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Post by doctorkernow on Apr 24, 2017 16:28:02 GMT
Hello again.
It's worse than I feared. The renegade Timelords are interfering in British politics just for a laugh. They are having a competition to see who wins.
Theresa May = Missy Jeremy Corbyn = The Meddling Monk Nicola Sturgeon = The Rani Tim Farron = Omega Tony Blair= Rassilon Nigel Farage= The Valeyard
We're in real trouble, what Britain really needs is a Doctor...
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Post by charlesuirdhein on Apr 24, 2017 22:33:47 GMT
Hello again. It's worse than I feared. The renegade Timelords are interfering in British politics just for a laugh. They are having a competition to see who wins. Theresa May = Missy Jeremy Corbyn = The Meddling Monk Nicola Sturgeon = The Rani Tim Farron = Omega Tony Blair= Rassilon Nigel Farage= The Valeyard We're in real trouble, what Britain really needs is a Doctor... I'd vote for the Valeyard before Farage.
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Post by Timelord007 on Apr 25, 2017 7:44:32 GMT
Ed Milliband as the Doctor.....Arrrrgggghhhhh that's it were all doomed.
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Post by doctorkernow on Apr 25, 2017 15:44:12 GMT
Hello again.
Poor old Ed, he was a nice chap completely outfoxed by those rascally Tories. What really did for him was that ridiculous headstone with those pledges on it. That headstone was last seen heading to the Glastonbury festival...for some lunch...run Coldplay run!
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Post by TinDogPodcast on Apr 26, 2017 15:07:36 GMT
Darts May?
Nah...
Mrs thatchers last horcrux... maybe
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Post by doctorkernow on Apr 27, 2017 19:48:30 GMT
Hello again. It's worse than I feared...update.
Boris (Meddling Monk) Johnson: You're a "mutton-headed, old mugwump". Why don't you go and meddle elsewhere I've got them eating out of my hands.
Jeremy (Meddling Monk) Corbyn: I'm a mugwump?! You called table tennis, " whiff whaff" you poltroon. And then there's that stupendously idiotic zipline picture. How long were you stuck there?
Boris Monk: So, what did you do with the money we won on that Leicester City, Brexit, Trump accumalator bet?
Jeremy Monk: I thought you collected our winnings?
Dame Judy (Meddling Monk) Dench: That was me you fools. If either of you two chumps had tried to collect it there would have been an outcry. Whereas I have the perfect disguise as a grand dame of the theatre and national treasure. At least I did until Tracey Ulmann stuck her nose in. I've had to pretend to like her, so I can continue my clever plan. Toodles! Have fun with the election.
Boris and Jeremy Monk agree a plan to try and derail Missy's bid for power... How many weeks of this tomfoolery masquerading as politics have we got to endure?
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Post by Timelord007 on Apr 28, 2017 7:16:17 GMT
Ian Mckellen (Keeper of the matrix) walks in & bellows "you shall not pass".
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Post by anothermanicmondas on Apr 29, 2017 20:27:55 GMT
Hello again. It's worse than I feared. The renegade Timelords are interfering in British politics just for a laugh. They are having a competition to see who wins. Theresa May = Missy Jeremy Corbyn = The Meddling Monk Nicola Sturgeon = The Rani Tim Farron = Omega Tony Blair= Rassilon Nigel Farage= The Valeyard We're in real trouble, what Britain really needs is a Doctor... At least the Eleven seems to be keeping out of UK politics I think he's too busy on the other side of the Atlantic...
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Post by jasonward on Apr 29, 2017 22:01:24 GMT
Appart from politicians, is anyone treating this election seriously?
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Post by charlesuirdhein on Apr 29, 2017 22:11:33 GMT
Appart from politicians, is anyone treating this election seriously? Yep. I'm deadly serious about it, but I can laugh too. If a bit blackly.
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Post by eldersensorite on Apr 29, 2017 22:13:31 GMT
Appart from politicians, is anyone treating this election seriously? Probably not. I mean, we all know how it's going to end so it's difficult to treat it as previous elections where it could have gone either way, which kinda makes it pointless to have any real discussion.
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Post by jasonward on Apr 29, 2017 22:21:40 GMT
Appart from politicians, is anyone treating this election seriously? Probably not. I mean, we all know how it's going to end so it's difficult to treat it as previous elections where it could have gone either way, which kinda makes it pointless to have any real discussion. Indeed, plus for me, Theresa May keep winding me up saying this election is about strengthening her negotiating hand... what a load of balls, the Brexit negotiating hand is set, the EU don't care what the government is in the UK in the context of the negotiation, in fact, when I think about it, the only thing that could improve the hand is a weak government, one that could collapse if the deal is too harsh, at which point, from their own interests, the EU might consider making concessions to make sure it got all sorted, Theresa May opted for an election for the same reason David Cameron opted for the referendum, to shut her own party up, but other than being wound up by her lies, this election seems irrelevant in so much the outcome seems decided already.
