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1 Erskine June 24 2 Alec's Salmon 19 T3 Danny's Daredevils 16 T3 the Politicos 16 T3 Cynical Opportunism 16 T6 Clueless 15 T6 Sp Team’s Table Position Team Name Current Points 1 Erskine June 24 2 Alec's Salmon 19 T3 Danny's Daredevils 16 T3 The Politicos 16 T3 Cynical Opportunism 16 T6 Clueless 15 T6 Spain 15 T6 Coalitious 15 T9 The Bees Knees 14 T9 A nonet of ninnies 14 T11 On the fringe 13 T11 Yes Wi-ckham 13 T11 Snollygoster FC 13 T11 Down and almost out 13 T15 The Electioneers 12 T15 A Yacht Called Nellie 12 T15 TRWPolticians 12 T18 dlpo 11 T18 Conference hat trick 11 T18 South London Tory 11 T18 KLH 11 T18 Beige Food Brigade 11 T18 Swagda McYolo's 11 T18 Things Can Tony Get Better 11 T18 Squeezed Muddle 11 T18 Murder on Zidane's floor 11 T18 Loizou Lions 11 T18 United Kingdom of England and Wales 11 T18 Russell's Rebels 11 T18 Boss of the swings 11 T18 The Also Ran 11 T18 Deavesminster 11 T18 Jolly Roger 11 T18 Antoine Donnelly Fan Club 11 T18 Coalition of the (un)willing 11 T18 The Plebs 11 T18 The Sweet FA's 11 T18 G&PBers 11 T18 Tremendously Terrific Tories 11 Position Team Name Current Points T18 Political Potato 11 T41 Bring Back Gordon 10 T41 Higgybabies 10 T41 FSFCPolitics 10 T41 Bring back hanging chads 10 T41 Churchstate 10 T41 PartyGames 10 T41 WeBuyAnyVote.com 10 T41 Greyfriars 2nd XI 10 T41 northern uproar 10 T41 there all cheats 10 T41 Chorley Chumps A 10 T41 Wilko 10 T53 Murphy's Law 9 T53 Political Correctness is an Oxymoron 9 T53 Silent Majority 9 T53 Not Flash, Just Gordon 9 T53 In the Loop 9 T53 Salmond en Croute 9 T53 Calm Down Dear! 9 T53 Ed Bangers 9 T53 Whitehall Rovers 9 T53 The Poll Dancers 9 T53 SocialDemocrat (AKA The British Obama) 9 T53 Voting Floaters 9 T53 Katz-R-Us 9 T53 Scotland's Imperial Masters 9 T53 Liz-Trussed Up 9 T53 Coalition United 9 T53 THD 9 T53 The Strangers 9 T53 The Awkward Squad 9 T53 Conference Cabinet 9 T53 Keith Vaz and the Kardashians 9 T53 "The Exhausted Volcanoes." 9 T53 Amazing Mattimus 9 T53 Enfield Town Independence Party 9 T53 EnteEnteGans 9 T53 Followers of The Apocalypse 9 T53 Team 9 T53 FrancesWhitehouse 9 T53 Scoring for Britain 9 T53 Central Lobbied 9 T53 The RMCs 9 Position Team Name Current Points T53 Hocwatch 9 T53 Burhan's Babes 9 T53 everyone start wearing purple 9 T87 Snowflake 8 T87 The United Seven Kingdoms 8 T87 HomeCounties 8 T87 Decent, hardworking politicians 8 T87 Abi 8 T87 KC's 8 T87 NEET lyfe 8 T87 Deuce Chunker 8 T87 Westminster Death Grip 8 T87 The State and Revolution 8 T87 Team "Gareth" 8 T98 Nicola Sturgeon's blue and white army 7 T98 Change that works for you ‐ building a fairer Britain 7 T98 Eazy Peazy 7 T101 fantasists eleven 6 T101 Reevesy does it 6 T101 Blue north 6 T101 In it to Tredwinnick' 6 T101 Eh? 6 T101 West Wing Wannabes 6 T101 All Stars 6 T101 Sevenofnine 6 T101 Hail to the Chiefs 6 T101 Claire's Cronies 6 T101 Omnishambles 6 T101 Hasan's federal republic of the UK 6 T101 the Winners 6 T101 Ozymandias United 6 T101 James 6 T101 Andrew Mitchell's Side-Gate 6 T101 Nothing is certain, except failure 6 T101 The Battered Fish 6 T119 get used to 'Cliff' 5 T119 Smudge Sunday 5 T119 Zombie Blair and the Fiscally Conservative Werewolves 5 T119 Real Politik 5 T119 YMVWTTBICPC 5 T119 Laxton's MPs 5 T119 <INSERT CLEVER TEAM NAME> 5 T119 Democratic doppelgangers 5 T119 Westminster Elites 5 Position Team Name Current Points T119 New Disestablishmentarianist Front (M-L) 5 T119 Horse Traders 5 T119 The Outsiders 5 T119 #libdemdisco 5 T119 Fat kids win at see-saws 5 T119 It Hammond On Your Watch 5 T119 A new dawn has broken, has it not? 5 T119 Lock the Doors! 