Does what it says on the tin.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
So far:
The swing is 'interesting'. I don't know what that means, but my brother is a politico (worked for various MPs. Sacked by most of them, but there you go..) and that is what he says.
Paxman is being Paxman. One day he will sneer himself to death.
FIGHT IN ROMFORD. ONE CANDIDATE HOSPITALISED. ELECTION IN DANGER OF BEING INTERESTING
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
Hi Roy. Are you going to stay up all night watching it, then?
[ 05.05.2005, 18:43: Message edited by: mart ]
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
Hello, Mart. Yep, I'm up for the duration. Are you joining me?
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
Well we don't have a telly, see, and we're in the States.
So "no", really. Sorry.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
More talking at the moment. I suppose I should tell you all how I voted, you know, make it personal.
I went for Lib Dem. I have voted Labour all of my life but this time...I just can't do it. It's the handling of Iraq, ID cards, tuition fees and Geoff Hoon.
Oh, and David Kelly.
And my brother being sacked.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
The catchphrase of the night amongst my friends who are with me is 'Well alright', said in Welsh accent. It's a tribute to Neil Kinnock's notorious sheffield rally in '92.
Some place in Scotland is returning. Labour again.
Score so far is Labour 4, Cons and Libs 0.
[ 05.05.2005, 18:59: Message edited by: Roy ]
Posted by Meg (Member # 444) on :
I'll join you for a while - will be up at least until the Battersea result is in - probably later.
I'm not holding my breath at the moment, I want to see some of the marginal results coming in - see if the Lab to Lib swing is as prevalent and what that does to the Tory seats.
I'm feeling all prickly and excited.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
If it's not a too personal question, how did you vote?
Posted by Meg (Member # 444) on :
I sent a wayward mark in the direction of the Greens. I think tactical voting is dangerous - it gets in the way of the issues and is misleading. The Lib Dems and Tories are going to walk away from tonight thinking that people love their policies, but in truth, it's just people 'sending a message' to TB. This pisses me off greatly.
We need someone to have the balls to take on electoral reform.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
muh! Gnuh UUH!!
[ 05.05.2005, 19:15: Message edited by: New Way Of Decay ]
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
George Galloway is ahead in Bethnal Green. How they know that, I don't know.
I read Galloway's book 'Not the only one', and I wasn't impressed. His wife (girlfriend?) was in the Times on Sunday saying that she's dumping him for his womanising. I would have thought she would dump him for having an affair with himself.
Posted by Meg (Member # 444) on :
Galloway's a tosspot.
Posted by Meg (Member # 444) on :
quote:Originally posted by New Way Of Decay: muh! Gnuh UUH!!
Come over here and say that!
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
quote:Originally posted by Meg: I sent a wayward mark in the direction of the Greens. I think tactical voting is dangerous - it gets in the way of the issues and is misleading. The Lib Dems and Tories are going to walk away from tonight thinking that people love their policies, but in truth, it's just people 'sending a message' to TB. This pisses me off greatly.
We need someone to have the balls to take on electoral reform.
I agree with you there. I find the whole Party Politics thing too black and white. Proportional (mong spelling) makes sense to me.
A nine percent swing. My brother said 'Fucking hell' so I'm assuming it is important.
Posted by Meg (Member # 444) on :
It's important if it's reflected in the marginals too.
PR is the way forward. Seriouslah.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
quote:Originally posted by Meg: It's important if it's reflected in the marginals too.
PR is the way forward. Seriouslah.
Why did you go for the Greens?
Posted by Meg (Member # 444) on :
Issues, like I said before.
Ok, so they aren't too good at putting forward a short, digestible manifesto, but their overall approach is far better. I'd quite like to see more decisions being made that takes in social and environmental concerns and not just economic ones. No major party is doing that in any real way.
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
The returning offither for Hull Wetht had a lithp. lol
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
Labour hold Hull west. So far, Cons and Libs have no seats.
What would happen if a one party won every seat? Surely we would then have a democratically elected single-party state. Is that allowed?
Just asked the 'expert', my brother. He said they could do anything they want. Some people pay him for that.
More people have turned up here. They are really pissed.
CONSERVATIVES HAVE TAKEN PUTNEY.
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
Fucking Putney!
Posted by Meg (Member # 444) on :
Putney's gone Tory, Labour, Labour, Tory - no?
Big swing for them there. Scary.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
A more reliable source, Andrew Marr on the beeb, says that the Putney result is very good news for the conversatives.
The conversation here is about the fact that Anna Ford used to be fit.
The attitude on the TV is one of 'Ladies and Gentlemen, we have ourselves an election'
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
quote:Originally posted by Meg: Putney's gone Tory, Labour, Labour, Tory - no?
Big swing for them there. Scary.
Meg and Mask, what you doing right now? Are you at home? Are you drinking a whiskey or a cup of hot chocolate?
I always imagine Mask is sharpening an axe.
Posted by Meg (Member # 444) on :
I am on the sofa, with laptop, currently wondering whether or not I should have a late night bowl of pasta to sustain me through the results.
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
I keep my axe dull...
