It has been quite a strange campaign in that there hasn't been the chain letter campaigns (other than the pitiful 40 person one to the Guardian, where half of them aren't even able to vote in the UK), no Panorama specials "exposing" the dodgy backgrounds of the leaders or the soft soap at house with specials and few celebs making personal appearances / making hypocritical campaign videos.
I'm still awaiting instructions from Russel Brand,
Advice to people planning to spoil their paper: don't leave it completely blank in case someone at the count tries to turn it into a valid vote. Best to do something like voting for all the candidates.
Tempted to draw a phallus on it solely to see which party claims it means a vote for them.
I like the idea of spoiling my ballot in a way that will entertain when they go through them at the count. However, at that point people are really just concentrating on whether they can claim it or not, so it wouldn't be noticed.
It always amuses me when people say they spoilt their ballot by writing a clever message on it, obviously imagining that people will be reading what they have written and thinking "ooh, good point, that told us!". The number that are actually read by anyone must be tiny.
It has been quite a strange campaign in that there hasn't been the chain letter campaigns (other than the pitiful 40 person one to the Guardian, where half of them aren't even able to vote in the UK), no Panorama specials "exposing" the dodgy backgrounds of the leaders or the soft soap at house with specials and few celebs making personal appearances / making hypocritical campaign videos.
I'm still awaiting instructions from Russel Brand,
Isn't he confined to the garden shed of his massive country pile these days looking like some weirdo ageing hobo making dull podcasts about stuff he doesn't really understand or just batshit crazy? A lot in common with Dave...
Weather's going to be foul across much of the country tomorrow. Isn't it about time we allowed on-line voting?
No. If you cant get to the thousands of easily accessible obviously labeled polling stations around the country where they will give you privacy to vote as you see fit and a pencil to mak your mark, then just contact the council and they will arrange for a postal vote for you in future.
Why is it ok to allow postal votes and not on-line voting?
I've got zero expertise in this, but my view of the Internet is that there are far too many clever young 'uns who can do stuff with computers who are cleverer than the government.
Has no-one ever proposed early voting at a smaller number of polling stations for a week or so before the polling date for the UK? It seems to work quite well here in the US and A.
That would make far too much sense !
Equally I think moving polling day to a Sunday would be a good idea but I can’t see that happening .
I'd have voting on Saturday and Sunday to maximise turnout.
It's amazing that we don't have ward level or polling station level counting. I'd reform the system so it's easier for data nerds to make better predictions.
Devastating stuff from Oborne, a lifelong Conservative.
"Something horrible has happened. The Conservative party lies. It cheats. It bullies. It’s not the wise, gentle, decent party of the postwar era.
I wonder whether Boris Johnson and his squalid associates are Conservatives at all. The Conservativism I understand is about public duty, generosity, the instinct to conserve what is good in our society; the importance of the rule of law and of institutions; suspicion of leaps in the dark. I am thinking of the Conservatism of Burke, Lord Salisbury, Oakeshott.
Johnson has become the leader of a project – his adviser Dominic Cummings is an important part of this – to destroy Conservatism. This is why during his brief term as prime minister Boris Johnson has attacked parliament, mocked the rule of law, abused the monarchy, and shown a total disregard for the truth."
Weather's going to be foul across much of the country tomorrow. Isn't it about time we allowed on-line voting?
No. If you cant get to the thousands of easily accessible obviously labeled polling stations around the country where they will give you privacy to vote as you see fit and a pencil to mak your mark, then just contact the council and they will arrange for a postal vote for you in future.
Why is it ok to allow postal votes and not on-line voting?
I've got zero expertise in this, but my view of the Internet is that there are far too many clever young 'uns who can do stuff with computers who are cleverer than the government.
Has no-one ever proposed early voting at a smaller number of polling stations for a week or so before the polling date for the UK? It seems to work quite well here in the US and A.
That would make far too much sense !
Equally I think moving polling day to a Sunday would be a good idea but I can’t see that happening .
I'd have voting on Saturday and Sunday to maximise turnout.
Historically voting took place across several days up to the early 20th century IIRC.
Blimey, that "prick with a fork" thing was an fake news internet meme about Ainsley Harriot about a decade ago, surpised they have the nerve to copy that
Weather's going to be foul across much of the country tomorrow. Isn't it about time we allowed on-line voting?
