PM Boris
Sep 5th 2019 | 10:13 am
#256
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Re: PM Boris
Of course "dead in a ditch" has a particular meaning in the context of the troubles in Northern Ireland. Hard to know, as always, if the reference was intentional or not.
Sep 5th 2019 | 10:32 am
#257
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Sep 5th 2019 | 11:23 am
#260
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Re: PM Boris
Nah.
This was the news report of the decision Gina Miller case not some nonsensical reflection of what people were thinking and saying after the event. It was what people woke up to. It led to the social media abuse not the other way round.
"The Sun wot won it" (1992) and the knighthood for services in electing Margaret Thatcher for a previous Sun editor are the realities.
This was the news report of the decision Gina Miller case not some nonsensical reflection of what people were thinking and saying after the event. It was what people woke up to. It led to the social media abuse not the other way round.
"The Sun wot won it" (1992) and the knighthood for services in electing Margaret Thatcher for a previous Sun editor are the realities.
Sep 5th 2019 | 11:26 am
#261
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Re: PM Boris
I'm not sure why Boris thinks an election is a good idea? I remember May calling an election to show she had a strong and stable government and being completely out campaigned by the Labour Party for the now galvanized youth vote.
Indeed if the tragic Greenfell fire happened two weeks earlier the Conservatives would have fallen completely.
Corbyn is right to wait as he'll be able to peck off the Conservatives soon enough. The sheer arrogance of the Tory far right is audacious.
The next government will be a Labour/Liberal coalition as the Conservative remain voters abandon the party in greater numbers than they pick up from the Brexit Party.
Indeed if the tragic Greenfell fire happened two weeks earlier the Conservatives would have fallen completely.
Corbyn is right to wait as he'll be able to peck off the Conservatives soon enough. The sheer arrogance of the Tory far right is audacious.
The next government will be a Labour/Liberal coalition as the Conservative remain voters abandon the party in greater numbers than they pick up from the Brexit Party.
Last edited by JamesM; Sep 5th 2019 at 11:29 am.
Sep 5th 2019 | 11:37 am
#262
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Re: PM Boris
Once again, I'll suggest that what's happening is being misunderstood by those who should know better.
This push by MPs to adopt yet another delay will only serve to harden the views of those not seen shouting and waving flags outside the Commons. They're rarely heard from except at elections, and especially at referenda, because they're either working to keep body and soul together or not wealthy enough to waste money on frivolous outings.
This push by MPs to adopt yet another delay will only serve to harden the views of those not seen shouting and waving flags outside the Commons. They're rarely heard from except at elections, and especially at referenda, because they're either working to keep body and soul together or not wealthy enough to waste money on frivolous outings.
Sep 5th 2019 | 11:42 am
#263
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Sep 5th 2019 | 1:07 pm
#265
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Re: PM Boris
They did lose credibility, but they shouldn't have. The BoE pumped massive amounts of liquidity into the system to avert an economic crash, a job well done, but then are castigated for getting forecasts wrong. And of course we haven't actually left yet. It's once we leave that assets start shifting and regulatory mismatch starts undoing established relationships.
Sep 5th 2019 | 1:14 pm
#266
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Re: PM Boris
I'm not sure why Boris thinks an election is a good idea? I remember May calling an election to show she had a strong and stable government and being completely out campaigned by the Labour Party for the now galvanized youth vote.
Indeed if the tragic Greenfell fire happened two weeks earlier the Conservatives would have fallen completely.
Corbyn is right to wait as he'll be able to peck off the Conservatives soon enough. The sheer arrogance of the Tory far right is audacious.
The next government will be a Labour/Liberal coalition as the Conservative remain voters abandon the party in greater numbers than they pick up from the Brexit Party.
Indeed if the tragic Greenfell fire happened two weeks earlier the Conservatives would have fallen completely.
Corbyn is right to wait as he'll be able to peck off the Conservatives soon enough. The sheer arrogance of the Tory far right is audacious.
The next government will be a Labour/Liberal coalition as the Conservative remain voters abandon the party in greater numbers than they pick up from the Brexit Party.
Sep 5th 2019 | 1:15 pm
#267
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Re: PM Boris
https://bit.ly/2kuEbNl
Sep 5th 2019 | 1:18 pm
#268
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Re: PM Boris
Given his hard stance on Brexit, he anticipates he can recapture much of the Brexit Party vote, at the same time the Labour vote is currently split by the Lib Dems. The Tories have a 9 point lead the last time I checked. There's also the expectation that by securing a decent majority prior to 31 October he could ensure Brexit gets done. Fortunately, Labour has identified the trap, and all the current parliamentary activity is aimed at averting this outcome.
Labour should bide their time though.
Sep 5th 2019 | 1:19 pm
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