Well if you had looked at the graphic I posted you would find the answer. Clue, big red arrow, big swing to labour, small one, small wing, and vice versa.
That was why I posted it, and it takes every seat into consideration ignoring other parties, and without saying who won the seat.
The hypocrisy of Labour and Alistair Campbell is beyond contempt . Apparently, the Tories are playing with fire with the peace process in Norn Ireland by partnering with the DUP. If that's the case, how precisely would electing an IRA sympathiser as PM have helped the peace process?
Labour aren't currently in Government because, in descending order:
The Tories managed to make the terrorist sympathiser label stick.
The Garden Tax was badly communicated.
People didn't like or trust his policy on nuclear weapons or the military.
John McDonnell has made some very scary comments for a Chancellor to be.
Diane Abbott exists and went all Diane Abbott about things.
You make good points.I am surprised the Tories want to go into an alliance with the DUP as it is only going to make them more unpopular. I would have thought it better to try to govern with a minority. If their Queen's speech wasn't accepted, they could then let Corbyn have a go at trying to cobble something together, safe in the knowledge that they probably have enough seats to block any of his proposals that they considered too extreme.
Whoever forms the Brexit government is probably going to become quite unpopular anyway I would imagine. Perhaps not the best time to be in government.
I'm sure there must be some flaw to my thinking though.
The hypocrisy of Labour and Alistair Campbell is beyond contempt . Apparently, the Tories are playing with fire with the peace process in Norn Ireland by partnering with the DUP. If that's the case, how precisely would electing an IRA sympathiser as PM have helped the peace process?
You make good points.
If Labour were to firm a Government, thetes a good chance we'd get a 2nd referendum.
Corbyn accepts the result but the Party itself never has.
I think Remain would probably win too
Unfortunately this would cause apoplectic rage in a good many.If Labour were to firm a Government, thetes a good chance we'd get a 2nd referendum.
Corbyn accepts the result but the Party itself never has.
I think Remain would probably win too
If Labour were to firm a Government, thetes a good chance we'd get a 2nd referendum.
Corbyn accepts the result but the Party itself never has.
I think Remain would probably win too
People as individuals know what they want, they just find it difficult to find a party that matches up to everything they want. But the electorate as a whole I dont think has any idea what it wants we're all over the place. IMO our system is no longer fit for purpose when it comes to forming a government, it's getting harder and harder to produce a definitive result.From the late 70s Thatcher moved the political conversation to the right. Blair positioned himself as a centrist but he was still way to the right of any previous Labour leader. Thatcher acknowleged this. The Tories have moved even further to the right under pressure from Ukip.
All Corbyn is doing is trying to move the conversation back to something less austere and extreme.
Don't think the public want another dose of centre right Labouism.
I agree with that, and you can go back and see how furious I was at the PLP for undermining Corbyn. Because it meant less chance of a Labour Government. And I want a Labour Government because without one nobody gets helped.
This isn't rocket science. I want New Labour because it's the most electable version of Labour and every time they've moved away from it they've lost the election.
Everybody is talking about the bright new socialist future, but if you actually ask them what seats they are going to turn that are traditionally Blue there's not many there. They can't get to 326. And if they can't then they may as well run on a platform of a free Angelina Jolie for every teenage boy bevause they can't get into power.
In Opposition, Labour can do 0% good and only prevent the Government from doing bad.
In Government, even if they can only do 20% good, and try to do very little bad.
20% is better than 0%.
It's political greed to refuse to be pragmatic.
If Labour were to firm a Government, thetes a good chance we'd get a 2nd referendum.
Corbyn accepts the result but the Party itself never has.
I think Remain would probably win too
If Labour were to firm a Government, thetes a good chance we'd get a 2nd referendum.
Corbyn accepts the result but the Party itself never has.
I think Remain would probably win too
Gideon on marr loving mays predicament, toby young is a twat though.