there's an election

[Aber gas]

Wanking over John McDonnell pictures on your phone at 6 in the morning.

Whatever gets me through the commute plus he's a fine looking, rugged chap.

What next, mate?

Youve spent 20 years studying, analysing and probably boring everyone with the doings of the European Union. Any advice?

 

[Captain Scumbag]

Youve spent 20 years studying, analysing and probably boring everyone with the doings of the European Union. Any advice?

Learn how to use apostrophes, stop being a commie plonker and stop masturbating on public transport.

An achievable 3-point programme, even for you.

 

[Laker]

I watched the first 40 minutes of it last night, so I will have missed stuff. From what I saw, I don't think either Corbyn or Rudd came out particularly well. Corbyn despite the audience cheer leading him on, struggled to impose himself on that format. 7 is too much as Alty says, a smaller group would have done Corbyn more favours and would have been easier to follow as a viewer.

Rudd was fending off constant attack, but seemed to come across really scripted and wooden. Fair play for doing it when her father passed away the other day, makes you wonder even more whether May should have stepped up.

I don't agree with her politics but Lucas probably spoke the best of the lot. Farron did alright too. Robertson didn't really say much whilst I was watching. The Plaid Cymru lady got a few digs in at Corbyn which rattled him once or twice, but she didn't have much of substance to say. Nuttal - meh, surprised he got a few ripples of applause (more so than Rudd) from that Cambridge audience.

Us Cantabrigians are all UKIP supporters clearly.....

 

[Abertawe]

Learn how to use apostrophes, stop being a commie plonker and stop masturbating on public transport.

An achievable 3-point programme, even for you.

Give it up scumbag, we know that you know your purpose to this has come to an end. That was evident when you conceded the left is 'right' and that being a tory comes down to being a natural pessimist in that the 'right' can't be achieved. It's that's a sense of purpose then fair do's but at least contribute a little more than "May should win because article 50 has already been triggered and changing the prime minister now would be a risk to brexit". Excuse the paraphrasing but the sentiment is bang on.

You know Jeremy is right, resistance is futile, surrender to your dreams & aspirations and let loose of this scumbag mask once and for all.

 

[Aber gas]

Learn how to use apostrophes, stop being a commie plonker and stop masturbating on public transport.

An achievable 3-point programme, even for you.

'Ill try cant promise anything tho.

 

[TheMinsterman]

I think for the next general election they need to consider the format of these things. Seven is too many. Dunno how you square the circle when it comes to being fair to smaller parties but there must be some solution.

Cringey maybe but what about a debate between smaller parties and then one for Cons, Lab, Lib and the SNP as the largest parties but the other leaders get to ask a question each?

 

[Ian_Wrexham]

oh no

http://www.johnleech.org.uk/labour_thugs

 

[Abertawe]

Oh yes

 

[Abertawe]

Today is the day Labour stole the march on brexit .

 

[blade1889]

Anybody watching the Neil Vs Farron debate? Awful tv, especially from Neil.

 

[The Paranoid Pineapple]

Hearing rumours that a new heavyweight candidate has entered the fray which is going to throw the contest WIDE OPEN. The challenger has declared himself "all ears" and is likely to stress his Brexit credentials owing to his closeness to EC supremo, Donald Tusk. With bag for life, windbag and free bags for all!!! now in contention the race really is HOTTING UP

 

[Renegade]

Anybody watching the Neil Vs Farron debate? Awful tv, especially from Neil.

He's been horrendous in all of his interviews, barely better than Paxman.

 

[Gilly?]

There should be a Political Party Premier League.

Premier League
Conservatives
Labour
SNP
Lib Dems

Championship
Greens
Plaid Cymru
UKIP
Monster Raving Loony Party

You get points for winning debates, you get promoted to the Premier League then battle it out for top honours of running the country.

You know, or not.

 

[Captain Scumbag]

Hearing rumours that a new heavyweight candidate has entered the fray which is going to throw the contest WIDE OPEN. The challenger has declared himself "all ears" and is likely to stress his Brexit credentials owing to his closeness to EC supremo, Donald Tusk. With bag for life, windbag and free bags for all!!! now in contention the race really is HOTTING UP

FFS, this is supposed to be a serious forum. Ivory-de asked you a thousand times, but clearly I must do so again: please stop posting irrelephant rubbish.

