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Post by gwynthegriff on Feb 19, 2017 12:48:43 GMT
Do you need some new flowery napkins? I need spotty dinner plates and I need them in a reasonable timeframe! Our main dinner service [two dinner plates, two matching side plates - what more is needed?] came from the Copeland/Spode seconds shop, in the basement of the factory - now sadly closed and derelict - in the centre of Stoke. Probably cost about £1 per piece. |
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Feb 19, 2017 14:41:55 GMT
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Post by Arthur Figgis on Feb 19, 2017 14:41:55 GMT
Having spent all day in Copeland in the wind and rain....well breeze and a bit of spray, I can only say I am glad I don't have to leaflet this all the time. Plenty of troops on the ground from both of the main protagonists. We talked to some Labour canvassers who didnt seem entirely happy. On the other hand there were a few Labour posters about in Egremont. Currently in Wetherspoons in Keswick having a pint of Thornbridge Jaipur Did you have any sense as to the state of play there? The usual derelicts in from 9am, and the customary smell of piss and cabbage. Oh, did you mean the seat rather than Wetherspoons? |
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Post by finsobruce on Feb 19, 2017 14:44:33 GMT
Did you have any sense as to the state of play there? The usual derelicts in from 9am, and the customary smell of piss and cabbage.Oh, did you mean the seat rather than Wetherspoons? They're still selling Watney's Red Barrel? |
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Post by Arthur Figgis on Feb 19, 2017 14:47:46 GMT
The usual derelicts in from 9am, and the customary smell of piss and cabbage.Oh, did you mean the seat rather than Wetherspoons? They're still selling Watney's Red Barrel? They probably were the last time the regulars washed. |
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Post by finsobruce on Feb 19, 2017 14:51:57 GMT
They're still selling Watney's Red Barrel? They probably were the last time the regulars washed. "Leading Tory says Great Unwashed are keg drinkers" |
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Feb 19, 2017 15:39:05 GMT
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Feb 19, 2017 15:39:05 GMT
They probably were the last time the regulars washed. "Leading Tory says Great Unwashed are keg drinkers" "Top Tory identified as infallible when speaking ex-cathedra". |
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Post by Foggy on Feb 19, 2017 21:15:24 GMT
"Leading Tory says Great Unwashed are keg drinkers" "Top Tory identified as infallible when speaking ex-cathedra". Is it possible to speak 'former cathedra'?? |
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Feb 19, 2017 22:02:07 GMT
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Post by andrew111 on Feb 19, 2017 22:02:07 GMT
"Leading Tory says Great Unwashed are keg drinkers" "Top Tory identified as infallible when speaking ex-cathedra". Ex-catheter perhaps? |
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Post by Lord Twaddleford on Feb 20, 2017 16:07:33 GMT
I have noticed that a marginal Conservative win is now taking a stronger lead in our running poll. Other than my visit to the constituency on Saturday, I can think of no other possible reason for this change. Can I take it that honourable members are voting on that basis? Though more people overall seem to believe Labour will win, though I suspect most of those votes were from before campaigning began and that people simply haven't got around to changing them, though I know I wouldn't be so confident of that in this current politcal climate. Personally, I'd be betting on a (highly) marginal Labour win, though I would not be in any way shocked or surprised (but I would be disappointed) if the Conservatives managed take the seat. |
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Post by The Bishop on Feb 20, 2017 17:44:55 GMT
Then quite frankly more fool them - marginal movements in national polls are not going to decide this.
Another thing - IMO the most popular option on this poll is one of the less likely to come about. If there is a knife edge result, the chances are it will be in Labour's favour. I think that if this really *is* going to be a Tory triumph, though, the strong possibility is that it will be by more than 2.5%.
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Feb 20, 2017 18:22:42 GMT
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Post by right on Feb 20, 2017 18:22:42 GMT
Then quite frankly more fool them - marginal movements in national polls are not going to decide this. Another thing - IMO the most popular option on this poll is one of the less likely to come about. If there is a knife edge result, the chances are it will be in Labour's favour. I think that if this really *is* going to be a Tory triumph, though, the strong possibility is that it will be by more than 2.5%. 18% is not a marginal lead. |
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Post by greenchristian on Feb 20, 2017 18:30:26 GMT
Then quite frankly more fool them - marginal movements in national polls are not going to decide this. Another thing - IMO the most popular option on this poll is one of the less likely to come about. If there is a knife edge result, the chances are it will be in Labour's favour. I think that if this really *is* going to be a Tory triumph, though, the strong possibility is that it will be by more than 2.5%. 18% is not a marginal lead. Bish didn't say it was. What he said was that it was a marginal movement in the polls. The polls have been showing that kind of Tory lead since Labour tore itself apart post-Brexit. Bish's point was that the latest poll happens to show that lead at 18 points, rather than 16 or 17, is not likely to change the result here, or be indicative of any actual changes on the ground. |
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Post by finsobruce on Feb 20, 2017 19:04:18 GMT
Sorry to disappoint, but I suspect forum members have been influenced more by today's ICM poll with an 18 point Tory national lead, than by your canvassing skills! Oh bugger! I'm with Twaddleford on this. I think Labour will cling on some how?by getting more votes?  |
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Post by Lord Twaddleford on Feb 20, 2017 19:52:01 GMT
Oh bugger! I'm with Twaddleford on this. I think Labour will cling on some how?by getting more votes? I believe that is the prescribed method of winning elections. |
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Post by greenchristian on Feb 20, 2017 19:57:34 GMT
by getting more votes? I believe that is the prescribed method of winning elections. except when it isn't (see, for example, 1951, 2000, or 2016). |
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Post by Lord Twaddleford on Feb 20, 2017 19:59:07 GMT
I believe that is the prescribed method of winning elections. except when it isn't (see, for example, 1951, 2000, or 2016). You forgot February 1974 (though admittedly that is a borderline case).  |
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Post by Jack on Feb 20, 2017 20:27:45 GMT
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Post by greenchristian on Feb 20, 2017 20:53:26 GMT
except when it isn't (see, for example, 1951, 2000, or 2016). You forgot February 1974 (though admittedly that is a borderline case). I just went with the first three that came into my head. There are two other American ones, and plenty of council ones as well. |
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Feb 20, 2017 22:16:30 GMT
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Post by right on Feb 20, 2017 22:16:30 GMT
Excuse me Sir, will you vote for us? Now that is a shame. But whichever way you vote, do make sure you turn out this Friday. |
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Feb 20, 2017 22:21:23 GMT
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Post by right on Feb 20, 2017 22:21:23 GMT
Oh. My. God. Is this real? If it is then I hope the Tories are paying more attention than they usually do in selecting candidates in Liverpool and ex coal mining seats. |
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