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nomadking 06-06-2019 18:15
Re: Brexit
 
If X does something(often repeatedly) without complaint and then Y does a supposedly similar thing and the complaints flood in, then it's not unreasonable to point out the bias and prejudice in the complaints about Y.

Mr K 06-06-2019 19:45
Re: Brexit
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by nomadking (Post 35998209)
If X does something(often repeatedly) without complaint and then Y does a supposedly similar thing and the complaints flood in, then it's not unreasonable to point out the bias and prejudice in the complaints about Y.
I hated algebra....

TheDaddy 06-06-2019 22:15
Re: Brexit
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by nomadking (Post 35998209)
If X does something(often repeatedly) without complaint and then Y does a supposedly similar thing and the complaints flood in, then it's not unreasonable to point out the bias and prejudice in the complaints about Y.
Who wasn't complaining, I've been banging on about it for years on here, in fact the first red rep I received was for being naive for expecting politicians to tell the truth and to be held to account if they don't, glad after all these years the public is starting to say we've had enough and this isn't good enough

TheDaddy 07-06-2019 02:04
Re: Brexit
 
Labour increase their majority in Peterborough, might have got an even bigger increase if it wasn't for that guy up there dressed as elmo, he'd have got my vote every time

denphone 07-06-2019 05:25
Re: Brexit
 
Here are the vote percentages.

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Peterborough result:

LAB: 30.9% (-17.2)
BREX: 28.9% (+28.9)
CON: 21.4% (-25.5)
LDEM: 12.3% (+8.9)
GRN: 3.1% (+1.3)
UKIP: 1.2% (+1.2)

Chgs w/ 2017 result.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48532869

1andrew1 07-06-2019 07:01
Re: Brexit
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35998230)
Good news in there for everyone except for the now-leaderless party.

nomadking 07-06-2019 07:18
Re: Brexit
 
Hardly surprising given the demographics of Peterborough.

Hugh 07-06-2019 07:48
Re: Brexit
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by nomadking (Post 35998233)
Hardly surprising given the demographics of Peterborough.
Bless...

<hears dog whistle faintly in the background>

nomadking 07-06-2019 07:53
Re: Brexit
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 35998234)
Bless...

<hears dog whistle faintly in the background>
It's a little thing called facts.

Hugh 07-06-2019 07:57
Re: Brexit
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by nomadking (Post 35998235)
It's a little thing called facts.
I know - those Italians get everywhere...


https://www.peterborough.gov.uk/news...-peterborough/

Chris 07-06-2019 08:00
Re: Brexit
 
I wouldn’t be crowing if I were the Labour this morning. That result was a lot closer than they will have liked. Opposition parties are meant to hold their seats at by elections. They frequently do so with increased majorities. Increasing the majority by 76 while also losing 17% of your support relative to 2017 is nothing to brag about, especially when you’ve just been run to the wire by a party that didn’t exist 2 months ago.

If this result shows anything it’s that Labour’s support in Peterborough has collapsed and they’ve hung on only because the Tories tend to lose even more votes to the Brexit Party than Labour does. If a new Tory leader can deliver Brexit and neutralise Farage, he could wipe the floor with Corbyn in a subsequent general election.

denphone 07-06-2019 08:00
Re: Brexit
 
l see Mr Farage sneaked out of the back door before the result was announced...

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Sky News described it as “a disappointing result for Mr Farage's party, given 60% of voters in the area backed Brexit in the 2016 referendum”. According to the BBC, the Brexit Party had largely steered clear of local issues as it had hoped to win “on national issues and discontent with the ‘Westminster elite’”.

papa smurf 07-06-2019 08:11
Re: Brexit
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35998238)
l see Mr Farage sneaked out of the back door before the result was announced...
Less that 700 votes in it, that's not bad for a party that is only 2 months old.

nomadking 07-06-2019 08:13
Re: Brexit
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 35998236)
I know - those Italians get everywhere...


https://www.peterborough.gov.uk/news...-peterborough/
Quote:
  • Population of 183,631 in 2011 - a rise of 17.7% since 2001
  • Net in-migration to Peterborough of approximately 14,670 residents between 2007 and 2013
  • 7.7% of people were born in EU Accession countries, which entered after April 2001
Labour has a in-built core vote.

papa smurf 07-06-2019 08:16
Re: Brexit
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by nomadking (Post 35998240)
Labour has a in-built core vote.
They do around here [benefit claimants] thankfully they lost the local election for the first time.


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