I've been drinking Theakston's Old Peculier all night and I've still got a fridge full of the stuff. So, I'm going to be in a right fucking state. Very shortly.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
Go for it, Meg. Things are gettng interesting. Bob Marshall Andrews is about to lose his seat and he is one of the labour 'good guys'
He might cry.
Mask, I am about to crack open the Bushmills. Here's to ya.
[ 05.05.2005, 19:50: Message edited by: Roy ]
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
quote:Originally posted by Black Mask: So, I'm going to be in a right fucking state. Very shortly.
At least you can't chuck your remote at the telly if you don't like the election results.
[ 05.05.2005, 19:51: Message edited by: New Way Of Decay ]
Posted by Meg (Member # 444) on :
NWOD. You not on msn?
I think pasta may just be necessary soon. It's pretty much the only food I have in at the moment.
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
quote:Originally posted by Roy: Mask, I am about to crack open the Bushmills. Here's to ya.
I think I might blow the dust off the bottle of Scapa I've got tucked away in the kitchen...
Slainte.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
quote:Originally posted by Meg: NWOD. You not on msn?
I was in bed, some dappy girl messaged me acting wounded and rejected so I had to send a text via the internet to explain that I don't hate her, just love getting to sleep. Is the election going well? Are us oiks being smashed yet?
Posted by statist (Member # 806) on :
The current Lab(24), LD(2), Con(1) score would indicate that I don't have to worry too much about my fucked up assisted vote. Glad I got out of that one.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
This is awesome news. I'm looking forward to taking the piss out of VPs photograph on her ID card already. Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
Prescott has held his seat. I'm not sure if I like him or not. He did punch a farmer and christ knows we've all wanted to do that.
Prescott's speech was a tad triumphant. Someone here said 'You shouldn't buy the Rizlays before you buy the draw'. Twat.
Bob Marshall Andrews voted against the war, and he's lost his seat. He said the campaign against him was dirty.
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
quote:Originally posted by statist: The current Lab(24), LD(2), Con(1) score would indicate that I don't have to worry too much about my fucked up assisted vote. Glad I got out of that one.
Ahhh... that's what always happens, though. Isn't it. Then you pass out on the sofa at about 02:37, you come round in the bright-morning-room with the telly shouting, looking, mainly, like a fortnight-dead bush baby and the fucking Tories are standing outside No. 10 with their evil grins.
Posted by Physic (Member # 195) on :
Jesus you trying to give me nightmares BM? Though with a current 65-3-3-2 scoreline that nightmarish reality seems thankfully unlikely..I hope
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
Meg didn't listen to me. I am shit at ranting, these days.
I am alternating coffee and wine.
Posted by Meg (Member # 444) on :
Battersea might be going to a recount. Fucksticks.
Brown's acceptance speech sounded a little like a leadership contest, no?!
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
Gordon Brown, heir apparant, is talking. Fuck, he's dull. His wife looks nice, though.
There has been a distinct lack of sex in this labour government. David Blunkett is no Alan Clarke, is he?
They are going to Torbay.
Torbay is not ready.
How long can I keep this up?
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
Hazel Blears is back in. She stood me up once, so I hate the bitch.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
quote:Originally posted by Meg: Battersea might be going to a recount. Fucksticks.
Brown's acceptance speech sounded a little like a leadership contest, no?!
It did. He and Blair should wrestle for it. Live on Sky.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
quote:Originally posted by Louche: I am alternating coffee and wine.
Maybe you should spell it Luche.
Posted by Meg (Member # 444) on :
Parliamentary deathmatch!
What a fabulous idea.
Posted by Fionnula the Cooler (Member # 453) on :
Did I catch the end of Footballers' Wives by mistake or did ITV's election coverage begin with Richard Wilson sitting in a capsule of the London Eye and Joan Collins getting drunk with Clive Anderson at a party?
Also. Why is there a significant discrepancy of seats-won results between ITV and the BBC? Is ITV declaring seats won before they've been officially confirmed? I truly fucking hate ITV but I just. Can't. Stop. Watch. Ing.
Posted by London (Member # 29) on :
Labour hold Darlington. Ben will be happy.
A lack of sex in this government is a good thing. The Tories oozed sex - disgusting oranges'n'stockings, Edwina'n'John sex - and look where that got them.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
Jack Straw is up. He looks tense, like a shop dummy.
There is a man in wheelchair, which is nice.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
have concluded ITV are making it up as they go along. No other explanation. Either that or they've decided that they're omniscient.
Posted by Meg (Member # 444) on :
Hah, there goes Bandy and Scrawny - 4.6% increase in vote share, but Tooting's still Labour.
Posted by Fionnula the Cooler (Member # 453) on :
My MP's in a wheelchair. But she's not nice. Pro war. Pro ID cards. Proper little Blairite twit.
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
quote:Originally posted by Roy:
There is a man in wheelchair, which is nice.
He's a Green. Fancy. You think he'd have more important things on his mind, wouldn't you?
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
quote:Originally posted by Roy: Jack Straw is up. He looks tense, like a shop dummy.
Blackburn luidicrously hard to call - did he get it? Have option of either TV or internet, am divided between two.
