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humanbeingincroydon said:
Lincoln got re-elected during the Civil War, while Woodrow Wilson got re-elected during WWI

Given a significant number of his cultists are still claiming "It's just the common cold" that gives even more reason to look forward to Nancy Pelosi being sworn in as the first female POTUS is he tries to cancel the election
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I think that PowerSpurs worked out yesterday that it ends up being Patrick Leahy, as he's the longest serving Democrat.
****er served under Gerald Ford. Been around a looooong time.
 
Because my faith in Keir Starmer hasn't reached rock bottom already, the dickhead then goes and stuffs Kate Hoey, Frank Field, Ian Austin, John Woodcock and Gisela Stuart into the House of Lords

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humanbeingincroydon said:
I don't know when middle class white blokes tweeting selfies of themselves not wearing a mask in Waitrose became England's national sport...but it's still a vast improvement on cricket
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After all this time, during which I've admired and respected the quality of your posts, both football- and politics-related, you go and make a comment like that! I am really shocked and hugely disappointed! I'll just have to try to believe that this never happened.......! :emoticon-0145-shake :emoticon-0104-surpr :emoticon-0121-angry :emoticon-0141-whew: :headbang: :emoticon-0153-broke
 
Reminds me of my Wednesdays off when,on occasions,I'd go to Lord's and sit with the other 32 Middlesex fans trying hard not to go to sleep!
 
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PleaseNotPoll said:
I think that PowerSpurs worked out yesterday that it ends up being Patrick Leahy, as he's the longest serving Democrat.
****er served under Gerald Ford. Been around a looooong time.
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Assuming there is no election at all. It would be Leahy if the Democrats stuck to the convention of electing the longest serving Member on their side as President Pro Tempore of the Senate. But they could actually choose whichever Senator would make the best Potus. The President Pro Tempore presides over the Senate only when the Vpotus is absent so it is largely an honorary role. One unknown factor is whether state Governors could nominate Senators to fill the spots left vacant by the absence of the election. If so the Republicans might retain their majority and end up nominating their choice of Senator. Pence would have the casting vote as he would still be Vpotus when the Senate first convened.
 
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PowerSpurs said:
He didn't. They were all Johnson's choices I think.
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By process of elimination Starmer is the only one who could have put them forwards: De Pfeffel pushed through the likes of Ken Clarke, Ruth Davidson, Philip Hammond, Ed Vaizey and, oh yeah, his own brother among others, while Jeremy Corbyn was pushing for John Bercow, Tom Watson and Karie Murphy - none of whom who got on the list. What also stands out is that there's only two Labour nominations, Katy Clark and Bryn Davies

What stands out is that each of Field, Hoey, Austin, Stuart and Woodcock are listed as non-affiliated, as Hoey was deselected during the last session (approximately a decade too late...), Field resigned before his deselection was made official (approximately two decades to late...), Stuart resigned before an election, Woodcock ****ed off to join The Independent Change Group For Change Now Independents UK Change UK Change PLC, while Austin resigned expecting to be given an offer to join TIGCGFCNIUKCUKCPLC but it never materialised
 
humanbeingincroydon said:
By process of elimination Starmer is the only one who could have put them forwards: De Pfeffel pushed through the likes of Ken Clarke, Ruth Davidson, Philip Hammond, Ed Vaizey and, oh yeah, his own brother among others, while Jeremy Corbyn was pushing for John Bercow, Tom Watson and Karie Murphy - none of whom who got on the list. What also stands out is that there's only two Labour nominations, Katy Clark and Bryn Davies

What stands out is that each of Field, Hoey, Austin, Stuart and Woodcock are listed as non-affiliated, as Hoey was deselected during the last session (approximately a decade too late...), Field resigned before his deselection was made official (approximately two decades to late...), Stuart resigned before an election, Woodcock ****ed off to join The Independent Change Group For Change Now Independents UK Change UK Change PLC, while Austin resigned expecting to be given an offer to join TIGCGFCNIUKCUKCPLC but it never materialised
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Since this was the Dissolution list I don't think Starmer got to nominate anyone as he wasn't Labour leader at the time. All those you mention were involved in the Vote Leave campaign I think so it is obvious who nominated them and why.
 
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Rachel Johnson on her own show on LBC today congratulated her brother jo on getting a peerage from his brother , this country is going down the ****ter so fast that we will not be able to breathe when Brexit kicks in
I really feel hopeless to prevent this ****storm on the horizon
 
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