Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 70,953
The UK government can no more control flooding than the Aussie government can control bushfires. No matter how much money you chuck at the thing, it'll never be enough.
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[Politics] The General Election Thread
- Thread starter crodonilson
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The UK government can no more control flooding than the Aussie government can control bushfires. No matter how much money you chuck at the thing, it'll never be enough.
You seem to have abandoned the 'silent majority' altogether.
Did they find you unbearably obnoxious as well?
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Oh that's alright then. £125million going begging when those poor people could have help.
Keeping rivers clear of debris and dredging channels don't help one iota, I suppose.
You are so SO thick.You clearly don't know what democracy actually is.
If the LibDems won the election, they'd clearly have a mandate to bin Brexit. That is parliamentary democracy. This is in contrast to the Tories who couldn't get a shit Brexit deal through a democratically elected parliament, so tried to shut it down.
Now you have completely blindsided him with logic. I don't suppose he will reflect on that though!
theonlymikey
New member
- Apr 21, 2016
- 789
https://twitter.com/ToryFibs/status/1194250578458791937?s=09
That lead is slipping rapidly.
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That lead is slipping rapidly.
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Jeremy Corbyn is the most unpopular opposition party leader of the past 45 years for a reason though. Labour will not win I'm afraid. Corbyn is a useless leader.
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
Corbyn got a huge vote share in 2017. He's only been leader since just before the referendum where politics has fractured and the anti-austerity message lost in the noise of Brexit and partisan politics. Once he gets a bit of fair air time, the message tends to resonate with people. His great battle is turning the focus away from Brexit, that battle can be settled either way with Labour, but their are more important things to consider.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
He's hitting home today over the lack of action by the Tories on the floods in Yorkshire
Laura something-or-other, representing Labour, was on Politics Live on BBC2 at lunchtime today. In an act that displayed a bizarre lack of self awareness she told Chuka Umunna it was fantasy (or similar) that the Lib Dems could win this election.
Fortunately for realists everywhere, Gina Miller was also on the panel and she wasn't shy in saying that it's also fanciful that Labour could win.
It's interesting that the two most extreme Brexit positions - the Brexit Party and Lib Dems - are the ones losing there. Will also be interesting to see if people really do simply vote according to Brexit or if they can manage to see beyond it. After all, we're supposedly coming out on 31 Jan and the new government will then have nearly 5 years to shape the country (unless, of course, we end up hung again).
If that gap between LAB and CON shortens any more Brexit are in a real danger of splitting the right wing vote and letting in Corbyn. Add that 10% on to Johnson and he could pretty much beat up a pensioner live on telly and still get in.
However, the date of that poll is quite telling. Anything taken from yesterday onwards will be completely misleading when it comes to the Brexit party since they'll only be standing in just over 50% of the available seats. Will the pollsters adjust for it? And what will it do to the leaders?
Yeah I was watching that myself. Absolutely baffling to me that the Jeremy Corbyn apologists really don't see that they have their little clique who are sent in raptures every time he opens his mouth but nobody else has much time for the bloke at all, and the real issue for Labour here is that this is for a variety of reasons. From facile stuff like the way he presents himself, to his historic sympathies for the IRA, the fact that he is a committed socialist, or whether they consider him a hypocrite who spent his political career voting against his own party in the commons but was quick to expel Campbell for voting Lib Dem over Brexit, or merely the fact that Labour are stained with anti-semitism on his watch.
So many reasons (and they're just the ones I can think of) to see that he simply is not electable to too many people.
Not sure what your point is here, it is fanciful that the Libs could win this general election whereas it is very unlikely Labour will.
My point is I don't believe either of those parties can win this election.
Are the tactical voting websites giving people the suggestion they would expect?
Using Gina Miller's - https://www.remainunited.org - for East Worthing and Shoreham, I'm told that it is a safe seat and there are no tactical voting opportunities.
However https://getvoting.org tells me I should vote Labour, which I think is the correct approach for a pro-remainer.
Pretty pink fairy
Banned
- Jan 30, 2008
- 31,981
You're deluded but thanks for your replyYou are so SO thick.
If the LibDems won the election, they'd clearly have a mandate to bin Brexit. That is parliamentary democracy. This is in contrast to the Tories who couldn't get a shit Brexit deal through a democratically elected parliament, so tried to shut it down.
Regards
DF
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
East Worthing and Shoreham is a big target for Labour. 10% swing toward Labour in 2017 reducing a 15,000 majority to 5000. Lib Dems have 5% of the vote at best and a non starter. So you probably are correct. I'd hate for you to put Corbyn in no.10 though.
You seem to be using the word "deluded" quite a lot on these threads. Do you actually know what it means? Only, it's quite clear I'm not remotely deluded because I've just patronisingly explained to you why you're so thick and don't understand the meaning of the word "democracy". Please don't make me explain to you the word "deluded" too.
JC Footy Genius
Bringer of TRUTH
- Jun 9, 2015
- 10,568
Before the Corbynistas get too excited ... 3 more recent polls suggest there is no closing of the gap.
http://britainelects.com/polling/westminster/
But I expect the polls will narrow at some point .... probably when the Labour manifesto is released and we all find out we will never have to pay for anything ever again