Posted by Meg (Member # 444) on :
quote:Originally posted by Louche: Meg didn't listen to me. I am shit at ranting, these days.
I'm sorry Louche, go on, rant at me. You'll feel better. Have more alcohol, then rant rant rant. I think we need a rant on this thread.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
quote:Originally posted by Louche:
quote:Originally posted by Roy: Jack Straw is up. He looks tense, like a shop dummy.
Blackburn luidicrously hard to call - did he get it? Have option of either TV or internet, am divided between two.
Jack got it. I like him, only because he fell victim to that Shakey-hand man of international politics, Robert Mugabe.
I would vote for someone in a wheelchair if they did stunts.
Posted by Meg (Member # 444) on :
quote:Originally posted by Louche: - did he get it?
Yes, with heckled acceptance speech to boot.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
quote:Originally posted by Meg: I'm sorry Louche, go on, rant at me. You'll feel better. Have more alcohol, then rant rant rant. I think we need a rant on this thread.
After this week I am all ranted out and probably minus 50% of previous mates. Sorry.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
quote:Originally posted by Fionnula the Cooler: My MP's in a wheelchair. But she's not nice. Pro war.
Maybe they could strap twin link machine guns and Ben Hur wheel spikes to her spokes and wheel her onto the battlefield?
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
All BNP candidates look like contemptible *****, don't they? The rest are no bargain, either, but the BNP look like real lowlife, wife-beating, child-molesting, smarmy, tight-arsed wankers. Or am I imagining it?
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
Anyone want a drink?
Posted by Meg (Member # 444) on :
quote:Originally posted by Louche: After this week I am all ranted out and probably minus 50% of previous mates. Sorry.
I have tired eyes now. Must wait it out...
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
quote:Originally posted by Roy: , Robert Mugabe.
He caught out Prince Philip as well, didn't he?
He's a fucking master with a handshake.
Posted by Fionnula the Cooler (Member # 453) on :
quote:Originally posted by Black Mask: All BNP candidates look like contemptible *****, don't they? The rest are no bargain, either, but the BNP look like real lowlife, wife-beating, child-molesting, smarmy, tight-arsed wankers. Or am I imagining it?
I noticed that too Black Mask. The words 'they're', 'all', and 'chavs' came to my lips, but I suppressed them (don't worry) because I'm supposed to be a liberal.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
quote:Originally posted by Black Mask:
quote:Originally posted by Roy: , Robert Mugabe.
He caught out Prince Philip as well, didn't he?
He's a fucking master with a handshake.
AND he turned up UNINVITED to the Pope's funeral.
Balls of steel, man. Balls of steel.
Posted by Bamba (Member # 330) on :
quote:Originally posted by Meg: Fair enough. Bamba around? Anyone else feeling ranty?
And like some kind of cut price Candyman I appear. I'm here and watching but I'm far too fucking thick to do political ranting unfortunately.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
Couldn't you moan about taxes as a kind of tribute?
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
TORIES TAKE PETERBOROUGH
To be honest, they are welcome to it.
I'm feeling the whiskey now.
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
quote:Originally posted by Fionnula the Cooler: 'they're', 'all', and 'chavs'
It's undeniable that they'd look more comfortable in bogus Burberry caps and England shirts than they do in their court-appearance suits.
Posted by Meg (Member # 444) on :
quote:Originally posted by Bamba:
quote:Originally posted by Meg: Fair enough. Bamba around? Anyone else feeling ranty?
And like some kind of cut price Candyman I appear. I'm here and watching but I'm far too fucking thick to do political ranting unfortunately.
Give it a go, go on go on go on.
Looks like the Tories are going to get a fair few of these marginals. Goshness.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
lol! Fionnula! Didn't your mum once say the BNP seemed like a 'nice group of lads' as you tried to point out they were xenophobic scum or did I embelish this story to amuse myself when election time swung around?
Posted by London (Member # 29) on :
I'm enjoying this man talking to Thatcher like she's a retard...
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
Andrew Marr's a funny looking bloke, isn't he?
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
The lib dem guy on the beeb looks like Bill Murray
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
The lib dem guy on the beeb looks like Bill Murray
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
We be getting down with the stereo sound.
Posted by London (Member # 29) on :
TIME TO LAUGH AT KILROY-SILK!!!!!
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
Groundhog Day
Posted by Meg (Member # 444) on :
quote:Originally posted by Black Mask: Andrew Marr's a funny looking bloke, isn't he?
I heart Andrew Marr.
Getting tired now.
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
quote:Originally posted by London: TIME TO LAUGH AT KILROY-SILK!!!!!
I'd really like Kilroy to win his seat. Just on his own. So he'd have to keep Veritas afloat. He'd have the opportunity to take himself immensely seriously and bang on about the usual old balls and we could all continue to jeer and make wanking gestures in his general direction. He's a vital piece of the British political jigsaw. The Self-Aggrandising Delusional Twat.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
What's the plus one other on the BBC count? I have been refreshing Greater Manchester on the Graniad website....
Posted by Meg (Member # 444) on :
SNP?
