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       n8   Doesn't follow you 🇺🇦 (n8@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jul-2024 17:50:12 JST     n8   Doesn't follow you 🇺🇦

   Math question (this one for real):

   650 seats total: thus >= 326 for majority

   411 seats are Labour (aka Labor, correctly, but we'll come back to that)
   120 are Conservative

   The news keeps saying "that's a majority of 174"

   411 - 326 = 85
   411 - 120 = 291

   ... where is this 174 number coming from?

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     Alexandre Oliva (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jul-2024 17:50:12 JST Alexandre Oliva

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     my nearest guess:
     650 - 411 = 239
     411 - 239 = 172
     off by two :-(