Yeah, but they're limeys so the petty retroactive name-calling will be linguistically so much saltier than "DURR...Bernie Bros".Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑08 Jun 2017, 6:08pmNevertheless, I'm looking forward to the Blairites spinning this as proof of Corbyn being a disaster for Labour.
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Clinton and May Political Consulting (est. 2017): We'll Show You How to Defy Predictions!
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Hung parliament almost for sure. Forunately, I'll be in London in about a week and I can help play kingmaker for y'all.
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Heh...and the UKIP vote collapses into a singularity for extra lulz.
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Limey Vegas:
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Pretty good.
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She's claiming she won't resign, so start placing bets inside and outside the Tories on who's going to win the ratfucking sweepstakes.
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So let me make sure I got this right, May basically said "we need more Tory seats, so what the hell? Let's throw a special election." And then, "oops we actually lost seats. " And doing this random special election and losing seats in Parliament is grounds for resignation?
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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http://www.independent.co.uk/News/uk/po ... 81106.html
Under Corbyn, Labour's share of the popular vote was 5% higher than Blair's last win (40%-35%).
Under Corbyn, Labour's share of the popular vote was 5% higher than Blair's last win (40%-35%).
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Looks like we will have to wait a bit longer for the Black Market Clash website book, seat retained!
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Yes.matedog wrote: ↑09 Jun 2017, 6:49amSo let me make sure I got this right, May basically said "we need more Tory seats, so what the hell? Let's throw a special election." And then, "oops we actually lost seats. " And doing this random special election and losing seats in Parliament is grounds for resignation?
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Like our Prime Minister likes to say, let me be clear; this is fucking great.
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I understand that it doesn't look like it, but we battered them.
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Good result considering, I truly hope Labour can build on this and that the anti-Corbynites within take a long hard look at themselves, or as Malcolm Tucker might put it, either come the fuck in or fuck the fuck off.
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I'm hoping (perhaps against hope) that Canada's social democrats, who will be electing a new leader, take the correct reading of all this and shift the fuck left. The Conservatives just picked another Harperite and the Young Prince is, well, a neoliberal himself, albeit one who smiles nice and does seem legit on a number of social and cultural issues. There is a populist opening for a left party, but I'm skeptical that the party, too dominated by lawyers, social workers, and other professionals, will see that sense.Silent Majority wrote: ↑09 Jun 2017, 11:47amLike our Prime Minister likes to say, let me be clear; this is fucking great.
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