Current Affairs 2017 General Election

[Milkman]

The more you think about it the more it gets worse. That is an outrageous thing to ask of someone in Rudd's position.

Anyone with sense and humanity says: "No, you sit this out".

She is reprehensible.

It's almost as if she has no compassion for human beings.

Or foxes.

 

[orchard]

Yea, she was on home ground and should have been able to defend Government home office and environmental policy on her head.


Or maybe what they've done and intend to do simply can't be justified to those they are supposed to represent.

I feel sorry for anyone suffering that loss. However, she is a poor politician, imo. She proved that tonight...though obviously there were extenuating circumstances.

 

[ToffeeTim]

I don't see that debate having any effect on the result at all. Even when people have been said to have done exceptionally well, like Clegg, they haven't even gained seats. They are actually a waste of time in that format. 3 people maximum or there's no point. And the bbc plant audiences make them a farce.

 

[Joey66]

She was never going to do that whilst the target of the campaign is Corbyn; people - especially Labour voters - like him, thats why he won their leadership election twice by miles and why when people actually see him (rather than viewing edited highlights of him from the media) his ratings go up. He is after all a bloke who lives in a normal house, who works on his allotment and who didn't cane the expenses when everyone else was.

The people she should have gone after are the Labour opposition, who are at least as (probably more) responsible for the party being divided, who are the reason why so much of the core Labour vote was disaffected, and who actually have a record to attack. She'd then be able to point out that, despite what is in the Labour manifesto, Corbyn wouldn't be likely to get much of it through because he probably wouldn't have the backbench support required and that he might not be able to form a government anyway. You also can't imagine that there would be that much solidarity from the Labour leadership if the likes of Woodcock, Gapes, and Blair were getting a shoeing every day on the campaign trail - Corbyn would almost certainly look to distance himself from them, which would make the disunity even more obvious.

Of course, what she has done is focused on Corbyn, the opposition have gone on strike (hoping to make Corbyn "own" the defeat) - so now Labour doesn't appear as disunited as it is and Corbyn and his supporters get their message out on live TV every day. It is a policy that is as successful as German battleship-building was at keeping Great Britain out of the First World War.

 

[tsubaki]

The more you think about it the more it gets worse. That is an outrageous thing to ask of someone in Rudd's position.

Anyone with sense and humanity says: "No, you sit this out".

She is reprehensible.

It is especially bad when viewed from the viewpoint of modern politics - any senior member of the political class worth their salt there would have turned up un-announced, said that they were replacing Amber because of her father's death (though she desperately wanted to be here to speak to the public) and then raked it in for the next ninety minutes.

 

[Joey66]

At the end of the day that was a squabble over old ground - May should have turned up - as the only debate was about her not turning up - nor did the real Green Leader not turn up- nor did the real SNP leader turn up- so it was the pot Callling the kettle black the Scottish economy is in recession - education despite more funds into it - NHS under performing with a 9 billion debt in public spending in Scotland despite the UK subsidies !
It was a total debarcle of game play tonight will it Change the result - who knows but another blunder by May!

 

[summerisle]

Good article on media bias.

https://www.thecanary.co/2017/05/31...arry-gardiner-exposing-bbc-live-failed-audio/

 

[Milkman]

At the end of the day that was a squabble over old ground - May should have turned up - as the only debate was about her not turning up - nor did the real Green Leader not turn up- nor did the real SNP leader turn up- so it was the pot Cali going the kettle black the Scottish economy is in recession - education despite more funds into it - NHS under performing with a 9 billion debt in public spending in Scotland despite the UK subsidies !
It was a total debarcle of game play tonight will it Chang the result - who knows but another blunder by May!

God forbid it gets turned into Chang! I think we can all agree the world needs less of that stuff.

 

[Gwladysstreetlad]

Can't think of a single redeeming feature about that Nuttall. Ashamed that he's from Liverpool.

He's not Tim Farron? Not much of a positive like but Farron is still the bigger bell.

 

[Seanjd]

And the bbc plant audiences make them a farce.

As if the BBC choose the audience favouring any political party.

 

[tsubaki]

He's not Tim Farron? Not much of a positive like but Farron is still the bigger bell.

I am not sure Nuttall is a smaller bell than anyone, even Farage.

 

[davek]

It is especially bad when viewed from the viewpoint of modern politics - any senior member of the political class worth their salt there would have turned up un-announced, said that they were replacing Amber because of her father's death (though she desperately wanted to be here to speak to the public) and then raked it in for the next ninety minutes.

Cameron was a lizard but wouldn't have allowed that to happen.

May is not only heartless but hopelessly out of her depth.

 

[davek]

Good article on media bias.

https://www.thecanary.co/2017/05/31...arry-gardiner-exposing-bbc-live-failed-audio/

Barry Gardner is good value. Very entertaining.

 

[ToffeeTim]

Anyone booing outside an election debate is dead weird. It's like kopite behaviour waiting on the oppo bus

 

[bring the ghost on]

He's not Tim Farron? Not much of a positive like but Farron is still the bigger bell.

Serious? You must have a very, very low opinion of Tim Farron if you prefer Paul Nuttall.