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Matov Flag 03 Jan 24 6.52am Send a Private Message to Matov Add Matov as a friend

Originally posted by cryrst

Sadly we are going to experience it due to apathy and a change is as good as a rest mentality.

As opposed to what? This is the bit I struggle with. Does it mean that 10,000s of thousands of illegal immigrants will wash up on our shores unopposed? Or that foreign courts are still allowed jurisdiction? Or that it will be a crime to call out a bloke for pretending to be a woman?

The Tories cannot be simply voted for anymore because they are not Labour. The last 14 years have showed them up as being the most unprincipled party in British politics.

I am not voting for any of them but I refused to be cowed by the idea that Labour will be worse. And if they are, then good. Because it might finally shake this country out of its inertia.

The Tories are not the answer. Neither is Labour. But until people wake up to that, nothing will get better. So maybe it has to get a worse first.

 


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Badger11 Flag Beckenham 03 Jan 24 7.59am Send a Private Message to Badger11 Add Badger11 as a friend

Originally posted by steeleye20

A new offence of defrauding the public purse max 10 years - Starmer.

Sounds like the tories ought to be ordering a fleet of small boats going the other way......

Hear hear I'm fine with MPs and Lords being jailed alongside people who commit benefit fraud, for which the courts are far too lenient.

 


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Yellow Card - User has been warned of conduct on the messageboards Hrolf The Ganger Flag 03 Jan 24 2.03pm Send a Private Message to Hrolf The Ganger Add Hrolf The Ganger as a friend

Looks like the election campaigning has started already.

Reform wants to prevent 'Starmergeddon' and the Liberals have unleashed the 'Sunak removal' wagon.

Unless people realise that only an actual vote for change will produce one, then we will be stuck where we are again and again.

Reform might not win an election this time, but a dozen seats will make a big difference in Parliament, especially if Labour win with a modest majority. It could be a catalyst to grow a legitimate right of centre party.
The Red Wall would be bonkers to return to Labour. Reform are far more in tune with them. The Tories have nothing to offer.

 

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Stirlingsays Flag 03 Jan 24 2.18pm Send a Private Message to Stirlingsays Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add Stirlingsays as a friend

Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger

Looks like the election campaigning has started already.

Reform wants to prevent 'Starmergeddon' and the Liberals have unleashed the 'Sunak removal' wagon.

Unless people realise that only an actual vote for change will produce one, then we will be stuck where we are again and again.

Reform might not win an election this time, but a dozen seats will make a big difference in Parliament, especially if Labour win with a modest majority. It could be a catalyst to grow a legitimate right of centre party.
The Red Wall would be bonkers to return to Labour. Reform are far more in tune with them. The Tories have nothing to offer.

Yep, once I heard they are putting up a candidate it looks like I'll actually be voting for them.

 


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Wisbech Eagle Flag Truro Cornwall 03 Jan 24 2.31pm Send a Private Message to Wisbech Eagle Add Wisbech Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger

Looks like the election campaigning has started already.

Reform wants to prevent 'Starmergeddon' and the Liberals have unleashed the 'Sunak removal' wagon.

Unless people realise that only an actual vote for change will produce one, then we will be stuck where we are again and again.

Reform might not win an election this time, but a dozen seats will make a big difference in Parliament, especially if Labour win with a modest majority. It could be a catalyst to grow a legitimate right of centre party.
The Red Wall would be bonkers to return to Labour. Reform are far more in tune with them. The Tories have nothing to offer.

It needs to happen. Not because they have a cat in hell’s chance of ever forming a government but because it’s the only legitimate way for those whose views they represent can be heard. Only then can we really know how much support they have. Trying to occupy the Tory Party and force it further and further to the right was always dishonest. These people deserve and need a voice. Just not a megaphone.

 


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silvertop Flag Portishead 03 Jan 24 2.32pm Send a Private Message to silvertop Add silvertop as a friend

Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger

Looks like the election campaigning has started already.

Reform wants to prevent 'Starmergeddon' and the Liberals have unleashed the 'Sunak removal' wagon.

Unless people realise that only an actual vote for change will produce one, then we will be stuck where we are again and again.

