Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#21
Reginald Barrington
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#22
Arte et Marte
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#23
I seem to remember that there were some 520,000 party members and supporters who were eligible to vote in this leadership poll and that some 442,000 actually voted - in terms of turnout percentage of those eligible to vote, that's 85%. Hardly a low turnout.
Jan Higgins
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#24
Neil Wiggins wrote:I seem to remember that there were some 520,000 party members and supporters who were eligible to vote in this leadership poll and that some 442,000 actually voted - in terms of turnout percentage of those eligible to vote, that's 85%. Hardly a low turnout.
Which goes to show how percentages and statistics can be skewered to promote whatever you want.
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#25
"My New Year's Resolution, is to try and emulate Marek's level of chilled out, thoughtfulness and humour towards other forumites and not lose my decorum"
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#26
Impossible to pick up a newspaper without reading another hatchet job on Corbyn but this one smacks of desperation.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/606509/Socialist-family-fortune-evil-monster-haunts-Corbyn-pastBrian Dixon
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#27
that reminds me of this.
Reginald Barrington- Location: Dover
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#28
I have a 2nd cousin currently serving a life sentence for murdering his wife, I didn't realise it made me a bad person especially as I have never met him! How wrong I was.
Arte et Marte
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#29
Corbyn is certainly out of touch on this issue, working people would need to earn around £.700 a week to take home the same as someone on benefits at the top rate.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34341360howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#30
His conference speech seems to have been well received by the audience but not by New Labour grandees. The end of austerity is his aim echoing the Shadow Chancellor's stance that it's only the less well off stuck with it.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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#31
corbyn made a few valid points during his speech.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#32
He certain;ly has the Blues rattled judging by the personal attacks made on him. Even the "Telegraph" have been admonished for suggesting he was anti-semitic. Today the Prime Minister sounded like a desperate man with his own personal attack. Thus far Corbyn has refused to lower himself to that level.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#33
Corbyn managed to show how out of touch Dave is with real life, enthusing over the new starter homes that will be built. Corbyn pointed out that only those on £.76,000 p.a could afford one.
Guest 1391- Registered: 1 Nov 2014
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#34
This is subject of question have submitted for question time!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#36
Corbyn has come under flak again for not "bowing" well enough at the Cenotaph!!
Now transpires that when the service ended and all the other politicians dug into the banquet provided for free that Corbyn went over to a group of veterans and spent time talking and listening to them then went on to a remembrance day ceremony in his constituency.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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#37
good for him.
my wife puts her teeth into my neck,but take them out first. 
