#LastMinuteCorbynSmears beginning to trend on twitter
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It led me to this, which I think is the single most ignorant thing I've ever read.
Hitler wants to replace nationalism with globalism apparently. And Stalin is famous as an isolationist in opposition to the communist tradition and Trotsky.
Corbyn is the man. He is Hope.
However the older voters do have the benefit of experience and remembering the mess the last couple of Labour governments left behind. They don't need to list off specific policies.
Telegraph this morning
Special Branch monitored Jeremy Corbyn for 20 years amid fears he was 'undermining democracy'
Diane Abbott also had a file open on her during the period in the same “subversive” category
Special Branch monitored Jeremy Corbyn for 20 years amid fears he was 'undermining democracy'
Diane Abbott also had a file open on her during the period in the same “subversive” category
He's 86. It's the trendy thing to do in his peer group.
I know we talk about May (and her campaigning shortcomings) a lot, but is she actually getting any help by senior Tory figures? I'm limited to sky news and online coverage so I'm possibly missing huge amounts of the campaign, but the only cabinet member I saw more of than usually is Amber Rudd. Philip Hammond, Elizabeth Truss, Justine Greening, David Davis, Liam Fox and the likes have hardly been out there banging the drum for May. Are they hoping for a smaller than expected majority to replace her?
Now there's a surprise, not wanting to contribute more to pay for health of the country,
Lynton Crosby's campaigning technique is to choose a message, hammer away at it & tune out distractions from it & tune out other 'noise'. So I would presume the Brexit trustworthiness & Theresa May her self was all he thought that they needed. Events have intervened a little bit, obviously. And there was TM not being very good, but they've never been far away. Strong & stable got rested for something else equally facile I can't remember, but that's about it, isn't it?
Oh he had Johnson & Rudd do a bit of the dirty stuff didn't he - working over Corbyn as the doomsday alternative to these twats.
Crosby got knighted & is a milionaire consultant for formulating this shite.
Oh he had Johnson & Rudd do a bit of the dirty stuff didn't he - working over Corbyn as the doomsday alternative to these twats.
Crosby got knighted & is a milionaire consultant for formulating this shite.
I got the impression that was by design - run a Presidential campaign but minimise errors by mainly hiding from the public. It's only Rudd, May, Fallon and Boris I've seen. Though feck knows how Boris made it into that select group.
he's a man of the people is Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson
If Corbyn's performance is as good as some of the polls suggest he'll deserve a lot of credit. That said if it isn't why do I get the feeling the blame will be deflected to anyone but him?
It's all set up for 'It's all Jeremy's hard work!' or 'fecking media!'
It's all set up for 'It's all Jeremy's hard work!' or 'fecking media!'
Voted Labour in my postal vote already. Unfortunately now I live in an area that's been a Tory seat since the day it was created.
The general principle of pinching the top to subsidise public services for all is something I agree with. Corporation tax increases are the right thing to do, and the proposed increase in income tax won't hurt the tax bill too much proportionally to pay.
I've long thought one of the real issues in this country is our inability to look after our own bodies. Increasing NHS demand on things like self-inflicted heart desease and diabetics (to name just two) is the single biggest strain on a system that is slowly collapsing. How we fix that I don't know, but education to youth has to be key - which is impossible when every school in the country under the tories will have reduced funding and reduced teachers.
Just some of the reasons for my vote.
The general principle of pinching the top to subsidise public services for all is something I agree with. Corporation tax increases are the right thing to do, and the proposed increase in income tax won't hurt the tax bill too much proportionally to pay.
I've long thought one of the real issues in this country is our inability to look after our own bodies. Increasing NHS demand on things like self-inflicted heart desease and diabetics (to name just two) is the single biggest strain on a system that is slowly collapsing. How we fix that I don't know, but education to youth has to be key - which is impossible when every school in the country under the tories will have reduced funding and reduced teachers.
Just some of the reasons for my vote.
He deserves credit anyway. A snap election was called because Tories thought it would be a landslide regardless - that's obvious because of how unprepared they are to run their own campaign. They hadn't got a clue what they were really offering and that's why it's been a flurry of contradictions.
Corbyn, and Labour in general, with the exception of a few individuals have been largely consistent and very resilient to challenge on their manifesto. The two parties have been worlds apart in the last few weeks, and the polls reflect that. Whether the gap was just too big to overcome is another story.
