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British Expats (https://britishexpats.com/forum/)
-   The Maple Leaf (https://britishexpats.com/forum/maple-leaf-98/)
-   -   UK General Election (https://britishexpats.com/forum/maple-leaf-98/uk-general-election-928947/)

dave_j Nov 11th 2019 4:03 pm
Re: UK General Election
 
It's sometimes surprising what affects people's attitudes.
https://www.bbc.com/news/election-2019-50382668
Boris can huff and puff, act like a clown, be a womaniser, etc, but hide something from voters and he suddenly attracts a different kind of criticsm. It's the kind that can turn people off. Voters will start to wonder whether the rumours about a shadowy Boriski are true?
Is he in league with the red RasPutin?
It's damaging whether it's published or not now, it's the hint of a cover up that's the problem and it won't go away.

mikelincs Nov 11th 2019 8:20 pm
Re: UK General Election
 
Farage has claimed, this morning, that he HASN'T been bribed offered a peerage to drop candidates in Tory seats, he has also said that he WILL NOT refund any monies those dropped candidates have paid to the Brexit Party Ltd.

dbd33 Nov 11th 2019 11:05 pm
Re: UK General Election
 
Originally Posted by mikelincs (Post 12762588)
Farage has claimed, this morning, that he HASN'T been bribed offered a peerage to drop candidates in Tory seats,
Oh! Then pardon me for thinking he's an unprincipled sponger looking for an equivalent to the cushy job he's had as a eurocrat all these years.

Originally Posted by mikelincs (Post 12762588)
he has also said that he WILL NOT refund any monies those dropped candidates have paid to the Brexit Party Ltd.
As you were.

Shard Nov 12th 2019 12:29 am
Re: UK General Election
 
Originally Posted by jimf (Post 12762491)
Of course big business want to remain, perhaps they should also set the minimum wage and corporation tax.

Facebook Nick was after a referendum for years, well before Cameron ever mentioned it.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...beraldemocrats

http://libdemmeps.com/wp-content/upl...-2009-copy.pdf
bottom of page 3
Sorry, no time to read links, but have always been a fan of Facebook Nick. :thumbup:

What surprises me is that after the s---storm that is Brexit (whichever way one leans) that Alberta is even musing about Wexit. As a political leverage tactic, ok, but the whole separation thing unleashes very ugly forces. We've seen it in Quebec, in Scotland, and now Britain. Albertan politicians playing with this are not doing anyone any favours, particularly as without BC an independent Alberta is a non starter.

Shard Nov 12th 2019 12:31 am
Re: UK General Election
 
Originally Posted by dave_j (Post 12762508)
It's sometimes surprising what affects people's attitudes.
https://www.bbc.com/news/election-2019-50382668
Boris can huff and puff, act like a clown, be a womaniser, etc, but hide something from voters and he suddenly attracts a different kind of criticsm. It's the kind that can turn people off. Voters will start to wonder whether the rumours about a shadowy Boriski are true?
Is he in league with the red RasPutin?
It's damaging whether it's published or not now, it's the hint of a cover up that's the problem and it won't go away.
I'm pleased Hillary Rodham Clinton has waded in to give the UK a ticking off about suppressing this information. I wonder if the UK press will run with it?

scrubbedexpat142 Nov 12th 2019 12:42 am
Re: UK General Election
 
Its good to see an American complaining about foreign interference in elections - interfering in a foreign election!

Annetje Nov 12th 2019 12:45 am
Re: UK General Election
 
Originally Posted by Shard (Post 12762692)
I'm pleased Hillary Rodham Clinton has waded in to give the UK a ticking off about suppressing this information. I wonder if the UK press will run with it.....................?
Only if it came from Trump :nod:

Shard Nov 12th 2019 12:52 am
Re: UK General Election
 
Originally Posted by Expatrick (Post 12762701)
Its good to see an American complaining about foreign interference in elections - interfering in a foreign election!
Admittedly there's an irony in it, but as it's a transparent form of 'interference' it's much more benign. Sometimes it takes someone on the outside to state the obvious.

Almost Canadian Nov 12th 2019 1:23 am
Re: UK General Election
 
Originally Posted by Shard (Post 12762689)
Sorry, no time to read links, but have always been a fan of Facebook Nick. :thumbup:

What surprises me is that after the s---storm that is Brexit (whichever way one leans) that Alberta is even musing about Wexit. As a political leverage tactic, ok, but the whole separation thing unleashes very ugly forces. We've seen it in Quebec, in Scotland, and now Britain. Albertan politicians playing with this are not doing anyone any favours, particularly as without BC an independent Alberta is a non starter.
Which Alberta politicians are you referring to? If trying to get pipelines across a country that one is part of is difficult, trying to get them across a country that one is not part of will be even more difficult wouldn't it?

dave_j Nov 12th 2019 3:57 am
Re: UK General Election
 
Originally Posted by Shard (Post 12762692)
I'm pleased Hillary Rodham Clinton has waded in to give the UK a ticking off about suppressing this information.
Just be relieved that it was a benign intervention, when they get serious they invade or fund insurrection!

Shard Nov 12th 2019 4:52 am
Re: UK General Election
 
Originally Posted by dave_j (Post 12762895)
Just be relieved that it was a benign intervention, when they get serious they invade or fund insurrection!
That plan doesn't commence until February 1st ;)

Shard Nov 12th 2019 4:54 am
Re: UK General Election
 
Originally Posted by Almost Canadian (Post 12762735)
Which Alberta politicians are you referring to? If trying to get pipelines across a country that one is part of is difficult, trying to get them across a country that one is not part of will be even more difficult wouldn't it?
I'm not following it that closely, just catching various headlines that there are calls for independence. Definitely would (further) frustrate pipeline building.

mikelincs Nov 12th 2019 5:58 am
Re: UK General Election
 
Every one is now wondering just who tried to hack the Labour Party's server, big money is on Johnson's friends the Russians, or ever Trump's friends, the Russians, personally I think it was the Russians. Fortuneately their security system was too good.

Shard Nov 12th 2019 7:59 am
Re: UK General Election
 
Originally Posted by mikelincs (Post 12762960)
Every one is now wondering just who tried to hack the Labour Party's server, big money is on Johnson's friends the Russians, or ever Trump's friends, the Russians, personally I think it was the Russians. Fortuneately their security system was too good.
Probably Jacob Rees Mogg :lol:

DaveLovesDee Nov 12th 2019 9:48 am
Re: UK General Election
 
Originally Posted by mikelincs (Post 12762960)
Every one is now wondering just who tried to hack the Labour Party's server, big money is on Johnson's friends the Russians, or ever Trump's friends, the Russians, personally I think it was the Russians. Fortuneately their security system was too good.
It could be Trump's doing, to help Bojo and Farage win :p


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