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  • melcfmelcf Posts: 166

    Every single citizen in this country should watch this

    https://twitter.com/drbenwhite/status/1204309488808976384?s=20

    Got cancer? No problem, grab a couple of coats and lie down. Whilst our in house clown gets the oven ready brexit done
  • RobDRobD Posts: 59,936

    IshmaelZ said:

    Is this the twit that did this last time? Why don't they blacklist him?
    Has he been told the MRP data... or the MRP results?
    That's what the tweet says.
  • argyllrs said:

    Eek. Edit - wait, no, that’s a happy (if nervous) face.

    Guessing 14% lead
    What does labour emoji represent
  • GIN1138GIN1138 Posts: 22,291

    Going solely by the satisfaction ratings I think we can rule out a landslide but looks more like a modest Tory majority.

    Con majority of around 30 as I've been saying all the way along...
  • malcolmgmalcolmg Posts: 43,361
    RobD said:

    Does anyone know what the Tory emoji actually is? I don’t speak “yoof”.

    I interpreted this as relieved.
    Sweating like a breadvan, so crapping himself that The Jezza is on his tail.
  • camelcamel Posts: 815
    GIN1138 said:

    Does anyone know what the Tory emoji actually is? I don’t speak “yoof”.

    Happy/relieved ?
    Have consulted with two 16 year old girls. The answer is "like relieved".
  • GIN1138GIN1138 Posts: 22,291

    argyllrs said:

    Eek. Edit - wait, no, that’s a happy (if nervous) face.

    Guessing 14% lead
    What does labour emoji represent
    "Plain" - So I'm guessing Labour's position hasn't got worse but hasn't got much better either,
  • RobDRobD Posts: 59,936
    camel said:

    GIN1138 said:

    Does anyone know what the Tory emoji actually is? I don’t speak “yoof”.

    Happy/relieved ?
    Have consulted with two 16 year old girls. The answer is "like relieved".
    I hope I am "like relieved" on thursday. :p
  • AndrewAndrew Posts: 2,900
    edited December 2019
    Now that's one dull campaign (in other tweet says he thinks majority chance is 90%, based on systemic bias)

    : https://twitter.com/PoliSciJack/status/1204477950994919426
  • camel said:

    GIN1138 said:

    Does anyone know what the Tory emoji actually is? I don’t speak “yoof”.

    Happy/relieved ?
    Have consulted with two 16 year old girls. The answer is "like relieved".
    Have they opined on the Labour one?
  • BenpointerBenpointer Posts: 34,695

    argyllrs said:

    Eek. Edit - wait, no, that’s a happy (if nervous) face.

    Guessing 14% lead
    What does labour emoji represent
    'Could be better, could be worse' I assume.
  • MexicanpeteMexicanpete Posts: 28,386

    argyllrs said:

    Eek. Edit - wait, no, that’s a happy (if nervous) face.

    Guessing 14% lead
    What does labour emoji represent
    Anti-Semitism?
  • camelcamel Posts: 815

    camel said:

    GIN1138 said:

    Does anyone know what the Tory emoji actually is? I don’t speak “yoof”.

    Happy/relieved ?
    Have consulted with two 16 year old girls. The answer is "like relieved".
    Have they opined on the Labour one?
    "kind of like neutral"
  • OmniumOmnium Posts: 10,775

    Every single citizen in this country should watch this

    https://twitter.com/drbenwhite/status/1204309488808976384?s=20

    You, not every citizen, but just you, should ask yourself where the money comes from.

    If you are Labour-minded then I think its most likely that you've done fuck-all to pay for these things that you feel are important. People that have actually contributed feel quite good about this, and really rather regret that there will always be shortfalls.

    I may be wrong in terms of your place in society, and if I am I apologise.
  • StockyStocky Posts: 10,222

    Every single citizen in this country should watch this

    https://twitter.com/drbenwhite/status/1204309488808976384?s=20

    Mysticrose: I thought you are a LibDem activist?
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 96,153
    edited December 2019
    camel said:

    GIN1138 said:

    Does anyone know what the Tory emoji actually is? I don’t speak “yoof”.

    Happy/relieved ?
    Have consulted with two 16 year old girls. The answer is "like relieved".
    No majority here then, unsurprisingly. Labour feeling neutral has to be a good thing for them, at least compared to last time. Running out of time though.
  • Black_RookBlack_Rook Posts: 8,905
    kle4 said:

    I think we've reached the limits of the knowledge of the PB hive mind - emoji analysis.

    In a hundred years' time, emoji could have formed the basis of a universal common language. Writing began with pictograms and may yet culminate in them. History coming full circle.
  • WhisperingOracleWhisperingOracle Posts: 9,167
    edited December 2019
    What are the chances of some unexpected entries for polls today or tomorrow, and which are the organisations who are the best candidates or with form to do that ?
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 96,153

    kle4 said:

    I think we've reached the limits of the knowledge of the PB hive mind - emoji analysis.

    In a hundred years' time, emoji could have formed the basis of a universal common language. Writing began with pictograms and may yet culminate in them. History coming full circle.
    Hopefully not in relation to other aspects of human development, that part of full circle would be terrible!
  • DavidLDavidL Posts: 53,864

    Every single citizen in this country should watch this

    https://twitter.com/drbenwhite/status/1204309488808976384?s=20

    Hopefully good at medicine. Economics not so much.
  • RobDRobD Posts: 59,936

    kle4 said:

    I think we've reached the limits of the knowledge of the PB hive mind - emoji analysis.

