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The Upcoming UK General Election

Terrywoodenpic

Terrywoodenpic

Oldest Heretic
Eddi said:
Also, they have disowned three of their candidates after it emerged that they each said something or other that was horrifically racist
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They have a ridiculous situation in that they have no members in Reform only supporters so not even parliamentary candidates have been voted or are members who can be chucked out. The most that can be done is to not give them support. It is a limited company with only two shareholders.
So democracy is not involved.
 
Secret Chief

Secret Chief

Vetted Member
Terrywoodenpic said:
They have a ridiculous situation in that they have no members in Reform only supporters so not even parliamentary candidates have been voted or are members who can be chucked out. The most that can be done is to not give them support. It is a limited company with only two shareholders.
So democracy is not involved.
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The advice from head office is to still vote for the candidate to show support for the party. The party isn't racist, just the candidates who were attracted to the ...er... non-racist party. :rolleyes:
 
Altfish

Altfish

Veteran Member
Secret Chief said:
Had a Racism UK leaflet pushed through today, despite the Labour posters on show. It looks like a high school project, complete with spelling mistake. Waste of paper obviously.

Still, they've been drumming up support locally; I guess the 4 likes are from the 4 in the photo...

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They had a stand in our local town, on the high street. I nearly went over and asked them what they thought about the EU, and shouldn't we let more refugees in ... then I thought, I've got better things to do. Anyway, at least they will mop up some of the far right wing of the Tory party and reduce their vote.
 
Secret Chief

Secret Chief

Vetted Member
Altfish said:
They had a stand in our local town, on the high street. I nearly went over and asked them what they thought about the EU, and shouldn't we let more refugees in ... then I thought, I've got better things to do. Anyway, at least they will mop up some of the far right wing of the Tory party and reduce their vote.
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Yep, they're just a drain on the tory vote.
 
ChristineM

ChristineM

"Be strong", I whispered to my coffee.
Premium Member
We are allowed to vote after some argy-bargy with with 2 online forms and several em. We received our postal vote packs yesterday.
Now, we cannot post them back until Monday, it usually takes between 5 to 15 days for a letter posted in this outback area to arrive in the UK. Or they could just get lost...

As luck would have it, hubby and me are flying to the UK in the morning so we can post our votes when we land... They have much more of a chance of arriving in time and so being counted.
 
Secret Chief

Secret Chief

Vetted Member
ChristineM said:
We are allowed to vote after some argy-bargy with with 2 online forms and several em. We received our postal vote packs yesterday.
Now, we cannot post them back until Monday, it usually takes between 5 to 15 days for a letter posted in this outback area to arrive in the UK. Or they could just get lost...

As luck would have it, hubby and me are flying to the UK in the morning so we can post our votes when we land... They have much more of a chance of arriving in time and so being counted.
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Can't you just rock up on Thursday at a polling station with photo ID and some relevant bits of paper?
 
ChristineM

ChristineM

"Be strong", I whispered to my coffee.
Premium Member
Secret Chief said:
Can't you just rock up on Thursday at a polling station with photo ID and some relevant bits of paper?
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No, i don't think so.
I may have this all *** over elbow but i believe it needs to be a specified polling station close to my ex UK address at which i registered to vote (I'm not registered at for any polling station).
Don't i need a polling card to vote?
 
Terrywoodenpic

Terrywoodenpic

Oldest Heretic
ChristineM said:
No, i don't think so.
I may have this all *** over elbow but i believe it needs to be a specified polling station close to my ex UK address at which i registered to vote (I'm not registered at for any polling station).
Don't i need a polling card to vote?
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No one needs a polling card to vote, it is only for information.
However people with postal votes need to jump through a few hoops to be able to vote in person, probably far worse for the expat voters.
 
Subduction Zone

Subduction Zone

Veteran Member
Secret Chief said:
Had a Racism UK leaflet pushed through today, despite the Labour posters on show. It looks like a high school project, complete with spelling mistake. Waste of paper obviously.

Still, they've been drumming up support locally; I guess the 4 likes are from the 4 in the photo...

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MAGA!! Oops I mean MBGA!! Where are their red hats. And how do you pronounce MBGA? Maybe MEGA? (Make England Great Again)?? I doubt if they will get much support from Scotland or Wales.
 
ChristineM

ChristineM

"Be strong", I whispered to my coffee.
Premium Member
Terrywoodenpic said:
No one needs a polling card to vote, it is only for information.
However people with postal votes need to jump through a few hoops to be able to vote in person, probably far worse for the expat voters.
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Quite probably, I'll stick with posting it... In the UK, not France
 
ChristineM

ChristineM

"Be strong", I whispered to my coffee.
Premium Member
Secret Chief said:
No. I've got one but it says "You do not need to take this card with you in order to vote."
Just need photo ID, unless your name is Johnson.
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Ahh, not had one for about 10 years. I guesd you still need to have one issued to tell you where to vote even if you don't use it
 
Secret Chief

Secret Chief

Vetted Member
ChristineM said:
Ahh, not had one for about 10 years. I guesd you still need to have one issued to tell you where to vote even if you don't use it
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Yeah, don't know when it changed. I've done postal voting for a few years but this time I feel the urge to put a ****** big cross on the ballot! 14 years of those ***** is 14 too many.
 
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