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Post by AdminSTB on Jan 12, 2017 21:16:34 GMT
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Post by mrhell on Jan 12, 2017 21:26:04 GMT
Does anybody sensible with knowledge of electioneering (i.e. people on here) think loudspeaker cars serve any purpose? The only result is to tell voters we are the alternative to Labour. It will be close. |
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Post by carlton43 on Jan 12, 2017 21:50:44 GMT
Does anybody sensible with knowledge of electioneering (i.e. people on here) think loudspeaker cars serve any purpose? On the basis that some are (were in my case) in campaigns for fun as much as for dedicated purpose, it is a lot of fun for anyone like me with a sense of humour, a quick mind, a gift of the gab, and just a little bit of a power complex. I have had some amazing moment following the Labour van and carrying on an argument 'on air', or parking outside their HQ and or Committee rooms and really pissing them off. Simple pleasures. No they are there solely to point out that something is on. they love them in Italy and use them all the time often with followers illegally adding a horns fanfare. They like a bit of fun in Italy. |
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Post by mrhell on Jan 12, 2017 22:25:30 GMT
Sandhill very close between us and Labour. I don't know any more as I'm literally standing outside the count.
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Post by bigfatron on Jan 12, 2017 22:40:10 GMT
Sandhill very close between us and Labour. I don't know any more as I'm literally standing outside the count. Are you serious? Lib Dems got round 4% of the vote last time, so if they get anywhere close to Labour this time it would be a hell of a shock, surely?! Or is this some obscure joke that I have failed to 'get'? |
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Post by mrhell on Jan 12, 2017 22:49:34 GMT
Figures in a minute but we've won Sunderland by a mile!
LD 824
Lab 458
UKIP 343
Con 184
Green 23
The candidate came out halfway through to say it was very close. I should have remembered he was convinced he'd lost all day and so would understate the situation.
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Post by Adam in Stroud on Jan 12, 2017 22:50:09 GMT
Sandhill very close between us and Labour. I don't know any more as I'm literally standing outside the count. Are you serious? Lib Dems got round 4% of the vote last time, so if they get anywhere close to Labour this time it would be a hell of a shock, surely?! Or is this some obscure joke that I have failed to 'get'? I know nothing about this by-election and very little about Sunderland, but looking at the raw data, yes, very much so. I've put the brandy bottle on standby. |
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Post by timmullen1 on Jan 12, 2017 22:55:49 GMT
Both Britain Elects and Number Cruncher Politics are Tweeting the LD gain in Sunderland.
Sandhill (Sunderland) result:
LDEM: 45.0% (+41.5)
LAB: 25.0% (-29.9)
UKIP: 18.7% (-7.2)
CON: 10.0% (-5.7)
GRN: 1.3% (+1.3)
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Post by La Fontaine on Jan 12, 2017 22:57:19 GMT
It's a most sensational result. I had no inkling. The comfort for Labour is that they still beat UKIP. It shows how vulnerable Labour is to serious challenge, which in many wards they have never faced.
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Post by brianj on Jan 12, 2017 22:57:48 GMT
Figures in a minute but we've won Sunderland by a mile! Stephen O'Brien, LibDem 824, 45.0% (+41.5%) Gary Waller, Lab 458, 25.0% (-29.9%) Bryan Foster, UKIP 343, 18.7% (-7.2%) Gavin Wilson, Con 184, 10.0% (-5.7%) Helmut Izaks, Grn 23, 1.3% (+1.3%) Swing Labour to Liberal Democrat 35.7% |
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Post by mboy on Jan 12, 2017 22:58:27 GMT
Wtf???
Lol.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2017 22:59:05 GMT
The reactions underneath Britain Elects tweets must be a sight to behold
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Post by Adam in Stroud on Jan 12, 2017 22:59:33 GMT
Figures in a minute but we've won Sunderland by a mile! Stephen O'Brien, LibDem 824, 45.0% (+41.5%) Gary Waller, Lab 458, 25.0% (-29.9%) Bryan Foster, UKIP 343, 18.7% (-7.2%) Gavin Wilson, Con 184, 10.0% (-5.7%) Helmut Izaks, Grn 23, 1.3% (+1.3%) Swing Labour to Liberal Democrat 35.7% Bloody hellfire. Nurse! The brandy! And the nurse! |
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Post by peterl on Jan 12, 2017 23:00:57 GMT
Flabbergasted as that result! 36% swing from less than a year ago. It seems this gives the Lib Dems the necessary 2 councillors for an official group on Sunderland once again and increases the total opposition councillors to 8.
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Post by brianj on Jan 12, 2017 23:02:42 GMT
In honor of the late Anthony King, this is an asteroid hitting the planet for Sunderland Labour.
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Post by gwynthegriff on Jan 12, 2017 23:03:11 GMT
Stephen O'Brien, LibDem 824, 45.0% (+41.5%) Gary Waller, Lab 458, 25.0% (-29.9%) Bryan Foster, UKIP 343, 18.7% (-7.2%) Gavin Wilson, Con 184, 10.0% (-5.7%) Helmut Izaks, Grn 23, 1.3% (+1.3%) Swing Labour to Liberal Democrat 35.7% Bloody hellfire. Nurse! The brandy! And the nurse! You beat me to it! I was simply going to say "Bloody Hell!" |
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Post by Robert Waller on Jan 12, 2017 23:04:27 GMT
Somebody, please put that swing into a General Election calculator!
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Post by Adam in Stroud on Jan 12, 2017 23:04:42 GMT
It's a most sensational result. I had no inkling. The comfort for Labour is that they still beat UKIP. It shows how vulnerable Labour is to serious challenge, which in many wards they have never faced. Actually its a truly terrible result for UKIP. Labour vote collapses in exactly the sort of place where UKIP is supposed to scoop up Leave voting white working class voters disillusioned with Labour, UKIP posters on here suggesting that a creditable campaign was run, and the result is... a landslide to the LDs. No idea why, but very bad news for UKIP. At least Labour know that they are currently in the shit. (And most of them know the reason.) |
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Post by gwynthegriff on Jan 12, 2017 23:04:57 GMT
That's bizarre considering we came a very distant fourth last time... They clearly don't think we will come fourth this time. Well they got that right ...  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2017 23:05:05 GMT
Mark Seniors head is due to explode.
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