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[Minimeister]

There are a great many things that this country needs at the moment, but a government led by Corbyn isn’t one of them....

Hi Pete, can you kindly explain how he could make a bigger pigs arse of governing than this Tory party please?

 

[tsubaki]

“Yet despite Peterborough City Council being made aware that convicted vote-fraudster, Tariq Mahmood had been employed once again by the Labour campaign team during the election, and despite there being an abnormally high number of postal votes accompanied by the Labour party beating the then incumbent Tory MP, Brexiteer Stewart Jackson by under 700 votes, City Councillors voted to withdraw from a pilot scheme that could have significantly decreased the types of electoral fraud that have eroded the small Cambridgeshire City for decades.”

Really?

a Tory controlled council 2002-2014 (it is currently NOC, though the Tories are the largest party)
a Tory MP between 2005 and 2017 (and before that, 1979-1997)
the Tories recruited an ex-Labour Mayor of Peterborough who had actually been sentenced for electoral fraud with Mahmood

... though obviously all that pales before where you got those quotes from, Pete. That stuff rots your brain!

 

[bicycleheader]

... though obviously all that pales before where you got those quotes from, Pete. That stuff rots your brain!

not at all surprising though

 

[johnblue23]

The Blairites are getting very very desperate, in particular after Labour's astounding victory in Peterborough, despite the pro Farage 24/7 MSM blitz.

Watch anti-Corbyn MP Margaret Hodge call ending austerity a ‘bribe’ for the electorate

And for good measure in steps the US to interfere in UK politics.

Leaked recording reveals Trump’s plan to stop Jeremy Corbyn becoming prime minister

They're panicking that the 'unelectable' Corbyn will romp past the post with a 1997 size majority. Despite smear after smear, and some of the Blairites forming a new gang before Peterborough, it didn't deter the people of Peterborough electing a Labour MP's. Much to the disgust of the likes of Hodge and the other Blairites. The most laughable 'analysis' was that 'electoral fraud' got Labour over the line. Like 1997, the Tories will find it harder and harder to get its vote out due to the same 1990s sleaze, incompetence and Europe crisis ridden divisions. No wonder they're crapping themselves at the thought of a general election.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

The Blairites are getting very very desperate, in particular after Labour's astounding victory in Peterborough, despite the pro Farage 24/7 MSM blitz.

Watch anti-Corbyn MP Margaret Hodge call ending austerity a ‘bribe’ for the electorate

And for good measure in steps the US to interfere in UK politics.

Leaked recording reveals Trump’s plan to stop Jeremy Corbyn becoming prime minister

They're panicking that the 'unelectable' Corbyn will romp past the post with a 1997 size majority. Despite smear after smear, and some of the Blairites forming a new gang before Peterborough, it didn't deter the people of Peterborough electing a Labour MP's. Much to the disgust of the likes of Hodge and the other Blairites. The most laughable 'analysis' was that 'electoral fraud' got Labour over the line. Like 1997, the Tories will find it harder and harder to get its vote out due to the same 1990s sleaze, incompetence and Europe crisis ridden divisions. No wonder they're crapping themselves at the thought of a general election.

Astounding victory in Peterborough?

 

[johnblue23]

Astounding victory in Peterborough? lol

Doesn't think it's an astounding victory lollol

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Doesn't think it's an astounding victory lollol

In 2017 the Labour candidate won 48% of the vote. In 2019, Forbes won 30.9%. I mean she won, and kept the Brexit party out, which is great, but it's quite a stretch to portray that as evidence of Corbyn-mania. Indeed, at no point in Peterborough's electoral history would 30.9% been enough to win. A bit of perspective is no bad thing, even among devoted fanboys.

 

[peteblue]

Hi Pete, can you kindly explain how he could make a bigger pigs arse of governing than this Tory party please?

See Venezuela......

 

[dwightschrute]

Hi Pete, can you kindly explain how he could make a bigger pigs arse of governing than this Tory party please?

See Venezuela......

Thats a no then yeah?

 

[abelard]

In 2017 the Labour candidate won 48% of the vote. In 2019, Forbes won 30.9%. I mean she won, and kept the Brexit party out, which is great, but it's quite a stretch to portray that as evidence of Corbyn-mania. Indeed, at no point in Peterborough's electoral history would 30.9% been enough to win. A bit of perspective is no bad thing, even among devoted fanboys.

Would be an instructive and not at all implausible demonstration of the weaknesses of FPTP should Labour both lose significant vote share and total votes from 2017, but nonetheless end up in power.

 

[peteblue]

Thats a no then yeah?

That’s a joke, yeah ?......

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Would be an instructive and not at all implausible demonstration of the weaknesses of FPTP should Labour both lose significant vote share and total votes from 2017, but nonetheless end up in power.

Seems wholly plausible at the moment, and I suspect the need to form coalitions would be no bad thing in a lot of ways.

 

[Minimeister]

See Venezuela......

Yes because there's not many more countries with so many similarities than Venezuela I suppose...

I would hazard a guess that instead of wasting the billions that has already been spent on Brexit and the billions that will follow that there would have been more investment in the public sector and less people dead who were on benefits. Not that you care about that, the less people on benefits around for you and your kind the better. It would be more admirable if you said you wouldn't like a Labour Government because you care about yourself and you only.

 

[peteblue]

Yes because there's not many more countries with so many similarities than Venezuela I suppose...

I would hazard a guess that instead of wasting the billions that has already been spent on Brexit and the billions that will follow that there would have been more investment in the public sector and less people dead who were on benefits. Not that you care about that, the less people on benefits around for you and your kind the better. It would be more admirable if you said you wouldn't like a Labour Government because you care about yourself and you only.

I dislike incompetence. Corbyn would lead an incompetent government. May has led an incompetent government and I wanted her out. I have more of a social conscience and have done more for those deprived than many on here. I just happen to believe that ruining the economy doesn’t do anyone any good......

 

[Bruce Wayne]

I dislike incompetence. Corbyn would lead an incompetent government. May has led an incompetent government and I wanted her out. I have more of a social conscience and have done more for those deprived than many on here. I just happen to believe that ruining the economy doesn’t do anyone any good......

But you're supporting Johnson?