''Labour will do fine in metropolitan and commuter areas. ''
A somewhat glib assertion.
Many people in those constituencies work in and around financial services, an industry Mr Corbyn explicitly wants destroy.
Hardly 'glib'. The labour offer is clearly tilted at these areas. There is, of course, a corollary, given that labour are looking likely to lose 20% of their 2017 vote nationally.
I've been sitting with the Ballot paper in front of me for nearly half an hour and am unable to make my mind up. I'm in a Leading marginal which flip-flops between LAB and CON and had decided to only vote tactically if I thought the result here was a foregone conclusion. There is only ever a few hundred votes in it in this constituency.
Mike : forget the economics (including Brexit) if you can. Think about fundamentals.
Johnson is a tosser but he won’t do irreparable harm. Corbyn is either evil or happy to facilitate evil.
Hold your nose and lend your vote to the Conservatives. If it ends up being Tories by 1 MP then you will have done a good thing in keeping Corbyn out. If it ends up with a large Tory majority you didn’t make a difference.
Is the Red Roar kosher or one of those Russian Tory fakes? It is hard to keep up. I vaguely recall one of the supposedly Labour sites was knocked offline at the same time as Guido but am not sure it was this one.
There's not much that could persuade me to vote for IDS, but Ellie-Mae O'Hagan canvassing me in the other direction would definitely work. Like Owen Jones without the towering intellect.
If true that's really bad for Labour. As it's 78% remain and has no significant libdem presence to split the vote it's the sort of seat where there should absolutely be a swing to labour, even on a solid tory lead.
I think out of all of us here CHB you will be crushed the most if the result does not go your way. If it does goes your way, I'll take it on the chin and collect my winnings and watch Corbyn & co implode within 6 months and then enjoy a Tory landslide.
But I'm worried about you CHB. Those words 'Tory majority' are going to make your head explode.
Rain is setting in here in Norwich and for now the dead have stopped rising from their graves to vote for Clive and Jeremy. Just a lonely matchgirl huddled by the pub door clutching her Corbyn doll.
Not a fan of Corbyn, and genuinely sorry that she got treated in the way she did, it was disgusting. However, what did she expect? Tory win in Finchley anyway!
I think out of all of us here CHB you will be crushed the most if the result does not go your way. If it does goes your way, I'll take it on the chin and collect my winnings and watch Corbyn & co implode within 6 months and then enjoy a Tory landslide.
But I'm worried about you CHB. Those words 'Tory majority' are going to make your head explode.
I’ll be disappointed. Personally I’ll be better off under a Tory Government.
But I’m sure people know that I’m always happy to hold my hands up when wrong.
I've been sitting with the Ballot paper in front of me for nearly half an hour and am unable to make my mind up. I'm in a Leading marginal which flip-flops between LAB and CON and had decided to only vote tactically if I thought the result here was a foregone conclusion. There is only ever a few hundred votes in it in this constituency.
Mike : forget the economics (including Brexit) if you can. Think about fundamentals.
Johnson is a tosser but he won’t do irreparable harm. Corbyn is either evil or happy to facilitate evil.
Hold your nose and lend your vote to the Conservatives. If it ends up being Tories by 1 MP then you will have done a good thing in keeping Corbyn out. If it ends up with a large Tory majority you didn’t make a difference.
Spun another way, Boris is planning to wreck the constitution by curbing the courts and parliament. Corbyn only wants to nationalise a bunch of things that can be re-privatised later.
Not sure the election itself was a mistake . The problem was the Lib Dems revoke position.
They should have portrayed themselves as the moderate choice but their revoke position looks a bit extremist even for some Remainers .
I think the deal would have eventually got through anyway , and let’s say it didn’t what the hell was the EU supposed to do in January .
Say okay there’s a few more months for MPs to argue and still not find a resolution .
The extension until the end of January was only granted because they thought an election was nailed on . Sorry to say but the EU just want rid of the UK now . A few countries might still hope there’d be a change of mind but these are a small minority .
I spend a lot of time in France , no one even talks about Brexit , the papers have only shown a bit more interest now because of the GE but before you’d be lucky to find an item that didn’t end up next to the personal ads !
