Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

Good ol postal votes, they'll win it every time...



Farage's Fury Over Oldham By-Election Result

Labour dismisses a claim that postal voting was "bent", saying there is "nothing wrong" with people not supporting UKIP.




Nigel Farage wrote a furious tweet about the Oldham West and Royton by-election - even before the result had been declared.


As candidates were told about the outcome behind closed doors, the UKIP leader tweeted: "As a veteran of over 30 by-elections, I have never seen such a perverse result.

"Serious questions need to be asked."

Mr Farage later claimed he had evidence from an "impeccable source" that postal voting was "bent".

According to Sky's Political Editor Faisal Islam, UKIP supporters were "angry and annoyed" as the votes were counted.



http://news.sky.com/story/1599586/farages-fury-over-oldham-by-election-result

49 votes from one address?

Was Oldham's tory party HQ's address?


8-)

Although I don't vote I have an antipathy to postal voting, unless on it is based on medical incapacity grounds.

I don't see how one can avoid the possibility of abuse of the system.

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But in comparison with abuses by manipulation of media outlets and overseas funding, in practice the distortion are probably be small.

Manipulation is all around us Fred, you are quite right! (all sides)

But this postal vote lark is outright fraud.

The Oldhm election means very little. The winnr was a popular local chap. The Corbyn faction tried to impose a hard left candidate on the local constituency party but he was rejected and the local boy as chosen. If anything it was a message to Corbyn that moderates are more likely to win.

spin it any way you like, but labour increased its % of the vote and tories lost a similar %
i agree it doesn't tell anyone a great deal,but the above are indisputable facts

Quick Hays, down to tory party central office for the latest Lynton Crosby spin.

Suggest you look at known facts and not unrealistic hopeful wish.

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Max.

Getting around the "need" for postal or internet voting and avoiding possible fraud is difficult.

Quick Hays, down to tory party central office for the latest Lynton Crosby spin.

Suggest you look at known facts and not unrealistic hopeful wish.

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Max.

Getting around the "need" for postal or internet voting and avoiding possible fraud is difficult.

Quick Hays, down to tory party central office for the latest Lynton Crosby spin.

Suggest you look at known facts and not unrealistic hopeful wish.

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Max.

Getting around the "need" for postal or internet voting and avoiding possible fraud is difficult.

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But I feel the press and some politicians, stoked by the press and media are hysterical at the moment.

I think the politicians should step back and reconsider what they are saying rather resorting to emotional hype.

Hilary Benn for Labour leader then ..

The election was a blow to Corbyn. Meacher was a Corbyn supporter. The guy who won is on the right of the party and more like a Blairite.

He seems a decent chap and popular with the voters but he will need to perform wonders if he is going to change the hell hole that is Oldham.
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don't be even more of an ass than usual hays!
the labour chap who won was the only labour candidate standing!

Manuel.

Hays went to the Bullingdon Club in mistake for tory Central Office.

Lynton will have to put him on a shorter dog lead.

See OPEC not cutting oil output , in the week of the climate change conflab amazing . Surely this means people now using more cheap fuel causing more polution ,short memories there then . So any new technology taking a back seat for a while . Am I sort of right .

So there you are Fred this just shows the two faced side of life , have a World conflab on climate then go back home and produce more oil .

You down in the cellar again Fred.