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Question: How will you vote on December 12th 2019
Conservative - 19 (33.9%)
Labour - 12 (21.4%)
SNP - 2 (3.6%)
Lib Dem - 8 (14.3%)
Brexit - 1 (1.8%)
Green - 6 (10.7%)
Other - 2 (3.6%)
Spoil - 0 (0%)
Not voting - 6 (10.7%)
Total Voters: 55

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« Reply #6945 on: December 22, 2016, 02:08:52 PM »

the comment about Gove and his hoover is hilarious

Ihave read a couple of the books. Shipman's is the best so far. Santa might bring me a couple more i expect
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« Reply #6946 on: December 23, 2016, 01:48:54 AM »

This is awesome.

The end of democracy.

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2016/12/end-democracy

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« Reply #6947 on: December 23, 2016, 08:17:08 AM »


Very good, basically the more rigorous argument I've had for a long time that democracy isn't the golden ticket to happiness that people seem to think it is.

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« Reply #6948 on: December 23, 2016, 12:25:07 PM »

Is it back off to the races for the PLP revolt if they end up leaking votes to everyone else in the race?

Labour MPs say Jamie Reed's resignation is 'only the start' amid growing poll woe - http://bit.ly/2ib2FIN
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« Reply #6949 on: December 23, 2016, 12:25:47 PM »

this is an interesting read too, The Economist

2016 represented a demand for change. In 2017, of all options, liberalism has the greatest capacity for reinvention http://econ.st/2i66Lln
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« Reply #6950 on: December 23, 2016, 12:26:48 PM »

Re the democracy debate - the issue is not the voters, it is the appalling quality of politicians and policies that are placed in front of them.
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« Reply #6951 on: December 23, 2016, 12:28:43 PM »

Why the Copeland by-election is Theresa May's to lose:

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/elections/2016/12/why-copeland-election-theresa-mays-lose
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« Reply #6952 on: December 24, 2016, 10:55:14 AM »

this was in the times red box yesterday

Decline in Lab vote 2005-15 vs EUref result http://bit.ly/2imswto

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« Reply #6953 on: December 24, 2016, 11:07:20 AM »

lol

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« Reply #6954 on: December 25, 2016, 01:24:15 PM »

Merry Christmas wonks and all

If 2016 was anything to go by there will be no shortage of discussion material in 2017 Smiley
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« Reply #6955 on: December 26, 2016, 11:05:54 AM »

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« Reply #6956 on: December 27, 2016, 10:00:12 AM »

what a year hey
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« Reply #6957 on: December 28, 2016, 09:50:07 PM »

Ooooft, Frances.

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« Reply #6958 on: December 29, 2016, 12:09:56 PM »

spotted over the last few days....

Words written by Boris Johnson last year prior to his Vote Leave incarnation - Gary Gibbon Brexit book (thanks santa)

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« Reply #6959 on: December 29, 2016, 12:10:31 PM »

letter in the FT

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