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Yougov's poll today asked for opinions on Brexit: whether it was right/wrong & whether that opinion had changed from the way originally voted.

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Kevin Myers has apparently been sacked by the Sunday Times

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I see that the utterly execrable Kevin Myers is now a ST columnist, then. I presume Rupe wanted somebody who would actually make Rod Liddle look good in comparison?? :roll: :D Had just posted a comment when the article was deleted but one of the comments btl in response to another said: @Simon Harg...

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In the Times today Sam Coates says that Gavin Barwell, Theresa May’s new chief of staff, “has made contact with the Liberal Democrats to ask for help in getting legislation through parliament”. On Twitter the Lib Dems have played down the significance of this. Lib Dem Press Office (@LibDemPress) Th...

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The BBC is now speaking irresponsibly and darkly (re Grenfell House) in terms of "whether accident or something more sinister" (they don't elaborate) whilst showing pictures of obviously Muslim women from the area. What can they possibly be trying to insinuate? Edited to add And (more sin...

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OK. A sort of constitutional question. I know that once Parliament was dissolved there were officially no MPs and as such noone could be called an MP in the interim period. Does an elected member take up or resume the title of MP following the election result or when Parliament is reconvened? I mea...

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HindleA wrote:Not following but there will be at least one deputy speaker vacancy.

It was only today that I realised she had not been re-elected. Quite shocked to learn that seat had been Labour's since the 1930s but is now in Tory hands.

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Bercow confirmed as Speaker

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Possibilities of the government trying to do a last minute sneaky ousting of Bercow? Theresa May has left Downing Street for the Commons, where she will be in the chamber for the election of the speaker when MPs meet for the first time. (just to be clear I know nothing at all and have heard less, i...

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HindleA wrote:Nearly a year ago,good grief,said Charlie Brown.

Exactly one year on Friday. Won't ever forget that day

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BBC2 has an hour-long programme at 9pm tonight titled: Jo Cox: Death of an MP. The documentary tells the story of the horrific attack on 16 June 2016 and events surrounding it through the testimony of those closest to the crime – including Jo Cox's family, eyewitnesses and those who knew the murdere...

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PorFavor wrote:Does anyone know who's involved in this DUP meeting - other than Arlene Foster, Nigel Dodds and Theresa May? Who, for instance, is Nigel Dodds' counterbalance?

Gavin Williamson, the Chief Whip, was holding talks with the DUP at the weekend so I would expect him to be at today's meeting.

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Good piece by Rupert Myers (no idea who he is or his political leaning) on what Labour needs to do to win the next GE

http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/la ... l-election" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Temulkar wrote:EVEL pretty much fucks this whole arrangement up, doesn't it? Anyone know the England only numbers?

England only:
CON 297 seats, Lab 226, LD 8, Green 1, Ukip 0

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I'm confused:

RBKC‏Verified account @RBKC 1h1 hour ago

General election: Kensington Constituency count will recommence in the Great Hall, Kensington Town Hall, 6pm today. https://goo.gl/He1K8M" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

(my emphasis)

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PorFavor wrote:Kensington gain - confirmed.

Where did you find that ? Sky & BBC both have it undeclared.

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adam wrote:
pk1 wrote: I'd have to hibernate
How will we tell?

Miaow !

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Nuttall resigns as Ukip leader

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May is off to see the Queen later. What happens if she can't get agreement with DUP & Corbyn can't get agreement with LD, SNP & others ? She bluffs it out until she does or doesn't get a Queen's Speech and Budget through the commons. Edited to add - and then Labour would have to be allowed ...

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May is off to see the Queen later.

What happens if she can't get agreement with DUP & Corbyn can't get agreement with LD, SNP & others ?

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Morning. What a night that was ! Catastrophic decision by Theresa May & I expect she'll be gone within a week. As for Labour - wow, some truly fantastic results and all credit to everyone involved. Corbyn has proved me wrong and I don't mind admitting it. I still don't like him but he obviously ...

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BMG, who haven’t polled since back in 2016, have also put out a final poll. Their topline figures are CON 46%, LAB 33%, LDEM 8%, UKIP 5%.

IIRC BMG are the pollsters Corbyn chose for Labour's internal polling.

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Stephen Fisher predicts This implies a Conservative vote share lead over Labour of 9.5 points and a majority of 48. This represents only a modest improvement over the party’s performance 2015 when they achieved a majority of 12 with a 6.6 point lead. From this central forecast, our estimated probabi...

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From Paul Waugh's morning email: The first actual votes from real live people will appear just before 11pm as Sunderland’s seats carry out their traditional race to count fastest. The seats have big Labour majorities but the thing to watch for will be the collapse in the UKIP vote and rise in Tory v...

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Link to the declaration times for those of you sitting up: http://election.pressassociation.com/Declaration_times/general_2017_by_time.php?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=The+Snap&utm_term=229459&subid=22973691&CMP=snap_election_briefing" onclick="window.op...

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@yahyah

FINALLY !

Good to see you, at last x

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frog222 wrote:
PorFavor wrote:Good morfternoon.

