With Labour ahead I gather.
You've completely misinterpreted what I said and meant. I was not aware (and am still not) about such rules. I believed that there was some precedent for the largest party to have first dibs, but I was unaware it is a hard and fast rule.
And I have heard some Labour people this very morning saying they think Corbyn should be allowed to form a minority government. Indeed did not Gordon Brown for a short time seek to do so, when he lost in 2010? I think he did.
My comment you quoted simply meant that even people who you might expect to take this stance, are saying no, it's the Tories who should be given the first go.
I am sorry if I gave you any other impression. I was not seeking to spin anything.
I totally concur, she would have lost this if we were headed by starmer or Jarvis imo, but then again, she probably wouldn't have called it. Biblical miscalculation lolI don't think Corbyn will ever be PM regardless of whether there is another election in a few months time. Best thing labour could do if there is a hung parliament would be to get a leader now that people can get behind and believe in and policies they could actually deliver. Maybe then they would have a chance at serious gains on the conservatives. As it is we are in total limbo.
Cmon guys, I'm by no stretch a corbynite but every accusation of 'buying' student votes on legitimate manifesto pledges can be countered with similar accusations of pledges made to benefit the Tory core support in their manifesto, your only making yourselves look sour
Fortunately an increasing number of your fellow citizens disagree with you.
Describing Cornyn as a proper opposition leader and this being a good result for Labour is stretching credibility. All Cornyn has done is turn a disastrous election in 2015 into a defeat in 2017. If a defeat on this scale is the best he can do after offering large voting groups sweeteners he is never going to win an election.
The only person this result was brilliant for is Andy Burnham. An election in 2023 will be perfect timing for him after his tenure as mayor.
Of course Sunday. What would Friday and Saturday in Kensington be without making time for a trip to Harvey Nicks for a bottle or two of Cristal and heaps of cocaine, dahling?Some are saying Sunday which is a farce really thank god the whole election didn't depend on this seat.
Describing Cornyn as a proper opposition leader and this being a good result for Labour is stretching credibility. All Cornyn has done is turn a disastrous election in 2015 into a defeat in 2017. If a defeat on this scale is the best he can do after offering large voting groups sweeteners he is never going to win an election.
The only person this result was brilliant for is Andy Burnham. An election in 2023 will be perfect timing for him after his tenure as mayor.
Cmon guys, I'm by no stretch a corbynite but every accusation of 'buying' student votes on legitimate manifesto pledges can be countered with similar accusations of pledges made to benefit the Tory core support in their manifesto, your only making yourselves look sour
I heard Dawn Primarolo being interviewed this morning, and if you'd just turned the TV on, you would have sworn Labour had won.
It's a bit like us sending our under 19's to play Real Madrid's first team and our lads have come back and only lost 2-1. Both teams "lost". Real for not scoring 7, and our lads, because they did actually lose.
The Conservatives had the first go, it was calling a completely unnecessary GE because they were miles ahead in the polls...they failed miserably.
You've completely misinterpreted what I said and meant. I was not aware (and am still not) about such rules. I believed that there was some precedent for the largest party to have first dibs, but I was unaware it is a hard and fast rule.
And I have heard some Labour people this very morning saying they think Corbyn should be allowed to form a minority government. Indeed did not Gordon Brown for a short time seek to do so, when he lost in 2010? I think he did.
My comment you quoted simply meant that even people who you might expect to take this stance, are saying no, it's the Tories who should be given the first go.
I am sorry if I gave you any other impression. I was not seeking to spin anything.
Take heed May
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt.
— ABRAHAM LINCOLN.