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dune

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Do they mean real toast or like Pompey toast ? Pompey toast never seems to happen :(:(

 

 

Oh yes and I am proud to say that as an ex-pat I didn't vote although I was tempted just to wind up some people on here :0)

 

you should have voted tory and said that as an expat you aint bovd by schools or the NHS.

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dune

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The Libs have lost several "safe" seats to the Tories. This is like 1992 was for Labour for the Libs, a real disaster for the party and i think much of blame should lie with Clegg for overplaying the same hand over and over again until it sounded tired and patronising. Trying to say the libs were the new party when they'v e been around since the 19th c, trying to paint himself as working class from sheff (not like nasty posh boy dave xam) - in the end Clegg said too much and with every repition and all that acting and smarmy ****yness he went from being fresh and new to nothing but a very good actor with rubbish policies and dreams of a party that never believed this election would presenthem with a chance so they as usual had the same weird policies that when examined closely were always going be either disliked or mocked

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dune

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Reading west swings a whopping 12% to the Tories. Amazing, i think whitehead is going to lose. Denham apparently will sneak home by a whisker of around 100 - now that is surprising, his seats was supposed to be rock solid.

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Reading west swings a whopping 12% to the Tories. Amazing, i think whitehead is going to lose. Denham apparently will sneak home by a whisker of around 100 - now that is surprising, his seats was supposed to be rock solid.

 

 

Whitehead wins comfortably, was surpised about how close it was for Denham though.

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Reading west swings a whopping 12% to the Tories. Amazing, i think whitehead is going to lose. Denham apparently will sneak home by a whisker of around 100 - now that is surprising, his seats was supposed to be rock solid.

 

It probably is by now ;)

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GenevaSaint

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Yeah it was a shame about denham just holding on, but the supposed Liberal stronghold of Winchester falling was THE SHOCK in the south. Nobody saw that one coming.:)

 

I was also very surprised at the Tories failure to win Eastleigh, really thought that was dodgy ground for the Libs.

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dune

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I was also very surprised at the Tories failure to win Eastleigh, really thought that was dodgy ground for the Libs.

 

I would have been surprised a few weeks ago, but in lieu of those very unfortunate polls that got the Liberals so excited it did look like the Libs would hold out everywhere in Lib-Con marginals. At least there's only one horrible smear of yellow now in Hampshire and if i could choose between Eastleigh going blue and Winchester going blue i'd have chosen Winchester every time because it was such an unthinkable thing to happen and most humiliating to the Liberals.

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The Cat

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I voted Lib Dem and thankfully Chris Huhne increased his majority.

 

Being such a marginal seat I was very surprised by the lack of effort the Tories made in Hamble where I live. Hardly any leaflets through the door, no doorstepping or phone canvassing. Disappointing as I was looking forward to telling them where to shove their vote.

 

Dune, you crack me up with your comment about "one horrible smear of yellow now in Hampshire." Not only because it shows your political bias and ignorance, but also for the fact that last time I looked Portsmouth South was in the same county.

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Labour and Labour.

 

Really glad that John Denham kept his job. Decent man.

 

Is this the John Denham whose monthly mortgage claims for his terrace house in Islington stood at £1284 in 2005, rising to £1533 by 2007. The Communities Secretary, who had responsibility for housing policy also claimed for utilities, maintenance, insurance, television licence, council tax and phone bills.

In addition, the taxpayer paid him up to £250 a month for food and £25 a week to have his house cleaned. He spent £2479 on two chairs and a rug from John Lewis, and £400 the next year on a washing machine. This was followed in 2007 by a claim for £2792 to have a bathroom wall damp-proofed.

He was one of a number of ministers to use their office allowances to pay for personal tax advice from an accountant.

 

A thoroughly decent man!!

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Is this the John Denham whose monthly mortgage claims for his terrace house in Islington stood at £1284 in 2005, rising to £1533 by 2007. The Communities Secretary, who had responsibility for housing policy also claimed for utilities, maintenance, insurance

 

All declared, and he didn't flip his property like the rest of them. Yes, the same John Denham who resigned a Cabinet post and lost a lot of salary because of his principled stand on Iraq, the same John Denham who works tirelessly for his local constituents (first hand experience of this).

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All declared, and he didn't flip his property like the rest of them. Yes, the same John Denham who resigned a Cabinet post and lost a lot of salary because of his principled stand on Iraq, the same John Denham who works tirelessly for his local constituents (first hand experience of this).

 

I played cricket against him once and he shared a beer with us afterwards. He seemed a decent sort of a bloke so I'm very pleased he has survived

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