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One of the features of the June 8th General Election it is that no other elections are being held on the same day. This is in sharp comparison to all the general elections since 1992 when John Major went to the country in April four weeks before that year’s locals.
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1983: 434
1992: 464
1997: 211
2001: 248
2005: 166
2010: 62
2015: 17
An early result will do me fine, although I may have over ordered on the popcorn. Huzzah.
I suspect the pressure on local Gvt to save a bit of money by employing fewer staff is part of the story here.
The way things are going, a sweepstake on the time of the first Labour hold might be in order....
I've never understood how some places take six or seven hours to count the ballots, except for the most remote places in Cumbria and Scotland. If last week's experience in France is anything to go by, it's perfectly possible to do it within three.
Good to see 22% leads continuing though, looking good for the buy Con seats spread, especially with the Lab-held marginals polling.
The number of senior BBC managers paid more than £150,000 has risen, despite assurances the figure would fall. A National Audit Office report says there were 98 people on that salary level last year, up from 89 in 2012."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39715025
Who'd have thunk it?
I stayed awake for over 38 hours on Election Day. Kept going by that mad morning of leader resignations.
Anyone paid six figures from taxpayer money should have their title and salary published. No exceptions.
I would love to elect a government led by someone both competent and humane, but this option will not be on the ballot paper.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/25/vote-labour-jeremy-corbyn-theresa-may
Some guy who had just moved into the constituency was prosecuted for using a previous occupants polling card.
TLDR;
We should *never* have it, at least with current tech.
And that could only be Jeremy Corbyn.
One of the implications of this is that it may be worth betting on Sunderland to beat their record - I assume that they are going to try again.
I had no idea its land area was more than twice that of the UK.
One assumes that if the result is somewhat closer than usual, that method (if used) would be open to challenge by a candidate and replaced by a 'proper' count of the votes.
I worked with it for four years, and never found a single bug or non-compliance with the spec. The OS didn't actually do much, but what it did, it did brilliantly.
We once thought we'd found a bug, but it turned out to be a problem with the processor. We also found a few issues with the compiler. But the actual OS code? Not a thing.
An amazing achievement by a brilliant guy. Especially as it was written in C.
People DO go to Sunderland on holiday, incidentally, or certainly did 50 years ago.
There is of course audited software code in critical systems such as aviation, nuclear power etc. which is pretty much bug free but costs millions and takes years to spec, write and audit - and even then, there's still the occasional unexpected behaviour that they find in production.
Now, if only someone could lobby to exempt micro businesses from this foolishness in perpetuity....
I like the physical process use at the moment. It generally works well (leaving aside minor issues such as PV), and we don't really *need* a result in a few hours. Better to get a safe and reliable result than a quick and potentially dirty one.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39713396
It occurs to me that some laws might be better off the same way.
Since the company were also developing processors, a stable and reliable OS was a boon. If something went wrong, it was probably the processor.
For all that we moan about having too many votes recently (well not us nerds, but the man on the street), France goes to the polls 4 times in a 2 month window in election years, and nearly always has turnout of ~80% anyway. It's not like their system or politicians are a model of democracy compared to ours, so we can't blame our low turnout on that.
You would think the managers would be moved on for failing to achieve the aims but instead they just end up with more of them.
I'm wondering if the Labour candidate this time is going to have a brain fade along the lines of Janos Toth and campaign on Labour's record on the NHS in Mid-Staffordshire again.
That said, Andy Burnham can bugger off. Naked political opportunism from the man who said that enquiries weren't necessary when children died on his watch.
In the grip of producer interests.
Agree entirely that the slow counting rate is most displeasing.
From yesterday, I tipped Force India to double score in Russia at 3 (Ladbrokes). Not certain by any stretch, but they've achieved it at the previous three races.
Does anyone know what the King of the Road market (again, Ladbrokes) is? I'd guess to lead most laps, but am not really sure.
Edited extra bit: looking at the odds (Hamilton 3.75, everyone else double figures) it might be to get fastest lap, pole and the win.
We have 1 or 2 hours blocks, then a 6 hour block.
On Brexit, the Tories say. We accept the result of the referendum. We are trying to get the best economic deal we can with the EU.
LDs say We don't accept the result of the referendum because we know better.
Labour says We accept the result of the referendum. The EU holds all the cards but we must make the best of it. So we demand that the Tories achieve exactly what We want even when we know it's impossible. When they don't, we will ensure we stay in the EU.
Even worse, is the sub-plot, WE know this is nonsense but we think you are stupid Neanderthals and won't see the contradiction.
Good luck lads with that one.
They should publish the titles and salaries, let those who pay their wages know where their money goes.
There were several inquiries, and two ones chaired by Francis. The first, set up by Burnham, was criticised by Francis (its own chair, ffs) for being too narrowly focused. The second, set up by the coalition and again chaired by Francis, finally got to the truth.
The question all Burnham defenders should answer is this: Burnham's inquiry had 18 recommendations. The second inquiry had 290.
Which of those additional recommendations would you drop?
Also, Burnham was in an NHS position right when the scandal was happening - Minister of State (Department of Health) (Delivery and Quality) May 2006 - Jun 2007
It should also be remembered that Burnham said he regretted the second inquiry for the harm it caused the reputation of the NHS. The man's scum.
http://www.markpack.org.uk/149482/ooops-conservative-leaflet-blunder-basingstoke/
Brownie points in the bank there ....
"Thanks for the completely unbiased and fair summing up."
You're welcome.
Pretend I'm a Labour voter and I ask "Who has all the cards in this negotiation? Many of your MPs say it's the EU, is that true? Yet your policy is to demand that we get exactly what we want from the deal or we will veto it? Is that even coherent?"
What do you tell me without alienating me completely?
At a chess match last night one of the opposing team was talking about his politics.
He said he'd been a :Labour voter for over 30 years, but no longer. This time he'll be voting Lib Dem, despite the whole coalition experience, because he thinks they're the only party with a sane Europe policy. He lives in Sheffield Heeley.
China's launched it's second aircraft carrier.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-39715228
Should help them get up to speed with operations quicker.