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 OknotOK  Cockfosters, London 22 Jul 16 2.19pm |
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Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger
Look chief. The people who joined the Labour Party to vote for Corbyn are in no way representative of the increasingly right leaning people of Britain. Either you want to have a chance of not being totally wiped out in the next election or you want to hold on to your potty, minority, far left principles for the bants. Labour only have students, the ethnics and a few old die hard socialist fat blokes from up north voting for them now anyway, so you are only making it worse for yourselves. I'm not going to disagree necessarily on Corbyn but I'd be interested to know if you have anything to back up the statement in bold. Most of the polls show increasing support for policies such as nationalisation, higher progressive taxation, tariffs on (cheap) imports etc - policies traditionally associated with the Left.
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 Hrolf The Ganger 22 Jul 16 3.51pm |
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Originally posted by OknotOK
I'm not going to disagree necessarily on Corbyn but I'd be interested to know if you have anything to back up the statement in bold. Most of the polls show increasing support for policies such as nationalisation, higher progressive taxation, tariffs on (cheap) imports etc - policies traditionally associated with the Left. It's a fair point. I think the political landscape has changed quite a lot and people are not necessarily adhering to a party line on their opinions with regard specific issues. However when it comes to voting in an election, there is tenancy to choose a party that best represents core beliefs, self interest or maybe the least worst option. The rise of UKIP and the Leave votes suggests more right of centre attitude to me, especially when you consider how unrepresentative the ethnic vote of London and the SNP vote of Scotland is compared to the rest of the country.
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| nickgusset Shizzlehurst 22 Jul 16 3.57pm |
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Originally posted by Stuk
I didn't say that. I pointed out that they won the same number of by-elections as the party in government. Which is poor. Even the Lib dems won 3 of them! If you think he can even keep the party together, never mind win a majority of seats in 2020, as leader - you're bonkers. Edited by Stuk (22 Jul 2016 1.07pm) Labour stood candidates in 8 council by-elections. The Labour vote rose in 7 of these, and all the seats defended by Labour were held. The average rise in the Labour vote was just over 10%.
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| Stuk Top half 22 Jul 16 4.07pm |
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Originally posted by nickgusset
Labour stood candidates in 8 council by-elections. The Labour vote rose in 7 of these, and all the seats defended by Labour were held. The average rise in the Labour vote was just over 10%. Are you blind? Choosing not to bother doesn't mean they didn't lose it. Newark & Sherwood DC, Balderton South- 21st July 2016 Conservative 483 [82.4%; +25.5%] Selby DC, Bryam & Brotherton- 14th July 2016 Conservative 251 [44.3%; +11.8%] They lost 2 seats, which was more than any other party.
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Y Ddraig Goch  In The Crowd 23 Jul 16 7.46pm |
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Reported about Corbyns speech today You won't have read this in the papers because they have been too busy, he says. Labour took Thanet from ukip he says, to huge applause Seems to be news to everyone
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| Y Ddraig Goch In The Crowd 25 Jul 16 8.12am |
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Attachment: | Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 25 Jul 16 8.16am |
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Article in yesterday's 'Sunday Mail' :
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| Stuk Top half 25 Jul 16 1.22pm |
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Originally posted by Y Ddraig Goch
Reported about Corbyns speech today You won't have read this in the papers because they have been too busy, he says. Labour took Thanet from ukip he says, to huge applause Seems to be news to everyone He's actually retarded.
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| nickgusset Shizzlehurst 26 Jul 16 9.19pm |
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Another slur against Corbyn et al turns out to be a non story (again). Those behind the so called 'chickencoup' are so inept. Edited by nickgusset (26 Jul 2016 9.20pm)
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| Hrolf The Ganger 26 Jul 16 9.28pm |
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Originally posted by nickgusset
Another slur against Corbyn et al turns out to be a non story (again). Those behind the so called 'chickencoup' are so inept. Edited by nickgusset (26 Jul 2016 9.20pm) The whole world is going to s*** along with your party and you are still defending that plank. Sigh!
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| nickgusset Shizzlehurst 26 Jul 16 9.37pm |
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Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger
The whole world is going to s*** along with your party and you are still defending that plank. Sigh! I'm saying that those out to get him are full of dirty tricks and most of the media are happy to print it. Bet the corrections and clarifications sections on it are small in many papers.
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| Stuk Top half 26 Jul 16 9.51pm |
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Originally posted by nickgusset
I'm saying that those out to get him are full of dirty tricks and most of the media are happy to print it. Bet the corrections and clarifications sections on it are small in many papers. You are Steve Buscemi's character in the plane crash scene of Con Air.
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