5 T119 HuskieWalleyes 5 T119 EffingTories 5 T119 Better Together 5 T119 Wonderful Whitton 5 T119 The Burkes 5 T119 Leech's Learned Members 5 T119 J.S. Gummer's Jolly Good Gunners 5 T119 Onescoop Warriors 5 T119 Punch and Judy's 5 T119 Teamy weamy 5 T119 The Mighty Quinn's 5 T119 The A-Team 5 T119 I Can't Believe It's Not Better 5 T119 Condolezza Spice 5 T119 The Early Day Motions 5 T119 Hosman's Horsemen 5 T119 Gareth 5 T119 Alex Salmond's personal trainer 5 T119 oh_what_the_hell 5 T155 Bea's MPs 4 T155 St Martin 4 T155 Whitehallers 4 T155 Team C 4 T155 The Right Hons 4 T155 Conference Flu 4 T155 Keith 4 T155 wellbeck wellies 4 T155 The Keen Dream Team 4 T155 Oliver's Army 4 T155 Monkey Business 4 T155 Realpolitik 4 T155 Team JJ 4 T155 Bend it like Benn 4 T155 Trip-Ts 4 T155 The Ernie Bevin Select 4 T155 Cabs & Shads 4 Position Team Name Current Points T155 Cost of Living 4 T155 Chorley Chumps 4 T155 NH15 4 T155 Pathos 4 T155 Omnishambles IX 4 T155 Emmazon's Warriors 4 T155 Mackinnerds 4 T155 All in it together 4 T155 Cato St Conspiracy 4 T155 Spencer PC 4 T155 #longtermeconomicplan 4 T155 Richard's Rabble 4 T155 TomBXL 4 T155 Lockstep XI 4 T155 Cult of St Michael 4 T187 We Love Dan 3 T187 Better Together 3 T187 My Little Empire 3 T187 LibLabCon 3 T187 "Westminster'sFinest" 3 T187 Babe in the Wood 3 T187 The Lads 3 T187 Margin of Errors 3 T187 Reshuffle 3 T187 Radical Centrists 3 T187 058-g 3 T187 Politix 3 T187 Bevanly Creatures 3 T187 Winning 3 T187 Vanarama Conference XI 3 T187 Dysch FC 3 T187 Political Alchemy 3 T187 Mutiny 3 T187 Crispy's Conference 3 T187 Jamesy's not for turning 3 T187 Shouty shouty 3 T187 The Chairman 3 T187 KFC (Keen For Conference): Politickin' good 3 T187 Zooming Zoo 3 T187 Eric Pickles ate my hamster (and my dog, cat, rabbit and tortoise) 3 T187 A week is a long time... 3 T187 Floetry 3 T187 Eat the cheese, Nicholson! 3 T187 Fansard 3 Position Team Name Current Points T187 Hold Me Closer Simon Danzcuk 3 T187 The eyes have it 3 T187 NM1 3 T187 Hard Twerking People 3 T187 The Harriers 3 T187 Gladstone 3 T187 Globe Town Trotters 3 T187 Pantasy Folitics 3 T187 Ministry of Spin 3 T187 Ladies of the Knight 3 T187 Shot in the Dark 3 T187 Reservoir Wonks 3 T187 FBUSouthern 3 T187 Stephen Crabb's Beard 3 T187 The Social Democats 3 T187 The Independent Republic of Streatham 3 T187 The Rt Hon Brandy Alexander 3 T187 Randoms 3 T187 Barking up the wrong tree 3 T187 Great Britain 3 T187 Conference Politicians 3 T187 Tough Choices 3 T187 The Blue Hand Gang 3 T187 Fish's XI 3 T187 Snorting the Party Line 3 T187 Freedom Fighters 3 T187 The Revellution 3 T187 the stalking horses of the acopalypse 3 T187 Binders of Women 3 T187 Hooked 3 T187 Dream Team 3 T187 D:ream Team 3 T187 GERONTIUS 3 T187 yesitsbryn 3 T187 Pragmatic Idealism 3 T187 The Itchy Bees 3 T187 Combat Liberalism 3 T187 Spin it to win it 3 T187 Wadders' Winners 3 T187 Holbrook's Cabinet 3 T187 Rigg the Elections 3 T187 HardworkingBriton10 3 T187 Boring Snoring Interviewees 3 T187 Lib Dem rabble-rousers 3 Position Team Name Current Points T187 Pol-lols 3 T187 Excluded United 3 T187 The De Montfort All-Stars 3 T187 The Laboural Torycrats 3 T187 Licence Lite 3 T187 "Chattering Class at Conference" 3 T187 4th Sector Pathfinders 3 T187 Sip 3 T187 R.O.N Athletic 3 T187 Ightham Items 3 T187 Malcolm Tucker's Conscience 3 T187 