General Election June 8th

[law74]

The next three weeks are going to be very interesting.
Can may recover her composure in front of the cameras? Will the media allow themselves to be bullied by number 10 (who tonight instructed the press to stop asking about social care)?
Will one of Ruperts researchers find devastating dirt on a senior labour figure? Will one of the blairites (or even blair himself) try and scupper Corbyns MOMENTUM?
Interesting times in British politics

 

[Gabriel]

Not surprised by her poor performance in recent days. Corbyn's weekly shocker at PMQs has long masked her inability to think on her feet. Cameron was used to winging it, dangerously so at times, but he was always at ease be it with the script or playing it off the cuff.

It's impossible to run an election campaign to the script, and now that the media scents blood, the questioning will become more intense and her fallibility will be increasingly exposed. The muzzled cabinet will soon have to start speaking to the media, some in an attempt to 'help' her, but you just know that the more voices that speak, the more mixed the message will become, and the more threads the media will have to pull at.

The danger of running a presidential election in the UK is that you start looking detached not only from the public but even your own party. Even if she wins, should she do so with a much smaller majority than really should have been the case, given Labour's difficulties, then she'll not get an easy ride from the Party.

 

[Magicpole]

I get your passion despite not always agreeing with you but is there any chance you could manage a post without it reading like you have Tourettes?

I have got fucking Tourette's

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

She is a spineless ****.

 

[Phil1]

She'd have to take ineptness to another level in order to throw away this election wouldn't she!
Still can't see anything other than a Tory victory though.

 

[BigJoe#1]

For the moment, she's still more palatable to the public at large, than Albert Steptoe. But her margin for cockups is all used up. Any more dropped bollocks and she's in big trouble.

I agree CB.

I am in no way a Tory, in fact I hate them with a passion.

It's a proper dilemma because there is no way I could or would vote Labour with current crew in charge.

LibDems have no chance, never liked them before Clegg, didn't think they could get any worse, Enter Farran. You really could not make it up.

Even though I disagree with nearly every one of their policies it's probably Plaid Cymru for me, if only to try (I know without success) Stephen Kinnock, a man who is quite probably the worst candidate behind, Abbott, Corbyn, McDonald, Hunt and Rudd.
What a shit election this is.

 

[Chippy_boy]

May's ability or otherwise to handle tough interviews, doesn't really bother me.

What does bother me is her dismal lack of judgement. It was inept to repeatedly state that there would be no early election, only to call one. If there was an possibility there might be an early election, she should have avoided giving the assurances she gave. And having given them, she should have concluded that no matter how desirable it may have become, she was unable to call an election because of the assurances she gave. Poor judgement.

Much the same on NI increases. It was a shocking lack of judgement to not forsee the outcry over breaking a manifesto promise. And it was weak to reverse the decision. Again, very poor judgement.

Ditto care costs. What was she thinking putting this crap in the manifesto? Get the election out of the way and then introduce unpalatable crap like this once in power with a massive majority. It was badly misjudged.

She's seems to have the uncanny knack of getting the big decisions wrong.

 

[Magicpole]

To be fair to Neil who's a paid up Tory he will do the same to everyone else this week. He'll rip Nuttall a new one, Farron will cry like a woman. It'll be interesting to see how wee Jimmy Krankie and Comrade Corbyn come out of it.

Yes maybe, but they aren't going around claiming to be Strong and Stable are they? Strong and Stable my Glaswegian arse.

Soft as shite.

I have had stronger farts.

She has U turned, backed down on NI, made a horses arse about mugging Dementia sufferers and shat her tights about having a debate. Tonight we saw why, a stuttering rabbit in a strong and stable headlight.

Just as well we found out that all the spin about her strength was manufactured by her right wing twat pals in the media.

She reminds me of that prick who danced about before that fight, doing cartwheels and flips and when he came near his opponent the guy knocked him the fuck out.

That's Mayday Mayday.

Weak and Feeble more like.

Bless

 

[mcfc1632]

Just watched the May interview - thanks to whoever posted the link.

Have to say I did not think that she performed as bad as seems to be the consensus view on here.

Now - let me be clear - I am not in anyway being positive towards her here - in my view she has had a shocker, but Neil is excellent at this style of interview and I was expecting him to absolutely tear her a new one.

Perhaps it is as simple has what my expectation level is. I think that it helps her to go first actually - as the week comes to an end it will be how Corbyn performs on Friday that will be fresh in the mind.

I just think that someone in CCHQ is probably had a right bollicking for the fuck-ups of this last week. She has been seriously let down - not least my herself

 

[Magicpole]

He's Scottish and therefore not as refined as the rest of us.... ;)

There may be something in that, you lot are so genteel and polished. :)

I really do need to return to finishing school.