Government & Post Election Discussion
05-04-2019, 12:45
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Re: Government & Post Election Discussion
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UKIP doesn’t have to have a prayer of holding any parliamentary seats. They have only to keep their vote share high enough to disrupt a few victories here and there for one side or the other. UKIP’s erosion of the Tory vote was a significant factor in Cameron’s decision to go for a referendum in 2016.
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So UKIPs main threat is to damage the Tories and let Labour in? They and the ERGs plans have a habit of backfiring. Lions led by donkeys? Or donkeys led by donkeys?
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05-04-2019, 12:46
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Re: Government & Post Election Discussion
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So UKIPs main threat is to damage the Tories and let Labour in? They and the ERGs plans have a habit of backfiring. Lions led by donkeys? Or donkeys led by donkeys?
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There are likely to damage Labour just as much if not more.
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05-04-2019, 12:49
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Re: Government & Post Election Discussion
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There are likely to damage Labour just as much if not more.
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More likely to affect the Tories though. Corbyn has been crafty in keeping his heartlands sweet.
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05-04-2019, 12:51
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Re: Government & Post Election Discussion
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More likely to affect the Tories though. Corbyn has been crafty in keeping his heartlands sweet.
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l am not convinced by your chain of thought there Mr K.
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05-04-2019, 12:52
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Re: Government & Post Election Discussion
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l am not convinced by your chain of thought there Mr K.
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There are a lot of angry (to say the least) Tory Brexiteers, and they only have one way to turn.
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05-04-2019, 12:59
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Re: Government & Post Election Discussion
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There are a lot of angry (to say the least) Tory Brexiteers, and they only have one way to turn.
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UKIP 
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05-04-2019, 14:11
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Re: Government & Post Election Discussion
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You’re not a very good analyst of election results are you?
They increased their vote share. beat Liberal Democrat’s. Green Party. PC. Who are all Anti-Brexit. Enough said.
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We don’t do proportional representation.
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05-04-2019, 14:14
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Re: Government & Post Election Discussion
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UKIP's alignment with Tommy Robinson, is a legitimate concern. It's why Farage has distanced himself massively from UKIP. Leave.EU group now endorses Nigel's new political party, The Brexit Party.
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05-04-2019, 15:13
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Re: Government & Post Election Discussion
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There are a lot of angry (to say the least) Tory Brexiteers, and they only have one way to turn.
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What about the angry labour brexiteers?
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UKIP's alignment with Tommy Robinson, is a legitimate concern. It's why Farage has distanced himself massively from UKIP. Leave.EU group now endorses Nigel's new political party, The Brexit Party.
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i Can see a pint glass atop the dispatch box in the near future 
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We don’t do proportional representation.
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Or democracy.
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05-04-2019, 15:57
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Re: Government & Post Election Discussion
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What about the angry labour brexiteers?
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i Can see a pint glass atop the dispatch box in the near future
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8th time lucky, eh?
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05-04-2019, 15:59
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Re: Government & Post Election Discussion
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8th time lucky, eh? |
In Chinese culture 8 is a lucky number.
I can see the speaker shouting order order and the reply being a pint of old speckled todger please.
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05-04-2019, 16:01
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Re: Government & Post Election Discussion
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In Chinese culture 8 is a lucky number.
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I thought you didn’t want other cultures over here?
Anyway, Nige was born in the year of the Dragon, so his lucky numbers are (weren’t) 1, 6, and 7 - 8 is one of his unlucky numbers...
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05-04-2019, 16:12
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Re: Government & Post Election Discussion
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I thought you didn’t want other cultures over here?
Anyway, Nige was born in the year of the Dragon, so his lucky numbers are (weren’t) 1, 6, and 7 - 8 is one of his unlucky numbers...
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One of my adopted sisters is of Chinese descent ,so i wouldn't say that.
my only worry is the influx of unskilled labor into the UK taking all the unskilled jobs .
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05-04-2019, 16:19
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Re: Government & Post Election Discussion
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Or democracy.
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Not direct democracy. Representative democracy.
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05-04-2019, 16:24
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Re: Government & Post Election Discussion
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Not direct democracy. Representative democracy.
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Representing their own interests 
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