South Swindon Puns

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Robert was selected as the Conservative Candidate for South Swindon in July 2004. He was a Governor of The Ridgeway School, Wroughton from 2005 to 2009 and is the co-ordinator of the Swindon Special Educational Needs Network, which he started in 2006. At the 2005 General Election, he cut the Labour majority from over 7000 to just 1353, with one of the largest swings in the country. Robert was unanimously re-selected in January 2006. At the 2010 General Election, Robert secured a majority of over 3500, overturning Labour’s majority with a swing of 5.5%.

Since his election to Parliament, Robert has established himself as an extremely active contributor to questions and debates, and was elected to the Justice Select Committee in 2010, serving until 2013. Robert was a member of the Joint Committee on Human Rights, the Commons Standards Committee and the Commons Privileges Committee from 2012 to 2014.

Robert served as Joint Secretary of the Conservative Party’s 1922 Committee of Backbenchers from 2012 to 2014. In January 2013, Robert won the Grassroots Diplomat Policy Driver Award for his campaigning work on Special Educational Needs both locally and nationally.

In July 2014, the Prime Minister appointed Robert as HM Solicitor General for England and Wales, as part of his Ministerial reshuffle.

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In the U.S., Detroit is almost synonymous with shithole, and no other city has as bad an image. From a movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38p2dORj9Ic

Does any British city have this stereotype?

Hi,

I previously posted here asking for help in searching for my Great Grandfather. I will post the original post below-

ORIGINAL POST

Bit of a longshot, my great grandfather left my grandad when he was young after divorcing his mother in 1956 Northumberland, England. His name was Anthony Jeffrey Lawson, born around 1916 to a father called Anthony William Lawson. No idea where or when he was born. We have no information on where AJ Lawson was born either. AJ joined the RAF after Oct 1940 joining in Oxford, this was where he met my great grandmother, Mary Greener. After they divorced in 1956 we have no trace. An AJ Lawson who was single, born 25-05-1916 sailed from Southampton to Melbourne in October 1956 on FAIRSEA. We suspect this was him but have no evidence other than correct initials and a DOB around the right time. I can find no evidence of him on the 1939 registry or of his parents of any census, hindered by not knowing his mothers name.

Edit: A man named Anthony Jeffrey Lawson was put on trial for counterfeiting coins in Exmouth ,Devon in October 1939, might be connected. His RAF service number was 1311818.

My grandad thinks he remembers AJ's mother living in Wiltshire in and around the 1950s, may be nothing.

I anyone can find anything ill be forever thankful, I've tried ancestry.com and want to apply for service records but need a death certificate which I cannot find.

CURRENT SITUATION

I must admit I've stopped looking through records, mainly due to covid lockdowns ending and being too busy to search.

The information I found that fitted the story of what happened where as follows.

A man called Anthony William Lawson, born 1866 travels aboard the Ninaveh to South Africa in 1896. I believe this man to be my Great-Great-Grandfather. Mainly due to his age, matching name that is known from the marriage certificate between My Anthony J Lawson and Mary Greene. Also he was present at the Wedding but not at the divorce, his wife was present at both. This leads me to believe he died between the marriage and divorce.

I cannot find a Birth, Death or Marriage certificate for Anthony J Lawson other than the one to my great-grandmother Mary Greener. This leads me to believe he was born in South Africa or surrounding areas. I believe I found a record of him in 1939, in London mistranscribed as Antony J Lawson. I gained his service record from the RAF and found he joined in Oxford. He would be 105 if the DOB from 1939 is corr

Lead up to the civil war

As tensions arise a war between Spain and Britain seems inevitable, the King George II is a major supporter of engaging in war, however walpoles government is not. More skilled diplomats than in real life would be sent and negotiated a superior treaty of El Pardo, however the south sea company would still dislike this treaty and attempt to evade it. King George would aid the evasion of the south sea company with his royal authority. Walpoles ministry would be infuriated at the monarchs actions as they wanted a policy of peace.

