The General Election Thread 2017

[enaid]

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Well again we have been bamboozled by the cons imo. Cameron started it then went awol, left the witch in charge and she calls a general election for what to prove I have no idea. All she has proven to me is she is not up to the job at all. yet another smoke screen to take our minds of the most important thing to happen to our country in 40 odd years, common sense and not the common market. She's on about all pulling together well lets start at the top eh! sick to death of petty name calling, lies, deceit and promises that can never be kept.
From what was said by the EU yesterday we have no chance of any trade deals until they are happy our borders are left open and agree to the billions they want for the divorce settlement.
Well there you go no deal is better than a bad deal the witch has stated so I say NO DEAL and let em know soon.

[warwick65]

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But like Corbyn useless at anything else. Doesn't useless sum up most Labour MP's?

Maybe you should look at Conservative MPs

It is not 30 Labour MPs that are being investigated

It is not our PM that voted against gay marriage - even though it is enshrined in legislation- just another bit of Tory bigotry and hypocrisy

There you go, I'll sit on the fence

[spirit2534]

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I hear that the beast is actually a very good MP is that right?

But like Corbyn useless at anything else. Doesn't useless sum up most Labour MP's?

[leclerc]

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Well, we're at the last weekend for campaigning for the first set of elections next Thursday.

Isle of Man MP was shamed by a 16 year old over comments on homosexuality, so that Tory MP will not be standing as an MP.

UKIP are going into this election with zero MP's and to be honest, the 3.9 million votes they got are unlikely to come in on this occasion. I know one vote that UKIP are not getting at this election .

Paul Nuttal is standing in a Tory seat where there was a 73% leave vote. Well, just cos people voted that way in a yes or no vote does not mean that they will support you on a multi platform policy election.

[PAWS]

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I usually stick to grilling my local selection as they are the ones who I will be pestering! I tell you, I would love to have Dennis Skinner on this patch! I don’t even wait for them to come knocking on my door -to be fair by I live in the AH of nowhere so it is unlikely – I go to them and if they have been rubbish I tell them they have lost my support and I will be urging everyone to get rid of them. I tell other candidates that if they promise something and do not deliver I will make their life a misery and remind them they will be working for me and I pay their wages. They know this and it is important we take this opportunity to tell them WE know it too and we are watching. I am not too bothered about the big picture as, to be fair, it never seems to swing too much from one side to the other. It’s the local person, the one who I pick and who represents my interests, who I scrutinise.
The funny thing is…. does anyone else notice a certain amount of apathy among the politicians themselves? Now I have watched these campaigns all my adult life (ages) and I know there will be drum beating and heated debates but, I don’t know, it’s as if …dare I say… no one really wants it!

[Crazy council]

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Corbyns latest bribe, looking after NHS staff, such a shame he's a total waste of space and untrustworthy. Voted labour all my life bar a couple of blips, totally bemused now.

All of them claim to protect the NHS and pensioners becuase there the 2 larges voting groups. But seem to attack the sh*t out of the under 25s, who will be the group paying for it eventualy.

What interest me, is the polititions that get told to go into hiding whilst the elections going on,

[enaid]

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Corbyns latest bribe, looking after NHS staff, such a shame he's a total waste of space and untrustworthy. Voted labour all my life bar a couple of blips, totally bemused now.

[leclerc]

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That's the problem, anyone but corbyn and perhaps we might have a tighter race but Corbyn fought a leadership election in 2015, fought it again in 2016 and will finally be shown the door by the electorate in just over 6 weeks time.

Interesting to see which way they go next...They put their right foot in(and got elected) and then took it out, they put their left foot in(and come across as completely unelectable but yet more people join their membership) and when he's out, the question is WHO could be leader(I think their deputy has come across well but he's not a leader).

Anyone think some big set of Balls might come in?

[Amethyst]

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What would the tactical voting be aiming for though ? As I see it there isn't really a viable alternative to letting May just get on with things and try make the best of the bloody mess Cameron got us into by trying to appease and point prove (in my opinion of course). I simply can't imagine Jeremy dealing with that, and I don't think he would get the right priorities sorted. Realistically it's just not going to result in a Lib Dem PM ( wishywashy ) or a UKIP PM so the choice is May or Corbyn. So there's no choice.

[warwick65]

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In some ways I hope we don't see the collapse of ukip because they take a lot of Tory votes however sadly they also take some labour votes.

I think we we may see tactical voting.

There me is a huge amount to be won or lost over the next month

[leclerc]

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I honestly used to feel the same about the conserveyourselves, but, Mays getting my vote,

As bad as this may sound, we might have to choose between two of the least abhorrent people.
Your choice if you hate the tories is Jeremy Corbyn and that's a crap choice.
Or you choose the LibDems who millions of now ex students will tell you, betrayed them on a campaign promise on student tuition fees.

We will see the collapse of the UKIP vote in a general election, that is a certainty.

So could we see tactical voting? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39693277

[Crazy council]

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He is a bloody superstar. I'm very happy with him as a person and an MP. However I'd rather eat my own eyeballs with a spoon before voting Labour.

I honestly used to feel the same about the conserveyourselves, but, Mays getting my vote,

[warwick65]

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Send me your address and i'll post a spoon

[Amethyst]

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He is a bloody superstar. I'm very happy with him as a person and an MP. However I'd rather eat my own eyeballs with a spoon before voting Labour.

[warwick65]

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I hear that the beast is actually a very good MP is that right?