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The potential implosions of both tories and labour are worrying. The end of left/right politics creating a worrying vacuum for potential extreme groups to take over.
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Labour / Tory Party meltdown Referendum fallout
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manctheknife
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Indeed . We could be under the jackboot of Tim Fallon any day now.The potential implosions of both tories and labour are worrying. The end of left/right politics creating a worrying vacuum for potential extreme groups to take over.
Helmet Cole
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Fallon defaulted to the usual lib dem position of promising whatever he thinks will get votes while ignoring reality. A luxury only the unelectable can afford. The twat has not even represented the views of his own constituency as he is more concerned with his own career.Indeed . We could be under the jackboot of Tim Fallon any day now.
Not any more. The Fixed Term Parliament Act means that parliaments run for a full five year term unless there's a vote of confidence against the government or two thirds of the house agree to an earlier election.
If the PM called for an election could Labour realistically refuse to give him/her the two thirds majority? An opposition party refusing to fight an election?
jimharri
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Certainly possible. I'm sure the labour strategists must know that they're unelectable at the moment. If Labour did back an election, they could well be looking at an increased Tory majority. See what this labour MP SAYS;If the PM called for an election could Labour realistically refuse to give him/her the two thirds majority? An opposition party refusing to fight an election?
whp.blue
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Tbh Under Corbyn nothing would surprise meIf the PM called for an election could Labour realistically refuse to give him/her the two thirds majority? An opposition party refusing to fight an election?
Certainly possible. I'm sure the labour strategists must know that they're unelectable at the moment. If Labour did back an election, they could well be looking at an increased Tory majority. See what this labour MP SAYS;
I agree. But still, actually refusing to fight an election?
Prestwich_Blue
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We've got an actual extremist group running the country now. It's called the Tories.The potential implosions of both tories and labour are worrying. The end of left/right politics creating a worrying vacuum for potential extreme groups to take over.
jimharri
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I know; it wouldn't look great for them. But Labour going into an election at the moment, given the shambles they're in, would be akin to turkeys voting for Christmas.They went into last year's election as favourites. Not only did they not win, the Tories managed to get an overall majority. Not a big one, but an improvement on the coalition they had prior to that. Do the policymakers at Labour HQ really want to risk making fools of themselves, especially if Corbyn is still the leader (unlikely)?I agree. But still, actually refusing to fight an election?
Wilf Wild 1937
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We've got an actual extremist group running the country now. It's called the Tories.
The current Tory leadership of Cameron and Osborne is very much to the left of the party. They're centre-right. The people who replace them will be hard right.