General Election - December 12th, 2019

[aguerrrroooooooooooo]

Not very well. They have unicorns managing their books it seems.

Maybe they were the same unicorns that advised the leave campaign

 

[aguerrrroooooooooooo]

As I know fuck all about politics, who’s looking likely to win??, ahead in polls etc etc, genuine question

Conservatives are looking most likely to win the most seats, but also looking likely that we could be on our way to a hung parliament

 

[Metal Biker]

Maybe they were the same unicorns that advised the leave campaign

Ones which most leave advocates paid no attention to, yet many remain advocates keep referencing.

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

Most on here have no clue either.

 

[Ban-jani]

As I know fuck all about politics, who’s looking likely to win??, ahead in polls etc etc, genuine question

The Tories are.

I’ve come to be conclusion that the issue isn’t politicians at all. The reason they are where they are is people like them or support them.

The issue is the public.

 

[mat]

Tories will win the most seats. The only debate is whether they can get a majority and form a government. If not it will allow the remain parties to form an alliance if they can get their fingers out and work together.

Thats up to the yellow tory and she will love playing kingmaker. Rather go to bed with Johnson than form a progressive alliance.

 

[mat]

A Fleetwood Mac song comes to mind

Albatross?

 

[Vic]

I couldn’t believe the cost of some of the rent for the shitholes they lived in.

I’ve paid less and lived in much nicer, in my late teens/early 20’s.

The Council has been trying to build social housing (after years of the Tories stopping Councils from direct provision) because private developers are reluctant to take the risk.

 

[Vic]

I was talking generally and about ALL candidates for all parties.

Between £30-£40k they estimate on a campaign.

We reckon our last Tory MP spent well over £100k of his own money (he could afford it) in publicity (prior to the actual campaign). If he'd bought every elector a pint, that would be illegal "treating" but he could spend the same on publicity.

 

[Vic]

Thats up to the yellow tory and she will love playing kingmaker. Rather go to bed with Johnson than form a progressive alliance.

If you're talking about Swinson, she would be dead in a ditch if she kept Johnson in power to "get Brexit done". Lib Dems in Labour-held marginals will vote Labour. I've had a former LibDem councillor tell me he'll vote Labour once it's obvious their candidate can't win.

 

[mat]

If you're talking about Swinson, she would be dead in a ditch if she kept Johnson in power to "get Brexit done". Lib Dems in Labour-held marginals will vote Labour. I've had a former LibDem councillor tell me he'll vote Labour once it's obvious their candidate can't win.

I'd hope so.

Kill of the party once and for all.

 

[mcfc1632]

Albatross?

My bad - it was actually a Supertramp song;

"Dreamer you're nothing but a dreamer...."

 

[manchester blue]

Most on here have no clue either.

The poll results at the top in all the evidence you need!

 

[Ifwecouldjust.......]

the EU is bigger than us and very protectionist towards its markets . That’s also just the way it works, we are fucked.

We fucked ourselves ....

 

[Ifwecouldjust.......]

The point I was trying to make is that Labour gave gone one trick pony

As you point out - good if it is working....

... The point is that it is not

You're imagining that we are trying to convince Conservatives / Lib Dems / Brexit Party to vote Labour. ..... we're not.


We are trying to convince the 14.5 million who didn't vote to register to vote and vote Labour.

 

[Ifwecouldjust.......]

Is it true the Tories are not going to release their manifesto until two weeks before Dec 12th? If so it just proves that they’ve learnt nothing from the last campaign and they’re still so arrogant that they believe they can fool the public. They’re in big, big trouble.

Shhhhhh Don't disturb your enemy while he's making a mistake

 

[bronco]

Interesting to hear this morning that the Tories are going for " immigration " ( ms Patel no less , the irony is staggering !! ) now as their plan of attack , a tactic they have used for the past 70 years or so . The BBC whilst reporting it a few minutes ago added to the report "however the conservatives have failed to deliver their promised level of immigration reduction at the past 3 elections" ?! It looks like the tory parties buddy's are all deserting them .

 

[Ifwecouldjust.......]

Interesting to hear this morning that the Tories are going for " immigration " ( ms Patel no less , the irony is staggering !! ) now as their plan of attack , a tactic they have used for the past 70 years or so . The BBC whilst reporting it a few minutes ago added to the report "however the conservatives have failed to deliver their promised level of immigration reduction at the past 3 elections" ?! It looks like the tory parties buddy's are all deserting them .

Tories playing to the racist base again .... but this time they're not going to attach numbers to it. BBC still continue to say ' in four weeks time we go to the polls to elect the next Prime Minister'

Which is exactly what we're not doing ...

 

[Ancient Citizen]

Thank you for your question, sir.

Oh yes. I don't know how his Momentum fans deal with it, but then it's by and large the old guard who do the hard slog campaigning not the newbies. But the main complaint is that "he isn't a leader", not particularly any baggage or policy, so if (like last time) he does leadership things (like visiting disaster areas) and does them well, and Johnson is exposed for the blustering buffoon he is, the damage may be limited. No-one calls Corbyn a Marxist. That's a bluemoon (Mail/Express) thing. But yes, Starmer would be storming it.

Anyway today's highlight was a housing association tenant who called me in to discuss a problem (temporarily rehoused into a marginal), so I've got him to register to vote here, and after a good discussion about EU companies' investment in the UK and this area, he'll vote Remain in the next referendum (Leave before).

Ok, ta for responding, is the seat you're canvassing a Labour seat?
And to take it further, what responses are you getting from Tory voters?
Sorry to mither you, but as you appear to be the only one at the 'Sharp end' it's interesting to know.

 

[Ifwecouldjust.......]

The rest of the world can see the con thats being pulled by the CONservatives ..... why can't the UK ?