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Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th November 2020

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Morning all.
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Nearly there yet?
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Almost..
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AnatolyKasparov wrote:Nearly there yet?
It's becoming agonising.
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You want gerrymandering? I'll give you gerrymandering:

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Ohio's fourth district
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The president of the United States has just now again baselessly asserted on Twitter that “Tens of thousands of votes were illegally received after 8 P.M. on Tuesday, Election Day, totally and easily changing the results in Pennsylvania and certain other razor thin states.”

It is boring writing it, you may be bored reading it, but I cannot stress enough that this is simply not true.

Mail-in and absentee votes that arrive after the end of polling on election day have been valid, legal and counted in various states for decades.
It certainly feels like it.
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A very common shape like that green one above, must have a name, but I can't bring it to mind.
Must be getting old.
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A multi-lateral-largely-right-angled-duckesqe-crocodillian or something like that. It's at the tip of my tongue.
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A state official is understandably getting a bit narked...
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tinyclanger2 wrote:A multi-lateral-largely-right-angled-duckesqe-crocodillian or something like that. It's at the tip of my tongue.
Something like this, maybe?
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Donald J. Trump
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I WON THIS ELECTION, BY A LOT!
Official sources may not have called the race when this was Tweeted
3:36 PM · Nov 7, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
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Marvellous.

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:D
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Alex Andreou is sticking his neck out. Will he be right?:

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Looking at the numbers, I think PA is one big Philly vote upload away from being called for Biden, and with it the Presidency. (I reckon in the next hour.)
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All over!

The Associated Press
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JOE BIDEN DEFEATS PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP

The Associated Press declares Joe Biden the winner of a grueling campaign for the American presidency. He will lead a polarized nation through a historic collision of health, economic and social crises.

#APracecall
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:dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:
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Sensational win. Sensational Soup Dragon.
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I was beginning to think that I wouldn't live long enough to see it.

I await Donald Trump's next outburst with trepidation and interest.
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There's a strong likelihood that a vermouth is on the cards.
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A bottle of Sauvignon Blanc is waiting in the fridge.

I will definitely be enjoying a glass tonight.

Not least because dealing with Biden over Brexit deals and Irish border issues will be a far tougher prospect for Johnson than he was facing with Trump and may even force him to consider changing course.
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(I can report now that I was:)
RIGHT ABOUT THE VERMOUTH
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You sit and watch American news for days, then go for a walk and miss the best bit.
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Seems to be many more people at BLM Plaza just now than were (present at) TRUMP's INAUGURATION
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Democrats 3-0 this century when they have a black candidate on the ticket and 0-3 when they don't. Nate Silver.
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I missed the actual "breaking news" announcement by about 10 minutes, which was annoying. I was wiping out the inside of the 'frig'.
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More updates from Nevada still looking good. Arizona looks like Trump not catching up quickly enough but not over yet.
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Nevada called for Biden
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BBC World: Some world leaders have found Trump's style "difficult to work with"
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First female Vice President.

After a decade of slipping backwards, this feels refreshingly like real progress.
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And Boris Johnson says?
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Good. Now put him in jail
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Johnson has congratulated Bidon.
(See that twitter)
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V curious to see how that pans out.
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Not sure I'd want to be in the middle of those celebrating crowds in the middle of a pandemic.
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It's got to be done - regardless of how gratuitous the link
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Just been browsing the Twitter cesspit. There's an awful lot of Americans who are still refusing to accept reality. I genuinely worry for them in the coming weeks
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Me too.
But just for the now am having a second celebratory vermouth.
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Fox News are behaving themselves pretty well, but it's early, the really crazy stuff comes in the evening.
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tinyclanger2 wrote:It's got to be done - regardless of how gratuitous the link
[youtube]cpk8ym8iqWU[/youtube]

A Pet Shop Boys link requires no justification.
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"Welcome back America" (Mayor of Paris)
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(That's Paris, France)
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A dream night out would be to see the Pet Shop Boys with a bunch of Nesters.
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tinyclanger2 wrote:Johnson has congratulated Bidon.
(See that twitter)
More than one Tory MP has slagged off Biden as "anti-British" in the past week.
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Quite a few happy dancing New York City girls in those crowds making me wish I was younger.

How is it t-shirt weather there at this time of year?
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Meanwhile Nick Gibb is confusing the hell out of schools...

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U-turn in 3...2...1
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Oh look...fancy that!
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This one's not taking it well...
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7:01 PM · Nov 7, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
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Gabriel Pogrund
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EXCLUSIVE: Kate Bingham, chair of Boris Johnson's vaccine taskforce, has charged taxpayers £670,000 for her own team of boutique PR consultants

According to leaked docs, eight full-time consultants from London firm Admiral Associates are on the equivalent of £165K salaries
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Britain Elects
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Westminster voting intention:

LAB: 42% (+2)
CON: 38% (-)
LDEM: 7% (+1)
GRN: 3% (-2)

via
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8:07 PM · Nov 7, 2020·Twitter for Android
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