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  • AlastairMeeksAlastairMeeks Posts: 30,340
    For there to be a resolution someone has to change their position. No one is doing so yet.
  • RecidivistRecidivist Posts: 4,679
    I'm not changing my position. So somebody else is going to have to.

    Glad we've got that sorted.
  • SandyRentoolSandyRentool Posts: 20,393
    It's now or never, according to the betting.

    I think that's right. If we haven't left by the new deadline it is probably because parliament has enacted a 'Confirmatory Ballot', and that means Remain.
  • The european parliament will have changed by the end of the month.
  • logical_songlogical_song Posts: 9,669
    "There are two blocks of MPs Who are determined not to support that which is currently on the table – the ERG Brexit hardliners and those behind the People’s Vote campaign."
    There's also the DUP.
  • Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 60,933
    Good morning, everyone.

    I agree, Mr. Rentool, that right now Remain/May's deal are significantly likelier than leaving with no deal.

    Whilst much has been written of the potential for economic turbulence in the latter instance, I think most politicians and journalists haven't considered the political harm that would be caused by staying in.

    And, as I've said before various times, trying to come up with a fair set of options in a second referendum is actually pretty tricky. The two step approach (Remain/Leave and, if the latter wins, May's deal/no deal) may be the best/least bad way to go.
  • OldKingColeOldKingCole Posts: 31,715
    Writing in the Guardian today Gina Miller says that
    'I am therefore attempting to even the playing field by today launching Remain United, a tactical voting and campaigning website to give voters advice on which remain-backing party they would be best off supporting in order to maximise the number of seats these parties capture between them in the forthcoming election.'

    Someone's going to be upset, but might just work. Last thing the country needs now is Farage crowing that 'he's won' again.
  • SouthamObserverSouthamObserver Posts: 38,879
    Well, Spurs!
  • CarlottaVanceCarlottaVance Posts: 59,540

    Writing in the Guardian today Gina Miller says that

    'I am therefore attempting to even the playing field by today launching Remain United, a tactical voting and campaigning website to give voters advice on which remain-backing party they would be best off supporting in order to maximise the number of seats these parties capture between them in the forthcoming election.'



    Someone's going to be upset, but might just work. Last thing the country needs now is Farage crowing that 'he's won' again.

    How are they going to choose between the LibDems - who have a track record and the Tiggers, who are election-phobic?
  • edmundintokyoedmundintokyo Posts: 17,136
    > @OldKingCole said:
    > Writing in the Guardian today Gina Miller says that
    > 'I am therefore attempting to even the playing field by today launching Remain United, a tactical voting and campaigning website to give voters advice on which remain-backing party they would be best off supporting in order to maximise the number of seats these parties capture between them in the forthcoming election.'
    >
    > Someone's going to be upset, but might just work. Last thing the country needs now is Farage crowing that 'he's won' again.

    Good idea in theory, but probably quite a tough problem to work out good recommendations. If your data turns out a little bit wrong it can easily backfire.
  • rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 53,766
    > @logical_song said:
    > "There are two blocks of MPs Who are determined not to support that which is currently on the table – the ERG Brexit hardliners and those behind the People’s Vote campaign."
    > There's also the DUP.

    And Sinn Fein. Not a single one of their MPs has even bothered to vote.
  • AlastairMeeksAlastairMeeks Posts: 30,340
    > @SouthamObserver said:
    > Well, Spurs!

    I’m impressed you’re up this early.
  • rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 53,766
    > @Morris_Dancer said:
    > Good morning, everyone.
    >
    > I agree, Mr. Rentool, that right now Remain/May's deal are significantly likelier than leaving with no deal.
    >
    > Whilst much has been written of the potential for economic turbulence in the latter instance, I think most politicians and journalists haven't considered the political harm that would be caused by staying in.
    >
    > And, as I've said before various times, trying to come up with a fair set of options in a second referendum is actually pretty tricky. The two step approach (Remain/Leave and, if the latter wins, May's deal/no deal) may be the best/least bad way to go.

    No

    Because that still doesn't find the Condorcet Winner.
  • CarlottaVanceCarlottaVance Posts: 59,540
    And they say irony is dead......

    https://twitter.com/ScotNational/status/1126372980886523905

    Or perhaps its self awareness that's shuffled off....
  • OldKingColeOldKingCole Posts: 31,715
    edited May 2019
    > @edmundintokyo said:
    > > @OldKingCole said:
    > > Writing in the Guardian today Gina Miller says that
    > > 'I am therefore attempting to even the playing field by today launching Remain United, a tactical voting and campaigning website to give voters advice on which remain-backing party they would be best off supporting in order to maximise the number of seats these parties capture between them in the forthcoming election.'
    > >
    > > Someone's going to be upset, but might just work. Last thing the country needs now is Farage crowing that 'he's won' again.
    >
    > Good idea in theory, but probably quite a tough problem to work out good recommendations. If your data turns out a little bit wrong it can easily backfire.

    Indeed; not a lot of time left, either.
    If you look at where I live, Mid/N Essex, in one constituency you'd back the Greens but across the line in Chelmsford, it'd be the LibDems.
    Vince is (at last, did I hear someone say) making all the right noises.
  • DecrepitJohnLDecrepitJohnL Posts: 13,300
    OT the Telegraph's story about train delays caused by Flying Scotsman fans getting too close to the tracks is illustrated by a number of tweets from a train driver tweeting as Don't Buy The Telegraph.
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/05/08/train-drivers-hit-flying-scotsman-train-spotters-blame-delays/
  • DecrepitJohnLDecrepitJohnL Posts: 13,300
    Is there an EU election due soon? I can't even remember whether it is too early to panic about the non-arrival of a polling card.
  • noneoftheabovenoneoftheabove Posts: 20,451
    > @Morris_Dancer said:
    > Good morning, everyone.
    >
    > I agree, Mr. Rentool, that right now Remain/May's deal are significantly likelier than leaving with no deal.
    >
    > Whilst much has been written of the potential for economic turbulence in the latter instance, I think most politicians and journalists haven't considered the political harm that would be caused by staying in.
    >
    > And, as I've said before various times, trying to come up with a fair set of options in a second referendum is actually pretty tricky. The two step approach (Remain/Leave and, if the latter wins, May's deal/no deal) may be the best/least bad way to go.