Good read from one of the best football journalists around IMO.
When the Tories start heavily regulating the press, they will have earned it.
Why do you read them? In fact why are there so many links to shitty rags on this forum in general?
They're working with he press, it's why they are so desperate to help them. Obviously there is the Leveson 2 stuff but beyond that, the internet censorship stuff outlines a pledge to take power back from Google and Facebook. That's something the print press would absolutely love.
I don't read them. They're worthy of comment as so many people in the country do read them and they often set the terms of the debate.
Whilst I agree with the theme of the second paragraph the lack of detail in the Tory proposals is hugely problematic. For instance perhaps they intend to limit winter fuel payments to only those who claim pension credit. But we know that a third of those eligible for that are not claiming - so for all we know the winter fuel allowance cuts could plunge some of the poorest pensioners into fuel poverty.
The Tories are asking voters to sign a blank cheque and to trust them, something no right minded person should do.
Sky just did a Election campaign summary. Showed Corbyn not knowing his numbers and Abbots two feck ups.
Lets play a game of how many incidents of the tories not knowing numbers they showed?
I don't know what you can actually do about it but media owners influencing the public shouldn't be allowed. I mean Dacre isnt subtle is he, he brags about it.
Lets play a game of how many incidents of the tories not knowing numbers they showed?
I don't know what you can actually do about it but media owners influencing the public shouldn't be allowed. I mean Dacre isnt subtle is he, he brags about it.
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That's so bad all-round it reads like a wind-up.
Found a bit of time.
Firstly this irritated me at the time:
Chuka uses the occasion to push his own agenda. But I can look past this, as Ken made a rod for his own back. As for being leader, Chuka flirted with the idea but bowed out owing to pressure (iirc). He's never given me the impression of being anything other than insubstantial. When the election was called and most Labour MPs rallied to the cause, Chuka was on This Week criticising his own party leader. It was deft criticism, but enough to separate himself from the process. Now that the polls have narrowed, he's nowhere to be seen.
My overall impression of the man is that he presents a cool facade but that there isn't much behind it. The English Obama, to reignite his Wiki controversy, but the only similarity being that both are black. Obama was light years ahead in substance.
I'd instinctively prefer Cooper or Lewis.
There's so much innaccuracy, ad hominem, and stupidity in that article it's not even worth the effort of deconstructing it. But then it is The Spectator.
Fair enough. He's also very young, and I appreciate that he's one of the few in the party who hasn't remained silent on the idiocy of Brexit post-referendum (clearly this is aided by the views of his constituency). I'm interested to see how his career progresses.
Cooper's started positioning herself for a leadership bid by the way. If JC gets less than c230 seats I think the battle for the party will be restarted, very very quickly.
Really? Wonder what sort of debate "Hitlers bus found on the moon" would have generated? I think that was the sunday sports first ever headline.
I think he's cabinet material, as in terms of PR, he's one of the best Labour has. But, he needs a few years handling a substantial brief imo, before I can judge him correctly.
Cooper has plenty of negatives, but her overriding positive is that she's probably the most capable Labour MP still in the commons. The success of Corbyn must keep her to the left on certain issues, as it'll be too hard to ignore the entirety of his manifesto, else risk upsetting his many followers. So I have good hopes for her, if she can compromise on some of her foreign policy issues.
Steve Coogan seems to be very active this election. In the US you'd see such celeb endorsements plastered over the news, don't think ive seen any mention outside Facebook.
Not that i particularly think Celebs should be guiding opinions
Not that i particularly think Celebs should be guiding opinions
Bit odd for a journalist who made a career out of insulting abuse survivors to claim that today's youth has no experience of labour. Where does he think all those take out pizza's come from? All that porn he consumes, the apps he uses... He's complaining about contempt for the old while simultaneously justifying it. Odd chap.
Corbyn's best outcome really is not doing as badly as feared. Within the context of Corbyn's leadership to date that's a great result for him. In the context of a party 7 years in opposition against a government stumbling into a disastrous Brexit and having arse and elbow location issues, it isn't great.
Abbot to be replaced by Lynn Brown for the period of her ill health.
That Deb woman has only 66 followers ffs, hardly a person of influence in social media!We contribute more than most as it is and have no kids and use private healthcare in the main, so we're not burdens, but massive net contributors.
Abbot has stepped aside "for ill health". I'd say a good tactical move a day before the election.
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