General election 2015

Met up with some of the wifes family last week, they forced us to eat in Garfunkles; I'm not being snobby when I say it was fucking inedible

Yeah that's kind of their thing! That's like moaning that you can't get a Big Mac in Byron

I've not been to a Byron half cut. If ever i do and they don't have any Big Macs on hand, words will be had've.

*of.

You could have a whole spoons ride, hitting some of the more interesting spoons dotted about the city.

I quite liked the Knights Templar when it wasn't heaving with suits. Good historic building with some nice nooks at the back.

I once ordered a sausage and chips at the bar when it was thick with people. It beat me back to my table.

Friday mornings in the Harold Wilson, Huddersfield after the first lecture of the day. To bring it back to politics...

+1 for Sam Smiths. The beer is cheaper than water at Sinclair's in Manchester. It must be cheaper than air in Tadcaster.

Gatehouse in Highate is a destination spoons, lots of sweary old men and there's a theatre upstairs.

For anyone struggling to understand why those wretched jocks have done what they have done, Alex Thomson puts it into simple words for you. Spoiler - the 'nationalism, baaaad, booooo!' narrative is lazy horseshit.

http://blogs.channel4.com/alex-thomsons-view/english-politicians-understand-scotland-snp/9573

If I ever eat in a spoons I normally go the burger. Sounds obvious, boring even. Not so. You can spec an extra pate or chicken breast for a £1. There doesn't seem to be a maximum number you can have either.

I reckon an extra chicken breast for £1 is pretty good going. So far the most I've had in one burger is 3.

the crown and sceptre on top of brixton hill is good use to meet a mate in there, good selection of beer staff were always nice and mostly families out having a drink and a meal, wish they would ditch the TV in the wall though.

Im really missing London pubs though - esp my old local the Marquis in stockwell, one of the last backstreet pubs in the area.

george galloway has lost his expenses account is pretty pissed about it

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32685844

rumours are he's after the London Mayoral expenses account next

Has the nation revolted yet?

Not yet, but the Tories are going after human rights first, just in case.

With Snoopers' Charter for desert, in case the revolt goes dark.

Are there any conservatives on here?

Yes, there are, but they prefer to talk about other things.

Does anyone know where I can get the results for the whole country as a nice spreadsheet?

Like the one from here - http://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/general-election-results-2015 but for the whole country?

Best I can find with a quick google:-

http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt

Just set the delimiter to be ;

Bundles SNP / Plaid as the NAT(ional party) column.

Details of columns here: http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/flatfile.html (which is where it was linked from).

Well that's worked out well for Farage http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-32696505

I'm fairly sure this was a plot-line from Coupling in the dim and distant past

oh no! i was hoping his resignation would mean we were finally rid of all the witless bigots that support UKIP.

Perfect. Thanks ever so much!

Hey MrDrem, I find this quite enjoyable to navigate.