    I asked yesterday and no one seemed to have an answer, what exactly would a no deal on a ballot paper mean?

    For how long and on what matters can neither govt nor parliament make deals with the EU? Could we make deals with the EEA? Or France?

    As a practical example, imagine we leave with no deal, Boris gets voted in PM and is offered a free trade deal but part of that is to pay £20bn upfront to cover the exit fees the EU thinks they are due. Is he allowed to accept? Is that not a breach of what (some) voters understand by no-deal?

    Or no-deal turns out to be a disaster and hospitals are running out of medicine and death rate is significantly higher, opinion polling shifts to 65% for a deal and EU happy to offer it, are the govt allowed to act?

    We would be setting ourselves up for another battle between the legitimacy of a binary vote with little context against the needs of a democratically elected govt to deal with complex issues.
  • edmundintokyoedmundintokyo Posts: 17,136
    > @Morris_Dancer said:
    > And, as I've said before various times, trying to come up with a fair set of options in a second referendum is actually pretty tricky. The two step approach (Remain/Leave and, if the latter wins, May's deal/no deal) may be the best/least bad way to go.

    You've got that backwards: You need to decide what Brexit would be if you did it before you can decide whether you want to do it.
  • OblitusSumMeOblitusSumMe Posts: 9,143
    > @Morris_Dancer said:

    > And, as I've said before various times, trying to come up with a fair set of options in a second referendum is actually pretty tricky. The two step approach (Remain/Leave and, if the latter wins, May's deal/no deal) may be the best/least bad way to go.

    We can debate the theoretical niceties between now and the end of time (without agreeing) but the political reality is that a majority in the Commons has voted for measures to prevent No Deal. They will not vote for a referendum where No Deal is an option.
  • Blue_rogBlue_rog Posts: 2,019
    > @DecrepitJohnL said:
    > Is there an EU election due soon? I can't even remember whether it is too early to panic about the non-arrival of a polling card.

    We had ours weeks ago
  • OldKingColeOldKingCole Posts: 31,715
    > @DecrepitJohnL said:
    > Is there an EU election due soon? I can't even remember whether it is too early to panic about the non-arrival of a polling card.

    Ours came a week or so ago.
  • DecrepitJohnLDecrepitJohnL Posts: 13,300
    No deal Brexit -- OGH's OP wonders if the EU27 might kick us out without a deal.

    Can they do that? IANAL but was not the rationale for revocation being a unilateral decision that the EU27 could not kick us out?
  • AlanbrookeAlanbrooke Posts: 23,559
    > @SouthamObserver said:
    > Well, Spurs!

    lol

    between you and Eagles it will be a fun time
  • Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 60,933
    Mr. Me, you may very well be right about that.

    Advantage Farage, though.

    "They won't even give you the option of what you want!" will be the cry. And those refuting it will have some difficulty as the popularity or not of no deal will be untested at the ballot box.

    That said, if May's deal or Remain ended up with a large victory that would dilute the impact.

    MPs voting for something they find unacceptable is why they find themselves in a cul-de-sac. Daft sods.
  • AlanbrookeAlanbrooke Posts: 23,559
    > @Alanbrooke said:
    > > @SouthamObserver said:
    > > Well, Spurs!
    >
    > lol
    >
    > between you and Eagles it will be a fun time !

    good luck!
  • DecrepitJohnLDecrepitJohnL Posts: 13,300
    edited May 2019
    > @OldKingCole said:
    > > @DecrepitJohnL said:
    > > Is there an EU election due soon? I can't even remember whether it is too early to panic about the non-arrival of a polling card.
    >
    > Ours came a week or so ago.

    Thanks (and to Blue_rog). I'll check with the neighbours and give the council a ring.
  • edmundintokyoedmundintokyo Posts: 17,136
    > @rcs1000 said:
    > Because that still doesn't find the Condorcet Winner.

    If you do it in the non-bonkers order, ie Deal vs No Deal then the winner of that vs Remain, I think you get the Condorcet winner if there is one. However you'll never know whether you got the Condorcet winner or whether there would have been a cycle.
  • Blue_rogBlue_rog Posts: 2,019
    > @DecrepitJohnL said:
    > No deal Brexit -- OGH's OP wonders if the EU27 might kick us out without a deal.
    >
    > Can they do that? IANAL but was not the rationale for revocation being a unilateral decision that the EU27 could not kick us out?

    My understanding is that the EU can refuse to extend the deadline and then de facto, we leave. Under those circumstances I can imagine the only recourse the UK would have would be to revoke article 50.

    That would be 'interesting' politically in the UK
  • DecrepitJohnLDecrepitJohnL Posts: 13,300
    > @CarlottaVance said:
    > https://twitter.com/PolhomeEditor/status/1126351663822966784

    I'm supporting the Uber strikers by not having a social life. :(
  • edmundintokyoedmundintokyo Posts: 17,136
    > @DecrepitJohnL said:
    > No deal Brexit -- OGH's OP wonders if the EU27 might kick us out without a deal.
    >
    > Can they do that? IANAL but was not the rationale for revocation being a unilateral decision that the EU27 could not kick us out?

    They can't stop the UK revoking, but they can stop it extending. Revoking is a much more politically adventurous thing for the UK to do than extending, so if the EU refused an extension it could well result in No-Deal Brexit.
  • OblitusSumMeOblitusSumMe Posts: 9,143
    > @Morris_Dancer said:

    > MPs voting for something they find unacceptable is why they find themselves in a cul-de-sac. Daft sods.

    Yes. They did that because they were worrying about Farage. So they would be better off not worrying about Farage and simply advocating their case more effectively to the voters.

    Farage will try and make a career out of claiming an establishment stitch-up regardless of what they do.
  • RochdalePioneersRochdalePioneers Posts: 27,013
    edited May 2019
    A deal cooked up by Corbyn and May will not include a referendum. Will then trigger swathes of MPs breaking away from their own parties. Will then reject the cooked up deal. Will then see various new groupings demanding a referendum. But also see MPs absolutely not willing to vote for one. Or throw out the government. Or force a general election.

