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Who do you support to become the next Labour Party Leader?

Clive Lewis (DROPPED OUT)
2
2%
Keir Starmer (Shadow Brexit Secretary, MP for Holborn and St Pancras)
48
41%
Lisa Nandy (MP for Wigan)
11
9%
Jess Phillips (DROPPED OUT)
17
15%
Emily Thornberry (Shadow First Secretary of State, MP for Islington South and Finsbury)
7
6%
Yvette Cooper (DROPPED OUT)
1
1%
Dan Jarvis (DROPPED OUT)
1
1%
Ian Lavery (DROPPED OUT)
1
1%
Rebecca Long Bailey (Shadow Business Secretary, MP for Salford and Eccles)
17
15%
Other (Please state who in a reply)
11
9%
 
Total votes : 116

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Fartsniffage
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Postby Fartsniffage » Thu Dec 12, 2019 5:36 pm

Ifreann wrote:
Fartsniffage wrote:
You think Boris has class and elegance? Hahahaha

Class and Elegance are waiting back at his flat.


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Lower Nubia
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Postby Lower Nubia » Thu Dec 12, 2019 5:36 pm

Novus America wrote:
Lower Nubia wrote:
I fail to understand how the NHS potentially paying more (no potential for less) for the same drugs is anything but bad.


Well I never said it was not bad. Just that that it has been exaggerated.
If I robbed 10 people that is bad, but if you accuse me of killing 1,000 when I robbed 10, you are still making a false accusation.
Your false accusation does not make me good, and my being bad in a different way does not make your accusation true.


I never agreed to the accusation. But the NHS paying any additional cash for the same drugs is just bad. Well, not for certain groups...
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Purgatio
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Postby Purgatio » Thu Dec 12, 2019 5:36 pm

Nakena wrote:
Purgatio wrote:
I mean, I'm willing to admit that could be it. Like I said, its not rational, I just like the idea of an Oxford graduate being PM over a non-Oxford graduate, and if its a contest between the two, like this one, I'll generally lean to the former, all else being equal at least. I don't know if its aristocratic per se though, you generally can't inherit an Oxford admission.


Aristocracy is defined by the spirit more than by blood alone (though some traits are certainly inherited and can pass through the generations), and it cannot by gained merely attending a specific School or. And above all noblesse does oblige. It comes with responsibility, not with conceit or entitlement.


I mean, I agree with you, not sure why you're addressing the point to me though since I'm not the one arguing that being an Oxford graduate is an aristocracy, so I'm definitely not the one who disagrees with you on this.
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Thanatttynia
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Postby Thanatttynia » Thu Dec 12, 2019 5:36 pm

Liriena wrote:
Purgatio wrote:
Idk man, I just associate being a Prime Minister with a certain degree of poise, elegance, and class. The kind of class and background that an Oxford graduate can be expected to have. A non-Oxford graduate being PM just rubs me the wrong way, for some reason. Can't really explain it, its more of a feeling.

Sounds like a yearning for aristocratic aesthetics in government with extra steps?

Human nature returning to the fore. Aristocracy is natural, people like it

Agarntrop wrote:
Thanatttynia wrote:Just as they talk about it on the BBC we shouldn't forget how fucking catastrophic Jo Swinson's campaign has been. Worse than Theresa May in 2017?

> I'll be PM
> gets 13 seats

Just pathetic. Don't want to pull out the misogynistic tropes but if there was ever a bossy, shrill person she typified that. And a half-day the day of the election? Bizarre
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Postby Crysuko » Thu Dec 12, 2019 5:37 pm

i'm gonna go to the shops, you guys want anything
Quotes:
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Kelinfort wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:A terrorist attack on a disabled center doesn't make a lot of sense, unless to show no one is safe.

This will take some time to figure out, i am afraid.

"No one is safe, not even your most vulnerable and insecure!"

Cesopium wrote:Welp let's hope armies of 10 million don't just roam around and Soviet their way through everything.

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Purgatio
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Postby Purgatio » Thu Dec 12, 2019 5:37 pm

Ifreann wrote:
Purgatio wrote:
Hey, at least I'm being honest here.

That doesn't make it any less funny.


