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« Reply #7800 on: Monday, November 11, 2019, 12:48:50 » |
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Game over. Farage has handed the election to Johnson with that move. Probably but not definitely. Will certainly help Tories in those seats matain status quo. But they need to win seats from remain parties too. And running in those constituencies may weaken the Tory play. Well in a normal world anyway. Corbyn is so crap right now he may still lose those seats. |
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« Reply #7801 on: Monday, November 11, 2019, 12:55:10 » |
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Probably but not definitely. Will certainly help Tories in those seats matain status quo. But they need to win seats from remain parties too. And running in those constituencies may weaken the Tory play.
Well in a normal world anyway. Corbyn is so crap right now he may still lose those seats.
Corbyn will of course, but then the Tories will also lose seats in their heartlands to the Lib Dems where remain voters and moderate Tories switch away from the increasingly extremist Johnson model English Nationalist Party. We could see another Tory minority govt, more likely a small Tory majority. |
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« Reply #7802 on: Monday, November 11, 2019, 13:18:43 » |
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And in the meantime, the BBC choose to portray Boris' apparent involvement with 9 dodgy election-interfering Russians as 'a mystery'. Not a 'scandal', or a 'disgrace', but 'a mystery'.  |
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« Reply #7803 on: Monday, November 11, 2019, 13:35:05 » |
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What was that about infecting the site with drivel!!!
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« Reply #7804 on: Monday, November 11, 2019, 15:51:53 » |
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And Farage admits to being offered a peerage at the weekend.
The whole system is corrupt.
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« Reply #7805 on: Monday, November 11, 2019, 17:06:04 » |
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The govt suppresses politically embarrassing reports on foreign influence over the govt, in particular the prime minister.
The police suspend a politically embarrassing investigation into abuse of office by the prime minister.
The state broadcaster "accidentally" edits footage of the remembrance day service to replace the prime minister's fuck ups with footage from 3 years ago.
Welcome to Russian "democracy", Putin-style. To be fair, he has paid for it.
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« Reply #7806 on: Tuesday, November 12, 2019, 10:55:29 » |
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Putin's cyber criminals are hard at work on Johnson's behalf: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50388879Incidentally. given his name is actually Alexander Pfeiffel Boris Johnson, I wonder if he started using Boris rather than Alexander to be a bit more Russo-friendly for his handlers?  |
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« Reply #7807 on: Tuesday, November 12, 2019, 14:30:29 » |
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Are you going to give them their money back.... of course not!
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« Reply #7808 on: Tuesday, November 12, 2019, 14:54:06 » |
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Are you going to give them their money back.... of course not!
Love Eddie Mair. Skewered NF just like he skewered Johnson.
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Tout ce que je sais de plus sūr ą propos de la moralité et des obligations des hommes, c'est au football que je le dois. - Albert Camus
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« Reply #7809 on: Tuesday, November 12, 2019, 17:00:15 » |
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Putin's cyber criminals are hard at work on Johnson's behalf: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50388879Incidentally. given his name is actually Alexander Pfeiffel Boris Johnson, I wonder if he started using Boris rather than Alexander to be a bit more Russo-friendly for his handlers? I think Alexander is quite Russian, too tbh. |
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donkey tells the truth
I headed the ball. eeeeeeeeeeeeeee-aaaaaaaawwwwwww |
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« Reply #7810 on: Tuesday, November 12, 2019, 18:42:37 » |
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Watching the news makes my heart sink. Labour voters turning their backs on the party and saying they'll vote Tory because they want brexit so desperately says it all. They've forgotten about austerity and the terrible job the government have done in the last 9 years.
The press have really done a job on the nation and the top 1% will be happy. The turkeys will be voting for Christmas. Might as well hand the keys to Boris now and be done with it.
I'm hopeful that Sarah Church can oust Buckland in Swindon but apart from that I have zero expectation of a good result.
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« Reply #7811 on: Tuesday, November 12, 2019, 18:52:20 » |
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that's why brexit and a general election shouldn't be mixed
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« Reply #7812 on: Tuesday, November 12, 2019, 19:02:51 » |
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I wouldn't give up just yet.
A few polls* have labour gaining on the tories and somewhat closer than they were at the corresponding stage at the last GE.
Also, don't underestimate BJ's ability to right royally fuck things up for them. The tories have had an atrocious start and my money goes on their campaign not improving. They also have a few skeletons that they are desperately trying to keep hidden in the closet. Keep Abbott away Labour should hopefully avoid major cock-ups.
But it is still painful to see a nation being duped but the press. A little bit of me dies every time I see Corbyn being accused of being a terrorist sympathiser.
*Before anybody feels the need to 'educate' me: I know that polls are not necessarily accurate.
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« Reply #7813 on: Tuesday, November 12, 2019, 19:09:01 » |
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Anyone see the Tory party political broadcast a few mins ago? Cringe....
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« Reply #7814 on: Tuesday, November 12, 2019, 19:18:27 » |
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Thankfully no.
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