I am voting Labour next ....talk me out of it.

[Rascal]

I'm from the USA - as I understand it from my precursory reading of Wikipedia - Labour is centrist left. Sounds good to me. Vote for them.

If there's some downside that I'm unaware of - please feel free to educate this Yank.

Labour are becoming more like your Democrats, they are certainly not centre left at the moment. Our political spectrums differ though.

Labour under Corbyn was centre left, him and Sanders have much in common. Starmer is from the pro- capitalist right of the Labour party.

The problem is for us Socialists is that any speck of Socialism is dismissed as far left, our media is macarthyite, heavily favours the right wing and is run by Billionaires whose own interests are promoted over the interests of the working class.

 

[Rascal]

Diane Abbott

A brilliant politician, elected on a huge majority. She has a tendency to make faux pas but she is not a lying fucker with her hand in the till, nor is she as stupid as 25p Lee, Gullis, Bridgen and another couple of dozen of crazy right wing fruitcakes.

 

[lefty goldblatt]

Just think.
This waste of atoms representing our countries, should labour get elected.


And before any clever arse fucker starts, I'm a 53 year old bloke, with the opportunity to vote in 8 General Elections and countless local elections, and the amount of times I've voted Tory is less than one.

 

[jimharri]

It's not up to anyone to talk you out of it; it's your choice. Same if you said you were voting for the Conservative party. Who you vote for is your business, no one else's.

 

[pirate]

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Just think.
This waste of atoms representing our countries, should labour get elected.


And before any clever arse fucker starts, I'm a 53 year old bloke, with the opportunity to vote in 8 General Elections and countless local elections, and the amount of times I've voted Tory is less than one.

serious question, what exactly do you have against her?

 

[Summerbuzz]

serious question, what exactly do you have against her?

Yeah, it's a great photo. I was going to urge OP to consider that if Labour are favourites, there might be more value in him voting Green / Lib Dem / Independant. But nah, fuck it. Vote Babe-our!

 

[Rascal]

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Just think.
This waste of atoms representing our countries, should labour get elected.


And before any clever arse fucker starts, I'm a 53 year old bloke, with the opportunity to vote in 8 General Elections and countless local elections, and the amount of times I've voted Tory is less than one.

What is it about a working class single mum who in her childhood cared for her mum, then worked in social care you do not like?

You are 53 years old and refer to her as a waste of atoms. Yet she has a life that has been full of the sort of experience we need in Parliament. She didn't grow up with a nanny on a big country estate, she went to a run down state school in Stockport, lived on a council estate that is one of the roughest in Greater Manchester and saw the value of the NHS when her son was born premature.

Yes she can be coarse, she can be abrasive and sometimes dress eccentrically but she is genuine and whilst I do not agree with her on every aspect of her beliefs she would make a far better Prime Minister than any of the current crop of MPs.

 

[Blue Maverick]

What is it about a working class single mum who in her childhood cared for her mum, then worked in social care you do not like?

You are 53 years old and refer to her as a waste of atoms. Yet she has a life that has been full of the sort of experience we need in Parliament. She didn't grow up with a nanny on a big country estate, she went to a run down state school in Stockport, lived on a council estate that is one of the roughest in Greater Manchester and saw the value of the NHS when her son was born premature.

Yes she can be coarse, she can be abrasive and sometimes dress eccentrically but she is genuine and whilst I do not agree with her on every aspect of her beliefs she would make a far better Prime Minister than any of the current crop of MPs.

She’s also an arsehole who thinks shes more important than anyone, I know a a copper who had to look after her after the one down south was killed and shes up her own arse.

 

[Rascal]

She’s also an arsehole who thinks shes more important than anyone, I know a a copper who had to look after her after the one down south was killed and shes up her own arse.

I am pretty certain most MPs have an ego. Self confidence can appear to be arrogance and you need a strong personality to stand up to that perception. I do not know your copper pal so cannot comment on his perception. A friend of mine knew her when she was a care worker and Unison rep and described her as brash, forthright and pushy.

 

[Blue Maverick]

I am pretty certain most MPs have an ego. Self confidence can appear to be arrogance and you need a strong personality to stand up to that perception. I do not know your copper pal so cannot comment on his perception. A friend of mine knew her when she was a care worker and Unison rep and described her as brash, forthright and pushy.

Telling the cops to put blue lights on because she might miss her train to London having been in the hairdressers too long, yep arrogance at it’s best, copper told her to fuck off.