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Bozza

You can change this
Helpful Moderator
Jul 4, 2003
55,721
Back in Sussex
How democracy works (Conservative Party Version)

- Call unnecessary election with hope of increasing majority claiming that losing 6 seats would mean Corbyn as PM.
- Lose over double that number.
- Give DUP £1bn to cling onto power.

- Call an election as permitted in our democracy.
- Allow all the JC 4 PM crew to vote in their man.
- Oh no, he lost.
- Moderate policies to reflect the will of the people.

Everyone's a winner. Well other than the JC 4 PM mob. Oh well.
 










Titanic

Super Moderator
Helpful Moderator
Jul 5, 2003
39,069
West Sussex
Typical Labour style at the moment, make an outrageous comment/promise.... call it an absolute FACT... and then admit (but with no sense shame or humility) that they can't prove it. :nono:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41411889

Bit like Corbyn/McDonnell on PFI, or student loans/debt, or their many and various BrExit posturings.

It's all so very easy when you are in opposition.
 


spring hall convert

Well-known member
Nov 3, 2009
9,608
Brighton
- Call an election as permitted in our democracy.
- Allow all the JC 4 PM crew to vote in their man.
- Oh no, he lost.
- Moderate policies to reflect the will of the people.

Everyone's a winner. Well other than the JC 4 PM mob. Oh well.

Nearly there. You need to replace 'Moderate policies to reflect the will of the people.' with 'No polices because they are too scared to do anything.'
 






Stato

Well-known member
Dec 21, 2011
6,583
I heard on the news that in his speech today he was going to tell the current government to move aside for Labour.

Not sure he gets how our democracy works.

British parliamentary democracy is more complicated than you suggest. At the 1931 election the Tories won 470 of the 611 seats available, but the next Prime Minister was National Labour's Ramsay McDonald. His party had only 13 seats and 1.5% of the popular vote, but he was able to form a coalition government with the support of the Conservatives and Liberals. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1931
 


BLOCK F

Well-known member
Feb 26, 2009
6,350
Labour is ready.

Ready to tackle inequality.
Ready to rebuild our NHS.
Ready to give security and dignity to all older people.
Ready to invest in our economy.
Ready to put peace and justice at the heart of foreign policy.
Ready to build a new and progressive relationship with Europe.

Ready to f--k the country up, kill business, taxes and interest rates to soar, borrowings to soar, dinosaur union leaders to be brought back to life, shambolic renationalisations etc.etc.
Where the hell will the money come from for all the promises 'the deluded' believe their saviour will deliver? Even Corbyn and McDonnell may struggle to raise all the dosh they require.
Heaven help anyone with stockmarket investments and I am sure pension funds will be delighted to hear that McDonnell wants to renationalise various industries without adequate compensation for shareholders.
Heaven help all of us if these fantasy figures gain power, and I haven't even started on their terrorist sympathies and apparent antipathy towards the country's defences.
 


pastafarian

Well-known member
Sep 4, 2011
11,902
Sussex
Happy Birthday Dianne. How old are you?

21….no wait,300,000…….no wait 80 million……no wait, spread over 4 years I am 60
 




dingodan

New member
Feb 16, 2011
10,080
Raised the standards of living of millions of people - Capitalism.

Resulted in the deaths of millions of people - Socialism.

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Change at Barnham

Well-known member
Aug 6, 2011
4,906
Bognor Regis
Corbyn's lack of spine to convincingly support Remain and instead just lamely say he wanted to remain won't be forgotten by Remoaners like myself.
Also when things start getting cranked up towards an election his pacifism will also weaken his appeal.

A more moderate Labour offering would look quite attractive to me, but I'm not convinced by JC.
If there was an election tomorrow I either wouldn't vote or vote Liberal Democrats as a protest against the Tories.
 


beorhthelm

A. Virgo, Football Genius
Jul 21, 2003
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Kalimantan Gull

Well-known member
Aug 13, 2003
12,923
Central Borneo / the Lizard
Ooh, another politics thread where everybody is sarcastically snide about the other lot. How many posts on are actually positive about the side they support, as opposed to slagging off the other lot?

Anyway, I can't help you here. I am concerned about Corbyn and his party at the moment. Obviously we will need them to form a government, as we can't possibly continue with the current lot, but it doesn't fill me with great confidence.
 






Triggaaar

Well-known member
Oct 24, 2005
50,171
Goldstone
Ooh, another politics thread where everybody is sarcastically snide about the other lot. How many posts on are actually positive about the side they support, as opposed to slagging off the other lot?
I agree with you, but on reflection I think that may say more about our choice of governments than us lot on this occasion. Those who voted Conservative probably did so because the alternative was unthinkable, rather than belief in our current government, and likewise most who voted Labour did so because they don't like what the government have done, rather than any honest belief that Corbyn and team are fit to govern.
 




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