    In a hundred years' time, emoji could have formed the basis of a universal common language. Writing began with pictograms and may yet culminate in them. History coming full circle.
    :o, :D, & :p

    (the oxford comma will persist)
  • argyllrs said:

    Eek. Edit - wait, no, that’s a happy (if nervous) face.

    Guessing 14% lead
    What does labour emoji represent
    'Could be better, could be worse' I assume.
    Thanks Ben. Looks as if little has changed aroung 10% lead but lets wait and see
  • melcfmelcf Posts: 166
    Charles said:

    RobD said:

    Anyway, as this place is wobblier than a jelly factory in an earthquake, I shall go and watch 1917 for a couple of hours.....

    Watching the BBC election special from 1983 might help too.
    I'm going to steel myself and watch 2017 again. :)


    (just kidding, I couldn't watch that again :o )
    https://twitter.com/Sunil_P2/status/872797587413360640
    Dammit you bastard!

    I didn't realise that was 2017 until after I'd had a heart attack!
    Had a heart attack? Head up to your local A&E, if it ain't closed by now. Please turn up with a couple of coats or preferably a sleeping bag. They may thrombolyse you by Xmas, if they manage to find you under that pile of furniture. In the meanwhile vote Brexit.
  • viewcodeviewcode Posts: 22,127
    kle4 said:

    I think we've reached the limits of the knowledge of the PB hive mind - emoji analysis.

    I think the true message of the tweet is that Joe Armitage is a [very rude word that begins with c] who should be castrated with two bricks.
  • Black_RookBlack_Rook Posts: 8,905
    kle4 said:

    Sean_F said:

    Pulpstar said:

    The problem with Boris is that he believes in precisely nothing. The bigger problem with Corbyn is that he does

    I think that's right. I'll be voting for Gavin Shuker in Luton South (which is safe Labour) but helping the Conservatives in Southgate.
    Is he one of the Tiggers?
    Not anymore.
  • wills66wills66 Posts: 103
    Comical scenes as PB regulars (average age = lots) fire up their copies of Netscape, go to AltaVista and search for "smiley face little pictures".

    Yeah, me too.

    WillS.
  • nichomarnichomar Posts: 7,483
    Omnium said:

    Every single citizen in this country should watch this

    https://twitter.com/drbenwhite/status/1204309488808976384?s=20

    You, not every citizen, but just you, should ask yourself where the money comes from.

    If you are Labour-minded then I think its most likely that you've done fuck-all to pay for these things that you feel are important. People that have actually contributed feel quite good about this, and really rather regret that there will always be shortfalls.

    I may be wrong in terms of your place in society, and if I am I apologise.
    I really think you should re read what you have just posted there you are implying the only people who vote labour and by default don’t vote Tory have never contributed to these things they want. Well I’ve contributed well over a million quid and I’m not having some idiot taking this view point, it’s no wonder the tories are seen as the entitled deplorables
  • AnabobazinaAnabobazina Posts: 23,486
    IshmaelZ said:

    Is this the twit that did this last time? Why don't they blacklist him?
    Poll ramping is the act of a fucking bellend.
  • BenpointerBenpointer Posts: 34,695
    melcf said:

    Charles said:

    RobD said:

    Anyway, as this place is wobblier than a jelly factory in an earthquake, I shall go and watch 1917 for a couple of hours.....

    Watching the BBC election special from 1983 might help too.
    I'm going to steel myself and watch 2017 again. :)


    (just kidding, I couldn't watch that again :o )
    https://twitter.com/Sunil_P2/status/872797587413360640
    Dammit you bastard!

    I didn't realise that was 2017 until after I'd had a heart attack!
    Had a heart attack? Head up to your local A&E, if it ain't closed by now. Please turn up with a couple of coats or preferably a sleeping bag. They may thrombolyse you by Xmas, if they manage to find you under that pile of furniture. In the meanwhile vote Brexit.
    Don't be silly, @Charles will be making his own private arrangements. :smile:
  • viewcode said:

    kle4 said:

    I think we've reached the limits of the knowledge of the PB hive mind - emoji analysis.

    I think the true message of the tweet is that Joe Armitage is a [very rude word that begins with c] who should be castrated with two bricks.
    Certainly, I know which polling company he’s not getting a Christmas card from.
  • wills66 said:

    Comical scenes as PB regulars (average age = lots) fire up their copies of Netscape, go to AltaVista and search for "smiley face little pictures".

    Yeah, me too.

    WillS.

    Nah, I’m modern. I asked Jeeves.
  • BenpointerBenpointer Posts: 34,695

    argyllrs said:

    Eek. Edit - wait, no, that’s a happy (if nervous) face.

    Guessing 14% lead
    What does labour emoji represent
    'Could be better, could be worse' I assume.
    Thanks Ben. Looks as if little has changed aroung 10% lead but lets wait and see
    Indeed. I am expecting a workable majority for the Tories (sadly) but... Given the past five years of political upsets I won't be surprised to be wrong either way.
  • MysticroseMysticrose Posts: 4,688
    Stocky said:

    Every single citizen in this country should watch this

    https://twitter.com/drbenwhite/status/1204309488808976384?s=20

    Mysticrose: I thought you are a LibDem activist?
    I'll confess I didn't see the final frame when I posted that up :smiley:

    I think it kind of spoils her message.

