Originally posted by Richard Barrett
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The Dictatorship of the Etonariat
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John Locke
*Just a designation for the native Cornish people, not the party!
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Originally posted by gurnemanz View PostPopular joke in Eastern Europe. My wife grew up in the DDR. I heard it there in the 70s.
Was ist schön und was ist ScheiĂŸe?
Schön, dass es den Sozialismus gibt. ScheiĂŸe, dass es den hier gibt.
What's great and what's sh*t?
Great that socialism exists. Sh*t that it exists here.
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Richard Tarleton
Originally posted by teamsaint View PostIn 2014, 600k English people lived in Wales, and 500 k Welsh people lived in England .
The English vote in Wales doesn't entirely cover it: Welsh-speaking areas such as Gwynedd and Ceredigion saw some of the highest remain votes in Wales. It is not a consistent picture, however, with the valleys in South Wales voting to leave despite benefiting most from EU funds. In Blaenau Gwent and Torfaen, about 60% voted to leave. (Sunday Times)
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Originally posted by Richard Tarleton View PostWhere are these figures from, ts? Census returns? Was this people self-identifying as English or Welsh?
The English vote in Wales doesn't entirely cover it: Welsh-speaking areas such as Gwynedd and Ceredigion saw some of the highest remain votes in Wales. It is not a consistent picture, however, with the valleys in South Wales voting to leave despite benefiting most from EU funds. In Blaenau Gwent and Torfaen, about 60% voted to leave. (Sunday Times)
Number of non-Welsh Britons settling in Wales jumps by 17 per cent in 20 years putting Welsh on course to become a minority within the century
I was just making the point that there is more to the story than just the number of English living in Wales in terms of who voted for what. Though I accept that the English vote quite possibly moved the Welsh result from something like 50/50, if one counted the votes of Welsh people living in Wales, to the 52/48 that Wales returned, I think.Last edited by teamsaint; 22-09-19, 21:26.I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.
I am not a number, I am a free man.
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Originally posted by teamsaint View Posthttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...ghts-west.html
I was just making the point that there is more to the story than just the number of English living in Wales in terms of who voted for what. Though I accept that the English vote quite possibly moved the Welsh result from something like 50/50, if one counted the votes of Welsh people living in Wales, to the 52/48 that Wales returned, I think.
The only requirement for voting in a particular area is that you live there, not that you can trace your ancestry back to Owain Glyndwr (if in Wales), or Oliver Cromwell in England."I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone. The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square."
Lady Bracknell The importance of Being Earnest
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Originally posted by LHC View PostIt’s a bit rich to complain about the votes of people who have made use of the freedom to move to live in Wales skewing the voting there.
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Richard Tarleton
Originally posted by teamsaint View Posthttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...ghts-west.html
I was just making the point that there is more to the story than just the number of English living in Wales in terms of who voted for what. Though I accept that the English vote quite possibly moved the Welsh result from something like 50/50, if one counted the votes of Welsh people living in Wales, to the 52/48 that Wales returned, I think.
My MP told me in an exchange of emails that 58% of people in our area voted leave. Fair number of incomers hereabouts. Me, I'm a bit of a statistical outlier
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John Locke
Originally posted by Richard Tarleton View PostMy MP told me in an exchange of emails that 58% of people in our area voted leave. Fair number of incomers hereabouts.
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Originally posted by Richard Tarleton View Post
My MP told me in an exchange of emails that 58% of people in our area voted leave.
Because 100% of people didn't vote in any area
Or is it only those who vote who count ? which ignores a vast number of people who are too young etc etc
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Richard Tarleton
Originally posted by John Locke View PostPembrokeshire? Little England beyond Wales? That goes back many centuries!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little...d_beyond_Wales
Originally posted by MrGongGong View PostThat is what is known as a lie
Because 100% of people didn't vote in any area
Or is it only those who vote who count ? which ignores a vast number of people who are too young etc etc
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Originally posted by Richard Tarleton View PostIndeed....what I think he was trying to tell me is that I'm in a minority among the 1500 or so people who write to him (he says).
maybe Mr Pee and his dictionary would be useful ?
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