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Poll: Poll: Prime Minister Theresa May calls General Election on June 8th
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Supporter of the authoritarian leader who pushed the Investigatory Powers Act through parliament whilst campaigning on a platform of nationalism, calls others an insulting fascist, for stating a fact.
There is no rant I'm just pointing out, if you're willing to elevate the issue of safe spaces to such ridiculous levels, perhaps you are out of touch on these issues too. Still, yet again no substance to your reply, regarding May/Conservative short comings handling Brexit so far!
Can someone who supports May explain this.
First you enact article 50, moments later you call a general election (against your own previous statements) supposedly because you are concerned you don't have a mandate to run Brexit?
I wouldn't call that putting the interests of the British people first.
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When you have a fairly large number of hard Brexit MP's threatening to derail any Tory policy unless they get the Brexit they want then that have the gov held at ransom with the small majority they have. By handing in A50 (which is what the referendum was for) and knowing both he Germans and French are caught up with politics until the Summer the best option is to get a GE out the way - hopefully dilute out the hard Brexit brigade with a decent margin that they cant derail any soft Brexit options that appear
Still it was out of the blue but it makes sense (especially with the anthill mob in charge of Labour at the moment giving a double whammy)
Today I was stunned (slight exaggeration) twice.
Once on the news, just a few mins ago, as the Beeb interviewed some random pensioner.
"You like Teresa May then?"
"Oh yes... she's like Margaret Thatcher."
"How so?"
"She knows what she thinks, but she says it in a very gentle way. I think she's a bit like me, but more intelligent."
Which translates to, "I have no idea about any of the policies of the Tories, and no solid reason for voting for them, but I've decided I'm quite fond of this May woman." TM is gentle and kind, apparently.
Then earlier I spoke to a young chap (twenties) who said, "I'm voting for Corbyn."
"Glad you're not voting Tory."
"He's not the Tory leader?"
"No, he's the Labour leader."
"Oh. Well I'm voting Corbyn."
I Loled at some woman on newsnight - 'I was going to vote conservative but then I heard the manifesto this morning and I heard the £200 winter fuel allowance they aren't going to give it to the more well off pensioners and I don't think that's me and I think it's fairer but I'm not voting for them now'
what astounds me here is you managed to misquote yourself.
i mean that kind of disconnect is just impressive.
Sorry I don't understand.
Oh yes, this newly called General Election and Brexit pre-negotiations seem to be going swimmingly, I've not heard any concerning mud throwing from our government and/or the people they need to negotiate with, just some "news" that Cobyn is useless, by the way don't mention the chancellor who forgot Hundreds of Billions, we'll ditch him shortly...
P.S. It may make sense from a Personal/Selfish point of view (assuming you are the sort of "leader" who doesn't care to debate or meet opposition or rank and file public) but Nothing you've said paints the actions of May as in the public interest!
no one said kind....
you added it to try and twist things/be sarcastic.
as i said you maned to misquote your own writing, its impressive.
It shouldn't stun you. Voting is almost totally meaningless. A lot of people don't cast their vote based on actual objective logic and reasoning. They cast their votes based on primitive and personal desires.
Heck there are people out there who voted yes to brexit, PURELY because they're racist lol. There are people out there who voted for trump purely because they're racist.
Voting is absolutely meaningless.
I assume that the outcome of the Brexit is of public interest - so with a GE and large margin she gets a choice of soft/hard (and the EU know she has the wriggle room) - with a small margin she doesnt and its hard Brexit all the way (or close to it as poss)
That Corbyn stuff has been going on 12month+ now so isnt GE specific - the bloke is utterly useless (can I caveat that some of the Labour policies are actually alright - just not all of them all at once, with a big blank chequebook. In fact pop your wish in the hat and I'm sure it'll get added to the list of wishes)
As for pre-negotiation - there has been no negotiation. Its just both sides grandstanding before the kick off
I don't think they can be provided by private companies hence it's not an inconsistent position.
"Fair" doesn't come into it, it's just the reality of living in a remote area. And I'm not against having a system where the 99% pay tax to provide life essentials like healthcare to the 1%, the ends can justify the means. But that's a far cry from the socialism the likes of Corbyn is proposing.
The exact problem is that socialism is not charity. Charity is donating to cancer research, not arresting people who don't don't want to give you half their wages. All that wasted tax money is ironically money that could have been given to actual charities.
I'd put money on that being pretty much the way that the majority of voters make decisions.
I've been considering my approach to public ownership and I've boiled it down to infrastructure that would have to be taken on by the government if the company running them were to fail should be publicly owned from the outset. What incentive is there for a private sector body to run things in a responsible way if they know that they can hand it all to the government and walk away if it all gets too much?
Indeed it is the detail that is in the interest of the Deeply divided British public. If you don't feel you have a mandate to see the detail through, what justification can you have for starting the process and then following that with an immediate election?
There is no blank chequebook, the suggestions of investment are costed and considering the UK built the welfare state, the NHS and Comprehensive Education during the post war period, without running a massive deficit, for the Conservatives to suggest cutting all state services is not ideological but in fact the only way forward is economically and historically nonsense.
As for Corbyn in the press, it was no different for Bacon Butty Ed and It would be the same for any non right wing leaning Labour candidate, frankly, when your "free press" is effectively owned by a handful of billionaire immigrant/foreign owners and the BBC charter is up, objectivity is unlikely.
Oh right, desperate Trump Invites, failed post colonial out reach, mud slinging at EU leadership, it's all good for Britain's place in the world and I'm the deluded one?
Firstly did you actually read my answer detailing why she wanted a GE? You wont get any detail until they sit down and start negotiating, until then you are stating your best position (knowing you wont get it and neither will they). For example the EU want 100B for us to leave, today I read we think its 5B. What will happen is that it'll end up in the middle and everyone looks like they have won
The Labour manefesto is based on hopes that you can get away on taxing the rich and they actually pay up rather than go somewhere else or find a loop hole and not pay up. Do I think they can raise 50B - nope and that doesnt include nationalising anything (oh yes they were going to borrow to do that....)
I didn't say it wasn't worth doing, nor did I say that the 'family home' proposal was better.
I said that it would not raise sufficient funds.
instead you are paying for German, French and Spanish commuters to get cheaper tickets...................
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