    I'm in a Con-Lab marginal and my first priority is to try and prevent Johnson's majority.
  • rpjsrpjs Posts: 3,787

    kle4 said:

    I think we've reached the limits of the knowledge of the PB hive mind - emoji analysis.

    In a hundred years' time, emoji could have formed the basis of a universal common language. Writing began with pictograms and may yet culminate in them. History coming full circle.
    That's essentially what written Chinese is.
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 96,153
    wills66 said:

    Comical scenes as PB regulars (average age = lots) fire up their copies of Netscape, go to AltaVista and search for "smiley face little pictures".

    Yeah, me too.

    WillS.

    Hey now, I'm still in the 18-34 demographic, just, that's young isn't it?

    Sh*t.
  • BenpointerBenpointer Posts: 34,695

    wills66 said:

    Comical scenes as PB regulars (average age = lots) fire up their copies of Netscape, go to AltaVista and search for "smiley face little pictures".

    Yeah, me too.

    WillS.

    Nah, I’m modern. I asked Jeeves.
    You know @Charles's butler?!
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 96,153

    IshmaelZ said:

    Is this the twit that did this last time? Why don't they blacklist him?
    Poll ramping is the act of a fucking bellend.
    There's an amazing poll coming out on that very topic, the results will astound you I promise.
  • IshmaelZIshmaelZ Posts: 21,830

    Every single citizen in this country should watch this

    https://twitter.com/drbenwhite/status/1204309488808976384?s=20

    I was told in 2012 by an NHS consultant oncologist that I did not have cancer, when I did in fact have cancer (all sorted now, thanks).

    When you have thought through the implications of that fact for the Appeal to Authority we will move on to Appeals to Authority on subjects entirely outwith the authority's field of expertise.
  • saddenedsaddened Posts: 2,245

    IshmaelZ said:

    Ashworth had been on holiday with the guy who leaked the tape.

    Blokes just don't come any lovelier than that.

    The moral of the story is to never trust a Tory. They’ll stab their friends in the back if they see advantages in it.

    Get a grip. One tory wanker is one wanker who happens to be a tory. If somebody made such a statement about a Muslim or a black man, you'd be so far up on your high horse you'd need oxygen.
  • brokenwheelbrokenwheel Posts: 3,352
    kle4 said:

    IshmaelZ said:

    Is this the twit that did this last time? Why don't they blacklist him?
    Poll ramping is the act of a fucking bellend.
    There's an amazing poll coming out on that very topic, the results will astound you I promise.
    Historic.
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 96,153

    wills66 said:

    Comical scenes as PB regulars (average age = lots) fire up their copies of Netscape, go to AltaVista and search for "smiley face little pictures".

    Yeah, me too.

    WillS.

    Nah, I’m modern. I asked Jeeves.
    You know @Charles's butler?!
    I think only royalty have butlers thesedays. There might be a manservant or valet I suppose.
  • MysticroseMysticrose Posts: 4,688

    IshmaelZ said:

    Is this the twit that did this last time? Why don't they blacklist him?
    Has he been told the MRP data... or the MRP results?
    Don't know and I wouldn't say this of many people but he's being a bit of a dick.

    The problem I have with MRP is that it still relies on the baseline poll being accurate. So if YouGov are working off 10% lead and, let's say hyopthetically the real picture is 6%, then it's not going to be terribly helpful?

  • kle4 said:

    wills66 said:

    Comical scenes as PB regulars (average age = lots) fire up their copies of Netscape, go to AltaVista and search for "smiley face little pictures".

    Yeah, me too.

    WillS.

    Hey now, I'm still in the 18-34 demographic, just, that's young isn't it?

    Sh*t.
    I broke my heart last year when I had to tick the next demographic box up.
  • viewcodeviewcode Posts: 22,127

    wills66 said:

    Comical scenes as PB regulars (average age = lots) fire up their copies of Netscape, go to AltaVista and search for "smiley face little pictures".

    Yeah, me too.

    WillS.

    Nah, I’m modern. I asked Jeeves.
    You know @Charles's butler?!
    That's Renfield. Jeeves is the fluffer.
  • AlistairAlistair Posts: 23,670
    IanB2 said:

    They got that out quick, I only did that survey this morning

    Is did it early this afternoon.
  • MysticroseMysticrose Posts: 4,688
    speedy2 said:

    So there is not much change, in line with the non movement in polls for the past 2 weeks.
    Actually the Tories have gone from party mood to sweating whilst Labour have gone from unhappy to neutral.
  • BenpointerBenpointer Posts: 34,695
    kle4 said:

    wills66 said:

    Comical scenes as PB regulars (average age = lots) fire up their copies of Netscape, go to AltaVista and search for "smiley face little pictures".

    Yeah, me too.

    WillS.

    Hey now, I'm still in the 18-34 demographic, just, that's young isn't it?

    Sh*t.
    I am proudly still (just) in the 18-59 demographic :lol:
  • MysticroseMysticrose Posts: 4,688
    I'm all for emojis but this has to be the most Kafkaesque moment of the campaign
  • jayfdeejayfdee Posts: 618
    OK, another NHS comment.
    I got an appointment for an MRI scan, at 07.30 on a Sunday.
    I turned up, and it was a trailer in the hospital car park,obviously a private initiative.
    I commented,"First", no they said second, and they would be on duty until 19.00 hrs.
    This asset was being sweated, as they say. I hope the hospital MRI suite was being equally "Sweated".
    Yes I know, they have to keep spare capacity for emergencies, just hope it was not left idle.
  • AnabobazinaAnabobazina Posts: 23,486
    kle4 said:

    IshmaelZ said:

    Is this the twit that did this last time? Why don't they blacklist him?
    Poll ramping is the act of a fucking bellend.
    There's an amazing poll coming out on that very topic, the results will astound you I promise.
    😃😅🤫
  • bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 22,676
    camel said:

    GIN1138 said:

    Does anyone know what the Tory emoji actually is? I don’t speak “yoof”.

