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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:01 PM Original message |
Breaking News: British Exit Poll predicts Labour Win by 66 seats |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. Okay, that's a lot fewer than the 120 predicted, right? |
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grytpype (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. A lot lower. |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Excellent |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Whose faced gets slapped by giving 40 seats to Tories and 3 to LibDems? |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
45. So, what's your take on it? |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:21 PM Response to Reply #45 |
59. My take on it: |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:35 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. Okay, I'm having a problem understanding this |
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DrDebug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:38 PM Response to Reply #65 |
70. May I add a little point in your defense |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 06:00 PM Response to Reply #65 |
74. We had massive protests in the US too, and when it came down to it... |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 06:15 PM Response to Reply #74 |
85. The polls on the invasion of IraqNam |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 06:22 PM Response to Reply #85 |
87. By November 2004, most Americans thought it was a mistake and they |
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sonicx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 06:24 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. Bush got an increase in Congress. Blair will get a decrease in parliment |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 06:28 PM Response to Reply #88 |
91. Because NOBODY is on the side of progressives. The media doesn't like |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 07:06 PM Response to Reply #87 |
102. By a small margin in 11/04.....not so in Britain |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 07:15 PM Response to Reply #102 |
104. The bankers come behind the oil companies (bush is an oil man) |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 07:25 PM Response to Reply #104 |
112. I know that what I am saying goes against DU orthodoxy |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 07:33 PM Response to Reply #112 |
113. So record oil co profits have been a coincidence? Just because Bush wasn't |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 07:40 PM Response to Reply #113 |
117. As I say |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 08:00 PM Response to Reply #117 |
122. Bush represents the interests of oil and oil service companies. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 10:09 PM Response to Reply #122 |
153. I think you have part of this backward |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 06:30 PM Response to Reply #65 |
92. Let me add this . . . |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 06:45 PM Response to Reply #92 |
96. Leadership involves both leading and following. |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 07:11 PM Response to Reply #96 |
103. Then Blair should have told the British people the truth |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 07:19 PM Response to Reply #103 |
107. Have you considered that resisting... |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 07:22 PM Response to Reply #107 |
108. Does that post need editing? |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 07:25 PM Response to Reply #108 |
111. Just heard last week that Iran is the UK's number one or two trading... |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 07:35 PM Response to Reply #107 |
114. Except it is not working |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 07:18 PM Response to Reply #96 |
106. Ah, but his gamble did not pay off, did it? |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 07:24 PM Response to Reply #106 |
110. I really don't think you understand what I'm saying. |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 07:35 PM Response to Reply #110 |
115. If the idea was to calm the middle east |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 07:43 PM Response to Reply #115 |
119. "the neo-cons...are not noted for their geo-political prowess." Oh really? |
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Kenneth ken (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 09:00 PM Response to Reply #119 |
137. allow me to jump in here with a question |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 09:04 PM Response to Reply #137 |
139. that's what i've been wondering |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 09:13 PM Response to Reply #137 |
143. Here's how: |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 09:45 PM Response to Reply #143 |
147. Texas is not where the oligarchs are |
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Kenneth ken (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 09:46 PM Response to Reply #143 |
148. mmm well, okay |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 09:59 PM Response to Reply #148 |
150. Oppostion to Bush wouldn't have stopped Bush. |
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Kenneth ken (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 10:06 PM Response to Reply #150 |
152. I'll disagree and leave it at that |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 07:51 PM Response to Reply #110 |
121. This is where we differ |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 08:10 PM Response to Reply #121 |
126. I'm with you on the first two paragraphs... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 07:39 PM Response to Reply #92 |
116. Then why not Lib Dems??? |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 07:42 PM Response to Reply #116 |
118. There is that racial issue of 'uncontrolled immigration' |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 08:57 PM Response to Reply #118 |
136. Just for kicks |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 09:05 PM Response to Reply #136 |
140. I'm not in Britain |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 08:00 PM Response to Reply #116 |
123. The Lib Dems seem to have won 4% more votes than in 2001 |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 08:55 PM Response to Reply #123 |
135. Oh I see |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 09:33 PM Response to Reply #135 |
144. Think of British elections as like congressional elections |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 09:41 PM Response to Reply #144 |
145. I get that |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 10:01 PM Response to Reply #145 |
151. Once again, there was no big move to the Tories |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 10:12 PM Response to Reply #151 |
154. #135 |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 10:48 PM Response to Reply #154 |
158. According to the British Forum thread, BBC is projecting a 10 st LD gain |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 08:07 PM Response to Reply #59 |
124. I'm sorry, I cannot fucking BELIEVE I read these words from you. |
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TolstoyAndy (493 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 08:12 PM Response to Reply #59 |
127. Iraq and terrorism are not related |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 08:35 PM Response to Reply #59 |
133. The significant problem I have with your post |
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moggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 09:13 PM Response to Reply #59 |
142. Let's see whether I've understood you |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
56. Answer: a certain flea-bitten poodle |
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grytpype (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
57. I think it's a function of turnout. |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:20 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. BBC just said there was a record turn out |
