Dobba
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Didn't you say you're voting Lib Dem in the G.E thread?What you are essentially saying with that vote is I will cut off my nose to spite my face... its a perfectly legitimate option but honestly it seems daft to me.
Didn't you say you're voting Lib Dem in the G.E thread?What you are essentially saying with that vote is I will cut off my nose to spite my face... its a perfectly legitimate option but honestly it seems daft to me.
Nothing, except that ten people have eleven different ideas what this actually means. Unsurprisingly the label creates confusion. People who call themselves Marxists should understand that this puts them on the far left side of the political spectrum. If one is not a follower of the original teachings of Marx (hardly anyone is nowadays), you could just use a label that is more precise.
aye - tactical - cant give my vote to that unelectable idiot... so anything to get rid and get an electable candidate who can actually take the fight to the conservativesDidn't you say you're voting Lib Dem in the G.E thread?
Ah look one of those famous Labour supporters who doesn't vote Labour.aye - tactical - cant give my vote to that unelectable idiot... so anything to get rid and get an electable candidate who can actually take the fight to the conservatives
Nothing says wanting to take the fight to the Conservatives like 'Yeah, 5 more years of that please'.aye - tactical - cant give my vote to that unelectable idiot... so anything to get rid and get an electable candidate who can actually take the fight to the conservatives
yeah - I mean forget Ive given over 20k in donations, forget Ive campaigned etc in the past - I mean I wont blindly follow corbyn into a resounding loss so I must be blairite scum...Ah look one of those famous Labour supporters who doesn't vote Labour.
nothing guarantees it more than having corbyn as leader'Yeah, 5 more years of that please'.
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Anything to make you voting against the party you support feel like having principles, pal. Not going to try and carry this conversation on over two threads so I'll add my reply to that here, mine is milk and two sugars when you and New-New-New Labour get the immigration mugs out of the dishwasher. I won't be sticking around to learn how you'll be tougher than the Tories on welfare or that you don't represent people out of work, so I'll pass on the biscuits.nothing guarantees it more than having corbyn as leader
You keep on mentioning the immigration mugs, and you keep on avoiding saying what you think about Labour's current immigration policy of getting rid of free movement.Anything to make you voting against the party you support feel like having principles, pal. Not going to try and carry this conversation on over two threads so I'll add my reply to that here, mine is milk and two sugars when you and New-New-New Labour get the immigration mugs out of the dishwasher. I won't be sticking around to learn how you'll be tougher than the Tories on welfare or that you don't represent people out of work, so I'll pass on the biscuits.
The silver lining to that extremely dark cloud would be that a number of MPs that have been critical of him would have lost their seats. It would seem that his detractors have done worst in elections recently - worse than his supporters have. Sure - a lot of members would blame him for a defeat like that, and that would no doubt be reflected in the way they vote in a future leadership contest. We are talking about something I believe will not happen though. There are a lot of young people that have registered to vote recently, and he, and therefore Labour, has majority support amongst younger voters. May's popularity will tank in the coming weeks, I reckon, as Corbyn's rises.Just be realistic about one thing though... if its that bad it will be the worst result since 1931 (which they lost to the national government after labour collapsed)
take than anomaly out and it would be the worst result since 1918 when labour were still a relatively new and minority party.
What you are essentially saying with that vote is I will cut off my nose to spite my face... its a perfectly legitimate option but honestly it seems daft to me.
It seems crazy that "only" doing as bad as foot in 83 would probably be seen at this point as a major success by some
farcicalyeah - I mean forget Ive given over 20k in donations, forget Ive campaigned etc in the past - I mean I wont blindly follow corbyn into a resounding loss so I must be blairite scum...
I mean its probably a good job he is going to get obliterated otherwise id be in a gulag / re-education facility...
