the snap general election thread

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For all the talk about Corbyn not being a good leader, I'm at an absolute loss as to what makes May a good one.

kinger101

Joeskeppi wrote: »

For all the talk about Corbyn not being a good leader, I'm at an absolute loss as to what makes May a good one.

Paxman humiliated her last night. On the U-turns.

sevenhills

kinger101 wrote: »

Paxman humiliated her last night. On the U-turns.

I think the BBC have been listening to complaints about bias, they seem much tougher recently.

MABLE

Mrs May is no Mrs Thatcher and to keep comparing her is an insult the the memory of the former prime minister.

Spidernick

sevenhills wrote: »

I think the BBC have been listening to complaints about bias, they seem much tougher recently.

Yet bemusingly, there are still many on here who will bleat on how the BBC is biased against the Tories, when any sensible person knows that they give all politicians a hard time, as they should. I do wish people would either put up or shut up about so-called BBC 'bias' as it is tedious in the extreme.

michaels

Spidernick wrote: »

Yet bemusingly, there are still many on here who will bleat on how the BBC is biased against the Tories, when any sensible person knows that they give all politicians a hard time, as they should. I do wish people would either put up or shut up about so-called BBC 'bias' as it is tedious in the extreme.

Although they have been highlighting a piece on people who struggle to pay their rent recently with no background on their income and spending to show whether they are reasonably trying to live within their means. Why this looks like bias is they are not also running pieces on pensioners who are coping nicely given the real terms increase in their pensions over the last few years, even though there are probably just as many of them as there are rent strugglers.

Fella

Of course the BBC are biased to the left. They are effectively a nationalised institution, their very existence depends upon a ludicrous outdated tax we have no choice but to pay.

The only people who claim otherwise are those on the left. Usually the same geniuses that claim the media is biased against Corbyn if they dare to point out any of his endless list of faults.

ukcarper

Fella wrote: »

Of course the BBC are biased to the left. They are effectively a nationalised institution, their very existence depends upon a ludicrous outdated tax we have no choice but to pay.

The only people who claim otherwise are those on the left. Usually the same geniuses that claim the media is biased against Corbyn if they dare to point out any of his endless list of faults.

That just show how biased your views are, if you watch someone like Andrew Neil interview a political, he is just as critical and probing of Labour as he is with any other party.

alewin

MABLE wrote: »

Well I never thought I would vote Labour but in the end Mr Corbyn has got my vote. I did say in a previous post I did not think he was the person for the job but to me Mrs May is too undecided and wishy washy. Anyway my postal vote was sent off yesterday so thats me done for this election.

Also I live in a marginal area where the current Conservative has a majority of 500.

If Miliband was still leader, I may have voted for him this time round but definitely not Corbyn. He still lies about his IRA past because he did not keep meeting them to endorse peace, the eventual peace process had nothing to with him. He met them because he supported their cause, the British Army was in Ireland and because of that he supported the IRA bombing the UK, tit for tat.

The biggest thing though is that he is the leader of a party where 80% of his own MP's do not support him. I have never seen that in a General Election where the leader does not command the support of his MP's, most of whom are pretty quiet at the moment. If Labour were to win there would be chaos in the party.

P.S. Plus Corbyn would wreck the economy.

kabayiri

Joeskeppi wrote: »

For all the talk about Corbyn not being a good leader, I'm at an absolute loss as to what makes May a good one.

She picks a better shadow cabinet.

Seriously, picking Diane Abbott makes you question the qualities Corbyn looks for.