The 2017 General Election campaign

[redsquirrel]

Wasn't quite sure where to post this, could have gone a number of different thread including the Guardian=shit one, but just saw the below and thought it was worth highlighting. Lovely word "forced", reminded me of the discussion on this thread.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies director, Paul Johnson, has said the Labour plans amount to the biggest state intervention in the economy for decades. (Readers have pointed out that the bank bail-outs were bigger, but Johnson was talking about interventions that governments have chosen to make, not those forced on them by economic catastrophe.)

 

[taffboy gwyrdd]

TUSC CONFIRMS NO CANDIDATES IN JUNE AND FULL SUPPORT FOR A CORBYN LED GOVERNMENT WITH SOCIALIST POLICIES

 

[ChrisD]

Postal votes? People who vote at every election?

Included in these but so is my wife... but they think I'm head of the household Looking at the envelope I read it as GCHQ.
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[Wilf]

Included in these but so is my wife... but they think I'm head of the household Looking at the envelope I read it as GCHQ.
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Are you an Exeter or a Brexiter Chris?

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Strong and stable leadership. Coalition of chaos. Strong and stable leadership. Coalition of chaos. Strong and stable leadership. Coalition of chaos.

 

[xenon]

Strong and stable leadership. Coalition of chaos. Strong and stable leadership. Coalition of chaos. Strong and stable leadership. Coalition of chaos.

Irresponsible. Bankrupting the nation. Dangerous lefty ideas. Can't be trusted with the economy. Bring back foxhunting.
I don't have the figures.

Brexit, Brexit, Brexit.

 

[William of Walworth]

ChrisD : You're clearly (post #453) one of those swing voters to be targetted like that

 

[ChrisD]

ChrisD : You're clearly (post #453) one of those swing voters to be targetted like that

I joined the Labour Party aged 16 and have moved left politically over the last 40 years! Locally known as a remainer. Tories are clearly targeting Exeter as last remaining red bit on the map west of Bristol. They spent £7K on a wrap-around for the local paper last week. It seems the letters went to over 50's registered for postal votes but beyond that I can't tell. My partner didn't get one. I must be special target group!

 

[Artaxerxes]

Included in these but so is my wife... but they think I'm head of the household Looking at the envelope I read it as GCHQ.
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If you have no objections I'm going to pass this around?

 

[mikey mikey]

 

[brogdale]

Probably close to the absolute nadir of proper ale, though. If the LP were insisting on a return to this sort of shite I might even have to join the tory party.

 

[kebabking]

Watneys Red Label. Hmmm, march on Comrades, march on...

 

[mikey mikey]

Probably close to the absolute nadir of proper ale,

 

[brogdale]

If you'd suffered the national keg revolution you wouldn't make light of the era of caskocide.

 

[taffboy gwyrdd]

An article about trolls for DorsetEye from Keith Ordinary Guy

The GE is coming and it's a party poopers wet dream

 

[bluescreen]

Watneys Red Label. Hmmm, march on Comrades, march on...

Red Barrel.

 

[Pickman's model]

Red Barrel.

bring on the red revolution

 

[Pickman's model]

Included in these but so is my wife... but they think I'm head of the household Looking at the envelope I read it as GCHQ.
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tell you something, an oxford education plainly mean what once it did. there's grammar fuck-ups throughout, notable 'so christopher, please give me your backing': should be a comma after so. same mistake (p. 1) 'but with your help christopher,'.

 

[kebabking]

bring on the red revolution

Bring on the bucket more like....

 

[Pickman's model]

Bring on the bucket more like....

buckets full of tory blood perhaps.

 

[brogdale]

buckets full of tory blood perhaps.

That's more like it!

 

[Pickman's model]

That's more like it!

hello hello
we are the brogdale boys
hello hello
we are the brogdale boys
and if you are tory scum surrender or you die
we all follow the brogdale

 

[brogdale]

hello hello
we are the brogdale boys
hello hello
we are the brogdale boys
and if you are tory scum surrender or you die
we all follow the brogdale

Honoured!

 

[ChrisD]

tell you something, an oxford education plainly mean what once it did. there's grammar fuck-ups throughout, notable 'so christopher, please give me your backing': should be a comma after so. same mistake (p. 1) 'but with your help christopher,'.

Can someone tell me when it became ok to start sentences (and paragraphs) with "AND". Or "BUT" ?
I'm same age as Theresa May and clearly written English has developed since I was at school. I was also taught that business letters should have an address to reply to. Always a problem with inserting names from database but using my full name reminds me of being told off at home or school so gives out bad signals. So far, from recipients I know, it appears to be directed to over 50's with recurring postal votes. Totally misdirected database but even if I was a floating voter I don't think this letter does the job.

 

[ChrisD]

Can someone tell me when it became ok to start sentences (and paragraphs) with "AND". Or "BUT" ?
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And another one....... must be ok now. Gorgeous George is writing like that in Manchester according to leaflet my son was given

 

[mojo pixy]

Can someone tell me when it became ok to start sentences (and paragraphs) with "AND". Or "BUT" ?

It's never correct; And should be Also, Additionally, As well as this etc. But should be However, Then again, On the other hand etc.

But everyone fucking does it. And they all claim it doesn't matter. So I guess it doesn't. Innit.

 

[MightyTibberton]

Is he claiming he's going to be elected President of the World in that leaflet?

It's always been OK to start a sentence with an and or a but. And I'm sticking by that, with loads of links to grammar and dictionary sites if you like. It's possible to do it too much though. And I probably do.

 

[mikey mikey]

Not a fan of George, but this was a zinger.

 

[Wilf]

Is he claiming he's going to be elected President of the World in that leaflet?

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Of course not. Paul Nuttall's already got the job.

 

[mikey mikey]