General Election - December 12th, 2019

[bluethrunthru]

Like James O'Brien said the other day, many are politically homeless right now.

The sheer volume of Tory MP's not standing and the reasons they are giving will be an issue too ........brand spanking new candidates have just 6 weeks to convince people they are the one.

 

[Bigga]

Johnson's got a deal on the table.

Right or wrong (and they'd be very wrong), voters are going to think this is the end of Brexit.

I don't see any other possible winner in this election. The bored vote will go Tory.

Labour have managed to alienate both sides equally. What a mess.

This is nonsense!!

The Cons are fighting to be out.

The Lib Dims are fighting to be in.

Labour decide to fight the fight ordinary people give a fook about; jobs, wages, security and social issues.

This Brexit shyte should come after!!

Labour are doing the right thing.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Did a bit of digging about my MP since I’ve moved this year and he’s a bit of a **** to be honest, shock horror.

He did vote for the usual Tory stuff - not taxing banks more, bedroom tax, cutting disabled benefits etc. etc.

You’d expect that and he’s probably been whipped too.

But he went against the grain to vote against any rights for EU citizens living in the UK currently, post Brexit.

Not only is this a shit house thing to do, it’s also utterly fucking idiotic. If even a 3rd decided ‘you know what, fuck Britain if they don’t want me’, our economy would be in a world of shit. I don’t think people realise the contribution and reliance we have on these workers across many sectors, including The Health Service.

Absolutely. The country would grind to a halt if a third of them left. I mean, think about what would happen to Pret!

 

[Metal Biker]

Surely any centrist party will almost inevitably be pro-EU/Remain, it's the more extreme elements of the political left and right that tend to be predominantly pro-Brexit.

For a second there I thought we were on the General Election thread.

 

[BimboBob]

My MP is Peter Bone. He voted against same sex marriage saying, "it was the worst day of my life" when the result was announced.

As out of touch as the rest of the cunts.

Bone will win. With or without my vote. Which the old dinosaur won't get. Ever. The rest of them make him look normal though. So they can all fuck off as well.

Here's the nub...

Remain parties, greens etc won't put a candidate in a safe labour/ lib dem seat so as to not steal a vote.

Leavers like wise with the Tories but will contest heavily in labour leaver seats.

Fucking woot...

 

[bluethrunthru]

Absolutely. The country would grind to a halt if a third of them left. I mean, think about what would happen to Pret!

likely to go the same way that seasonal harvesting and meat processing is going - not really an issue for Pret if there are no apple products due to non-harvesting by seasonal foreign labour and no processed meat products for their sarnies eh? Pret would already be fucked by Brexit - in fact the lack of foreign labour would benefit Pret as there would be no lay off costs if they had insufficient product to sell and no foreign labour to sell it. Pity it would have an effect on the economy but hey that bit is just project fear.

 

[lancs blue]

For a second there I thought we were on the General Election thread.

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You were the one on this thread who wanted to vote for a centrist party that was pro-Brexit. I'm just pointing out that such a party is highly unlikely to materialise.

 

[Metal Biker]

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You were the one on this thread who wanted to vote for a centrist party that was pro-Brexit. I'm just pointing out that such a party is highly unlikely to materialise.

Yeah... I know...

You're "pointing out" something I state I already know.

 

[lancs blue]

Yeah... I know...

You're "pointing out" something I state I already know.

Well prioritise things like the rest of us do. Nobody votes for a party at a GE agreeing with every line in the party manifesto, we all have to decide where our priorities lie. If leaving the EU is your political passion then vote Tory - if the NHS, education etc are more important vote for an opposition party.

 

[Metal Biker]

Well prioritise things like the rest of us do. Nobody votes for a party at a GE agreeing with every line in the party manifesto, we all have to decide where our priorities lie. If leaving the EU is your political passion then vote Tory - if the NHS, education etc are more important vote for an opposition party.

It isn't.

They're not.