LiberalFox Posted 6 June 2017 Posted 6 June 2017 If the Tories do win, it will be interesting who gets into the cabinet. Nobody knows who the chancellor will be which I find strange going into an election.
ousefox Posted 6 June 2017 Posted 6 June 2017 The main reason amongst my friends who didn't vote in the EU referendum was laziness. I think nearly all have learned their lesson and will be voting this time. No idea whether this is will the case UK-wide though. It will be very interesting.
Guest Kopfkino Posted 6 June 2017 Posted 6 June 2017 The weather is forecast to be pretty awful on Thursday which will affect turnout.
Realist Guy In The Room Posted 6 June 2017 Posted 6 June 2017 Abbott cancels Women's Hour appearance. Damn shame.
ramboacdc Posted 6 June 2017 Posted 6 June 2017 https://www.swapmyvote.uk/userJust swapped my Labour vote for someone who will vote lib dem in eastleigh for me! Hopefully that helpsSent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk
Benji Posted 6 June 2017 Posted 6 June 2017 40 minutes ago, LiberalFox said: If the Tories do win, it will be interesting who gets into the cabinet. Nobody knows who the chancellor will be which I find strange going into an election. Has Hammond said a word this campaign?
leicsmac Posted 6 June 2017 Posted 6 June 2017 Steven Hawking recommends voting Labour. Of course, a theoretical astrophysicist might not know everything about the political and economic process per se, but as a man who has lived with an incredibly debilitating disease that has crippled his body for four decades, he might know a bit about the importance of easy access to good healthcare. Even though he's gone on record as saying Labour can't win with Corbyn still at the helm.
Realist Guy In The Room Posted 6 June 2017 Posted 6 June 2017 Just watched a vid of a Tory MP with Victoria Derbyshire and he didn't know the minimum wage or how many homes they built last year. It's frankly astonishing and a disgrace exactly how little many of our politicians in all parties know about everything!
Buce Posted 6 June 2017 Posted 6 June 2017 Just now, leicsmac said: Steven Hawking recommends voting Labour. Of course, a theoretical astrophysicist might not know everything about the political and economic process per se, but as a man who has lived with an incerdible debilitating disease that has crippled his body for four decades, he might know a bit about the importance of easy access to good healthcare. Even though he's gone on record as saying Labour can't win with Corbyn still at the helm. Yeah, but wtf does an astrophysicist know about anything that isn't astrophysics? Have you never seen the Big Bang Theory?
Guest Posted 6 June 2017 Posted 6 June 2017 4 minutes ago, Realist Guy In The Room said: Just watched a vid of a Tory MP with Victoria Derbyshire and he didn't know the minimum wage or how many homes they built last year. It's frankly astonishing and a disgrace exactly how little many of our politicians in all parties know about everything! It is but at the same time i think this election has seen the media going after mps if they can't remember obscure figures from different areas of election spend. I don't need them to recall exact figures at will, i need them to have the intellectual capacity to consider options to make the correct decisions.
Captain... Posted 6 June 2017 Posted 6 June 2017 2 minutes ago, Realist Guy In The Room said: Just watched a vid of a Tory MP with Victoria Derbyshire and he didn't know the minimum wage or how many homes they built last year. It's frankly astonishing and a disgrace exactly how little many of our politicians in all parties know about everything! It is turning into an absolute shower, there must be better people out there, especially those in safe seats, stop going through the motions. The lying, the expense claims, the scandals in the personal life are one thing, but they all just seem absolutely incompetent. Surely we can find 650 decent human beings with a reasonable level of intelligence and enough professional pride to actual do the job of running this country.
leicsmac Posted 6 June 2017 Posted 6 June 2017 5 minutes ago, Buce said: Yeah, but wtf does an astrophysicist know about anything that isn't astrophysics? Have you never seen the Big Bang Theory? Well, as I said above he knows a lot about easily accessible healthcare, hence his stance. (BTW - TBBT plays to so many stereotypes regarding neurally atypical people it's no longer funny.)
Nick Posted 6 June 2017 Posted 6 June 2017 18 minutes ago, ramboacdc said: https://www.swapmyvote.uk/user Just swapped my Labour vote for someone who will vote lib dem in eastleigh for me! Hopefully that helps Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Brilliant probably unethical but demonstrates to me the ridiculousness of our current voting setup.
nnfox Posted 6 June 2017 Posted 6 June 2017 19 minutes ago, Realist Guy In The Room said: Just watched a vid of a Tory MP with Victoria Derbyshire and he didn't know the minimum wage or how many homes they built last year. It's frankly astonishing and a disgrace exactly how little many of our politicians in all parties know about everything! Ah yes. Andrew Mitchell. The one who called the police officer a f******** pleb because he was made to get off his bicycle and exit Downing Street via the side gate. He really is a vile little man.