Anything to make you voting against the party you support feel like having principles, pal. Not going to try and carry this conversation on over two threads so I'll add my reply to that here, mine is milk and two sugars when you and New-New-New Labour get the immigration mugs out of the dishwasher. I won't be sticking around to learn how you'll be tougher than the Tories on welfare or that you don't represent people out of work, so I'll pass on the biscuits.
The silver lining to that extremely dark cloud would be that a number of MPs that have been critical of him would have lost their seats. It would seem that his detractors have done worst in elections recently - worse than his supporters have. Sure - a lot of members would blame him for a defeat like that, and that would no doubt be reflected in the way they vote in a future leadership contest. We are talking about something I believe will not happen though. There are a lot of young people that have registered to vote recently, and he, and therefore Labour, has majority support amongst younger voters. May's popularity will tank in the coming weeks, I reckon, as Corbyn's rises.
All you've said you want is 'an electable leader' and 'to take the fight to the Tories'. Forget achieving 50% of what you want, you're not even getting 0.1%.Pragmatism or principles its a genuinely interesting debate... I mean would you rather achieve nothing or 50% of what you want to do... there isnt a right answer as its subjective but fundamentally for me you have to govern for the whole country and that will probably involve compromise.... or not compromising but accepting that you probably wont get to implement any of your platform.
It's about control of the Labour party for them, it's regarded as an end in itself.How in the feck is losing seats beneficial when they're going straight to Tories?
Young people will still (on the whole) abstain. They're a big Labour demographic but they don't get out to vote like old people do, and that's not going to suddenly change.
All you've said you want is 'an electable leader' and 'to take the fight to the Tories'. Forget achieving 50% of what you want, you're not even getting 0.1%.
yup... crush the blairite scum... it does not matter what happens to the country and general populationIt's about control of the Labour party for them, it's regarded as an end in itself.
It would certainly have been better for them to have been replaced by MPs more in tune with the idea of democratic socialism.How in the feck is losing seats beneficial when they're going straight to Tories?
Young people will still (on the whole) abstain. They're a big Labour demographic but they don't get out to vote like old people do, and that's not going to suddenly change.
Blimey, the Lib Dems have quite the record.yada yada... tax credits, introducing a national minimum wage, 85,000 extra nurses, 32,000 extra doctors, paternity leave, free nursrey places or 3 and 4 year olds... I mean the conservatives would have done all that right...
You. Are. Voting. For. The. Lib. Dems. Because. You. Don't. Like. Corbyn.yup... crush the blairite scum... it does not matter what happens to the country and general population
It would certainly have been better for them to have been replaced by MPs more in tune with the idea of democratic socialism.
Blimey, the Lib Dems have quite the record.
You. Are. Voting. For. The. Lib. Dems. Because. You. Don't. Like. Corbyn.
Just be realistic about one thing though... if its that bad it will be the worst result since 1931 (which they lost to the national government after labour collapsed)
take than anomaly out and it would be the worst result since 1918 when labour were still a relatively new and minority party.
What you are essentially saying with that vote is I will cut off my nose to spite my face... its a perfectly legitimate option but honestly it seems daft to me.
It seems crazy that "only" doing as bad as foot in 83 would probably be seen at this point as a major success by some
So stop pretending you give the first feck about 'what happens to the country and general population'.yeah... I know... probably thousands upon thousands like me as well... thats why he is unelectable
wow... now thats a sweeping statement isnt it...So stop pretending you give the first feck about 'what happens to the country and general population'.
To be fair you've definetely been spotted as hypocritical here. You can't vote Lib Dem because you don't like the current leader whilst moaning about people making decisions negatively effectively Labours electability.
If an unpopular centrist was in you'd no doubt be telling the more left leaning to still vote Labour despite their concerns. Heck it's what they've been doing for years.
wow... now thats a sweeping statement isnt it...
aye - tactical - cant give my vote to that unelectable idiot... so anything to get rid and get an electable candidate who can actually take the fight to the conservatives
What "wacky views"?Yeah, even as someone who thinks Corbyn's gotten increasingly hopeless and inevitably needs the boot, I think this is a pretty fair point. Corbyn's not that extreme; economically he's pretty democratic socialist, albeit he's got some wacky views on other matters.