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grytpype (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:24 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. I should have said "turnout of Labor voters" |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:37 PM Response to Reply #61 |
68. Why would they not turn out? |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 06:39 PM Response to Reply #68 |
95. Yes, and I think that's really what happened |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 08:32 PM Response to Reply #95 |
131. Yes, I'm seeing that on the BBC talkathon thing, right now |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. Blair will be gone sooner rather than later, thankfully |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. Last one I saw was 80 seats which was low. Hope they're humiliated. |
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Anarcho-Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's good news |
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Henny Penny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
4. sorry to dupe you. |
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sonicx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. a mod will do it. |
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Pithy Cherub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
6. Brits to Blair: We already have a monarch. You are replaceable - See! |
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1956 (314 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. well we all know how good the "polls" are! |
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Anarcho-Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. It's a paper ballot, don't worry n/t |
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Pithy Cherub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Ah but Blair is horribly weakened |
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Anarcho-Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. The Labour MPs who are due to lose their seats are predominantly |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
7. Poll Details |
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sonicx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. ack, tories did too good. |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Nobody should be surprised if Tories pick up over 40 seats and LDs only 3 |
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communerd (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. they're doing about the same as last time in terms of vote share |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
13. My dream is that Blair gets 1.5 years as PM with a good Dem in the WH. |
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Synnical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. BBC5 - Streaming Radio |
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GreenArrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. my dream is that Blair gets frog marched to the Tower |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:06 PM Response to Reply #26 |
52. Whatever. |
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GreenArrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:37 PM Response to Reply #52 |
67. whatever, "whatever" |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 06:05 PM Response to Reply #67 |
82. He's probably a better politician than Clinton. |
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GreenArrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 09:09 PM Response to Reply #82 |
141. I don't dispute his political ability |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
18. So, is Blair finished as PM? |
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DrDebug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:45 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. It's mostlikely 5 more wars eh. years n/t |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:47 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. unbelievable...especially with that leaked memo?!?! |
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dolstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Nope -- Blair made history tonight |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:01 PM Response to Reply #23 |
48. Hmm...(nt) |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 08:09 PM Response to Reply #48 |
125. Two words: supported Lieberman. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:02 PM Response to Reply #23 |
49. Oh my! |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:05 PM Response to Reply #23 |
51. You say "socialist roots" |
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communerd (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
21. this would be a very good result |
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Henny Penny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
27. bbc exit poll gives Lab majority of 66 |
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BamaLefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:57 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Blair Win? |
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Henny Penny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:57 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. yes if he keeps his seat! |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:57 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. He was expected to |
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okieinpain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:57 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. yeah, get ready for it. bushies will swear this is a direct result of |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:57 PM Response to Reply #28 |
40. the brits didn't have much choice |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:57 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Link the BBC results page |
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yvr girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:57 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. CNN's analysis is such crap |
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Anarcho-Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:57 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. It is significant because a lot of the Labour MPs due to lose |
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yvr girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:57 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. I'm not saying it isn't significant |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:57 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. I'll be very happy with a chastened Labour |
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DrDebug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:57 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. Exit poll suggests Labour victory |
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Pharaoh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:57 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. exit polls in UK and ukraine |
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DrDebug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:57 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. The US exit poll was very good |
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montanacowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:57 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. Exit Polls? |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:57 PM Response to Reply #27 |
41. 66 will be spun as a major defeat! |
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non sociopath skin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:57 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. And so far the main beneficiaries are the racist, Neocon pro-warTories. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 08:13 PM Response to Reply #44 |
128. See #56. This is not all Tory gains. |