Mm, that's fair.
Purgatio is an absolutist hereditary monarchy run as a one-party fascist dictatorship, which seized power in a sudden and abrupt coup d'état of 1987-1988, on an authoritarian eugenic and socially Darwinistic political philosophy and ideology, now ruled and dominated with a brutal iron fist under the watchful reign of Le Grand Roi Chalon-Arlay de la Fayette and La Grande Reine Geneviève de la Fayette (née Aumont) (i.e., the 'Founding Couple' or Le Couple Fondateur).

For a domestic Purgation 'propagandist' view of its role in the world, see: An Introduction to Purgatio.

And for a more 'objective' international perspective on Purgatio's history, culture, and politics, see: A Brief Overview of the History, Politics, and Culture of Le Royaume du Nettoyage de la Purgatio.

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Definitely Not Trumptonium
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Postby Definitely Not Trumptonium » Thu Dec 12, 2019 5:37 pm

It is absolutely imperative that John McDonnell is the next Labour Leader.

Only a swing further left can save Labour now.
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Postby Gormwood » Thu Dec 12, 2019 5:37 pm

Fartsniffage wrote:
Ifreann wrote:Class and Elegance are waiting back at his flat.


Paid for by the Leave Campaign.

And hanging out with Jennifer Arcuri.
Bloodthirsty savages who call for violence against the Right while simultaneously being unarmed defenseless sissies who will get slaughtered by the gun-toting Right in a civil war.
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Nakena
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Postby Nakena » Thu Dec 12, 2019 5:37 pm

Crysuko wrote:i'm gonna go to the shops, you guys want anything


Liquor? Might be a good night to get wasted for ya.

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Lower Nubia
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Postby Lower Nubia » Thu Dec 12, 2019 5:37 pm

Definitely Not Trumptonium wrote:It is absolutely imperative that John McDonnell is the next Labour Leader.

Only a swing further left can save Labour now.


No. We need an educated population first.
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  2. Socially Centre-Right
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Her Region of Africa
Her Overview (WIP)
"These are they who are made like to God as far as possible, of their own free will, and by God's indwelling, and by His abiding grace. They are truly called gods, not by nature, but by participation; just as red-hot iron is called fire, not by nature, but by participation in the fire's action."
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Fartsniffage
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Postby Fartsniffage » Thu Dec 12, 2019 5:38 pm

Crysuko wrote:i'm gonna go to the shops, you guys want anything


Alcohol. And a Labour government.

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Loben The 2nd
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Postby Loben The 2nd » Thu Dec 12, 2019 5:38 pm

Definitely Not Trumptonium wrote:It is absolutely imperative that John McDonnell is the next Labour Leader.

Only a swing further left can save Labour now.


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Postby The New California Republic » Thu Dec 12, 2019 5:38 pm

Crysuko wrote:i'm gonna go to the shops, you guys want anything

I've had coffee, I'm fine.
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Postby Gormwood » Thu Dec 12, 2019 5:38 pm

Definitely Not Trumptonium wrote:It is absolutely imperative that John McDonnell is the next Labour Leader.

Only a swing further left can save Labour now.

You can stop pretending to be concerned for the well being of Labour.
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Postby Purgatio » Thu Dec 12, 2019 5:39 pm

Definitely Not Trumptonium wrote:It is absolutely imperative that John McDonnell is the next Labour Leader.

Only a swing further left can save Labour now.


Isn't that the guy who, after Grenfell, literally suggested that the State should just arbitrarily seize people's homes to house the survivors?
Purgatio is an absolutist hereditary monarchy run as a one-party fascist dictatorship, which seized power in a sudden and abrupt coup d'état of 1987-1988, on an authoritarian eugenic and socially Darwinistic political philosophy and ideology, now ruled and dominated with a brutal iron fist under the watchful reign of Le Grand Roi Chalon-Arlay de la Fayette and La Grande Reine Geneviève de la Fayette (née Aumont) (i.e., the 'Founding Couple' or Le Couple Fondateur).

For a domestic Purgation 'propagandist' view of its role in the world, see: An Introduction to Purgatio.

And for a more 'objective' international perspective on Purgatio's history, culture, and politics, see: A Brief Overview of the History, Politics, and Culture of Le Royaume du Nettoyage de la Purgatio.

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Postby Liriena » Thu Dec 12, 2019 5:39 pm

Definitely Not Trumptonium wrote:It is absolutely imperative that John McDonnell is the next Labour Leader.

Only a swing further left can save Labour now.

Don't threaten me with a good time.
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Postby San Lumen » Thu Dec 12, 2019 5:39 pm

How likely is a no deal Brexit at this point?

