General News Thread

(03-05-2021 17:59 )SecretAgent Wrote:  ^ I smell a decoy by Boris to deflect from his own financial troubles.

Yep it’s a “look at this!” distraction story by tories to deflect from everything dodgy that’s come out over recent days/weeks

So a month after Boris and James Dyson text about tax his brother and ex minister Jo Johnson somehow ends up on the Dyson board as a Director hmmmmm surely coincidental

If your going to vote they are asking you to take your own pens or pencils.
In an emergency they will provide pencils but they haven't to be used by someone else.

took my own penckil but I thought pens were not allowed? Hade to make sure I did police commisioner one as instructed and steered well clear of Conservatives when do we start seeing results?

Tower Hamlets Council is the first to declare with Labour winning every seat with 109% of the vote.

Conservatives win Hartlepool by election with a maj more than 7,000, winning the seat for the first time. I see it as a vindication of Labour's anti semitic row and Corbyn problems continue to make public doubt their confidence in Labour even being a worthy poilitical party to govern. Whether by the time next general election Labour will be in a position to win is another matter.

So what are polls suggesting in Scotland?

(07-05-2021 07:57 )lovebabes56 Wrote:  Conservatives win Hartlepool by election with a maj more than 7,000, winning the seat for the first time. I see it as a vindication of Labour's anti semitic row and Corbyn problems continue to make public doubt their confidence in Labour even being a worthy poilitical party to govern. Whether by the time next general election Labour will be in a position to win is another matter.

I would say it's more to do with labour becoming the party of the metropolitan elite in London and a couple of other big cities and having no connection at the normal working and middle class people in most of the country

^I would agree but I think the other reason Labour lost is because they didn't focus on local issues enough as well. I'm not saying Labour time as a politicial force is over but do feel Corbyn has cast a long shadow in the party for a while yet. I think Starmer has shown he can push Boris to the limit at PMQ's but it is on the ground and on the streets where elections are won and lost.

Bring back Andy Burnham