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Who will you be voting for?

Labour
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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 TANGODANCER » Fri Jan 15, 2016 6:56 pm

Worthy4England wrote:
Hoboh wrote:Staggering inflation!!!

Soldiers take the King/Queens shilling.

Corbyn has the Three quid Trot brigade.

An example of tax levels to come no doubt!
:conf: Anyone?
The Kings shilling was a Regency or earlier term, a signing on fee for volunteers in the armed forces of army and navy. The rest???
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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Lost Leopard Spot » Fri Jan 15, 2016 6:56 pm

I think LGM's nailed it...
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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Bruce Rioja » Fri Jan 15, 2016 8:36 pm

TANGODANCER wrote:
Worthy4England wrote:
Hoboh wrote:Staggering inflation!!!

Soldiers take the King/Queens shilling.

Corbyn has the Three quid Trot brigade.

An example of tax levels to come no doubt!
:conf: Anyone?
The Kings shilling was a Regency or earlier term, a signing on fee for volunteers in the armed forces of army and navy. The rest???
We covered that and the Press Gangs in fourth form history, Tango, so I've got that one. I think I've also sussed that the "Three quid Trot brigade" is reference to those that spent £3 to join the Labour Party during the leadership election, but as to why they're a "Trot brigade"? A blank is drawn. "An example of tax levels to come no doubt", well, not only do I fail to make any semblance of a connection but fail to see how someone that will never be in office, nor his chancellor, be setting tax levels?! A puzzling post and some! :conf:
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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by thebish » Fri Jan 15, 2016 8:39 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:
TANGODANCER wrote:
Worthy4England wrote:
Hoboh wrote:Staggering inflation!!!

Soldiers take the King/Queens shilling.

Corbyn has the Three quid Trot brigade.

An example of tax levels to come no doubt!
:conf: Anyone?
The Kings shilling was a Regency or earlier term, a signing on fee for volunteers in the armed forces of army and navy. The rest???
We covered that and the Press Gangs in fourth form history, Tango, so I've got that one. I think I've also sussed that the "Three quid Trot brigade" is reference to those that spent £3 to join the Labour Party during the leadership election, but as to why they're a "Trot brigade"? A blank is drawn. "An example of tax levels to come no doubt", well, not only do I fail to make any semblance of a connection but fail to see how someone that will never be in office might be setting taxes?! A puzzling post and some! :conf:
clearly they are a "trot brigade"... one of them was Bobo...

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Montreal Wanderer » Fri Jan 15, 2016 8:42 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:
TANGODANCER wrote:
Worthy4England wrote:
Hoboh wrote:Staggering inflation!!!

Soldiers take the King/Queens shilling.

Corbyn has the Three quid Trot brigade.

An example of tax levels to come no doubt!
:conf: Anyone?
The Kings shilling was a Regency or earlier term, a signing on fee for volunteers in the armed forces of army and navy. The rest???
We covered that and the Press Gangs in fourth form history, Tango, so I've got that one. I think I've also sussed that the "Three quid Trot brigade" is reference to those that spent £3 to join the Labour Party during the leadership election, but as to why they're a "Trot brigade"? A blank is drawn. "An example of tax levels to come no doubt", well, not only do I fail to make any semblance of a connection but fail to see how someone that will never be in office might be setting taxes?! A puzzling post and some! :conf:
Presumably extreme left-wingers, i.e. Trotskyites.
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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Lost Leopard Spot » Fri Jan 15, 2016 8:45 pm

I was thinking 13 year old girls on their first ponies...
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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by thebish » Fri Jan 15, 2016 8:53 pm

Lost Leopard Spot wrote:I was thinking 13 year old girls on their first ponies...
...and I think we'll leave you to those thoughts...

