The 2019 General Election

[Marty1]

Saw my first celebrating racist on the tube earlier this afternoon, on the Central Line going west. Got on with a little union jack on a stick and started saying "excuse me sir, are you offended by the flag? Madam, are you offended by the flag of our country? I'm just doing an experiment to see if anyone is offended by our country's flag." Occasionally he would swear to himself as well.

Of course everyone stared very hard at their phones and rolled their eyes when he wasn't looking. (He was at the other end of the row of seats so didn't get near me thankfully.) He did quiet down after a bit of being ignored, but at Shepherd's Bush, when the announcement about "change her for..." came on, he muttered audibly "change here if you want to get stabbed" - which I'm sure of course is a reference to the general issue of knife crime in the capital and nothing at all to do with the multicultural makeup of the area.

I expect there will be a bunch out around Whitehall, particularly as some people are talking about doing an anti-Tory protest in Parliament Square.

Sounds like a piss head tbh.

How do you think you would have regarded this individual had he been holding a EU flag?

 

[butchersapron]

What if he had a...NAZI FLAG!!!

 

[butchersapron]

He literally had the union flag and was doing that - why would you need to invent anything else where it didn't happen?

 

[teuchter]

Apologies if this has already been posted

How Britain voted and why: My 2019 general election post-vote poll - Lord Ashcroft Polls

 

[Marty1]

He literally had the union flag and was doing that - why would you need to invent anything else where it didn't happen?

You make a valid point.

Perhaps hypotheticals aren’t necessary.

 

[ska invita]

Stayed up last night to the end and flicked between BBC and Novaras coverage (which was v impressive tbf, to run live for 8 hours for an indie media set up). One of the best interviews of the night came from this guy called Craig Gent, a campainger in Barnsley...some really good reaction and local insight on the northern collapse etc i thought
should start at the right time 4hr 57mins>

has written some bits too such as
In the North’s Leave-Voting Seats, Disillusionment Is Labour’s Biggest Enemy | Novara Media


BTW: round up of those key swing seats

 

[butchersapron]

An academic intimately involved with Novara. Not just some passing bloke.

 

[SpackleFrog]

An academic intimately involved with Novara. Not just some passing bloke.

Well, he's got a PhD and managed to sort out some employment. And he is actually from Barnsley. Nice lad.

 

[existentialist]

It was Gordonstoun IIRC.

I think Blair may have gone to Amplebuttox.

 

[existentialist]

Sounds like a piss head tbh.

How do you think you would have regarded this individual had he been holding a EU flag?

I'd have thought he was just as much of a cunt, FWIW.

 

[maomao]

Sounds like a piss head tbh.

How do you think you would have regarded this individual had he been holding a EU flag?

I'd think he was an arsehole. But the fellow with the union flag I would have thought was an arsehole and one of your lot.

 

[HoratioCuthbert]

Stayed up last night to the end and flicked between BBC and Novaras coverage (which was v impressive tbf, to run live for 8 hours for an indie media set up). One of the best interviews of the night came from this guy called Craig Gent, a campainger in Barnsley...some really good reaction and local insight on the northern collapse etc i thought
should start at the right time 4hr 57mins>

has written some bits too such as
In the North’s Leave-Voting Seats, Disillusionment Is Labour’s Biggest Enemy | Novara Media


BTW: round up of those key swing seats

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Sharing the article is handy cheers , it’s what he seemed to be repeating in the video except in a disjointed and almost indecipherable way, now I can understand what his craic is.


The chat about just voting Tory to get brexit over the line reminds of Scotland flocking to SNP to get indy done as well. Wasn’t that long ago people wouldn’t have gone near the SNP. It’s a shame people can’t see the similarities between leave in England and indy in Scotland - increased voter turnout, people being enthused cause they had a question put to them rather than choosing which bastard to represent you... that sort of thing.

The indy example doesn’t bode well for the future though, as those once tactically voting the SNP are now raging if you challenge them at all. Ach.

 

[butchersapron]

Sharing the article is handy, it’s what he seemed to be repeating in the video except in a disjointed and almost indecipherable way, now I can understand what his craic is.


The chat about just voting Tory to get brexit over the line reminds of Scotland flocking to SNP to get indy done as well. Wasn’t that long ago people wouldn’t have gone near the SNP. It’s a shame people can’t see the similarities between leave in England and indy in Scotland - increased voter turnout, people being enthused cause they had a question put to them rather than choosing which bastard to represent you... that sort of thing.

The indy example doesn’t bode well for the future though, as those tactically voting the SNP are now raging if you challenge them at all. Ach.

The results in this three seats talked about:

 

[HoratioCuthbert]

The results in this three seats talked about:

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I know, I was going to post those, then thought better of it. There was a lower labour vote I think though held.

 

[HoratioCuthbert]

I think he mentioned Barnsley east too also Labour hold.

 

[Part-timah]

The overwhelming elephant in the room is the snobbery of the modern Labour activist. I know many people who are Momentum and other Labour activists. Whenever, I bring up the insecurity the EU has brought to working class communities the most common response is a nonchalant shrug of the shoulders.

 

[butchersapron]

I think he mentioned Barnsley east too also Labour hold.

 

[HoratioCuthbert]

Oh forgive me I’ve just focused my poor eyesight on yer gif BA- I thought you posted the three Barnsley seats that went labour.

 

[butchersapron]

Oh forgive me I’ve just focused my poor eyesight on yer gif BA- I thought you posted the three Barnsley seats that went labour.

No probs, wasn't sure if anyone would see what i doing anyway.

 

[chilango]

You been clicking on the LibDems Wikipedia butchersapron ?

 

[HoratioCuthbert]

You been clicking on the LibDems Wikipedia butchersapron ?

Oooooft

 

[butchersapron]

You been clicking on the LibDems Wikipedia butchersapron ?

This is going right over my head this one, but i just did and now see that they still have a single MP in their 'west country heartland'

 

[chilango]

This is going right over my head this one, but i just did and now see that they still have a single MP in their 'west country heartland'

Your screenshots have the LibDems in a different "clicked on" colour

 

[butchersapron]

Your screenshots have the LibDems in a different "clicked on" colour

Ok, i just googled the constituency and jumped to latest result on wiki. I can assure you i wasn't looking at lib-dem results in penistone and stocksbridge as i'd never heard of it till a a few minutes ago.

 

[kebabking]

is there anyone else who giggles when they say, or hear, or read, Penistone?

just me?

 

[Proper Tidy]

is there anyone else who giggles when they say, or hear, or read, Penistone?

just me?

I hear it's very difficult to pass

 

[maomao]

is there anyone else who giggles when they say, or hear, or read, Penistone?,

just me?

Every fucking time. Having a sense of humour as puerile as mine isn't anything to be proud of though.

 

[DexterTCN]

I think the important thing here is...urban75 is absolutely useless...they don't even register...the opinions are outdated and irrelevant, any actions are inconsequential.

Is anyone going to move forward?

 

[Cid]

I used to live on Penistone road (the Sheffield end).

 

[Marty1]

I see Jess Phillips kept her seat but wished she was a size 10



Doesn’t know whether she’ll throw her hat in for leadership.