The 2017 General Election campaign

[mikey mikey]

Actually, the fact that it has disappeared is kinda getting talked about. Wassa matta? Frightened that she may actually fuck this up?

 

[butchersapron]

Astonishing political divination. Astounding work.

 

[billy_bob]

Actually, the fact that it has disappeared is kinda getting talked about.

Still? Where?

 

[mikey mikey]

Thanks.

 

[mikey mikey]

Still? Where?

Here.


Btw, could you leet me know when the press get sick of decades old stories about Corbyn?

 

[bimble]

Big ad in the Metro this morning from Unison. Did not say vote Labour but said something like the current government is killing the NHS, register to vote now if you care about its survival.

 

[mikey mikey]

 

[billy_bob]

Here.


Btw, could you leet me know when the press get sick of decades old stories about Corbyn?

That does appear to be just an old screenshot that someone on Twitter's attached to a post recently, not under current discussion in any significant way.

I'm still a hopeless luddite when it comes to Twitter, mind, so I'm prepared to accept I might be missing something.

The press keeps recycling old shit, sure, but we should rise above it in this exalted discussion space

 

[mikey mikey]

 

[Old Spark]

Senior Tories cancelled campaigning today -manifesto writing or crap gdp figures?

Nah jap pm -it is clear we have buried the long term economic plan at the bottom of the rose garden

 

[mikey mikey]

 

[teqniq]

Now this I like very much. Whether it plays well with the majority of the electorate is another matter.

Labour will immediately ban all weapons sales to repressive countries if it wins the election

 

[andysays]

Now this I like very much. Whether it plays well with the majority of the electorate is another matter.

Labour will immediately ban all weapons sales to repressive countries if it wins the election

seems like an all-too-common case of headline not matching story content

Asked whether action on arms sales to repressive regimes would be tackled in Labour’s manifesto, Mr Gardiner said he could not discuss details ahead of its official publication, but went on: “Our party has always pledged to embed human rights and social justice into our trade policy.

Always pledged but rarely if ever delivered, some might say

 

[Kaka Tim]

Bullshit? or something in this? Dont know how realiable skawkbox is.

Theresa May ‘under investigation re Brexit profits’

 

[not-bono-ever]

Hmmmm...May is a cautious drone - i cannot see she would allow herself to be compromised by some seedy easy cash scam

 

[Raheem]

Bullshit? or something in this? Dont know how realiable skawkbox is.

Theresa May ‘under investigation re Brexit profits’

Too good to be true, probably.

In any case, she could probably join ISIS right now and still walk the election with a 1000% national swing.

 

[brogdale]

Bullshit? or something in this? Dont know how realiable skawkbox is.

Theresa May ‘under investigation re Brexit profits’

"..from multiple sources..."

Hmmm

 

[Dom Traynor]

I really don't trust that skwarkbox no references no sources a secret identity etc etc

 

[Pickman's model]

Hmmmm...May is a cautious drone - i cannot see she would allow herself to be compromised by some seedy easy cash scam

Not at this point anyway when we haven't quite reached peak hubris

 

[CrabbedOne]

On Politico Why UKIP’s collapse matters

...
First, there is clear evidence that lots of UKIP voters are switching over to the Conservatives. Of those who voted UKIP in 2015, 58 percent said they will vote for the party again at the next election while 42 percent said they would switch to another party or did not know how they would vote.

Of those who plan to abandon UKIP for another party, around 73 percent are switching to the Conservatives and just 14 percent to Labour.

But how likely is it that the 58 percent of the UKIP electorate will remain loyal? The short answer is “not likely at all.”

One way of exploring how committed UKIP supporters are is to ask them how likely they are to switch to another party. Doing so reveals that, on top of those who have already defected, 25 percent have a high probability of switching to the Conservatives (compared to just 3-4 percent who have a similar probability of switching to Labour or the Liberal Democrats). Similarly, if we then look at voters who currently do not know how they will vote in June, 1 in 4 have a high probability of voting Conservative. This suggests that May is about to become a major beneficiary of UKIP’s collapse.
...

Note hardly any UKIP swing voters not going to May's Tories who are basically promising unfettered globalisation++ and a patriotic neo-Imperial revival outside the EU. I suspect it's the optimistic jingoism of the latter that appeals but so much for the great English revolt against the neoliberal establishment. If these polls are right that puts 30+ Labour seats in play for May.

Rather shocking really having only won one seat last time and then because of a defection despite mobilising lots of outraged voters the next GE was finally meant to be UKIP's turn in the North at Labour's expense. The couple of lively Kippers I know were really confident that tomorrow belonged to them and that was plausible enough a year ago. What a difference a Brexit makes.

 

[DotCommunist]

but so much for the great English revolt against the neoliberal establishment

smug caricature of a position no one held. in any case this is the worst thing about brexit:
Tony Blair announces return in bid to influence Brexit debate

IT LIVES!!

 

[belboid]

Who would have thought a collapsing ukip vote would benefit the Tories most?

Oh yes, that's right, everybody. What an utterly pointless article.

 

[CrabbedOne]

Now this I like very much. Whether it plays well with the majority of the electorate is another matter.

Labour will immediately ban all weapons sales to repressive countries if it wins the election

Well very moral but repressive countries currently make up a big slice of the UK's customers: the KSA, China etc. Perhaps a third of exports and it's a trade that generate 3%+ of GDP. One of the manufacturing areas not liable to be flattened by cheap RoW imports after Brexit.

It will be a very popular policy with workers manufacturing weapons but unfortunately they won't be the ~10% of the British manufacturing workforce that involves but folk in countries like France and the US. I don't think Labour are seriously contemplating ever having to make making good on this pledge.

 

[belboid]

Well very moral but repressive countries currently make up a big slice of the UK's customers: the KSA, China etc. Perhaps a third of exports and it's a trade that generate 3%+ of GDP. One of the manufacturing areas not liable to be flattened by cheap RoW imports after Brexit.

It will be a very popular policy with workers manufacturing weapons but unfortunately they won't be the ~10% of the British manufacturing workforce that involves but folk in countries like France and the US. I don't think Labour are seriously contemplating ever having to make making good on this pledge.

I understand why you usually only post links now. This is incoherent gibberish.

 

[teqniq]

Have you been on the pop or something? The first part of your post is stating the obvious, the second I am having difficulty parsing.

 

[Who PhD]

I can't believe how bad Theresa May comes across (which is to say, is).

Do you think after they win they'll have her out?

 

[SpookyFrank]

I can't believe how bad Theresa May comes across (which is to say, is).

Do you think after they win they'll have her out?

They don't have anyone less incompetent to replace her with. Gove is one of the only ones who can even string a sentence together but he's a weird, mad little fucker who nobody likes.

 

[Poi E]

I can't believe how bad Theresa May comes across (which is to say, is).

Do you think after they win they'll have her out?

Yes.

 

[bi0boy]

I can't believe how bad Theresa May comes across (which is to say, is).

Do you think after they win they'll have her out?

She doesn't have to come across well, she only has to come across better than Corbyn to people who might vote Tory. Anything else is a risk.

I'm pretty sure she'll hand over the reigns before she's pushed.

 

[Kesher]

Radio 4 replayed this part of an interview with May


Radio Derby to PM: "Do you know what a mugwump is?"

PM: "What I recognise is that what we need in this country is strong and stable leadership"