happypig
Staring at the rude boys
I like Jake but, even though I'm a Labour member, I will vote for whoever has the best chance of derailing brexit so Stephen Lloyd for me. I doubt I'm alone.
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Prime Minister to make a statement from Downing Street - GENERAL ELECTION on 8th June
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I like Jake but, even though I'm a Labour member, I will vote for whoever has the best chance of derailing brexit so Stephen Lloyd for me. I doubt I'm alone.
symyjym
Banned
Must admit I have kept away from the NSC Brexit thread. I am more concerned with our governments refime change foreign policy and how contrived it is. I haven't got any view on Brexit with the pros and cons just being guesswork but I do know that it is highly complex and entangled.
On the plus side if all this distracts them from causing trouble in the Middle East for the next 2 terms of government, it can only be a good thing. Pointless chaos and a time vacuum suits me fine really.
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
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TSB
Captain Hindsight
Enjoying Nigel Evans telling how he sees it. Don't know anything about him, but he's been more honest than May or Duncan-Smith.
Pinkie Brown
I'll look after the skirt
It'll put Corbyn to bed once and for all. They'll hopefully end up with an effective leader who isn't out his depth. I don't doubt Tories will gain the most seats, but its not impossible May could lose overall majority. "But the polls say" etc etc. How wrong have polls been in recent times? There's been a lot of unusual voting patterns and results in local elections. I foresee a lot of tactical voting in this coming election. May could shoot herself in the foot if there is a reaction in those former Lib Dem & marginal tory seats where there was a strong remain vote? Inflation is rising and a fair few people are twitchy about the future in these area's and of course, elsewhere. She'll probably increase her vote share in the true blue shire constituencies. So what? Counts for nothing if she loses elsewhere. Even her own backyard in Maidenhead was near marginal in the Blair years. Heavily remain area and anti LHR expansion. Can see some Labour seats maybe swinging to Lib Dem? An example: Hoey in Vauxhall is hugely unpopular amongst constituents and local party members. Huge swing needed but not impossible. These are strange political times.
If May wins outright, she has her mandate. If not, its her way of backpedaling on a potential Brexit shambles she previously claimed she didn't support. She can claim 'will of people' etc on either outcome. If she has to go down the 'Norway' route model or similar fudge, she can blame the Lib Dems/Labour for tying her hands when secretly, its probably her prefered and safe option, rather than a leap into the unknown of what the hardliners may wish for.
If May wins outright, she has her mandate. If not, its her way of backpedaling on a potential Brexit shambles she previously claimed she didn't support. She can claim 'will of people' etc on either outcome. If she has to go down the 'Norway' route model or similar fudge, she can blame the Lib Dems/Labour for tying her hands when secretly, its probably her prefered and safe option, rather than a leap into the unknown of what the hardliners may wish for.
TSB
Captain Hindsight
That it was called as there's no opposition and May expects to clean up.
No crap about "for the country"
Southern Scouse
Well-known member
- Jul 21, 2011
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Any party that negotiates with Europe with the aim of staying in gets my vote.
I want my children to be able to live and work wherever they want in Europe.
I want Scotland to stay within the UK.
I need Farage to make other polititions look sensible.
I want a new Pro-Europe party Libs, Lab, Greens and even the odd decent Tory
I want BHA to be champions!
I know, I want, I want, I want..........
I want my children to be able to live and work wherever they want in Europe.
I want Scotland to stay within the UK.
I need Farage to make other polititions look sensible.
I want a new Pro-Europe party Libs, Lab, Greens and even the odd decent Tory
I want BHA to be champions!
I know, I want, I want, I want..........
Do you believe that the Yanks never landed on the moon as well?
June 8? Like the June 8 that's just seven weeks away? Wow, I'm just jealous that the UK can have a national election without "The Election Reality Show" that our US TV networks put on to boost ratings every four years: 24-hour coverage of 12 months of campaigning, six months of state primaries to weed out the loonies (which don't weed out the loonies), and five months of debate coverage, pre-debate coverage, post-debate coverage, pre-post-debate coverage...
And after all that, we wind up with the ratings-grabbing "historic" candidates that the networks choose: The first black candidate, the first woman criminal, the first orange huckster...
And after all that, we wind up with the ratings-grabbing "historic" candidates that the networks choose: The first black candidate, the first woman criminal, the first orange huckster...
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His policies seem very popular with a large proportion of the British public
Good luck with that!
midnight_rendezvous
Well-known member
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
The first time in HISTORY that the END of MAY happens in JUNE
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Channel 4 - Posted at 15:52
Channel 4 says Downing Street has squashed the idea of any TV debates ahead of the 8 June election.
A blog by its political editor Gary Gibbon says: "Rather than go down the route of pretending they’re longing for such things to happen but the logistics might be tricky they’ve gone for a more open approach: forget it."
Channel 4 says Downing Street has squashed the idea of any TV debates ahead of the 8 June election.
A blog by its political editor Gary Gibbon says: "Rather than go down the route of pretending they’re longing for such things to happen but the logistics might be tricky they’ve gone for a more open approach: forget it."
jakarta
Well-known member
Good comeback
Do you seriously think that Corbyn can turnaround a 20% deficit in the polls?
Love or hate them the Tories are very good at holding onto power and that is exactly what this decision is about.
midnight_rendezvous
Well-known member
No, I don't think he can. That doesn't mean his policies aren't popular amongst the public and, arguably, have the interests of the 'average Joe' at the forefront whereas the Tories will pursue their own selfish self-interests, as they always do.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
GingerBeerMan
3-0
- Dec 29, 2011
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Because there are three left wing parties that split the vote vs one main centre right party.