Current Affairs 2017 General Election

[ToffeeTim]

Sorry, but how on earth is that "an absolutely stupid topic to bring up"?

Rightly or wrongly, when someone says our own actions helped cause atrocities like Monday, then this gives the impression of him giving them some form of justification.

Thought Corbyn struggled overall, albeit no worse than May did. Neill is an excellent interviewer and I've enjoyed seeing him make the two party leaders squirm. Corbyn's main problem tho, in my far from full proof analysis, is that he has allowed the debate back to areas where May feels much more comfortable. He barely mentioned social care.

 

[neil999]

BBC & Neil assasination job there.

Lol..he did the same to may

 

[Milkman]

Christ alive... Andrew Neil. His interview style is basically that semi-final round from The Apprentice, where Alan Sugar's mates pretend to grill the candidates. Would it be too much to ask for an open political discussion about, you know, policies and stuff?

 

[Milkman]

Rightly or wrongly, when someone says our own actions helped cause atrocities like Monday, then this gives the impression of him giving them some form of justification.

Thought Corbyn struggled overall, albeit no worse than May did. Neill is an excellent interviewer and I've enjoyed seeing him make the two party leaders squirm. Corbyn's main problem tho, in my far from full proof analysis, is that he has allowed the debate back to areas where May feels much more comfortable. He barely mentioned social care.

He really, really isn't.

 

[hibbo'sclass]

Missed the May one - presume it's on the iplayer, so is it worth watcing another politician geting a kicking and answering nothing?

 

[Billy Dean]

Reaction to Corbin speech nothing short of disgraceful. People will lap it up though

 

[roydo]

Christ alive... Andrew Neil. His interview style is basically that semi-final round from The Apprentice, where Alan Sugar's mates pretend to grill the candidates. Would it be too much to ask for an open political discussion about, you know, policies and stuff?

Andrew Neil's ego is Saturn sized. He aint bothered about actual debate, its all about him being all dead great.

Utter tit. Nowt of interest rarely comes out of any interviews like this he does.

 

[Moomin]

Read what I actually said rather than latching on.

I said, it was stupid in that he didnt need to bring it up. Like May was stupid to have that Care, (sic), policy.

In an election fight, why make a club for others to beat you with? Ergo, stupid.

He could have played it safe, but he spoke about something which is on all our minds this week. He never pointed blame at a particular party like UKIP but said our foreign policy has increased our risks from terrorism.

He got lambasted for it in the news, but the yougov poll shows people agree with him.

 

[ToffeeTim]

Missed the May one - presume it's on the iplayer, so is it worth watcing another politician geting a kicking and answering nothing?

Absolutely. He tore her apart just as bad. Anyone saying he's been biased is talking crap.

 

[roydo]

Reaction to Corbin speech nothing short of disgraceful. People will lap it up though

Hardly surprising though.

Hence my "It was stupid" comment.

 

[tsubaki]

Read what I actually said rather than latching on.

I said, it was stupid in that he didnt need to bring it up. Like May was stupid to have that Care, (sic), policy.

In an election fight, why make a club for others to beat you with? Ergo, stupid.

May's Care policy deliberately targeted her own voters.

Corbyn's focus on foreign policy today highlighted that most sane people in politics have recognized, openly stated, given in evidence and cited as findings of fact for at least the last ten years. In fact its notable that almost all of the attacks on him since he made that speech didn't actually disagree with anything he said in it. As for "he didn't need to bring it up", it is a debate that has needed to be had since the middle of 2002.

 

[Clint Planet]

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Reaction to Corbin speech nothing short of disgraceful. People will lap it up though

Yer wha'?

 

[tsubaki]

Rightly or wrongly, when someone says our own actions helped cause atrocities like Monday, then this gives the impression of him giving them some form of justification.

Thought Corbyn struggled overall, albeit no worse than May did. Neill is an excellent interviewer and I've enjoyed seeing him make the two party leaders squirm. Corbyn's main problem tho, in my far from full proof analysis, is that he has allowed the debate back to areas where May feels much more comfortable. He barely mentioned social care.

That was his one big error tonight. He should have pointed out (admittedly he did at the end, albeit in a very wishy washy way) that IS and its ilk thrived in the aftermath of what happened in Iraq and Libya, and that we face more threat as a result.

 

[tsubaki]

Andrew Neil's ego is Saturn sized. He aint bothered about actual debate, its all about him being all dead great.

Utter tit. Nowt of interest rarely comes out of any interviews like this he does.

Neil is great, probably the best interviewer in the country, where he has a politician who is telling fibs. If they don't, he is less effective.

 

[roydo]

He could have played it safe, but he spoke about something which is on all our minds this week. He never pointed blame at a particular party like UKIP but said our foreign policy has increased our risks from terrorism.

He got lambasted for it in the news, but the yougov poll shows people agree with him.

That Yougov poll was never ever going to be anything but the result it got. Not with the question it asked.

Its cloud cuckoo land to think that terrorism of any sort, like ever, is never related to the actions, perceived or otherwise, of the victim state.

I was astonished 34% said No, or Dont Know.

But in this election campaign, Corbyn has given licence to his opponents to pick him apart about what he didnt actually really say. Like I said, its his hobby horse, has been for years apparently, and however noble that may be, he has been stupid giving them a dead easy open goal. Guess the Daily Mail headline tomorrow.

Ergo. Stupid.