Current Affairs The Labour Party

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orly said:
To be fair, it would have been ignored the first time because that's a nonsense thing to do.

If we were ignoring costs, they could have put in "give every graduate a new house" or "fund everyone through private education from the age of 2" or "don't just triple lock pensions, make them double final salary".

Can't just ignore costings.
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I was trying to see if people agreed with what was in there fundamentally that's all :)
 
orly said:
But no one - at least on here, as i genuinely believe the site turfs its extreme right posters very quickly (like @EfcJayy) - is going to fundamentally disagree with ideas that make like better for all. The disputes are essentially round the funding
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That s good:)
As to funding can't say I have fully digested it all as yet or done the proper maths. But manifestos are always shopping lists anyway imo. The are aspirational and don't always all get fully implemented. For me it just shows the direction they want to go. And that's a good way from what I've seen.
 
orly said:
But no one - at least on here, as i genuinely believe the site turfs its extreme right posters very quickly (like @EfcJayy) - is going to fundamentally disagree with ideas that make like better for all. The disputes are essentially round the funding
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Even if Labour get in and fund and implement a quarter of their manifesto, then it'll still be a lot more than the Tories would do. Barry Gardiner mentioned on Sky yesterday that they've went through every costing and worked out a way of paying for it, and when the manifesto comes out people can see it for themselves. I think it's better having the funding debate when that happens rather than now
 
orly said:
lol
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The manifestos from the parties are all well and good - but I think this election will be decided on one issue and one alone - Brexit. Who people trust most to get the right deal.
 
Labour seem to be consolidating their base which having thought about it, maybe isn't such a bad thing. I don't think they could win this, but they could have really messed it all up for the future and caused a split, really made the damage irretrievable.

But if they get 30 odd percent, keep around 200 seats, then a new leader has far better foundations to build from than maybe looked the case 6 weeks ago.
 
Disturbing news @chicoazul. Presently in John Lennon Airport. My taxi driver was a Tory. He said he didn't vote but slipped over his lies and said he voted Tory.

Joking aside, I thought he was joking. He justified this by saying he lost his job under Labour at the Dunlop factory. Being only adopted Scouse I can't questioned this statement.

Upset now.
 
Armaghtoffee said:
Disturbing news @chicoazul. Presently in John Lennon Airport. My taxi driver was a Tory. He said he didn't vote but slipped over his lies and said he voted Tory.

Joking aside, I thought he was joking. He justified this by saying he lost his job under Labour at the Dunlop factory. Being only adopted Scouse I can't questioned this statement.

Upset now.
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Piss the seat, he must be from the Wirral.
 
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