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
Louche, it says Lab -3, Cons +3, Lib Dem -1, Others +1.
Is that any help?
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
I want to know what the othetr is!!!! Is it SNP?
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
I think the SNPs have two seats.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
Ah, yes, according to Meg the Green voter. Can I trust her, though?
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
I think so. I think the 'Others' should gang together.
Posted by Carter (Member # 426) on :
I wouldn't. She just old me on MSN she actually voted Veritas!
Posted by Bamba (Member # 330) on :
Plaid Cymru have held Hazel Blears apparently if that helps?
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
If plaid Cymru held Hazel Blears in chains that quite hurt her, I'm all in favour.
Posted by Bamba (Member # 330) on :
That should obviously of course be "Plaid Cymru have help Meirionnydd Nant Conwy" but I left it as comedy C&P error. Stupid auto-refreshing site.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
But only quite.
After all, she is all small and cute and shiz. Wouldn't want her really in pain.
Posted by Bamba (Member # 330) on :
See when she "stood you up", I assume you don't mean romantically? Otherwise it's worth noting you have terrible taste in women.
Posted by Meg (Member # 444) on :
quote:Originally posted by Carter: I wouldn't. She just old me on MSN she actually voted Veritas!
You promised you wouldn't tell :hugemadface:
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
quote:Originally posted by Meg:
quote:Originally posted by Carter: I wouldn't. She just old me on MSN she actually voted Veritas!
You promised you wouldn't tell :hugemadface:
Behind every green is an orange
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
By the look of her typing 'standing Louche up' might just be propping her up against the TV screen so although she won't remember it, she won't have anyone to blame for missing the elections.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
Bamba: I booked her for an event and she gave apologies two minutes before. *budget commitments* Obviously event was all social regeneration and shit, not dyke action round the back of Aldi.
Honest.
I have so lost how to do UBB...
Andy Burnham in with 5,000 less majority. In Leigh. Fucknell.
[ 05.05.2005, 20:57: Message edited by: Louche ]
Posted by Bamba (Member # 330) on :
Okay, what the fuck is up with this part of the BBC website? That Plaid Cymru held seat I mentioned isn't currently appearing and the SNP seat I did think I'd noticed earlier is now back. It seems I'm being confounded by technology which is pretty shaming stuff.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
Bamba in techie genius failure. That'd be like Labour losing an election.
Fuck.
Posted by Bamba (Member # 330) on :
Oh! It's only "latest results" not exhaustive list. Look, I'll just shut the fuck up now if that's okay with everyone. *shame*
Posted by Fionnula the Cooler (Member # 453) on :
It's true Mikee. I once caught Mother reading a BNP leaflet with an expression on her face that was not contempt. She seemed to be reading it like it was to be taken seriously. Then she made words come out of her mouth that weren't What A Bunch Of Racist Cunts, which is worrying.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
Ooop, not another Fionnula in the middle moment...
Is alright, it's not as though you're a complete retard. Just a bit of one. I'm sure the world can find it in their compassionate moments to forgive you that...
[ 05.05.2005, 21:02: Message edited by: Louche ]
Posted by Bamba (Member # 330) on :
Bamba's stupid question of the day
Does the fact that Labour are currently massively ahead actually mean anything or does the assumedly random nature of incoming constituency counts mean that it's still all to play for?
Posted by Bamba (Member # 330) on :
quote:Originally posted by Louche: Is alright, it's not as though you're a complete retard. Just a bit of one. I'm sure the world can find it in their compassionate moments to forgive you that...
Maybe I'd have realised it earlier if someone couldn't even establish a fucking dial-up connection with the internet?
[ 05.05.2005, 21:05: Message edited by: Bamba ]
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
I dunno, I've lost count of the marginals. It all looks rather fucking good, but depends on the south east now, really. Anyone any idea when Dorset West is coming up?
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
Louche, on hearing of the BNP drubbing in Keighley.
[ 05.05.2005, 21:12: Message edited by: Black Mask ]
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
quote:Originally posted by Bamba: Maybe I'd have realised it earlier if someone couldn't even establish a fucking dial-up connection with the internet?
Ha, that doesn't even make sense. Anyway, lack of diallup entirely due to godfather tendencies of NHS, not my lack of technical ability. Obviously.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
Still got four thousand votes, though.
CONVERSATIVES GAIN ILFORD NORTH
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
Can you imagine him dead? Dismembered? Consumed by flames?
It's not difficult, is it?
That's probably quite worrying.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
x
[ 05.05.2005, 21:13: Message edited by: Louche ]
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
The 'Welsh' are showing off with their 'language' again.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
Stringer and Kaufman re-elected in Manchester.
Fucking joy.
Only half ironic. Long live the Metrolink.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
quote:Originally posted by Black Mask: The 'Welsh' are showing off with their 'language' again.
Just like when you go to the DVLA website, like I have cos I passed my driving test last week.
Alastair Campbell is on the telly. I fucking can't stand him.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
quote:Originally posted by Louche: x
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
Edit not quote, you twat.
[ 05.05.2005, 21:15: Message edited by: Louche ]
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
Peter Law, an Independant who won a seat his making his speech.