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Bruce Rioja » Fri Jan 15, 2016 9:31 pm

Lost Leopard Spot wrote:I was thinking 13 year old girls on their first ponies...
:shock: I'll inform the authorities!
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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Hoboh » Sat Jan 16, 2016 6:43 am

Ah sorry :oops:
It was a reference one of Corbyn's knob heads made about the new found labour party members being a peoples army.
The real army gets the schilling, the Trotsky army have to shell out three quid.
Wrong forum, it should have gone in the Guardian comments :oops:

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Hoboh » Sat Jan 16, 2016 7:33 am

He carn't half pick 'um!
'Racist' police caused the 'justified anger of the riots', says Jeremy Corbyn's new equalities MP
Kate Osamor described the police shooting of Mark Duggan – a violent gangster whose death led to the riots – as a ‘clear miscarriage of justice’
She said it was ‘matter of time before feeling of justified anger exploded'
Violent gangster Duggan was linked to ten shootings and two murders
Osamor has been an MP since May and is member of Corbyn’s inner circle


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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Worthy4England » Sat Jan 16, 2016 10:42 am

Hoboh wrote:Ah sorry :oops:
It was a reference one of Corbyn's knob heads made about the new found labour party members being a peoples army.
The real army gets the schilling, the Trotsky army have to shell out three quid.
Wrong forum, it should have gone in the Guardian comments :oops:
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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Hoboh » Mon Jan 18, 2016 2:01 am

Elsewhere in his BBC interview, Corbyn signalled he would repeal legislation introduced by Margaret Thatcher that outlawed “sympathy strikes”, in which workers joined a picket line to support colleagues from another industry. Asked whether he supported getting rid of the restrictions, he said: “Sympathy action is legal in most other countries. It should also be legal here.”

He also said he thought there should be “reasonable accommodation” with Argentina over the Falkland Islands, and there must be a “route through” to Islamic State to help bring about an end to the conflict in Syria, pointing out that governments in the region were already in touch with the group.
Just when you thought one day it might be safe to vote Labour,

The terrorist sympathiser comes out with this!

Rock on Jezza, after your five minutes of fame and the outing of the left wing loony's, Marxists and Trots will never be taken seriously again :D

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by bobo the clown » Mon Jan 18, 2016 7:52 am

In one interview he managed to suggest re-introduction of sympathy strikes, making an accommodation with Argentina Iver the Falklands and keeping Trident subs (for the jobs & Unite/GMB support) but sailing them around without the warheads.

A big ball of theory with no sense of reality whatsoever.
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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by thebish » Mon Jan 18, 2016 9:59 am

Hoboh wrote: Just when you thought one day it might be safe to vote Labour,
given your recent comments on the matter... what day was this for you? I must have missed it! :D

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Lord Kangana » Mon Jan 18, 2016 10:06 am

Anyway, I saw this and thought of you lot...

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Lost Leopard Spot » Mon Jan 18, 2016 10:10 am

Don't nuclear warhead factory workers, nuclear warhead health and safety representatives, nuclear warhead testing technicians and nuclear warhead transport drivers all belong to unions as well. Up the workers.
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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Lost Leopard Spot » Mon Jan 18, 2016 10:14 am

Lord Kangana wrote:Anyway, I saw this and thought of you lot...

http://www.gannett-cdn.com/GDContent/ma ... html#title" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Hoboh » Mon Jan 18, 2016 12:43 pm

thebish wrote:
Hoboh wrote: Just when you thought one day it might be safe to vote Labour,
given your recent comments on the matter... what day was this for you? I must have missed it! :D
Foot, Kinnock, abstained.

The last two times of Blair, voted Lib Dem.

Abstained 2010 voted UKIP last time out, got what I wanted out of UKIP, a referendum forced upon the establishment unfortunately that let Dave 'Bacon' Cameron back in.

TBH but for UKIP I probably would have spoilt my voting paper, I found none of them really acceptable.

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Hoboh » Mon Jan 18, 2016 2:39 pm

Jezza escaping scrutiny of his policies.

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by TANGODANCER » Mon Jan 18, 2016 3:05 pm

^ Is that the God's stonemason you were on about Hoboh? :D
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