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Postby Definitely Not Trumptonium » Thu Dec 12, 2019 5:40 pm

Lower Nubia wrote:
Definitely Not Trumptonium wrote:It is absolutely imperative that John McDonnell is the next Labour Leader.

Only a swing further left can save Labour now.


No. We need an educated population first.


If the populace doesn't agree with my views, we need to put them in re-education camps.
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Postby Lower Nubia » Thu Dec 12, 2019 5:40 pm

Purgatio wrote:
Definitely Not Trumptonium wrote:It is absolutely imperative that John McDonnell is the next Labour Leader.

Only a swing further left can save Labour now.


Isn't that the guy who, after Grenfell, literally suggested that the State should just arbitrarily seize people's homes to house the survivors?


Empty homes.
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  2. Socially Centre-Right
  3. Third Way Neoliberal
  4. Asperger
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  5. Graduated
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Her Region of Africa
Her Overview (WIP)
"These are they who are made like to God as far as possible, of their own free will, and by God's indwelling, and by His abiding grace. They are truly called gods, not by nature, but by participation; just as red-hot iron is called fire, not by nature, but by participation in the fire's action."
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Postby Lower Nubia » Thu Dec 12, 2019 5:40 pm

Definitely Not Trumptonium wrote:
Lower Nubia wrote:
No. We need an educated population first.


If the populace doesn't agree with my views, we need to put them in re-education camps.


Fuck off.
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    Anglican
  2. Socially Centre-Right
  3. Third Way Neoliberal
  4. Asperger
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  5. Graduated
    in Biochemistry
Her Region of Africa
Her Overview (WIP)
"These are they who are made like to God as far as possible, of their own free will, and by God's indwelling, and by His abiding grace. They are truly called gods, not by nature, but by participation; just as red-hot iron is called fire, not by nature, but by participation in the fire's action."
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Postby Definitely Not Trumptonium » Thu Dec 12, 2019 5:40 pm

Purgatio wrote:
Definitely Not Trumptonium wrote:It is absolutely imperative that John McDonnell is the next Labour Leader.

Only a swing further left can save Labour now.


Isn't that the guy who, after Grenfell, literally suggested that the State should just arbitrarily seize people's homes to house the survivors?


Yeah
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Postby Salandriagado » Thu Dec 12, 2019 5:40 pm

Novus America wrote:
Salandriagado wrote:
Yes, the Tory's policy has, for the last decade, been to drive the NHS into ever more financial troubles until they can justify dismantling it somewhere down the line. We all know this already.


Sure they are not running it well, but that is different than selling it.


No, they're intentionally running it badly in order to destroy it.
Cosara wrote:
Anachronous Rex wrote:Good thing most a majority of people aren't so small-minded, and frightened of other's sexuality.

Over 40% (including me), are, so I fixed the post for accuracy.

Vilatania wrote:
Salandriagado wrote:
Notice that the link is to the notes from a university course on probability. You clearly have nothing beyond the most absurdly simplistic understanding of the subject.
By choosing 1, you no longer have 0 probability of choosing 1. End of subject.

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Postby Definitely Not Trumptonium » Thu Dec 12, 2019 5:40 pm

Lower Nubia wrote:
Definitely Not Trumptonium wrote:
If the populace doesn't agree with my views, we need to put them in re-education camps.


Fuck off.


Isn't this what you said?
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Postby Liriena » Thu Dec 12, 2019 5:40 pm

Fartsniffage wrote:
Crysuko wrote:i'm gonna go to the shops, you guys want anything


Alcohol. And a Labour government.

Fuck alcohol. I demand legal marijuana and free munchies.
be gay do crime


I am:
A pansexual, pantheist, green socialist
An aspiring writer and journalist
Political compass stuff:
Economic Left/Right: -8.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.92
For: Grassroots democracy, workers' self-management, humanitarianism, pacifism, pluralism, environmentalism, interculturalism, indigenous rights, minority rights, LGBT+ rights, feminism, optimism
Against: Nationalism, authoritarianism, fascism, conservatism, populism, violence, ethnocentrism, racism, sexism, religious bigotry, anti-LGBT+ bigotry, death penalty, neoliberalism, tribalism,
cynicism


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Postby Definitely Not Trumptonium » Thu Dec 12, 2019 5:41 pm

San Lumen wrote:How likely is a no deal Brexit at this point?


no more likely than before the election
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