I wonder what being an Independant in the Commons is like. Do you stand around on your own, like the kid who joins school halfway through the year?
I bet they nick his dinner money and bogwash him.
Posted by Fionnula the Cooler (Member # 453) on :
SHIT. Labour beat the Lib Dems by 3% in my constituency. I'm going to fucking bed.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
Greater Manchester and Merseyside still redder than the blood of an innocent. Huzzax.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
quote:Originally posted by Fionnula the Cooler: SHIT. Labour beat the Lib Dems by 3% in my constituency. I'm going to fucking bed.
Where was that? I missed that.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
How many people stood for Sedgfield? Their ballot paper must have been a book.
Posted by Meg (Member # 444) on :
quote:Originally posted by Bamba: Bamba's stupid question of the day
Does the fact that Labour are currently massively ahead actually mean anything or does the assumedly random nature of incoming constituency counts mean that it's still all to play for?
The majority of Tory seats are rural, whereas Labour's are urban - Labour are just quicker to the count is all. Tory seats will start rolling in once the country folk get all their ballot boxes together. Thassjust my interpretation, like.
I said I was going to bed, but I took the laptop with me - I must sleep, but want to see the damn battersea result before I do. I don't know why I'm so fixated on seeing it tonight and not tomorrow morning.
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
Someone in Sedgefield just got 17 votes. sEvEnTeEn!11!!!! Even I could get that.
Posted by Fionnula the Cooler (Member # 453) on :
[ 05.05.2005, 21:25: Message edited by: Fionnula the Cooler ]
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
Blair's middle name is Linton. Isn't he the wanker from Wuthering Heights?
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
RANT WARNING
What is the deal with these families of soldiers kiled in Iraq? Sorry, I'm sorry your son is dead but, well, HE JOINED AN ARMY. Shut the fuck up.
Blair looks v. serious. Perhaps he is getting ready to confront Brown and challenge him to a game of swingball.
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
quote:Originally posted by Roy: RANT WARNING
What is the deal with these families of soldiers kiled in Iraq? Sorry, I'm sorry your son is dead but, well, HE JOINED AN ARMY. Shut the fuck up.
yes well their point would be, "we never saw that on the adverts. all we saw was windsurfing and skydiving". plus you could argue that they didn't agree with it politically. but then what about northern ireland et al?
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
yes labour hold tottenham.
labour=red=arsenal.
Posted by Bill Oddie (Member # 114) on :
Evening all.
Well no big surprises then. At least that twat howard isn't off to number 10 - i did have a dream the other night that he got in. I damn near shat the bed.
Fuck me it's Iain Duncan Smith, I forgot he existed.
[ 05.05.2005, 21:32: Message edited by: Bill Oddie ]
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
manchester withington= theIR party. looks like the fusedruqbunnies got 47 votes. how?
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
I know what you mean, but when I was younger I signed up for the army. Because I had a-levels, they put me in for officer training. All I had to do was pick my unit.
Then someone pointed it out to me that once I'm in, I'm not my own person anymore. I have to obey orders regardless of my own beliefs etc. So I didn't join.
Maybe I just had sensible friends.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
LETWIN MAY HAVE LOST
I actually liked him.
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
All the windsurfing and scuba-diving adverts in the world can't disguise the fact that the Army's all about killing. Just look at any war movie,practically everyone getting stuck in is in a uniform. Bit of a give away.
Posted by Bill Oddie (Member # 114) on :
Ha ha, George Galloway has won.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
GALLOWAY HAS WON
I'm sure he'll be quite humble about it.
Terrorist.
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
quote:Originally posted by Bill Oddie: Ha ha, George Galloway has won.
WooHoo!
Result!
Posted by Meg (Member # 444) on :
0.4% Labour majority in Battersea. I can go to sleep now - just.
4.2% to the Greens. Heh. Not a bad show, for a.n.other.
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
quote:Originally posted by Roy:
I'm sure he'll be quite humble about it.
I wonder if he'll wear his boxing gloves?
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
quote:Originally posted by Meg: 0.4% Labour majority in Battersea. I can go to sleep now - just.
4.2% to the Greens. Heh. Not a bad show, for a.n.other.
Have you got any more pasta? I'm starving.
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
yeah i'm glad i never joined the army. my gramps did, my dad did, my brother did, my sister thought about it. i thought about it. glad i got found out to be colour blind when i was 11. i think my dad was too.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
quote:Originally posted by Black Mask:
quote:Originally posted by Roy:
I'm sure he'll be quite humble about it.
I wonder if he'll wear his boxing gloves?
He'll drape the flag of Palenstine around him and drink Saddam's oil.
Posted by Bill Oddie (Member # 114) on :
Why don't they ever get any seats?
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
quote:Originally posted by doc d: yeah i'm glad i never joined the army. my gramps did, my dad did, my brother did, my sister thought about it. i thought about it. glad i got found out to be colour blind when i was 11. i think my dad was too.
Where are you from, Doc. For some reason I think that you're American.
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
looking at the bbc map i'm getting a bit "squeaky bum". there's a lot of space that could be filled by blue.
i'm a traveller at heart, no place in england is my home.
manchester. via derby and other places.
