:14 GMT
Remember that things move at a slower pace here too. Here, we stand for election, in the USA you run for office.
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Post by spqr on Dec 16, 2021 19:42:42 GMT
You must be amused by certain campaign phrases we use over here, such as "knocking-up", "The Labour candidate went round to knock up his supporters."Indeed. That's a wonderful level of candidate-constituent intimacy you wouldn't find here. Unless you're lucky enough to be in the vicinity of Scott DesJarlais or someone like that.
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Post by gwynthegriff on Dec 16, 2021 20:20:19 GMT
Oh, I know, quite a bit I'd like to believe. That's why I had joined. You must be amused by certain campaign phrases we use over here, such as "knocking-up", "The Labour candidate went round to knock up his supporters."Is it true that (some?) Conservatives call it "fetching up" ? Which sounds worse to me.
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Post by frankyank on Dec 16, 2021 21:17:10 GMT
We do have "door knockers" here, the latter being a rather archaic euphemism for a lady's ... endowments(?)
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Post by Chris from Brum on Dec 16, 2021 21:29:43 GMT
We do have "door knockers" here, the latter being a rather archaic euphemism for a lady's ... endowments(?) Knockers is used here too, though it's possibly slightly archaic now.
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Post by neilm on Dec 17, 2021 7:39:10 GMT
The knockers, of course, live in the mines of Devon and Cornwall.
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Post by batman on Dec 17, 2021 9:10:27 GMT
yes, that's why a local brewery brews an ale called Cornish Knocker.
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Post by carlton43 on Dec 17, 2021 9:54:47 GMT
The knockers, of course, live in the mines of Devon and Cornwall. Why did you say that Tommy?
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Post by john07 on Dec 18, 2021 20:25:53 GMT
We do have "door knockers" here, the latter being a rather archaic euphemism for a lady's ... endowments(?) Knockers is used here too, though it's possibly slightly archaic now. Knockers became a name for dodgy antique dealers who would go around conning widows into selling priceless heirlooms for a few pence.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2022 16:18:33 GMT
Con gain from Lab, when my teenage interest in Politics replaced my interest in dogs.
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Post by peterjsmithson on Feb 15, 2022 18:09:27 GMT
Hello my name is Peter Smithson and I am a keen Conservative supporter and psephologist. I wish to join the Conservative group please.
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Post by zoe on Feb 15, 2022 18:10:45 GMT
Hello my name is Peter Smithson and I am a keen Conservative supporter and psephologist. I wish to join the Conservative group please. Welcome.
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Post by john07 on Feb 15, 2022 18:43:34 GMT
We do have "door knockers" here, the latter being a rather archaic euphemism for a lady's ... endowments(?) Knockers is used here too, though it's possibly slightly archaic now. I recall the Private Eye (front cover?) featuring Edward Heath facing a pair of breasts, It was captioned 'Heath Answers the Knockers' and him speaking 'And a very good evening to you'.
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