    Happy/relieved ?
    Have consulted with two 16 year old girls. The answer is "like relieved".
    Is it because the boy in the photo wasnt his son?
  • saddenedsaddened Posts: 2,245
    melcf said:

    Every single citizen in this country should watch this

    https://twitter.com/drbenwhite/status/1204309488808976384?s=20

    Got cancer? No problem, grab a couple of coats and lie down. Whilst our in house clown gets the oven ready brexit done
    What does A and E have to do with cancer?
  • AnabobazinaAnabobazina Posts: 23,486

    speedy2 said:

    So there is not much change, in line with the non movement in polls for the past 2 weeks.
    Actually the Tories have gone from party mood to sweating whilst Labour have gone from unhappy to neutral.
    There’s a fairly strong chance that this clown hasn’t given his use of emojis as much thought as our friends on PB.
  • melcfmelcf Posts: 166

    melcf said:

    Charles said:

    RobD said:

    Anyway, as this place is wobblier than a jelly factory in an earthquake, I shall go and watch 1917 for a couple of hours.....

    Watching the BBC election special from 1983 might help too.
    I'm going to steel myself and watch 2017 again. :)


    (just kidding, I couldn't watch that again :o )
    https://twitter.com/Sunil_P2/status/872797587413360640
    Dammit you bastard!

    I didn't realise that was 2017 until after I'd had a heart attack!
    Had a heart attack? Head up to your local A&E, if it ain't closed by now. Please turn up with a couple of coats or preferably a sleeping bag. They may thrombolyse you by Xmas, if they manage to find you under that pile of furniture. In the meanwhile vote Brexit.
    Don't be silly, @Charles will be making his own private arrangements. :smile:
    Hmm, then he probably may end up selling his coats, sleeping bag and house. Just like those with no insurance do, in Trumpanzee's land.
  • StockyStocky Posts: 10,222

    Stocky said:

    Every single citizen in this country should watch this

    https://twitter.com/drbenwhite/status/1204309488808976384?s=20

    Mysticrose: I thought you are a LibDem activist?
    I'll confess I didn't see the final frame when I posted that up :smiley:

    I think it kind of spoils her message.

    I'm in a Con-Lab marginal and my first priority is to try and prevent Johnson's majority.
    You see, Mysticrose, I am a LibDem voter for many years and liberal from my head to my toes, agonising over whether I can vote LibDem this time, toying with the Green Party, and here you are, a fellow LibDem activist, posting Labour propaganda.

    You know very well that NHS funding has risen every year, part of which time the LibDems were in coalition government. And you also know that the Labour Party are again up to their old trick of using the NHS as a political football. Why can`t you, like me, be proud of our role in coalition government? And how can you, a liberal, align yourself so closely with a collectivist party (in which the individual is nowhere under its current socialist iteration) rather than remaining equidistant between the two opposing ideologies to liberalism?

    This is a GE not a referendum
  • wooliedyedwooliedyed Posts: 10,061

    IshmaelZ said:

    Is this the twit that did this last time? Why don't they blacklist him?
    Has he been told the MRP data... or the MRP results?
    Don't know and I wouldn't say this of many people but he's being a bit of a dick.

    The problem I have with MRP is that it still relies on the baseline poll being accurate. So if YouGov are working off 10% lead and, let's say hyopthetically the real picture is 6%, then it's not going to be terribly helpful?

    That's true of any type of poll ever conducted
  • melcf said:

    Charles said:

    RobD said:

    Anyway, as this place is wobblier than a jelly factory in an earthquake, I shall go and watch 1917 for a couple of hours.....

    Watching the BBC election special from 1983 might help too.
    I'm going to steel myself and watch 2017 again. :)


    (just kidding, I couldn't watch that again :o )
    https://twitter.com/Sunil_P2/status/872797587413360640
    Dammit you bastard!

    I didn't realise that was 2017 until after I'd had a heart attack!
    Had a heart attack? Head up to your local A&E, if it ain't closed by now. Please turn up with a couple of coats or preferably a sleeping bag. They may thrombolyse you by Xmas, if they manage to find you under that pile of furniture. In the meanwhile vote Brexit.
    If you turn up with chest pains you go straight to the front of the queue, even if they do turn out to be due to a pulled muscle.
  • wills66 said:

    Comical scenes as PB regulars (average age = lots) fire up their copies of Netscape, go to AltaVista and search for "smiley face little pictures".

    Yeah, me too.

    WillS.

    Nah, I’m modern. I asked Jeeves.
    Can't beat the old butler based search engine.

    A bit of history. I worked on early web shopping development . We all used Yahoo at the time. Then some sharp techie bloke popped for work at some time on monday afternoon in late 1999 saying "I've just spotted this really cool search site called Google". We were all instant converts.

    At the time, Sergey & Larry had just moved out of the garage. They must have looked at their traffic and said got California, but WTF is going on in London?