No. If you cant get to the thousands of easily accessible obviously labeled polling stations around the country where they will give you privacy to vote as you see fit and a pencil to mak your mark, then just contact the council and they will arrange for a postal vote for you in future.
Why is it ok to allow postal votes and not on-line voting?
I've got zero expertise in this, but my view of the Internet is that there are far too many clever young 'uns who can do stuff with computers who are cleverer than the government.
Has no-one ever proposed early voting at a smaller number of polling stations for a week or so before the polling date for the UK? It seems to work quite well here in the US and A.
That would make far too much sense !
Equally I think moving polling day to a Sunday would be a good idea but I can’t see that happening .
I'd have voting on Saturday and Sunday to maximise turnout.
It's amazing that we don't have ward level or polling station level counting. I'd reform the system so it's easier for data nerds to make better predictions.
I think that would massively increase the number of scrutinisers required from each party and so increase the risk of something dodgy happening.
Weather's going to be foul across much of the country tomorrow. Isn't it about time we allowed on-line voting?
No. If you cant get to the thousands of easily accessible obviously labeled polling stations around the country where they will give you privacy to vote as you see fit and a pencil to mak your mark, then just contact the council and they will arrange for a postal vote for you in future.
Why is it ok to allow postal votes and not on-line voting?
Seriously?
Because of the lack of accountability. He (or she) who controls the computers can have any result they like regardless of votes cast. The paper votes system with piles being counted in full view is hard to beat for security, especially if the boxes are opened within minutes of the polls closing.
Remember, anyone can go to a count. You may have to view it from a public gallery but anyone can watch the process.
BTW - Postal voting should have higher levels of scrutiny and be harder to get. Individual voter registration was a good step forward as is requiring a signature to accompany postal votes (as long as the signatures are cross-checked with the registration documents as they come in)
Yes. A fair few postal votes get rejected because signatures don’t match up - it’s not rare
It's amazing that we don't have ward level or polling station level counting. I'd reform the system so it's easier for data nerds to make better predictions.
I think that would massively increase the number of scrutinisers required from each party and so increase the risk of something dodgy happening.
it works in many other countries. you wouldn't need to do too much different, just keep the ballot boxes from each ward together at the count rather than mix them up as is done at the moment.
It has been quite a strange campaign in that there hasn't been the chain letter campaigns (other than the pitiful 40 person one to the Guardian, where half of them aren't even able to vote in the UK), no Panorama specials "exposing" the dodgy backgrounds of the leaders or the soft soap at house with specials and few celebs making personal appearances / making hypocritical campaign videos.
It has been quite a strange campaign in that there hasn't been the chain letter campaigns (other than the pitiful 40 person one to the Guardian, where half of them aren't even able to vote in the UK), no Panorama specials "exposing" the dodgy backgrounds of the leaders or the soft soap at house with specials and few celebs making personal appearances / making hypocritical campaign videos.
It has been quite a strange campaign in that there hasn't been the chain letter campaigns (other than the pitiful 40 person one to the Guardian, where half of them aren't even able to vote in the UK), no Panorama specials "exposing" the dodgy backgrounds of the leaders or the soft soap at house with specials and few celebs making personal appearances / making hypocritical campaign videos.
It has been quite a strange campaign in that there hasn't been the chain letter campaigns (other than the pitiful 40 person one to the Guardian, where half of them aren't even able to vote in the UK), no Panorama specials "exposing" the dodgy backgrounds of the leaders or the soft soap at house with specials and few celebs making personal appearances / making hypocritical campaign videos.
What an absolute cock Steve Coogan is. Tories should be sending that out on Facebook ASAP...see what they think of you.
I have to say all his sanctimonious stuff about phone hacking, when he used to be best mates with the NOTW celeb bod, used to phone him up on a Saturday night and got them to spike all sorts of stories about him.
He got pissed when Andy Coulson came in and said why do we keep not printing the stories about him?
Why do celebrities feel that they are adding anything or are honour bound to share their political views? The first series of Alan Partridge was hilarious, so are The Trip series'... do I feel the need to know what he thinks about politics on the News as well? Why?
The Guardian has learned that Waltham Forest council in east London has been scrambling to deliver postal votes that should have been out by last Friday, after an administrative error delayed the process.
The problem affected 1,470 voters in three constituencies, including Chingford and Woodford Green, which Iain Duncan Smith won for the Conservatives with a majority of 2,438 at the last election and which is a key target for Labour.
Weather's going to be foul across much of the country tomorrow. Isn't it about time we allowed on-line voting?
