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I luv my wife wrote:Clarets4me .... Guess who forgot to put the bet on today

What ?

" say it ain't so, Joe "

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Low bank, do you think the Brexit candidate will still stand as it sounds like Farage is wavering over the number of candidates? Almost 100% sure they will stand ... it's gone too far now, and Burnley has 3 Brexit Party local Councillors, and a County Councillor ... I was at a housewarming today, a...

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Antony Higginbotham named as the Conservative Party Candidate, apparently ...

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Lowbankclaret wrote:Interesting morning. But I think successful.

For info, you only normally get under 10% of people who answer the door. Then not all tell you anything.

But today.

8 said Brexit Party.
6 undecided
3 Tories.
2 Labour.

Where abouts in Burnley were you canvassing ? Rosegrove with Lowerhouse ward ?

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Used to get that as a Labour canvasser. Not sure I would like to be a Labour canvasser this time around.. Nor me ! From my experience when canvassing, most people are OK but quite a few are very terse. A much more experienced campaigner told me that it's because a lot of people don't bother with po...

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AndyClaret wrote:North West poll

If this applied evenly across Burnley, there would be less than 2,000 votes between Labour, Conservative and Lib Dems ....

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I forgot to mention that I'll be running my Election competition, starting 7 days before polling day. I did it in 2015 & 2017 ..... predict the vote share for all the Burnley Constituency Candidates, and the differences between predicted/actual vote share are added together, with the lowest scorer w...

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This has it much closer.... https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/cgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Burnley" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; The fact that Burnley could be close to having a Tory MP tells you all you need need to know about the state of the Labour Party. I've looked at the Ele...

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Lowbankclaret wrote:Normal turn out is about 40,000.

I worked on 65% turnout on an electorate of 64,000, ie: 41,600 so we're in the same ballpark ....

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Firstly, hope things are better for you health wise soon and you can look forward to the baby next month. Music can have a wonderful effect at times. I must confess I’ve not listened to Nat King Cole in a long time. He was one of my dad’s favourite singers. Not very PC, but the great man had a 60 a...

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I think Charlie Briggs will get more than 10%. He is well known locally, has no ties with traitors , is dead honest and hard-working. Nah, he'll never make an MP! I think that's optimistic ... Burnley has an electorate of around 64,000, if you get a turnout of 65%, then 4,160 votes would be the mar...

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A conversation at my house, about 3 weeks ago .... Me: Hello, tim_noone, come in, my friend Tn: I was in the area, so I thought I'd pop round MrsC4m: Hello, tim, lovely to see you ( peck on cheek ) Me: Can I get you a tea, coffee ? Tn: Errr .... MrsC4m: A beer, perhaps ? Tn: Oh no, I couldn't ... Mr...

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Billy Balfour wrote:The south is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

That might be a first ..... LP Hartley being quoted on here ....

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Mrs Clarets4me and I loved your daughter's video, MACCA, you should be proud !

We were only able to have one child unfortunately, and I love him dearly, but I'd have loved a daughter .... I might have let her have a boyfriend once she turned 30, I suppose !

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Good news .... the North West's water resources stood at 85.5% of capacity last Sunday, up from 65.9% a year ago. Rejoice !

I hardly think today's weather will diminish the position, do you think we could sell some of it down south, or perhaps exchange it for well paid jobs and some sunshine ??

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My Nanna was Born in the 1800s I knew her well...it's probable I have and will have family member Spanning 4 centuries.get your heads round that!! :shock: Might need to check your maths there, we've all got family members going back centuries .... I know what you mean ..... my Grandmother was born ...

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There is that. But Labour took my vote in 2017 and effectively used it as a backing of Corbynism and all the things that go with that (good and bad). Granted they have been pulled closer and closer to remain by them actually looking at the analysis of who voted for them but the recent interview wit...

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Both Wigan and Swansea were bankrolled by wealthy men, and moved to new stadiums ... Wigan ( Borough pop: 318,000 ) and Swansea ( Unitary authority pop: 245,500 ) are also substantially bigger towns, or in Swansea's case, city. The Borough of Burnley has a population of 87,059 ( 2011 Census ). You c...

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Just out of interest what has it been in all our history? You can't just have a cut off date for our history regardless of how many divisions there were, even with the old 3rd North and South there were still 4 divisions and you could still be relegated from division two which we never were. As I h...

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Years and years of being a top flight side in our history. 24 years unbroken in the old first division (not too many teams can boast that). I think when people keep going on about 'little old Burnley' they are being a bit small minded, you would think we had just come out of the marshes into the PL...

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tim_noone wrote:I know..... I'm waiting to see what category I fall into ... elderly ...old...etc.

Early middle age," timnoone " .....

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dougcollins wrote:We can all stop pretending we know stuff about rugby and go back to watching the football.

I'm probably one of a handful on here who know more about Rugby Union, than Football, which is why I don't comment on tactics, subs etc..

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Best side won on the day, that's sport as far as I'm concerned. We ( obviously I wasn't playing) got absolutely South Africaed. Still on the bright side a couple of hundred people in the clubhouse and the tills were ringing. I should imagine Dave N wouldn't mind if he never saw another egg in his l...

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Wile E Coyote wrote:this love in with rugby is manufactured pap, sooner its over the better.

Pack it in, you joyless inverted snob !

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AndrewJB wrote:Are you saying Julie Cooper isn't like Peter Pike? If so how not?

Like it or not, there's a good number of older posters giggling when reading your post, " AndrewJB " !!

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mkmel wrote:Are you a Scot?

I think you'll find he's got Irish sympathies, but, secretly, he wants England to win ...

