I'm drunk as well.Mostly first impressions watching while posting and drunk. Also quite visual in instinctive reactions and it just looks fucking weird in terms of symbolic choice. And what she's saying hasn't changed, so I'm just picking up on other shit.
yup, she picked the Journos and each one was worse than the previous one for her. The Guardian ought to get a fucking grip though, their final Q was meh- they could have taken her to the cleaners on itI had a strange pleasure feeling when the journo's did her over, one by one.
Friend in Spain got his today.Incidentally have any voters outside the UK had their postal ballots arrive yet?
Ta.Friend in Spain got his today.
I know that some people aren't big fans of Eoin, who retweeted this but never mind the source, priceless.
The guy does raise an interesting point though which I've seen other people asking and I've been asking myself, namely are the Tories trying to throw the election so that Labour get the blame for whatever Brexit deal finally gets negotiated? Or are they really that incompetent?
Er, its satire.
This is a snap election they are less prepared?That seems a little far fetched. The Tories are just incompetent; look at how incoherent and repetitive May is. These people think they are born to rule, and talent isn't required. They have no idea. She was shit as home secretary, happy to lie about cats.
They don't want to leave office, they are just shit in office and as this is a snap election they are less prepared than otherwise. Consequently their manifesto is a joke. Their arrogance is plain given they expect the plebs to lap it up no matter its uncosted.
I'm not so sure. Attack will have been timed because of the election that she didn't have to call and the persistent election message at present is that the Tories are in disarray and May is incompetent. That just hangs around.A fucking gift for May overnight.
PEMBROKESHIRE Green Party is standing down its General Election candidates in both the Preseli Pembrokeshire and Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire constituencies.
The party said its two candidates, Valerie Bradley and Frances Bryant would no longer be running for the seats.
A party spokesperson said “We would normally advocate 'vote for what you believe in'.
“However, with this election, given the nature of the voting system and time running out for action on climate change, the biggest threat to Green values and objectives would be a further five years of reactionary Tory government....
Ha ha, no.I presume the right wing press who said "violent madmen" shouldn't be allowed dictate the vote after the murder of Jo Cox, will show the same admirable restraint for the rest of this campaign.
Even in target seats. Suspect that Bristol West is going to be a doddle for Labour now despite Green resources being thrown at itI suspect that (possibly with the exception of a handful of target seats) the Green vote will collapse as it's voters pile in behind Labour. But the Greens only have themselves to blame for this after all their "progressive alliance" nonsense and offering to stand down in seats.
Interesting little article this on May's appeal or Corbyn's lack of it in Labour constituencies. Or not, looking far from certain....
Polls Whipsaw
But fortunes in Wales can change quickly. A month ago, a poll showed Conservatives on track for a historic breakthrough. But on the day of May’s visit, a YouGov poll conducted for ITV showed that momentum had gone into reverse. Earlier on Monday, she announced a policy U-turn on an unpopular elderly-care plan that Labour had branded “dementia tax.”
“One runs out of adjectives to describe how shattering it would be if the Conservatives were to end up as the largest party in Wales,” said Richard Wyn Jones, professor of Welsh politics at Cardiff University. “There are some low-hanging fruits for the Tories in northeast Wales. That’s where Labour looks most vulnerable.”
However, Wyn Jones also warned “Welsh Labour has this impressive record of doing just enough to escape the clutches of its enemies.” While Tories remain far ahead of Labour, the main opposition party is narrowing the gap. Fact remains that if May does well in Wales, it would suggest she can win big in other parts of the country too.
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All that head shaking made her look utterly out of touch with reality. Her pr people will have been very disappointed with her body language.
For my sins I'm watching her Andrew Neil interview...
Why the fuck has she got a massive silver chain round her neck? I mean fine, I try not to clock fashion too much. But it's a massive silver chain.
Also she's trotting out the 'they won't have to worry about it when they're alive' thing again, because elderly people don't give a shit about what happens to their property after they die.
Portillo reckoned that all you need to do is very obviously stare at his hair as though you're thinking "nylon, dead chihuahua, copper swarf?" and he loses it.It's fucking Andrew Neil, if you can't deal with Andrew Neil you're shit.
What caused her to call Michael Crick?
She must have known.
Were all the other journo's (who we could not see) carrying nooses and pikes?
That seems a little far fetched. The Tories are just incompetent; look at how incoherent and repetitive May is. These people think they are born to rule, and talent isn't required. They have no idea. She was shit as home secretary, happy to lie about cats.
They don't want to leave office, they are just shit in office and as this is a snap election they are less prepared than otherwise. Consequently their manifesto is a joke. Their arrogance is plain given they expect the plebs to lap it up no matter its uncosted.
A fucking gift for May overnight.
Depends how she plays it. If she plays it for party advantage - and she WILL - then the public may not be quick to forgive her.
The other problem she'll have when she tries to hint Corbyn is basically an Islamist, is that it's the Labour manifesto that's promised to increase policing (for all that Diane Abbott messed up the costings). It's not an easy sell to portray your opponents as soft on terrorism when that's the case - you need to be better at it than her anyway.