    Nothing will happen before the summer 2022 General Election.
  • Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 60,933
    Mr. Tokyo, that's true, but a refusal to extend might cause the Commons/May to prefer to revoke.

    One suspects that whatever happens, there shall be much wailing and gnashing of teeth.
  • OblitusSumMeOblitusSumMe Posts: 9,143
    > @DecrepitJohnL said:
    > No deal Brexit -- OGH's OP wonders if the EU27 might kick us out without a deal.
    >
    > Can they do that? IANAL but was not the rationale for revocation being a unilateral decision that the EU27 could not kick us out?

    They can remove the option of an extension, leaving us theoretically with the choice between revocation and a no deal exit, but for practical reasons of time revocation may not be an option, particularly if the PM is opposed.
  • edmundintokyoedmundintokyo Posts: 17,136
    edited May 2019
    If you wanted 3 options it might actually be cleaner to add a 4th, ie

    Semi-finals:
    1) Leave group - Deal vs No-Deal
    2) Remain group - David Cameron's Renegotiation vs David Cameron is a massive fucking bell-end

    Finals:
    Winner of (1) vs Winner of (2)

    The advantage of that is that otherwise you have this whole can of worms about how much funding and media time each side gets.
  • Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 55,008

    OT the Telegraph's story about train delays caused by Flying Scotsman fans getting too close to the tracks is illustrated by a number of tweets from a train driver tweeting as Don't Buy The Telegraph.

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/05/08/train-drivers-hit-flying-scotsman-train-spotters-blame-delays/

    That makes me want to buy the Telegraph.
  • eristdooferistdoof Posts: 4,861
    > @OldKingCole said:
    > > @edmundintokyo said:
    > > > @OldKingCole said:
    > > > Writing in the Guardian today Gina Miller says that
    > > > 'I am therefore attempting to even the playing field by today launching Remain United, a tactical voting and campaigning website to give voters advice on which remain-backing party they would be best off supporting in order to maximise the number of seats these parties capture between them in the forthcoming election.'
    > > >
    > > > Someone's going to be upset, but might just work. Last thing the country needs now is Farage crowing that 'he's won' again.
    > >
    > > Good idea in theory, but probably quite a tough problem to work out good recommendations. If your data turns out a little bit wrong it can easily backfire.
    >
    > Indeed; not a lot of time left, either.
    > If you look at where I live, Mid/N Essex, in one constituency you'd back the Greens but across the line in Chelmsford, it'd be the LibDems.
    > Vince is (at last, did I hear someone say) making all the right noises.

    Mid/N Essex and Chelmsford are in the same Region for the EP election There's no difference in tactical voting between these two places, and it is much too early to consider the tactical landscape for the next GE.
  • noneoftheabovenoneoftheabove Posts: 20,451
    > @edmundintokyo said:
    > > @DecrepitJohnL said:
    > > No deal Brexit -- OGH's OP wonders if the EU27 might kick us out without a deal.
    > >
    > > Can they do that? IANAL but was not the rationale for revocation being a unilateral decision that the EU27 could not kick us out?
    >
    > They can't stop the UK revoking, but they can stop it extending. Revoking is a much more politically adventurous thing for the UK to do than extending, so if the EU refused an extension it could well result in No-Deal Brexit.

    If we revoke, re-trigger Article 50 and agree a deal, could we still leave on 31 October or do we need to wait two years? If the former then doesnt seem much practical difference even if a big difference politically.
  • Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 60,933
    Mr. Above, if we revoke, MPs won't support triggering Article 50 a second time.
  • noneoftheabovenoneoftheabove Posts: 20,451
    > @Morris_Dancer said:
    > Mr. Above, if we revoke, MPs won't support triggering Article 50 a second time.

    If we revoke through our choice then agree it seems very unlikely. If we revoke because the French "made us", I see it as plausible. Revoking may also cause a GE, and the new parliament may want to trigger Article 50.
  • eristdooferistdoof Posts: 4,861
    > @noneoftheabove said:

    > Or no-deal turns out to be a disaster and hospitals are running out of medicine and death rate is significantly higher, opinion polling shifts to 65% for a deal and EU happy to offer it, are the govt allowed to act?
    >


    If we leave with no deal, then deal is no longer available, even if the public opinion shifts to "I wish we'd left with a Deal". In practice the "Deal" is a transition agreement, and once we have left with a hard brexit, then the transition has already happened.
  • Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 60,933
    Mr. Above, still think that's very unlikely.

    Most MPs are pro-EU and pro-Remain.

    If they get exactly what they want, why would they needlessly risk losing it?
  • OblitusSumMeOblitusSumMe Posts: 9,143
    > @Casino_Royale said:
    > OT the Telegraph's story about train delays caused by Flying Scotsman fans getting too close to the tracks is illustrated by a number of tweets from a train driver tweeting as Don't Buy The Telegraph.
    >
    > https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/05/08/train-drivers-hit-flying-scotsman-train-spotters-blame-delays/
    >
    > That makes me want to buy the Telegraph.

    It's possible he changed his Twitter handle after the Telegraph used his tweets for their story without his permission. They would have had to pay a photo agency for use of their photos so I'd want a national newspaper to pay me for use of my photos.
  • brokenwheelbrokenwheel Posts: 3,352
    edited May 2019
    FPT
    HYUFD said:

    @HYUFD The fact Labour are now polling at Brown 2010 levels and the Tories are polling worse than Major 1997 shows the contempt for the main parties currently held by the voters and confirms the trend from the local elections

    It's actually much worse than it looks. All parties are being flattered by high levels of don't knows and will not votes, which are excluded from the headlines, bumping up their figures. In 2010 63% said they would vote either Labour or Conservative, in the latest polls that's now a ridiculously low 38%. E.g. 20% fewer people are saying they will vote Labour than even at the beginning of 2010. Now that's not to say voters won't return but the situation is precarious.

    Low turnout local elections are only the tip of the iceberg as they bring out the most loyal voters. We'll see what happens to the rest.
  • malcolmgmalcolmg Posts: 41,673

    And they say irony is dead......

    https://twitter.com/ScotNational/status/1126372980886523905

    Or perhaps its self awareness that's shuffled off....