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I don't know what you're trying to say but Burnley isn't one of Labours top 50 most marginal seats, which are the seats Custice was talking about that BXP have a chance in. The Conservative might have had a slight chance if there was neither a BXP or UKIP candidate running, but neither BXP or the T...

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Correct, even when it goes against the majority who voted for her. And will now vote her out. Regrettably, I think she'll be re-elected. The Leave vote will be split between the Brexit party and the Conservatives, the Lib Dems will see a small revival, The Greens and BP&P will poll 800-1300 each .....

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As for Cooper - I’ve seen all sorts of nonsense on social media about how she “doesn’t represent the interests of the people of Burnley” - but nobody is ever willing to pony up her voting record in its entirety, but instead claim she’s voted against Brexit, even including the vote against the Henry...

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I believe Shirley Temple was one of the highest earners, and tax payers in the United States, at the height of her child stardom .... she was 7 years old.

Should she have been entitled to vote ?

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Those interested should google " Violet Jessop " ..... she was a stewardess/nurse who worked for the White Star line, she survived a sea collison which badly damaged the " Olympic " in September 1911, survived the sinking of the " Titanic " in April 1912, and then was working on their sister ship " ...

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Friends of mine just had a lovely holiday in northern Cyprus and flew home from the south. The only issue they had was when crossing the border, they had 10 packets of tobacco which they were told they were allowed. They had it confiscated and fined 340 euros. Aye, and I bet every penny went into t...

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My 83 year old father attends the same unit regularly. He suffers from heart problems, and they use the ultrasound machines to moniter the fluid levels around his abdomen, and heart.

All best wishes to Mama " TimNoone ", may she thrive and survive !

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You're allowed to start a family at 16 so how can anyone justify arguing against giving 16 year olds the right to vote? It's hilarious seeing people try. In July, debating increasing the age for lottery scratch-cards, Labour Deputy Leader, Tom Watson said, " There is no need for further evidence, t...

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Come on Wales. They don't Like us though but who does!! I hope the best team win ..... I hope England win the final, but if England don't win, I'd prefer Wales to take home the Cup than South Africa. The place would probably have a month long party, with an open top Bus for each player, and they'd ...

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Stayed there for two weeks in the early eighties, at 19, when dating the daughter of a rather " well off " family. Fixed caravan in those days, her Mum & Dad visited on the middle weekend, which temporarily curtailed our nocturnal activities. Glorious weather, and happy memories of the Yacht Club an...

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Eight local authority by-elections were held yesterday, the Conservatives held four seats, Labour held two. The Lib Dem's gained one seat from the Conservatives ( Powys UA ), whilst the Conservatives took one from Labour in Daventry. Looking into the figures, Labour lost 20% of it's vote share to th...

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Also, two more .... 1) Calls purporting from BT asking for account details. My 83 year old Mum was nearly caught a few weeks ago, it was only NatWest's security systems that prevented £4,900 from being debited from her account. Natwest sent an automated call to her home phone but couldn't speak to h...

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Here's a thought .... Give the Referee back control, one official with VAR to suggest to the Referee that he might want to look again at an incident. Also, Referee can ask to look at a goal/penalty/foul play incident. He goes to the side of the pitch, watches the monitor and acts accordingly ... Rep...

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In common with most people, the answer's going to vary from day to day, morning to afternoon, depending on mood ... :D 1) Roll me away - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band 2) The Pretender - Jackson Browne 3) Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley 4) How she could sing the Wildwood flower - Emmylou Harris...

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spadesclaret wrote:That is a dreadful slur on the OP's good name. If it was intended as a joke there should have been a smiley.

He would have done, but the traditional smiley emoji is not an accurate representation of timnoone's current smile, sadly .....

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I thought the Burnley Independent party was only interested in local people with local issues anyway let's see the manifesto for the group as a group of ex lib dems I would imagine it would be closely aligned With the obvious exception of the fact that BPIP Councillors seem very pro-Brexit, from wh...

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Can't be bothered to argue this point once again, and I'm not a Burnley constituent anyway, but it's nothing like 67% of her CONSTITUENTS. It's 67% of those who actually voted on one day in 2016. Burnley has approx 87,000 constituents of whom approx 67,000 are on the electoral role. Approx 29,000 v...

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Whilst I appreciate Brexit is the issue of the day, this is not the main point of this thread. I don't want the mods to " merge " it in with the already vast Brexit thread, where it would just be engulfed by comments from posters reiterating their own positions endlessly ....

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ClaretAndJew wrote:I'm watching Preston v Leeds and the quality is absolutely shocking.

I can't believe that I'm rather wanting PNE to win both tonight and on Saturday !!

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I suspect the word is that a lot of traditional Labour voters in town are not happy with her voting patterns on a certain topic that has dominated everything including this board in the last few years - and the feeling is they would vote against her So it's true, she has voted to increase the price...

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Aclaret wrote:And Barnsley 2 up at West Brom !!

That might ruin a few coupons, should that stay the same ..

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Hearing one or two rumours over the weekend that our MP Julie Cooper is to stand down at the next election ...
Anybody know if this is true ?

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I take it your good lady's Scottish, from your previous comment .. she might wish to have a quiet word with your neighbour's partner ( if applicable ) and explain what happened, that should ruin his day when she starts pecking his head ..

Revenge is a dish best served cold, and all that ...

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Cricket is colne football is the clarets good luck to colne big Gaza has pulled off a good signing for us next season hearing Burnley have made a very good purchase for their amateur ranks up the colne Just returned from a " do " at your beloved Colne CC .... a round of 2 pints of Lager Shandy, a g...

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