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Henny Penny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:57 PM Response to Reply #27 |
43. chris mullins gets just 17900 |
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ikri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:03 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. Wouldn't base much on that result |
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Henny Penny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:25 PM Response to Reply #50 |
62. yes it is a very safe labour seat, |
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DrDebug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:30 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Sunderland North 5.1% from LAB to CON |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
46. exit polls |
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DrDebug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
47. First result |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:12 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. Lower count for Labour than the Exit Poll suggested |
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redsoxliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:16 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. yep... and higher for lib dems! :D |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:17 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Yep, I heard that, too! |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:22 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. Told ya so!!! |
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sonicx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
63. Sunderland North Results |
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communerd (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:36 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. DOUBLE the swing to Tories suggested by exit poll!! |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:43 PM Response to Reply #66 |
71. Or: swing of 5.5% from Labour to Lib Dems |
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sonicx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
69. Houghton & Washington East results |
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non sociopath skin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:50 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. If the pattern is repeated you got a Neocon UK ... |
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sonicx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:58 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. It's a safe seat. it seems to me that protest votes are more likely there |
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sonicx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
75. Rutherglen & Hamilton West result |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
76. Blair won the last election with 161 seats over the minimum |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
77. Tories expect to gain 50 more MPs |
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Henny Penny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 06:04 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. he's not smiling! |
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understandinglife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 06:04 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. So, when do you think Blair hands the leadership to Mr Brown? |
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Obviousman (927 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 06:04 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. things are too up in the air to make sense of anything yet |
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non sociopath skin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 06:08 PM Response to Reply #80 |
83. But if this is replicated, as it seems it will be, in marginal seats ... |
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sonicx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 06:12 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. All we have so far are safe seat results |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 06:04 PM Response to Reply #77 |
81. If the exit polls are relatively accurate... |
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sonicx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
86. Barnsley Central is a Labour hold |
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Henny Penny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 06:27 PM Response to Reply #86 |
90. all the early declarations.. |
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sonicx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
89. Labour holds Rotherham |
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Henny Penny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
93. Tories have gained Putney. |
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sonicx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 06:36 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. 6.5% from LAB to CON |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 06:48 PM Response to Reply #93 |
97. Green and LibDem swing gives seat to Tories. |
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non sociopath skin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 06:59 PM Response to Reply #97 |
100. We're likely to see a lot of that tonight. |
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sonicx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
98. a few more safers in, tally is 18 LAB , 1 CON |
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sonicx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
99. 26 LAB, 2 LD, 1 CON |
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non sociopath skin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
101. Join the official UK Election Strand upstairs at .... |
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brettdale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
105. BBC world- Blair to only win by 30-50 seats |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 08:36 PM Response to Reply #105 |
134. Wow.....The poodle is getting a shave tonight |
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Henny Penny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
109. Tories take Ilford |
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Henny Penny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
120. "5 times a night for amnesty"???? |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
129. BBC One now estimates Labour's majority will be 76 |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 08:27 PM Response to Reply #129 |
130. i've been watching for about 2 hours now |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
132. Hey Galloway just won, thats a big victory for him |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
138. BBC Online: 352 seats declared at 7 pm PDT |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
146. Who the hell here remembers Blair at Camp David in 2001? |
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cal04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
149. Labour in no mood to party |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
155. Labour has earned the right to form the next government |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 10:38 PM Response to Reply #155 |
156. George Galloway just kicked blair in the ass and accused labour |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
157. Ok...I don't understand their politics...am I supposed to be happy to see |
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Anarcho-Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 10:51 PM Response to Reply #157 |
159. Labour are to the left of the U.S. Democratic Party |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 11:02 PM Response to Reply #159 |
160. Alrightie then going to celebrate! |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
161. Polly Toynbee (Guardian Utd): Tony Blair alone bears the blame |
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