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Discussion in 'Hull City' started by Chazz Rheinhold, Jul 3, 2024 at 4:33 PM.

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Winner?

  1. Labour

  2. Tory

  3. Lib Dem

  4. Reform

  5. Green

  6. The rest

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  1. highpeak tiger

    highpeak tiger Well-Known Member

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    Thank God that's over.
    "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss"
     
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  2. Heimdallr

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    Who the **** is voting for Gavin Williamson ... The guy got sacked from a middle management role for a pottery company and embarrassed himself in the media spotlight 'taking on' Russia/Putin. The Labour or Reform candidate can't be worse...
     
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  3. steverico

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    Only the Liberals want it, the Tories don’t want it either, that’s why they kept moving the boundaries to try squeeze more gates away from Labour like North and West Hull
     
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  4. Cityzen

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    Hitler was not pro capitalist, he thought capitalism was a Jewish concept. He used capitalists for his own ends but there was state control of virtually everything. Goebbels was far left in his early days.
     
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  5. steverico

    steverico Well-Known Member

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    Because of the unexpected rise in the Reform vote
     
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  6. Cityzen

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    Boundary changes around Bransholme helped Labour years ago.
     
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  7. Off The Line

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    I agree, they've taken votes from both sides.
     
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  8. steverico

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    Was you ****ing over Graham Stuart getting back in?
     
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  9. Mckechnie Orange

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    Basically, it's like this. When fptp splits the vote on the left as has happened for decades, they campaign to keep it.

    When a party comes along and splits the vote on the right, it's unfair and they want rid of it.
     
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  10. Cityzen

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    UKIP got as many, 4 million, but he Tories still got over 40%. This election is not a case of people wanting Starmer but one of them not wanting the Tories whoever is in charge of them.
     
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    Agree, it is quite an achievement from a standing start, so little time and funding, and smear campaign after smear campaign.
    BUT so disappointing and plain wrong that 14/15% of the vote equates to only 4 seats (less than 1%).

    -> She (P Maudant) was about the only front runner who came across as a human being, it's a shame she lost her seat.

    Not only that, but also a capable politician and likely a capable leader. It is a shame imo. Their disaster continues! No idea who will be next leader once the (surely) inevitable happens later this morning.
     
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  12. Plum

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    If this is true and it’s Graham Stuart he’s lost his money :emoticon-0102-bigsm:emoticon-0102-bigsm:emoticon-0102-bigsm
     
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  13. Ernie Shackleton

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    The Tory implosion left a lot of their disillusioned supporters frantically searching for a single election alternative across the whole country. Reform, who are a single focus protest party, struck lucky and picked up those votes. Apart from a couple of impoverished seaside constituencies, their reactionary nonsense was simply not well enough supported to win seats, so consequently the 4 seats they did win merely reflects the support they garnered.

    Interestingly, 4 seats also went to single issue protest candidates who will stand as Independents in areas where concerns about the ruling party's stance on Gaza proved decisive.

    Maybe the grifters and the anti-Semitic bigots could form an alliance and double their influence?
     
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  14. Cityzen

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    Who? Were you ****ing over Diane Johnson and Emma Hardy? Dreams of a threesome after discussing getting your pothole fixed?
     
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    Objectively not true.
     
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  16. Cityzen

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    Anti semitic bigots? Off The Line will be accusing you of dehumanising Muslims. An, ironically considering anti semitism, accusing you of being a Nazi.
     
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  17. Gone For A Walk

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    -> Because of the unexpected rise in the Reform vote
    I agree, they've taken votes from both sides.

    ... and the startling rise of Lib Dems. 70odd seats! Can't understand that one.
     
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  18. Cityzen

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    Try reading his statements on the subject.
     
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    I have but I’d rather read about their economic policies once in power which were capitalist.
     
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