Topic: General Election on June 8th

[Red Beret]

A Labour trouncing is our last chance to take back the party from the incompetent lunatics currently running it.  I'd rather that happen now rather than three years down the line.

If Jezza refuses to step down after this then there's no coming back for Labour.

[pyroparty]

Get them twatted Labour!!

[SP]

Another election. I am still disenfranchised.

[SlowRap]

Potential to backfire on the Tories this

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I think it's pathetic to not vote labour to 'make a point' as if Corbyn is the antichrist while at the same time validating those tory tw*ts when they win via a landslide.

[pyroparty]

I think it's pathetic to not vote labour to 'make a point' as if Corbyn is the antichrist while at the same time validating those tory tw*ts when they win via a landslide.

 

[ShakaHislop]

It will just turn into another referendum.

It's not like for like with the vote last June, and she knows it. A passionate Tory might be also be a passionate Remainer, who do they vote for in a few weeks? Last year, everyone, regardless of political affiliation was voting on the sole issue of Brexit. A "Brexit general election" muddies the waters massively. A 2nd referendum on the terms negotiated should still be pushed for by however many Lib Dem MPs there may be in June.

[stoa]

Quite a nice day for the Russians. They'll be done with messing up the French election and have still a way to go to messing up the German one in autumn, so they can also have a go in the UK...

[JerseyKloppite]

Potential to backfire on the Tories this

How? They've got a strong lead in opinion polls, may well take back some right wing votes from UKIP now that Brexit is done (to all intents and purposes) and Labour are in a shocking position. LDs have a handful of MPs. There's no serious opposition.

[SP]

Potential to backfire on the Tories this

It would be a miracle if Labour only lost a few seats. It is virtually inconceivable that they would hold even the seat that they currently hold.

[SlowRap]

None whatsoever. They'll win at a landslide.

That's what they and their media friends think

[Libertine]

Quite a nice day for the Russians. They'll be done with messing up the French election and have still a way to go to messing up the German one in autumn, so they can also have a go in the UK...

Supporting who? Can't see UKIP making much of an impact....

[Andy82lfc]

The scumbag press will be all over May like a dirty rash and will have the ignorant voter lined up in droves like never before. It will be a bloodbath unless they change their agenda, which they won't. Fun times.

[SlowRap]

How? They've got a strong lead in opinion polls, may well take back some right wing votes from UKIP now that Brexit is done (to all intents and purposes) and Labour are in a shocking position. LDs have a handful of MPs. There's no serious opposition.

Anyone still taking polls seriously after Brexit, Trump?

[Groundskeeper Willie]

As an outsider who don't follow British politics more than at the surface, what does thit mean? What is the reasoning behind it? The ramifications?

The Tories are generally disliked on here, as they should, but isn't there a chance that twhy would lose this election? Or is the Labour party so far gone that they can't compete?

If anyone would find the time to explain, I'd be forever obliged.

[El Lobo]

Get them twatted Labour!!

Yeah.....not gonna happen

[ShakaHislop]

The notion that Labour will be able to influence Brexit negotiations through Parliament looks set to go up in smoke (providing anyone believed it in the first place)

Makes the decision to wave through Article 50 even more tragic.

[classycarra]

Expect a prompt reply from Jeremy Corbyn by Thursday morning

[Gerry Attrick]

Anyone still taking polls seriously after Brexit, Trump?

How about we look at the fact Labour lost a seat (Copeland) they held since 1935, just a short while ago.

[Libertine]

Commenting on the Prime Minister's call for a General Election, Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron said: “This election is your chance to change the direction of our country.

“If you want to avoid a disastrous Hard Brexit. If you want to keep Britain in the Single Market. If you want a Britain that is open, tolerant and united, this is your chance.

"Only the Liberal Democrats can prevent a Conservative majority.”

[Lush is the best medicine...]

6 weeks left of corbyn tho

[Haemoglobin]

Guaranteed hard Brexit. No effective opposition.

[Millie]

Fucks sake.  That's Labour finished then.