@SpinnningHugo

Best wishes for the knee op. Hope you recover as quickly as possible.
And from me too, off to see the anaesthetist for mine on the 23rd !

( I wont tell you my waiting-time ... )

Best wishes to you too

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Morning all. Not a fun day ahead for me. Operation (on knee) after quite a long wait. Then immobile for ages. Predictions? I think this is very hard. I think Labour will do slightly better than expected, so I am going to go for a Tory of around 40. The Lib Dems to go down to two seats, the SNP to l...

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AnatolyKasparov wrote:The broadcasting channels rehearse various "scenarios" for GEs, as for other forseeable major events.

Obviously wasn't meant to be actually shown, though

(oh, and some of those suggested results are rather more plausible than others)

Quite but some of the names made me gasp

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Sky News today ran a ticker tape with the following: Sky News is forecasting the Conservatives will win majority of between 90 & 110 seats compared with exit poll prediction of 60 seat majority. (Significant losers) Cons lose: Liam Fox Patrick McLoughlin David Mundell Karen Bradley Greg Clark Al...

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Good to hear Corbyn castigate the abusers of Emma Barnett after his interview this morning.

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We constructively assist Labour when and if something is wrong and needs putting right, if possible We're going to have different ideas regarding wrong and if it's a reasonable time to bring it up I think RogerOThornhill, Willow904 and pk1 have made good points Mistakes happen and clarification is ...

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StephenDolan wrote:Ah pk1, no comments on the May v Corbyn from last night, or is it just a quick comment on The Catastrophic radio interview?

Can't comment on something I didn't watch.

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And its funny you link the mumsnet - post chat comments by people like Lisa Muggrdge et al (and itss not as if she is unbiased now is she) but not tothe start of the chat or 4 pages of positive comments before page 5? An oversight I am sure, as the chat itself didnt go to badly at all, now did it.....

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Of course I don't. But overall the Labour manifesto holds together pretty well given that it was indeed a rushed job. Hang on, Corbyn promised he would put the party on an election footing way back in September when he was challenging Owen Smith for re-election. eremy Corbyn will put Labour on a ge...

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It would appear that having costings in a manifesto but not knowing them off by heart is A Very Bad Thing, whereas not providing any figures is perfectly acceptable. Right. If you're specifically going on a programme to discuss a policy then you should at least have the cost of that policy to hand....

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The Manchester Evening News opened a just giving page for donations with a target of £50,000. That target was reached in 3 hours so they have now increased the target to £250,000. The page is here if you wish to donate: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/westandtogethermanchester?utm_source=twi...

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Poll bounce for Labour after manifesto launch:

Cons 47 (-2)
Lab 34 (+8)
LD 7 (-6)
Green 3 (+2)
Ukip 2 (-2)

Ipsos Mori phone poll between May 15 and 17

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I'm not playing your silly game StephenDolan

Clearly, you're not interested in hearing an opinion you don't already agree with.

The reason May can do this though is because she has no fear of losing next month. That's what concerns me.

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Why must Labour supporters yell abuse at Tory events ? Horrible & to the undecided, probably doesn't help party image.

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Good post Willow . I don't see the point in constantly attacking each other - it serves no purpose other than to make people feel unwelcome & ultimately drives them away. This was a friendly board & could be again if people made their arguments instead of assuming other posters have ulterior...

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Editorial in today's Times begins with: The Liberal Democrats’ manifesto, published yesterday, is an exercise not so much in wishful thinking as in thinking, pure and simple. and ends: Mr Farron says that his aim is to make the Lib Dems the official opposition. Their chances have not been helped by ...

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Hoorah, Labour manifesto launch day & even if I didn't like a single word in it it finally will force their spokespersons to answer questions with detail and stop the 'you'll have to wait for the manifesto' bollocks. We complain that Labour is overlooked by the media but when given the opportuni...

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HindleA wrote:I offer to ban myself in exchange to remove detritus from the forum.I don't give a fuck what he believes he has made a fundamental breach and should be removed.

Who has & what's the breach you refer to please ?

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A joint Channel 4 & Sky News programme will feature the first party leader interviews with May & Corbyn on May 29th in front of a live studio audience.

Faisal Islam & Jeremy Paxman will be the interviewers.

Contain your excitement folks.

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I still can't believe Liam Fox is back in government. The fact that anyone, even Tories, keep voting for such people is why I remain pessimistic about the outcome next month. Labour are coming from too far back. I imagine Mr Werrity finds him to be a very nice man :lol: but yes, if we couldn't win ...

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http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/theresa-may-mental-health-learning-difficulties_uk_5919af15e4b00f308cf6b323?ir=UK+Politics&utm_hp_ref=uk-politics Sadly, Cathy won't be getting her DLA back & her only hope of getting a PIP if she's already been turned down is by ultimately appealing to...

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Columnist Kelvin MacKenzie's contract with The Sun newspaper has been "terminated by mutual consent", the paper's parent company has said. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39926876" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; A News UK spokeswoman said: "Further to our statem...

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