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I Demand A Second Richmond Park By-Election
This result was not the one that should have happened. We need to have another by-election and then hopefully we'll get the result we wanted. There has been a rise in hate crime since Sarah Olney was elected. A future without Zac Goldsmith will be an absolute disaster for our country. There is already a petition underway for a second by-election. This one was only advisory!
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Relax it's okay, the fixed term parliament act guarantees you another say in 2020
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I agree - the victory margin was less than 4 per cent.
Maybe people didn't know what they were voting for - so we need to have another vote to double check. Maybe the Lib Dems made promises they won't keep - I think we have been there before! So we need a second vote. Maybe both sides misled people so people were confused and made the wrong choice? So we need to double check people really meant to elect a Lib Dem MP. It was cold and dark - maybe it wasn't fair and people were put off voting by the weather. It just wasn't fair. All nonsense of course but it sums up the Lib Dems ridiculous position on Brexit and having a second vote - as this interview with the winning candidate shows. https://inews.co.uk/essentials/news/...brexit-re-run/ |
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This result was not the one that should have happened. We need to have another by-election and then hopefully we'll get the result we wanted. There has been a rise in hate crime since Sarah Olney was elected. A future without Zac Goldsmith will be an absolute disaster for our country. There is already a petition underway for a second by-election. This one was only advisory!
By the way - you won't be residing in Richmond then either ![]() Quote:
Relax it's okay, the fixed term parliament act guarantees you another say in 2020
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Deal. We'll schedule it in for 7th May 2020.
By the way - you won't be residing in Richmond then either ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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There are a lot of old people in Richmond - 13.5% are over 65 and the borough has higher than UK average of over 90s. Now, I'm not saying they are all "less well educated", just probably senile, and quite clearly lots of these elderly Lib Dem Remainers should be dead/ not allowed to vote, so I don't see how/ why we should wait until 2020.
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There's no point in any future elections in Richmond, they're all Lib Dems now. It's the will of the people. Shops will only be allowed to sell organic yoghurt and sandals. Anyone caught questioning it or not wringing their hands in a suitably liberal way will be labelled Right Whingers.
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so I don't see how/ why we should wait until 2020.
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There's no point in any future elections in Richmond, they're all Lib Dems now.
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It's just more cost effective. They can roll it up with the vote on rejoining the EU
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Given the media reaction I assumed Richmond park covered the entire UK and we had all now changed our mind and back remain?
Neither of which lessens the impact of this stunning by election victory by the Lib Dems. |
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Wen May loses the next GE, there will be a lot of things to discuss regarding our relationship with the EU.
First time since 1909 apparently. Which party is going to put up a serious challenge to the Conservatives for the next government? Certainly not Labour |
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Wen May loses the next GE, there will be a lot of things to discuss regarding our relationship with the EU.
Do you really think the country is going to elect Corbyn and Farron to run the country backed by the SNP dictating terms? We might as well turn out the lights if that happens. |
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The big story about Richmond is Labour's vote down by 8% and the candidate losing his deposit
First time since 1909 apparently. Which party is going to put up a serious challenge to the Conservatives for the next government? Certainly not Labour |
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I am so outraged by this result that I will be moving out in disgust.
Though obviously not until after I've moved there so I can do that. |
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Don't forget the deer in the park didn't even get a vote.
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I agree - the victory margin was less than 4 per cent.
Maybe people didn't know what they were voting for Unless you can point out where Olney promised a non existent 350m for the NHS then withdrew that the very next day. Tell you what, you can have one anyway in 2020, can't say fairer than that. Now, when can we have our second vote? |
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The big story about Richmond is Labour's vote down by 8% and the candidate losing his deposit
First time since 1909 apparently. Which party is going to put up a serious challenge to the Conservatives for the next government? Certainly not Labour Richmond is terribly socially liberal and caring sharing - as long as they don't have to pay more taxes to actually help the poor they claim to care about! |
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The big story about Richmond is Labour's vote down by 8% and the candidate losing his deposit
First time since 1909 apparently. Which party is going to put up a serious challenge to the Conservatives for the next government? Certainly not Labour |
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Labour losing deposits is nothing unusual. They lost their deposit in the Christchurch by election in 1993 - four years later they won a landslide nationally.
Richmond is terribly socially liberal and caring sharing - as long as they don't have to pay more taxes to actually help the poor they claim to care about! |
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I like the Dems but this thread makes a very pertinent point in a rather amusing way.
In a democracy we don't get to pick and choose the results we accept. As for Zac? LOL hubris strikes again. |
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I like the Dems but this thread makes a very pertinent point in a rather amusing way.
In a democracy we don't get to pick and choose the results we accept. As for Zac? LOL hubris strikes again. |
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I think what we can say from this is that Richmond voters would love a third runway, and a fourth, fifth and sixth.
Also probably that they would like to see Zac Goldsmith sent to Russia and for Santa to become the King of England. There is much we can determine from this single by-election in a part of the world so rich even the servants voted for Remain. |
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There are a lot of old people in Richmond - 13.5% are over 65 and the borough has higher than UK average of over 90s. Now, I'm not saying they are all "less well educated", just probably senile, and quite clearly lots of these elderly Lib Dem Remainers should be dead/ not allowed to vote, so I don't see how/ why we should wait until 2020.
![]() ![]() Also it wasn't much of a majority if you use Ash_M1's arithmetic and calculator so quite frankly Sarah Olney didn't actually win so I am going to ignore it and consider the Richmond Park MP is still Zac Goldsmith. |
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Your problem is they did.
Unless you can point out where Olney promised a non existent 350m for the NHS then withdrew that the very next day. Tell you what, you can have one anyway in 2020, can't say fairer than that. Now, when can we have our second vote? I am sure the people of Richmond Park with their mostly safe and very comfortable and privileged lives knew what they were voting for on Thursday. The issue is the Lib Dems are calling for a second referendum because they claim the rest of us didn't know what we were voting for on 23 June. This thread is intended to expose the Lib Dems double standards - they only seem to agree with democracy when they get the result they want. And close elections should only be re run when they don't win them. |
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