General Election called for June 8th

(07-06-2017 14:07 )SecretAgent Wrote:  Reminder on the Daily Politics programme that John McDonnell signed a letter a couple of years ago proposing the disbandment of MI5 and special armed police squads. Presumably he, Jeremy and Diane intended to have a cosy chat over a cup of tea with terrorists and hug them into being nice young men

Thank God Theresa May has never changed her mind about anything.

Never campaigned for the Remain side and then immediately switched on a sixpence to championing Brexit.

Never announced one hard-headed policy and then u-turned 4 days later whilst claiming she did no such thing.

Never spent 6 years running (down) the Home Office and then pretending she can get "tough on terror, tough on the causes of terror".

Never sucked up to Donald Trump one minute and then tried slagging him off the next.

&etc

how many seats could the Green Party win? zero, zilch or sweet FA?

(07-06-2017 16:33 )babelover48 Wrote:  how many seats could the Green Party win? zero, zilch or sweet FA?

There may come a time when the Green party will be the major party, if the likes of Trump has his way

(07-06-2017 16:33 )babelover48 Wrote:  how many seats could the Green Party win? zero, zilch or sweet FA?

Caroline Lucas will probably hold Brighton. She increased her majority quite a bit at the last election.

thats why the first past the post system sucks greens got 300,000 less votes than snp and they got 1 mp and snp got 50+ mind you if had PR then UKIP would have had 80 seats so not all bad

I won't be voting for the Tories because they've sold weapons to Saudi Arabia, reduced the number of police, selling off the NHS, reduced the number of firefighters, taken away care for the elderly, taken away meals for schoolchildren and will further increase the amount of tax I pay.

Personally I don't understand why anyone would vote Conservative, but unfortunately I can't see them losing due to the media constantly overlooking how flawed they are and how their policies continue to devalue all of us.

It's a shame not merely that the Greens don't do better (oddly I thought my area was a hotbed (!) for them but they never get anywhere in G Elections), but that they don't get remotely the same coverage as, for example, UKIP, despite similar polling and in some cases, better voting results.

Would we ever se a monster Raving loony party mp one day?
Mind you there are enough loonies in the house as it is!!

(07-06-2017 16:33 )babelover48 Wrote:  how many seats could the Green Party win? zero, zilch or sweet FA?

They have a real chance of taking one of the Bristol seats , could be 2 MPs soon

If I were a betting man I'd hedge my bets on a Tory majority by 40-50 seats & I don't believe it'll be anything like the 100+ majority experts were predicting it would be.
I'll be voting Tory (my local MP is one of the good ones & doesn't claim much in expenses) but I hope they win by a small margin (like the number by the number I mentioned above) to keep them on their toes & to let them know they could easily be kicked next election should they take the electorate for granted.
It does the country no good when any governments win elections by landslides as arrogance kicks in & ram-roading of bad policies can take place unapposed by weak opposition.

I watched a couple of political bloggers on Sky News yesterday & the Tory Blogger suggested that a fair few Tory candidates haven't been happy with Theresa May at all with her campaign & should she remain Prime Minister post GE she would be on notice until Xmas this year & if things don't improve for her she'll be gone/toast (or Turkey that time of year).History has always shown one thing Tories are (unlike Labour) is ruthless at getting rid of weakened leaders.
If May is gone at Xmas Ruth Davidson would be my bet for next Prime Minister & old Ruth consistently scores higher in personal ratings up in Scotland the Nicola Sturgeon.