The 2017 General Election campaign

[DotCommunist]

Economist's headline on the manifesto is a beaut, regardless of where you stand on it's content...

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someones having a good day there, bet he was chuffed to bits thinking that one up

 

[Sprocket.]

''Politics is just a function of business now, just a tributary of the great entrepreneurial capitalist system.''

David Hare, playwright.

Sadly any politicians that try to stem or alter the flow of said tributary will be drowned in a flood of disdain.

 

[RainbowTown]

''Politics is just a function of business now, just a tributary of the great entrepreneurial capitalist system.''

David Hare, playwright.

Sadly any politicians that try to stem or alter the flow of said tributary will be drowned in a lake of disdain.

Ah, SIR David Hare.

You mean that David Hare?

Oh, the irony.

 

[taffboy gwyrdd]

Craig Murray: May on TV "taking questions" from employees at work in front of their bosses again. Absolutely Stalinist tactic.

 

[Sprocket.]

Ah, SIR David Hare.

You mean that David Hare?

Oh, the irony.

'A good line is a good line' Dame Rosie Winterton former Labour Chief Whip!
Mind I bet George Osborne thinks the same!

 

[RainbowTown]

Ain't nothing like a Dame.....................

 

[mikey mikey]

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I really hope you realise that phone is in selfie mode. Hope. Really hope.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Hard for political reporters to repeat the stuff about him being unpopular when they've just witnessed scenes like that.

If only...

As William Shirer observed over 80 years ago, media are pretty much immune to taking in anything that contradicts their public stance.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Not really. It is interesting to note that there's SFA coverage of the the Leeds and Hebden bridge thing in the Indy, the Graun and the BBC but plenty of people are sharing it on fb.

e2a although one of the vids is the one from the BBC on here. Can anyone tell me if that's a regional BBC outlet?

Super Furry Animals? They always struck me as a bit "Hebden Bridge"!

 

[free spirit]

If only...

As William Shirer observed over 80 years ago, media are pretty much immune to taking in anything that contradicts their public stance.

This seemed more like a regional reporter managing to slip in a positive (accurate) report that he wanted to make just before the deadline, which was then edited for the later news slot to add in the corporate approved pro-tory bias to the story. The pictures still told a different story about his supposed unpopularity.

 

[Kaka Tim]

Corbyn is in pudsey this afternoon. Not a "hipster"/studenty/trendy leftie location by any stretch. Lets see what the turnout is.

 

[Sprocket.]

Corbyn is in pudsey this afternoon. Not a "hipster"/studenty/trendy leftie location by any stretch. Lets see what the turnout is.

I wouldn't be surprised if the BBC haven't got a copyright on Pudsey!

 

[Cid]

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And here's that article's only mention of London (from a quick scan of the on-line version):

Attacking a “Britain run for the rich, the elite and the vested interests”, the Labour leader unveiled a £48.7 billion tax raid on high-earners, the City, big businesses, private schools and wealthy individuals who own properties, particularly in London, through offshore trusts in tax havens.

 

[teqniq]

Super Furry Animals? They always struck me as a bit "Hebden Bridge"!

That'll teach me to skimp on the typing, funinly enough though I though the same thing but went ahead anyway.

 

[juice_terry]

from Guardian CIF, anyone see this?

BBC's Ben Brown Slapped After Accidentally Pushing Woman Away By The Breast | HuffPost UK


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[teqniq]

Conservatives and UKIP call on each other to stand down in Hartlepool General Election fight

Conservative Group Leader on Hartlepool Borough Council Councillor Ray Martin-Wells wrote to town UKIP Chairman Councillor John Tennant to ask UKIP to get their candidate Phillip Broughton to stand down.

Councillor Ray Martin-Wells

Coun Martin-Wells said an internet poll indicates UKIP’s chances of winning the election are “extremely low”.
But Coun Tennant hit back accusing the Conservatives of “cynical electioneering of the worst kind” and called on the Conservatives to withdraw their candidate Carl Jackson....

 

[Fez909]

I know he's a millionaire business man, and has been honoured by the Queen, so he's not the best role model for working class people. But this is disappointing:

Steve Gibson declares support for Conservative James Wharton

Grew up where I did. One of the poorest parts, of one of the poorest towns, in the UK. Saw the area decimated by the Tories. Ex-Labour Councillor. Said this only two years ago:

Where was the Government? We have a local MP, James Wharton, who is supposed to be responsible for the Northern Powerhouse - he’s come across as an absolute clown. A joke.

And he will become accountable at the next election. There are a lot of steelworkers in his constituency and all he’s done is pay lip service to it. “I wished him well when he got elected but if he doesn’t improve, I’ll look to bury him, the town will look to bury him.