    History lesson ends kids!
  • speedy2 said:

    So there is not much change, in line with the non movement in polls for the past 2 weeks.
    Actually the Tories have gone from party mood to sweating whilst Labour have gone from unhappy to neutral.
    There’s a fairly strong chance that this clown hasn’t given his use of emojis as much thought as our friends on PB.
    I believe all polls should have strict embargoes and ramping outlawed
  • nico67nico67 Posts: 4,502
    In terms of emoji gate. The Tories are in a good place but it’s not a shoe in , Labour could be worse could be better, Lib Dems OMFG it’s all going to hell in a hand cart , the SNP doing very well.
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 96,153
    nico67 said:

    In terms of emoji gate. The Tories are in a good place but it’s not a shoe in , Labour could be worse could be better, Lib Dems OMFG it’s all going to hell in a hand cart , the SNP doing very well.

    Presumably part of that will be the LDs being closer to the 1 in Scotland rather than 5 that is possible, even on low overall scores.
  • OmniumOmnium Posts: 10,775
    nichomar said:

    Omnium said:

    Every single citizen in this country should watch this

    https://twitter.com/drbenwhite/status/1204309488808976384?s=20

    You, not every citizen, but just you, should ask yourself where the money comes from.

    If you are Labour-minded then I think its most likely that you've done fuck-all to pay for these things that you feel are important. People that have actually contributed feel quite good about this, and really rather regret that there will always be shortfalls.

    I may be wrong in terms of your place in society, and if I am I apologise.
    I really think you should re read what you have just posted there you are implying the only people who vote labour and by default don’t vote Tory have never contributed to these things they want. Well I’ve contributed well over a million quid and I’m not having some idiot taking this view point, it’s no wonder the tories are seen as the entitled deplorables
    Good for you.
    I'm not implying anything. I said 'most likely'. Look at your great leader - never had a job.
    I could easily wind you up, but I won't We, all of us, need to face up to the facts. The facts are we can't afford the NHS as a free thing forever, the facts are that we're simply failing to provide 'care' - and again we can't afford to do otherwise. These issues won't change and we have to accept that the state can't be the safety net for 90-year-old you (or me!).
    Good things come to those that plan, and plan wisely. Labour are way, way off that.


  • Banterman said:

    wills66 said:

    Comical scenes as PB regulars (average age = lots) fire up their copies of Netscape, go to AltaVista and search for "smiley face little pictures".

    Yeah, me too.

    WillS.

    Nah, I’m modern. I asked Jeeves.
    Can't beat the old butler based search engine.

    A bit of history. I worked on early web shopping development . We all used Yahoo at the time. Then some sharp techie bloke popped for work at some time on monday afternoon in late 1999 saying "I've just spotted this really cool search site called Google". We were all instant converts.

    At the time, Sergey & Larry had just moved out of the garage. They must have looked at their traffic and said got California, but WTF is going on in London?

    History lesson ends kids!
    It’s one of those things where I can’t recall what triggered the mass move to Google. I remember I used to like Lycos but can’t recall why.

    I wonder if it was the stealth marketing of gmail where you got “invited” to the Beta Test and had why seemed like an amazing amount of storage?
  • melcf said:

    Charles said:

    RobD said:

    Anyway, as this place is wobblier than a jelly factory in an earthquake, I shall go and watch 1917 for a couple of hours.....

    Watching the BBC election special from 1983 might help too.
    I'm going to steel myself and watch 2017 again. :)


    (just kidding, I couldn't watch that again :o )
    https://twitter.com/Sunil_P2/status/872797587413360640
    Dammit you bastard!

    I didn't realise that was 2017 until after I'd had a heart attack!
    Had a heart attack? Head up to your local A&E, if it ain't closed by now. Please turn up with a couple of coats or preferably a sleeping bag. They may thrombolyse you by Xmas, if they manage to find you under that pile of furniture. In the meanwhile vote Brexit.
    If you turn up with chest pains you go straight to the front of the queue, even if they do turn out to be due to a pulled muscle.
    They are very good at priority setting. I had serious eye problem a couple of years ago, referred by extremely worried Spec Savers optician. Was seen in 5 minutes after arriving at hospital.

    Emergency everything thrown my way. Sight saved.

    Brilliant service.
  • Black_RookBlack_Rook Posts: 8,905
    kle4 said:

    nico67 said:

    In terms of emoji gate. The Tories are in a good place but it’s not a shoe in , Labour could be worse could be better, Lib Dems OMFG it’s all going to hell in a hand cart , the SNP doing very well.

    Presumably part of that will be the LDs being closer to the 1 in Scotland rather than 5 that is possible, even on low overall scores.
    If that happens then they could lose their leader and be knocked back down below 10 MPs again. This would seem to be justifiable grounds for a panic. But we shall see...
  • nichomarnichomar Posts: 7,483
    Omnium said:

    nichomar said:

    Omnium said:

    Every single citizen in this country should watch this

    https://twitter.com/drbenwhite/status/1204309488808976384?s=20

    You, not every citizen, but just you, should ask yourself where the money comes from.

    If you are Labour-minded then I think its most likely that you've done fuck-all to pay for these things that you feel are important. People that have actually contributed feel quite good about this, and really rather regret that there will always be shortfalls.

