Britain - The Official Thread

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How will you vote in the 2024 UK General Election?

  • Conservative Party

    Votes: 2 6.9%

  • Green Party

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Labour Party

    Votes: 14 48.3%

  • Liberal Democrats

    Votes: 2 6.9%

  • Other (Wales/Scotland/Northern Ireland)

    Votes: 1 3.4%

  • Other Independents

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Other Parties

    Votes: 2 6.9%

  • Spoiled Ballot

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Will Not/Cannot Vote

    Votes: 8 27.6%
  • Total voters
    29
  • Poll closed .
So I was browsing this map and I noticed that many British cities saw a noticeable population drop around 1960-1970. Was this a national phenomenon? What caused it? Was it the aftermath of losing so many men in WW2 that new births stagnated in the decades after?
 
Keef
So I was browsing this map and I noticed that many British cities saw a noticeable population drop around 1960-1970. Was this a national phenomenon? What caused it? Was it the aftermath of losing so many men in WW2 that new births stagnated in the decades after?
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It could be part of that, yes but also the 1960s is when a lot of 'new town' planned communities were constructed and opened. A significant enough amount of the population might have been redistributed from the large, traditional cities such as London, Manchester and Birmingham to the new communities such as Milton Keynes, Telford and Peterborough.
 
I think the perceived drop in the 60's and 70's was more to do with the baby boom of the 50's skewing the figures of what would have been a constant steadily growing arc otherwise. We lost less than 1% of the population due to the wars.
 
prisonermonkeys
Just Googled "Lord Lucan" to see who he was.

That was as fascinating as it was eerie.
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"Lord Lucan" has entered the lexicon as a term for a strange or mysterious disappearance when under suspicion.

He and Shergar must have been at Acapulco together.
 
Liquid
"Lord Lucan" has entered the lexicon as a term for a strange or mysterious disappearance when under suspicion.
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I'll see your Lord Lucan and raise you a Harold Holt - a Prime Minister who vanished without a trace in 1967.
 
Touring Mars
A question for the Brits... is it humanly possible to watch 'The Big Questions' for longer than 2 minutes before crying out "Oh SHUT UP!" and switching to another channel?
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Briefly saw it this morning, don't think the feminist was on there or the 'prick' bloke. It's a shame it's on so early, could be a great drinking game...
 
He ended the affair by email in February last year but after Patient A reported him to the General Medical Council (GMC) he sent her a "number of inappropriate emails", the tone of which grew more threatening, the tribunal was told.
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What a top class gentleman.
 
I saw Corbyn yesterday.

He is a good guy and a strong speaker.

1 thing he does need to learn though is to predict when the audience will applaud.
 
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The party members only support Corbyn because he supports the anti-capitalist (not pro-socialist) viewpoint of the unions, who make up the vast majority of the party.
 
DG_Silva
The party members only support Corbyn because he supports the anti-capitalist (not pro-socialist) viewpoint of the unions, who make up the vast majority of the party.
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I think that's incredibly ignorant of the new members that joined prior to the party selection, many of whom are younger people looking to return the party to its idealistic past.
 
DG_Silva
The party members only support Corbyn because he supports the anti-capitalist (not pro-socialist) viewpoint of the unions, who make up the vast majority of the party.
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Considering the majority of the non members who were eligible to vote in the leader election voted for him* and that membership has grown massively since his election I would challenge that view.

*iirc
 
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