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Post by Moose on Apr 18, 2017 21:33:08 GMT
Or .. I am not sanguine about this. I like Corbyn but I do not like his chances of defeating May. And if she wins then she is in a stronger position than ever and no-one can criticise her for 'not having been properly elected.' And if she wins by a large landslide she can do pretty much what she likes.
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Post by jayme on Apr 18, 2017 22:14:56 GMT
I wish we could have an election. Sigh...
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Post by Moose on Apr 18, 2017 22:32:56 GMT
Yeah, your system is different
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Post by JoeP on Apr 18, 2017 22:34:11 GMT
I suspect behind the scenes either - May needs that "I got elected" mandate now because she anticipates lots of backbench Tory agitation (not to mention public agitation) when it becomes clearer how difficult Brexiting is going to be or - - she's got reason to believe Labour will get more electable by 2020, if not within a year or two, and conversely she knows the party responsible for the Brexit transition can't possible look good and will get punished in a 2020 election.
Worst outcome for the Tories: win the election in June, still make a pig's ear of the transition, face a vote of no confidence in 2019 or 2020 and lose the resulting election anyway.
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Post by tangent on Apr 18, 2017 22:34:55 GMT
She will win hands down, Labour is in a sorry mess. Why did so many people vote for a leader who can never win?
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Post by JoeP on Apr 18, 2017 22:35:25 GMT
Yeah, your system is different Ours was supposed to have become different, with fixed 5-year parliamentary terms now.
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Post by Moose on Apr 18, 2017 23:19:07 GMT
Whilst I like Corbyn, I agree that he can't win. So yeah, this is going to be a mess.
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Post by tangent on Apr 19, 2017 5:20:55 GMT
I'm going to vote for Harry Potter because I like his policies.
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Post by Miisa on Apr 19, 2017 8:23:52 GMT
Y'all need systems where more than two parties can succeed.
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Post by Moose on Apr 19, 2017 21:26:29 GMT
Yes, we do. I've seen a lot of people saying they will not vote Labour because of Corbyn and that they will vote Lib Dem or Green. Which basically means a shoe-in for the Tories, just as it did for Trump when people refused to vote for Hilary
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Post by tangent on Apr 19, 2017 22:19:18 GMT
I'm voting Lib Dem for three reasons (a) because I don't like the unions' disproportionate influence on the Labour Party, (b) the Lib Dem candidate in my constituency is highly likely to beat the Conservative guy, and (c) I am very much a liberal.
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Post by Moose on Apr 20, 2017 17:21:20 GMT
I don't mind the Lib Dems but it;s a bit of a wasted vote where I live
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Post by juju on Apr 20, 2017 21:41:56 GMT
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Post by Moose on Apr 21, 2017 19:08:26 GMT
77 percent SNP, 72 Green, 66 labour. 65 lib dem 24% BNP? ?!!!!!!
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Post by Moose on Apr 21, 2017 19:09:25 GMT
Apparently I am in tune with the BNP on education, science and transport. I can understand the education one I as support grammar schools (though under different circumstances than they used to be) but I don't get the transport (I support nationalisation) or science one!
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Post by Alvamiga on May 10, 2017 22:48:41 GMT
Yeah, your system is different Ours was supposed to have become different, with fixed 5-year parliamentary terms now. They needed a ⅔ majority agreement to have it early. Labour could have blocked it (as it's such a bad time for them to have an election) but inexplicably did not!
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Post by Moose on May 10, 2017 23:02:40 GMT
Could they definitely have blocked it? In that case I wonder if they just want an excuse to get Corbyn out
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