Edmondwonks 3 T187 Plaid Llundain 3 T273 40-20 2 T273 Gang of Four 2 T273 Woodhouse's Windbags 2 T273 Big Beasts 2 T273 Bitter Together 2 T273 Left back in the dressing room 2 T273 Modern alchemists 2 T273 Doing it for the girls 2 T273 have a bang on that 2 T273 SLF FC 2 T273 Change and that 2 T273 Team Squib 2 T273 The GB at CBs 2 T273 Pure Class 2 T273 Boris-sia Dortmund 2 T273 Literal Democrats 2 T273 The Revolution Will not be Televised 2 T273 The Tories 2 T273 Reincarnated as an olive 2 T273 Low Standards 2 T273 "Free schools, but paid-for beer" 2 T273 The Unknown Unknowns 2 T273 Some nations 2 T273 ToriesDisunited 2 T273 Allstar Schmucks 2 T273 Our dear leaders 2 T273 Fritzl Palace 2 T273 Broome's Bodies 2 T273 Merthyr Gladiators 2 T273 Iain Duncan Suarez 2 T273 The Tricky Dicks 2 Position Team Name Current Points T273 Quiet Bat People 2 T273 Political Triviasauri 2 T273 Bearded Socialists 2 T273 The Bland Leading the Bland 2 T273 Well it just goes to show doens't it? 2 T273 Better Late Than Never 2 T273 West Kent wonderkids 2 T273 Gilt-Edged 2 T312 oracle 1 T312 Eilidh 1 T312 Sneaky Crunchers 1 T312 No Balls 1 T312 Halojo 1 T312 The Politburo 1 T312 Rogue Acid Throwers 1 T312 Norfolk n Brain 1 T312 Vote, Maybe! 1 T312 Long Term Economic Planners 1 T312 Bowler Hats 1 T312 058-J 1 T312 Fernando's 1 T312 The Long Arm of the Laws 1 T312 Burnett 1 T312 Norman Shaw All Stars 1 T312 Spinners and losers 1 T312 westminster flyers 1 T312 REC-Appeal 1 T312 On The Fringes 1 T312 profilers 1 T312 No small miShapps 1 T312 Qualaity 1 T312 DR 1 T312 What do I Know? 1 T312 The DEFICIT! 1 T312 Light Refreshments 1 T312 GE 2015 - We've already won the moral victory 1 T312 Kung Fu Panda 1 T312 Neverending Tories 1 T312 There's no such thing as 'government money', only taxpayers' money 1 T312 ConferenceCalamity 1 T312 Westminster Wanderers 1 T312 Right Said Fred 1 T312 MaStErMiNdS 1 T312 The MuckRakers 1 Position Team Name Current Points T312 Pixie's Political Power Puffs 1 T312 What's left? 1 T312 The Warriors 1 T312 The Undemocratic Republican Anti-Socialists 1 T312 Deportivo Politico 1 T312 upanddownthecountry 1 T312 Etonian Messis 1 T312 British Winfluence 1 T312 The Dundas Despots 1 T312 Don't call me Shirley 1 T312 Ceredigion Dream Team 1 T312 Let's be AVing you 1 T312 Not Entirely Random 1 T312 Canucks 1 T312 Stoke Newington Cosmos 1 T312 Bacon Sarnie Barmy Army 1 T312 StevieB 1 T312 Where's Boris? 1 T312 Bojo's Bandits 1 T312 Forlorn Hope 1 T312 Rosie & George 1 T312 Asquith's Army 1 T312 One Nation or Two? 1 T312 The man who waters the workers' beer 1 T312 Cult of St Michael 1 T312 Balls'Elbow 1 T312 Less than amused 1 T312 The Liberal Labservatives 1 T312 A-Team 1 T312 teamtory 1 T378 smokingapancake 0 T378 Riyal Politic 0 T378 Ford Nation! 0 T378 The Real Gaal-aticos 0 T378 Carswell That Ends Well 0 T378 Charmers 0 T378 What the Hayek 0 T378 Fanatico Politico 0 T378 George Osborne's Having A Party,Bring Your Vodka And Your Charlie 0 T378 The Pre-Election Jitters 0 T378 Political Punch 0 T378 All the same 0 T378 Lib Dems 0 T378 Capital socialism 0 Position Team Name Current Points T378 Hollowtics 0 T378 LiverpoolRiversideYouth 0 T378 Eccles United 0 T378 The Clarets 0 T378 The Randolph 0 T378 Talk Like A Kennedy 0 T378 Borussia Forsyth 0 T378 Wobbly Bob 0 T378 Cambridge Grandees 0 T378 Best Grogan Benn can buy 0 T378 Limp Limpleys 0 T378 The Best Red Team 0 T404 058-c -1 T404 To Beith or not to Beith..
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