Former Lancastrian

Politician material then

Paul_Shepherd

Yeah.... how did i miss that?

scrubbedexpat091

I got to like 10 second mark, his voice annoyed me too much....lol

Shard

About 2 seconds for me on that. It's just that AC and a guy on another thread keeps recommending him so I thought I should try and hear it out.

JamesM

I followed it to its conclusion.

I've only ever seen two videos of his. This being the second.

His first on Brexit hit the nail on the head and his material here is reasonable. His comments about the Guardian are spot on.

sharkus

I think I probably need to have a bit of a look around to see whom to vote for. I really don't want to vote for Mr Selfie again, but then the other options are not overly great. Same as most elections though

dave_j

I received my voting card the other day. It stated that my polling station was 5.5km away.
'Hmmmm...' I thought, 'What gargantuan officious brain allotted me that?'
The reason why I asked the question is that the nearest polling station is 3 houses and one road away, a maximum of 100 meters.
Now I know that there are those out there in the wilds who'd love a polling station that's only 5.5km distant but in a small town this could be a problem.
I'm getting on but I'm physically fit and have a car so it's not a difficult issue but there are those out there who aren't and they're at the mercy of these uncaring civil servants.
'Ahh..' I can hear them protest, 'but you're able to vote early at another station.
'Quite so, except that that one is even further away'.
'Ahh..' I can hear them protest, but you apply for a postal vote'.
'Quite so, except some of the infirm will have difficulty with this and as you get older these chores become tiresome... and all because polling stations seem to be allocated by the blindly officious'
But all was not lost, a phone call to the local election office pointed me to a salted away form on the election website where I could register a complaint, and this I did, expecting the post to be placed on that ever increasing pile of never read similar complaints.
But imagine my surprise on receiving a call from Election Canada the following morning announcing that my polling station had been reassigned to the one that I can see from my bedroom window.
So from inefficient allocation to super efficient complaint handling, and all from officers in the the same service, but in answer as to why the far off polling station had been chosen in the first place there came waffle.
But... these niggles won't go away, will the message have got through to those volunteers who'll inspect my voting card on the day and will they tell me to bugger off and vote 5.5km away?
We'll see.....

caretaker

My polling station is also 100m away; hope you're planning on voting the right way, comrade....

dave_j

Surely you mean left way do you not, comrade?

BristolUK

Back in Bristol I used to pass a post office sorting/collecting office on my way to work. It was about a 15 minute round trip from my house if it wasn't a work day.

However, my office for collecting larger items that couldn't be delivered because I was out working, 30 minute away. My tax office was in Wales even though there was one just around the corner from where I worked.

I have appointments at an eye clinic that are covered by Medicare. But it's so far out of town and no bus that it costs me $50 return by taxi.

Life is full of anomalies like this. Most amenities suit most people most of the time. It's not someone's fault that it looks a bit odd.

dave_j

They did tell me to bugger off!
Why am I not surprised?

scrubbedexpat091

Any predictions on who will come out the winner tonight?

Our riding is strong NDP, I doubt it will change last election NDP won this riding by 50% of the vote, liberals had 29%.

Been NDP since 1997 in this riding.

I can't vote, but my wife just left to vote. Voting place is 3km away at a school.

caretaker

Nope, scared to even try. I've been wrong the last few times I guessed at election results.

dave_j

It's a bit like horse racing, the only sure thing is that none of us will be allowed anywhere near the winner's enclosure, as voters we're only good for cleaning up the s**t such events leave behind.

Former Lancastrian

Define Winner?

Trudeau gets less seats but still a majority Winner or Loser? Gets a minority therefore a loser.
Scheer wins more seats but cant form a Govt Winner or Loser? Same as for Singh and May.
Bernier wins 3 seats Winner or Loser?
Blanchet gains more seats in Quebec Winner.

I guess it depends on how its spun as to who won or lost. A minority Govt might be a win for voters but for the party leaders is it a win or loss?