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« Reply #27195 on: Friday, January 5, 2018, 11:59:12 »

which group is this?

https://www.facebook.com/groups/209843092811151/?fref=nf
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« Reply #27196 on: Friday, January 5, 2018, 11:59:35 »

which group is this?
Swindon Town supporters group.
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« Reply #27197 on: Friday, January 5, 2018, 12:37:18 »

Who is hailing a turnout of 62.5%? It's poor, but that is down to the voter unless you have a forced voting system.
I hate politics and no allegiance to any party, some people vote for the same party at every general election  regardless of manifesto.

It's not completely down to the voter though is it? If you live in a safe seat but you swing the other way, why bother voting? If you are a particular demographic and feel none of the candidates speak for you, why bother voting?
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« Reply #27198 on: Friday, January 5, 2018, 12:45:33 »

I mean, FPTP is shit, but this is exaggerating it a bit. Our system hasn't, for example, made the person with the most votes not win two out of the last five elections (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_elections_in_which_the_winner_lost_the_popular_vote)


Maybe a slight exaggeration, but look at the results in Swindon South alone:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000947

Buckland - 24809
Everyone else - 26462

More people didn't want Buckland that those who did. And that's just where I live.
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« Reply #27199 on: Friday, January 5, 2018, 13:09:27 »

It's not completely down to the voter though is it? If you live in a safe seat but you swing the other way, why bother voting? If you are a particular demographic and feel none of the candidates speak for you, why bother voting?

This thought had crossed my mind. I live in a tory safe seat that has been that way since the dawn of time and the current incumbent, despite being an absolute arsehead, has held the seat for nearly 40 years.
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« Reply #27200 on: Friday, January 5, 2018, 13:28:05 »

It's not completely down to the voter though is it? If you live in a safe seat but you swing the other way, why bother voting? If you are a particular demographic and feel none of the candidates speak for you, why bother voting?

True, probably covers a lot of the electorate
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« Reply #27201 on: Friday, January 5, 2018, 13:45:21 »

Maybe a slight exaggeration, but look at the results in Swindon South alone:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000947

Buckland - 24809
Everyone else - 26462

More people didn't want Buckland that those who did. And that's just where I live.

To be fair there were even more people who didn't want any of the other parties in  Wink
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« Reply #27202 on: Friday, January 5, 2018, 14:57:12 »

Maybe a slight exaggeration, but look at the results in Swindon South alone:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000947

Buckland - 24809
Everyone else - 26462

More people didn't want Buckland that those who did. And that's just where I live.

Of course, but that's to be expected in a multi-party system. With a (reasonable) electoral system which reassigns second preferences, you'd expect Buckland to pick up at least 2/3 of the UKIP vote there and go past 50% even if every single Lib Dem and Green seconded Labour.

UKIP + Tories have been a +50% vote share across England for a long while now, the electorate is more right wing than most would like to believe, largely because age is a huge factor in turnout.

Doesn't mean FPTP isn't crap mind.
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« Reply #27203 on: Friday, January 5, 2018, 15:30:57 »

To be fair there were even more people who didn't want any of the other parties in  Wink

Not sure how you work that one out. 71% turnout, means about 22,000 eligible voters didn't vote.
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« Reply #27204 on: Friday, January 5, 2018, 16:54:49 »

UKIP + Tories have been a +50% vote share across England for a long while now, the electorate is more right wing than most would like to believe, largely because age is a huge factor in turnout.

The left in particularly England, has always had relatively small numbers. 

Also I don't particularly buy the young left, old right argument. The key is the balance between how for to the right, the mainstream clunks away from its usual fairly slightly right centre.  Brexit is presently the playing out of this process, as Continental social democracy is not something to the taste of many in the Tory party and their apologists.
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« Reply #27205 on: Friday, January 5, 2018, 19:56:06 »

Names on players shirts. Fucking ridiculous now. Let's just go back to 1-11.

I.e. Liverpool:

Liverpool names on shirts now include:
- Just surname
- Just first name (Virgil)
- First initial + surname (M. Salah)
- First name + second initial (Alberto M.)
- First name + surname (Emre Can)
- Half the surname (Chamberlain)
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« Reply #27206 on: Friday, January 5, 2018, 21:22:46 »

Not sure how you work that one out. 71% turnout, means about 22,000 eligible voters didn't vote.

Add the Tory voters and voters of any other parties other than the one you're looking at and you'll get what I mean.
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« Reply #27207 on: Saturday, January 6, 2018, 07:45:20 »

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« Reply #27208 on: Saturday, January 6, 2018, 08:34:39 »

The phrase 'buzzing' - only acceptable if you are indeed a bee

My 60 year old dad says ‘buzzing’.

I find it toe-curling.
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« Reply #27209 on: Saturday, January 6, 2018, 09:05:38 »

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