Current Affairs The General Election

[Blue 1]

I think that fringe of the party have been placed well and truly back in the box. We've hardly seen any of Rees Mogg in this election. They know how unpopular he and what he stands for are.

They promised a bonanza of spending and that Labour regulations will remain unchanged, or get even tighter.

They are boxed in.

The British state, will quite quickly get to grips with them, tell them that their right wing fantasies are over and it's time to get on with running the country in a sensible manner.

Mate, two of them currently hold two of the great offices of state and the other two are held by Boris bleedin' Johnson and an overgrown manbaby that still hasn't grown out of Ayn Rand.

 

[davek]

Mate, two of them currently hold two of the great offices of state and the other two are held by Boris bleedin' Johnson and an overgrown manbaby that still hasn't grown out of Ayn Rand.

...the Cabinet is chocca with them.

Politically and ideologically this is a Tory Party that's been captured by a virulent form of neo-liberalism. Britain will be very different to the way it is now in 5 years time. The social democratic years with strong institutions outside of parliamant and the market, and a strong civic society, will be marginalised and we'll see a naked corporate capitalism getting its way on everything.

We're on the slippery slope down into barbarism. I know it sounds dramatic, but the foundations are being laid.

 

[summerisle]

them also, but even his enemies call him Boris. like how Thatcher became Maggie. e.g. Roger Waters was hugely critical of her but still referred to her as Maggie.

it's not affectionate, just colloquial.

I'm an enemy and I never call him that, nor do I recall any serious opponent call him by his first name. It's part of his contrived chummy uncle persona which has been taken hook, line and sinker by so many people, the media included

 

[Catfish Blues]

And even if it dos get airtime the serfs will ignore it and "vort Bregsit"...because they're thick as two short 'kin planks.

This is part of the reason why ordinary men and women will vote Tory to "Get Brexit Done".

They're sick and tired of being talked down to by those who consider themselves better in some way, so they then react in a knee jerk way. I truly hope you've never been out canvassing on the doorstop, because you'd be a bloody disaster !

Actually, thinking about it, if you could join the Tory party and talk down to some of their supporters then that might help the cause a bit !

 

[davek]

This is part of the reason why ordinary men and women will vote Tory to "Get Brexit Done".

They're sick and tired of being talked down to by those who consider themselves better in some way, so they then react in a knee jerk way. I truly hope you've never been out canvassing on the doorstop, because you'd be a bloody disaster !

Actually, thinking about it, if you could join the Tory party and talk down to some of their supporters then that might help the cause a bit !

Another good post mate. That's two now.

 

[Catfish Blues]

Another good post mate. That's two now.

I'm aiming for three this year, and will probably call it a day if I make it.

 

[davek]

I'm aiming for three this year, and will probably call it a day if I make it.

Three more than most of us, tbf.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Just give the lad a bag of vegetables, and he'll be good.

Is that aimed at me?

 

[Number_25]

Is that aimed at me?

Yes.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Yes.

Classy.

 

[Number_25]

Classy.

In fairness, it's a bit unfair of me. I think your heart is in the right place.

Sorry.

 

[roydo]

In fairness, it's a bit unfair of me. I think your heart is in the right place.

Sorry.

Speaks volumes for you that post mate. Impressed.

 

[ClausThomsen]

...things like that resonate. Corbyn should’ve showed pictures of food banks in their debate rather than obfuscated NHS documents. Gave specific examples of kids in poverty, named people who suffer because of NHS waiting times and social care.

i think Labour’s campaign has been a bit brainless, the Tories won’t believe their luck. Let’s hope they pick up in the last few days.

There are still a sizeable amount who believe that people are in poverty because they don't budget well enough and that the NHS is in crisis because it isn't ran efficiently enough and is over-burdened with the pressures of over population caused by immigration....strangely the ageing population isn't considered by many who press this view.

And even flashing photos of the very real impact has very little long term effect. The photo of a child's body washed up on a Turkish beach genuinely resounded and even the usual right leaning rags toned down their rhetoric for a few days....but it was just a few days before business as usual. That was in the wake of one of the most powerful pictures I can think of in my lifetime in terms of it's impact.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

In fairness, it's a bit unfair of me. I think your heart is in the right place.

Sorry.

I don't think anyone here, regardless of their political persuasion would want to see that lad on the floor. It's an awful situation and hopefully he'll be in a better place by now.

 

[davek]

Aren't these monsters supposed to be good at lying?

Tories forced into climbdown over claim aide was hit by Labour protester

Labour attacks ‘bare-faced lying’ after video shows adviser walking into activist’s arm

www.theguardian.com