General Discussion
I nearly choked when I heard about Boris's appointment. But then I thought about it...........and smiled to myself..........
May in her inaugural Downing Street speech setting out her stall for the less advantaged. Pragmatic. If she gives to the less advantaged then not only do they gain but they might also vote Conservative. Win.win. I know, I know, we will have to see if she can deliver what she has said she wishes to have happen. But she has power (unlike other political la la land messianic ...
one other thing. I will watch with interest to see how people living in places like the industrial wastelands vote come the next general election. I think two parties will be pitching for their votes - a left leaning Labour Party and a, to the right of the Conservative Party, UKIP. One end of the political spectrum or the other? See the irony?
@roberta - yes, i know what is going on. Your point in posting that link is? I am more and more of the opinion that whatever the outcome of the leadership contest the Labour party, in parliamentary terms, will become marginalised. As I have already said. The priority of any political party is to get the most bums on seats. We are presently, and I fear for some to come, effectively ...
Food for thought........ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Very_British_Coup
and I think you'll find that Tony Benn faced an awful lot of media hate and smearmongering.
If the media (press and broadcasters) are woefully biased what makes you think that those using social media also aren't biased? Corbyn needs to be removed because he hasn't got he support of the majority of the MPs in the PLP. And what is it with this word 'traitor' that keeps being used? Like I said, the numbers of Labour voteres may, may, increase but that does not mean an increase ...
Come a run up to a GE do you in all honesty think that the likes of The Sun, The Mail, The Express, The Times and The Telegraph would urge their readers to vote for left wing policies? Because I don't. And as long as the disenfranchised are in a minority I am at a loss to see what appeal left wing policies would have to the majority of voters. IF 50.01% of voters end up being on the wrong ...
A left wing party is all very well but how many seats do you think it would pick up in a GE? I understand totally its allure to those in economically depressed areas. I understand also its allure to, say, graduates who find themselves up to the eyeballs in tuition fee debt but see no future for themselves. I understand its allure to generation rent. I understand its allure to those who are not ...
So what's wrong with Angela Eagle as leader of the LP? And why is Ben Bradshaw a traitor?
