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Filboid Studge posted:The New Statesman is a loving terrible magazine. Yes it is, and it has got noticeably worse since Corbyn looked like he might win. What has attracted your ire specifically?
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Jose posted:he got 70.6% of the vote and anyone in london could have signed up for £1. Most people probably had no idea though since the tories weren't exactly advertising it taking place So what you're saying is that if this had been public knowledge and people could stomach chucking a quid into the Conservative coffers we could have democratically hosed up their mayoral hopes? Granted, this would have been a teeny bit hypocritical given the entryism on the Labour leadership election but still..
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Mr. Flunchy posted:If anyone wants in on the Metal Gear/Trident party I used Word Replacer 2 on the Chrome app page. Took about ten seconds to set up: Thank you for this. 
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Mr. Flunchy posted:So what you're saying is that if this had been public knowledge and people could stomach chucking a quid into the Conservative coffers we could have democratically hosed up their mayoral hopes? Were any of the other candidates definite losers? I, like apparently everybody else, paid zero attention to the contest. I was going to say some posho scion of the aristocracy might not be the best candidate in London, but well...
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Holy poo poo, I'm just now watching that dreadful Eamonn Holmes interview with Corbyn. When did Eamonn turn into a petulant child? I know Sky's scummy, but does he really think he comes across well with nothing but gainsaying?
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XMNN posted:<10,000 voters after the Labour election looks sad and pathetic all on it's own, though. Nah, not really. An MEP, son of immigrants from Guyana, the Deputy Mayor for Policing & Crime who went to the same school as Gideon, & the Leader of the Tories in the London Assembly who is also a libertarian called Boff. I guess Boff is pretty out there but I can see that libertarianism being popular in a lot of London. They did a decent job of keeping the Bill Cash types out of the contest, which is a shame.
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XMNN posted:<10,000 voters after the Labour election looks sad and pathetic all on it's own, though. How many voted in the Labour mayoral candidate election? I know the leadership election was huge, but how much of that carried over?
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Darth Walrus posted:How many voted in the Labour mayoral candidate election? I know the leadership election was huge, but how much of that carried over? About 88,000 people.
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also while laughing about Zac Goldsmith remember that his mum gave him £50,000 for his campaign. "please mum can I be mayor? Jemima gets all the attention"
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad posted:also while laughing about Zac Goldsmith remember that his mum gave him £50,000 for his campaign. "please mum can I be mayor? Jemima gets all the attention" Wonder what his total spend is because even £50,000 to win under 7000 votes is ridiculous.
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Oct 2, 2015 14:29
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I hope that Sadiq Khan wins the mayoral election because he seems like an okay person and also to see the reactions in the Freep thread.
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Oct 2, 2015 14:34
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I read that Goldsmith spent the cash surveying his constituency to make sure they'd be okay with him running for mayor alongside being their MP. Which is quite a decent gesture tbh. I thought he got the nomination months ago, I had no idea they were even doing a vote.
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Oct 2, 2015 14:35
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Phoon posted:im sure hes a very nice billionaire heir he might be nice as billionaire heirs go, it's not as if that's difficult. For example he does seem to acknowledge that climate change is a thing that exists, that's nice
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In his twenties Zac Goldsmith vanished into the Himalayas and spent six months living an ascetic existence in a monastic ashram. He emerged from this spiritual awakening as a prospective Conservative MP. What a lovely enlightenment.
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Has Goldsmith done anything particularly reprehensible other than being part of the moneyed elite? His green credentials seem reasonably strong.
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Mr. Flunchy posted:In his twenties Zac Goldsmith vanished into the Himalayas and spent six months living an ascetic existence in a monastic ashram. He emerged from this spiritual awakening as a prospective Conservative MP. The Ashram of the Invisible Hand.
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Mr. Flunchy posted:In his twenties Zac Goldsmith vanished into the Himalayas and spent six months living an ascetic existence in a monastic ashram. He emerged from this spiritual awakening as a prospective Conservative MP. Hmm, looks like austerity does make people productive. *sits alone on a mountain ledge with nothing but rocks and ice for miles around* Yup, not much unemployment around here.
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Oct 2, 2015 14:54
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In really neat news, the University of Birmingham have found fragments of a Koran in their archives that appear to be almost as old as Islam itself. The researchers and local imams are appropriately hyped.