[ 05.05.2005, 21:42: Message edited by: doc d ]
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
Posted by Meg (Member # 444) on :
quote:Originally posted by Roy: Have you got any more pasta? I'm starving.
Pasta gone, and me now in bed and switching off. Hoping that things won't be too shocking in the morning.
S'been fun, let's do this again in a few years.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
Not a 'Black Mask Green' pair, then?
Posted by Bamba (Member # 330) on :
quote:Originally posted by Black Mask: The 'Welsh' are showing off with their 'language' again.
The fucking Welsh! Do you know who actually gives a flying fuck about the Welsh language? A handful of fucking activists with too much time on their hands and nothing else going on in their pathetic fucking lives and some arsehole academics who can't possibly admit it's a load of shit without implying that their lives work has been wasted. Yet the fucking Welsh Language Act continues to inflict gutteral sounding pain and misery on innocent government agencies all over the fucking country. Specifically in Glasgow town centre. *****.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
Look, I'm drunk, take pity. Galloway didn't seriously fucking win an actual fucking seat did he?
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
quote:Originally posted by Louche: Look, I'm drunk, take pity. Galloway didn't seriously fucking win an actual fucking seat did he?
Not official, but Raggy Omar said it was so.
And he was in Iraq.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
CONSERVATIVES TAKE ENFIELD
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
quote:Originally posted by Bamba:
quote:Originally posted by Black Mask: The 'Welsh' are showing off with their 'language' again.
The fucking Welsh! Do you know who actually gives a flying fuck about the Welsh language?
what about gaelic/celtic?
Posted by Bamba (Member # 330) on :
quote:Originally posted by doc d: what about gaelic/celtic?
What about it? Who gives a fuck about that either? Fine, have your pissy little languages but don't double my fucking workload fucking dealing with them.
[ 05.05.2005, 21:49: Message edited by: Bamba ]
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
Doc, are you American? Throw me a bone here.
Posted by Bamba (Member # 330) on :
Bugger, Meg demanded a rant and now she's missing my over the top diatribes.
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
ooh its like poking a tiger at the zoo. so do you have to deal with cornish as well?
Posted by Bamba (Member # 330) on :
quote:Originally posted by doc d: so do you have to deal with cornish as well?
No, not yet.
[ 05.05.2005, 21:53: Message edited by: Bamba ]
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
no roy, i'm english. and proud. bulldog proud.
poking bamba with obscure languages or going out to watch a film i've already seen (downfall) with a bunch of people who haven't? whats better??
[ 05.05.2005, 21:51: Message edited by: doc d ]
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
Gaelic is just pweople clearing their throats from chronic lung cancer.
Honesltyl, can I even type anymore? Evidently not.
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
quote:Originally posted by doc d: cornish
Cornish = Arrrr
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
Can someone do an edit not type kind of mantra at me for a bit? Thanks.
[ 05.05.2005, 21:52: Message edited by: Louche ]
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
help me decide downfall or stay here and tidy my room etc.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
I don't know why I thought you were American. Apols
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
The posts are getting shorter as everyone gets more pissed.
I'm starting to get a headache and I think I've burned the lining off my throat.
Posted by Bamba (Member # 330) on :
I'll be opening an emnergency bottle of wine soon. I have no tolerance for the stuff and will end up shockingly drunk within minutes. Christ.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
quote:Originally posted by Black Mask: The posts are getting shorter as everyone gets more pissed.
I'm starting to get a headache and I think I've burned the lining off my throat.
Why don't the Greens comb their hair? They look a right state.
Where is gorgeous George?
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
I wish all the pundits in the studios were drinking as well.
And all the candidates. The victory speeches would be fucking ace.
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
oh for fucks sake why isn't this computerised like it is over here? paperless ballots are so much quicker and easier to trust.
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
I've just found two bottle of Westons Extra Strong Dry Cider in the bottom drawer of the fridge.
Oh, dear.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
I think I'm hallucinating. I've just seen Rusty Lee smiling all over my television.
I think the Election coverage would benefit from a bit more of a party atmosphere. They could mix it with Later with Jools H.
'The Lib Dems have a five percent swing in Lambeth. And now, Roots Manuva'
Or strippers.
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
go the whole hog and have a roller disco of retards
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
Roy Hattersley just called the voters of Bethnal Green a 'load of ungrateful Paki scum'.
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
quote:Originally posted by Roy: I think I'm hallucinating. I've just seen Rusty Lee smiling all over my television.
In it or on it?
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
yes and over here we have black mask suffering from auditory hallucinations.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
On it. I like bouncy women.
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
but rusty is so big when she's all over the television she's all over the television.
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
I don't like Hattersley. He let's his ugly little dog shit all over the neighbourhood. Rubber-lipped **** .
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
Did you see that Army dad make his speech at sedgefield?
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
no but i read the guardian blog, where somebody said "i don't see how blair had the face to stand on stage with someone who's son he murdered" ( paraphrase). to which a stunning wit wrote back "this is that bloke who joined the army. i wonder if he ever killed anyone".