 

[Captain Scumbag]

There should be a Political Party Premier League.

Premier League
Conservatives
Labour
SNP
Lib Dems

TBH, on present showing the Tories should be in the Vanarama National League South.

 

[Aber gas]

Theresa May has now pulled out of her interview on Radio Four and perhaps more significantly all interviews with BBC local radio. She's not even doing a generic "base" broadcast for distribution through the network.
This goes beyond having contempt for the electorate. This is really weird.

 

[BeesKnees]

I was impressed with the honesty from Labour over Brexit yesterday.

First time I've heard a party say that the reasons for leaving are political and not economical.

Far better than the bullshit coming from BluKip.

 

[BigDaveCUFC]

While i think the Tories will win the election (too much to gain for Labour really) I personally do not see May lasting the 5 years, she has done enormous damage to her own reputation this campaign, from chip-gate, to a terrible manifesto, to the debate farce well.....to everything, even of late her beloved papers like the Daily mail have had to go a wee bit unbiased because she has been so horrendous they frankly cannot swarm the attacks on Corbyn.............how can anyone now slate Corbyn for his 'lack of leadership' after the way she has handled this election.

Alot of vipers in that tory party..............will be eyeing that PM slot once Brexit starts failing.

 

[Ian_Wrexham]

See The Economist has declined to endorse Theresa May and endorsed the Lib Dems. Apart from endorsing Tony Blair in 2001 and 2005, they've an unbroken record of supporting conservatives back to 1964.

 

[AFCB_Mark]

Getting back to Jacob Rees-Mogg

 

[Pilgrim Meister]

A labour/SNP coalition could be the outcome of all this if The Tories lose enough seats

 

[Jockney]

Got Kezia Dugdale saying today that independence is not progressive and that an alliance with the SNP will never be on the cards, though.

 

[Ian_Wrexham]

A labour/SNP coalition could be the outcome of all this if The Tories lose enough seats

There'll never be formal coalition - though I'd anticipate some sort of confidence and supply arrangement if there's a hung parliament.

 

[AFCB_Mark]

For all their bluster, the SNP really aren't very progressive or of the left. Despite significant powers to do so, they refuse to raise tax or increase funding to any significant degree. If Labour got in, started loosening purse strings, borrowing/spending and reversing austerity at a Westminster level - the SNP wouldn't be able to point the finger at nasty England so much and would lose one of their go to easy tactics that keep their project's momentum going.

The SNP will be quietly praying for a England powered Tory win combined with a Scottish SNP whitewash.

 

[Alty]

For all their bluster, the SNP really aren't very progressive or of the left. Despite significant powers to do so, they refuse to raise tax or increase funding to any significant degree. If Labour got in, started loosening purse strings, borrowing/spending and reversing austerity at a Westminster level - the SNP wouldn't be able to point the finger at nasty England so much and would lose one of their go to easy tactics that keep their project's momentum going.

The SNP will be quietly praying for a England powered Tory win combined with a Scottish SNP whitewash.

Agreed.

Angus Robertson made an extraordinary admission the other day. Pressed on why the Scottish Government hadn't increased income tax to address problems in healthcare and education in Scotland, he said it's because too many people would move to other parts of the UK if they were to raise taxes.

This is the crux of it. The SNP try to convince everyone that Scottish political culture is incompatible with that of the rest of the UK. Scots are oh so progressive, willing to pay high taxes and are more open minded. But there's no evidence for any of this.

 

[Jockney]

Anyone see Theresa pulling an Ed the other day?

Just an excuse to post this again, really.

 

[Ian_Wrexham]

See The Economist has declined to endorse Theresa May and endorsed the Lib Dems. Apart from endorsing Tony Blair in 2001 and 2005, they've an unbroken record of supporting conservatives back to 1964.

Corbyn secures the endorsement of Kerrang!

 

[Benji]

Corbyn secures the endorsement of Kerrang!

Uniting grime and rock, they said it couldn't be done.

 

[Aber gas]

Tory MP charged with election fraud. First of many I reckon.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tory-craig-mackinlay-charged-over-10545752?service=responsive

 

[The Paranoid Pineapple]

The two leads stories on the Beeb are that and May behaving like Trump's pathetic poodle. Lovely stuff.