UK General Election 2019

[Beskar]

The Game is Afoot.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50221856

Will the Brexit party compete with the Conservatives to rob them of precious votes?
Will the Legion of Corbyn be able to fight off the threat of the Lib Dems and SNP ?
Will Corbyn carry out his threat to directly challenge Boris on his home turf?

To be continued...

[Furunculus]

Prediction - the boris govt will not ignore the standard lynton crosby advice - as theresa may's did - of boiling the issues down to a select few messages to the exclusion of all else.

in his words: clear the barnacles of the hull.

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

It could still all be delayed again.

I'm not sure what to do, to be honest.

Maybe Monster Raving Loony Party.

[rory_20_uk]

Either people vote on one issue and we end up with a government in power for years based on one issue, or else people choose based on the whole manifesto (assuming that the parties bother to have one) and then we're back to politicians not representing their constituents on the most salient issue.

Of course, the one thing we can guarantee is no attempt at root and branch reform of our democratic system.

[Greyblades]

There will absolutely be reform, the speaker of the house and the supreme court have been used against the executive in a political manner and the LD's election limits have caused this mess to be so protracted. The next government will find limiting and/or removing them to ensure they arent used so again a priority

[Pannonian]

There will absolutely be reform, the speaker of the house and the supreme court have been used against the executive in a political manner and the LD's election limits have caused this mess to be so protracted. The next government will find limiting and/or removing them to ensure they arent used so again a priority

You want yet more centralisation of power under the executive. As if Johnson and Cummings haven't been abusing said power as exists currently. I look forward to a future government which is not to your liking, which will then wield such power as you want to give Johnson just because the latter is enacting Brexit.

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

The upcoming election on December 12th really deserves its own thread, so here we are.

So, this is the second early election in two years, the last one having been in 2017. Once again a Tory Prime Minister seeks to increase their majority in the eternal quest to "get Brexit done". Once again, the Labour party lumbers into motion with Jeremy Corbyn at the realm, shedding its more moderate members and MP's in the process.

Fist piece of news, Labour Deputy Leader Tom Watson has resigned after the last attempt to knife him failed in September. He will not stand at the next election and has essentially said that he no longer recognises the party he joined. Meanwhile, another former Labour MP has advised the public to hold their nose and vote for Boris Johnson because Corbyn is "unfit" to lead the party, let alone the country.

[rory_20_uk]

God it's a pretty pathetic time for Democracy in the UK.

"Being better than Corbyn" is possibly one of the most depressing slogans to have - but what else can the Tories offer?

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

God it's a pretty pathetic time for Democracy in the UK.

"Being better than Corbyn" is possibly one of the most depressing slogans to have - but what else can the Tories offer?

Maybe also "slightly less racist than Corbyn"?

That's a pretty damning indictment of the Labour party right there.

[rory_20_uk]

Maybe also "slightly less racist than Corbyn"?

That's a pretty damning indictment of the Labour party right there.

Its Jew / rich bashing or Muslim / poor bashing. It is reaching the playground in a primary school in terms of lack of nuance, data and "alternative facts". [Most] people are retreating into their own online social enclaves and hearing personal echo chambers. I've been unfriended / blocked on a few occasions for daring to challenge the data that was being quoted - not stating that the other side are great, but just to try to get people to argue on frankly reality as opposed to the conflicting fantasies.

[Furunculus]

Ahem...

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showt...-Election-2019

[Montmorency]

One thing that strikes me in all the talk about PMs is that everyone loses sight of the MPs. Parliament is where the action is, so one should take into account the MPs (party) that constitute a potential PM's power base.

As far as I'm concerned, more Labour MPs has to be better than more Conservative MPs.

Its Jew / rich bashing or Muslim / poor bashing. It is reaching the playground in a primary school in terms of lack of nuance, data and "alternative facts". [Most] people are retreating into their own online social enclaves and hearing personal echo chambers. I've been unfriended / blocked on a few occasions for daring to challenge the data that was being quoted - not stating that the other side are great, but just to try to get people to argue on frankly reality as opposed to the conflicting fantasies.

You should spend more time doing that on the Org rather than social media. It's more productive, I promise.

Ahem...

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showt...-Election-2019

How rude to Beskar. :tear:

[Pannonian]

The upcoming election on December 12th really deserves its own thread, so here we are.

So, this is the second early election in two years, the last one having been in 2017. Once again a Tory Prime Minister seeks to increase their majority in the eternal quest to "get Brexit done". Once again, the Labour party lumbers into motion with Jeremy Corbyn at the realm, shedding its more moderate members and MP's in the process.

Fist piece of news, Labour Deputy Leader Tom Watson has resigned after the last attempt to knife him failed in September. He will not stand at the next election and has essentially said that he no longer recognises the party he joined. Meanwhile, another former Labour MP has advised the public to hold their nose and vote for Boris Johnson because Corbyn is "unfit" to lead the party, let alone the country.

And Boris Johnson, pathological liar (it's his distinguishing characteristic). starts his campaign with a list of lies.

General election: 7 lies or half-truths Boris Johnson told in his first speech

Incredible though it may seem, the Tory PM is actually worse than Corbyn. Not that I will be voting for either.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

And Boris Johnson, pathological liar (it's his distinguishing characteristic). starts his campaign with a list of lies.

General election: 7 lies or half-truths Boris Johnson told in his first speech

Incredible though it may seem, the Tory PM is actually worse than Corbyn. Not that I will be voting for either.

An almost congenital inability to tell the truth has NOT been an impediment to a political career in and English-speaking nation on either side of the "pond" for some time now.

[Pannonian]

An almost congenital inability to tell the truth has NOT been an impediment to a political career in and English-speaking nation on either side of the "pond" for some time now.

It does mean that anyone thinking of voting Tory should not pretend to some kind of moral high horse. They know the current PM is a liar, has his entire career, inside and outside Parliament, defined by a habit of constantly lying (cf. his former editor and colleagues at the Telegraph). Causes that he has supposedly taken up have denounced him as a liar first and foremost, with every utterance of his safely assumed to be untrue until proven otherwise. There was an episode in Yes Prime Minister where the eponymous PM was aghast at having inadvertently told an untruth, with the threat of having to resign if it were found out. If people vote for him anyway, despite knowing him to be a liar above any other characteristic, then they should not pretend to hold any kind of moral high ground.

[rory_20_uk]

Aaaah, for the days when the PM would drag the country into a war based on fabricated evidence - those were the days!

First off, you vote for the local representative. Only those in Boris's constituency are voting for him. But I've said that before and you just ignored it.

Secondly... do people vote for any party for a sense of moral superiority? Perhaps the Green Party.