Current Affairs 2017 General Election

[nsno-chris]

Doesn't mean you have to vote Labour. Vote however you want, even if you know they won't win.

I know that's the conundrum, none deserve my vote

 

[tsubaki]

Why can't David Milliband just come back on the scene

Sergei Lavrov gave the best response.

 

[ToffeeTim]

How can labour even try to treat the election as a vote against brexit. Most of their voters in the north support it. And Corbyn is a closet brexiter himself.

 

[Milk]

VOTE LOONEY

(You read it here first)

 

[Brennan]

he'd need a seat to compete in first..

Technically not true but yes.

 

[Duncan Disordely]

Here is Tim Farron, the Lib Dem leader, on the announcement.

This election is your chance to change the direction of our country.

If you want to avoid a disastrous hard Brexit. If you want to keep Britain in the single market. If you want a Britain that is open, tolerant and united, this is your chance.

Only the Liberal Democrats can prevent a Conservative majority.

he's going for it, im prob gonna vote lib dem based on that..

Compare and contrast



Not even a hint of fighting Brexit

 

[PhilM]

Personally, I think (don't want it) the Tories will win by a massive majority unless all the opposition parties talk to one another and come up with some kind of united front that would probably have to be based on a Remain in Europe stance.

If that doesn't happen and the Tories do get a massive majority, I don't see Labour regaining power for the next three GE's.

Hate to say it, but the idealism of Corbyn and his dysfunctional leadership of the Labour Party has been/is/and will be massively damaging to the country as a whole. Every democracy needs a strong and capable opposition and right now, the UK doesn't have one, and might not for a long time.

The likelihood of the Conservative majority of twelve seats being decreased is small, so having a snap election is a sensible risk in their eyes.

While it may not be as easy as some expect to get a massive majority any increase in seats would be worthwhile and give a long period of power.

As mentioned earlier, this will only deepen the crisis in Labour until they are somehow able to reshape the party and dilute their support to others.

 

[Brennan]

Sergei Lavrov gave the best response.

I'm sure Jezza would fair much better in such a situation...

 

[Mrk]

Just a thought.

If corbyn came out and said he would give Scotland the vote if they voted for Labour then that might give them a boost if the country does indeed want to become independent?

Wouldn't work. Scots who want independence would just vote SNP rather than waste it on Labour who don't have a chance of winning, even with a big nationalist vote.

 

[nsno-chris]

How can labour even try to treat the election as a vote against brexit. Most of their voters in the north support it. And Corbyn is a closet brexiter himself.

Because they hide behind the mask of the hippy socialist in Corbyn; it's amazing how many of his fleet of followers have no idea that he was against the EU.

He totally ballsed up by not having an opinion, he didn't want to upset the happy clappy brigade or the northerners so stayed quite, in doing so a third of labour support vanished over night

 

[tsubaki]

The likelihood of the Conservative majority of twelve seats being decreased is small, so having a snap election is a sensible risk in their eyes.

While it may not be as easy as some expect to get a massive majority any increase in seats would be worthwhile and give a long period of power.

As mentioned earlier, this will only deepen the crisis in Labour until they are somehow able to reshape the party and dilute their support to others.

In the long term perhaps, but in the next six weeks the effect will be to stop all the plotting.

 

[GwladysBlue]

Scotland is going to overwhelmingly vote in favour of the SNP again.

This is going to be the end of Labour.

 

[orly]

Wouldn't work. Scots who want independence would just vote SNP rather than waste it on Labour who don't have a chance of winning, even with a big nationalist vote.

He'd also (with supreme irony) be labelled a Union breaker - fancy that!

 

[Groucho]

No live in Scotland mate
Not much closet tories up here
Same with brexit think your barking up the wrong tree

Toady as in the Neighbours character. Not Tory.

Never.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

No SNP option?

They'll never get enough seats to win will they?

They'll probably win Scotland like