Current Affairs The General Election

[coollino]

I live in the marginal Peterborough seat, just got to hope the brexit party take a lot of the Tories votes like they did in 2017

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Not sure we can do that for an entire forum. Individual threads yes, but not whole fora.

Thought @chicoazul got barred from the entire current affairs forum for being on a constant wind up once.
Exhibit A

Current Affairs - Scousers voting tory

Are there any on here? Genuinely interested to learn why fellow Evertonians from the city would vote Tory.

www.grandoldteam.com

 

[Parker]

I was on one of the last trains home on the weekend from Liverpool, unfortunately my phone ran out of battery so I was subjected to listening to drunk conversations.

One particular manc, middle aged of course, was enthusiastically shouting that he wanted Boris to get brexit done to keep the terrorists out...

 

[Tubey]

The arrogance of Labour in my constituency is staggering.

The Tories and Brexit Party have zero chance of winning here, but at least they still posted a leaflet.

I've heard precisely nothing from Labour. The definition of taking a vote for granted.

 

[OnlyBlueWillDo]

Have you seen the weather forecast tomorrow, guaranteed low turn out.

 

[Connor]

The arrogance of Labour in my constituency is staggering.

The Tories and Brexit Party have zero chance of winning here, but at least they still posted a leaflet.

I've heard precisely nothing from Labour. The definition of taking a vote for granted.

Weird – there's been plenty of leaflets posted by Labour for Howarth.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Thought @chicoazul got barred from the entire current affairs forum for being on a constant wind up once.
Exhibit A

Current Affairs - Scousers voting tory

Are there any on here? Genuinely interested to learn why fellow Evertonians from the city would vote Tory.

www.grandoldteam.com

We're a more liberal regime now innit.

 

[DanEFC92]

The arrogance of Labour in my constituency is staggering.

The Tories and Brexit Party have zero chance of winning here, but at least they still posted a leaflet.

I've heard precisely nothing from Labour. The definition of taking a vote for granted.

Gonna have to vote Tory cause you never got a leaflet through the door

 

[catcherintherye]

The Tories have lost the momentum. The Brexit message looks tired and desperate.

I dont see the Labour Leave north being inspired to vote for 5 more years of the Tories. Those that can be arsed will vote with Farage or stick with Labour....more will stay at home.

For months Ive said hung parliament. It will be.

Yes you have.

The knives will be out for "Boris" if that happens too. As I stated a few pages back, he was brought in on the basis of winning them a big majority. The sacrificed the long term damage to brand conservative, which will outlive Johnson for a long long time for him securing them a quick fire majority.

Their policy is in tatters. They've had to abandon all talk of austerity, broken with the language of neoliberalism (and made no attempt to defend it) waffle on about the biggest borrowing and spending since the 70's to secure absolutely zero. They have also benefited from the collapse of UKIP and the BXP standing aside for them. That will not happen again.

The ramifications will be huge from this. Farage will revamp the BXP to target the older Conservative voters who like Brexit, and will have a compelling narrative that the Tories cannot win enough seats to do Brexit. The voters who "lent" Johnson their vote won't do so again. Demographically their vote base is reducing year on year, and millions more come onto the franchise at the other end, where they win about 15% of them.

If it's a hung Parliament, there will be a 2nd vote. That Johnson choose to expel his own MP's and not get his deal through, rather than trying to call an election will haunt him and Brexit voters will not be very forgiving.

As for Labour/Libs, this is the last time they will allow an election to be called where they are 15% behind in the polls, and the Conservatives can fight a defensive campaign of just trying to cling on.

Going forward they will be cumulatively (at least) 15% better off before an election is called. The Tories have shown they are unable to add votes during a campaign.

They better hope there is a late swing to them, otherwise massive problems.

 

[Tubey]

Weird – there's been plenty of leaflets posted by Labour for Howarth.

Genuinely had nothing. I get not allocating much resource here, makes complete sense given the majority they have is staggering, but I'd have still expected something.

 

[catcherintherye]

Genuinely had nothing. I get not allocating much resource here, makes complete sense given the majority they have is staggering, but I'd have still expected something.

Most people get a bit irritated by leaflets I think.

 

[larrygobfiend]

Genuinely had nothing. I get not allocating much resource here, makes complete sense given the majority they have is staggering, but I'd have still expected something.

Surely it'd make more sense to spend their leaflet budget on the marginals?

 

[tsubaki]

The arrogance of Labour in my constituency is staggering.

The Tories and Brexit Party have zero chance of winning here, but at least they still posted a leaflet.

I've heard precisely nothing from Labour. The definition of taking a vote for granted.

Not sure it’s arrogance, the party has a limited amount of money and people and have to use them wisely.

Our candidate did put a leaflet out but it was more to remind people she wasn’t Kate Hoey (though the Libs helped by reminding people Hoey wasn’t standing as well).

 

[davek]

Not so sure on that.

My missus lives up by barrow which is a labour marginal of around 2,000 seats I think. The tories have massively targeted it and the feeling is labour will lose it to them. Loads of towns up north with the same feeling

Brexit has had a major influence, but the tories are praying on towns like these that are massively uneducated. They've essentially smeared Corbyn and said he will close down the ship yards due to his views on trident and everyone seems to have bought it.

Thing is though, these people say they'll vote tory when pressed, but when it comes down to it will these people who are usually apathetic to the whole thing bother themselves to vote?

Barrow is complicated by that helmet John Woodcock's poisoning of the water.

The BXT Party should do enough to split the Leave vote though.

 

[Tubey]

Surely it'd make more sense to spend their leaflet budget on the marginals?

I think if you aren't leafleting every single home in this country as a national party then you aren't actually trying.

It's a basic thing to do in an election.

It's a minor thing but it's very obvious that Labour don't give a toss about Knowsley, yet Knowsley for some bloody reason give non-stop love in return.