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AND HERE WE GO - THE 2019 GENERAL ELECTION THREAD

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SwingsitlikeHogan said:
Thinking that Tories might believe the electorate to be stupid enough to believe that Labour would inflict two referendum upon the UK...they do keep pushing this about Labour.

Tories should either stop implying that, or make clear that only Scotland would be subject (as they would have it) to two referendums. That many Scots would welcome two referendums seems neither here nor there to them,
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Is there proof that they want another one as last months polls didn't indicate any great desire for Independence or is it all those Scots living in England pushing for one.
 
harpo_72 said:
Which has been noticed by the EU and they have been paying back the 38billion to areas that need support.
Money which certain governments would never have paid out.
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But we have to ask for that support, the EU dont force it on us, we also have to find 50% of the cost (even though the EU grant money was paid in by us anyway)
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
I think that you mean 'we all'

And you are correct in this - though not sure why you think the growth would be exponential other than it sounds very worrying - and so wondering what your solution is. Unless, of course, we all as children start accepting that we have a personal responsibility to look after our parents in their dotage...

I have no figures to prove things one way or the other, but I suspect that some immigrants have a greater culture of responsibility towards their parents in old age than the present day native ethnic population of the UK.

Meanwhile NHS performance stats are today reported as being terrible - the worst ever. And we are potentially going to be making it harder to hit these targets by cutting back on the immigration that is crucial to the running and delivery of the NHS. Brilliant.

And you see the big elephant in the room was just pointed out by a caller from the North of England speaking on LBC with Shelagh Fogarty (who is a brilliant broadcaster btw) - and he was absolutely clear than in the north of England; in his community, and with everyone he knows, the Referendum leave vote was all about immigration - he was adamant that as much as others might like to say it wasn't - it just was. Yes - a Leave ranter. But have a listen to LBC Catch Up Online - just under 2 hrs in. And that is where I fear we are with so many :(
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Why do you believe we will not be able to recruit Doctors from abroad with a points based system. Does Australia or New Zealand have these problems?
Also, do you not agree that poaching Doctors and Nurses from poorer countries who have invested in their training is immoral.
 
So Farage has just said it on SkyNews that his candidates were intimidated not to stand and offered jobs as bribes by Number 10.

Aren’t they criminal offences he’s alleging?

He seems to be doing more to help Labour than anyone else
 
pauldj42 said:
So Farage has just said it on SkyNews that his candidates were intimidated not to stand and offered jobs as bribes by Number 10.

Aren’t they criminal offences he’s alleging?

He seems to be doing more to help Labour than anyone else
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Does Farage actually want Brexit to happen? Once we leave he becomes an irrelevance and loses his job as an MEP. He does seem to be doing all he can to prevent it from happening.
 
ColchesterFC said:
Does Farage actually want Brexit to happen? Once we leave he becomes an irrelevance and loses his job as an MEP. He does seem to be doing all he can to prevent it from happening.
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He’s definitely damaging the tories at the moment, I’m sure somewhere he’s also stated he’s been offered a Peerage to remove candidates, another Criminal Offence.
Either he’s got the knives out for boris or he’s finally lost the plot, these are serious allegations.
 
pauldj42 said:
He’s definitely damaging the tories at the moment, I’m sure somewhere he’s also stated he’s been offered a Peerage to remove candidates, another Criminal Offence.
Either he’s got the knives out for boris or he’s finally lost the plot, these are serious allegations.
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I'd guess that it's knives out for Boris as it's not a "proper" Brexit while forgetting that compromise is needed due to the close nature of the referendum result. I assume that these allegations will be investigated although unless anything has been written down it becomes a he said, she said situation without enough evidence to proceed.

If we get a remain alliance (Labour/Lib Dem/SNP) with a majority in the HoC then Brexit isn't going to happen. Farage will then be stirring up the bad feeling and creating further division in the country while keeping himself front and center.
 
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Old Skier said:
Is there proof that they want another one as last months polls didn't indicate any great desire for Independence or is it all those Scots living in England pushing for one.
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You’ll have read that I said ‘many Scots’ - not ‘all Scots’ - not ‘most Scots’ - just ‘many Scots’. And rUK needn’t worry as precisely zero rUK voters will be subjected to Labour’s two referendums.

Makes you wonder why the Tories keep flogging this to the UK-wide electorate - well of course we know why - because the Brendas in Bristol won’t like the sound of it even though it is just not true for her.
 
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pauldj42 said:
He’s definitely damaging the tories at the moment, I’m sure somewhere he’s also stated he’s been offered a Peerage to remove candidates, another Criminal Offence.
Either he’s got the knives out for boris or he’s finally lost the plot, these are serious allegations.
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And my favourite Tory fall guy - Cleverly - denies it. Well someone’s telling porkies.
 
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