the snap general election thread

kabayiri

wotsthat wrote: »

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I'm not knocking the 'we must live within our means' message but there's a disconnect between the talk and the walk.

They all disappoint. I can't argue with that.

I'm just wondering if we are entering a period with less wiggle room than before.

GreatApe

kinger101 wrote: »

Most of the victims of the terrorism by Islamic extremists are Muslims. Please do not try to attach any blame or responsibility on to Muslims.

Most people simply inherit their religion (their tribe) from their parents so its not really about blaming anyone for believing anything in particular they have no choice to who they are born and hence no real choice in what religious tribe they join.

The problem is that belonging to this tribe costs too much in resources and wasted mental capacity that they would be better off moving to a more secular non belief system. However I know this is many billion times easier said than done.

kabayiri

mrginge wrote: »

And the lib dems promised to not increase tuition fees.
And before that Gordon brown told us that there was no more boom or bust.

This would suggest that we vote for the least ambitious party, since their scr*w ups would not cost us as much.

Corbyn is hugely ambitious in his plans. He's either a visionary or a reckless gambler.

michaels

Corbyn making political capital out of the attacks this evening - I guess it is nice for the families of the 7 dead and 40+ injured to know that politicians are attempting to making gain from their suffering before the bodies are even cold.

Thrugelmir

wotsthat wrote: »

A work in progress wasn't the promise.

Blair and Brown were going to reduce child poverty. No one still holds them to account for their failure to do so.

I would take any politicians words with a pinch of salt. As a consequence will remain satisfied if matters are improving , albeit slowly. Unfortunately no one else is offering the same reassurance. This frightens me as to their financial competency. Magic money trees are in short supply these days.

masterwilde

wales looks to be going to labour, conservatives on targe to drop at least 2 seats

Chrysalis

michaels wrote: »

Corbyn making political capital out of the attacks this evening - I guess it is nice for the families of the 7 dead and 40+ injured to know that politicians are attempting to making gain from their suffering before the bodies are even cold.

I dont see why we should even suspend the election, if we do the terrorists win and upset our way of life.

Obviously what happened is tragic but it shouldnt mean we should not talk about UK security as a result of it.

Arklight

Tory lead down to 1 point in Survation poll.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/poll-conservative-labour-lead-one-point-general-election-a7771526.html

Aberdeenangarse

Arklight wrote: »

Tory lead down to 1 point in Survation poll.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/poll-conservative-labour-lead-one-point-general-election-a7771526.html

Well going by their record with Polls, that should translate as a substantial Tory win.

michaels

Chrysalis wrote: »

I dont see why we should even suspend the election, if we do the terrorists win and upset our way of life.

Obviously what happened is tragic but it shouldnt mean we should not talk about UK security as a result of it.

Sure. Would have been fine tomorrow. Leading on it today is opportunistic which just feels inappropriate to me. Why not campaign on NHS this evening and policing tomorrow rather than trying to make use of the sad event.