Why hasn't JC been doing to the rallies in the parks and conference centres and arenas like in 2017? The tub-thumping speeches were instrumental in energising his base and creating a powerful progressive narrative.
This time? Crickets & tumbleweed.
Can't see a surge coming unless footage emerges of Johnson throwing a migrant child into the channel.
Possibly the weather
Hah! Well he is getting on a bit, and that old injury from being arrested at the anti-apartheid protest does play up in the damp.
The real answer, of course, is seem by his miserable popularity ratings, particularly among the 18-25 group.
but I thought Jeremy Corbyn was good at these things.
One of the 50 cent crew told me so just yesterday.
Did you watch the video? He handled it very well.
No, he didn't. He cut the guy off time and time again in a patronising manner and appealed to the pro-Corbyn minority in the room to shut him up.
Let me get this straight, you think the right response to a heckler is not to cut them off?
Sadly, our political discourse has now descended to the point where dealing with hecklers is something that party leaders and senior politicians are going to have to get used to - and good at.
It used to be that there would be the occasional newspaper intern in a chicken suit, or perhaps a random member of the public a politician would bump into during a campaign, but it’s now much more organised and, rather like on Question Time, political opponents will make a habit of following them around heckling. Remember it was only nine years ago that the ‘bigoted woman’ on an unexpectedly open mic did for Gordon Brown.
Worst Cancer figures ever since records began too. Every target missed.
Never trust the Tories with the NHS
Never trust a centralised and socialist medical system run by politicians, trust the much better systems in place in literally every other country in the developed world*
* (except the USA, where the system is equally political and equally screwed).
Worst Cancer figures ever since records began too. Every target missed.
Never trust the Tories with the NHS
Never trust a centralised and socialist medical system run by politicians, trust the much better systems in place in literally every other country in the developed world*
* (except the USA, where the system is equally political and equally screwed).
Worst Cancer figures ever since records began too. Every target missed.
Never trust the Tories with the NHS
Never trust a centralised and socialist medical system run by politicians, trust the much better systems in place in literally every other country in the developed world*
* (except the USA, where the system is equally political and equally screwed).
Worst Cancer figures ever since records began too. Every target missed.
Never trust the Tories with the NHS
Never trust a centralised and socialist medical system run by politicians, trust the much better systems in place in literally every other country in the developed world*
* (except the USA, where the system is equally political and equally screwed).
BBC: Prime Minister Boris Johnson tells the BBC the A&E waiting time figures released today- which are the worst since records began -“is basically caused by the huge demand that there is on the NHS".
So it is our fault for daring to have accidents and encounter medical emergencies.
If you ever to A&E (I haven't been in one since I was 10, but know other people who have been quite recently), there are plenty of people there who really ought not to be there.
I have. Last five years. Unpleasant circumstances. It is not easy to say who is malingering and who is not. Top tip: if you need to go, best do it around 3am. It's still staffed and the queues are much shorter.
I had my second ever visit (when not escorting injured pupils) on Tuesday. I’m still here (not in A&E but on one of the wards).
Tim Walker exposing divisions within Liberal party about opposing remoaner candidates in Labour party on SKY News
I agree with Tim.
Why stand down for Tories Grieve and Soubry who haven't an earthly of winning but not for Duffield.
Asking for a friend who thinks it's because Swinson is a Tory.
The Lib Dems don't see themselves as the rural wing of the Labour Party.
But would stand down in Canterbury if Labour agreed to stand down in, say, Guildford. No? What a surprise.
When Labour lose the election will they commit to PR (by STV, no party lists thank you) ?
I hope so, but doubt it. Labour alas have a taste for undiluted power it seems, still, maybe you're right that will dissipate. (Brings to mind Trudeau in Canada, his party promised PR, they won the penultimate election and then (perhaps realising they could win and didn't need PR) changed their minds.
Btw, STV is not very proportional.
MMP (like the Scottish Parliament uses) is proportional and also allows voters to vote for named candidates, and then tops up seats from lists to make the vote proportional. 'MMP+' STV for seats with Leveling seats to provide proportionality seems a good way forward (similar to Scotland/London but with STV for the main seats).
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They’ve included interest costs, care costs etc that would have arisen anyway plus all homeland security plus a chunk for “future cost of care”
Basically made up
The real answer, of course, is seem by his miserable popularity ratings, particularly among the 18-25 group.
It used to be that there would be the occasional newspaper intern in a chicken suit, or perhaps a random member of the public a politician would bump into during a campaign, but it’s now much more organised and, rather like on Question Time, political opponents will make a habit of following them around heckling. Remember it was only nine years ago that the ‘bigoted woman’ on an unexpectedly open mic did for Gordon Brown.
* (except the USA, where the system is equally political and equally screwed).
Labour alas have a taste for undiluted power it seems, still, maybe you're right that will dissipate. (Brings to mind Trudeau in Canada, his party promised PR, they won the penultimate election and then (perhaps realising they could win and didn't need PR) changed their minds.
Btw, STV is not very proportional.
MMP (like the Scottish Parliament uses) is proportional and also allows voters to vote for named candidates, and then tops up seats from lists to make the vote proportional.
'MMP+' STV for seats with Leveling seats to provide proportionality seems a good way forward (similar to Scotland/London but with STV for the main seats).