[Politics] The General Election Thread

[clapham_gull]

All Peston is stating is the obvious.

The Tories have a very slender majority in Parliament at the moment and they need to win seats off Labour.

The Brexit Party are targeting the very same seats the Tories are. They may have removed the threat of splitting the "leave vote" but now have turned their attention to splitting the anti-Labour one.

However if you are inclined to vote Brexit, having voted traditionally Labour I'd imagine you will vote Tory.

I'm not sure many will be persuaded by the "this isn't brexit" argument because frankly it would require a voter to read the technical detail of the actual agreement.

 

[piersa]

Robert Peston on ITV said on the news that he thought that Nigel Farage's statement will hand the keys of No 10 to Corbyn. He is the expert but I hope that he has read it wrong.

Clearly said the exact opposite

 

[Hugo Rune]

This could open some pact between Labour and pro-remain parties. Kemptown is a constituency that could do with the Lib Dem’s and Greens pulling out. Likewise, that awful Lewes Tory needs a red card but she’ll be home free with all three progressive parties fielding candidates.

 

[nicko31]

Does anyone think a FTA will be signed up to for the end of next year?

If they want to sign anything by end of 2020 it will be a bare bones agreement and a million miles with from fictionless trade that was promised a couple of years ago.

Basically we have a month a save Britain from Boris and his hard right Brexit sect...

 

[Gwylan]

Likewise, that awful Lewes Tory needs a red card but she’ll be home free with all three progressive parties fielding candidates.

The problem with many constituencies (Lewes is one) is that there's no universal agreement as to who the best challenger is. Lewes should be a Lib Dem target but they lost seats to the Greens at the last council election and the Greens think they're the second-placed party now.

In many cases, LDs and Labour will argue the toss as to who should have a free run. Throw in politicians' egos and I can't see many pacts being formed.

 

[Eeyore]

Article now removed after The Sun was rumbled.

Carry on...

 

[Guinness Boy]

You come across as some sort of snob. I'm sure you're not.

I'm just pointing out that the board's resident right wing numpty is a friendless saddo who can't even grasp the irony that the politicians he champions will have him out on the streets within a year of taking power. Still, it must be worth it just to be able to not hear foreign accents on the bus anymore.

 

[Deadly Danson]

I think and hope the same having lived through previous Labour governments and I wouldn't wish that on anybody.

Yet the country is f***ing glorious now isn't it? Have you even walked down a high street recently and seen the levels of homelessness, spoken to anyone who works in the NHS or the police or the fire service? Frankly it's virtually impossible for anyone else to come into power and do a worse job.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

You have emotions? That software patch finally worked then.

Apart from that stupid comment it makes you wonder why we vote when some of our MP's disrespect their constituents,Obviously people like HKFC and yourself are happy with that type of democracy
Reap what you sow
Regards
DG

 

[Bakero]

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Article now removed after The Sun was rumbled.

Carry on...

That was three years ago. This year the Sun's Corbyn remembrance attack is about him missing an event

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

You come across as some sort of snob. I'm sure you're not.

Angry little man syndrome, he's so far off the mark and just showing himself up for the clueless clown he is , hope that clears up any confusion on the subject
Regards
DK

 

[Frutos]

Apart from that stupid comment it makes you wonder why we vote when some of our MP's disrespect their constituents

Like Lewes MP Maria Caulfield supporting Brexit when her constituency was 52% Remain, you mean?

 

[WATFORD zero]

A former aide to Boris Johnson is facing calls to stand down as an election candidate after Labour accused him of “disgusting racism” over some of his writings that blamed immigrants for bringing germs and HIV to the UK and accused Muslims of having divided loyalties.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/11/tory-candidate-anthony-browne-faces-calls-quit-over-disgusting-racism

Is Ppf standing for the Tories now that his beloved Nigel has shafted him ?

But anyway, back to this antisemitism malarkey

Unfortunately PPF posted a further unpleasant anti-semitic comment whilst his first one was being assessed by the mods and received a further infraction, which resulted in his ban being extended under the totting up rules to three months.

 

[Is it PotG?]

I'm just pointing out that the board's resident right wing numpty is a friendless saddo who can't even grasp the irony that the politicians he champions will have him out on the streets within a year of taking power. Still, it must be worth it just to be able to not hear foreign accents on the bus anymore.

So, for a thicko like me, should Brexit happen then there is a blanket ban on immigration...from Europe or anywhere else?

 

[highflyer]

Of course there is bias and spin on both sides.
But the right wing press is taking the lies to a new level for the Tories now.

This is a straightforward, out and out lie, knowingly printed in the Sun, and the Daily Mail (in almost identical form which would imply they are not doing their own research, just being told what to say, (this is just one of very many examples)
There may or may not be a sunsequent correction, but no action likely to be taken beyond that and the damage is done (the ideas are planted as truth in the minds of the malleable):



The BBC lies for the Tories. That video of Johnson laying the wreath from three years ago (to cover up the mistake he made in having it upside down). And trying to claim that it was a 'production error'. Of course errors get made - but you don't 'accidentally' go back three years to find appropriate footage and 'accidentally' edit it in to create an impression of continuity. that is a skilled and careful job, not a 'production error'.

But at least called out as liars on Sky News, albeit not by the presenter:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1194154668852744192

 

[Hugo Rune]

Interesting development in the states:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50382668

Clearly the democrats have decided that the Trump Alliance is a bad thing. Very odd when you think of the opportunities it will give to US companies from areas such as farming and pharmaceuticals.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Interesting development in the states:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50382668

Clearly the democrats have decided that the Trump Alliance is a bad thing. Very odd when you think of the opportunities it will give to US companies from areas such as farming and pharmaceuticals.

Hillary is always a reliable and trustworthy source of truth and common sense.

 

[Hugo Rune]

Hillary is always a reliable and trustworthy source of truth and common sense.

Not really but if you compare her to Trump, you have a very good point.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Apart from that stupid comment it makes you wonder why we vote when some of our MP's disrespect their constituents,Obviously people like HKFC and yourself are happy with that type of democracy
Reap what you sow
Regards
DG

All those prospective Brexit candidates are reaping what they've sown, or rather Farage & Tice are. All those thousands of pounds paid to be candidates, and for pamphlets to be printed, only to be dropped like hot coals because Farage & Johnson have cosied up together. No refunds as Nige has pocketed it for himself.
It's all a massive Ponzi scheme.

 

[wellquickwoody]

Oh my that wasn't a mental image i needed. Thanks Guinness!.............

You know what PPF looks like?