    LOL, look at the state of Davidson, one trick pony
    https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/scottish-conservatives-mocked-for-embarrassing-election-leaflet-1-4923341
  • noneoftheabovenoneoftheabove Posts: 20,451
    > @eristdoof said:
    > > @noneoftheabove said:
    >
    > > Or no-deal turns out to be a disaster and hospitals are running out of medicine and death rate is significantly higher, opinion polling shifts to 65% for a deal and EU happy to offer it, are the govt allowed to act?
    > >
    >
    >
    > If we leave with no deal, then deal is no longer available, even if the public opinion shifts to "I wish we'd left with a Deal". In practice the "Deal" is a transition agreement, and once we have left with a hard brexit, then the transition has already happened.
    >

    The EU are still going to want their £20bn! (approx)

    Any future deal we have with the EU will get stuck on that unless it is addressed, in some form of deal, whether pre or post leaving the EU.
  • DecrepitJohnLDecrepitJohnL Posts: 13,300
    > @edmundintokyo said:
    > If you wanted 3 options it might actually be cleaner to add a 4th, ie
    >
    > Semi-finals:
    > 1) Leave group - Deal vs No-Deal
    > 2) Remain group - David Cameron's Renegotiation vs David Cameron is a massive fucking bell-end
    >
    > Finals:
    > Winner of (1) vs Winner of (2)
    >
    > The advantage of that is that otherwise you have this whole can of worms about how much funding and media time each side gets.

    Ah but your second semi-final raises an important question of hyphenation.

    https://twitter.com/vizcomic/status/1085960357850636290
  • mattmatt Posts: 3,789

    > @eristdoof said:

    > > @noneoftheabove said:

    >

    > > Or no-deal turns out to be a disaster and hospitals are running out of medicine and death rate is significantly higher, opinion polling shifts to 65% for a deal and EU happy to offer it, are the govt allowed to act?

    > >

    >

    >

    > If we leave with no deal, then deal is no longer available, even if the public opinion shifts to "I wish we'd left with a Deal". In practice the "Deal" is a transition agreement, and once we have left with a hard brexit, then the transition has already happened.

    >



    The EU are still going to want their £20bn! (approx)



    Any future deal we have with the EU will get stuck on that unless it is addressed, in some form of deal, whether pre or post leaving the EU.

    I’m sure they won’t. Negotiation experts here have advised otherwise.
  • eristdooferistdoof Posts: 4,861
    > @noneoftheabove said:
    > > @eristdoof said:
    > > > @noneoftheabove said:
    > >
    > > > Or no-deal turns out to be a disaster and hospitals are running out of medicine and death rate is significantly higher, opinion polling shifts to 65% for a deal and EU happy to offer it, are the govt allowed to act?
    > > >
    > >
    > >
    > > If we leave with no deal, then deal is no longer available, even if the public opinion shifts to "I wish we'd left with a Deal". In practice the "Deal" is a transition agreement, and once we have left with a hard brexit, then the transition has already happened.
    > >
    >
    > The EU are still going to want their £20bn! (approx)
    >
    > Any future deal we have with the EU will get stuck on that unless it is addressed, in some form of deal, whether pre or post leaving the EU.

    That is irrelevant... "Deal", in the current context, only covers the transition. A future deal can of course be negotiated, but that takes years and in the mean time the UK is stuck with the "No Deal" conditions.
  • SelebianSelebian Posts: 7,255

    Writing in the Guardian today Gina Miller says that

    'I am therefore attempting to even the playing field by today launching Remain United, a tactical voting and campaigning website to give voters advice on which remain-backing party they would be best off supporting in order to maximise the number of seats these parties capture between them in the forthcoming election.'



    Someone's going to be upset, but might just work. Last thing the country needs now is Farage crowing that 'he's won' again.

    I saw (may have been on here) and followed an advert to another similar site, pretty sure it wasn't remainunited but cannot remember the address now, a couple of weeks back. Be interesting to see whether competing sites - unless this is a rebrand - make the same recommendations

    The idea makes a certain amount of sense, but assuming that there are voters committed to a specific party among LD/Green/CHUK then floating remain voters may need to split to multiple parties to get most seats - e.g. 20% of remain vote certain to go LD as LD supporters, 20%certain to go Green as green supporters and the combined remain vote is just capable of winning two seats then the remaining 60% need to split as evenly as possible to secure those seats. That cannot be organised easily, unless you sign up and get a personalised randomised recommendation.

    There's also a lot at stake here for CHUK and LD with respect to each other, it's hard to see LD supporters being that keen on voting tactically for CHUK when a bigger CHUK share than LD could see LD lose all their apparent recovery momentum and given the leaked CHUK memo. Vice versa for those who want to see CHUK succeed long term.

    Personally, I haven't yet decided my vote and quite willing to vote tactically if I can be convinced that the tactics are correct. Otherwise it will come down to other policies I support most, which looks like a challenge for CHUK as they don't seem to have any :#
  • eristdooferistdoof Posts: 4,861
    > @brokenwheel said:
    > FPT @HYUFD The fact Labour are now polling at Brown 2010 levels and the Tories are polling worse than Major 1997 shows the contempt for the main parties currently held by the voters and confirms the trend from the local elections
    >
    > It's actually much worse than it looks. All parties are being flattered by high levels of don't knows and will not votes, which are excluded from the headlines, bumping up their figures. In 2010 63% said they would vote either Labour or Conservative, in the latest polls that's now a ridiculously low 38%. E.g. 20% fewer people are saying they will vote Labour than even at the beginning of 2010. Now that's not to say voters won't return but the situation is precarious.
    >
    > Low turnout local elections are only the tip of the iceberg as they bring out the most loyal voters. We'll see what happens to the rest.

    There is a good reason why don't knows and won't votes are excluded.

    If included as is then the bias for all parties will be much worse than if excluded. If they are accounted for by apportioning them by some system, then the system which minimises any bias is the same as excluding them.

