General Election 2017

[Bozza]

There will not be any deal announced between the government and the DUP today, sources have told the BBC.

DUP sources have suggested it would be inappropriate to announce anything now because of the unfolding tragedy at the Grenfell Tower blaze in west London.

However, because of the fire - and the diary commitments of both Theresa May and DUP leader Arlene Foster - it is suggested any final agreement could be delayed until next week.

Such a further delay could have significant implications for Mrs May - it would mean the Queens speech would have to be delayed beyond next Monday.

It might also mean a delay to the start of Brexit talks - also due to begin next week.

Sources insist the delay is not because the talks are in trouble, and were now finalising the "terms and conditions" of the agreement.

 

[CHAPPERS]

Retracted.

 

[Bozza]

Shambolic. ****ing Tories.

Yeah. Can't believe hey started this fire to buy more time.

(There's a time for political point scoring and this isn't really it IMO.)

 

[CHAPPERS]

Yeah. Can't believe hey started this fire to buy more time.

(There's a time for political point scoring and this isn't really it IMO.)

Apologies how that looks, I wasn't linking it to the fire. It's more a comment on how this is dragging through Brexit negotiations.

 

[nicko31]

Farage has been on the Murdoch channel claiming many students voted twice

http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/06/...ction-fears-brexit-lite-students-voting-twice

Could it be possible?

 

[beorhthelm]

Could it be possible?

yes. the system is wide open to abuse, not just from postal votes but theres no real checks at the polling stations.

 

[theonlymikey]

It's open to abuse however there's no way HE could know that it has happened. Only the people involved

 

[spring hall convert]

Ignore the sensationalist headline, this is a good synopsis of how Labour managed to win marginal seats at this election without allocating any official party resources to them.

https://www.theguardian.com/politic...w-how-labour-revolutionised-its-doorstep-game

 

[Titanic]

Tim Farron, who lead the LibDems to a 50% increase in seats, has resigned.

He seems to think there is a conflict of interest between being a Christian and being a politician.

 

[nicko31]

Tim Farron, who lead the LibDems to a 50% increase in seats, has resigned.

He seems to think there is a conflict of interest between being a Christian and being a politician.

Get Vince in

 

[carteater]

Get Cable in.

 

[Goldstone1976]

Get Cable in.

I bloody wish. Every time I contact Virgin they tell me that they'll be wiring up my street "soon". 18 bloody months and counting.

 

[Bozza]

Putting party politics aside for a minute, I'm not entirely convinced about this approach:

According to the Daily Mirror, Labour's John McDonnell has called for a million people to take to the streets to force Theresa May from power.

The shadow chancellor urged protesters to “get out on the streets” in support of Labour’s anti-austerity message and build pressure for another election, the paper reports.

“We need people doing everything they can to ensure the election comes as early as possible,” he said.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Putting party politics aside for a minute, I'm not entirely convinced about this approach:

According to the Daily Mirror, Labour's John McDonnell has called for a million people to take to the streets to force Theresa May from power.

The shadow chancellor urged protesters to “get out on the streets” in support of Labour’s anti-austerity message and build pressure for another election, the paper reports.

“We need people doing everything they can to ensure the election comes as early as possible,” he said.

......please not another one just yet ..maybe next year

 

[Ernest]

I wonder if this will go down in history as an epic fail ?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11680098/Why-are-so-many-Tories-joining-Labour-after-Jeremy-Corbyns-leadership-announcement.html

 

[nicko31]

I wonder if this will go down in history as an epic fail ?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11680098/Why-are-so-many-Tories-joining-Labour-after-Jeremy-Corbyns-leadership-announcement.html

Well already one own goal, who's not to say another?

 

[JC Footy Genius]

Putting party politics aside for a minute, I'm not entirely convinced about this approach:

According to the Daily Mirror, Labour's John McDonnell has called for a million people to take to the streets to force Theresa May from power.

The shadow chancellor urged protesters to “get out on the streets” in support of Labour’s anti-austerity message and build pressure for another election, the paper reports.

“We need people doing everything they can to ensure the election comes as early as possible,” he said.

And when he says everything he really means it ..

Violent student riots in 2010 were ‘the best of our movement’, Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell

“It just needed the one small spark way back in November before last, of the students kicking the s**t out of Millbank and then that spark lighting all the combustible material - that then brought people out in March, June and then November, and that’s the best of our movement and it’s still there, you know it’s still there.”

http://www.lbc.co.uk/politics/parties/labour/uncovered-john-mcdonnell-praises-2010-riots/

 

[Bozza]

And when he says everything he really means it ..

Violent student riots in 2010 were ‘the best of our movement’, Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell

“It just needed the one small spark way back in November before last, of the students kicking the s**t out of Millbank and then that spark lighting all the combustible material - that then brought people out in March, June and then November, and that’s the best of our movement and it’s still there, you know it’s still there.”

http://www.lbc.co.uk/politics/parties/labour/uncovered-john-mcdonnell-praises-2010-riots/

Agreed. Call the people out onto the streets and ask for "peaceful protests" and then shrug your shoulders when facemasked anti-Capitalist sorts come along seeing it is a great opportunity to stick it to the system in the usual ways of destructive vandalism and fighting the police.

 

[carlzeiss]

And when he says everything he really means it ..

Violent student riots in 2010 were ‘the best of our movement’, Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell

“It just needed the one small spark way back in November before last, of the students kicking the s**t out of Millbank and then that spark lighting all the combustible material - that then brought people out in March, June and then November, and that’s the best of our movement and it’s still there, you know it’s still there.”

http://www.lbc.co.uk/politics/parties/labour/uncovered-john-mcdonnell-praises-2010-riots/

Looks like his hair style has changed since then so all good now .

 

[JC Footy Genius]

Agreed. Call the people out onto the streets and ask for "peaceful protests" and then shrug your shoulders when facemasked anti-Capitalist sorts come along seeing it is a great opportunity to stick it to the system in the usual ways of destructive vandalism and fighting the police.

Astonishing that these people are so close to power now. You have to give credit to the Labour PR machine reinventing hard-left revolutionary Marxists as reasonable, cuddly, benign, social democrat 'progressives'.