Current Affairs 2017 General Election

[tsubaki]

The guy is hilarious both when he means to be and not.

The difference between him and Corbyn is that Corbyn has gone for it. If he had displayed the same level of determination, had listened to himself and had used his real achievements as Labour leader on the campaign trail he would have won 2015.

Instead we had that bloody menhir.

 

[gorgeousgeorgeEFC]

Tories have usually got such big front gardens you'd need binoculars.

My half-sister lives in a posh suburb of Greater Manchester (they do exist) and her neighbour has an 8ft x 6ft facsimile of the poster below in her front garden. On a wooden plinth. No word of a lie.

 

[matty1878]

I wonder if it's a hung parliament this time nxt week

 

[larrygobfiend]

Plenty of Tory signs around the leafy parts and farms of Denbighshire. Loads have been trashed lol

 

[gorgeousgeorgeEFC]

I wonder if it's a hung parliament this time nxt week

Almost certainly.

 

[matty1878]

Almost certainly.

That's my thinking mate. But then what lol

 

[Blue 1]

So many Conservative signs round here. And so many of them have been trashed that our MP has complained to the police about it lol

 

[tsubaki]

Plenty of Tory signs around the leafy parts and farms of Denbighshire. Loads have been trashed lol

That has to be the least explainable Tory stronghold in the country - the area is even poorer than Mold and its environs is, has been since records began, and yet it keeps putting out Tories even though the exit from the CAP, combined with the free trade deals we are going to sign with NZ and Australia, is probably going to wipe them all out.

I can only think that all the lead in the local limestone is to blame.

 

[longers]

 

[Seanjd]

He's right.

 

[matty1878]

Ouf

 

[longers]

 

[Clint Planet]

Theresa May says 'absolutely nothing' in Plymouth Herald interview

Deflated reporter at loss to fish out anything of substance in PM’s campaign interview at Devon port



Theresa May is amused as she visits Plymouth fisheries on Wednesday. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Kevin Rawlinson
Published:21:43 CEST Wed 31 May 2017

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The prime minister, Theresa May, has been accused by some of sounding monotonous on the campaign trail. And the latest source is the Plymouth Herald, which has accused her of managing to get through a whole interview without saying anything.

The paper sent its reporter to interview May as she “chatted with fishermen and nodded earnestly at nets and buckets” on the Devon coast.

“To start with, it was quite an exciting experience ... But no sooner had the ministerial car pulled away from Sutton harbour than I began to feel a bit deflated,” the Herald’s chief reporter, Sam Blackledge, wrote. “Back at the office, we scratched our heads and wondered what the top line was. She had given me absolutely nothing.”

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In the article, Blackledge summarised the interview like this.

The Herald: “Two visits in six weeks to one of the country’s most marginal constituencies – is she getting worried?”

May: “I’m very clear that this is a crucial election for this country.”

TH: “Plymouth is feeling the effects of military cuts. Will she guarantee to protect the city from further pain?”

M: “I’m very clear that Plymouth has a proud record of connection with the armed forces.”

TH: “How will your Brexit plan make Plymouth better off?”

M: “I think there is a better future ahead for Plymouth and for the whole of the UK.”

TH: “Will you promise to sort out our transport links?”

M: “I’m very clear that connectivity is hugely important for Plymouth and the south-west generally.”

 

[Clint Planet]

Seriously, she's a nobody.

 

[orchard]

It's a complex issue, but I think plenty of folk understand that their environment isn't frequently suited to governance that may be appropriate in London. I think blood on the streets was a bit dramatic myself.

People tend not to like separatist groups that want to break up our country. The SNP, Sinn Fein and Plaid Cymru etc have always had their detractors.