No deal Brexit or Corbyn government?

phillw

Blue_Doggy wrote: »

However, calling someone a traitor is serious. I’d like to know your reasons.

I was being sarcastic. I thought my post was ridiculous enough to suggest that I wasn't serious in any way and my view is the complete opposite of what I wrote.

Blue_Doggy

phillw wrote: »

I was being sarcastic. I thought my post was ridiculous enough to suggest that I wasn't serious in any way and my view is the complete opposite of what I wrote.

Thank you . I hadn’t read enough of your past posts to be sure how to take your comment. It seemed a little out of line with what I’d read of yours, but I wasn’t certain. Maybe irony/sarcasm doesn’t work too well between strangers on the Web.

The-Joker

Labour need a new tony Blair but still with JC socialism policies

Thrugelmir

The-Joker wrote: »

Labour need a new tony Blair but still with JC socialism policies

Nu Labour is offically dead. Even Micheal Foot was more popular with the electorate than Mr Corbyn. Says it all.

Sailtheworld

Thrugelmir wrote: »

Nu Labour is offically dead. Even Micheal Foot was more popular with the electorate than Mr Corbyn. Says it all.

If Corbyn is less popular than Foot why do you worry about him being PM? Why waste your headspace on something which you think has no possibility of happening?

Thrugelmir

Sailtheworld wrote: »

If Corbyn is less popular than Foot why do you worry about him being PM? Why waste your headspace on something which you think has no possibility of happening?

Dont recall saying that I'm worried about him becoming PM. More of a reflection of the state of UK politics. Which has the potential to become highly toxic.

Sailtheworld

Thrugelmir wrote: »

Dont recall saying that I'm worried about him becoming PM.

No I don't recall you saying that either. I judged you were fearful based on the tone of your many many posts on the subject.

The-Joker

Rich2808 wrote: »

Alternatively Labour right to buy tenant plan saves first time buyers £50 billion?.....

There are 2.5 million landlords in the UK - and presumably 60 million plus who aren't - and a lot more renters/young people. Do the maths about where the votes are!

Not saying I agree with this specific policy as it won't work in practice - but lets not break out the violins for poor landlords as their days of generous tax breaks and making easy cash on the back of others productive work are coming to a halt.

This post sums up everything

Yes even though most don’t like JCorbn the numbers will vote for him because of all the things he is offering

This is why all the popularity pops don’t mean swag didly

Look at what happened in USA with hilery vs trump all the polls had trump losing same as JCornb at the moment

Thrugelmir

The-Joker wrote: »

Yes even though most don’t like JCorbn the numbers will vote for him because of all the things he is offering

The offset is that how everything will be financed needs to be explained clearly. Little point promising people higher wages etc, fewer hours and holidays if companies cut jobs to compensate.

Malthusian

The-Joker wrote: »

Yes even though most don’t like JCorbn the numbers will vote for him because of all the things he is offering

This fallacy is as old as democracy.

The trouble with the idea that all you need to do is promise loads of free stuff and you'll get elected is that the more likely someone is to believe you, the less likely they are to vote.

Comrades, I stand before you unable to believe we lost the election. So many students said on Facebook they'd vote for me, then got high instead. Clearly it's the Jewish media's fault. And the Blairite traitors for not letting me promise even more free stuff.

That was basically Labour's 2017 post-mortem in a nutshell, after they managed to lose the election to the worst Tory leader and worst Tory campaign in living memory.