General Election 2025 (3 Viewers)

[magicbastarder]

 

[magicbastarder]

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I hate it when your first of two posts gets buried at the end of a previous page

 

[Unicron]

Not general but anyway.

So much to love about this

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[Unicron]

Cormac Corr, imagine getting bullied by your parents as soon as you're born.

 

[magicbastarder]

John Grant must be going through tough times.

 

[Unicron]

In sort of other amusing developments, but still unpleasant at the same time, Barrett is back and the movements and gestures he's using in this speech seem quite familiar. Not bothering to hide what he is any more

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[ann post]

I still only hear about these guys from people who oppose them.

 

[Cormcolash]

In sort of other amusing developments, but still unpleasant at the same time, Barrett is back and the movements and gestures he's using in this speech seem quite familiar. Not bothering to hide what he is any more

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Get away from me PRIEST!!

 

[ann post]

I still only hear about these guys from people who oppose them.

I correct myself.

Crazy yoga mom on instagram just informed me Niall (fucking) Boylan is running for Europe.

 

[ernesto]

looks like a Reece shearsmith character

Not general but anyway.

So much to love about this

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character

 

[ernesto]

In sort of other amusing developments, but still unpleasant at the same time, Barrett is back and the movements and gestures he's using in this speech seem quite familiar. Not bothering to hide what he is any more

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He's about as subtle as a brick in the face

 

[Reets]

With potentially 4 by-elections to take place within the next 6 months, what’s the likelihood of Harris calling a general election instead?

 

[Deadmanposting]

With potentially 4 by-elections to take place within the next 6 months, what’s the likelihood of Harris calling a general election instead?

We'd need some insider info before making a guess at that

 

[Deadmanposting]

I still only hear about these guys from people who oppose them.

Yes. A lot of people seem to define themselevs as not being the worst of the other side.


I met Niall Boylan at an awards thing quite a while ago. He was really nice, he mistook me for Craig Ferguson, so we hit it off. We both won awards (I had never heard of him before)
And then over the years I watched him put out like slightly unpopular opinions, but get really entrenched and dig in when he got attacked. And he get angrier and angrier as time went on, and dug in even more. It was weird wtaching someone become ever more bitter and getting drawn deeper into the hard right.
I wonder a lot about how much just plain old internet argumenst have radicalised people - more than actual propoganda. You watch a video and it stays with you for a little bit.
You fucking argue with someone and it satys with you for days - I shoulda said this, I shoulda said that, these are why I'm right, and that idiot prick was wrong. Like I really think we're doing it to ourselves on both sides to a large degree.
But also, maybe not.

 

[ann post]

Not without a budget first

 

[magicbastarder]

He mistook me for Craig Ferguson

You're Scottish?

 

[Deadmanposting]

You're Scottish?

I bear a passing resemblance to the great man
I get Craig Ferguson somewhat often. Less so now that he's not on TV.
A woman I used to see casually called me Mr Wick (from teh Drew Carey show)

The awards show was in NYC and NB was probably expected to meet some high flyers
I'm sure I disappointed.

 

[ann post]

Yes. A lot of people seem to define themselevs as not being the worst of the other side.


I met Niall Boylan at an awards thing quite a while ago. He was really nice, he mistook me for Craig Ferguson, so we hit it off. We both won awards (I had never heard of him before)
And then over the years I watched him put out like slightly unpopular opinions, but get really entrenched and dig in when he got attacked. And he get angrier and angrier as time went on, and dug in even more. It was weird wtaching someone become ever more bitter and getting drawn deeper into the hard right.
I wonder a lot about how much just plain old internet argumenst have radicalised people - more than actual propoganda. You watch a video and it stays with you for a little bit.
You fucking argue with someone and it satys with you for days - I shoulda said this, I shoulda said that, these are why I'm right, and that idiot prick was wrong. Like I really think we're doing it to ourselves on both sides to a large degree.
But also, maybe not.

I've met him a few times tbh.
My slightly passive aggressive argument that's a lot more documented by people who study it more with that post was that the right wing thrive on extending thier reach by getting lefties to share thier shit rampantly.

My takeaway from this election is internet chat versus reality - saoirse Mc Hugh and Peter Casey bow out on almost equal footing, both largely relying on cyber campaigns. Hard right and left bow out on much lower but similar footing - they are the pure online rage bait votes. The vague middle ground safety vote that doesn't want this internet shit is winning, with exceptions like Ming who knows Europe and is at heart a guy everyone kinda knows in some sense.
On the other hand we've learned the power of horse people - no campaign, no interviews and no experience and the horse people have sent one of Thier own to probably do fuck all but shady deals where our laws are made. It's much more telling than a dail election

 

[Deadmanposting]

Who's teh horse person?

 

[ann post]

Nina Carberry, did no media at all, no debates, no interviews and has zero political experience is walking into a huge position on a fg ticket