Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Breaking: Theresa May Calls Snap General Election June 8
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Permalink Reply by maggie on
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...ah yes, the deep recession of 1982 with 3 million unemployed or 'Black Wednesday' 1992 sterling crisis and hasty withdrawal from ERM, both under Thatcher.
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Permalink Reply by John D on
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I was thinking more of the devaluation under Sunny Jim Callaghan, forced on us by the EMF; and the situation at the end of the Brown government. Brown used to be nicknamed " Prudence ": I never realised that was meant to be ironic.
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"what has socialism done for us" for me the biggie is the idea itself that we are not born equally and that we should be able to share the worlds wealth and resources.
However... "what has socialism ever done for us"
the NHS, and I raise you with child benefits...
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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Knavel it wasn't Farage, it was Dan Hannan. Read this and weep.
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Or this guy: Arron Banks
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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Pensioners aren't voting Tory - pensioners are voting full stop. If younger voters made the arduous journey to the polling station in the same numbers that people over 60 do the national political picture would look very different.
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And to illustrate the point, here's a breakdown of age-related voting patterns in the 2015 election, done by one of the main polling organisations. It covers both party voting and turnout so it documents, as voters age, both the swing from left to right and the swing towards voting.
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Interesting.. 18 - 24 is the inverse of 65 +for the big two, with the turnout of the younger group being around 55 % of that for the 65 +..
The oppostion must get into schools / universities / clubs and pubs.. and haul out a few yout' spokespeople, Rock Against Isolationism ? Grime against Greed ? Rap against Russian Oligarchs ?
Perhaps not - but hopefully someone will come up with something to address this very clear divide.
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The opposition should have got into my school and perhaps I'd gave been able to spell it !
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Permalink Reply by pamish on
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No-one needs to schlep to the polling station, anyone can have a postal vote, you don't need a reason/excuse. You do need an address where the papers can be sent.
I've been postal voting since the days when I was working 9am to 9pm, I like to be able to peruse the papers at leisure too.
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If you're away at University studying for exams and ask your parents to register for you and arrange for a postal vote, what's wrong with that?
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