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Re: General Election 2019

December 9th, 2019, 3:50 pm

At the moment it would seem safe to vote Labour given the vanishingly small probability of an outright Labour win. The goal would to be to force some kind of coalition or minority government to stop Boris from doing his thing.
 
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Re: General Election 2019

December 9th, 2019, 4:31 pm

And so another five years of what we've just experienced! Did we enjoy it that much? I'd put that at much better than Corbyn but still far worse than Boris.
 
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Re: General Election 2019

December 9th, 2019, 4:33 pm

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to vote tactically.
 
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Re: General Election 2019

December 9th, 2019, 5:00 pm

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to vote tactically.
with each and everyone agreeing on that tactic.
 
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Re: General Election 2019

December 9th, 2019, 5:24 pm

SEATS:

[$]\mbox{ Party }\;\;\;\;\;\;\mbox{ Low (10%) }\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\mbox{ Median }\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\mbox{ High (10%) }\;\;\;\;\;\mbox{ }[$]
[$]\mbox{ Con }\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\mbox{ 317 }\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\mbox{ 335 }\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\mbox{ 351 }\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\mbox{ }[$]
[$]\mbox{ Lab }\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\mbox{ 226 }\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\mbox{ 242 }\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\mbox{ 258 }\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\mbox{ }[$]
[$]\mbox{ Lib Dem }\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\mbox{ 13 }\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\mbox{ 15 }\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\mbox{ 18 }\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\mbox{ }[$]
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[$]\mbox{ Prob. Con majority }\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\,\mbox{ 78.6% }\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\mbox{ Expected Majority } 20 [$]
[$]\mbox{ Prob. Lab majority }\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\mbox{ 0.0% }[$]
[$]\mbox{ Prob. Con majority with DUP }\;\;\;\;\mbox{ 91.7% }[$]
 
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Re: General Election 2019

December 9th, 2019, 5:28 pm

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to vote tactically.
with each and everyone agreeing on that tactic.
All that is necessary to spoil a good aphorism is for somebody to add qualifications!
 
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Re: General Election 2019

December 9th, 2019, 8:32 pm

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to vote tactically.
with each and everyone agreeing on that tactic.
Not necessarily.
 
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Re: General Election 2019

December 9th, 2019, 8:33 pm

  Labour is losing the urban middle class vote, from what I'm seeing around me.
Do they have wood burners?
 
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Re: General Election 2019

December 9th, 2019, 9:29 pm

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to vote tactically.
with each and everyone agreeing on that tactic.
All that is necessary to spoil a good aphorism is for somebody to add qualifications!
Maybe it was a (witty?) riposte (pardon my French)

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Re: General Election 2019

December 9th, 2019, 10:31 pm

Foiled again!
 
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Re: General Election 2019

December 10th, 2019, 12:28 am

Touché!
 
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Re: General Election 2019

December 10th, 2019, 12:32 am

Sabre the moment.
 
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Re: General Election 2019

December 10th, 2019, 11:54 am

Enough sword rattling. En garde
 
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Re: General Election 2019

December 10th, 2019, 1:31 pm

Will the DUP survive (Paul, it could be 8 seats)

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/p ... 29521.html
 
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Re: General Election 2019

December 10th, 2019, 4:18 pm

Am getting numbers that show a real chance of hung parliament.