I will be voting Labour - my MP was one of the few who went against Corbyn.

[J_Kopite]

It will just turn into another referendum.

Labour should make sure this doesn't happen.

They should, shouldn't they?

[Libertine]

As an outsider who don't follow British politics more than at the surface, what does thit mean? What is the reasoning behind it? The ramifications?

The Tories are generally disliked on here, as they should, but isn't there a chance that twhy would lose this election? Or is the Labour party so far gone that they can't compete?

If anyone would find the time to explain, I'd be forever obliged.

They're 20 points ahead in the polls. It's that simple.

[GinKop]

As an outsider who don't follow British politics more than at the surface, what does thit mean? What is the reasoning behind it? The ramifications?

The Tories are generally disliked on here, as they should, but isn't there a chance that twhy would lose this election? Or is the Labour party so far gone that they can't compete?

If anyone would find the time to explain, I'd be forever obliged.

At the moment, we have a PM who was not even elected about to steer the country through it's most important negotiation in its history. This way when the Tories and May are voted in, there won't be any (less?) finger pointing after.

[Alan_X]

I think it's pathetic to not vote labour to 'make a point' as if Corbyn Blair is the antichrist while at the same time validating those tory tw*ts when they win via a landslide.

This was exactly my point in the last two elections...

[Groundskeeper Willie]

Fucks sake.  That's Labour finished then.

I will be voting Labour - my MP was one of the few who went against Corbyn.

I remember Corbyn being lauded a lot when he took up his position. What has happened since and why is he so disliked now?

[Cliff Bastin]

Disaster for Labour.

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Is there a possibility of a Labour/Lib-dem coalition?

[oldfordie]

She needs two-thirds majority of the Commons to do this.  Why would Labour vote for it?  I know Corbyn has said he would, but ... why would Labour vote for it?

What else can he do, if he doesn't vote for it then he is denying Labour a chance of power, if he doesnt believe they can win then he has to step down.

[Inpeace]

I know they are doing everything they can to fudge up their party but surely the line has to be "We do not feel we can adequately set out our agenda in the limited time available, we will not agree to the election date but will to a date in 2018"

[Alan_X]

They should, shouldn't they?

Corbyn's Labour are on the same side as the Tories.

[filopastry]

I think a lot of the UKIP vote is coming to the Tories as well, this will be a proper hammering

[Groundskeeper Willie]

At the moment, we have a PM who was not even elected about to steer the country through it's most important negotiation in its history. This way when the Tories and May are voted in, there won't be any (less?) finger pointing after.

Makes perfect sense. It truly is fucked up when a party like Labour doesn't stnad a chance against vultures like the Tories.

[J_Kopite]

Corbyn's Labour are on the same side as the Tories.

I know Alan, that became clear the day after the referendum.

[Millie]

I remember Corbyn being lauded a lot when he took up his position. What has happened since and why is he so disliked now?

I never lorded him up.  Never wanted him as leader, but then I am old and wise enough to remember the 1980s.

[SP]

Anyone still taking polls seriously after Brexit, Trump?

The polls were broadly right. Clinton won the popular vote. The Brexit referendum was an unprecedented vote, which increases the uncertainty. The polls suggested that it would be close.

Polls have a margin of errors. Both results were within the margin of error.

The Party polls have a margin of error. They vary between Labour being trounced to Labour being completely trounced. 

[Banquo's Ghost]

I think it's pathetic to not vote labour to 'make a point' as if Corbyn is the antichrist while at the same time validating those tory tw*ts when they win via a landslide.

I'm quite lucky. My MP is a Labour candidate in a sea of Tories, and reflects my views on the progressive right of the party. Assuming Corbyn doesn't go down the route of demanding all candidates must be selected again by the membership before standing, I can vote for him and for Labour - but in so doing, effectively voting against Corbyn and returning someone who might help the party recover sense after the total disaster coming our way.

[Crosby Nick]

Presumably she's doing this as they'll clearly win now and give her another five years. The longer she leaves it the less popular she's likely be.