Current Affairs 2017 General Election

[tsubaki]

... but the Government has had difficult conversations with them.

 

[MartSlinger]

Fight me you Tory meffs.

 

[hullefc]

Theresa May isn't panicking at all, then:

She seems to be proposing house arrests of suspects - something that wont go down well with the UN. We've been here before with her 'restrict the freedom and movements of terrorist suspects'.

 

[Clint Planet]

Theresa, of course, was the major champion of the Snooper's Charter. Bit of a conundrum for libertarians like Webby there....

 

[neil999]

Renowned thicko, Stephen hawking, is voting labour..so y'know

 

[evilwebby]

Theresa, of course, was the major champion of the Snooper's Charter. Bit of a conundrum for libertarians like Webby there....

It's fine. We're not going to agree with the mainstream right on everything, but our natural inclination is to side with them on the basis of the things we do agree on. It's about being a broad church.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

It's fine. We're not going to agree with the mainstream right on everything, but our natural inclination is to side with them on the basis of the things we do agree on. It's about being a broad church.

That's largely the problem with first past the post isn't it? It means Labour has those who support Brexit and those that fervently don't, because there's no real alternative, or vice versa in the Conservative support. In much of Europe, where coalitions tend to dominate, people can vote for smaller parties that are aligned with their values more closely.

 

[Clint Planet]

Renowned thicko, Stephen hawking, is voting labour..so y'know

Bit dim, him.

 

[Seanjd]

It's fine. We're not going to agree with the mainstream right on everything, but our natural inclination is to side with them on the basis of the things we do agree on. It's about being a broad church.

I don think you properly replied to my question about why you would slash the welfare budget.

 

[Clint Planet]

Worth sending to any waverers with kids; https://www.schoolcuts.org.uk/#!/

Paste this into your phone and send it to everyone it affects.

 

[Clint Planet]

It's fine. We're not going to agree with the mainstream right on everything, but our natural inclination is to side with them on the basis of the things we do agree on. It's about being a broad church.

You're suddenly sounding quite mellow for such a strident "libertarian."

 

[AaronTheBlue]

Anyone voting Tory is a utter cockwomble, NEA.

 

[ToffeeTim]

A side note in this election is that all the pundits will show 326 as the total tories need for a majority. But it's actually 323 as there will be 5 SF MP's who abstain. So 323 is the important figure. Well actually it's 314 as there will be at least 9 NI Unionists who will back May to keep out Corbyn. And then there's also the speaker, and a couple of likely ''others''. So really, Labour need to restrict Tories to about 310 to create an actual hung parliament situation.

 

[tsubaki]

A side note in this election is that all the pundits will show 326 as the total tories need for a majority. But it's actually 323 as there will be 5 SF MP's who abstain. So 323 is the important figure. Well actually it's 314 as there will be at least 9 NI Unionists who will back May to keep out Corbyn. And then there's also the speaker, and a couple of likely ''others''. So really, Labour need to restrict Tories to about 310 to create an actual hung parliament situation.

A Tory government propped up by unionists would be a hung Parliament; the price they would demand for support - free bowler hats for the under-fives, compulsory band practice, a full bailout of that Renewable Heating thing - would be far too much to pay.

 

[Clint Planet]

A side note in this election is that all the pundits will show 326 as the total tories need for a majority. But it's actually 323 as there will be 5 SF MP's who abstain. So 323 is the important figure. Well actually it's 314 as there will be at least 9 NI Unionists who will back May to keep out Corbyn. And then there's also the speaker, and a couple of likely ''others''. So really, Labour need to restrict Tories to about 310 to create an actual hung parliament situation.

Splitters.