Current Affairs The General Election

[The binman chronicles]

This is a vote on a second referendum.

It is now, but if Brexit had have been sorted beforehand it would be a small part by the time we got to an election.

 

[Wat Tyler]

Manufacturing Consent - Chomsky, should be mandatory in schools.
Feck Shakespeare, he's had his turn.

Hear hear clap clap clap

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

The progressives should have voted for a second referendum when they had the chance. Once done and Brexit put to bed we could have had an election not skewed by one issue. People in the north voting for Tories is like me taking my cow to McDonald's to take care of it while I'm on holiday.

I bet your missus wouldn’t be too happy with you talking about her like that mate! Anyway, you should be taking her with you on holiday.

 

[Blue Roo]

"Now is the winter of our discontent.."

Chomsky -

The major decisions over what happens in society, decisions over investment, production and distribution and so on, are in the hands of a relatively concentrated network of major corps and conglomerates and investor firms, they are also the ones who staff the major executives in the govt and own the media. And they’re the ones who have to make the decisions. The need to impose their interests imposes very sharp constraints on the political and ideological system.

Two targets for propaganda.

Political class – 20% of pop, which is educated, articulate, plays some sort of role in decision making, there supposed to participate in social life as managers, teachers, writers, play some role and economic and political life goes on. Their consent is crucial, one group that has to be deeply indoctrinated.

Then there’s maybe 80% of the pop whose main function is to follow orders and not to think, and not to pay attention to anything.

(33.20)

 

[AndyC]

I've been up in Aberdeen today and casually talked to a number of people about the election... one guy told me about a small village near Montrose where the people have been stockpiling food for weeks... another guy told me he's never voted SNP until today, just to try and stop Brexit... overall, there was a massive feeling of despair at the thought of the Tories and BJ winning a big enough majority to ride his Brexit through Westminster roughshod.

 

[Kurt.]

That the pic of your mother we asked for?

Don’t think it is...... this one is dressed

 

[Amw79]

Worst thing about tonight has been the bells in here trying to stick the knife in. As bad as the lurkers after a derby.

 

[zukai12_]

Who will we bomb next?????
This terrible nation deserves no sympathy

 

[Big_nev]

Corbyn is hated because Murdoch wants him to be hated. Any left leaning leader in the UK would have gotten the same treatment. Tony Blair is the best we are allowed to get.

 

[wainy]

I've been up in Aberdeen today and casually talked to a number of people about the election... one guy told me about a small village near Montrose where the people have been stockpiling food for weeks... another guy told me he's never voted SNP until today, just to try and stop Brexit... overall, there was a massive feeling of despair at the thought of the Tories and BJ winning a big enough majority to ride his Brexit through Westminster roughshod.

Work up there now and again. Rough gaff.

 

[tommye]

Who will we bomb next?????
This terrible nation deserves no sympathy

The Welsh hopefully

 

[Bungle]

Who will we bomb next?????
This terrible nation deserves no sympathy

My guess would be @Tubey

 

[Jebus_lives]

This is a vote on a second referendum.

It's clearly not

 

[Efcjake]

I'm just hoping beyond hope that the exit polls are far wide.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Worst thing about tonight has been the bells in here trying to stick the knife in. As bad as the lurkers after a derby.

They have been ridiculed and slagged off to death on here for a fair while though mate. So can sort of understand them gloating.