Foxxed Posted 6 June 2017 Posted 6 June 2017 The polls are saying anything from "One party rule, completely obliteration of the multi-party system" to "Hung parliament". Useful.
StanSP Posted 6 June 2017 Posted 6 June 2017 38 minutes ago, Realist Guy In The Room said: Just watched a vid of a Tory MP with Victoria Derbyshire and he didn't know the minimum wage or how many homes they built last year. It's frankly astonishing and a disgrace exactly how little many of our politicians in all parties know about everything! and I wonder if that gets picked up on as much as Abbott forgetting figures does. Probably not because the media is heavily pro-Tory.
Guest MattP Posted 6 June 2017 Posted 6 June 2017 41 minutes ago, Realist Guy In The Room said: Abbott cancels Women's Hour appearance. Damn shame. Too ill they claimed, despite pictures of her wandering the streets and at a train station this morning circulating. Why doesn't Corbyn just admit the whole thing is a complete joke and sack her today? It would probably secure a hung parliament if he did, I'm starting to see quite a few who won't vote Labour because of her. 38 minutes ago, ramboacdc said: https://www.swapmyvote.uk/user Just swapped my Labour vote for someone who will vote lib dem in eastleigh for me! Hopefully that helps Wow. That's a pretty incredible website. Time to me to vote UKIP in Charnwood in exchange for someone willing to vote Tory in a Conservative/Labour marginal I think. I'll do it honest. 37 minutes ago, leicsmac said: Steven Hawking recommends voting Labour. Of course, a theoretical astrophysicist might not know everything about the political and economic process per se, but as a man who has lived with an incredibly debilitating disease that has crippled his body for four decades, he might know a bit about the importance of easy access to good healthcare. Even though he's gone on record as saying Labour can't win with Corbyn still at the helm. There is actually only something like 1.5billion difference in NHS spending between the two manifestos, Labour could have gone in huge on healthcare but they decided to spent 11 billion on Tuition fees instead. (Although probably don't need to as they have won the argument on the NHS anyway) Although I'll give you a proper aTory line and say the lazy bastard should get on his bike.
Buce Posted 6 June 2017 Posted 6 June 2017 Latest YouGov poll has May short of a majority: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2017/may/08/general-election-2017-poll-tracker-who-is-in-the-lead
LiberalFox Posted 6 June 2017 Posted 6 June 2017 2 hours ago, Captain... said: Surprised this hasn't been posted yet: http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/im-pleased-we-have-foodbanks-tory-candidate-faces-backlash-after-comments-filmed-at-hustings-a3557361.html Pretty bad from the Tory candidate and conforms to the elitist privilege behaviour that people expect of the "Nasty Party". I don't think her comments on food banks were that bad if a little misjudged/poorly worded. Then to dismiss the complaints and tell everyone to ignore her own constituents, that was pretty poor. A lot of Tories really do think food banks are a good thing because it shows the private sector willing to step up and provide for the needy without having to use state support. I get the feeling some people would hate to end poverty because they'd have to find some other way of showing how virtuous they are.
RoboFox Posted 6 June 2017 Posted 6 June 2017 Gosh... Theresa is very naughty, isn't she? I would say she's done things that are a bit naughtier... How about the systematic privatisation of the NHS? Devastating cuts to our police and security services? What about that time thousands died because employment and support allowances were stopped as a direct result of government welfare reforms stating they were totally fine to work!? That time she flogged arms to the bankrolling Saudi fountainhead of militant Islamism? Presiding over the government that saw a record 1.2m food parcels handed out to families and individuals in the last year alone? The continuing austerity policy that is doing nothing to alleviate a desperate social care crisis? In fact I'd say she's been downright mischievous!
Buce Posted 6 June 2017 Posted 6 June 2017 In my constituency, the Tories are campaigning as The Conservative and Unionist Party. Can anyone explain this?
Guest MattP Posted 6 June 2017 Posted 6 June 2017 3 minutes ago, Buce said: In my constituency, the Tories are campaigning as The Conservative and Unionist Party. Can anyone explain this? It's the proper name of the party. I was delighted to see May using the official name on the steps of Downing Street when she was elected.
Nick Posted 6 June 2017 Posted 6 June 2017 6 minutes ago, MattP said: It's the proper name of the party. I was delighted to see May using the official name on the steps of Downing Street when she was elected. #EasilyDelighted
Carl the Llama Posted 6 June 2017 Posted 6 June 2017 1 hour ago, Watson said: The main reason amongst my friends who didn't vote in the EU referendum was laziness. I think nearly all have learned their lesson and will be voting this time. No idea whether this is will the case UK-wide though. It will be very interesting. I've seen this too.
stripeyfox Posted 6 June 2017 Posted 6 June 2017 Just now, Carl the Llama said: I've seen this too. A high turnout can only be a good thing, even if it doesn't yield the result that we want.
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