    The effect of having many don't knows is to make the polls less accurate but not more biassed.
  • noneoftheabovenoneoftheabove Posts: 20,451
    > @eristdoof said:
    > > @noneoftheabove said:
    > > > @eristdoof said:
    > > > > @noneoftheabove said:
    > > >
    > > > > Or no-deal turns out to be a disaster and hospitals are running out of medicine and death rate is significantly higher, opinion polling shifts to 65% for a deal and EU happy to offer it, are the govt allowed to act?
    > > > >
    > > >
    > > >
    > > > If we leave with no deal, then deal is no longer available, even if the public opinion shifts to "I wish we'd left with a Deal". In practice the "Deal" is a transition agreement, and once we have left with a hard brexit, then the transition has already happened.
    > > >
    > >
    > > The EU are still going to want their £20bn! (approx)
    > >
    > > Any future deal we have with the EU will get stuck on that unless it is addressed, in some form of deal, whether pre or post leaving the EU.
    >
    > That is irrelevant... "Deal", in the current context, only covers the transition. A future deal can of course be negotiated, but that takes years and in the mean time the UK is stuck with the "No Deal" conditions.

    So in your view the govt is free to make any deal it likes the day after we leave with no deal? I can pretty much guarantee that many no deal voters will cry betrayal, stitch up, whats the point in voting as soon as the govt enters any negotiations.

    We should learn from our mistakes and having a referendum option that is not clear cut has led us into a mess where over 90% of the country are now unhappy with how the govt is trying to resolve brexit. The govt is trying its best and has an impossible situation to deal with.

    Why on earth should we repeat it? If no deal is to be an option it is up to the senior no dealers (Farage, JRM, Boris) to specify exactly what they want and how it can be implemented. They will not bother as 1) that involves work and effort 2) the ambiguity suits them, many will not realise we will eventually pay that £20bn one way or another, and the anti immigration groups and free trade global Britain can both believe in their post Brexit futures when they are complete opposites.
  • brokenwheelbrokenwheel Posts: 3,352

    Writing in the Guardian today Gina Miller says that

    'I am therefore attempting to even the playing field by today launching Remain United, a tactical voting and campaigning website to give voters advice on which remain-backing party they would be best off supporting in order to maximise the number of seats these parties capture between them in the forthcoming election.'

    Currently it seems to just be "vote Lib Dem".

    If they're working off polls this is probably going to backfire spectacularly...
  • DecrepitJohnLDecrepitJohnL Posts: 13,300
    > @Selebian said:
    > Writing in the Guardian today Gina Miller says that
    >
    > 'I am therefore attempting to even the playing field by today launching Remain United, a tactical voting and campaigning website to give voters advice on which remain-backing party they would be best off supporting in order to maximise the number of seats these parties capture between them in the forthcoming election.'
    >
    >
    >
    > Someone's going to be upset, but might just work. Last thing the country needs now is Farage crowing that 'he's won' again.
    >
    > I saw (may have been on here) and followed an advert to another similar site, pretty sure it wasn't remainunited but cannot remember the address now, a couple of weeks back. Be interesting to see whether competing sites - unless this is a rebrand - make the same recommendations
    >
    > The idea makes a certain amount of sense, but assuming that there are voters committed to a specific party among LD/Green/CHUK then floating remain voters may need to split to multiple parties to get most seats - e.g. 20% of remain vote certain to go LD as LD supporters, 20%certain to go Green as green supporters and the combined remain vote is just capable of winning two seats then the remaining 60% need to split as evenly as possible to secure those seats. That cannot be organised easily, unless you sign up and get a personalised randomised recommendation.
    >
    > There's also a lot at stake here for CHUK and LD with respect to each other, it's hard to see LD supporters being that keen on voting tactically for CHUK when a bigger CHUK share than LD could see LD lose all their apparent recovery momentum and given the leaked CHUK memo. Vice versa for those who want to see CHUK succeed long term.
    >
    > Personally, I haven't yet decided my vote and quite willing to vote tactically if I can be convinced that the tactics are correct. Otherwise it will come down to other policies I support most, which looks like a challenge for CHUK as they don't seem to have any :#

    CHUK has many policies. As the name suggests, it wants change, provided nothing changes. It wants elections although it will not fight them. Most importantly, it wants Chuka to be leader, provided Heidi Allen takes the job.
  • SouthamObserverSouthamObserver Posts: 38,879
    > @AlastairMeeks said:
    > > @SouthamObserver said:
    > > Well, Spurs!
    >
    > I’m impressed you’re up this early.

    Haven’t really been to bed!
  • SouthamObserverSouthamObserver Posts: 38,879
    > @Alanbrooke said:
    > > @Alanbrooke said:
    > > > @SouthamObserver said:
    > > > Well, Spurs!
    > >
    > > lol
    > >
    > > between you and Eagles it will be a fun time !
    >
    > good luck!
    >
    >

    Thanks. TSE is used to it. This is new territory for me. I never imagined it could happen.
  • edmundintokyoedmundintokyo Posts: 17,136
    OK, it turns out that on current polling the tactical voting solution is for everybody in England to vote LibDem. This kind-of shows the limits of trying to do the whole thing impartially and mathematically rather than involving actual politics: It's hard to get Greens on board with this if your idea is for them not to get any seats.

    https://www.remainunited.org/be-tactical/

    It says they'll have another go with new polling on May 21st, though.
  • Big_G_NorthWalesBig_G_NorthWales Posts: 60,001
    > @SouthamObserver said:
    > > @Alanbrooke said:
    > > > @Alanbrooke said:
    > > > > @SouthamObserver said:
    > > > > Well, Spurs!
    > > >
    > > > lol
    > > >
    > > > between you and Eagles it will be a fun time !
    > >
    > > good luck!
    > >
    > >
    >
    > Thanks. TSE is used to it. This is new territory for me. I never imagined it could happen.

    Great result for Spurs who have just received the support of all Man Utd fans to defeat Liverpool in the final
  • JonathanJonathan Posts: 20,901
    It is striking how much Labour have screwed things up recently.
  • Big_G_NorthWalesBig_G_NorthWales Posts: 60,001
    > @Scott_P said:
    > https://twitter.com/joswinson/status/1126389852625354752

    It is blantly obvious that anti Farage supporters need to back the Lib Dems in a one off protest vote against him and all he stands for. No need for Gina Miller to make it more complicated
  • Ishmael_ZIshmael_Z Posts: 8,981
  • SandpitSandpit Posts: 49,614

    OK, it turns out that on current polling the tactical voting solution is for everybody in England to vote LibDem. This kind-of shows the limits of trying to do the whole thing impartially and mathematically rather than involving actual politics: It's hard to get Greens on board with this if your idea is for them not to get any seats.



    https://www.remainunited.org/be-tactical/



    It says they'll have another go with new polling on May 21st, though.