No. If you cant get to the thousands of easily accessible obviously labeled polling stations around the country where they will give you privacy to vote as you see fit and a pencil to mak your mark, then just contact the council and they will arrange for a postal vote for you in future.
Why is it ok to allow postal votes and not on-line voting?
I've got zero expertise in this, but my view of the Internet is that there are far too many clever young 'uns who can do stuff with computers who are cleverer than the government.
Essentially nobody who works in computer security thinks that online voting, or even voting machines, is a good idea.
Weather's going to be foul across much of the country tomorrow. Isn't it about time we allowed on-line voting?
No. If you cant get to the thousands of easily accessible obviously labeled polling stations around the country where they will give you privacy to vote as you see fit and a pencil to mak your mark, then just contact the council and they will arrange for a postal vote for you in future.
Why is it ok to allow postal votes and not on-line voting?
I've got zero expertise in this, but my view of the Internet is that there are far too many clever young 'uns who can do stuff with computers who are cleverer than the government.
Has no-one ever proposed early voting at a smaller number of polling stations for a week or so before the polling date for the UK? It seems to work quite well here in the US and A.
That would make far too much sense !
Equally I think moving polling day to a Sunday would be a good idea but I can’t see that happening .
I'd have voting on Saturday and Sunday to maximise turnout.
It's amazing that we don't have ward level or polling station level counting. I'd reform the system so it's easier for data nerds to make better predictions.
It is done in Scotland for the local elections (held under STV) which are counted electronically. One year I was 50% of the Lib Dem votes in a ballot box.
It has been quite a strange campaign in that there hasn't been the chain letter campaigns (other than the pitiful 40 person one to the Guardian, where half of them aren't even able to vote in the UK), no Panorama specials "exposing" the dodgy backgrounds of the leaders or the soft soap at house with specials and few celebs making personal appearances / making hypocritical campaign videos.
The Guardian has learned that Waltham Forest council in east London has been scrambling to deliver postal votes that should have been out by last Friday, after an administrative error delayed the process.
The problem affected 1,470 voters in three constituencies, including Chingford and Woodford Green, which Iain Duncan Smith won for the Conservatives with a majority of 2,438 at the last election and which is a key target for Labour.
Jesus. Can people whose postal voting slip has not turned up in the post just show up and vote at the polling station? There could be a few elderly IDS voters in that 1,470 number.
It has been quite a strange campaign in that there hasn't been the chain letter campaigns (other than the pitiful 40 person one to the Guardian, where half of them aren't even able to vote in the UK), no Panorama specials "exposing" the dodgy backgrounds of the leaders or the soft soap at house with specials and few celebs making personal appearances / making hypocritical campaign videos.
A Labour activist maiming a Conservative activist for life using something as horrific as acid would have been despicable. It could and should have been a game changer. If, as is being implied, this was another work of fiction by Guido Fawkes, it serves to demonstrate what a sick mind Staines is in possession of.
It has been quite a strange campaign in that there hasn't been the chain letter campaigns (other than the pitiful 40 person one to the Guardian, where half of them aren't even able to vote in the UK), no Panorama specials "exposing" the dodgy backgrounds of the leaders or the soft soap at house with specials and few celebs making personal appearances / making hypocritical campaign videos.
The Guardian has learned that Waltham Forest council in east London has been scrambling to deliver postal votes that should have been out by last Friday, after an administrative error delayed the process.
The problem affected 1,470 voters in three constituencies, including Chingford and Woodford Green, which Iain Duncan Smith won for the Conservatives with a majority of 2,438 at the last election and which is a key target for Labour.
Devastating stuff from Oborne, a lifelong Conservative.
"Something horrible has happened. The Conservative party lies. It cheats. It bullies. It’s not the wise, gentle, decent party of the postwar era.
I wonder whether Boris Johnson and his squalid associates are Conservatives at all. The Conservativism I understand is about public duty, generosity, the instinct to conserve what is good in our society; the importance of the rule of law and of institutions; suspicion of leaps in the dark. I am thinking of the Conservatism of Burke, Lord Salisbury, Oakeshott.
Johnson has become the leader of a project – his adviser Dominic Cummings is an important part of this – to destroy Conservatism. This is why during his brief term as prime minister Boris Johnson has attacked parliament, mocked the rule of law, abused the monarchy, and shown a total disregard for the truth."
