Election 2019 V2
Discussion
amusingduck said:
I ended up stumbling across a weird corner of reddit where the content is exclusively "Radical Left" /
That sounds like 90% of Reddit to be honest, minus the Trump subreddit.Any sub that allows political discussion just becomes a huge liberal-left echo chamber with mass downvotes for any dissenting views.
r/CasualUK is a haven generally as it outright bans any politics...
LF5335 said:
This thread and Vol 1 haven’t aged particularly well.
Quite interesting seeing how the views on PR have turned full circle on both sides. The predictions about 15 years of stable Tory government and 10 years of Johnson were definite highlights though.
Covid and Ukraine weren’t even on the radar then Quite interesting seeing how the views on PR have turned full circle on both sides. The predictions about 15 years of stable Tory government and 10 years of Johnson were definite highlights though.
Smollet said:
Covid and Ukraine weren’t even on the radar then
Dec 2019 - Covid 19 was happening in other countries and clearly an issue. That’s where the 19 comes from in its name. Mod 2020 was when it became clear that the Russian invasion was a case of when not if. It had been on the cards and well known since they annexed Crimea in 2014. It escalated from 2019 when it became clearer that the US we’re likely to be considerably less friendly after the next US election at the end of 2020
LF5335 said:
Dec 2019 - Covid 19 was happening in other countries and clearly an issue. That’s where the 19 comes from in its name.
We know that the outbreak first occurred in 2019 but the virus wasn't named that until 11 February 2020.The last general election was called on 29 October 2019 and took place on 12 December 2019.
The first known case of covid-19 ('patient zero') started to have symptoms on 1 December 2019. Covid-19 was not confirmed as the cause until 2 January 2020.
Therefore, it is impossible for it to have been an issue that had any bearing on the previous general election.
turbobloke said:
If he plays his cards right and Labour keeps leaning so far to the Left it falls over again and again, 15 years isn't out of the question.
OTOH if there's a pandemic, some scandal and Labour select a very capable leader who keeps his head down then 4 years followed by oblivion is possible.BikeBikeBIke said:
turbobloke said:
If he plays his cards right and Labour keeps leaning so far to the Left it falls over again and again, 15 years isn't out of the question.
OTOH if there's a pandemic, some scandal and Labour select a very capable leader who keeps his head down then 4 years followed by oblivion is possible.Labour aren't without their internal differences and they have a Cabinet approximately as competent as the outgoing tory version. We'll see.
DeejRC said:
Mel Stride you lucky lucky bar steward, 61 votes!
My Indie, Arthur Price only got 455 votes, but I’m feeling rather proud that Im a member of such a select group.
Well, on the astonishingly rare chance that Mel reads this, I’m rather enjoying being an Indie voter old boy, so given that you lost all my households votes and it seems every vote counts for you: bloody good luck getting them back!!
Did you mean to post this in another thread - maybe one where the subject is the 2024 GE results??My Indie, Arthur Price only got 455 votes, but I’m feeling rather proud that Im a member of such a select group.
Well, on the astonishingly rare chance that Mel reads this, I’m rather enjoying being an Indie voter old boy, so given that you lost all my households votes and it seems every vote counts for you: bloody good luck getting them back!!
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