    Trying to get tactical voting up and running is a lot easier if the parties concerned are on board. There’s no evidence of that so far.

    With nominations already closed for a closed-list D’Hondt election, they’ve a high chance of getting it all completely wrong!
  • brokenwheelbrokenwheel Posts: 3,352
    edited May 2019
    eristdoof said:


    There is a good reason why don't knows and won't votes are excluded.

    If included as is then the bias for all parties will be much worse than if excluded. If they are accounted for by apportioning them by some system, then the system which minimises any bias is the same as excluding them.

    The effect of having many don't knows is to make the polls less accurate but not more biassed.

    I know why it's done but my point is it masks when situations become extreme such as now. It's covering up just how weak polling is for the main parties right now, which you don't see just by looking at the headline VI.

    I need to do more digging but it looks like the numbers actively saying the will vote for the two main parties could be at an historic low, it's well below even the points of lowest combined headline VI.
  • JackWJackW Posts: 14,787
    > @Scott_P said:
    > https://twitter.com/joswinson/status/1126389852625354752

    I can see the "TO BREXIT" being omitted from that document and then issued as the next LibDem manifesto .... :wink:
  • Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 60,933
    Mr. Sandpit, aye.

    Those already really against leaving might like that sort of thing, floating voters (who still exist in large numbers despite the loud volume of those on either extreme) are likely to think it's a bit pathetic.
  • JonathanJonathan Posts: 20,901
    LDs do populism too. Fighting fire with fire.
  • noneoftheabovenoneoftheabove Posts: 20,451
    Beyond how the results are interpreted are the exact numbers of MEPs from the UK likely to make much of a practical difference within the EU parliament?

    Replacing 3 Labour and 3 Brexit MEPS with 6 Libdem MEPs seems unlikely to change anything when the European parliament has limited power and the ruling coalition has a near 200 seat majority?

    Focusing on the peterborough by election seems more practical given one of the big Westminster votes was a tie and several others were extremely close.
  • CiceroCicero Posts: 2,179
    edited May 2019
    Canvassing in an admittedly fairly, but not strongly, pro-remain area and finding Farage seems toxic on the doorstep. Getting really hostile comments given unprompted and so far not seeing this TBP surge the polls say is out there. Is anyone else, especially in "Leave areas" getting any strong anti-Farage feedback too or is it just some local fluke? TBH I cant square what we are getting with the idea that TBP will score a whole lot more than UKIP last time. I don't think they will do as well, in fact if I believe what we are seeing then I think they are well down on UKIP last time.
  • Pro_RataPro_Rata Posts: 4,784
    edited May 2019
    > @Sandpit said:
    > OK, it turns out that on current polling the tactical voting solution is for everybody in England to vote LibDem. This kind-of shows the limits of trying to do the whole thing impartially and mathematically rather than involving actual politics: It's hard to get Greens on board with this if your idea is for them not to get any seats.
    >
    >
    >
    > https://www.remainunited.org/be-tactical/
    >
    >
    >
    > It says they'll have another go with new polling on May 21st, though.
    >
    > Trying to get tactical voting up and running is a lot easier if the parties concerned are on board. There’s no evidence of that so far.
    >
    > With nominations already closed for a closed-list D’Hondt election, they’ve a high chance of getting it all completely wrong!

    I fundamentally don't agree with quite a bit of that. For instance, in the SE with current votes splits it is quite possible to get LD, CHUK and Green over the line and, at very best, a second CHUK. The scenario Remain United shows actually delivers fewer MEPs than no tactical voting whatsoever.
  • kyf_100kyf_100 Posts: 3,911
    > @JackW said:
    > > @Scott_P said:
    > > https://twitter.com/joswinson/status/1126389852625354752
    >
    > I can see the "TO BREXIT" being omitted from that document and then issued as the next LibDem manifesto .... :wink:

    They should at least have the decency to cross the word "Democrats" out of the above document...
  • algarkirkalgarkirk Posts: 10,341
    edited May 2019

    > @edmundintokyo said:

    > > @DecrepitJohnL said:

    > > No deal Brexit -- OGH's OP wonders if the EU27 might kick us out without a deal.

    > >

    > > Can they do that? IANAL but was not the rationale for revocation being a unilateral decision that the EU27 could not kick us out?

    >

    > They can't stop the UK revoking, but they can stop it extending. Revoking is a much more politically adventurous thing for the UK to do than extending, so if the EU refused an extension it could well result in No-Deal Brexit.



    If we revoke, re-trigger Article 50 and agree a deal, could we still leave on 31 October or do we need to wait two years? If the former then doesnt seem much practical difference even if a big difference politically.


    Art. 50 does not require a two year wait. Two years is the max (until extended at which point it isn't). There is no minimum, but the order of events requires the withdrawal deal to be negotiated after Art.50 is triggered, so must take some time. There is no direct provision for triggering Art. 50 and then unilaterally leaving in under two years without a WA. As a piece of drafting Art. 50 is GCSE D minus stuff.

    BTW if the EU wanted us to remain (and for all I know it does) its best tactic might be to grant us an unlimited extension without any conditions at all. The laws of inertia accompanied by our now legendary incompetence should mean that the matter drags on until everyone gets bored and parliament can get back to doing what it does best: creating stupid new crimes, complicating the tax laws and displaying ignorance.

  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 58,038
    Morning all,

    I see Brexit Party have selected for Peteborough. A secret millionaire.
  • TOPPINGTOPPING Posts: 40,950
    edited May 2019
    Ishmael_Z said:
    Taking a leaf out of the CA don't forget Lembit was a big field sports supporter.
  • SandpitSandpit Posts: 49,614
    Pro_Rata said:

    > @Sandpit said:

    > OK, it turns out that on current polling the tactical voting solution is for everybody in England to vote LibDem. This kind-of shows the limits of trying to do the whole thing impartially and mathematically rather than involving actual politics: It's hard to get Greens on board with this if your idea is for them not to get any seats.