Oborne is just embarking on a decades long sulk because he changed his mind and expected it to make a difference. Now he realises no one has paid any real attention to him he is thrashing out.
Someone earlier mentioned a prick with a fork. Oborne is a prick with a pen.
Advice to people planning to spoil their paper: don't leave it completely blank in case someone at the count tries to turn it into a valid vote. Best to do something like voting for all the candidates.
Tempted to draw a phallus on it solely to see which party claims it means a vote for them.
I like the idea of spoiling my ballot in a way that will entertain when they go through them at the count. However, at that point people are really just concentrating on whether they can claim it or not, so it wouldn't be noticed.
It always amuses me when people say they spoilt their ballot by writing a clever message on it, obviously imagining that people will be reading what they have written and thinking "ooh, good point, that told us!". The number that are actually read by anyone must be tiny.
They’ll be seen by a council counter, maybe overlooked by a party scrutineer or two, and put aside in a special tray. Then at three in the morning the ERO and the party agents will whiz through them and decide whether they are valid or not. By that time the result is known, and unless it is particularly close or a party is close to the deposit line, no-one is that bothered what happens to them.
Why do celebrities feel that they are adding anything or are honour bound to share their political views? The first series of Alan Partridge was hilarious, so are The Trip series'... do I feel the need to know what he thinks about politics on the News as well? Why?
I think it is because their jobs are essentially vacuous yet they are materially well rewarded by society. Consequently they feel an immense sense of guilt about their lot.
By asserting that they want more redistribution it makes them feel better. Until it happens of course. Then it will be the wrong type of socialism.
The Guardian has learned that Waltham Forest council in east London has been scrambling to deliver postal votes that should have been out by last Friday, after an administrative error delayed the process.
The problem affected 1,470 voters in three constituencies, including Chingford and Woodford Green, which Iain Duncan Smith won for the Conservatives with a majority of 2,438 at the last election and which is a key target for Labour.
Jesus. Can people whose postal voting slip has not turned up in the post just show up and vote at the polling station? There could be a few elderly IDS voters in that 1,470 number.
Aren't postal voters on the lists at the polling station with a line through them as already voted?
It has been quite a strange campaign in that there hasn't been the chain letter campaigns (other than the pitiful 40 person one to the Guardian, where half of them aren't even able to vote in the UK), no Panorama specials "exposing" the dodgy backgrounds of the leaders or the soft soap at house with specials and few celebs making personal appearances / making hypocritical campaign videos.
It has been quite a strange campaign in that there hasn't been the chain letter campaigns (other than the pitiful 40 person one to the Guardian, where half of them aren't even able to vote in the UK), no Panorama specials "exposing" the dodgy backgrounds of the leaders or the soft soap at house with specials and few celebs making personal appearances / making hypocritical campaign videos.
The Guardian has learned that Waltham Forest council in east London has been scrambling to deliver postal votes that should have been out by last Friday, after an administrative error delayed the process.
The problem affected 1,470 voters in three constituencies, including Chingford and Woodford Green, which Iain Duncan Smith won for the Conservatives with a majority of 2,438 at the last election and which is a key target for Labour.
Jesus. Can people whose postal voting slip has not turned up in the post just show up and vote at the polling station? There could be a few elderly IDS voters in that 1,470 number.
LBWF says they are all now delivered. If they missed today’s post they can take it to the (any local) polling station tomorrow
What an absolute cock Steve Coogan is. Tories should be sending that out on Facebook ASAP...see what they think of you.
I have to say all his sanctimonious stuff about phone hacking, when he used to be best mates with the NOTW celeb bod, used to phone him up on a Saturday night and got them to spike all sorts of stories about him.
He got pissed when Andy Coulson came in and said why do we keep not printing the stories about him?
I'm still waiting for similar levels of celeb outrage to be directed at Trinity Mirror.
Weather's going to be foul across much of the country tomorrow. Isn't it about time we allowed on-line voting?
No. If you cant get to the thousands of easily accessible obviously labeled polling stations around the country where they will give you privacy to vote as you see fit and a pencil to mak your mark, then just contact the council and they will arrange for a postal vote for you in future.
Why is it ok to allow postal votes and not on-line voting?
I've got zero expertise in this, but my view of the Internet is that there are far too many clever young 'uns who can do stuff with computers who are cleverer than the government.
Has no-one ever proposed early voting at a smaller number of polling stations for a week or so before the polling date for the UK? It seems to work quite well here in the US and A.
