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Originally Posted by garinda
Fall out with me if you will. I certainly won't lose any sleep about it..
The poll is open to anyone, true.
It provides a number of statistics and information which can be gleamed from those facts.
We can look at the over all figures, which show a vast majority voted no.
Similarly we can see how the people who'll directly fund the planned civic events have voted. Which again was against the propsals, in an equally decisive majority of no voters.
It is an open poll.
Though I, and others, questioned the motives of some, who recently received a virtual thrashing for example. When they'd posted that Accrington's streets are more violent than anywhere else in the country, and on the evidence of a dog being stabbed, were glad they'd fled north of the border.
Call it intuition, but I fear some might be just trying to swing the vote because of spite. There are some petty souls.
Statistics are there to be used. As evidenced by the phrase popularised by Mark Twain about 'Lies, damned lies, and statistics.
I've already pointed out that the no voters cover the political spectrum, as well making note of geographical location.
From ardent royalist, staunch republicans, self-proclaimed anarchists, and the many moderates in between, they've said no. All of which proof was provided by evidence in this open poll.
If I feel the need to use this proof to illustrate that this small cross-section of Hyndburn residents don't want local taxes spent on royal wedding celebrations in the borough, I will continue to do so. Until it's pointed out that it's against forum rules.
I might now work out if hair colour, and height have any sway on how people have voted.
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Congratulations, the biggest load of balls posted on here for some time, the shame is I agree with most of what you say about council spending on this item but not how you're going about it.
However if I'm upsetting you, please be petty enough to put me on your ignore list.