Poll: Election 2019
Total Members Polled: 1601
Discussion
booboise blueboys said:
Tories start melting if they come in to contact with a bit of perfume? Hahaha. Says a lot about their personal hygiene I think and probably why they support a leader who looks like he has just crawled out of a sewer.
But seriously, this Tory activist may have just stank and a member of the public was giving a helping hand? Nothing to see here.
Why would you post such a thing ? But seriously, this Tory activist may have just stank and a member of the public was giving a helping hand? Nothing to see here.
A chemical injury to your eyes can be vision threatening. Since permanent damage can occur in less than five minutes, this is an ocular emergency that requires immediate treatment.
seemingly harmless items like perfume, nail polish and remover, along with other types of cosmetics, can burn your eyes and cause permanent damage to your sight
It is no laughing or joking matter
Jordan210 said:
Halb said:
whhhhaaa?
Due to the postal vote thing earlier. hashtag SackKuenssberg was trending earlier. for about the 4th time this month
Laura Kuenssberg
Verified account
@bbclaurak
"Just been at one of last Corbyn rallies - he tells us after ‘we’re gonna win this thing’."
She should have asked where Shergar went.
Cooling off period.
I think this could be a great addition to democracy. In future voters should be able to change their votes within say a 28 day period,
It’s easily managed. We have an election. Up to 28 days later a voter can ring the person at the council or electoral body and say “ hi it’s June I’ve changed my mind from scruffy chap with dubious morals to scruffy chap with better hair and dubious morals “
This would be simply recorded as a deduction for party A and increase for Party B. After 28 days the votes would be tallied and whoever had the highest vote would then be invited or continue as the MP
If enough changed from say Conservative to Labour then the Labour Leader would be invited to form a government.
It’s the same as buying anything long distance or taking xmas gifts back to Argos. If it’s good enough for our shopping habits then surely its just as good for the other important decision we make
I think this could be a great addition to democracy. In future voters should be able to change their votes within say a 28 day period,
It’s easily managed. We have an election. Up to 28 days later a voter can ring the person at the council or electoral body and say “ hi it’s June I’ve changed my mind from scruffy chap with dubious morals to scruffy chap with better hair and dubious morals “
This would be simply recorded as a deduction for party A and increase for Party B. After 28 days the votes would be tallied and whoever had the highest vote would then be invited or continue as the MP
If enough changed from say Conservative to Labour then the Labour Leader would be invited to form a government.
It’s the same as buying anything long distance or taking xmas gifts back to Argos. If it’s good enough for our shopping habits then surely its just as good for the other important decision we make
techiedave said:
Cooling off period.
I think this could be a great addition to democracy. In future voters should be able to change their votes within say a 28 day period,
It’s easily managed. We have an election. Up to 28 days later a voter can ring the person at the council or electoral body and say “ hi it’s June I’ve changed my mind from scruffy chap with dubious morals to scruffy chap with better hair and dubious morals “
This would be simply recorded as a deduction for party A and increase for Party B. After 28 days the votes would be tallied and whoever had the highest vote would then be invited or continue as the MP
If enough changed from say Conservative to Labour then the Labour Leader would be invited to form a government.
It’s the same as buying anything long distance or taking xmas gifts back to Argos. If it’s good enough for our shopping habits then surely its just as good for the other important decision we make
I suppose a doobie after dinner is OK....crack on and pass a MarsBarI think this could be a great addition to democracy. In future voters should be able to change their votes within say a 28 day period,
It’s easily managed. We have an election. Up to 28 days later a voter can ring the person at the council or electoral body and say “ hi it’s June I’ve changed my mind from scruffy chap with dubious morals to scruffy chap with better hair and dubious morals “
This would be simply recorded as a deduction for party A and increase for Party B. After 28 days the votes would be tallied and whoever had the highest vote would then be invited or continue as the MP
If enough changed from say Conservative to Labour then the Labour Leader would be invited to form a government.
It’s the same as buying anything long distance or taking xmas gifts back to Argos. If it’s good enough for our shopping habits then surely its just as good for the other important decision we make
techiedave said:
Cooling off period.
I think this could be a great addition to democracy. In future voters should be able to change their votes within say a 28 day period,
It’s easily managed. We have an election. Up to 28 days later a voter can ring the person at the council or electoral body and say “ hi it’s June I’ve changed my mind from scruffy chap with dubious morals to scruffy chap with better hair and dubious morals “
This would be simply recorded as a deduction for party A and increase for Party B. After 28 days the votes would be tallied and whoever had the highest vote would then be invited or continue as the MP
If enough changed from say Conservative to Labour then the Labour Leader would be invited to form a government.