    >

    >

    >

    > https://www.remainunited.org/be-tactical/

    >

    >

    >

    > It says they'll have another go with new polling on May 21st, though.

    >

    > Trying to get tactical voting up and running is a lot easier if the parties concerned are on board. There’s no evidence of that so far.

    >

    > With nominations already closed for a closed-list D’Hondt election, they’ve a high chance of getting it all completely wrong!



    I fundamentally don't agree with quite a bit of that. For instance, in the SE with current votes splits it is quite possible to get LD, CHUK and Green over the line and, at very best, a second CHUK. The scenario Remain United shows actually delivers fewer MEPs than no tactical voting whatsoever.

    But what do you actually have to say to people, to make them get three different parties just over the line?

    Get it wrong and they all fall just short.
  • justin124justin124 Posts: 11,527
    > @DecrepitJohnL said:
    > Is there an EU election due soon? I can't even remember whether it is too early to panic about the non-arrival of a polling card.

    As long as you are on the register , a Polling Card is not necessary to vote.
  • SquareRootSquareRoot Posts: 7,095
    There is a variation to the Lib Dems sign saying "Lib Dems winning here" as they aren't "winning here" (in Horsham at any rate though they have more councillors). I cannot remember what it says but I'll look out for it today.
  • SandpitSandpit Posts: 49,614

    Morning all,



    I see Brexit Party have selected for Peteborough. A secret millionaire.

    From their point of view a very good candidate. Local, well known, self made man from humble background, who’s never stood for office and never had a Twitter account.

    Bonus points that the local Tories know him as a donor.
  • JonathanJonathan Posts: 20,901
    > @SquareRoot said:
    > There is a variation to the Lib Dems sign saying "Lib Dems winning here" as they aren't "winning here" (in Horsham at any rate though they have more councillors). I cannot remember what it says but I'll look out for it today.

    Didn’t realise that you’re in the same constituency, where about are you?
  • StreeterStreeter Posts: 684
    Ishmael_Z said:
    Captures the zeitgeist parfaitement. Mooi.
  • justin124justin124 Posts: 11,527
    > @Big_G_NorthWales said:
    > > @Scott_P said:
    > > https://twitter.com/joswinson/status/1126389852625354752
    >
    > It is blantly obvious that anti Farage supporters need to back the Lib Dems in a one off protest vote against him and all he stands for. No need for Gina Miller to make it more complicated

    It is actually far from obvious , and a significant number who voted LibDem on 2nd May will be voting for Farage's Brexit Party on 23rd May.
  • PClippPClipp Posts: 2,138
    > @edmundintokyo said:
    > OK, it turns out that on current polling the tactical voting solution is for everybody in England to vote LibDem. This kind-of shows the limits of trying to do the whole thing impartially and mathematically rather than involving actual politics: It's hard to get Greens on board with this if your idea is for them not to get any seats.
    > https://www.remainunited.org/be-tactical/
    > It says they'll have another go with new polling on May 21st, though.

    It is one thing for the leaders of the Green Party to say what they will or will not do. But it is quite another when we talk about their previous voters. I find that ordinary people are much more open to voting tactically in order to put an end to this Brexit nonsense that Farage and the Conservatives have unleashed on us.

    The same applies to Chuk, of course. And even Labour.
  • FoxyFoxy Posts: 44,055

    > @OldKingCole said:

    > Writing in the Guardian today Gina Miller says that

    > 'I am therefore attempting to even the playing field by today launching Remain United, a tactical voting and campaigning website to give voters advice on which remain-backing party they would be best off supporting in order to maximise the number of seats these parties capture between them in the forthcoming election.'

    >

    > Someone's going to be upset, but might just work. Last thing the country needs now is Farage crowing that 'he's won' again.



    Good idea in theory, but probably quite a tough problem to work out good recommendations. If your data turns out a little bit wrong it can easily backfire.

    On the other hand, the choice of LD, Green, CHUK, PC, SNP, SF does allow most people to find a flavour of Remain that they like. It may well mean fewer seats, but more votes.

    LDs have the momentum
    Pro_Rata said:

    > @Sandpit said:

    > OK, it turns out that on current polling the tactical voting solution is for everybody in England to vote LibDem. This kind-of shows the limits of trying to do the whole thing impartially and mathematically rather than involving actual politics: It's hard to get Greens on board with this if your idea is for them not to get any seats.

    >

    >

    >

    > https://www.remainunited.org/be-tactical/

    >

    >

    >

    > It says they'll have another go with new polling on May 21st, though.

    >

    > Trying to get tactical voting up and running is a lot easier if the parties concerned are on board. There’s no evidence of that so far.

    >

    > With nominations already closed for a closed-list D’Hondt election, they’ve a high chance of getting it all completely wrong!



    I fundamentally don't agree with quite a bit of that. For instance, in the SE with current votes splits it is quite possible to get LD, CHUK and Green over the line and, at very best, a second CHUK. The scenario Remain United shows actually delivers fewer MEPs than no tactical voting whatsoever.

    Yes, and the Greens always do well in the Euros, and LDs in the Locals. We need better information by region for tactical voting under Dehondt. Indeed it shows what acrap system of PR it is that we even talk of Tactical voting at all.
  • isamisam Posts: 40,729
    Ishmael_Z said:
    Yes, but quite canny to link themselves with the March in London. It will appeal to students of all ages
  • logical_songlogical_song Posts: 9,669
    > @justin124 said:
    > > @Big_G_NorthWales said:
    > > > @Scott_P said:
    > > > https://twitter.com/joswinson/status/1126389852625354752
    > >
    > > It is blantly obvious that anti Farage supporters need to back the Lib Dems in a one off protest vote against him and all he stands for. No need for Gina Miller to make it more complicated
    >
    > It is actually far from obvious , and a significant number who voted LibDem on 2nd May will be voting for Farage's Brexit Party on 23rd May.