That would make far too much sense !
Equally I think moving polling day to a Sunday would be a good idea but I can’t see that happening .
I'd have voting on Saturday and Sunday to maximise turnout.
It's amazing that we don't have ward level or polling station level counting. I'd reform the system so it's easier for data nerds to make better predictions.
It is done in Scotland for the local elections (held under STV) which are counted electronically. One year I was 50% of the Lib Dem votes in a ballot box.
Weather's going to be foul across much of the country tomorrow. Isn't it about time we allowed on-line voting?
No. If you cant get to the thousands of easily accessible obviously labeled polling stations around the country where they will give you privacy to vote as you see fit and a pencil to mak your mark, then just contact the council and they will arrange for a postal vote for you in future.
Why is it ok to allow postal votes and not on-line voting?
I've got zero expertise in this, but my view of the Internet is that there are far too many clever young 'uns who can do stuff with computers who are cleverer than the government.
Has no-one ever proposed early voting at a smaller number of polling stations for a week or so before the polling date for the UK? It seems to work quite well here in the US and A.
That would make far too much sense !
Equally I think moving polling day to a Sunday would be a good idea but I can’t see that happening .
I'd have voting on Saturday and Sunday to maximise turnout.
It's amazing that we don't have ward level or polling station level counting. I'd reform the system so it's easier for data nerds to make better predictions.
Verification of non-PV votes is done face up and by polling station (or ballot box). Hence why the parties are keen to take samples at that stage - if done well you can get a pretty good breakdown.
The Guardian has learned that Waltham Forest council in east London has been scrambling to deliver postal votes that should have been out by last Friday, after an administrative error delayed the process.
The problem affected 1,470 voters in three constituencies, including Chingford and Woodford Green, which Iain Duncan Smith won for the Conservatives with a majority of 2,438 at the last election and which is a key target for Labour.
That will be the Labour-controlled Waltham Forest council......
It has been quite a strange campaign in that there hasn't been the chain letter campaigns (other than the pitiful 40 person one to the Guardian, where half of them aren't even able to vote in the UK), no Panorama specials "exposing" the dodgy backgrounds of the leaders or the soft soap at house with specials and few celebs making personal appearances / making hypocritical campaign videos.
Why do celebrities feel that they are adding anything or are honour bound to share their political views? The first series of Alan Partridge was hilarious, so are The Trip series'... do I feel the need to know what he thinks about politics on the News as well? Why?
He comes across as having the emotional intelligence of Alan Partridge. Thought it was a spoof at first.
Weather's going to be foul across much of the country tomorrow. Isn't it about time we allowed on-line voting?
No. If you cant get to the thousands of easily accessible obviously labeled polling stations around the country where they will give you privacy to vote as you see fit and a pencil to mak your mark, then just contact the council and they will arrange for a postal vote for you in future.
Why is it ok to allow postal votes and not on-line voting?
I've got zero expertise in this, but my view of the Internet is that there are far too many clever young 'uns who can do stuff with computers who are cleverer than the government.
Essentially nobody who works in computer security thinks that online voting, or even voting machines, is a good idea.
I'm turning into a right old codger in middle age, but I love how low rent UK elections are. I want to cast my vote in a plywood booth in the village hall, not on an iPad.
It has been quite a strange campaign in that there hasn't been the chain letter campaigns (other than the pitiful 40 person one to the Guardian, where half of them aren't even able to vote in the UK), no Panorama specials "exposing" the dodgy backgrounds of the leaders or the soft soap at house with specials and few celebs making personal appearances / making hypocritical campaign videos.
It has been quite a strange campaign in that there hasn't been the chain letter campaigns (other than the pitiful 40 person one to the Guardian, where half of them aren't even able to vote in the UK), no Panorama specials "exposing" the dodgy backgrounds of the leaders or the soft soap at house with specials and few celebs making personal appearances / making hypocritical campaign videos.
What an absolute cock Steve Coogan is. Tories should be sending that out on Facebook ASAP...see what they think of you.
I have to say all his sanctimonious stuff about phone hacking, when he used to be best mates with the NOTW celeb bod, used to phone him up on a Saturday night and got them to spike all sorts of stories about him.
He got pissed when Andy Coulson came in and said why do we keep not printing the stories about him?
I'm still waiting for similar levels of celeb outrage to be directed at Trinity Mirror.
Very odd that.....despite all the hard evidence being that the Mirror being Russian level doping compared to NOTW's Oregon project...
