[Politics] Brexit

[beorhthelm]

I don't. The reason Johnson wants 12 Dec is that universities will have broken up and students will be back home.

Liberals arent asking for 9th (same week) for the student's benefit, its about when parliament rises and what business can be done before then. the extra days mean Johnson could bring forward the withdraw bill for debate for a week. 9th means they have to wrap up the end of this week.

 

[daveinplzen]

BP obviously won't win a majority, but may well become a pain being a significant part of a coalition.

Wasnt the question.

 

[sparkie]

So no one trusts Johnson to not resort to dirty skulduggery.

Can't think why.

 

[daveinplzen]

So no one trusts Johnson to not resort to dirty skulduggery.

Can't think why.

Is that because to see if he lying, you have to check to see if his lips are moving?

 

[Is it PotG?]

Wasn't the question.

And that wasn't an answer.

 

[daveinplzen]

And that wasn't an answer.

So, fairly pointless then

 

[Deleted member 2719]

You would support a Brexit Party government?

BP obviously won't win a majority, but may well become a pain being a significant part of a coalition.

Exactly this.

I would be interested to see how NSC vote now.

They have always been so red, but with Corbyn still in charge surely there would be a change in results.

 

[daveinplzen]

Exactly this.

I would be interested to see how NSC vote now.

They have always been so red, but with Corbyn still in charge surely there would be a change in results.

Like pulling teeth. So, would you support a Brexit party government

 

[Guinness Boy]

Liberals arent asking for 9th (same week) for the student's benefit, its about when parliament rises and what business can be done before then. the extra days mean Johnson could bring forward the withdraw bill for debate for a week. 9th means they have to wrap up the end of this week.

I didn't mention the Liberals. Johnson, Cummings and their Aussie election advisers will know perfectly well that their chances in the election will increase hugely if students find it hard to vote. The rest is a bit of smoke. We're leaving the EU, the question is simply when. Johnson's only thought now is strengthening the Tory majority

 

[Deleted member 2719]

Like pulling teeth. So, would you support a Brexit party government

Wakey wakey, look at my previous post.

 

[Eeyore]

I don't. The reason Johnson wants 12 Dec is that universities will have broken up and students will be back home. It will depend on where they are registered as to whether they are able to vote in a practical sense and could potentially effect the Green vote in Brighton Pavillion. Boris is painted as a buffoon but he's not that stupid.

I can see your point.

I have noticed from older surveys that the Green student vote in Brighton is reflective of the wider poll itself. About 50%. It may have increased since then but I don't think it will matter that much.

I know some in NSC and Argus comments may disagree but, whilst helpful, I don't think the students are the reason for Caroline's popularity.

 

[daveinplzen]

Wakey wakey, look at my previous post.

OK, you seem reluctant to answer a fairly simple question. Fair enough.

 

[Bozza]

I don't. The reason Johnson wants 12 Dec is that universities will have broken up and students will be back home. It will depend on where they are registered as to whether they are able to vote in a practical sense and could potentially effect the Green vote in Brighton Pavillion. Boris is painted as a buffoon but he's not that stupid.

Not according to the politics correspondent on 5Live this morning, who said he'd been through lots of university term dates this morning and December 12th was term time for most of them.

I can't be arsed to check any more than Sussex and Brighton, but both are sill open on the 12th.

Not sure who made up this "All the students will have ****ed off by December 12th" urban myth, but it seems to have been spread by a lot of people who can't be bothered to actually check.

 

[CHAPPERS]

Students don't hang around until the end of term, they will drift off after their last lecture/seminar which will be well before the 12th. Hopefully they are all savvy enough by now to use their vote where it matters most anyway.

 

[WATFORD zero]

Not according to the politics correspondent on 5Live this morning, who said he'd been through lots of university term dates this morning and December 12th was term time for most of them.

I can't be arsed to check any more than Sussex and Brighton, but both are sill open on the 12th.

Not sure who made up this "All the students will have ****ed off by December 12th" urban myth, but it seems to have been spread by a lot of people who can't be bothered to actually check.

A cursary glance suggests nearly all Universities are finished by Friday 13th, but having had some experience with lazy bloody students, fleeing home to be spoilt at the first opportunity, I can't see many being left on the 12th.

Whether this is the reason or not, who knows

 

[A1X]

Not according to the politics correspondent on 5Live this morning, who said he'd been through lots of university term dates this morning and December 12th was term time for most of them.

In my experience, university term dates are not treated in the same way as school term dates. I know a chap who had a lecture which finished at 2pm on the final Monday before Christmas, they had a seat booked on the 14.40 train home and didn't reappear until a week into term in the New Year.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Not according to the politics correspondent on 5Live this morning, who said he'd been through lots of university term dates this morning and December 12th was term time for most of them.

I can't be arsed to check any more than Sussex and Brighton, but both are sill open on the 12th.

Not sure who made up this "All the students will have ****ed off by December 12th" urban myth, but it seems to have been spread by a lot of people who can't be bothered to actually check.

It was stated as fact in The Guardian - so, yeah, I should have checked it a bit more to be fair

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

Which makes it even more embarrassing for labour when they don’t win.

I'm not sure 'embarrassing' is the right word to describe our fortune when we're stuck under a boris government for five years

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

A cursary glance suggests nearly all Universities are finished by Friday 13th, but having had some experience with lazy bloody students, fleeing home to be spoilt at the first opportunity, I can't see many being left on the 12th.

Whether this is the reason or not, who knows

If they're the kind of student who votes, they'll be the kind who stays till the end of term. No one should be pinning any voting hopes on the 'lazy bloody students'

 

[keaton]

If they're the kind of student who votes, they'll be the kind who stays till the end of term. No one should be pinning any voting hopes on the 'lazy bloody students'

Why would they stay if they don't have lectures?