It’s the same as buying anything long distance or taking xmas gifts back to Argos. If it’s good enough for our shopping habits then surely its just as good for the other important decision we make
Actually quite a good idea. And would also mean we have to start recording who voted for who. A website showing everyone's voting record so you can look up your friends, family and employees to see if you really want to be associated with them.I think this could be a great addition to democracy. In future voters should be able to change their votes within say a 28 day period,
It’s easily managed. We have an election. Up to 28 days later a voter can ring the person at the council or electoral body and say “ hi it’s June I’ve changed my mind from scruffy chap with dubious morals to scruffy chap with better hair and dubious morals “
This would be simply recorded as a deduction for party A and increase for Party B. After 28 days the votes would be tallied and whoever had the highest vote would then be invited or continue as the MP
If enough changed from say Conservative to Labour then the Labour Leader would be invited to form a government.
It’s the same as buying anything long distance or taking xmas gifts back to Argos. If it’s good enough for our shopping habits then surely its just as good for the other important decision we make
Well here's an unpopular opinion expressed by Matt Goodwin with which I agree. Comments by me in ()
Whatever happens tomorrow Boris Johnson has had a good campaign.
(Pause for incoming invective from usual suspects and the latest crop of unpleasant accounts)
continues:-
He's led his party back to 43% by cannibalising the Brexit Party & consolidating the Leave vote, which he & Cummings set out to do. He also held 18% of Remainers along the way
Under Johnson, the Conservatives have led in every single poll since MPs voted to hold the election back in October. Theresa May did not do this in 2017. Nor Cameron in 2015. Nor Cameron in 2010. The last person who managed this was Blair in 2005.
The polls might all be wrong but given the context of this election the Conservative Party's dominance is still striking. Of the 65 polls during the campaign they have held double digit leads in 43 of them.
Meanwhile, an opposition Labour Party has not come within 6 points of an incumbent party that has been in office for nearly a decade
-against a backdrop of austerity, an economic squeeze, a divisive Brexit debate, housing crisis & sharp increase in salience of climate change
At the start of the campaign...
Only 55% of 2017 conservatives were still loyal to the party
That is now 85%
34% had defected to Nigel Farage
That has been squeezed to 4%
And only 34% of Leavers were Tory
That is now over 70%
Johnson could still 'lose' of course but there's no doubt his party is far stronger than when he found it. He was never going to win back Remainia at this election but he will have to pivot back if he wins it. Short term dilemma is being met; long term dilemma still to come.
(Well said, heartily endorse this view. Suck on those home truths Labour fan boys. And I still think Nigel Farage has been distinctly unhelpful to the Leave cause, both in the Referendum and since. For sure he has brought focus and succeeded in areas where there was almost no hope, e.g. getting rid of PM May, but at the crunch, hmmmm)
Whatever happens tomorrow Boris Johnson has had a good campaign.
(Pause for incoming invective from usual suspects and the latest crop of unpleasant accounts)
continues:-
He's led his party back to 43% by cannibalising the Brexit Party & consolidating the Leave vote, which he & Cummings set out to do. He also held 18% of Remainers along the way
Under Johnson, the Conservatives have led in every single poll since MPs voted to hold the election back in October. Theresa May did not do this in 2017. Nor Cameron in 2015. Nor Cameron in 2010. The last person who managed this was Blair in 2005.
The polls might all be wrong but given the context of this election the Conservative Party's dominance is still striking. Of the 65 polls during the campaign they have held double digit leads in 43 of them.
Meanwhile, an opposition Labour Party has not come within 6 points of an incumbent party that has been in office for nearly a decade
-against a backdrop of austerity, an economic squeeze, a divisive Brexit debate, housing crisis & sharp increase in salience of climate change
At the start of the campaign...
Only 55% of 2017 conservatives were still loyal to the party
That is now 85%
34% had defected to Nigel Farage
That has been squeezed to 4%
And only 34% of Leavers were Tory
That is now over 70%
Johnson could still 'lose' of course but there's no doubt his party is far stronger than when he found it. He was never going to win back Remainia at this election but he will have to pivot back if he wins it. Short term dilemma is being met; long term dilemma still to come.
(Well said, heartily endorse this view. Suck on those home truths Labour fan boys. And I still think Nigel Farage has been distinctly unhelpful to the Leave cause, both in the Referendum and since. For sure he has brought focus and succeeded in areas where there was almost no hope, e.g. getting rid of PM May, but at the crunch, hmmmm)
FiF said:
Well here's an unpopular opinion expressed by Matt Goodwin with which I agree. Comments by me in ()
Whatever happens tomorrow Boris Johnson has had a good campaign.