The Guardian has learned that Waltham Forest council in east London has been scrambling to deliver postal votes that should have been out by last Friday, after an administrative error delayed the process.
The problem affected 1,470 voters in three constituencies, including Chingford and Woodford Green, which Iain Duncan Smith won for the Conservatives with a majority of 2,438 at the last election and which is a key target for Labour.
Jesus. Can people whose postal voting slip has not turned up in the post just show up and vote at the polling station? There could be a few elderly IDS voters in that 1,470 number.
Aren't postal voters on the lists at the polling station with a line through them as already voted?
Ruled off in a different way so they can’t be issued with a ballot paper, but can hand in a postal ballot.
It has been quite a strange campaign in that there hasn't been the chain letter campaigns (other than the pitiful 40 person one to the Guardian, where half of them aren't even able to vote in the UK), no Panorama specials "exposing" the dodgy backgrounds of the leaders or the soft soap at house with specials and few celebs making personal appearances / making hypocritical campaign videos.
Why do celebrities feel that they are adding anything or are honour bound to share their political views? The first series of Alan Partridge was hilarious, so are The Trip series'... do I feel the need to know what he thinks about politics on the News as well? Why?
I think it is because their jobs are essentially vacuous yet they are materially well rewarded by society. Consequently they feel an immense sense of guilt about their lot.
By asserting that they want more redistribution it makes them feel better. Until it happens of course. Then it will be the wrong type of socialism.
"Among artists without talent Marxism will always be popular, since it enables them to blame society for the fact that nobody wants to hear what they have to say"
Poets for Jezza seems like an even less successful idea than the infamous Tories for Nick Palmer...
Who, as I recall, proved somewhat less numerous than Tories not for Nick Palmer. Who then turned into a Corbynite. And the Tory turned into something weird.
Why do celebrities feel that they are adding anything or are honour bound to share their political views? The first series of Alan Partridge was hilarious, so are The Trip series'... do I feel the need to know what he thinks about politics on the News as well? Why?
Its not that different to us posting on here, celebs just happens to have a bigger audience.
Advice to people planning to spoil their paper: don't leave it completely blank in case someone at the count tries to turn it into a valid vote. Best to do something like voting for all the candidates.
Tempted to draw a phallus on it solely to see which party claims it means a vote for them.
I like the idea of spoiling my ballot in a way that will entertain when they go through them at the count. However, at that point people are really just concentrating on whether they can claim it or not, so it wouldn't be noticed.
It always amuses me when people say they spoilt their ballot by writing a clever message on it, obviously imagining that people will be reading what they have written and thinking "ooh, good point, that told us!". The number that are actually read by anyone must be tiny.
They’ll be seen by a council counter, maybe overlooked by a party scrutineer or two, and put aside in a special tray. Then at three in the morning the ERO and the party agents will whiz through them and decide whether they are valid or not. By that time the result is known, and unless it is particularly close or a party is close to the deposit line, no-one is that bothered what happens to them.
Yeah, I know how it works. I've been through them a few times myself.
And at no point have we ever considered anything other than whether we could claim it as a vote. It would have to be something very clear and obviously funny to get the laugh that I would ideally like to achieve.
I suppose that it could give the counter a brief respite from the boredom.
It has been quite a strange campaign in that there hasn't been the chain letter campaigns (other than the pitiful 40 person one to the Guardian, where half of them aren't even able to vote in the UK), no Panorama specials "exposing" the dodgy backgrounds of the leaders or the soft soap at house with specials and few celebs making personal appearances / making hypocritical campaign videos.
It has been quite a strange campaign in that there hasn't been the chain letter campaigns (other than the pitiful 40 person one to the Guardian, where half of them aren't even able to vote in the UK), no Panorama specials "exposing" the dodgy backgrounds of the leaders or the soft soap at house with specials and few celebs making personal appearances / making hypocritical campaign videos.
It has been quite a strange campaign in that there hasn't been the chain letter campaigns (other than the pitiful 40 person one to the Guardian, where half of them aren't even able to vote in the UK), no Panorama specials "exposing" the dodgy backgrounds of the leaders or the soft soap at house with specials and few celebs making personal appearances / making hypocritical campaign videos.
There was an old man of the left, Whose popularity gave him some heft, He taxed the few, And repelled the Jew, And so the opposition was cleft.
'Poets' in the loosest possible use of the term. There are only 10 proper poets in the entire country.
