B&F, or BAF, or B+F, or BaF?

[DRT]

Boot & Flogger?

Which is misleading propaganda designed to influence the electorate.

Where's the B+F option?

Poll edited.

[jdaw1]

Poll edited.

Re-edited.

[jdaw1]

Hello.

We are having a discussion about how to abbreviate the name of Davy”s first wine bar.

• www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=9357

Obvious possibilities include:
• B&F
• B+F
• BAF
• BaF

Please, what abbreviation is used within Davy’s?

Happy Christmas,

— Julian Wiseman.

Hi Julian,

We use the abbreviation BFL.

Kind regards,

Tom

[djewesbury]

That's like an airport code.

[Glenn E.]

We use the abbreviation BFL.

Beer for loggers?

[djewesbury]

Hello.

We are having a discussion about how to abbreviate the name of Davy”s first wine bar.

• www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=9357

Obvious possibilities include:
• B&F
• B+F
• BAF
• BaF

Please, what abbreviation is used within Davy’s?

Happy Christmas,

— Julian Wiseman.

Hi Julian,

We use the abbreviation BFL.

Kind regards,

Tom

Why, then, is this option not included in the Poll? Should it be? Do we need another Poll?

[LGTrotter]

There is a democratic deficit at the port forum, we need BFL on the poll. Devo max!

[djewesbury]

There is a democratic deficit at the port forum, we need BFL on the poll. Devo max!

Encore, say I, yes indeed, I back Owen!

[jdaw1]

That's like an airport code.

Airport codes are not eligible. Wrong passport: do not pass Go, do not collect £200.

[djewesbury]

Oh well. I voted anyway.

[DRT]

There is a democratic deficit at the port forum, we need BFL on the poll. Devo max!

Encore, say I, yes indeed, I back Owen!

Agreed. I will edit the Poll.

[djewesbury]

Admin usurped by other admin shocker!!

[DRT]

Admin usurped by other admin shocker!!

There is a precedent. Do you not remember the Honourable Member for Streatham having to concede that the abbreviation for Cockburn should follow that used by the shipper?

[djewesbury]

Aha yes. A victory for common sense was what The Times called it.

[DRT]

Everyone needs to vote again.

[jdaw1]

Everyone needs to vote again.

Very European. Perhaps very Scottish.

Which is why I didn’t.

[djewesbury]

Everyone needs to vote again.

Very European. Perhaps very Scottish.

Which is why I didn’t.

Oo-er. We have a haughty abstainer. The people of Streatham are disenfranchised.

[DRT]

Everyone needs to vote again.

Very European. Perhaps very Scottish.

Which is why I didn’t.

Not me. Editing the Poll wiped out all the votes (which it didn't on the other occasions it was edited).

[jdaw1]

Which is why I didn’t.

Apologies, I was unclear. I should have written “Which is why I didn’t edit the poll.”

[LGTrotter]

Which is why I didn’t.

Apologies, I was unclear. I should have written “Which is why I didn’t edit the poll.”

Always a problem. Julian being inexact and wishy-washy.

The poll is on a knife edge. We are expecting late returns from Belfast...

[djewesbury]

:chokes with laughter:

[LGTrotter]

I take it this is the first round poll and we will have a second round where there is a run off between the top two.

And I notice that there have been a total of 101% of votes cast. Like all those people who promise to give 110% at job interviews.

[jdaw1]

I take it this is the first round poll and we will have a second round where there is a run off between the top two.

No. This is a simple FPTP vote.

Multiple rounds — pah! (See Non-Intuitive Features of Electoral Systems for examples of non-monotonicity.)

[DRT]

FPTP - agreed.

So the only remaining question is who is going to be our Nick Clegg?

[jdaw1]

“B&F”: 4 votes
“B+F”: 2 votes
“BAF”: 1 vote
“BFL”: 1 vote
“BaF”: 0 votes

We have a result, and by a chunky margin: B&F.