(Pause for incoming invective from usual suspects and the latest crop of unpleasant accounts)
continues:-
He's led his party back to 43% by cannibalising the Brexit Party & consolidating the Leave vote, which he & Cummings set out to do. He also held 18% of Remainers along the way
Under Johnson, the Conservatives have led in every single poll since MPs voted to hold the election back in October. Theresa May did not do this in 2017. Nor Cameron in 2015. Nor Cameron in 2010. The last person who managed this was Blair in 2005.
The polls might all be wrong but given the context of this election the Conservative Party's dominance is still striking. Of the 65 polls during the campaign they have held double digit leads in 43 of them.
Meanwhile, an opposition Labour Party has not come within 6 points of an incumbent party that has been in office for nearly a decade
-against a backdrop of austerity, an economic squeeze, a divisive Brexit debate, housing crisis & sharp increase in salience of climate change
At the start of the campaign...
Only 55% of 2017 conservatives were still loyal to the party
That is now 85%
34% had defected to Nigel Farage
That has been squeezed to 4%
And only 34% of Leavers were Tory
That is now over 70%
Johnson could still 'lose' of course but there's no doubt his party is far stronger than when he found it. He was never going to win back Remainia at this election but he will have to pivot back if he wins it. Short term dilemma is being met; long term dilemma still to come.
(Well said, heartily endorse this view. Suck on those home truths Labour fan boys. And I still think Nigel Farage has been distinctly unhelpful to the Leave cause, both in the Referendum and since. For sure he has brought focus and succeeded in areas where there was almost no hope, e.g. getting rid of PM May, but at the crunch, hmmmm)
What happens in the longer term is interesting. If he fails to get anything more than a 20 seat majority then the Conservative party is going to be wiped out in 2025, if it lasts that long.Whatever happens tomorrow Boris Johnson has had a good campaign.
(Pause for incoming invective from usual suspects and the latest crop of unpleasant accounts)
continues:-
He's led his party back to 43% by cannibalising the Brexit Party & consolidating the Leave vote, which he & Cummings set out to do. He also held 18% of Remainers along the way
Under Johnson, the Conservatives have led in every single poll since MPs voted to hold the election back in October. Theresa May did not do this in 2017. Nor Cameron in 2015. Nor Cameron in 2010. The last person who managed this was Blair in 2005.
The polls might all be wrong but given the context of this election the Conservative Party's dominance is still striking. Of the 65 polls during the campaign they have held double digit leads in 43 of them.
Meanwhile, an opposition Labour Party has not come within 6 points of an incumbent party that has been in office for nearly a decade
-against a backdrop of austerity, an economic squeeze, a divisive Brexit debate, housing crisis & sharp increase in salience of climate change
At the start of the campaign...
Only 55% of 2017 conservatives were still loyal to the party
That is now 85%
34% had defected to Nigel Farage
That has been squeezed to 4%
And only 34% of Leavers were Tory
That is now over 70%
Johnson could still 'lose' of course but there's no doubt his party is far stronger than when he found it. He was never going to win back Remainia at this election but he will have to pivot back if he wins it. Short term dilemma is being met; long term dilemma still to come.
(Well said, heartily endorse this view. Suck on those home truths Labour fan boys. And I still think Nigel Farage has been distinctly unhelpful to the Leave cause, both in the Referendum and since. For sure he has brought focus and succeeded in areas where there was almost no hope, e.g. getting rid of PM May, but at the crunch, hmmmm)
booboise blueboys said:
I'm in an ultra marginal seat. News is emerging that people haven't received their postal votes (no surprise, this Tory council has a track record of messing these things up).
This is not good for the elderly Tory vote here and will help Labour.
what's the seat?This is not good for the elderly Tory vote here and will help Labour.
V6 Pushfit said:
How do you work that out ?
Johnson will find it more and more difficult to get anything through unless the entirety of the Conservative party back it. As we've seen over recent years, that's no easy task. The country will grow impatient with further stagnation and Conservative infighting except this time there it wont be the Remain MPs to blame.Halb said:
what's the seat?
Chipping BarnetHalb said:
booboise blueboys said:
I'm in an ultra marginal seat. News is emerging that people haven't received their postal votes (no surprise, this Tory council has a track record of messing these things up).
This is not good for the elderly Tory vote here and will help Labour.
what's the seat?This is not good for the elderly Tory vote here and will help Labour.
the post is jackanory
Moving on Over on BBC parliament they are showing part of a Labour Broadcast its very 1982 with a singer called Grace Petrie doing a demented Billy Bragg on speed impression and a bunch of 5 women looking on with a mixture of pain and admiration
Halb said:
CAPP0 said:
Surely "....unlike the latest bunch of regulars posting under a pseudonym"?
Most likely, there's rather a lot of suspicious (and rude/stupid) 'new/old/troll' accounts. I doubt they'll evaporate post election day though.It's discussed in the website feedback thread. I gave up
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