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Post by sherlock on Apr 29, 2017 22:29:22 GMT
Appart from politicians, is anyone treating this election seriously? As I study politics I kinda have to take it seriously.
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Post by number13 on Apr 29, 2017 23:52:22 GMT
Probably not. I mean, we all know how it's going to end so it's difficult to treat it as previous elections where it could have gone either way, which kinda makes it pointless to have any real discussion. Indeed, plus for me, Theresa May keep winding me up saying this election is about strengthening her negotiating hand... what a load of balls, the Brexit negotiating hand is set, the EU don't care what the government is in the UK in the context of the negotiation, in fact, when I think about it, the only thing that could improve the hand is a weak government, one that could collapse if the deal is too harsh, at which point, from their own interests, the EU might consider making concessions to make sure it got all sorted, Theresa May opted for an election for the same reason David Cameron opted for the referendum, to shut her own party up, but other than being wound up by her lies, this election seems irrelevant in so much the outcome seems decided already. I think a large majority would most likely lead to a 'softer' Brexit by marginalising the 'pure' Brexiteers and allowing pragmatists in the Government and the EU to strike bargains. Looking back to the Maastricht treaty in 1990-1995, when the Tories had a majority of 100 their MPs broadly welcomed the agreed results of the negotiations. After their majority was cut to about 20, all hell broke loose over actually ratifying the treaty because the Eurosceptic MPs who objected to it then had the power to defeat their own government day after day.
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Post by lidar on Apr 30, 2017 9:18:16 GMT
Probably not. I mean, we all know how it's going to end so it's difficult to treat it as previous elections where it could have gone either way, which kinda makes it pointless to have any real discussion. Indeed, plus for me, Theresa May keep winding me up saying this election is about strengthening her negotiating hand... what a load of balls, the Brexit negotiating hand is set, the EU don't care what the government is in the UK in the context of the negotiation, in fact, when I think about it, the only thing that could improve the hand is a weak government, one that could collapse if the deal is too harsh, at which point, from their own interests, the EU might consider making concessions to make sure it got all sorted, Theresa May opted for an election for the same reason David Cameron opted for the referendum, to shut her own party up, but other than being wound up by her lies, this election seems irrelevant in so much the outcome seems decided already. I think strenthening her hand refers to getting the deal past Parliament rather than in the negotiation with the eu. I think May called tge election for 3 reasons 1. So she will not be at the mercy of her hardline anti-eu backbenchers like John Major in the 1990s 2. The weakness of Labour and the Liberals mean she is facing an open goal and no politician (of any persuasion) can resist that prospect 3. She is hoping for an SNP setback in Scotland to relieve the pressure for indyref2. With 1 & 2 she is betting on a sure thing, the only one she is gambling on is 3. Possibly also it will allow her to claim a popular mandate for grammar schools, which will be a huge bitter fight and which were not in the 2015 manifesto.
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Post by jasonward on Apr 30, 2017 9:41:00 GMT
I think strenthening her hand refers to getting the deal past Parliament rather than in the negotiation with the eu. I think too that's what really going off, but I dam sure don't think thats what she's saying, it's the being lied to that annoys me, not her real motivation.
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Post by sherlock on Apr 30, 2017 9:45:58 GMT
I think strenthening her hand refers to getting the deal past Parliament rather than in the negotiation with the eu. I think too that's what really going off, but I dam sure don't think thats what she's saying, it's the being lied to that annoys me, not her real motivation. Yeah it's fairly obvious this is just to strengthen May's hold in Parliament. At the moment she runs the risk of a backbench rebellion either to push for softer or harder Brexit deals. A larger majority gives her more freedom to pursue whatever she's got in mind for Brexit (who knows what that really is). Having a greater majority here will in no way impact the EU, they've already decided their negotiating position. May's basically trying to pull what Thatcher did in 1983, only with Brexit as the main issue rather then the Falklands.
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Post by doctorkernow on Apr 30, 2017 12:50:27 GMT
Appart from politicians, is anyone treating this election seriously? Hello again. I will be taking this election very seriously at the ballot box. However, given that we have five weeks of this awful electioneering to go, I need some light relief. With The Last Leg team on their hols, it is Messrs Hislop and Merton on BBC's Have I Got News for You that are keeping me sane. Oh, and a certain family sci-fi series on Saturday nights. Paul Nuttall UKIP leader: Morbius?
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Post by charlesuirdhein on May 2, 2017 19:40:30 GMT
A certain amount of Tory MPS gaining seats legally this time around might have also been an incentive
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Post by jasonward on May 3, 2017 19:18:28 GMT
I've been somewhat staggered by the things the Tories have been saying about the EU and the election in the last couple of days, with May today saying that the EU is trying to influence the outcome of the election.
Not only do I not see this myself (from what Ive read about what EU leaders have said) but I'm trying to imagine to what effect EU leaders think they would get by influencing the election, in other words, why would they bother? The UK already has a weak hand and few friends (in the context of Brexit talks), how would this be changed by say a minority Labour government? I don't get it, or is the Tory agenda now to make the EU the bogey man for everything?
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