Despite the monarchs efforts, walpoles ministry would be effective at enforcing this treaty which prevented a war, with the king out of options, he would publish a proclamation which would declare Spain an enemy of the British empire. Walpoles ministry swiftly responded cracking down on the spread of this distribution and having many loyalists arrested. Division in the army grew between those loyal to parliament and the crown. Infuriated by these actions, king George II stormed Parliament and dissolved it. Following this, Parliament would be moved to Oxford, Walpole would be declared the temporary leader of the revolution, a civil war begun.

Civil War

Troops from Gibraltar and other British territories were swiftly withdrew to aid the royal war effort, allowing for a successful annexation of Gibraltar. The civil war also gave the opportunity for an Irish independence rebellion as they favoured neither side. Scotland would be firmly in the kings hands as the England centric Walpole had alienated the region.

The revolution had mostly gained control in the Oxfordshire region, but they’d quickly take control of Swindon and reading, allowing them to spread their influence throughout Wiltshire and rural Hampshire entirely. They’d quickly be able to siege the cities of Southampton and Portsmouth. The monarchy focused on cementing its control over regions it’s held, though this was unsuccessful in some areas. It would prioritise expanding its army in preparation for a London siege, with an embarrassing defeat to demoralise the revolution and use their force to crush its last remnants.

The revolution would siege Bath and Salisbury. The king wasn’t completely ignorant to stopping the spreading revolution in the south west, spreading a modest force to defend Bristol. Many feared that if Bristol was conquered it’d allow the revolution to swiftly take the entire south west. The siege of Bristol would take pl

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

Talk of varying shades of electoral alliance between Labour and the Lib Dems is often extremely high-level. Should the parties merge, or stand down for one another? No. Could strategic targeting of resources be fruitful? Yes - and indeed, it’s already widespread. It might not be effective everywhere, but there is room for further squeezes to the third-placed vote in a small number of seats.

In 2019, there were very few seats where both Labour and the Lib Dems targeted resources but either 1) the Tories won or 2) the Tories nearly won. Those seats will be ones where all three parties have some notion of eventually winning. This makes avoiding campaigning a painful prospect, and it is therefore not likely to be achieved through an altruistic sense that it is necessary to ensure some third party doesn’t win. Local activists will want to campaign to win the area, and if they’re asked not to campaign, they’ll want to be told there is somewhere else they can campaign.

My solution is non-aggression pacts. In North Toryshire, Labour stand a candidate but do very limited campaigning; their candidate may even attack the Lib Dems in a manner designed to make them more appealing to Tory voters. Meanwhile, in neighbouring Toryville East, the Lib Dems do limited campaigning, perhaps doing some doorknocking in heavily Tory voters to try to reduce the Tory vote share, and again, perhaps attacking the Labour Party in a way that makes them more appealing (“the Labour Party under Keir Starmer are a more serious party than under Jeremy Corbyn, so lots of your neighbours will be voting for them and we need every vote we can get if we are to stand a chance of stopping them…”)

The Criteria

There are hundreds of seats where either Labour or the Lib Dems have very little presence. Those seats are out of scope here. It’s possible that one party could scale back even further, but I think that would require me to have more knowledge of individual seats than I actually do.

My criteria for a successful pact are:

1. there is a clear second place to avoid disputes about who should step down
2. the Tories finished first or second - no pacts where there is a Lib-Lab top two
3. the winner received less than 60% of the vote - no pacts in ultra-safe seats
4. the third party was either Labour or the Lib Dems, and must have received a sizeable share of the vote- ideally 10% or more, sugges

Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB

Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"

I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual

So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes

r/unclejokes for dirty jokes

r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC

r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes

Punchline !

Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub

Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat

I guess the concept didn't work

Do your worst!

How the hell am I suppose to know when it’s raining in Sweden?

Ants don’t even have the concept fathers, let alone a good dad joke. Keep r/ants out of my r/dadjokes.

But no, seriously. I understand rule 7 is great to have intelligent discussion, but sometimes it feels like 1 in 10 posts here is someone getting upset about the jokes on this sub. Let the mods deal with it, they regulate the sub.

Mathematical puns makes me number

They were cooked in Greece.

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

Now that I listen to albums, I hardly ever leave the house.

He lost May

Two muffins are in an oven, one muffin looks at the other and says "is it just me, or is it hot in here?"

Then the other muffin says "AHH, TALKING MUFFIN!!!"

Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

And now I’m cannelloni