Not sure. All I know is it should definitely be officially pronounced Brekshit with a Goldmember accent.
UK General Election - 12th December 2019 | Con 365, Lab 203, LD 11, SNP 48, Other 23 - Tory Majority of 80
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) was joined by comedian Ali Woods to look back at the best and worst moments of a rollercoaster season with the annual United Hour Awards.
Has Ten Hag been sacked yet? We're not sure and we hope not, but it's looking more likely as the days pass.
Who should replace him and why is it taking so long to make a decision?
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There is 1 Tory in our office. He's a Manager and the type that walks past your desk and smashes your crisps in to oblivion for fun. He makes no apologies about being a Tory for reasons that matter to him so I've no major issues.
That said, he's just gone out for the regional management Xmas do so we've used a Jammy Wagon wheel that he crushed up and arranged it in to the word 'Labour' on his desk. Tomorrow is all or nothing. Conservative win and we are going to be getting it in the ear all day. Labour win (of any description) and the entire office is going to be in major celebration mode and he is dreading it.
The stakes are high.
That said, he's just gone out for the regional management Xmas do so we've used a Jammy Wagon wheel that he crushed up and arranged it in to the word 'Labour' on his desk. Tomorrow is all or nothing. Conservative win and we are going to be getting it in the ear all day. Labour win (of any description) and the entire office is going to be in major celebration mode and he is dreading it.
The stakes are high.
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You've been promised an imaginary pot of gold that doesn't really exist (or if it does it'll take at least 30 years to get there). To reach this pot of gold that doesn't exist you have to chop off both of your legs. You voted for the imaginary pot of gold (but it was a close call) so you're going to stick to your guns and nothing can change your mind, despite all of the facts telling you that it's not the best way forward. Your legs WILL be chopped off, no matter what. Then everything will be ok and the gold will be yours (in reality the gold doesn't matter any more, you're simply determined that your legs are going to be chopped off).
Brexit in a nutshell.
I voted legs.
Oo oo - let me have another go.
Can't remember who but someone on here posted something along the lines of:
!You've been proised that they can make your willy touch the floor. Your agree.
They cut off your legs.
Ta da!
I still voted legs.
Me too. Legs are good.
to have my legs cut off at my knees would be somewhat annoying.
He's anti Tory thought at least
If you don't know who to vote for try this tactical voting site for a recommendation.
https://votesmart2019.com/
https://votesmart2019.com/
Yeah I saw later he is voting Green which is fair enough. Hope he is in a safe seat.
Lot of full backs nailing their colours to the mast today.
Says my seat is a contest between the SNP, Labour and...Lib Dems, who won 2.5% here last time. Bizarre.
Yes. Vote Lib Dem irrespective of their actual chance of winning seems to be a recurrent theme with quite a few of the tactical voting sites.
Have a look at the individual sites for their methodology and data, I know there has been significant swings towards the lib dems in some constituencies due to high profile candidates now standing for the lib dems and the general recovery of their image post coalition.
I should know by now but it still never ceases to amaze me that folks make 2 plus 2 equal 6. Please show me where I say that I will or have voted Tory? Not that its really anyones business but my own but for the record I actually lean towards the centre. Mind you like most folks in this world I am a creature of contradictions and on some issues I would be far left and on others far right. Its OK though I can live with that. What I am not surprised by however is the amount of self righteous indignation that my original post received from those who are clearly whiter than white (mind you I reckon most of them are telling teeny weeny porkies). Its like climate change. I am as concerned as anyone but do I want to lose the ability to fly to where-ever in the world I can afford to for a holiday? Nah that perk I want to keep but thats fine I can instead pontificate on it being obscene for Harry and Megan to fly privately. I can applaud Gary Neville for voting Labour without deploring his exorbitant unwarranted salary that indirectly my Sky subscription contributes towards. Another contradiction I have is that although I would prefer Scotland to remain if they really want independence it should be granted. Having said that I am totally against the SNP having a say in how the rest of us should act if they are determined to bugger off in the near future. I could go on in this manner for many a chapter but I'm sure you get my drift.
I leave you with clue as to how I cast my vote. One thing I most certainly am in favour of is proportional representation to the extent that .......wash my mouth out with carbolic soap........I even reckon the the Brexit party deserve seats according to the proportion of votes cast for them. And which parties were almost unanimously against such a system .... Tory and Labour. And tell me if Labour is so honest and upright how come such a key figure as Diane Abbott who privately educated her son can be held up as a paragon of Socialist virtues.
It is rarely the case that their recommendations cannot be justified, just take a look at the data they've used for yourself
Just seen a post about someone not voting. They reckon we should just have 'a general vote' then it should be decided in parliament. 
Probably be best if these kind of people weren't allowed one anyway.
Probably be best if these kind of people weren't allowed one anyway.