    I may be wrong in terms of your place in society, and if I am I apologise.
    I really think you should re read what you have just posted there you are implying the only people who vote labour and by default don’t vote Tory have never contributed to these things they want. Well I’ve contributed well over a million quid and I’m not having some idiot taking this view point, it’s no wonder the tories are seen as the entitled deplorables
    Good for you.
    I'm not implying anything. I said 'most likely'. Look at your great leader - never had a job.
    I could easily wind you up, but I won't We, all of us, need to face up to the facts. The facts are we can't afford the NHS as a free thing forever, the facts are that we're simply failing to provide 'care' - and again we can't afford to do otherwise. These issues won't change and we have to accept that the state can't be the safety net for 90-year-old you (or me!).
    Good things come to those that plan, and plan wisely. Labour are way, way off that.


    Except I couldn’t vote labour either it is not a binary choice you just assumed, planning is great but you do need resources with which to plan
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 96,153

    Banterman said:

    wills66 said:

    Comical scenes as PB regulars (average age = lots) fire up their copies of Netscape, go to AltaVista and search for "smiley face little pictures".

    Yeah, me too.

    WillS.

    Nah, I’m modern. I asked Jeeves.
    Can't beat the old butler based search engine.

    A bit of history. I worked on early web shopping development . We all used Yahoo at the time. Then some sharp techie bloke popped for work at some time on monday afternoon in late 1999 saying "I've just spotted this really cool search site called Google". We were all instant converts.

    At the time, Sergey & Larry had just moved out of the garage. They must have looked at their traffic and said got California, but WTF is going on in London?

    History lesson ends kids!
    It’s one of those things where I can’t recall what triggered the mass move to Google. I remember I used to like Lycos but can’t recall why.

    I wonder if it was the stealth marketing of gmail where you got “invited” to the Beta Test and had why seemed like an amazing amount of storage?
    Good question. I vaguely recall using various different search engines, but the moment where it became google or nothing is lost, which considering this is all very recent stuff is surprising.
  • fitalassfitalass Posts: 4,305
    Just been catching up with the threads today, just wanted to say that I really enjoyed the excellent contributions from Robin Wiggs & Co on the NHS debate last night and this morning. PB.com at its best.
  • jayfdeejayfdee Posts: 618

    melcf said:

    Charles said:

    RobD said:

    Anyway, as this place is wobblier than a jelly factory in an earthquake, I shall go and watch 1917 for a couple of hours.....

    Watching the BBC election special from 1983 might help too.
    I'm going to steel myself and watch 2017 again. :)


    (just kidding, I couldn't watch that again :o )
    https://twitter.com/Sunil_P2/status/872797587413360640
    Dammit you bastard!

    I didn't realise that was 2017 until after I'd had a heart attack!
    Had a heart attack? Head up to your local A&E, if it ain't closed by now. Please turn up with a couple of coats or preferably a sleeping bag. They may thrombolyse you by Xmas, if they manage to find you under that pile of furniture. In the meanwhile vote Brexit.
    If you turn up with chest pains you go straight to the front of the queue, even if they do turn out to be due to a pulled muscle.
    Yep, absolutely, been there done that, and went straight to the front of the queue, on morphine within 10 mins, well done NHS.
  • nico67nico67 Posts: 4,502
    Equally the Tory emoji could be tears of joy . Who knows , only a few hours to wait . I haven’t been this excited since the last Eurovision Song Contest!
  • Banterman said:

    wills66 said:

    Comical scenes as PB regulars (average age = lots) fire up their copies of Netscape, go to AltaVista and search for "smiley face little pictures".

    Yeah, me too.

    WillS.

    Nah, I’m modern. I asked Jeeves.
    Can't beat the old butler based search engine.

    A bit of history. I worked on early web shopping development . We all used Yahoo at the time. Then some sharp techie bloke popped for work at some time on monday afternoon in late 1999 saying "I've just spotted this really cool search site called Google". We were all instant converts.

    At the time, Sergey & Larry had just moved out of the garage. They must have looked at their traffic and said got California, but WTF is going on in London?

    History lesson ends kids!
    It’s one of those things where I can’t recall what triggered the mass move to Google. I remember I used to like Lycos but can’t recall why.

    I wonder if it was the stealth marketing of gmail where you got “invited” to the Beta Test and had why seemed like an amazing amount of storage?
    In our collective case, it was just the simple genius of the search engine.
  • AnabobazinaAnabobazina Posts: 23,486
    nico67 said:

    In terms of emoji gate. The Tories are in a good place but it’s not a shoe in , Labour could be worse could be better, Lib Dems OMFG it’s all going to hell in a hand cart , the SNP doing very well.

    My main issue with it was the use of logos. Sheer laziness with the Liberals (it’s a 🐥).
  • kle4 said:

    nico67 said:

    In terms of emoji gate. The Tories are in a good place but it’s not a shoe in , Labour could be worse could be better, Lib Dems OMFG it’s all going to hell in a hand cart , the SNP doing very well.

    Presumably part of that will be the LDs being closer to the 1 in Scotland rather than 5 that is possible, even on low overall scores.
    If that happens then they could lose their leader and be knocked back down below 10 MPs again. This would seem to be justifiable grounds for a panic. But we shall see...
    If that’s the case, it was a missed opportunity to use a taxi emoji.
  • Big_G_NorthWalesBig_G_NorthWales Posts: 63,113
    edited December 2019

    melcf said:

    Charles said:

    RobD said:

    Anyway, as this place is wobblier than a jelly factory in an earthquake, I shall go and watch 1917 for a couple of hours.....

    Watching the BBC election special from 1983 might help too.
    I'm going to steel myself and watch 2017 again. :)


    (just kidding, I couldn't watch that again :o )
    https://twitter.com/Sunil_P2/status/872797587413360640
    Dammit you bastard!