Where's Philip Larkin when you need him?
I want to see them starving, The so-called working class. Their wages weekly halving, Their women stewing grass. When I drive out each morning In one of my new suits I want to find them fawning To clean my car and boots.
I'm turning into a right old codger in middle age, but I love how low rent UK elections are. I want to cast my vote in a plywood booth in the village hall, not on an iPad.
Having many thousands of people involved all across the country, and millions of bits of paper to be counted, is a good thing from a security point of view. It makes stealing an election and getting away with it a tricky thing to do.
Why do celebrities feel that they are adding anything or are honour bound to share their political views? The first series of Alan Partridge was hilarious, so are The Trip series'... do I feel the need to know what he thinks about politics on the News as well? Why?
I think it is because their jobs are essentially vacuous yet they are materially well rewarded by society. Consequently they feel an immense sense of guilt about their lot.
By asserting that they want more redistribution it makes them feel better. Until it happens of course. Then it will be the wrong type of socialism.
"Among artists without talent Marxism will always be popular, since it enables them to blame society for the fact that nobody wants to hear what they have to say"
Clive James
Coogan is rather cursed. It seems that his only popular character is the hideous Alan Partridge, who really caught the zeitgeist.
It has been quite a strange campaign in that there hasn't been the chain letter campaigns (other than the pitiful 40 person one to the Guardian, where half of them aren't even able to vote in the UK), no Panorama specials "exposing" the dodgy backgrounds of the leaders or the soft soap at house with specials and few celebs making personal appearances / making hypocritical campaign videos.
Advice to people planning to spoil their paper: don't leave it completely blank in case someone at the count tries to turn it into a valid vote. Best to do something like voting for all the candidates.
Tempted to draw a phallus on it solely to see which party claims it means a vote for them.
I like the idea of spoiling my ballot in a way that will entertain when they go through them at the count. However, at that point people are really just concentrating on whether they can claim it or not, so it wouldn't be noticed.
It always amuses me when people say they spoilt their ballot by writing a clever message on it, obviously imagining that people will be reading what they have written and thinking "ooh, good point, that told us!". The number that are actually read by anyone must be tiny.
They’ll be seen by a council counter, maybe overlooked by a party scrutineer or two, and put aside in a special tray. Then at three in the morning the ERO and the party agents will whiz through them and decide whether they are valid or not. By that time the result is known, and unless it is particularly close or a party is close to the deposit line, no-one is that bothered what happens to them.
Yeah, I know how it works. I've been through them a few times myself.
And at no point have we ever considered anything other than whether we could claim it as a vote. It would have to be something very clear and obviously funny to get the laugh that I would ideally like to achieve.
I suppose that it could give the counter a brief respite from the boredom.
You’ll know then that agents look forward to it as an interesting highlight of the night, particularly in a seat where the result wasn’t in suspense. It’s a good source of tales to tell down the pub.
Guardian needs to be much clearer - what does "has been scrambling" mean?
I strongly suspect all ballots have now been delivered - if not then surely Court action is possible.
Anyone who has received postal ballot can hand it in at polling station.
My only ever request for a postal ballot didn't show up, but as it was for police commissioner I couldn't be bothered to take it further. Just requested to be put back to the regular register as I enjoy voting in the booth.
Why do celebrities feel that they are adding anything or are honour bound to share their political views? The first series of Alan Partridge was hilarious, so are The Trip series'... do I feel the need to know what he thinks about politics on the News as well? Why?
Its not that different to us posting on here, celebs just happens to have a bigger audience.
How very dare you, I'm here to share my superlative wisdom with the ignorant mass of PBers, it's outreach work that should be counted as charity.
It has been quite a strange campaign in that there hasn't been the chain letter campaigns (other than the pitiful 40 person one to the Guardian, where half of them aren't even able to vote in the UK), no Panorama specials "exposing" the dodgy backgrounds of the leaders or the soft soap at house with specials and few celebs making personal appearances / making hypocritical campaign videos.
It has been quite a strange campaign in that there hasn't been the chain letter campaigns (other than the pitiful 40 person one to the Guardian, where half of them aren't even able to vote in the UK), no Panorama specials "exposing" the dodgy backgrounds of the leaders or the soft soap at house with specials and few celebs making personal appearances / making hypocritical campaign videos.
