The 2017 UK General Election Thread - Voting open today from 7am - 10pm

Fed up talking videogames? Why?

Who will you be voting for?

Conservatives
14
11%
Labour
64
50%
UK Independence Party
0
No votes
Liberal Democrats (inc. Alliance)
33
26%
Scottish Nationalists
9
7%
Green Party (inc. Scotland, Northern Ireland)
6
5%
Democratic Unionists
0
No votes
Sinn Féin
0
No votes
Plaid Cymru
0
No votes
Ulster Unionists
0
No votes
Social Democrats
1
1%
Traditional Unionist Voice
0
No votes
People Before Profit Alliance
1
1%
 
Total votes: 128
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PostRe: The 2017 UK General Election Thread - Snap Election for 8th June
by Errkal » Fri May 19, 2017 1:56 pm

Moggy wrote:
Errkal wrote:
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Denster wrote:Voter ID is a waste of everyone's time and money.


God damn it Denny. Stop agreeing with the rest of us.

I for one have changed my mind and think we should have voter ID. It's the only way I can continue my proud run of disagreeing with Denster on everything to do with politics.


I for one welcome the new lefty snowflake Denster. Welcome to the party, we have safe spaces.


Has anybody told Denster that he is now officially a feminist and he is no longer allowed to refer to mammary glands as "Wally John Blacks"?


There will be a card with his welcome pack explaining it all, including a pack of quinoa and a guide to being a LBGT aware vegan.

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PostRe: The 2017 UK General Election Thread - Snap Election for 8th June
by Moggy » Fri May 19, 2017 1:59 pm

Errkal wrote:
Moggy wrote:
Errkal wrote:
Moggy wrote:
Denster wrote:Voter ID is a waste of everyone's time and money.


God damn it Denny. Stop agreeing with the rest of us.

I for one have changed my mind and think we should have voter ID. It's the only way I can continue my proud run of disagreeing with Denster on everything to do with politics.


I for one welcome the new lefty snowflake Denster. Welcome to the party, we have safe spaces.


Has anybody told Denster that he is now officially a feminist and he is no longer allowed to refer to mammary glands as "Wally John Blacks"?


There will be a card with his welcome pack explaining it all, including a pack of quinoa and a guide to being a LBGT aware vegan.


That's good. Make sure you remember to send the lifesized cardboard cutout of Diane Abbott so that he can put it up in his window.

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PostRe: The 2017 UK General Election Thread - Snap Election for 8th June
by Preezy » Fri May 19, 2017 2:04 pm

Woah woah woah - did you just assume Denster's gender?

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PostRe: The 2017 UK General Election Thread - Snap Election for 8th June
by Errkal » Fri May 19, 2017 2:10 pm

gooseberry fool I did. I've only just started the module on gender assignment and haven't quite gotten it down yet.

My apologies Denster, you are you, no matter how you decide to identify we support you.

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PostRe: The 2017 UK General Election Thread - Snap Election for 8th June
by Squinty » Fri May 19, 2017 3:23 pm

LEAVE DENSTER ALONE!!!!

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PostRe: The 2017 UK General Election Thread - Snap Election for 8th June
by satriales » Fri May 19, 2017 4:21 pm

The Tories manifesto includes plans to 'regulate' the internet annd control the news that gets posted online

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style ... 44176.html

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PostRe: The 2017 UK General Election Thread - Snap Election for 8th June
by Moggy » Fri May 19, 2017 4:23 pm

satriales wrote:The Tories manifesto includes plans to 'regulate' the internet annd control the news that gets posted online

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style ... 44176.html


That headline.

Theresa May to create new internet that would be controlled and regulated by government


Does she think she is Al Gore? :slol:

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PostRe: The 2017 UK General Election Thread - Snap Election for 8th June
by That » Fri May 19, 2017 4:29 pm

Denster wrote:Voter ID is a waste of everyone's time and money.


I knew we'd find something to agree on. ;) :wub:

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PostRe: The 2017 UK General Election Thread - Snap Election for 8th June
by Preezy » Fri May 19, 2017 4:29 pm

Well, I've spent this afternoon having a look at each of the manifestos for the Tories, Lib Dems and Labour, and I've settled on voting for the Lib Dems.

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PostRe: The 2017 UK General Election Thread - Snap Election for 8th June
by Lex-Man » Fri May 19, 2017 4:46 pm

Moggy wrote:
satriales wrote:The Tories manifesto includes plans to 'regulate' the internet annd control the news that gets posted online

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style ... 44176.html


That headline.

Theresa May to create new internet that would be controlled and regulated by government


Does she think she is Al Gore? :slol:


So we'll have to delete all the under 18s posts! Will Karl have to delete all his own posts?

