Current Affairs The General Election

[neil999]

Strong rumour the Brexit Party will deal with the Tories in certain areas .....that will hurt Labour and the Lib Dems.......

depends how they do it, it could split the tory vote!

 

[Davidoff]

Strong rumour the Brexit Party will deal with the Tories in certain areas .....that will hurt Labour and the Lib Dems.......

Farage getting on board with the Tories gives credence to the withdrawal agreement being a 'trap door no deal' at the end of 2020 - when the future agreement negotiations haven't (inevitably) reached a conclusion.

 

[Jebus_lives]

I don't have the time or the inclination to go through what is a very lengthy article to discern whether every statement in there is correct, hence why I asked what the bloke's credibility was as a commentator on modern healthcare. That seems a fairly standard shortcut in a world in which we can't be experts in every topic, so we defer to those who are. Is this film maker an expert on healthcare, and if so, what makes him so? All I've found on him is a very short Wikipedia entry, with no previous work on healthcare in his resume.

Surely the question should be, why does he have credibility? Because he believes the NHS is being sold off and therefore fits with a Labour trope?

An option could be not to dismiss it out of hand without reading it.

I didn't read it initially, so made no comment on the credibility. I would prefer to read something where the author is well established in the field; but it informs my decision to read it, rather than if the content can be summarily disregarded.

 

[Tubey]

As long as someone is well researched on a subject matter then their professional background doesn't bother me.

For example, Diane Abbott has been an MP for years, yet I wouldn't ask her for so much as directions to parliament without checking it with someone else.

 

[Joey66]

depends how they do it, it could split the tory vote!

Not when they are making way vise versa .........in the North or any marginal seat so the vote won't be split.......

 

[neil999]

Not when they are making way vise versa .........in the North or any marginal seat so the vote won't be split.......

tory candidates making way?

 

[Joey66]

tory candidates making way?

yep that's the deal plus the Brexit party giving way in others - the Greens and the Lib dems are doing it in other areas makes sense as the SNP will take a lot of seats further North......

 

[orly]

Not when they are making way vise versa .........in the North or any marginal seat so the vote won't be split.......

Wrong.

 

[orly]

yep that's the deal plus the Brexit party giving way in others - the Greens and the Lib dems are doing it in other areas makes sense as the SNP will take a lot of seats further North......

More wrong.

 

[neil999]

yep that's the deal plus the Brexit party giving way in others - the Greens and the Lib dems are doing it in other areas makes sense as the SNP will take a lot of seats further North......

i would be very suprised at torys not fielding candidates in every seat

 

[Joey66]

More wrong.

On Sky news last night .......also Farage has been very quiet.... his party members numbers are declining.....

 

[orly]

i would be very suprised at torys not fielding candidates in every seat

Right.

 

[Joey66]

More wrong.

Look Mr Two mirrors you can't be right all of the time can you

 

[Joey66]

i would be very suprised at torys not fielding candidates in every seat

It called a polictical deal why split the vote the last byelection the Lib dems did it with PlaiD + the Greens and just got the seat....

 

[neil999]

It called a polictical deal why split the vote the last byelection the Lib dems did it with Plaid - the greens and just got the seat....

thanks for the clarification lol yeah i can see the smaller parties doing just not labour or tory