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Bye bye bye Johnson on 13:57 - Jul 13 by izlingtonhoop
In the Graun yesterday, one commenter suggested that choosing one of the standing candidates is rather like choosing a portaloo at Glastonbury on a Monday morning.
I wanted to share that.
Bbc had a photo of the 8 candidates.
Somebody captioned it as a sh1t version of The Apprentice.
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the Earth all one's lifetime." (Mark Twain)
Find me on twitter @derbyhoop and now on Bluesky
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Bye bye bye Johnson on 16:05 - Jul 13 with 2955 views
The Lib Dems goose remains well cooked even after 12 years when they propped up the Tories to get a taste of power in the 2010 election. They usually get a bit of tactical voter support in by-elections, as they did recently, but haven't recovered from that disastrous decision.
Bye bye bye Johnson on 16:03 - Jul 13 by derbyhoop
Bbc had a photo of the 8 candidates.
Somebody captioned it as a sh1t version of The Apprentice.
I rarely watched the news these days, but I wanted to catch something on the Webb Telescope.
Alas I endured BBC World News - matches CNN for woefulness - and the anchor cut to Ross Atkins for his analysis. Right on cue as he starts discussing the candidates, some wag starts playing the theme tune to the ‘Muppet Show’ in the background.
Beautiful, summed the situation up perfectly.
'Always In Motion' by John Honney available on amazon.co.uk
I lost nearly all faith in YouGov since discovering who the founders are and what they did to suppress data over Corbyn's popularity. I would treat those poll results with a deep level of mistrust and scepticism.
The grass is always greener.
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Bye bye bye Johnson on 09:02 - Jul 15 with 1980 views
Bye bye bye Johnson on 08:52 - Jul 15 by Esox_Lucius
I lost nearly all faith in YouGov since discovering who the founders are and what they did to suppress data over Corbyn's popularity. I would treat those poll results with a deep level of mistrust and scepticism.
I think most polls (Though not this one, actually) are pretty much redundant these days, except as perhaps a way to influence people. The difference in polls and actual voting has shown that people on the socially conservative side of things are less likely to respond.
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Bye bye bye Johnson on 09:06 - Jul 15 with 1967 views
I think most polls (Though not this one, actually) are pretty much redundant these days, except as perhaps a way to influence people. The difference in polls and actual voting has shown that people on the socially conservative side of things are less likely to respond.
Or just vote for who they really want once in the privacy of a polling booth.
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Bye bye bye Johnson on 09:08 - Jul 15 with 1949 views
Bye bye bye Johnson on 08:52 - Jul 15 by Esox_Lucius
I lost nearly all faith in YouGov since discovering who the founders are and what they did to suppress data over Corbyn's popularity. I would treat those poll results with a deep level of mistrust and scepticism.
Either way the result is the same.
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Bye bye bye Johnson on 09:20 - Jul 15 with 1914 views
Take a look at the caveat at the bottom of the poll. Lies, damned lies & statistics. Modern polls are designed to give a result compatible with the pollsters desired outcome IMO. As said, the real poll takes place in the polling booths, or the absenteeism level.
The grass is always greener.
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Bye bye bye Johnson on 09:39 - Jul 15 with 1849 views
Bye bye bye Johnson on 09:37 - Jul 15 by Esox_Lucius
Take a look at the caveat at the bottom of the poll. Lies, damned lies & statistics. Modern polls are designed to give a result compatible with the pollsters desired outcome IMO. As said, the real poll takes place in the polling booths, or the absenteeism level.
You don’t have to persuade me mate, I know full well what YouGov polling is like.
None of the major parties use it for serious polling.
What I meant was, wether the polling in this accurate or being pushed it means the establishment are behind Penny Mordaunt and she’ll probably win.
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Bye bye bye Johnson on 09:53 - Jul 15 with 1812 views
‘Oooh Penny, devastate my former industrial region’
I saw a poster/ sticker the other day somewhere (bus stop/ lamppost/ etc.) advertising a ‘Karl Marx Walking Tour’ except I misread it as ‘Karl Marx VVanking Tour’ So I spent the rest of the day in a Pervy-croaky Derek & Clive voice saying things like “Ooh distribution of wealth”, “Ooh ooh Proletarian uprising”, and “Ooh ooh ooh religion is the opium of the masses”
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Bye bye bye Johnson on 10:47 - Jul 15 with 1706 views
Bye bye bye Johnson on 09:53 - Jul 15 by DannyPaddox
I saw a poster/ sticker the other day somewhere (bus stop/ lamppost/ etc.) advertising a ‘Karl Marx Walking Tour’ except I misread it as ‘Karl Marx VVanking Tour’ So I spent the rest of the day in a Pervy-croaky Derek & Clive voice saying things like “Ooh distribution of wealth”, “Ooh ooh Proletarian uprising”, and “Ooh ooh ooh religion is the opium of the masses”
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"vvankers of the world unite, you have nothing to lose but your chains"
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Bye bye bye Johnson on 10:59 - Jul 15 with 1677 views
Bye bye bye Johnson on 08:52 - Jul 15 by Esox_Lucius
I lost nearly all faith in YouGov since discovering who the founders are and what they did to suppress data over Corbyn's popularity. I would treat those poll results with a deep level of mistrust and scepticism.
Unless you are a Tory MP or a Cons party member, it is irrelevant. Once the whittle down to final 2, it goes to a membership, mostly old, white and Southern, that is unrepresentative of the wider electorate.
Frankly I've gone beyond caring. Whoever wins will end up with a poison chalice of a stuttering economy, a cost of living crisis and a NI problem
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the Earth all one's lifetime." (Mark Twain)
Find me on twitter @derbyhoop and now on Bluesky
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Bye bye bye Johnson on 11:07 - Jul 15 with 1641 views
I’ve never really taken to Neil Oliver much but he posted this video yesterday which kind of sums up where I am with the world. I felt compelled to share it.
I’ve never really taken to Neil Oliver much but he posted this video yesterday which kind of sums up where I am with the world. I felt compelled to share it.
Who is the puppet master then?
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Bye bye bye Johnson on 12:34 - Jul 16 with 1739 views
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