Oh yeah definetely its daft which is why i cringe when McDonnell does it on TV as people don't know what it means.
Doesn't put them on the hard/far left though, the hard left would be the militant revolt side of things. None of Labour policies come under that label at all. Sharing the socialist ideals isn't anything to hide as if ashamed.
Left voters had been switching to the Lib Dems and Greens for years FFS
In the US thread, 90% of people (including me) would have been saying exactly the same thing had Bernie been the nominee. The US is a rigid two-party system and the Republican opponent was a bigot that wanted to ban muslims from the country.Significantly i dont think so, a lot more have voted Blair despite objections. You may have had some vote Labour previously who flitter between the left parties sure.
We had it in the US thread, 90% saying people had to vote Clinton over wasted votes on independents despite objections. That kind of logic seems to only be presented when its the left who have the objections.
In the sense that it's electoral suicide you're right. Good luck selling common ownership to the British in the 21st century.
Well the isle of white has to be used for something.yeah - I mean forget Ive given over 20k in donations, forget Ive campaigned etc in the past - I mean I wont blindly follow corbyn into a resounding loss so I must be blairite scum...
I mean its probably a good job he is going to get obliterated otherwise id be in a gulag / re-education facility...
Well the isle of white has to be used for something.
Last election I thought Ed(Although somewhat of a nice guy)ran a horrible campaign, the list written in stone shite, immigration cups(Overall anti immigration rhetoric), going against worker strikes, talk of cuts to welfare and failing to challenge austerity. So really there no reason why I should have voted for him, but I did for one rather big reason -
He wasn't a tory.
Recently all the talk from liberals is that the left has to vote for their candidate to stop the bigger evil - wither that be Clinton in the US or Macron in the France yet when it's their turn to step up, they suddenly go missing.
She's not a bad as Le Penn but I'd put her in the same bracket as Trump. Her record around immigration and LGBT rights is sickening.This isn't one of those elections though. For all her wrong doings and obvious failures, Theresa May is neither Trump nor Le Pen. Brexit can't be changed anyway, it will happen. And I can understand people trusting Corbyn leading this country even less than May. He's one of those bumbling far left candidates which spring from social democrats all over Europe thinking that after they have been crushed in elections again and again, moving even further to the left will miraculously get them more votes. It's the wrong way and they need to realise that.
His policies really aren't that left wing, though. Perhaps the most left wing policy he has is to nationalize the rail industry, and polls show that the public support that movement. Corbyn is a victim of his own image, the split between membership and PLP, as well as the perception he's weak because he can't bring the PLP into line.This isn't one of those elections though. For all her wrong doings and obvious failures, Theresa May is neither Trump nor Le Pen. Brexit can't be changed anyway, it will happen. And I can understand people trusting Corbyn leading this country even less than May. He's one of those bumbling far left candidates which spring from social democrats all over Europe thinking that after they have been crushed in elections again and again, moving even further to the left will miraculously get them more votes. It's the wrong way and they need to realise that.
He wasn't exactly a "bumbling" candidate "crushed in elections again and again" for leadership of the party now was he? It's pure spin at this point.This isn't one of those elections though. For all her wrong doings and obvious failures, Theresa May is neither Trump nor Le Pen. Brexit can't be changed anyway, it will happen. And I can understand people trusting Corbyn leading this country even less than May. He's one of those bumbling far left candidates which spring from social democrats all over Europe thinking that after they have been crushed in elections again and again, moving even further to the left will miraculously get them more votes. It's the wrong way and they need to realise that.
What "wacky views"?
He wasn't exactly a "bumbling" candidate "crushed in elections again and again" for leadership of the party now was he? It's pure spin at this point.