Re: O/T - General Election : Wed Apr 19, 2017 3:28 pm  

Highlander wrote:

Saying 52% of the electorate voted Brexit is a lie. And is really bugging me. Even now. I'm going to get a cuppa

It's ludicrous to be hung up on this.

52% of what I think was the highest turnout ever for any vote in British politics, and many are still squabbling over the 20% that couldn't be ar*ed to vote. Move on.

PS I voted remain.

I will be spoiling my ballot and probably draw swastikas next to the BNP/NF candidates along the way in a silent protest.

Re: O/T - General Election : Wed Apr 19, 2017 3:39 pm  

I'd rather have 5 years of Corbyn than have that dead eyed, rancid troll bitch destroy the country to further her own wealth and agenda..... Yes I think Corbyn is a sackless spiffing chap but vote Tory? NEVER.

And I hope I see the day when the young take back their future and vote back into the EU. This whole, 'it's done, get over it snowflake, it's democracy' is rubbish and the very antithesis of democracy. But still we got rid of those elitist t055ers didn't we? FFS!

And FA...all those times I've driven through there and not counted... It's gonna keep me awake at night now... Though Six Lane Ends is in Liversedge, we'd need a new name to avoid confusion...Or we could build a new fake lane onto it and call it 7 lane ends?

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh that's better....

Re: O/T - General Election : Wed Apr 19, 2017 4:05 pm  

DrFeelgood wrote:

52% of what I think was the highest turnout ever for any vote in British politics, and many are still squabbling over the 20% that couldn't be ar*ed to vote. Move on.

It was still a p!ss-pot turnout in all honesty.

Ask us Jocks, we got about 88% for IndyRef.

However, with elections every fortnight or so I reckon the next turnout will be one of the lowest of all time.

Re: O/T - General Election : Wed Apr 19, 2017 4:11 pm  

mystic eddie wrote:

Ask us Jocks, we got about 88% for IndyRef.

You are, & always will be, a Brummie.

Re: O/T - General Election : Wed Apr 19, 2017 4:12 pm  

tigertot wrote:

You are, & always will be, a Brummie.

A Brummie????????

What a slur!

Re: O/T - General Election : Wed Apr 19, 2017 4:56 pm  

Terry Price's knee wrote:

:CLAP:

Wholly agree. Problem is the bitch will win as there is no credible opposition - that's why she's doing it now. At least the inevitable crushing defeat should finally see the end of Corbyn then Labour might start to re-build and find an electable leader.
Tough times if you're a Labour voter and a Bulls fan

To be fair I am a massive fan of some of the present Labour policies.

Problem is that people vote for the person not the party - not surprising given the media character assassination of Corbyn since he became leader.

If the media actually covered the policies then Labour would stand a much better chance.

[Bulliac]

Re: O/T - General Election : Wed Apr 19, 2017 5:10 pm  

tigertot wrote:

I despise the Tories with a passion. The older I get, the more I hate them. This election has little to do with Brexit, it is an opportunity to increase their majority to >100 seats to enable them to push through even more extreme policies that they would struggle to get through with the current majority. I feel better now.

Couldn't agree more TT.

The right wing of the tory party, and indeed UKIP, have no real interest in leaving Europe, indeed the trade and doing business part of membership is something they don't want to lose at all. What they want to leave is the social aspect, the workers rights and environmental laws. They dress it up as a move to stop foreign workers 'stealing jobs' just to get the 'pleb' vote, even though they know full well the biggest reason for lost jobs is globalisation and mechanisation.

May is doing the obvious thing in calling the election: the Tories can soon get the money in from big business and foriegn donors, they know they will always get rabbid support from the Murdoch and Rothermere tabloids, Labour is in turmoil, Lib Dems, nowhere near ready, UKIP a dead duck and no-one else really mattering - hardly sure UKIP matter, except to a few in the Tory party, so it's difficult to really blame her for doing what politicians do naturally - putting themselves first.

Hope she gets the mother of al kickings though.

Re: O/T - General Election : Wed Apr 19, 2017 7:59 pm  

Not a surprise really, the only national opposition party has self destructed and if she waited till 2020 the impact of the Brexit disaster will be so clear even some Mail readers will realize it was wrong. Bulliac spot on with the reality of what that snake Farage meant by taking back control.
I would recommend jumping ship but most of the countries you would want to move to are busy pulling up their own drawbridges at the moment. Tough being a liberal Bulls supporter even from the other side of the world.

Re: O/T - General Election : Wed Apr 19, 2017 10:09 pm  

Out of interest, why do people find Corbyn so 'unelectable?

Genuine question - I challenged a couple of friends on this who were unable to come up with a valid reason. I think a lot of people base their views on what they read in the press but don't have any real substance behind it.

Re: O/T - General Election : Wed Apr 19, 2017 11:05 pm  

Ewwenorfolk wrote:

Out of interest, why do people find Corbyn so 'unelectable?

Genuine question - I challenged a couple of friends on this who were unable to come up with a valid reason. I think a lot of people base their views on what they read in the press but don't have any real substance behind it.

Zero leadership skills, total lack of charisma, narrow second rate team of Islington champagne socialists and tired old trots, lifetime of protest with no joined up positive,practical program, totally out of touch with majority of electorate who can be bothered to turn out and vote, and his equivocal attitude to the Brexit vote handed the referendum to that small % of racists who tipped the balance. And I am a Guardian reading party member so you can imagine what the majority of voters feel, and as you point out he is already been trashed by the media.