General Election, June 8th

[urban.spaceman]

SNP's response to the question of terrorism is claim Islam has nothing to do with it, citing one targeted attack on a politician by a right wing terrorist last year and a Norwegian white supremacist whose terror attack was SIX years ago. There have been 27 people murdered in 2 attacks in the U.K. in the last 2 months alone, by Jihadis. Not to mention the countless plots foiled daily. 

 

Nuttall clearly stated it was Islamist activity and not Islam or the Muslim community, and yet we had those on the left - Corbyn, Wood, Lucas and Robertson - immediately twisted his words and smeared him as basically racist for pointing out what we know as fact. 

 

I'm not even a UKIP voter. To continue this ostrich behaviour is demented, unbelievable cowardice. 

[The Floyd]

Good effort from the crowd to be somehow collectively more annoying than Angus Robertson. 

[LiberalFox]

5 minutes ago, toddybad said:

I thought that bit tbh at this election they only need 2. The lib dems aren't even close this time round, it'll take them years to recover. If you want a non right wing government you need to vote labour.

 

If people don't want a Tory majority then you need Lib Dems to win some of their Tory facing seats which is the vast majority of them.

[Sharpe's Fox]

3 minutes ago, LiberalFox said:

 

If people don't want a Tory majority then you need Lib Dems to win some of their Tory facing seats which is the vast majority of them.

Quite true don't like the Tory enablers but they've gone more SDP than Lib with Farron and we need them to bag seats in the SW. Can't see it tho

[Guest]

Just read that amber rudd's father died on monday. Might not agree with her policies but fair play for keeping it together if true.

[The Horse's Mouth]

[Captain...]

7 minutes ago, toddybad said:

Just read that amber rudd's father died on monday. Might not agree with her policies but fair play for keeping it together if true.

If that's true it makes it even more bizarre that May would send Rudd in her place.

[StanSP]

Just now, Captain... said:

If that's true it makes it even more bizarre that May would send Rudd in her place.

cold hearts have no mercy.

[Jimothy]

31 minutes ago, toddybad said:

Just read that amber rudd's father died on monday. Might not agree with her policies but fair play for keeping it together if true.

And yet May still insisted on sending her. Strong and stable leadership includes having compassion, May's just shown up what a cold hearted bitch she is.

 

And anyone who says that Rudd must have insisted she was ok to go ahead, that isn't really the point, as a boss you have a duty of care and she shouldn't have put her colleague in that position when she could and should have been there instead.

[Guest]

WTF 

 

Take a look at @JaneyGodley's Tweet: https://twitter.com/JaneyGodley/status/869941122000453632?s=09

[filthyfox]

1 hour ago, Sharpe's Fox said:

Quite true don't like the Tory enablers but they've gone more SDP than Lib with Farron and we need them to bag seats in the SW. Can't see it tho

I am voting Labour in the South Dorset constituency. Our landed gentry MP useshis seat as a jolly, and I don't know what he really stands for- he certainly doesn't represent me or my way of life... I am JAM

[The Horse's Mouth]

getting tasty

[filthyfox]

On 4/18/2017 at 12:07, ramboacdc said:

as a leftie i must say its a good call from her. I hold out hope a coalition can beat the tories but i don't hold out much hope. 

it will either be a landslide or suicide for her. 

Her suicide was the care at home policy. Just spent a fortune choosing a decent home for mother in law that allows for limited mobility only to find that it will be taken away if she needs care in it.

[filthyfox]

1 minute ago, The Horse's Mouth said:

getting tasty

That is about as hung as you can get. Hopefully will mean a second general election.... as a presiding officer at a poll station, I will be quids in!

[The Horse's Mouth]

I'd take a hung parliament, can't be doing with this batty woman becoming the tsar 

[Harry - LCFC]

Terrible debate as expected. Little to be learnt from it.

 

There's too much incentive to interrupt. When someone criticises your policies it makes tactical sense to cut them off. Plus, in a format of seven candidates, there's limited time to speak so candidates try to gain more time by speaking over others. They can do this because the moderator ultimately isn't able to stop them. Decency and respect for others gets thrown out the window because of the stakes involved.

 

[Dr The Singh]

1 hour ago, LiberalFox said:

 

If people don't want a Tory majority then you need Lib Dems to win some of their Tory facing seats which is the vast majority of them.

 

1 hour ago, The Horse's Mouth said:

[Guest]

12 minutes ago, The Horse's Mouth said:

getting tasty

Need to see some of the other polls getting much closer too before i get excited. I have a horrible feeling that the silent majority agent very interested in politics and only know corbyn from the internal attacks and will vote tory. Just from what I've seen from friends etc. I could've predicted brexit using the same method. When it comes to those following the proceedings it seems that labour ate flying but I'm not convinced that's representative until more than just yougov shows very small margins. 

[Dr The Singh]

1 hour ago, Captain... said:

If that's true it makes it even more bizarre that May would send Rudd in her place.

May has made a massive mistake, this is looking embarrassing for her

[Guest]

 

 

[Dr The Singh]

8 minutes ago, The Horse's Mouth said:

I'd take a hung parliament, can't be doing with this batty woman becoming the tsar 

Prefer the batty man, hey?

[Guest]

[Guest]

[RobHawk]

Just caught up on the debate! 

Refusing to turn up was obviously ANOTHER huge mistake but May - Rudd did ok under the circumstances but overall it was a disaster for the Tory's.

 

Corbyn did ok - nothing special but being there and putting forward his views was enough.

 

I though Caroline Lucas came across very well - but realistically it doesn't matter.

 

Farron was up for it, had some punchy one liners, but i dont think enough will get behind his views.

 

Nuttall and wood had their moments but overall were shi. I quite liked the SNP guy too, if i was in Scotland they'd have my vote even though i don't beleive in independence. 

 

From a personal point of view, i remain on the left, Anti Tory and Anti UKIP - will probably vote Labour but still don' feel like theres a party that really represents me!

 

[RobHawk]

2 hours ago, toddybad said:

If the audience was supposed to be neutral the tories got a going over by them. Interested to see reactions from across the spectrum afterwards. 

The audience as picked based on voting demographics from across the UK, meaning their would be more tories their than anyother party. I think May's absense was the key to the audience reactions though, the tory's had nothing to cheer about.