Caporegime
Good grief, let's at least try to have a bit of perspective here.
Poll: Exit Poll: UK General Election 2017 - Results discussion and OcUK Exit Poll - Closing 8th July
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You cannot fail to lead your party to victory in a GE and still cling on to power because you did better than your critics expected. That is ridiculous. The point of leading a party is to get victories, not defeats of any kind.
I actually could see him trying to cling onto power as the man has absolutely no honour, but if he did so, the Labour party would tear itself apart. Which actually might not be such a bad outcome now I think about it.
As I said earlier, hysterics.
It's pretty likely, he's rather extreme but has mellowed a bit so people take him more seriously.
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If he does, I'll be in dire straits. I've never likes Labour, but they've not had a leader in my time who was such anathema to me. I'd have taken Ed Millibland over Corbyn any day of the week.
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As an aside, under the MAGNIFICENT guidance of the tories, the UK has fallen to bottom (excl Ireland, Malta and Luxemburg who havent reported yet) of the EU GDP growth for Q1 2017.
You can sleep easy, no chance it happens sadly.
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I don't think any of us can predict anything. After Trump and Brexit, anything could happen.
Soldato
I for one look forward to the steadfast leadership of Primeminister Nuttall.
Soldato
Context please, you can't have the growth changes without the actual rates of growth?
Maybe growth of 2016 means UK is actually already growing well and hence limit change is due to 'strong & stable'
Does anyone know the actual amount of Swing States as Americans call them, so Swing Boroughs.
I mean basically where I live and I'm sure where many do live there are strongholds, mine being in the south is majorly Tory, by 10k+ votes. I would find it interesting to see which areas fluctuate and can potentionally win it.
Prediction : Sunderland to be first and that it's Labour.
I mean basically where I live and I'm sure where many do live there are strongholds, mine being in the south is majorly Tory, by 10k+ votes. I would find it interesting to see which areas fluctuate and can potentionally win it.
Prediction : Sunderland to be first and that it's Labour.
Caporegime
That's what people said when they predicted victory for the right wing, anti-EU parties in the Austrian, Belgian, and French elections.
But in every case, the right wing parties were soundly thrashed, and people voted for centrist parties.
Soldato
maybe in a parallel universe, but not in this one mate.
May will either get the same slim majority or a modest increase of 20. The only thing that would really swing it for labour is if there is a 90%+ turnout for 18-25 year olds of which 70%+ of them all vote labour. I can't see that ever happening.
Soldato
It would be quite the result considering the Labour party was close to imploding over Corbyn before the election was called (quite a few people appear to have forgotten Labour were really on the brink a couple of months ago) The whole thing seems to have ended up being an almighty Tory own goal.
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May will win by a landslide and increase their majortiy, there are a lot of closet Tories out there.
Soldato
well they got to be first at something considering how shocking their footy team is...........
Makes you wonder what could have happened if Labour MPs had actually got behind their leader, rather than sabotaging him at every turn. They were catching the Tories in the polls until that vote of no confidence nonsense.
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If Corbyn does do significantly better than he was expected to (not predicting a win, but a respectable result bucking the prediction of the doomsday seers) then I hope the party have a period of introspection and start asking themselves what they could have achieved if they had accepted the will of the members and got behind their candidate from the beginning.
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