Current Affairs 2017 General Election

[JonS]

Just watched it. She was terrible and he didn't pull his punches. She is an absolute opportunist and is well out of her depth.

She gets away with it by not saying very much and reciting her strong and stable government soundbite all the time.

Yes, I agree not much substance underneath...

 

[Tubey]

She gets away with it by not saying very much and reciting her strong and stable government soundbite all the time.

Yes, I agree not much substance underneath...

Only reason she gets away with it and will win the election regardless is because of a weak opposition.

As I said the other day, short of kicking a puppy to death live on air, she's basically unassailable because of the state Labour with Corbyn went into this election in.

 

[Clint Planet]

Amazing how good Corbyn looks when he is actually given (a bit more) unspun time on TV to present his/Labours policies.

Makes me wonder if the whole "Corbyn is crap, Corbyn is inept" belief among much of the population is a mass brainwashing and if everyone could just clear their brain of preconceptions regarding him they may find they agree with much of what he says and that they think he's quite good.

I don't doubt for a second that that's the case.

 

[bluecol]

Amazing how good Corbyn looks when he is actually given (a bit more) unspun time on TV to present his/Labours policies.

Makes me wonder if the whole "Corbyn is crap, Corbyn is inept" belief among much of the population is a mass brainwashing and if everyone could just clear their brain of preconceptions regarding him they may find they agree with much of what he says and that they think he's quite good.

Of all the many crazy, deluded posts on this thread this takes the biscuit. Labour have got to get rid of this idiot if they are ever to win power again. Corbyn as PM? We would need to build another airport to cater for the hundreds of thousands of Brits fleeing the country.

 

[John23]

She gets away with it by not saying very much and reciting her strong and stable government soundbite all the time.

Yes, I agree not much substance underneath...

Do not question the Dear Leader and her strong and stable leadership!

 

[Seanjd]

Corbyn as PM? We would need to build another airport to cater for the hundreds of thousands of Brits fleeing the country.

How come?

 

[tsubaki]

Of all the many crazy, deluded posts on this thread this takes the biscuit. Labour have got to get rid of this idiot if they are ever to win power again. Corbyn as PM? We would need to build another airport to cater for the hundreds of thousands of Brits fleeing the country.

TBH I don't think JonS could have demonstrated the correctness of his post #1719 as well as you have.

 

[tsubaki]

Oh - and this genuinely terrible story is not about the election per se, but as the issue of worker's rights was raised by Labour and the Tories* yesterday it may be of interest to some here.

A debt-ridden young man took his own life shortly after bailiffs clamped the motorcycle that was essential to his work as a courier, an inquest has heard, in a case that has prompted calls for reform of the debt-collection industry.

Jerome Rogers, 20, was being pursued over two £65 parking fines that had escalated to a debt of £1,019 including non-payment penalties and fees for the use of bailiffs. After a coroner said on Friday that the presence of a bailiff outside Rogers’ home would have been intimidating, his mother, Tracey, called for sweeping changes to the way the industry works. Her comments echoed a recent report that said bailiffs sometimes used threatening or unlawful behaviour and failed to take account of vulnerable clients.

In a narrative conclusion to the inquest, the assistant coroner for south London, Jacqueline Devonish, recorded a verdict of suicide and expressed concern at some of the debt-collection agency’s practices, though she said the bailiff, Ross Cutler, had been reasonable towards Rogers.

“It’s evident that he [Rogers] was stressed by being in debt,” she said. Rogers’ GP, Dr Faisal Raza, told the inquest that Rogers had no history of mental illness

Rogers received two visits from a bailiff contracted by the debt collectors Newlyn Plc between January and March 2016 after debts from two unpaid parking fines issued by the London borough of Camden escalated to more than £1,000 in a matter of months.

He worked as a self-employed bike courier for City Sprint delivering blood supplies to London hospitals. He suffered from severe asthma during the winter months and was not always well enough to work. His weekly earnings in the months before his death were between £38 and £89

* albeit the Tories were going on about preventing pension misuse / theft rather than actual rights

 

[chicoazul]

Have a read of the thread on this tweet.



Are you not somewhat terrified? Do us a favour and save me any spin, just how do you feel on reading that information?

 

[tsubaki]

Are you not somewhat terrified? Do us a favour and save me any spin, just how do you feel on reading that information?

The genuinely terrifying thing about that exchange is that it is abundantly clear no-one on either side has any notion of what to do about this crisis except act in a way that is completely moronic.

If Juncker really said what point 11 in that thread claims he did, and he was accurately reflecting the position of the EU, there is no point in any further negotiation at all.

 

[chicoazul]

The genuinely terrifying thing about that exchange is that it is abundantly clear no-one on either side has any notion of what to do about this crisis except act in a way that is completely moronic.

If Juncker really said what point 11 in that thread claims he did, and he was accurately reflecting the position of the EU, there is no point in any further negotiation at all.

I said without spin mate. Come on.

 

[tsubaki]

I said without spin mate. Come on.

That is without spin. Where is the room to negotiate in the position he has set out there?

 

[chicoazul]

That is without spin. Where is the room to negotiate in the position he has set out there?

No mate, it's definitely with spin.

Anyone else fancy having a go at reading and digesting the ineptitude on display in such an important negotiation for so many people?

 

[Clint Planet]

We would need to build another airport to cater for the hundreds of thousands of Brits fleeing the country.

They can't flee any more. Brexit, dontcha know.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Have a read of the thread on this tweet.



Are you not somewhat terrified? Do us a favour and save me any spin, just how do you feel on reading that information?

I think with strong and stable leadership Britannia will once again rule the waves and we will prosper when we break free from this bullying EU dictatorship.