New Posts For Thread: Alan is a boring namehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31518149/alan-is-a-boring-namesaid cundy on talksport, I imagine there's a few Alan's knocking about here. Got me thinking, what is the most boring forename you can think of?my vote goes to John, what a boring name, no wonder people dress it up as Johnny, come to think of it mosI just found it odd - the Lib Dems just seemed to take the hit for everything. To be fair nobody was more surprised than David Cameron - hence the current farce. Kind of funny really - Lib Dems promise not to raise tuition fees - thinking no chance thttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31518149/alan-is-a-boring-name?post_id=556935553#556935553I just found it odd - the Lib Dems just seemed to take the hit for everything. To be fair nobody was more surprised than David Cameron - hence the current farce. Kind of funny really - Lib Dems promise not to raise tuition fees - thinking no chance tTue, 02 Apr 2019 12:48:17 -0500I think it was simply the way they facilitated a Conservative government in the first place which saw the Lib Dems crash so spectacularly in my constituency (Taunton Deane). The Tory vote only increased by 3,000 in 2015, but the Lib Dems fell by a sthttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31518149/alan-is-a-boring-name?post_id=556935413#556935413I think it was simply the way they facilitated a Conservative government in the first place which saw the Lib Dems crash so spectacularly in my constituency (Taunton Deane). The Tory vote only increased by 3,000 in 2015, but the Lib Dems fell by a stTue, 02 Apr 2019 12:40:03 -0500Sorry to hear about your dogs.I think taking the hit for the Tories trebling tuition fees was the end of the Lib Dems in my neck of the woods.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31518149/alan-is-a-boring-name?post_id=556935237#556935237Sorry to hear about your dogs.I think taking the hit for the Tories trebling tuition fees was the end of the Lib Dems in my neck of the woods.Tue, 02 Apr 2019 12:26:01 -0500*whose estate seems to consist of most of Somerset north-west of Wincantonhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31518149/alan-is-a-boring-name?post_id=556935201#556935201*whose estate seems to consist of most of Somerset north-west of WincantonTue, 02 Apr 2019 12:23:03 -0500quite odd how they move around screaming,top workhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31518149/alan-is-a-boring-name?post_id=556935183#556935183quite odd how they move around screaming,top workTue, 02 Apr 2019 12:21:50 -0500The current Bath MP is a LibDem - a German lady named Wera Hobhouse (born Wera von Reden). She'd previously been a Conservative councillor. She actually ran against Rees Mogg in NE Somerset (her home constituency) in 2015, but got beaten out of sighthttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31518149/alan-is-a-boring-name?post_id=556935161#556935161The current Bath MP is a LibDem - a German lady named Wera Hobhouse (born Wera von Reden). She'd previously been a Conservative councillor. She actually ran against Rees Mogg in NE Somerset (her home constituency) in 2015, but got beaten out of sightTue, 02 Apr 2019 12:20:17 -0500Thanks Injera - I just have trouble reconciling the man of the people image with the massive tax avoidance.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31518149/alan-is-a-boring-name?post_id=556935033#556935033Thanks Injera - I just have trouble reconciling the man of the people image with the massive tax avoidance.Tue, 02 Apr 2019 12:11:13 -0500It's been a Tory/Lib-Dem City for as long as I can remember, Chris Patton, Don Foster iirc -https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31518149/alan-is-a-boring-name?post_id=556934997#556934997It's been a Tory/Lib-Dem City for as long as I can remember, Chris Patton, Don Foster iirc -Tue, 02 Apr 2019 12:06:42 -0500TM - how individual constituencies/regions/countries voted is irrelevant. It was a UK, non party political vote.The people of NE Somerset seem to grasp that. It's not hard..https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31518149/alan-is-a-boring-name?post_id=556934989#556934989TM - how individual constituencies/regions/countries voted is irrelevant. It was a UK, non party political vote.The people of NE Somerset seem to grasp that. It's not hard..Tue, 02 Apr 2019 12:06:23 -0500Labour got 7,000 votes in Bath in 2017. Their vote has increased there at both the last two elections, as Labour has re-positioned itself as the party of the middle classes.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31518149/alan-is-a-boring-name?post_id=556934945#556934945Labour got 7,000 votes in Bath in 2017. Their vote has increased there at both the last two elections, as Labour has re-positioned itself as the party of the middle classes.Tue, 02 Apr 2019 12:02:13 -0500