    So, let's get this straight. You think that people in the local elections voted for the most anti-Brexit party because they wanted Brexit?
    That's a bit deluded isn't it?
  • kjhkjh Posts: 10,458
    edited May 2019
    > @Sandpit said:
    > > @Sandpit said:
    >
    > > OK, it turns out that on current polling the tactical voting solution is for everybody in England to vote LibDem. This kind-of shows the limits of trying to do the whole thing impartially and mathematically rather than involving actual politics: It's hard to get Greens on board with this if your idea is for them not to get any seats.
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    > > It says they'll have another go with new polling on May 21st, though.
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    > > Trying to get tactical voting up and running is a lot easier if the parties concerned are on board. There’s no evidence of that so far.
    >
    > >
    >
    > > With nominations already closed for a closed-list D’Hondt election, they’ve a high chance of getting it all completely wrong!
    >
    >
    >
    > I fundamentally don't agree with quite a bit of that. For instance, in the SE with current votes splits it is quite possible to get LD, CHUK and Green over the line and, at very best, a second CHUK. The scenario Remain United shows actually delivers fewer MEPs than no tactical voting whatsoever.
    >
    > But what do you actually have to say to people, to make them get three different parties just over the line?
    >
    > Get it wrong and they all fall just short.

    Exactly, and even if you do manage it, those extra votes for each party after they have got their elected candidate, but no more, could have added up to another seat (and one less for their opponents) if they were a single list and not multiple lists.
  • justin124justin124 Posts: 11,527
    Have any postal votes gone out yet?
  • logical_songlogical_song Posts: 9,669
    > @SquareRoot said:
    > There is a variation to the Lib Dems sign saying "Lib Dems winning here" as they aren't "winning here" (in Horsham at any rate though they have more councillors). I cannot remember what it says but I'll look out for it today.

    Not 'winning here' 'though they have more councillors'.
    That's a good trick.
  • GardenwalkerGardenwalker Posts: 20,812
    I think on reflection that Bollocks to Brexit hits the spot perfectly.

    Anyone voting for Farage is voting for an economic shock and demagoguery in the bargain. It’s pathetic how Brexiters have turned against Mrs May, the only individual who has actually tried to pull a deal together.

    Two votes for the LDs in this household.
  • GardenwalkerGardenwalker Posts: 20,812
    As an aside, it is obvious Farage has American (Bannonite) funding and support.

    His campaign is the slickest thing ever to hit these shores, regrettably.
  • brokenwheelbrokenwheel Posts: 3,352
    justin124 said:

    Have any postal votes gone out yet?

    There's people posting ballot papers on twitter so I assume so.

    From now on polls are partial exits.
  • MysticroseMysticrose Posts: 4,688
    I'm still shell shocked from the last two nights. What staggering drama. There are some real lessons too about the philosophies of both managers and the team spirit both winning sides showed.

    Someone posted something about this being a political site but that's not the whole story. Sporting bets are often posted on here and those who took my 25-1 tip on Spurs for the CL are now in with a definite shout. Liverpool will be favourites but only a fool would write off Spurs.

    Amazing amazing games. Breathtaking. I think both sets of supporters will come to Madrid with huge mutual respect after that. It will be a wonderful occasion. Teams who know that football is about the heart. Passion. Fight. Never giving up. Team spirit. Attacking to the last breath.

    Bloody marvellous.
  • justin124justin124 Posts: 11,527
    > @logical_song said:
    > > @justin124 said:
    > > > @Big_G_NorthWales said:
    > > > > @Scott_P said:
    > > > > https://twitter.com/joswinson/status/1126389852625354752
    > > >
    > > > It is blantly obvious that anti Farage supporters need to back the Lib Dems in a one off protest vote against him and all he stands for. No need for Gina Miller to make it more complicated
    > >
    > > It is actually far from obvious , and a significant number who voted LibDem on 2nd May will be voting for Farage's Brexit Party on 23rd May.
    >
    > So, let's get this straight. You think that people in the local elections voted for the most anti-Brexit party because they wanted Brexit?
    > That's a bit deluded isn't it?

    Not at all. What would be deluded would be to assume that all people cast their votes on the basis of Brexit. Many who supported the LibDems - and the Greens - last week did so as an anti- establishment protest vote or for specifically 'local' reasons. The Brexit Party was not available as such a vehicle on 2nd May but will be very visible on 23rd May. Moroever, a significant part of the UKIP surge between 2012 and 2015 was as a NOTA anti-Establishment option rather than being EU related.
  • Pro_RataPro_Rata Posts: 4,784
    > @Sandpit said:
    > > @Sandpit said:
    >
    > > OK, it turns out that on current polling the tactical voting solution is for everybody in England to vote LibDem. This kind-of shows the limits of trying to do the whole thing impartially and mathematically rather than involving actual politics: It's hard to get Greens on board with this if your idea is for them not to get any seats.
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    > > It says they'll have another go with new polling on May 21st, though.
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    >
    > > Trying to get tactical voting up and running is a lot easier if the parties concerned are on board. There’s no evidence of that so far.
    >
    > >
    >
    > > With nominations already closed for a closed-list D’Hondt election, they’ve a high chance of getting it all completely wrong!
    >
    >
    >
    > I fundamentally don't agree with quite a bit of that. For instance, in the SE with current votes splits it is quite possible to get LD, CHUK and Green over the line and, at very best, a second CHUK. The scenario Remain United shows actually delivers fewer MEPs than no tactical voting whatsoever.
    >
    > But what do you actually have to say to people, to make them get three different parties just over the line?
    >
    > Get it wrong and they all fall just short.

    I've time for this sort of message, and can understand the need to make it simple, but the truth somewhere like the South East where there are 10 seats available is that tactical voting is not needed and is itself likely to make more parties fall short than the tactically preferred party gains. Some nuance and explanation, by someone who has a snappier writing style than me perhaps, is needed.

    I'm also not clear that LD are the lead party everywhere, in Y&H Greens were ahead in 2014 and I've not seen any convincing polling that has been overturned.
  • logical_songlogical_song Posts: 9,669
    > @justin124 said:
    > Have any postal votes gone out yet?

    Yes, I've sent mine in.
  • MysticroseMysticrose Posts: 4,688
    The LibDems are so on the ball. Unlike CHUCK they know that it needs to do what it says on the tin.

    Straightforward. Clear. Incisive.

    Love it.
  • Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 60,933
    Miss Rose, that was a very good tip.

    Sports bets are fine. Occasionally people wibble about them, but not too much.
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