    I didn't realise that was 2017 until after I'd had a heart attack!
    Had a heart attack? Head up to your local A&E, if it ain't closed by now. Please turn up with a couple of coats or preferably a sleeping bag. They may thrombolyse you by Xmas, if they manage to find you under that pile of furniture. In the meanwhile vote Brexit.
    If you turn up with chest pains you go straight to the front of the queue, even if they do turn out to be due to a pulled muscle.
    After my hernia op two years ago I went to see the doctor about my dressings and she immediately arranged an ECG and then immediate admission to A and E much to my and my wifes's surprise and concern

    I was triaged in A & E virtually on arrival and kept in for 24 hours observation

    Thankfully it was only exhaustion from trying to do too much too quickly

    (I promised the doctor I would give PB a break !!!!!!! )
  • paulyork64paulyork64 Posts: 2,507
    BBC news interviewing lifelong Labour voter in Wakefield. But not voting Labour this time because they wont commit to getting Brexit done. He's voting LibDem instead! 🤔
  • brokenwheelbrokenwheel Posts: 3,352

    BBC news interviewing lifelong Labour voter in Wakefield. But not voting Labour this time because they wont commit to getting Brexit done. He's voting LibDem instead! 🤔

    Nowt queer as folk.
  • AlistairAlistair Posts: 23,670
    edited December 2019
    fitalass said:
    The 'experts' who think its odd the SNP didn't focus solely on Brexit need to work out why the SNP campaign bombed in 2017 when they did exactly that.

    The current dual message is like a knocking up your core vote strategy. Mention Indy first to fire up Yessers who Did Not Vote in 2017. Then switch to an anti Boris and Brexit message to lock down the anti-Con vote.

    This is so blindingly obvious I cannot take the utterances of the people in the article seriously.
  • AnabobazinaAnabobazina Posts: 23,486
    Anyway Bozo is gonna win easily and our bed wetting PB Tory friends should just chill. Think of the rest of us who will be ignoring the election night on Thursday while nanny is putting a celebratory brandy in you guys’ bedtime milk!
  • argyllrsargyllrs Posts: 155

    BBC news interviewing lifelong Labour voter in Wakefield. But not voting Labour this time because they wont commit to getting Brexit done. He's voting LibDem instead! 🤔

    Nowt queer as folk.
    Girl at work wanted to vote UKIP. Because she wanted to stay in Europe...
  • Time_to_LeaveTime_to_Leave Posts: 2,547
    edited December 2019
    I can’t cope with early kickoffs in the Champions League. My body clock is sayings it’s gone nine now.
  • nichomarnichomar Posts: 7,483
    nico67 said:

    Equally the Tory emoji could be tears of joy . Who knows , only a few hours to wait . I haven’t been this excited since the last Eurovision Song Contest!

    No the raising of the MARY rose now that was exciting!
  • bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 22,676
    The Yorkshire Post
    @yorkshirepost
    ·
    Dec 9
    🗣 "It is difficult to know what is the greater scandal– the pitiful plight of four-year-old Jack Williment, sleeping on the floor of LGI with suspected pneumonia due to a shortage of beds, or the arrogance of Boris Johnson and Matt Hancock."
  • nico67nico67 Posts: 4,502

    BBC news interviewing lifelong Labour voter in Wakefield. But not voting Labour this time because they wont commit to getting Brexit done. He's voting LibDem instead! 🤔

    I’ll be relieved when these Vox pops end . They just make my superiority complex even worse when I see idiot members of the public who look like they can’t tie up their own shoelaces delivering nonsense !

    The BBC are also getting on my tits , it’s like they never go to Remain areas but just subject us to constant shows of idiocy from that voter you highlighted .

  • argyllrsargyllrs Posts: 155

    nico67 said:

    In terms of emoji gate. The Tories are in a good place but it’s not a shoe in , Labour could be worse could be better, Lib Dems OMFG it’s all going to hell in a hand cart , the SNP doing very well.

    My main issue with it was the use of logos. Sheer laziness with the Liberals (it’s a 🐥).
    😁😁😁😍😍😍🤣🤣🤣
  • Black_RookBlack_Rook Posts: 8,905
    nico67 said:

    Equally the Tory emoji could be tears of joy . Who knows , only a few hours to wait . I haven’t been this excited since the last Eurovision Song Contest!

    Les Démocrates Libéraux - nul points!

    BBC news interviewing lifelong Labour voter in Wakefield. But not voting Labour this time because they wont commit to getting Brexit done. He's voting LibDem instead! 🤔

    Ummmm... les Démocrates Libéraux - un point!
  • malcolmgmalcolmg Posts: 43,361
    nico67 said:

    Equally the Tory emoji could be tears of joy . Who knows , only a few hours to wait . I haven’t been this excited since the last Eurovision Song Contest!

