Current Affairs The General Election

[Eggs]

Who do you want as leader then?

...its not who I want, the Party needs to be clever and pick a leader who appeals to a wider group of voters. Something is very wrong if Ed Milliband defeated David Milliband and Corbyn defeated Burnham. something is even worst if Burnham and David Milliband felt they needed to jump ship from Westminster.

i suspect Corbyn will go and be replaced by an ex-trade union official. More years in the wilderness.

Labour would have much wider appeal with the likes of Burnham and D Milliband at the helm. It really does need a major overall. Saying that, it’s probably wiser to leave the obituary until after the election.

i want them to win by the way.

 

[Connor]

The unemployed and students get free dentistry anyway don't they?

Depends on circumstances.

I had to fork out 200 quid for an emergency procedure as a student. Luckily, it wasn’t all in one go.

 

[Charro]

...its not who I want, the Party needs to be clever and pick a leader who appeals to a wider group of voters. Something is very wrong if Ed Milliband defeated David Milliband and Corbyn defeated Burnham. something is even worst if Burnham and David Milliband felt they needed to jump ship from Westminster.

i suspect Corbyn will go and be replaced by an ex-trade union official. More years in the wilderness.

Labour would have much wider appeal with the likes of Burnham and D Milliband at the helm. It really does need a major overall. Saying that, it’s probably wiser to leave the obituary until after the election.

i want them to win by the way.

The whole reason Corbyn is the leader is a complete rejection of neo liberal centrism from the labour membership. This isn’t just a labour thing, it’s a movement that’s been happening globally. People aren’t interested in these self serving centrist politicians anymore.

Corbyn got voted in, seen through three Tory leaders, killed their majority and energised the and generation of younger voters.

Labour was in the wilderness long before Corbyn. It’s time the centre looked at themselves instead of blaming everyone else for the landscape we find ourselves in.

Maybe then, labour can move on and be a real force again.

 

[Eggs]

The whole reason Corbyn is the leader is a complete rejection of neo liberal centrism from the labour membership. This isn’t just a labour thing, it’s a movement that’s been happening globally. People aren’t interested in these self serving centrist politicians anymore.

Corbyn got voted in, seen through three Tory leaders, killed their majority and energised the and generation of younger voters.

Labour was in the wilderness long before Corbyn. It’s time the centre looked at themselves instead of blaming everyone else for the landscape we find ourselves in.

Maybe then, labour can move on and be a real force again.

...I’m fine with that if Labour are close to being electable. Let’s see what the election brings.

 

[Charro]

...I’m fine with that if Labour are close to being electable. Let’s see what the election brings.

Closer than they were under brown and Miliband.

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

The whole reason Corbyn is the leader is a complete rejection of neo liberal centrism from the labour membership. This isn’t just a labour thing, it’s a movement that’s been happening globally. People aren’t interested in these self serving centrist politicians anymore.

Corbyn got voted in, seen through three Tory leaders, killed their majority and energised the and generation of younger voters.

Labour was in the wilderness long before Corbyn. It’s time the centre looked at themselves instead of blaming everyone else for the landscape we find ourselves in.

Maybe then, labour can move on and be a real force again.

Spot on. You only have to look at Democrat party USA and it's march to the left. Overlord of neo liberalism Obama is stamping his feet... This neo liberalism of the center is bankrupt and stuck in the past, it's ramped inequality at an alarming rate, hence why divisions are growing, no more so than in the UK.

 

[tsubaki]

...its not who I want, the Party needs to be clever and pick a leader who appeals to a wider group of voters. Something is very wrong if Ed Milliband defeated David Milliband and Corbyn defeated Burnham. something is even worst if Burnham and David Milliband felt they needed to jump ship from Westminster.

i suspect Corbyn will go and be replaced by an ex-trade union official. More years in the wilderness.

Labour would have much wider appeal with the likes of Burnham and D Milliband at the helm. It really does need a major overall. Saying that, it’s probably wiser to leave the obituary until after the election.

i want them to win by the way.

I am not sure there was anything very wrong about David Miliband getting defeated for the leadership, tbh. It isn't as if his political career was stellar (even with a considerable amount of help), you have his time at Sland, the way he flounced off and his career after politics basically seems to consist of him making a few million out of a charity.

Ed was by no means perfect, but on two of big issues of his leadership (getting involved in Syria against Assad, and the misbehaviour of the Press) he was spot on - and I am not sure David would have done either of them. It was just a shame that he messed that election up so horribly.

 

[Blues Harp]

Thatcher always claimed that Blair was her greatest achievement. The Tories used the global banking crash as an excuse and lies to implement 10 years of austerity while blaming Labour for "bankrupting the country" Then used Brexit and the referendum to divide the country even further and try and deflect the effect that their policies were having. Neo liberalism needs binning for good.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Thatcher always claimed that Blair was her greatest achievement. The Tories used the global banking crash as an excuse and lies to implement 10 years of austerity while blaming Labour for "bankrupting the country" Then used Brexit and the referendum to divide the country even further and try and deflect the effect that their policies were having. Neo liberalism needs binning for good.

It wasn't Labour's fault, but we did have the biggest recession in hundred years. People seem to forget that at times.

 

[Blues Harp]

It wasn't Labour's fault, but we did have the biggest recession in hundred years. People seem to forget that at times.

So, you implement austerity policies to combat this recession? Wow!!

 

[Bruce Wayne]

So, you implement austerity policies to combat this recession? Wow!!

The world coped significantly better with the 2008 recession than it did the Depression to be fair.

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

The world coped significantly better with the 2008 recession than it did the Depression to be fair.

Thankfully we have welfare state now that's a key difference, could have made larger difference , but never with continuing march of unfettered neolliberalism.

 

[orly]

Depends on circumstances.

I had to fork out 200 quid for an emergency procedure as a student. Luckily, it wasn’t all in one go.

EU teeth OMEGALOL

 

[orchard]

Copy-pasting unattributed quotes.

Grim.

"One senior Labour source said "I wish @summerisle would stop stealing content with 95% of his posts""

Try to be less personal and a bit more frandley mate. If it's bunk, blast away, but we've had life threatening incidents in here when things get personal

@Joey66 @Bruce Wayne @bruce's gun

 

[orly]

Try to be less personal and a bit more frandley mate. If it's bunk, blast away, but we've had life threatening incidents in here when things get personal

@Joey66 @Bruce Wayne @bruce's gun

Ok mein frandelino