Current Affairs 2017 General Election

[hullefc]

The man was a non entity. Now try reading this....

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/pol...rbyn-and-John-McDonnells-close-IRA-links.html

I read it the last time you said I should read it a few minutes ago and responded with this,

"So nowhere in this article are the words spoken by Corbyn, 'I defend the IRA'.

The article is full of more holes than a Swiss cheese, a poor attempt by a hack to throw muck at Corbyn. This is a very good example of crap from the article. 'The editorial board of a hard-Left magazine - London Labour Briefing -, of which Mr Corbyn was a member' was dealt with on Sunday on Sky by Corbyn. 'According to Private Eye, he was a member of the editorial board , and served as its general secretary for some time,[3] but Corbyn later denied this claim in an interview in 2017'. Gilligan needs to do his homework better but like Humbert Wolfe wrote in Uncelestial City,

You cannot hope
to bribe or twist,
thank God! the
British journalist.
But, seeing what
the man will do
unbribed, there's
no occasion to.[3]

 

[davmaher]

May claimed she wanted the election to strengthen her hand during the negotiations. But she is fearful to talk about Brexit because there are so many pitfalls that will trip her up. The border in Ireland being a major pitfall. So she says nothing about Brexit.

Like a lot of people, I've never bought the "it will strengthen my hand during negotiations" line. I've believed since the election was called that it's a lot more cynical than that. The last parliament still had 3 years left to run. Assuming it ran it's course, this would have put the next election at one year after we have left the EU. Potentially a disaster for the government as by then the outcome of the Brexit negotiations will be known and the electorate could be looking for someone to blame. Labour by then might well have got rid of Corbyn and be much more electable - at least in Conservative eyes. Better to take the slight risk of losing now rather than a much greater one in 3 years. Assuming May wins they will have 3 years post-Brexit to allow people to get used to whatever the outcome is.

 

[Clint Planet]

Any minute now he'll say he was in favour of nuking the IRA.......

Good that he condemned the IRA's bombings though, wasn't it, Pete?

 

[orchard]

Any minute now he'll say he was in favour of nuking the IRA.......

Christ on a bike.

 

[peteblue]

Good that he condemned the IRA's bombings though, wasn't it, Pete?

Tbf it was. 40 years too late to make any difference but it got him off the hook.......

 

[peteblue]

Christ on a bike.

Indeed, he'll say anything now......

 

[peteblue]

Like a lot of people, I've never bought the "it will strengthen my hand during negotiations" line. I've believed since the election was called that it's a lot more cynical than that. The last parliament still had 3 years left to run. Assuming it ran it's course, this would have put the next election at one year after we have left the EU. Potentially a disaster for the government as by then the outcome of the Brexit negotiations will be known and the electorate could be looking for someone to blame. Labour by then might well have got rid of Corbyn and be much more electable - at least in Conservative eyes. Better to take the slight risk of losing now rather than a much greater one in 3 years. Assuming May wins they will have 3 years post-Brexit to allow people to get used to whatever the outcome is.

I think it was sensible to call the election so that we had a bit of time during the Brexit negotiations. For me, if she has a large majority she will be able to ignore the more extreme wings of her own party and get a sensible result. Lots of bets being placed on Labour at 10/1 or 9/1, the tories are still at 1/14 though........

 

[orchard]

Indeed, he'll say anything now......

Seemed a lot more composed than you earlier mate.

 

[peteblue]

Seemed a lot more composed than you earlier mate.

I'm not a politician......

 

[tim cahill]

He did nothing for the peace process. He was never involved. His only role was in defending the IRA, and to pretend otherwise is a disgrace........

Did you even read what I said??

 

[chicoazul]

@peteblue they've ruined you here. Every inch as bad as mikewex on Damo.

Sad to see.

 

[roydo]

As the grown up politicians have suspended campaigning for the day, reckon we will too.

 

[roydo]

Bump.

The grown ups are still doing nowt till tomorrow, but we said a day.

 

[orchard]

London's appreciative of the current PM and gets the bunting out:

https://www.indy100.com/article/gen...source=indy&utm_medium=top5&utm_campaign=i100

 

[dandydan]