Reform might not win an election this time, but a dozen seats will make a big difference in Parliament, especially if Labour win with a modest majority. It could be a catalyst to grow a legitimate right of centre party.
The Red Wall would be bonkers to return to Labour. Reform are far more in tune with them. The Tories have nothing to offer.

I think you gauge the Red Wall correct. However, when faced with a stark choice between getting Brexit done and a dithering Labour they bought the gimmick. Absent this, the right vote will be split and a bouyant Labour should sail in.

Indeed the rise of Reform and collapse of the SNP should see a Labour landslide.

 

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Yellow Card - User has been warned of conduct on the messageboards Hrolf The Ganger Flag 03 Jan 24 2.35pm Send a Private Message to Hrolf The Ganger Add Hrolf The Ganger as a friend

Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle

It needs to happen. Not because they have a cat in hell’s chance of ever forming a government but because it’s the only legitimate way for those whose views they represent can be heard. Only then can we really know how much support they have. Trying to occupy the Tory Party and force it further and further to the right was always dishonest. These people deserve and need a voice. Just not a megaphone.


We can certainly agree that everybody deserves a voice in Parliament. Right now, the majority of people's concerns are not represented. We are in the grip of globalist ambition.

 

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Yellow Card - User has been warned of conduct on the messageboards Hrolf The Ganger Flag 03 Jan 24 2.44pm Send a Private Message to Hrolf The Ganger Add Hrolf The Ganger as a friend

Originally posted by silvertop

I think you gauge the Red Wall correct. However, when faced with a stark choice between getting Brexit done and a dithering Labour they bought the gimmick. Absent this, the right vote will be split and a bouyant Labour should sail in.

Indeed the rise of Reform and collapse of the SNP should see a Labour landslide.

I think that Reform need to target Labour voters as best they can.
The big parties have a huge advantage where campaigning is concerned, but there is an unprecedented discontent with them. It is a now or never situation, and if that helps Labour in to power, then so be it.
Even a small step towards better representation in Parliament might be worth it in the longer term.

Edited by Hrolf The Ganger (03 Jan 2024 2.45pm)

 

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EverybodyDannsNow Flag SE19 03 Jan 24 3.24pm Send a Private Message to EverybodyDannsNow Add EverybodyDannsNow as a friend

Originally posted by Matov

As opposed to what? This is the bit I struggle with. Does it mean that 10,000s of thousands of illegal immigrants will wash up on our shores unopposed? Or that foreign courts are still allowed jurisdiction? Or that it will be a crime to call out a bloke for pretending to be a woman?

The Tories cannot be simply voted for anymore because they are not Labour. The last 14 years have showed them up as being the most unprincipled party in British politics.

I am not voting for any of them but I refused to be cowed by the idea that Labour will be worse. And if they are, then good. Because it might finally shake this country out of its inertia.

The Tories are not the answer. Neither is Labour. But until people wake up to that, nothing will get better. So maybe it has to get a worse first.

Well said - as things stand, I will vote Green or not at all.

 

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Nicholas91 Flag The Democratic Republic of Kent 03 Jan 24 3.35pm Send a Private Message to Nicholas91 Add Nicholas91 as a friend

Originally posted by EverybodyDannsNow

Well said - as things stand, I will vote Green or not at all.

Sounds reasonable and second the praise for Matov's post.

 


Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

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Willo Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 03 Jan 24 3.49pm Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

Originally posted by EverybodyDannsNow

Well said - as things stand, I will vote Green or not at all.

Greens, Labour, Lib Dems all anathema to me.
But then again I am a dyed-in-the wool Conservative on the right of the party who has been labelled a "Narrow-minded bigot" and other terms which were not said to be complimentary.

In the final analysis I have a hide akin to a Pangolin's undercarriage and perhaps they could have referred to me as 'Deck chair' as I don't fold under pressure.

 

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Badger11 Flag Beckenham 03 Jan 24 3.53pm Send a Private Message to Badger11 Add Badger11 as a friend

Originally posted by EverybodyDannsNow

Well said - as things stand, I will vote Green or not at all.

I genuinely do not understand what their policies are. I get they want a clean environment but they seem to be against everything and for nothing practical.

So until they make an effort to come out with some sensible policies they are just a bunch of protestors.

 


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