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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 08:49 PM Original message |
Tories open nine-point lead as Labour drops to 19-year low |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. Flush Little Tony. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 08:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Labour would do well to be rid of Tony at party's conference |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 04:04 AM Response to Reply #2 |
19. But apparently it's too late to force him out at the conference |
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bronxiteforever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. wow!--What is the Tory position on Iraq ?and generally I would think |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 08:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. you would be suprised how sometimes the Tories take the 'lefter' |
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bronxiteforever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Thanks! Kinda of like some right wingers (Bob Barr) against some Shrub |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. BushAmerica is so far to the right, it's hard to make comparisons |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Cameron backs Blair on Iraq war |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 03:40 AM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Yes, the Tories are as bad as Blair. |
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sonroadera (115 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
8. Can someone give me a primer on the UK parties? |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Labor is center left, tories center right.(ish) |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 11:21 AM Response to Reply #10 |
30. only in US-centric terms |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 06:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
43. Torries are not "center left" - they are about as right wing as you can |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 06:31 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. No-one called the Tories "center left" |
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liberalpragmatist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Labor Center-Left, Lib Dems Center-Left, Conservatives Center-Right |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 04:13 AM Response to Reply #8 |
20. The ministers of the torys are nearly all from elite schools |
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LivingInTheBubble (360 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 12:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
55. The conservatives are like your Democrats in stance |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
9. 19 year low. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
12. Will america wake the fuck up? |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
13. Labor is acting like wusses in letting Blair walk all over them. |
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JawJaw (574 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 04:04 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Don't Write Blair Off, Yet |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 04:43 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Trouble is |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
14. Labour would bounce back if they would dump Blair. |
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citizen snips (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
15. The Labour party is center left |
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andypandy (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 03:15 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. depends... |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 05:25 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. And that is why Blair has to go. Blair is anti-labor, anti-democracy, |
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citizen snips (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 10:35 AM Response to Reply #16 |
25. I found a UK political spectrum |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 11:14 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. and here's the Political Compass's for 2005 |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 12:38 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. OMFG, Labour really went insane. |
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citizen snips (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 01:37 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. That is more accurate then the political spectrum |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 12:01 PM Response to Reply #29 |
51. According to Your Graph |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 01:18 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. but remember ;) |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 12:33 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Cool quiz. I am right on the Greens on the chart |
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citizen snips (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 01:29 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. I am in the middle of the greens and liberal democrat. |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 02:05 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. I'm more authoritarian than Mandela |
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citizen snips (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 02:24 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. That test does not break down the differents areas good enough. |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 08:16 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Blair isn't, though |
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citizen snips (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 10:42 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Thanks |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 11:10 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. heh heh |
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citizen snips (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 02:01 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. You have got to hand it to those Italians |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
24. Good to see... |
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Minstrel Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 10:41 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. How strange |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 08:31 AM Response to Reply #26 |
45. Nice try |
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Minstrel Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 12:57 PM Response to Reply #45 |
54. Ditto |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
31. Could someone who understands English politics.. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
34. How ironic.... Just as we "might" be getting rid of our conservative |
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andypandy (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 01:32 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. rubbish. |
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ikri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
41. It's still Labour's to lose |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
42. Just desserts for the poodle. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
46. There are as many differences within as between our parties |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 11:12 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Q |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 11:45 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. It's a possibility, but I suspect it would be unstable |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 11:56 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. thank you, interesting |
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Exiled in America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
49. Please educate me about british politics: |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 12:36 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. The Labour party was taken over by DLC/Clintonite-like types in the 90's |
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liberalpragmatist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 12:55 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Labour's done some good things |
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