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AND HERE WE GO - THE 2019 GENERAL ELECTION THREAD

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harpo_72 said:
Christ alive, that's a lot of trees ! But it would keep a lot of people busy and that would mean higher employment ;).. But seriously where would they all go ?
I think people are confused as to how much a billion is and just spraying the term round without thinking
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Not sure if I read it on here or somewhere else but an illustration of just how big a billion is.........

1 million seconds = 11 + 1/2 days
1 billion seconds = 31 + 3/4 years

or to put it another way, 1 million seconds ago was 17th November this year, 1 billion seconds ago was 1988.

I guess that also illustrates how wealthy billionaires are compared to millionaires - maybe we could ask them to pay a bit more tax. :eek:
 
chrisd said:
Miserable for you maybe, but a Parliament than can get things done at last, yes including Brexit for me, but a properly working Government not being manipulated by odd coalitions.
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Team tory have had three long years to "to get Brexit done" and have totally failed to deliver... All down to their own total incompetence... Believe any deal Boris delivers will be merely a smoke 'n mirror one...
 
patricks148 said:
labours funding mainly comes from its members 550,000 more than double that of the Conservatives and from an subs alone 16M i think the unions is around 5 or 6 Mil... its the members who select a leader.. he was elected by the members they wanted a more left wing candidate i'm told by my sorce;)
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Knock out the union contribution and then hopefully those who wanted someone more left will get the message to turn it it down a bit :).
But that will mean the whole country will still be destroyed and the cost of medicine will have gone through the roof, by the time they ever get near no.10.
 
ColchesterFC said:
Not sure if I read it on here or somewhere else but an illustration of just how big a billion is.........

1 million seconds = 11 + 1/2 days
1 billion seconds = 31 + 3/4 years

or to put it another way, 1 million seconds ago was 17th November this year, 1 billion seconds ago was 1988.

I guess that also illustrates how wealthy billionaires are compared to millionaires - maybe we could ask them to pay a bit more tax. :eek:
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Yes I had seen that analogy somewhere .. but I think there is 2 versions 1 billion = 100 million and the other was 1 billion = 1000 million .. so there is an element of confusion
 
harpo_72 said:
Yes I had seen that analogy somewhere .. but I think there is 2 versions 1 billion = 100 million and the other was 1 billion = 1000 million .. so there is an element of confusion
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My figures were based on 1 billion = 1000 million. 6 zeroes in a million and 9 zeroes in a billion. And I'm right.

Whoever did the calculation based on 1 billion = 100 million is an incompetent fool. 100 million = 100 million ≠ 1 billion. (y)
 
ColchesterFC said:
Can you just clarify the bit in bold. Do you mean pro Brexit and pro Independence supporters? That seems a strange combination for people to have as they favour Brexit but also favour Independence which (going by SNP plans) would then see them rejoin the EU. I'm a bit confused by that.
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Not all pro-independence folks support the SNP. There are some folks who want Scotland to be independent and also not in the EU.
 
MegaSteve said:
Team tory have had three long years to "to get Brexit done" and have totally failed to deliver... All down to their own total incompetence... Believe any deal Boris delivers will be merely a smoke 'n mirror one...
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You're entitled to your opinion Steve but I fail to see how it is accurate
 
harpo_72 said:
Knock out the union contribution and then hopefully those who wanted someone more left will get the message to turn it it down a bit :).
But that will mean the whole country will still be destroyed and the cost of medicine will have gone through the roof, by the time they ever get near no.10.
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from the Party members i'v spoken too, they all wanted a change from the Blairite center right... i thinks its the main difference in the two parties, Labour members wanted somone to make a change rather than a populist just to appeal to the masses.
 
chrisd said:
You're entitled to your opinion Steve but I fail to see how it is accurate
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most of the current Cab even voted against Tm deal which looked better than the one Boris seems to think is a great Triumph. if the Tory MP had voted for her deal we would have been out by now... Boris himself voted against it, so he wasn't interested in "getting Brexit Done" then was he?
 
pauldj42 said:
That poll shows what would happen if the GE had been yesterday, still 2 weeks to go and the tory liar-in-chief will hopefully be found out.
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...and of the 2.8m newly registered voters since the election called...I wonder how many are young people and also how many support Leave but did not vote in the European Election.
 
Old Skier said:
Another balanced post. What would you prefer.
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Why do you expect balance when I consider the prospect of a Tory government miserable. I would prefer almost anything other than a Tory government but that isn't going to happen.

Actually - I would be less depressed were it a Tory government with a leader NOT Johnson. He is quite unfit for the position of PM - he can't even be trusted by his party to be put under scrutiny by AN.
 
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SwingsitlikeHogan said:
...and of the 2.8m newly registered voters since the election called...I wonder how many are young people and also how many support Leave but did not vote in the European Election.
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They could all be tory leave voters, no point speculating.
Just like we were told to ignore the polls, but not this one as this was the most accurate last time.
 
pauldj42 said:
They could all be tory leave voters, no point speculating.
Just like we were told to ignore the polls, but not this one as this was the most accurate last time.
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I know they could all be anything. I was just wondering. though I did hear a number of something like 450,000 young people registered. Not sure if that's since the election called or in the last few days.
 
harpo_72 said:
Don't think it's enough .. the problem lies in the close ties with the unions and the way they work.
I don't mind a union, but for some reason pragmatism has disappeared and they are quite militant or easy to offend.
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It definitely isn't enough but it's a step in the right direction.
 
harpo_72 said:
Will be impeached by then or on the run !
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Wrong thread for that, but for what it's worth he will not be removed from office via impeachment. You heard it here first...

And I'm sure as he's here for a NATO summit he won't make any comment on the UK general election campaign :)
 
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