Twitter would have you believing that Labour is gonna storm this election but unfortunately there are too many Yer Dad types who think Corbyn is a clueless communist who wants to bankrupt the country... my Dad included. Get the impression that there’s not nearly enough of a swing from the last election in these types of mindsets to make any sort of damage against the Tories.
And these are the types of people that always vote. If you could get every 18-28 year old voting then Labour might stand a chance.
And these are the types of people that always vote. If you could get every 18-28 year old voting then Labour might stand a chance.
It's bloody difficult predictive analytics so you're absolutely correct, the method used could result in very different results. By and large, voting for the party closest to the Tories last time around, I imagine, probably stands in most wards.
My first time voting and I'm in this bracket, a lot of my friends who never vote are also voting. I think we'll see record numbers of young voters this year.
Oh, I wasn't suggesting malpractice at all. See my post above.
There's gotta be a huge amount more voting. Unfortunately there are also plenty in that age group that are thick as shit and think the country will be overrun with terrorists if JC gets in.
I fear you're right. I'm getting caught up in it all today in my own echo chamber in work and Twitter.
The reality is I don't think Corbyn or any celebrity advocate doing big numbers on Twitter is going to change the mindset of the 45+ bracket in this election. I think future elections could be heavily influenced by socials but an enormous percentage of the voting population live outside of this environment.
Oh well. Hung Parliament will be a victory for me.
Postal Votes!!
I'd take a hung Parliament right now.
My one thought is about families especially children having to live in poverty.
Something most of us never faced because of the safety of the welfare net.
Hoping.
It's not just that, it's that an enormous percentage of the voting population live half their lives on Facebook - a massively right-wing platform.
As you aluded to - Twitter is very lefty but has only around 15m UK accounts, while Facebook has around 40m.
It's gonna be a Conservative majority, unfortunately.
I expect so. However, a hung Parliament is not inconceivable.
The Tories have been massively focusing on Facebook with anti-tactical voting adverts in marginals since last week at least.
I can tell you right now the Lib Dems do not stand even the most remote chance in my constituency - at best they'll get 10%, but 5% is more likely. It's fairly harmless, because the Tories don't have a chance of winning here, but the tactical voting site portrays the Lib Dems as in a race for the seat which is quite frankly a barefaced lie. Their recovery has been withering anyway - they'll likely lose seats tonight, if anything.
You should be very careful about such sweeping generalisations.
One thing I have realised during my long life is that no two people are or think alike.
Hung parliament is the best case scenario even by optimistic standards.
Once upon a time there was a king. A joyous, ever so rightous king. He had power and throne and control, but he always worried about someone taking it from him.
One day a rival came along, who many saw as a village idiot, but who at least was a villager. In some ways he claimed anyway. So he questioned the king, albeit in gibberish, but the people started listen anyway. So, what now for the king? Beginning to panic about the power he shall lose, he looked outside of his shores and saw the answer. The answer was rising tides, tides that would wash away dirty foreign invaders. People were once again remembering the good old days, days when pure folk were pure folk and outsiders were treated as they were deserving.
"Well these are in small numbers, but they shall bolster me!" Thought the king. So he ordered all the peasants into a vote, "vote for me and we shall choose to rid ourselves of the muck!" announced the king, all the while smug in his ever so brilliant plan. For the king knew all along it would never pass, after all surely the peasants saw the invaders as he did, tools to be used.
However the king was not the only one who thought the vote would never pass. No, there were others, others who decided it was too silly a vote and that surely the peasants would dare not vote for this madness! After all, it's sometimes best to do nothing than stoop to the king's levels eh?
So come the big day of the vote. The smug king knowing it would never pass, the goodies knowing it would never pass too. However, the old battle weary warriors of time turned up in force. Now no one knows quite how the story goes, some say they thought a victorious battle centuries ago to earn them the right to hate everyone, some say they care about saved riches, most think they just lost marbles. But whatever way you want to read it, the vote passed.
"It passed!" Cried the king, for he had not forseen this event. Ever so smug, ever so smart, he looked around the room in despair and saw his men and women of the court turn. They twisted and contorted until they were only recognisable as hideous jackals.
"Woe ist me" where the last words the king uttered. Knowing what he had done, how pathetic he had been, his last act of cowardess was to plung his penis into a pi...I mean dagger into his own heart.
The king was dead, long live the King. But far longer living was the huge ridiculous mess he left behind.
Meanwhile the villagers rejoiced at the evil king being dead, finally he was! Oblivious to his legacy and that they voted for. After all, it would be years before the axemen comes for them and their homes...
Brexit. The End.
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Ughh these wholesome stories are giving me hope. I’ve already submitted to the dire reality of a Tory majority, don’t do that to me.
There's a lot that have demonstrated their inability to consider others, or even themselves though. Literally just no consideration.
I wasn't goung for wholesome nor hope, but thanks...I guess??
I didn’t mean your post you numpty
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