    It is not that exciting surely?
  • nico67nico67 Posts: 4,502
    argyllrs said:

    BBC news interviewing lifelong Labour voter in Wakefield. But not voting Labour this time because they wont commit to getting Brexit done. He's voting LibDem instead! 🤔

    Nowt queer as folk.
    Girl at work wanted to vote UKIP. Because she wanted to stay in Europe...
    I think a mass sterilization programme is needed ! The gene pool of the UK is suffering irreparable damage .
  • DruttDrutt Posts: 1,124

    kle4 said:

    IshmaelZ said:

    Is this the twit that did this last time? Why don't they blacklist him?
    Poll ramping is the act of a fucking bellend.
    There's an amazing poll coming out on that very topic, the results will astound you I promise.
    Historic.
    Huge if true
  • nichomarnichomar Posts: 7,483
    nico67 said:

    argyllrs said:

    BBC news interviewing lifelong Labour voter in Wakefield. But not voting Labour this time because they wont commit to getting Brexit done. He's voting LibDem instead! 🤔

    Nowt queer as folk.
    Girl at work wanted to vote UKIP. Because she wanted to stay in Europe...
    I think a mass sterilization programme is needed ! The gene pool of the UK is suffering irreparable damage .
    Can we start with the Windsor’s please?
  • jayfdeejayfdee Posts: 618
    Like many posters, I am very nervous about this election, and I will be following PB on election night.
    I normally wait up for the "Bong", go to bed, and get up about 3.00am.
  • Black_RookBlack_Rook Posts: 8,905

    I can’t cope with early kickoffs in the Champions League. My body clock is sayings it’s gone nine now.

    Another triumph imminent for the team in red: is this an omen...?

    See also: the Lib Dem diamond I saw on the way home that had got detached from its post at the top - and was therefore hanging upside-down... :scream:
  • StockyStocky Posts: 10,222
    Drutt said:

    kle4 said:

    IshmaelZ said:

    Is this the twit that did this last time? Why don't they blacklist him?
    Poll ramping is the act of a fucking bellend.
    There's an amazing poll coming out on that very topic, the results will astound you I promise.
    Historic.
    Huge if true
    He was right last time.
  • nico67nico67 Posts: 4,502
    nichomar said:

    nico67 said:

    argyllrs said:

    BBC news interviewing lifelong Labour voter in Wakefield. But not voting Labour this time because they wont commit to getting Brexit done. He's voting LibDem instead! 🤔

    Nowt queer as folk.
    Girl at work wanted to vote UKIP. Because she wanted to stay in Europe...
    I think a mass sterilization programme is needed ! The gene pool of the UK is suffering irreparable damage .
    Can we start with the Windsor’s please?
    Omg so funny !
  • RobDRobD Posts: 59,936
    Drutt said:

    kle4 said:

    IshmaelZ said:

    Is this the twit that did this last time? Why don't they blacklist him?
    Poll ramping is the act of a fucking bellend.
    There's an amazing poll coming out on that very topic, the results will astound you I promise.
    Historic.
    Huge if true
    Big if huge
  • malcolmgmalcolmg Posts: 43,361
    Alistair said:

    fitalass said:
    The 'experts' who think its odd the SNP didn't focus solely on Brexit need to work out why the SNP campaign bombed in 2017 when they did exactly that.

    The current dual message is like a knocking up your core vote strategy. Mention Indy first to fire up Yessers who Did Not Vote in 2017. Then switch to an anti Boris and Brexit message to lock down the anti-Con vote.

    This is so blindingly obvious I cannot take the utterances of the people in the article seriously.
    Alistair , It is the SUN, comic singers at best. I see also Fitalaugh has reappeared at election time, CCHQ must be struggling when they are bringing out the old Dad's Army mob.
  • melcf said:

    Every single citizen in this country should watch this

    https://twitter.com/drbenwhite/status/1204309488808976384?s=20

    Got cancer? No problem, grab a couple of coats and lie down. Whilst our in house clown gets the oven ready brexit done

    My late sister had the misfortune to have cancer in Labour's NHS service in Wales, where the level of incompetence from Consultant downwards was breath taking,
  • MysticroseMysticrose Posts: 4,688
    Drutt said:

    kle4 said:

    IshmaelZ said:

    Is this the twit that did this last time? Why don't they blacklist him?
    Poll ramping is the act of a fucking bellend.
    There's an amazing poll coming out on that very topic, the results will astound you I promise.
    Historic.
    Huge if true
    What is? A poll about nothing as far as I can see from the thread?

    Argh.
  • eristdooferistdoof Posts: 5,065

    Banterman said:

    wills66 said:

    Comical scenes as PB regulars (average age = lots) fire up their copies of Netscape, go to AltaVista and search for "smiley face little pictures".

    Yeah, me too.

    WillS.

    Nah, I’m modern. I asked Jeeves.
    Can't beat the old butler based search engine.

    A bit of history. I worked on early web shopping development . We all used Yahoo at the time. Then some sharp techie bloke popped for work at some time on monday afternoon in late 1999 saying "I've just spotted this really cool search site called Google". We were all instant converts.

    At the time, Sergey & Larry had just moved out of the garage. They must have looked at their traffic and said got California, but WTF is going on in London?

    History lesson ends kids!
    It’s one of those things where I can’t recall what triggered the mass move to Google. I remember I used to like Lycos but can’t recall why.

    I wonder if it was the stealth marketing of gmail where you got “invited” to the Beta Test and had why seemed like an amazing amount of storage?
    Then you don't remember how good google was incomparison to the other search engines at the time!

    All other search engines left me trawling through 20 or 30 suggestions before you got to something usefull. Then some one told me to use google 'cos it is sooo much better...I tried it and the top three results were hits. Same with the next search etc.
  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 82,123
    edited December 2019
    I take it from that tweet probably what we all expected given the polling, a slightly smaller predicted majority, say 40 based on a lead of 9.

    When the raw data is up, I will recalculate the graph showing how the progress of each party should look on the night (if MRP is accurate).
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