Poll: Poll: UK General Election 2017 - Mk II

Who will you vote for?

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mid_gen said:
What makes me think Corbyn would do a better job? He's the first senior politician to talk frankly about addressing some root causes of radicalism, i.e. our foreign policy in the Middle East.

We've pretended it's not a problem for decades...and here we are. What exactly is Theresa May proposing to do differently to make us safe?

And to cut off the usual claptrap: No, it is not *all* the fault of our foreign policy. No, it is not condoning terrorism.
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see now you're answering the different question - I don't believe May ordered any foreign intervention anyway...

this was the bit of your post I highlighted:

"Theresa May's security services just let them carry on and attack people anyway."

nothing to do with foreign policy which you just diverted to in that answer... can we try for a third attempt at answering? How have the security services just 'let them carry on' and what do you think Corbyn would change in that regards... especially given the previously linked to statements re: ISIS supporters returning?
 
May all the way up to Scotland today to say..........nothing

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May's Q&A
Theresa May is now taking questions.

She says now is not the time to be talking about a Scottish independence referendum.

Q: Jeremy Corbyn says you should resign. Will you do so now and save us the bother of an election?

May says the election is about who has the leadership to take this country forward.

She says she and the Conservative party have the vision to take the country forward.

Q: Will you remove VAT from the police so they can spend more on police in Scotland?

May repeats the answer on police funding she has been giving all day. (See 11.18am.)

Q: You keep saying Labour was arguing for 10% of police cuts. But aren’t you being disingenuous. Labour was just saying that cuts of 10% were manageable.They were not advocating that.

May does not accept that. She says Labour was supporting cuts.

Q: It was put to Nicola Sturgeon this morning that a bad Brexit deal would be good for the SNP. She denied wanting this. Do you believe her?

May said the Conservatives are the only party with a plan for Brexit.

And that’s it.
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It must actually be harder work to dodge some of them with "insert swerve here" answers than a real actual answer.
 
gizmoy2k said:
May all the way up to Scotland today to say..........nothing



It must actually be harder work to dodge some of them with "insert swerve here" answers than a real actual answer.
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Shes said nothing for 12 months, I don't think she actually knows what to say. I lolled at people when they called her MAYBOT MK1 but when you listen to her, its actually real.
 
dowie said:
nothing to do with foreign policy which you just diverted to in that answer... can we try for a third attempt at answering? How have the security services just 'let them carry on' and what do you think Corbyn would change in that regards.
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Can you explain to me why we should be voting for a woman who has a proven track record of failing to protect the people of the UK in office?
 
Funny to have absolutely no idea how the result will come in on Thursday.

Tories could have 100+ seat majority still? According to some.
Tories could have same/less majority.
Or no majority.
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Labour-led coalition possible?

When was the last time we had such an unpredictable GE? Even more so than 2015, due to the massively contradictory polls, not least here on OcUK...
 
FoxEye said:
Funny to have absolutely no idea how the result will come in on Thursday.

Tories could have 100+ seat majority still? According to some.
Tories could have same/less majority.
Or no majority.
...
Labour-led coalition possible?

When was the last time we had such an unpredictable GE? Even more so than 2015, due to the massively contradictory polls, not least here on OcUK...
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I've said it before, but I can imagine her winning with a much smaller majority and the loons on here calling it a great victory.
 
FoxEye said:
Funny to have absolutely no idea how the result will come in on Thursday.

Tories could have 100+ seat majority still? According to some.
Tories could have same/less majority.
Or no majority.
...
Labour-led coalition possible?

When was the last time we had such an unpredictable GE? Even more so than 2015, due to the massively contradictory polls, not least here on OcUK...
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According to Corbyn there would be 'no deal' - it'll be interesting to see what he actually does if the opportunity is on the table to get into power.

Wouldn't it mean some sort of coalition with the SNP though? It makes me feel violently sick just thinking about it.

Either way I feel May has called this GE to get more power, and she is actually very likely going to end up with less. Talk about a schoolboy error.

Those 4 (or even 6 if you were quick enough) /1 odds on no majority look pretty good right now.
 
iamtheoneneo said:
Labour have won. The polls have been swinging hard for weeks now.
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polls are pretty much ********, they said Clinton would win, that Tories would not get a majority in 2015 and that the UK would stay in the EU.

Even though I want a hung parliament as I got in at 6:1 to the tune of a ton, May et. al. will still come out on top
 
McBain said:
According to Corbyn there would be 'no deal' - it'll be interesting to see what he actually does if the opportunity is on the table to get into power.

Wouldn't it mean some sort of coalition with the SNP though? It makes me feel violently sick just thinking about it.

Either way I feel May has called this GE to get more power, and she is actually very likely going to end up with less. Talk about a schoolboy error.
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Calling the election wasn't the mistake. Plenty of commentators saying it was a good move.

The mistake was, let's be frank, the entire Tory campaign. They have snatched defeat (probably) from the jaws of decisive and overwhelming victory.
 
FoxEye said:
Calling the election wasn't the mistake. Plenty of commentators saying it was a good move.

The mistake was, let's be frank, the entire Tory campaign. They have snatched defeat (probably) from the jaws of decisive and overwhelming victory.
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Can't disagree on the campaign mistakes, their entire campaign has been a train wreck. They've gone from absolutely cleaning up to struggling, May will surely have to walk come Thursday if they get less seats than 2015?
 
Owed to the strong and stable party

Theresa May Granny House Snatcher
Thought she'd out do Maggie Thatcher

Theresa May's so strong and stable
Needs the food from the infant's table
Slash police numbers with her axe
To save the bankers tuppence on tax


We need a strong leader to put the boot in
Someone perhaps like Vladimir Putin
Theresa May's so stable and strong
She'll fight off any hostile throng
Unless it's Leader's Question Time
In which case Amber Rudd's just fine

Theresa May's so strong and stable
Wants a deal but she's not able
To have her cake and then to eat it
No plan B if told to beat it
Stable' s a record stuck in a groove
Or a flat lining corpse that ceases to move

In A & E where queues grow long
No worries ' cos she's stable and strong
Public deficits just keep on growing
While private profits keep on flowing
If you've millions that's just dandy
An offshore trust funds comes in handy

Theresa May thinks that just to mutter
The opposition's led by a nutter
Is all that's needed for her to win
So keep repeating Corbyn, Corbyn
Strong and stable, stable and strong
Party before country? Landslide before Brexit?
Post election you'll find out if she's wrecked it
 
She's definitely on the ropes but I suspect there is still a "guilt" factor influencing this polling data. ie people don't wan't to admit to voting Conservative. I'm not really a Corbyn fan and I have never voted for Labour but I do think he is authentic in terms of wanting to represent the many and not the few. I think some of his political sentiment is correct and he has certainly out performed the Maybot or Supreme Leader as one Guardian columnist has characterised Mrs May as. Ultimately though I still think we will wake up to a Conservative majority on Friday morning.

A small majority will be a very difficult position for us all entering into Brexit negotiations. One reason why I think an election was called at this point was to strengthen the Prime Minister's position within her own party. I'm not convinced that May is a "hard Brexiteer" at heart and her closest cabinet members are rumoured to be persuaded by the Chancellor's view that there is sever economic risk to getting our exit wrong. Rudd is a remainer and even Davies has been persuaded that life won't return to the Imperial glories of the past. It only really leaves Boris as delusional. A large majority would have allowed a more moderated control of the party - at present a small minority of Tory MPs and hard Brexiteers hold a whip hand and if she doesn't increase her majority they will take this country into oblivion.
 
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