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PostRe: The 2017 UK General Election Thread - Snap Election for 8th June
by Squinty » Fri May 19, 2017 4:51 pm

satriales wrote:The Tories manifesto includes plans to 'regulate' the internet annd control the news that gets posted online

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style ... 44176.html


And this is what people are going to be voting for in their masses.

A deluded giraffe lady who thinks she can create a new internet. Great.

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PostRe: The 2017 UK General Election Thread - Snap Election for 8th June
by Drumstick » Fri May 19, 2017 5:09 pm

So we have a PM that wants to make an excuse for poor parenting.

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PostRe: The 2017 UK General Election Thread - Snap Election for 8th June
by Moggy » Fri May 19, 2017 5:17 pm

satriales wrote:The Tories manifesto includes plans to 'regulate' the internet annd control the news that gets posted online

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style ... 44176.html


I just read that fully.

She's absolutely out of her mind if she thinks that will work. Even if somehow it did work, do we really want to be China? :dread:

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PostRe: The 2017 UK General Election Thread - Snap Election for 8th June
by Errkal » Fri May 19, 2017 5:20 pm

We won't be China, people want to trade with China.

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PostRe: The 2017 UK General Election Thread - Snap Election for 8th June
by Moggy » Fri May 19, 2017 5:32 pm

Errkal wrote:We won't be China, people want to trade with China.


True. North Korea then.

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PostRe: The 2017 UK General Election Thread - Snap Election for 8th June
by DML » Fri May 19, 2017 5:42 pm

Squinty wrote:
satriales wrote:The Tories manifesto includes plans to 'regulate' the internet annd control the news that gets posted online

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style ... 44176.html


And this is what people are going to be voting for in their masses.

A deluded giraffe lady who thinks she can create a new internet. Great.


She is so, so dangerous.

How can Denster vote for this? :lol:

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PostRe: The 2017 UK General Election Thread - Snap Election for 8th June
by Eighthours » Fri May 19, 2017 5:43 pm

Moggy wrote:
satriales wrote:The Tories manifesto includes plans to 'regulate' the internet annd control the news that gets posted online

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style ... 44176.html


I just read that fully.

She's absolutely out of her mind if she thinks that will work. Even if somehow it did work, do we really want to be China? :dread:


The goal behind this is laudable:

"It should be as unacceptable to bully online as it is in the playground, as difficult to groom a young child on the internet as it is in a community, as hard for children to access violent and degrading pornography online as it is in the high street, and as difficult to commit a crime digitally as it is physically."


But the stated methods of moving closer to this show a fundamental misunderstanding of the Internet and its benefits. I'm not a fan.

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PostRe: The 2017 UK General Election Thread - Snap Election for 8th June
by Knoyleo » Fri May 19, 2017 6:07 pm

"It should be as unacceptable to bully online as it is in the playground, as difficult to groom a young child on the internet as it is in a community, as hard for children to access violent and degrading pornography online as it is in the high street, and as difficult to commit a crime digitally as it is physically."


Think of the children!

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PostRe: The 2017 UK General Election Thread - Snap Election for 8th June
by Moggy » Fri May 19, 2017 6:15 pm

Eighthours wrote:
Moggy wrote:
satriales wrote:The Tories manifesto includes plans to 'regulate' the internet annd control the news that gets posted online

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style ... 44176.html


I just read that fully.

She's absolutely out of her mind if she thinks that will work. Even if somehow it did work, do we really want to be China? :dread:


The goal behind this is laudable:

"It should be as unacceptable to bully online as it is in the playground, as difficult to groom a young child on the internet as it is in a community, as hard for children to access violent and degrading pornography online as it is in the high street, and as difficult to commit a crime digitally as it is physically."


But the stated methods of moving closer to this show a fundamental misunderstanding of the Internet and its benefits. I'm not a fan.


Yeah except:

The government now appears to be launching a similarly radical change in the way that social networks and internet companies work. While much of the internet is currently controlled by private businesses like Google and Facebook, Theresa May intends to allow government to decide what is and isn't published, the manifesto suggests.

The new rules would include laws that make it harder than ever to access pornographic and other websites. The government will be able to place restrictions on seeing adult content and any exceptions would have to be justified to ministers, the manifesto suggests.




The Conservatives will also seek to regulate the kind of news that is posted online and how companies are paid for it. If elected, Theresa May will "take steps to protect the reliability and objectivity of information that is essential to our democracy" – and crack down on Facebook and Google to ensure that news companies get enough advertising money.


They will use terrorism and children (as usual) to justify it, but this about control, nothing else.

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PostRe: The 2017 UK General Election Thread - Snap Election for 8th June
by Garth » Fri May 19, 2017 6:16 pm

How do they propose to tackle online bullying when it's not just UK citizens bullying, but people from all over the world?


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