Current Affairs 2017 General Election

2017 general election

  • Lib Dems

    Votes: 24 6.5%
  • Labour

    Votes: 264 71.0%
  • Tories

    Votes: 41 11.0%
  • Cheese on the ballot paper

    Votes: 35 9.4%
  • SNP

    Votes: 4 1.1%
  • Plaid Cymru

    Votes: 4 1.1%

  • Total voters
    372
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I will be honest mate, I can take a few from all the main ones. I have made a bit of an effort to actually engage with the circus these last few days, and my summary is as follows.

Labour. I like Corbyn, as a bloke. I think the press he gets, whilst exciting for the core Tory vote, actually appals less active floaters like me. But the wish list manifesto reminded a bit of my youth. CBA about whose funeral he went to 35 years ago, but his hold over the PLP worries me. His experience of serious negotiating also concerns me. See below.

Tory. I have said many times, that this GE is all about Brexit. My initial reaction that they would be the best to deliver a half decent deal hasnt exactly been borne out by the flannel May has trotted out. Seriously needs to step up. The less Corbyn bashing the better, imo. Tell me what you will do.

Lib Dem. Again, Fallon(?) comes over well. I like the fact that he is a man of faith, (I am not), but is comfortable in his own skin to acknowledge his religious convictions is something for him, and not something he would put into an election campaign. But in reality, he will probably be irrelevant when the washing is done.

Soz, thats probably wasted a few minutes of your life.

I'm convinced that May doesn't know what she is doing or will do when it comes to Brexit. Her advisors are trying to turn her into some kind of hardline negotiator, but in reality she is anything but. I dont think Brexit will be great for Britain whoever is in charge - but I suspect it will be shambolic with May in charge.
 
Only source the Express? Wouldn't believe it.

I'm an avid reader of all newspapers, all UK, European, Gibraltarian, USA, Mercosur, Australian, Russian, South China Sea, etc etc. I've found that not only by reading them all can you get a balanced view, but each specialises in different aspects and reports things before the others. I'm not a newspaper snob who dismisses views because of where it has been reported. My guess would be that if the express has this particular piece with a follow on quote, then it probably happened, not guaranteed, but I don't really trust any of them........
 
I'm an avid reader of all newspapers, all UK, European, Gibraltarian, USA, Mercosur, Australian, Russian, South China Sea, etc etc. I've found that not only by reading them all can you get a balanced view, but each specialises in different aspects and reports things before the others. I'm not a newspaper snob who dismisses views because of where it has been reported. My guess would be that if the express has this particular piece with a follow on quote, then it probably happened, not guaranteed, but I don't really trust any of them........

My guess would be that if only the Express has any mention of this, which it does, then it's either not true or heavily misquoted.

It really is a poor rag.
 
My guess would be that if only the Express has any mention of this, which it does, then it's either not true or heavily misquoted.

It really is a poor rag.

They all are. The trick is not to accept anything they say but to see if it 'fits'. The New York Times and the Washington Post are as biased as it gets, but even they get it it right sometimes.......
 
Which party values do you agree with the most?
Labour is my natural home. I think their manifesto is pretty strong, but the whole election is underpinned by the Brexit issue, which they have hardly touched on. You can make all of the promises you want about investment in NHS, schools etc., but if the economy goes south through Brexit then it doesn't really matter as very little of it will be able to be carried out. The major frustration I have with the whole campaign so far is that there has been no real debate at all regarding the biggest political decision of our life-times. It's either been ignored or mentioned as sound-bites only.
 
Labour is my natural home. I think their manifesto is pretty strong, but the whole election is underpinned by the Brexit issue, which they have hardly touched on. You can make all of the promises you want about investment in NHS, schools etc., but if the economy goes south through Brexit then it doesn't really matter as very little of it will be able to be carried out. The major frustration I have with the whole campaign so far is that there has been no real debate at all regarding the biggest political decision of our life-times. It's either been ignored or mentioned as sound-bites only.

Roydo has been banging this drum for a while. Everything else in everyone's manifesto's, either taxation or giveaways are dependent upon the outcome of our negotiations. This is the only game in town......
 
Labour is my natural home. I think their manifesto is pretty strong, but the whole election is underpinned by the Brexit issue, which they have hardly touched on. You can make all of the promises you want about investment in NHS, schools etc., but if the economy goes south through Brexit then it doesn't really matter as very little of it will be able to be carried out. The major frustration I have with the whole campaign so far is that there has been no real debate at all regarding the biggest political decision of our life-times. It's either been ignored or mentioned as sound-bites only.

What did you think about Corbyn's point that he wouldn't have started negotiations by threatening to turn the UK into an offshore tax haven like they have done?
 
Roydo has been banging this drum for a while. Everything else in everyone's manifesto's, either taxation or giveaways are dependent upon the outcome of our negotiations. This is the only game in town......

Which makes it baffling that anyone on here thinks that the Tories are worth voting for. Their record, either all time or recent, when it comes to negotiating things with the foreigner is beyond woeful.
 
Which makes it baffling that anyone on here thinks that the Tories are worth voting for. Their record, either all time or recent, when it comes to negotiating things with the foreigner is beyond woeful.

Yet you would bet your future and that of your family on Corbyn and Abbott......if it's oK I'll stick with May.....
 
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