Poll: Poll: UK General Election 2017 - Mk II

Who will you vote for?

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scorza said:
But funding for counter-terrorism was increased!
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Again I gave you the exact details earlier. An extra £500m went into the pot between all the security services with the only commitment that counter terrorism had to increase by inflation every year. Nobody knows where that money was spent. All £500m might have been spent on counter terrorism on only £20m, enough to fulfil the requirements. If she wanted it all to go to counter terrorism she would have told them that was where it had to be spent. Smoke and mirrors. She conned you and you lap it up like a good puppy dog every time.
 
danielanthony said:
I find it funny that papers like The Guardian are going out of business because their left wing readership is too tight to pay for the news they happily consume, perhaps they consider it their right. I pay to read the Guardian and Spectator because I believe you need to pay for the things you consume, very right wing of me.
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I actually trust paid services more than free ones, all else being equal. Firstly, the free sources' customers are actually their advertisers. Which increasingly means Google. It's not their readers. Secondly, it's a fact that people enjoy having their biases confirmed. Free sources have a high proportion of their readership seeking entertainment (of a kind) rather than information. And consequently the most successful free sources are those that provide an echo chamber and sensationalistic confirmation of a particular audience. Finally, paid services know that if they fail their customers with faulty information - they lose those customers.

I subscribe to Stratfor and a couple of others. Great information targeted at financial sectors and therefore emphasising useful information rather than infotainment.
 
Robbo said:
May is going to "tear up human rights laws" to deport terrorists? Seems a bit of a desperate measure, still, at least she's trying something.
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I'd rather live in a country where you have a miniscule chance of being killed by a terrorist than a country which throws away its civil liberties and oppresses its own citizens with no evidence it will improve anything.
 
I really have no idea which way to vote on Thu.

For once there is nothing that convinces me to vote for a particular party.

The one issue I do feel strongly against is the digital economy bill. This includes, internet surveillance, censorship, anti piracy laws etc....

But then I imagine that it's too late now any way as it's in law.

Whats the opinion on 'no vote' at all?
 
dalehitchy1 said:
Corbyns rally popped up on my newfeed. I think its in birmingham. Have to admit he does draw big crowds.
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Like Trump did in the run up to the USA elections, Corbyn has been out relentlessly doing rallys but not just intensely for just a few months rather the last year or two.

May has been absent from this scene.

For all of Dianne Abbot efforts to discredit Labour there has been Boris Johnson; who since the run up to brexit has been highly visible and antagonistic in persona to many voters. After all nearly 50% of the country who voted remain could protest vote against the Tory's because of Johnson.

I think the Tory's biggest issue will be their traditional voters abstaining and more turning out to support Labour and Lib Dems than expected.
 
opethdisciple said:
I really have no idea which way to vote on Thu.

For once there is nothing that convinces me to vote for a particular party.

The one issue I do feel strongly against is the digital economy bill. This includes, internet surveillance, censorship, anti piracy laws etc....

But then I imagine that it's too late now any way as it's in law.

Whats the opinion on 'no vote' at all?
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Well it's entirely up to you, I will say though that May has the hots for an internet crackdown. I will vote against it, even though I am in a very safe Tory seat.
 
Greebo said:
She cant' this will be in 18 months time. Plus i am not sure which laws gets in the way of deporting people back to their own country.
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The European human rights laws are set out by the European Court of Human Rights, which has nothing to do with the EU. When Britain leaves the EU it will still coply with the ECHR. Just don't tell any Brexiters that!
 
D.P. said:
The European human rights laws are set out by the European Court of Human Rights, which has nothing to do with the EU. When Britain leaves the EU it will still coply with the ECHR. Just don't tell any Brexiters that!
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So she's just talking ******** to appease the masses.
 
Leaving the ECHR is so moronic. The only thing that's stopped us from deporting terrorists is government incompetence.
 
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