Current Affairs 2017 General Election

[Seanjd]

Neil will do the exact same to Corbyn and the rest and rightly so. No one will get his upper hand. Way better these than inane leaders debates/shouting sessions

Neil is good. But she was awful.

 

[ToffeeTim]

Of course, and to be serious, I don't know labour's stance here. Maybe by taking it back 'in-house' and cutting out some merchants.
Why did the tories want to cut back here as opposed to elsewhere? It's undeniable that they do spend a lot of tax revenue/increase indebtedness of the country w/o much to show for it.
Did you read the ft article quoted on here yesterday?

Mate that policy was clearly hitting rank and file tory voters, not the poor. Please don't claim it was regressive.

 

[Seanjd]

Wouldnt say she bottled it. She just came across as what she is. A career politician, who has the leadership ability of Private Pike.

Nobody can surely be instilled with confidence by her?

 

[roydo]

Agreed it's made them look nasty and then trying to u turn but not quite u turn had made her look pretty weak. Labour sitting back with the popcorn today.

It was battle picked that didnt need to be. Ridiculous.

 

[hullefc]

One of the conservative hotbeds........another one won over......

A very insightful observation, Sherlock.

 

[Connor]

Neil will do the exact same to Corbyn and the rest and rightly so. No one will get his upper hand. Way better these than inane leaders debates/shouting sessions

Just wait until Paxman gets his hands on her.

Can you broadcast live killings on TV nowadays?

 

[tsubaki]

Today has been such a bad day that they are actually trying to bury bad news in it.

 

[roydo]

Nobody can surely be instilled with confidence by her?

Either of them, imo. Genuinely conflicted here, in what is actually a more important election than most. We screw this up, and there aint much room to unscrew it.

I honestly get why Corbyn supporters get all excited by him, and smash the Tories, nationalise the lot, etc etc etc, but the stark choice is, re Brexit, between two pretty weak looking figures to face up to 27 other countries.

 

[ToffeeTim]

Still plenty of time left in this campaign tho and if I had to guess I'd back another widening in the polls rather than a narrowing.

 

[Seanjd]

Either of them, imo. Genuinely conflicted here, in what is actually a more important election than most. We screw this up, and there aint much room to unscrew it.

I honestly get why Corbyn supporters get all excited by him, and smash the Tories, nationalise the lot, etc etc etc, but the stark choice is, re Brexit, between two pretty weak looking figures to face up to 27 other countries.

It's just about getting the politics and negotiation stances correct. In my opnion, Labour's stance on Brexit is far better than the Tories'.

 

[ashwuk76]

Either of them, imo. Genuinely conflicted here, in what is actually a more important election than most. We screw this up, and there aint much room to unscrew it.

I honestly get why Corbyn supporters get all excited by him, and smash the Tories, nationalise the lot, etc etc etc, but the stark choice is, re Brexit, between two pretty weak looking figures to face up to 27 other countries.

If it's difficult for you mate do you want free movement in Europe? Labour have said they will push for this as a guarantee from day one the Tories haven't and won't.

 

[tsubaki]

Still plenty of time left in this campaign tho and if I had to guess I'd back another widening in the polls rather than a narrowing.

How Corbyn does on Friday becomes even more important.

 

[tsubaki]

If anyone hasn't seen it all yet, here is the press conference after her Gresford speech:

 

[Jib in lad]

How Corbyn does on Friday becomes even more important.

On policy he will do fine that's why I think they will go down the smear route IRA/Hamas.

 

[roydo]

If it's difficult for you mate do you want free movement in Europe? Labour have said they will push for this as a guarantee from day one the Tories haven't and won't.

I would rather we wernt leaving, but that ship has sailed.

Maybe I am not making myself clear. But this election should not be a naked Left/Right fight. The stakes are far higher this time.

My issue with Corbyn (and his close team) on this isnt a political one. Its a competence one. I doubt he has ever negotiated any Government treaty, trade deal, immigration agreement, you get the drift, any more than you and I have.

Like I have said, he/she can bang on all night about this tax, this spend, this what whatever, but unless we get a half decent deal with the EU, its all pretty much fish food.

I just wish some others would take blinkers off.