No, I actually quite like him. Which is why I'll probably still vote SNP. But I want Labour to win this election, in a general sense. I'm about 70-30 SNP right now.
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No, I actually quite like him. Which is why I'll probably still vote SNP. But I want Labour to win this election, in a general sense. I'm about 70-30 SNP right now.
You seem like a good'n. A red.
Either way, I detest May and I'm desperate to see her out of office and replaced by someone who has some semblance of a spine.
But, naturally, Scottish Labour have lacked a spine, and the SNP are generally solid as a whole. But Corbyn is running a very solid campaign. Might email the main two candidates in my area (we might just be the least Tory area in the UK) and see what they say about some major local issues. As I say, about 70/30 SNP, will see if that changes at all.
It seems at last that the plebs have begun to treat Madam May with the same contempt that she has always had for them.
Completely agree with this. This isn't my usual concern like it would be for an Erdoğan, who can function as a leader, albeit one you hate. I'm actually concerned about how weak she appears.
I even said this in the wake of Brexit. You can create a list of numerous hypothetical situations in your mind that result in a post-EU utopia, but it doesn't really mean shit if you haven't got the correct leader striving for the "best possible deal" on your behalf. Many seem to have overlooked that not-so-minor detail.
She's a fecking sheep if this is true
Apparently Trump phoned her to discuss the Accord situation, and she expressed her 'disappointment'...presumably by putting on a funny voice via a third party.
'I don't think he needs my advice': Bernie Sanders applauds Jeremy Corbyn
US senator praises Labour leader’s effort to transform politics and take on establishment and sees a ‘real similarity’ to his own campaign
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...-advice-bernie-sanders-applauds-jeremy-corbyn
US senator praises Labour leader’s effort to transform politics and take on establishment and sees a ‘real similarity’ to his own campaign
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...-advice-bernie-sanders-applauds-jeremy-corbyn
There's no condemnation on any of the official Twitter accounts (May's, Conservatives, No 10's, or Greg Clark who was the minister vaguely overseeing the climate change brief after May disbanded the department of energy and climate change).
A statement to the press saying she expressed disappointment is pathetic
Do it and switch, I know I did. Probably won't make a difference in my constituency but my area once was entirely Labour so anything's possible.
See now what is really winding me up the most is the sheer stupidity of alienating the people you are going to be negotiating with and are desperate for good relations with while simultaneously jumping into bed with the one antagonising them and making clear that he has no interest in doing trade deals that are anything other than heavily one sided and beneficial to his own country.
This is the main reason I have absolutely zero faith in her getting a good deal.
I think there's a reasonable argument to be made that Corbyn is in a better position to negotiate a favorable brexit deal because of Labours continued interaction and cooperation with other social-democratic parties around Europe. The Tories gave up their alliances with the other conservative parties years ago...
Is it fair to say that Theresa May has a more intimate relationship with him than his own wife?
If jezz looses this, which he will, it will prove once and for all that the British are bat shit crazy
"Leaving the EU does not mean leaving Europe"
If the media wasn't so up their own arses, Labour would have won this election with a possible majority. Unbelievable that they have managed to convince the poor to vote for food banks, NHS cuts, Grammer schools, low corporation tax, a dangerous hard brexit, and an incredibly weak leader in Theresa May. That the media has achieved this shows who really runs this country.
Its always pitched as a necessity to prevent the chaos of Labour. People will vote for anything if you can pitch crisis well enough.
Thats what the two party system is really Labour shouting about the crisis of underfunding and Tories security crisis (including mainly financial).
You give the media too much influence.
It's been quite obvious that the poor care about immigration above all else.
I don't know why that is.
Because the media has told them that it is bad, that the immigrants are ones taking their jobs and driving down wages and causing strain on the NHS. It all comes back to Dacre and co. imo.
Sadly I think we(People who want Labour to win)might be a week to late. If this election wasn't over this Thursday then I think there might of been a chance of a Tory collapse.
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Hardly a surprise she has her strongest lead in the demographic that consumes print newspapers still though, is it?
Good speech by Rebecca Long-Bailey on Sky News at the moment.
She's born in Old Trafford too.
She's born in Old Trafford too.
Please let this man be our next PM
I still don't think social media momentum and enthusiasm can really touch rabid, right-wing fearmongering in the tabloid press in terms of influence on an election. Corbyn's getting the favourable Twitter coverage but is still being hammered daily in outlets proven far more likely to be of influence to people proven to actually vote in greater numbers.
I do worry (maybe slight exaggeration) that the left have submerged themselves in the echo chamber of social media ignoring the rather large constituency of blue-rinsers who've never posted a hashtag but will be turning up in far great numbers next Thursday. With #Milifandom, there seems to be a pattern of assuming a direct conflation between social media buzz and reality.
One Daily Mail front page packs more clout than for May than a week of unflattering Tweets. If this is a defeat for Labour it's the second election in a row where it'll be proven that social media's impact, and what it tells you about the mood of the country, is limited and that a proper press strategy is needed.
I do worry (maybe slight exaggeration) that the left have submerged themselves in the echo chamber of social media ignoring the rather large constituency of blue-rinsers who've never posted a hashtag but will be turning up in far great numbers next Thursday. With #Milifandom, there seems to be a pattern of assuming a direct conflation between social media buzz and reality.
One Daily Mail front page packs more clout than for May than a week of unflattering Tweets. If this is a defeat for Labour it's the second election in a row where it'll be proven that social media's impact, and what it tells you about the mood of the country, is limited and that a proper press strategy is needed.
A week today, we shall be mopping the tears of our currently optimistic, naive friends...
I will be drying mine with the wads of cash I receive from hedging on BetFair.
I'll make sure I have a bottle of rum that I can hold tight.
Farron's an idiot
Oh, for fecks sake...
at this Conservative campaignThis is pretty huge though. Wonderful timing too. Although I'm not clear how much coverage is possible given prejudicial law
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Is this the same election they were investigated for before? or a different one?
I'm getting confused by the amount of elections & amount of fraud involving the Tories..
Far as I know all the investigations are about 2015, yeah.
I can't find it that exciting. They were a bit bent. I doubt anyone is shocked by that or liable to change their voting intention due to it.