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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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Postby Farnhamia » Thu Dec 12, 2019 6:39 pm

Lower Nubia wrote:
Greater vakolicci haven wrote:A comprehensive public healthcare system that is free at the point of access totally faile to find out wtf was wrong with my eye.


Do fuck off.

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Postby Thanatttynia » Thu Dec 12, 2019 6:39 pm

Ok this is just a piss take now. If the graphic is JUST a swingometer, why are you stood inside a shit green-screen Big Ben interior
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Postby The Huskar Social Union » Thu Dec 12, 2019 6:39 pm

Shrillland wrote:
The Huskar Social Union wrote:Lab hold jarrow


Wherever the fuck that is


It's up in the Northeast in the Tyne Valley.
Pasong Tirad wrote:
The Huskar Social Union wrote:Lab hold jarrow


Wherever the fuck that is

It's in Jarrow.
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The Huskar Social Union wrote:Lab hold jarrow


Wherever the fuck that is

Never heard of the Jarrow Crusade?
i have not
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Postby Forumland » Thu Dec 12, 2019 6:39 pm

The Huskar Social Union wrote:Lab hold jarrow


Wherever the fuck that is

yeah but are there any seat projections for Northern Ireland?
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Postby The Huskar Social Union » Thu Dec 12, 2019 6:40 pm

Christ NS on a phone is fucking shite
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Postby Thanatttynia » Thu Dec 12, 2019 6:40 pm

Ifreann wrote:THE SWINGOMETER

Fucking hell lads, the BBC has too much money.

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Postby Ifreann » Thu Dec 12, 2019 6:40 pm

Forumland wrote:
The Huskar Social Union wrote:Lab hold jarrow


Wherever the fuck that is

yeah but are there any seat projections for Northern Ireland?

No man of woman born can predict the results in Northern Ireland.
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Postby The Two Jerseys » Thu Dec 12, 2019 6:40 pm

Ifreann wrote:THE SWINGOMETER

Fucking hell lads, the BBC has too much money.

Better spend it now while the license fee is still a thing...
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Postby The New California Republic » Thu Dec 12, 2019 6:40 pm

The Huskar Social Union wrote:
The New California Republic wrote:Never heard of the Jarrow Crusade?

i have not

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarrow_March
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Postby Samadhi » Thu Dec 12, 2019 6:41 pm

The Huskar Social Union wrote:Christ NS on a phone is fucking shite


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Postby Ifreann » Thu Dec 12, 2019 6:41 pm

Thanatttynia wrote:
Ifreann wrote:THE SWINGOMETER

Fucking hell lads, the BBC has too much money.

Awful... the single cog (???) to his right recalls a ship wheel

It's driving me nuts.
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Postby The Huskar Social Union » Thu Dec 12, 2019 6:41 pm

Forumland wrote:
The Huskar Social Union wrote:Lab hold jarrow


Wherever the fuck that is

yeah but are there any seat projections for Northern Ireland?

No official ones but DUP might lose North and South Belfast, Alliance might take North Down.

Toss up between UUP and Sinn Fein in Fermanagh
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Postby Ifreann » Thu Dec 12, 2019 6:42 pm

The Two Jerseys wrote:
Ifreann wrote:THE SWINGOMETER

Fucking hell lads, the BBC has too much money.

Better spend it now while the license fee is still a thing...

You make a valid point.
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Postby An Alan Smithee Nation » Thu Dec 12, 2019 6:42 pm

The Huskar Social Union wrote:Lab hold jarrow


Wherever the fuck that is


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Postby Liriena » Thu Dec 12, 2019 6:42 pm

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Greater vakolicci haven wrote:Assault is always bad.


Not in defence of others.

Thought experiment: what if we criminalized the consequences of austerity policies, specially in public healthcare?

Thousands died because of your budget cuts? Congratulations, Mr Politician: you're a mass murderer.
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Postby Philjia » Thu Dec 12, 2019 6:42 pm

The Huskar Social Union wrote:Lab hold jarrow


Wherever the fuck that is

North East England. Labour had a 20% swing against them, which is a really bad result.
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Postby Austria-Bohemia-Hungary » Thu Dec 12, 2019 6:42 pm

Liriena wrote:
Ostroeuropa wrote:
Not in defence of others.

Thought experiment: what if we criminalized the consequences of austerity policies, specially in public healthcare?

Thousands died because of your budget cuts? Congratulations, Mr Politician: you're a mass murderer.

Hear hear.
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Postby South Odreria 2 » Thu Dec 12, 2019 6:43 pm

I'm predicting a labour majority.
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Postby The New California Republic » Thu Dec 12, 2019 6:44 pm

Philjia wrote:North East England. Labour had a 20% swing against them, which is a really bad result.

If Labour is having problems in the North then they really are fucked.
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Postby Gormwood » Thu Dec 12, 2019 6:44 pm

South Odreria 2 wrote:I'm predicting a labour majority.

Edgy.
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Postby Greater vakolicci haven » Thu Dec 12, 2019 6:44 pm

South Odreria 2 wrote:I'm predicting a labour majority.

Do you own a tv with bbc on it?
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Postby Thanatttynia » Thu Dec 12, 2019 6:44 pm

South Odreria 2 wrote:I'm predicting a labour majority.

Keep fighting the good fight
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Postby Taihei Tengoku » Thu Dec 12, 2019 6:44 pm

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