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Who will you be voting for?

Labour
13
41%
Conservatives
12
38%
Liberal Democrats
2
6%
UK Independence Party (UKIP)
0
No votes
Green Party
3
9%
Plaid Cymru
0
No votes
Other
1
3%
Planet Hobo
1
3%
 
Total votes: 32

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Prufrock » Thu Aug 25, 2016 3:39 pm

Good for them! I mean, it's a f*cking cretinous, simpleton thing to come out with, but deeply offensive?! Come on ffs.

Given memes seem the appropriate level of discourse:

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by KeyserSoze » Thu Aug 25, 2016 3:42 pm

My web browser is offended by the size of those images.
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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Prufrock » Thu Aug 25, 2016 3:45 pm

Well, so f*cking what?
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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by KeyserSoze » Thu Aug 25, 2016 3:49 pm

:cry:
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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Worthy4England » Thu Aug 25, 2016 4:04 pm

I'm not bothered particularly whether any fckr is offended by it. More that someone on the government benches doesn't have the fcuking intelligence to see that it might cause offence.

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by bobo the clown » Thu Aug 25, 2016 4:21 pm

The whole fckg World needs to be a little less easily offended. .... and I like those 2 giant postings above btw.
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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by seanworth » Thu Aug 25, 2016 4:29 pm

I still find it strange that Farage, after all his rants, would jump on a plane to a foreign country, and start going on about who people should vote for in that country, in Mississippi of all places.

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by thebish » Thu Aug 25, 2016 4:56 pm

taking offense is something you choose to do (IMO).. I don't find it to be a popular view, though...

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by bobo the clown » Thu Aug 25, 2016 5:05 pm

I'm offended at your use of "offense" rather than "offence" ... and, yes, I chose to be as a check shows both to be correct !

(But I agree with your view, btw).
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Post by thebish » Thu Aug 25, 2016 5:07 pm

bobo the clown wrote:I'm offended at your use of "offense" rather than "offence" ... and, yes, I chose to be as a check shows both to be correct !

(But I agree with your view, btw).

what the feck do I care? :conf:

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by bobo the clown » Thu Aug 25, 2016 6:45 pm

thebish wrote:
bobo the clown wrote:I'm offended at your use of "offense" rather than "offence" ... and, yes, I chose to be as a check shows both to be correct !

(But I agree with your view, btw).

what the feck do I care? :conf:
No need to be fckg rude ... . C*nt.
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Post by thebish » Thu Aug 25, 2016 6:59 pm

bobo the clown wrote:
thebish wrote:
bobo the clown wrote:I'm offended at your use of "offense" rather than "offence" ... and, yes, I chose to be as a check shows both to be correct !

(But I agree with your view, btw).

what the feck do I care? :conf:
No need to be fckg rude ... . C*nt.
second time you've called me that or implied that in a week...

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Hoboh » Fri Aug 26, 2016 7:35 am

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Prufrock » Fri Aug 26, 2016 7:44 am

You laugh, but that shambles is the only thing stopping Jacob Rees-Mogg and his band of fellow lunatics being able to knock on Theresa May (someone who herself now looks like a sensible choice for PM) 's door and start making demands.

Or not stopping.

You don't need to be remotely close to a Labour supporter to see how awful that is.
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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Lord Kangana » Fri Aug 26, 2016 8:21 am

Jacob Rees Mogg.

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Prufrock » Sat Aug 27, 2016 2:25 am

Latest YouGov poll shows that among the over-65s, the people who actually vote, May leads Corbyn 72%-8%.
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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by bobo the clown » Sat Aug 27, 2016 9:22 am

Prufrock wrote:Latest YouGov poll shows that among the over-65s, the people who actually vote, May leads Corbyn 72%-8%.
But don't their votes only count on a reducing basis or something ... y'know, coz they're going to die soon ?

I'm sure I read that in the Brexit thingie
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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Lord Kangana » Sat Aug 27, 2016 9:54 am

Presumably the other 20% are dead but would still like to exercise their democratic right to f*ck things up for the rest of us?
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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Worthy4England » Sat Aug 27, 2016 10:10 am

Prufrock wrote:Latest YouGov poll shows that among the over-65s, the people who actually vote, May leads Corbyn 72%-8%.
Just watch a few episodes of "Till death do us part", it hits the demographic.

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Prufrock » Sat Aug 27, 2016 10:58 am

Theresa May's apparent plan to trigger Art 50 (edit) without a vote in parliament is very dodge IMO. Parliament is sovereign and it's dangerous constitutional dice to be dicking about with that.
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