Like usual I agree with you, because you’re looking at it rationally as in what will happen rather than Nicko’s view of what should happen from his perspective. I’ve lost count of the amount of times I’ve been called a Tory on here (despite repeatedly saying I can’t stand the Tory administration) for being contrary to the status quo by dealing in realities not absolute and crazy partisan views that half the country will disregard.
In my view it’s not about being nice, it’s about managing expectations. Win hearts and minds. Attack when the time is right. Why bother now? We are so far from a GE most people forget what they had for breakfast never mind the party political scandal du jour.
Some of the Police seemed to love the extra powers they were given for a few years, they have no want to stop, they are enabled by this government.
The chap I heard on the news (police presumably) basically blamed the protestors. He said something along the lines of 'the protestors should consider that their actions will also have an impact on other people'.
What depths this country has sunk to.
People will use this no doubt as an excuse to attack Just Stop Oil and their ilk, but it's worth bearing one important thing in mind;
Yup, so true. In a two party system (let's ignore the Lib Dems for now...) the party that wins elections will normally do it by winning the swinging voters in the middle ground. The party that leans left won't win an election by going further left, and the party on the right won't win by going further right - except where special circumstances apply (eg as we had here pre-Brexit, where the Tory's went further right because UKIP etc were doing more damage than Labour were, because Labour had vacated the middle ground to head left under Corbyn and winning the middle ground was dead simple by just saying "... but Corbyn").
Excellent post
Except for the typos I've just noticed and will now go back and fix...
There are very few seats where there's a LAB / LD close fight, maybe Clegg's old seat Sheffield Hallam. If tactical voting really takes hold the Tories are toast.
Plenty of plausible deniability for both to be able to say "nothing to do with us, guv" and hope it all goes away. The copper himself will be sent packing as a sacrificial lamb but nothing more will happen.
Was more interested in your points than a few obvious typos, but good for you
That makes perfect sense. In 1992 some members of Brighton Labour Party (myself included) suggested standing down candidates in Lewes and Eastbourne if the Lib Dems would stand down in Kemp Town and Pavilion. It was rejected by both parties and the Tories won all four.
Mooted that immigration numbers will get close to a million. Farage is primed: we're one year before an election, and he'll give the "I'm here to save the country from unlimited immigration, and only I can do it" shtick.