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Didn't pre-selection polling show Khan would lose to Goldsmith? I know there was some talk of the Greens giving second preferences to Goldsmith due to his meaty ecology credentials and focus on direct democracy - that could come in handy. edit: checked and it looks like there are conflicting polls kustomkarkommando fucked around with this message at 15:00 on Oct 2, 2015 |
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Oct 2, 2015 14:57
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Comrade Corbyn crashed a hen-do... or rather got on a train which included a hen party
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Oct 2, 2015 15:00
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OvineYeast posted:The Labour party will overwhelmingly support him. The FT is talking out of its arse. I suppose a good proportion of members would support him. The Blairite rump in the PLP might resist the idea, though.
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TinTower posted:I suppose a good proportion of members would support him. The Blairite rump in the PLP might resist the idea, though. it's a really obvious vote-grabber, and they saw what happened to the lib dems when clegg backed off on it. there's no way the party is dumb enough to close him down on this
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willie_dee posted:Do you really have faith in America to act in the UK's best interests? I have faith in America to act in order to maintain its hegemony, and NATO is a key part of that. In other words, the UK will be protected by a nuclear deterrent regardless of what Corbyn does or doesn't do.
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Darth Walrus posted:In really neat news, the University of Birmingham have found fragments of a Koran in their archives that appear to be almost as old as Islam itself. The researchers and local imams are appropriately hyped. They announced this months ago but it's on display now until the end of the month. I will probably head over at some point, its a pretty cool discovery
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So my home is set for even more cuts to the police forces. Good thing they have those Trident missiles to keep them safe!
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V. Illych L. posted:it's a really obvious vote-grabber, and they saw what happened to the lib dems when clegg backed off on it. there's no way the party is dumb enough to close him down on this I have faith in the PLP
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V. Illych L. posted:it's a really obvious vote-grabber, and they saw what happened to the lib dems when clegg backed off on it. there's no way the party is dumb enough to close him down on this lol
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Guavanaut posted:I hope that Sadiq Khan wins the mayoral election because he seems like an okay person and also to see the reactions in the Freep thread. Khan is a tosspot who got given the shadow justice brief and then said he 'might' think about not slashing legal aid any further if Labour won the election.
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V. Illych L. posted:it's a really obvious vote-grabber, and they saw what happened to the lib dems when clegg backed off on it. there's no way the party is dumb enough to close him down on this Are you, by any chance, high?
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So I've just got an invite to a Labour 'European Training Event'. It's for "people to learn more about the EU and how you can make positive arguments about what the EU brings". Has anyone been to anything similar and knows what to expect? Is it just going to be Babby's First EU or is it likely to be interesting and/or informative? Edit: Rolled Cabbage posted:Khan is a tosspot who got given the shadow justice brief and then said he 'might' think about not slashing legal aid any further if Labour won the election. This is a loving outrage. Hopefully Corbae will have something to say on the topic. Prince John fucked around with this message at 15:46 on Oct 2, 2015 |
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Rolled Cabbage posted:Khan is a tosspot who got given the shadow justice brief and then said he 'might' think about not slashing legal aid any further if Labour won the election.
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Darth Walrus posted:In really neat news, the University of Birmingham have found fragments of a Koran in their archives that appear to be almost as old as Islam itself. The researchers and local imams are appropriately hyped. Oh, cool, it is on show now? Might go visit it on Monday since I study there right now.
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Guavanaut posted:I hope that Sadiq Khan wins the mayoral election because he seems like an okay person and also to see the reactions in the Freep thread. I doubt Freep would care, but their counterparts at Guido Fawkes seem convinced Khan has it in the bag due to immigrants/Londonistan.
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Freep were blowing up over the whole 'Muslim no-go zones in England' / 'Sharia law already in place' thing when that was on Fox, so they might do. As might Fox.
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:Comrade Corbyn crashed a hen-do... or rather got on a train which included a hen party This wouldn't have happened if they had their own train carriages
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JeremoudCorbynejad posted:This wouldn't have happened if they had their own train carriages Heh. This article about domestic slavery and caste discrimination in the UK is bad enough, but I just saw this and spat feathers: quote:The Legal Aid Agency initially refused to fund her representation for 17 months on the grounds that her case was not of “sufficient importance or seriousness”, and that it was “only a claim for money”. Someone really, really, needs to sort this out.
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Jose posted:i'm sure the met won't be happy with a mayor who's repeatedly taken them to court Main reason I'll be voting for him tbh
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