ROY WAS THAT YOU?
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
I'd like to kick Frederick Forsyth's stupid, flabby, empty head off of his oily fucking shoulders.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
quote:Originally posted by doc d: no but i read the guardian blog, where somebody said "i don't see how blair had the face to stand on stage with someone who's son he murdered" ( paraphrase). to which a stunning wit wrote back "this is that bloke who joined the army. i wonder if he ever killed anyone".
ROY WAS THAT YOU?
No, that's too witty for me.
I would write something like 'Wot u taking about solders have guns dont they u r talkingg krap'
Especially on the Guardian.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
quote:Originally posted by Black Mask: I'd like to kick Frederick Forsyth's stupid, flabby, empty head off of his oily fucking shoulders.
Black Mask is one of those angry drinkers.
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
no black mask is just angry. i think someones had his pogues and small faces records off.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
They are interviewing that Independant bloke, Law.
He is a socialist. I thought they were all dead.
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
quote:Originally posted by Roy: Black Mask is one of those angry drinkers.
No, I don't think I'd ever like to give him a big hug. Under any circumstances.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
quote:Originally posted by Black Mask:
quote:Originally posted by Roy: Black Mask is one of those angry drinkers.
No, I don't think I'd ever like to give him a big hug. Under any circumstances.
I'm seeing you with an axe again.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
quote:Originally posted by Black Mask:
quote:Originally posted by Roy: Black Mask is one of those angry drinkers.
No, I don't think I'd ever like to give him a big hug. Under any circumstances.
I'm seeing you with an axe again.
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
Sounds like Forsyth was bankrolling the soldier's dad. That's a bit fucking rich, isn't it?
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
quote:Originally posted by Black Mask: Sounds like Forsyth was bankrolling the soldier's dad. That's a bit fucking rich, isn't it?
Didn't he write the Dogs Of War? What was that book about, a group of mercenaries who decide that they have had enough of fighting immoral wars and set up a school for handicapped kids?
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
why? freddie forsyth = politically sound?
are you fucking drunk again?
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
quote:Originally posted by Roy:
quote:Originally posted by Black Mask: Sounds like Forsyth was bankrolling the soldier's dad. That's a bit fucking rich, isn't it?
Didn't he write the Dogs Of War? What was that book about, a group of mercenaries who decide that they have had enough of fighting immoral wars and set up a school for handicapped kids?
I think it was a puppy sanctuary. Same thing.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
Blair is now talking to the faithful. Cherie is looking on adoringly.
I would.
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
5 times a night?
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
quote:Originally posted by Roy: Cherie is looking on adoringly.
She's gonna get a seeing to tonight. Once every four years. Weather permitting.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
quote:Originally posted by doc d: 5 times a night?
Man, I can't do it five times a week. I'm the worst at the sex, so she would be quite disapointed.
I'd try, though. I really would try.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
The election results seem to have stopped for Tony. Look, mate, we've got another four odd years of you. Give someone else a go.
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
would you do mmf with tony and her? that way you could takeabreak and still get to watch her in full on sweat dripping, soul shaking, headboard grabbing, action.
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
The Tories are creeping up.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
I could film it and release it on DVD and call it Cherie Bare.
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
thats awful
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
Charles Kennedy seems a nice man, but I don't see him as a leader.
His wife is quite safe.
LETWIN WON.
He looks relieved
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
quote:Originally posted by doc d: thats awful
I told you. I make that bloke on the Guardian look like Oscar Wilde.
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
i'm currently listening to "shine on" by LTD. its fucking great. if you like funk
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
actually scrap that, there are three good tracks on that record.
i'm not in the mood for the slower ones today.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
Ooh. Kilroy's result is on its way.
DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SET. HE IS THAT ORANGE
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
Killroy is not looking happy. Perhaps we can't handle the truth.
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
if this were cricket they'd have declared an hour and a half ago.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
D-D-Doc? Mask?
Hello darkness my old friend...
Oh, there he is.
[ 05.05.2005, 22:46: Message edited by: Roy ]
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
Killroy is up. He looks dignified, dapper oh, fuck it, he looks orange and smug.
Adjusting the cuffs. Hands together.
Labour have it. Killroy got 2,596 votes.
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
oh come on. this is like the end of a speed fuck. gritting teeth, the end is near, we're all just waiting for a dribble of a climax we hoped would be bigger.
Posted by Roy (Member # 705) on :
quote:Originally posted by doc d: oh come on. this is like the end of a speed fuck. gritting teeth, the end is near, we're all just waiting for a dribble of a climax we hoped would be bigger.
And on that note, I am calling it night.
Galloway is a **** though.
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
well its all done now. apart from the analysis. thanks for being here.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
Despite my vote, Newbury went from Lib Dem to Tory.
My :sad-faece: is coloured Conservative Blue
Posted by George the Robot (Member # 681) on :
I'm interested to know - did anyone vote Lib Dem in a Labour seat only to end up with a Tory?
I voted Lab in Finchley and they just squeezed in, but where I'm currently living (Croydon Central Result - *shudder*), the fucking Tories won by LESS THAN 100 VOTES.