And now he comes out in support of the fucking Tories?

I used to think he was the best chairman in the country, like most boro fans. I've even been defending him this season when everyone else has been laying into him for our shit show of a season. But I wouldn't defend him now. Absolute fucking cunt.

 

[Wilf]

I know he's a millionaire business man, and has been honoured by the Queen, so he's not the best role model for working class people. But this is disappointing:

Steve Gibson declares support for Conservative James Wharton

Grew up where I did. One of the poorest parts, of one of the poorest towns, in the UK. Saw the area decimated by the Tories. Ex-Labour Councillor. Said this only two years ago:

And now he comes out in support of the fucking Tories?

I used to think he was the best chairman in the country, like most boro fans. I've even been defending him this season when everyone else has been laying into him for our shit show of a season. But I wouldn't defend him now. Absolute fucking cunt.

FFS!

 

[ruffneck23]

I know he's a millionaire business man, and has been honoured by the Queen, so he's not the best role model for working class people. But this is disappointing:

Steve Gibson declares support for Conservative James Wharton

Grew up where I did. One of the poorest parts, of one of the poorest towns, in the UK. Saw the area decimated by the Tories. Ex-Labour Councillor. Said this only two years ago:

And now he comes out in support of the fucking Tories?

I used to think he was the best chairman in the country, like most boro fans. I've even been defending him this season when everyone else has been laying into him for our shit show of a season. But I wouldn't defend him now. Absolute fucking cunt.

Email him and tell him what you think

 

[Bingo]

Hahaha so funny, I was just sitting on my step eating my tea in Leeds, Labour leafletter steps up... chatting for a bit.

I just started slagging off Rachel Reeves (my current Labour MP, bit of a slimeball Blairite) and guess who else steps into my yard!! Had a chat for a few mins... She was on the defensive!

=P

She claimed that she's never met Tony Blair!!

 

[teqniq]

 

[teqniq]

Not normally a massive fan of Marina Hyde but...

In Stoke, May marches on with familiar neuron-crushing dullness | Marina Hyde

 

[Kaka Tim]

Probably nothing in the great scheme of things but labour is recording its best polling since the campaign started -

"Panelbase have topline figures of CON 47%(-1), LAB 33%(+2), LDEM 7%(-1), UKIP 5%(nc)"

from here UK Polling Report

Only one poll and all that - but there is a steady upcreep for labour. Something to slilghtly warm the cockles before you go to bed.

 

[Kaka Tim]

and speaking of warmed cockles - Are the lib dems going to do even worse than last time?

 

[JTG]

Probably nothing in the great scheme of things but labour is recording its best polling since the campaign started -

"Panelbase have topline figures of CON 47%(-1), LAB 33%(+2), LDEM 7%(-1), UKIP 5%(nc)"

from here UK Polling Report

Only one poll and all that - but there is a steady upcreep for labour. Something to slilghtly warm the cockles before you go to bed.

I've been following Britain Elects' poll of polls on Twitter and there has been a steady creep towards their 2015 figure over the last week. Only a point or two off it last I saw. Still miles away from the Tories but things are weird, we know that

 

[redsquirrel]

and speaking of warmed cockles - Are the lib dems going to do even worse than last time?

Fingers crossed.

I've been following Britain Elects' poll of polls on Twitter and there has been a steady creep towards their 2015 figure over the last week. Only a point or two off it last I saw. Still miles away from the Tories but things are weird, we know that

I think that's the real question this election. Can the LP increase it's share of the vote compared to 2015, and if so by how much?

 

[JTG]

and speaking of warmed cockles - Are the lib dems going to do even worse than last time?

I would fucking love it if they lost Sheffield Hallam. Love it

 

[JTG]

Fingers crossed.


I think that's the real question this election. Can the LP increase it's share of the vote compared to 2015, and if so by how much?

I reckon they could even reach their winning percentage from 2005 - which was, what, 34/35%?

 

[redsquirrel]

I reckon they could even reach their winning percentage from 2005 - which was, what, 34/35%?

35.2%. I agree, it's not fantastic to imagine such a scenario. Though my current prediction would be somewhere between 30 and 35 %.

Incidentally that would also be higher than their vote share in 92, 87 and 83, so if they could beat, or equal that, they would have obtained their highest vote share for the last 34 years, bar the two huge wins in 97 and 01.

 

[Cid]

I would fucking love it if they lost Sheffield Hallam. Love it

Not that likely though... I think it has an element of that 'labour party should be centrist' vote in there. The kind of people who are talking about voting LD after the betrayal of Corbyn, because they might form a coalition, which might act as a brake on the Tories. Totally pragmatic. They're definitely very pragmatic people.