It has been quite a strange campaign in that there hasn't been the chain letter campaigns (other than the pitiful 40 person one to the Guardian, where half of them aren't even able to vote in the UK), no Panorama specials "exposing" the dodgy backgrounds of the leaders or the soft soap at house with specials and few celebs making personal appearances / making hypocritical campaign videos.
It has been quite a strange campaign in that there hasn't been the chain letter campaigns (other than the pitiful 40 person one to the Guardian, where half of them aren't even able to vote in the UK), no Panorama specials "exposing" the dodgy backgrounds of the leaders or the soft soap at house with specials and few celebs making personal appearances / making hypocritical campaign videos.
Why do celebrities feel that they are adding anything or are honour bound to share their political views? The first series of Alan Partridge was hilarious, so are The Trip series'... do I feel the need to know what he thinks about politics on the News as well? Why?
I think it is because their jobs are essentially vacuous yet they are materially well rewarded by society. Consequently they feel an immense sense of guilt about their lot.
By asserting that they want more redistribution it makes them feel better. Until it happens of course. Then it will be the wrong type of socialism.
"Among artists without talent Marxism will always be popular, since it enables them to blame society for the fact that nobody wants to hear what they have to say"
Given the youthquake was apparently not actually a thing, that might be focusing on the wrong target when its 35-54 year old women who are the key, IIRC.
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It always amuses me when people say they spoilt their ballot by writing a clever message on it, obviously imagining that people will be reading what they have written and thinking "ooh, good point, that told us!". The number that are actually read by anyone must be tiny.
"Something horrible has happened. The Conservative party lies. It cheats. It bullies. It’s not the wise, gentle, decent party of the postwar era.
I wonder whether Boris Johnson and his squalid associates are Conservatives at all. The Conservativism I understand is about public duty, generosity, the instinct to conserve what is good in our society; the importance of the rule of law and of institutions; suspicion of leaps in the dark. I am thinking of the Conservatism of Burke, Lord Salisbury, Oakeshott.
Johnson has become the leader of a project – his adviser Dominic Cummings is an important part of this – to destroy Conservatism. This is why during his brief term as prime minister Boris Johnson has attacked parliament, mocked the rule of law, abused the monarchy, and shown a total disregard for the truth."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/11/boris-johnson-destroy-britain-conservative-revolutionary-sect
115 Poets for Corbyn.
https://paulbigland.blog/2019/12/11/whoever-wins-on-friday-the-losers-are-stophs2/
*cough*
I have to say all his sanctimonious stuff about phone hacking, when he used to be best mates with the NOTW celeb bod, used to phone him up on a Saturday night and got them to spike all sorts of stories about him.
He got pissed when Andy Coulson came in and said why do we keep not printing the stories about him?
The problem affected 1,470 voters in three constituencies, including Chingford and Woodford Green, which Iain Duncan Smith won for the Conservatives with a majority of 2,438 at the last election and which is a key target for Labour.
Whose popularity gave him some heft,
He taxed the few,
And repelled the Jew,
And so the opposition was cleft.
Someone earlier mentioned a prick with a fork. Oborne is a prick with a pen.
By asserting that they want more redistribution it makes them feel better. Until it happens of course. Then it will be the wrong type of socialism.
LBWF says they are all now delivered. If they missed today’s post they can take it to the (any local) polling station tomorrow
The NHS is the top issue .
Corbyn leads 42 to 27 over Johnson on that .
It doesn’t translate into the headline voting intention but still should cause some concern in no 10 going into tomorrow .
Clive James
I strongly suspect all ballots have now been delivered - if not then surely Court action is possible.
Anyone who has received postal ballot can hand it in at polling station.
And at no point have we ever considered anything other than whether we could claim it as a vote. It would have to be something very clear and obviously funny to get the laugh that I would ideally like to achieve.
I suppose that it could give the counter a brief respite from the boredom.
Not enough going yellow for my liking though.
Just brilliant.
An MP called Jacob Rees-Mogg,
Who dresses like Phileas Fogg,
He insulted the dead,
Then to Somerset he fled,
And lounged on a bench like a slob.
The so-called working class.
Their wages weekly halving,
Their women stewing grass.
When I drive out each morning
In one of my new suits
I want to find them fawning
To clean my car and boots.
He was brilliant in "Stan and Ollie" though.
Who one day got locked in his garage
He campaigned so hard
But let down his guard
And fell to an electoral barrage.
Said 'number 10 i'll go'
The public did laugh
and so did her staff
in hell it'd be more likely to snow