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rosesarered Wed 31-May-17 10:44:14

Only one week to go ( thank God) to the GE.Quite a while back we booked a holiday not knowing a GE would be looming and now DH is very put out as this will only allow a fast time scale for us to rush and vote that day before we go( but vote we shall.) Then we can have our holiday and forget about it all.
What we do quite often when going on holiday, is invite friends to stay in our home, and they do the same for us, so we all get free holidays in a different area,
We water plants and take care of pets.Does anyone else do this?
Also, does anyone stay up all night to look at GE results as they come in? I never do, ( like my sleep too much) but DH always does, he likes the excitement.This year he says he will have a glass of something fortifying to hand though.grin

Anniebach Wed 07-Jun-17 16:23:09

Nightowl, shouldn't Corbyn hsve the sense not to canvas for votes in Wales by telling of his plans for England, would he do this is Scotland? And the Welsh government gets the money from the English parliment

Welshwife Wed 07-Jun-17 15:34:10

The fee situation has changed over the years as at one time all students at Welsh Unis had the discount but the applications were too numerous - so now it is limited to those who have been educated in Welsh schools and/ or had a Welsh home address for some time.
I think all EU students in Scotland get their fees paid for except English ones - some strange anomaly !

Welshwife Wed 07-Jun-17 15:31:04

I never said any such thing Annie - most students choose their Uni for the courses they offer.
My DGS looked at 2 Welsh Unis and 2English ones. As it happened the 2 Welsh ones were superior to the English ones for the particular subject he wanted to study - although both English ones are very good Unis but for other subjects. He is just finishing a PhD at the Welsh one he attended.

nightowl Wed 07-Jun-17 15:25:04

Shouldn't you be addressing questions about Welsh university fees and fees for Welsh students at English schools niversitues to the Welsh government Annie?

rosesarered Wed 07-Jun-17 15:23:29

I thought that any Welsh student going to an English UnI had all/ part of their fees paid anyway.Obviously they do if at a Welsh Uni.

Anniebach Wed 07-Jun-17 14:53:41

So Welsh students should choose English universities over welsh universities, and what happens to .welsh universities?

My granddaughter is not changing her choice , but she is Welsh and loves her country.

Welshwife Wed 07-Jun-17 14:53:11

Maizie and angelab there are over 4 million people who will feel like us on Friday morning and many of them will not have been allowed to vote despite paying taxes for years!

rosesarered Wed 07-Jun-17 14:51:20

Only if Corbyn gets into power.....and it's looking like a bloody big IF. grin

Welshwife Wed 07-Jun-17 14:50:32

We are returning to France tomorrow night - so are voting first thing before making our way to the port for the night crossing - travelling down through France for much of the day and will no doubt lose the Radio4 signal before we get too far - our phones are old fashioned and we do not have G3 or4!!

Welshwife Wed 07-Jun-17 14:47:19

The Welsh students already get some of their fees paid - and that part is devolved to Cardiff bay. It depends how he sets the thing up as I think that at the moment if a Welsh student goes to an English Uni they have to pay full fees - this may put that anomaly right for them

Anniebach Wed 07-Jun-17 14:27:39

Have just listened to Corbyn addressing a small group of labour supporters in North Wales, he talked of his promise for abolishing university fees and providing free school meals and free music lessons - IN ENGLAND, that will strengthen the Welsh vote , idiot

rosesarered Wed 07-Jun-17 14:18:25

I think we may need a rest from the bickering discussing for a while DD
There are other things ( nicer things) to think about.

daphnedill Wed 07-Jun-17 12:38:23

So vote LibDem and do your bit to try and keep the Conservative majority down.

Anniebach Wed 07-Jun-17 12:27:33

varian, this constituency has been lib since the seventies, then the Tories won here in 2015. I have had a few chats with Kirsty Williams

daphnedill Wed 07-Jun-17 12:01:08

The latest poll averages are predicting a 65+ overall majority for the Conservatives.

I predict we're going to see some interesting reshuffles over the next few days/weeks.

I guess they'll keep us all bickering discussing.

varian Wed 07-Jun-17 11:26:12

Annie if you hope your constituency goes back to the Libs, I hope you'll vote accordingly

angelab Wed 07-Jun-17 10:56:34

Maisie I agree 100%. I remember only too well what a shock it was hearing the referendum result; after that there was a disspiriting feeling of the inevitable with Trump.

mcem Wed 07-Jun-17 10:53:26

I agree with you Maizie and with that quote.

I'm confident my MP will be returned and that
Scotland will return a good majority of SNP
MP's.
However we'll still be overruled by Westminster.

I hope that we achieve a hung parliament and do believe that the anti-Tory parties will be able to co-operate (but not in formal coalition obviously) to mitigate potential Tory damage.

MaizieD Wed 07-Jun-17 10:14:47

Someone posted this on mumsnet this morning. It is pretty much how I feel sad

I just want to bypass Friday morning. The thought of waking up with the dreadful feeling in my stomach that I had on the morning of Brexit and Trump, is stopping me sleeping.

Anniebach Wed 07-Jun-17 10:04:59

So strange, I realy don't care, well I care for some labour MP's holding their seats and hope this constituency goes back to the Libs , I don't want a Tory government and fear a Corbyn-Momentum government .

rosesarered Wed 07-Jun-17 09:46:42

Well, only one day to go now until the voting stations open! The Big Day!
Won't it be lovely when it's all over? And what will happen then?Well, on GN it will be just another day......grin

henbane Fri 02-Jun-17 22:00:02

what yggdrasil said!

rosesarered Fri 02-Jun-17 18:06:10

I think that DH will fortify himself with something stronger than tea! But if he is too tired to come away on holiday the next day I will leave him behind.grin

lovebeigecardigans1955 Fri 02-Jun-17 16:22:44

I try to stay up but am too weary to manage it. There's always so much damn waffle though isn't there?
However, if I need the loo instead of going straight back to bed I'll go to the kitchen and put the radio on with a cup of tea to fortify myself to face whatever has happened.

nigglynellie Fri 02-Jun-17 12:02:25

Like the referendum!! Best sometimes to keep your opinions to yourself! We do firmly tell each other that we are entitled to our particular take on political matters, but although we basically agree, there are aspects that we differ over, so we agree to disagree sooner than fall out!