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AND HERE WE GO - THE 2019 GENERAL ELECTION THREAD

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patricks148 said:
you do know the torys changed the laws around Trade unions and froze assets i would have a read of the Trade union act. i would look into the history of the Labour party and Unions.. its in the name;)

back in the late 70's there were 13million TU members in 2012 less than half that, that time workers rights and pay rose at record lows.. its no suprise to me you don't have time for Unions;)
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Pat is you have 5 mins, Google a company called Vendside, Michael ( Mick ) Stevens, Neil Greatrex, Roy Lynk, Arthur Scargill. Have a look at some of there dodgy dealings whilst supposedly representing us. As much as I am anti Labour, Tories, well anything political at this moment in time. My view, loathing and experience of Unions self preservation is a very close second.
 
pauldj42 said:
Thanks for the honesty, (y)
I’d rather have a Government that wants a fully resourced, fully manned and equipped to meet our Defence needs.
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Who said this.......

"Every defeat of the British state is a victory for all of us. A defeat in Northern Ireland would be a defeat indeed."

Yup the shadow Home Secretary 😮
 
ger147 said:
If this is the result come polling day, it will be a comfortable majority for Boris...

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I must admit I don’t fully understand election polling, but if you simply extrapolate that percentage out into seats won’t this give them less seats than they currently have?

I understand d they’ll have more seats than the other parties, but not a majority of the house.

Would be interested to understand if I’m misinterpretating this though.
 
pauldj42 said:
Thanks for the honesty, (y)
I’d rather have a Government that wants a fully resourced, fully manned and equipped to meet our Defence needs.
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Torys have a history of cutting the armed forces but I haven't noticed Labour in the past or currently saying they will reverse the Tory cuts. I suspect they would have done exactly the same. Everyone fell into the peace dividend nonsense back by an inept main building bunch of self serving tossers.
 
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bluewolf said:
Quite easily really. If I was being flippant I could say the same about a Party fronted by the most hate-filled, duplicitous lying Cabinet in history. But I understand that a Party is about all of its elected representatives. Not just the (badly) chosen few.
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Wow! "Hate-filled," and "duplicitous lying cabinet..." Granted they're not my cup of tea but that is very strong language. Maybe politicians are reaping what they've sown with many of them from all sides of the House being shown for what they are but... "hate-filled"

I know its not in you but I do hope that this campaign doesn't see another Jo Cox incident from the loonies out there.
 
Hobbit said:
Wow! "Hate-filled," and "duplicitous lying cabinet..." Granted they're not my cup of tea but that is very strong language. Maybe politicians are reaping what they've sown with many of them from all sides of the House being shown for what they are but... "hate-filled"

I know its not in you but I do hope that this campaign doesn't see another Jo Cox incident from the loonies out there.
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Really, i think he was spot on TBH, I think this lot could be worse than Thatchers shower... and thats saying something
 
Old Skier said:
Torys have a history of cutting the armed forces but I haven't noticed Labour in the past or currently saying they will reverse the Tory cuts. I suspect they would have done exactly the same. Everyone fell into the peace dividend nonsense back by an inept main building bunch of self serving tossers.
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Labour in their last Manifesto promised an in depth Defence Review so as to discover exactly what we need and then equip, man and resource correctly.
In opposition you can say and promise what you like, as all opposition parties do, but to admit the tories have a history of defence cuts and then blame Labour for not reversing them is laughable.
 
Hobbit said:
Wow! "Hate-filled," and "duplicitous lying cabinet..." Granted they're not my cup of tea but that is very strong language. Maybe politicians are reaping what they've sown with many of them from all sides of the House being shown for what they are but... "hate-filled"

I know its not in you but I do hope that this campaign doesn't see another Jo Cox incident from the loonies out there.
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Excellent point, well missed. The comment was aimed at the fact that there are extremes of opinion on both sides of this particular fence. SR couldn’t understand how anyone couldn’t share his opinion. I was pointing out that the other side probably can’t understand how he maintains his.
 
The Labour Party. The once noble institutition that was set up in 1900 to champion the rights of the poor working class, It is now stands for a random collection of minority interest groups ….disconnected from the people it was set up to represent yet people somehow still vote for them? How??
 
bluewolf said:
Excellent point, well missed. The comment was aimed at the fact that there are extremes of opinion on both sides of this particular fence. SR couldn’t understand how anyone couldn’t share his opinion. I was pointing out that the other side probably can’t understand how he maintains his.
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Sorry, I missed the important bit, i.e. "if I was being flippant..."

I'm currently suffering from "electile dysfunction." I don't seem to be able to get really bothered by this election.
 
pauldj42 said:
Labour in their last Manifesto promised an in depth Defence Review so as to discover exactly what we need and then equip, man and resource correctly.
In opposition you can say and promise what you like, as all opposition parties do, but to admit the tories have a history of defence cuts and then blame Labour for not reversing them is laughable.
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They also agreed to respect the referendum. Oops... Awkward!
 
pauldj42 said:
Labour in their last Manifesto promised an in depth Defence Review so as to discover exactly what we need and then equip, man and resource correctly.
In opposition you can say and promise what you like, as all opposition parties do, but to admit the tories have a history of defence cuts and then blame Labour for not reversing them is laughable.
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Laugh as much as you like, it's also fact.
 
Fade and Die said:
The Labour Party. The once noble institutition that was set up in 1900 to champion the rights of the poor working class, It is now stands for a random collection of minority interest groups ….disconnected from the people it was set up to represent yet people somehow still vote for them? How??
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If we assume the U.K. is basically a two party state, I imagine it’s thought that there is no other option for the working classes or immigrants.
 
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