Posted by statist (Member # 806) on :
quote:Originally posted by Black Mask: ... and the fucking Tories are standing outside No. 10 with their evil grins.
It does look remarkably like that, actually.
But I will say: To SilverGinger5's grandparents: Congratulations, you made the right decision. To Thorn's mum and the **** whose postal I signed: Ahahhahaaaa a a haha. Maybe next time. Probably next time.
Posted by jnhoj (Member # 286) on :
I wish I was cherie, she's going to get a right rodgering this morning. Lib dems made big gains in my constituency so looks like not the idiot that let the conservatives in!
[ 06.05.2005, 05:03: Message edited by: jnhoj ]
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
quote:Originally posted by George the Robot: I'm interested to know - did anyone vote Lib Dem in a Labour seat only to end up with a Tory?
Yes, I did. The percentage increase for the lib dems was higher than that of the conservatives, and yet they managed to nose in with a fairly marginal majority of just 1500 odd in MK North. Unfortunately MK South is still labour and as such, still under Phyllis Starkey, who seems hell bent on approving any plans put forward by English Partnerships to turn MK (city of the future) into a vast sprawling housing estate.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by Ringo: ...plans put forward by English Partnerships to turn MK (city of the future) into a vast sprawling housing estate.
No offence, but that's pretty much how it appeared during my Geography Field Trip in the early 90s.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
New plans seem to be doing away with the modern grid road system, and expansion plans feature more of a conventional 'traffic jam and congestion' type road layout.
Perhaps if you'd paid a little more attention in your Geography classes you might have understood why exactly you were looking at Milton Keynes at all.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by Ringo: Perhaps if you'd paid a little more attention in your Geography classes you might have understood why exactly you were looking at Milton Keynes at all.
Hmm... I seem to remember we had to count the number and age of the cars on peoples' driveways. I think we had to assess which of the four "zones" we visited was the most affluent.
The highlight of the trip was when the teacher read the class clown's form out loud on the coach home:
You came all the way to MK just to look at numberplates? Where did you go to school, Spackington Elementary?
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by Ringo: You came all the way to MK just to look at numberplates?
No. I think they were trying to teach us to laugh at poor people.
quote:Originally posted by Ringo: Where did you go to school, Spackington Elementary?
Wahey, my pc is back after mouth to mouth that took three days.
I feel a bit bad about the Tories getting in in Wimbledon. But not as bad as voting for Labour and having to have a barcode across my forehead by the next election.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
quote:Originally posted by Vogon Poetess: But not as bad as voting for Labour and having to have a barcode across my forehead by the next election.
At least that way I probably would have been allowed to vote.
Posted by Vogon Poetess (Member # 164) on :
Argh, I just checked, and for our current postcode, 770 voted UKIP and 324 voted Veritas! That's over a thousand fascists down our road! West Croydon is an odd place to choose to live if you don't like poor or brown people.
edit for mathematics
[ 06.05.2005, 11:19: Message edited by: Vogon Poetess ]
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
quote:Originally posted by Vogon Poetess: Argh, I just checked, and for our current postcode, 770 voted UKIP and 324 voted Veritas! That's over a thousand fascists down our road! West Croydon is an odd place to choose to live if you don't like poor or brown people.
edit for mathematics
Bloody hell - that must mean everyone in the area who isn't asian, black or indian voted fascist. I AM TEH LAST SANE MAN!
Actually no way are there 1000 white people in our area. The foreigns must be voting against themselves.
[ 06.05.2005, 11:23: Message edited by: Thorn Davis ]
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by Thorn Davis: Actually no way are there 1000 white people in our area. The foreigns must be voting against themselves.
Maybe the foreigns realised that Croydon wasn't up to much, and they're hoping for a free boat ride home?
Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
Can't believe Oona King lost to that **** .
I shall never set foot in Shoreditch again!
Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
Why? George Galloway's in Bethnal Green and Bow.
Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
Bristol West had a 9+% swing to LibDem and accordingly the bespectacled Labour incumbent is out.
Yay for my vote.
Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
quote:Originally posted by herbs: Why? George Galloway's in Bethnal Green and Bow.
Oh.
Um, well I shall never go to Bethnal Green nor Bow again.
!!!Happy Birthday Tony!!!
Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
And I shall never watch East Enders again.
Hey, this is easy!
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
Nice work, Roy - I would have contributed, but I was away at a wedding from Thursday lunchtime.
Anyway, I'm fairly pleased with how things panned out: even though all the Lib Dem campaign literature informed us that 'a vote for Labour is a wasted vote' in my constituency, I went ahead and helped increase the Labour share in Harrogate by just over 1% while the Lib Dem share went up by only 0.7% (Tory share dropped by 2.7%).
The reduced Labour majority nationally keeps Bear in power while depriving him of the ability to do stupid shit (ie. ID cards) and the highest-profile anti-war/anti-Bear candidate is a bellowing, vanity-drunk thug. Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
It's perhaps unhealthy, how much contempt, hatred, violence I feel towards that cancerous bastard.
Posted by Lilith (Member # 507) on :
He's a wife beater, if that helps you hate him more?
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