I’m an ardent Remainer but seriously I think too many people don’t understand that for the EU they have a choice as to an unstable neighbour racked with toxicity and EU relations becoming a political football in every election or a neighbour where relations can be rebuilt once the air is let out of the Brexit balloon .
Brexit being done is clearly not going to happen quickly , the symbolism of leaving though is quite powerful and that will just by itself reduce some of the toxicity .
If the EU had really wanted to help stop Brexit they would have rolled the dice and not agreed a deal and then hoped against no deal in an election that Johnson would lose .
Everything changed once a deal was agreed . Because Ireland are very happy with that outcome the EU can rightly say they supported them and stood by what is a smallish country . No one can accuse the EU of not standing by one of their members .
If true that's really bad for Labour. As it's 78% remain and has no significant libdem presence to split the vote it's the sort of seat where there should absolutely be a swing to labour, even on a solid tory lead.
And they should have had their canvassing teams already organised and properly briefed.
Which they probably did, to be fair. These sorts of report are almost certainly garbage.
I would politely suggest you get a little less excitable and more balanced in your posts. The youth are turning out especially in London but if you read the Metro they are adding thousands of votes to already safe labour seats
I am not saying you are wrong in predicting a hung parliament but at the same time you lose creditability if you come over as some form of bot
Please do not take it personally, maybe just a bit if constructive criticsm, but please keep posting
As returning officer at the Oxford Union I had an uncomfortable discussion with one of the elderly voters who was partially sighted - and rather deaf, so spoke loudly. I had to help him complete his ballot. "Which one's the Jew boy?" "Oh I think that would be Mr Steiner" "Vote for him!"
I've been sitting with the Ballot paper in front of me for nearly half an hour and am unable to make my mind up. I'm in a Leading marginal which flip-flops between LAB and CON and had decided to only vote tactically if I thought the result here was a foregone conclusion. There is only ever a few hundred votes in it in this constituency.
Mike : forget the economics (including Brexit) if you can. Think about fundamentals.
Johnson is a tosser but he won’t do irreparable harm. Corbyn is either evil or happy to facilitate evil.
Hold your nose and lend your vote to the Conservatives. If it ends up being Tories by 1 MP then you will have done a good thing in keeping Corbyn out. If it ends up with a large Tory majority you didn’t make a difference.
I was having this conversation the other day. I think the your analysis of Johnson is accurate: he is awful, posturing, weak, lazy, and not half as clever as he thinks he is, but not actively evil. My problem is that people around him (DC?) who are *not* lazy, really are evil.
So the question is, while holding your nose, which brand of evil are you backing?
I would politely suggest you get a little less excitable and more balanced in your posts. The youth are turning out especially in London but if you read the Metro they are adding thousands of votes to already safe labour seats
I am not saying you are wrong in predicting a hung parliament but at the same time you lose creditability if you come over as some form of bot
Please do not take it personally, maybe just a bit if constructive criticsm, but please keep posting
I agree it was a mistake but the deal was very likely passing anyway, nearly all the tory rebels were only anti no dealers rather than 2nd reffers. Better it passes with a mandate and the country having had some chance to reject it if they want to. So the timing a minor rather than major mistake.
Yes, I think that is right. On the other hand the LibDem campaign has been a straightforward disaster.
I cant disagree with that. The maths of coming from the 2017 GE with so few competitive seats for them was hugely problematic regardless of the campaigning though. Getting dozens of close 2nd places would still be some progress even if they dont win many seats.
Not sure the election itself was a mistake . The problem was the Lib Dems revoke position.
They should have portrayed themselves as the moderate choice but their revoke position looks a bit extremist even for some Remainers .
I think the deal would have eventually got through anyway , and let’s say it didn’t what the hell was the EU supposed to do in January .
Say okay there’s a few more months for MPs to argue and still not find a resolution .
The extension until the end of January was only granted because they thought an election was nailed on . Sorry to say but the EU just want rid of the UK now . A few countries might still hope there’d be a change of mind but these are a small minority .
I spend a lot of time in France , no one even talks about Brexit , the papers have only shown a bit more interest now because of the GE but before you’d be lucky to find an item that didn’t end up next to the personal ads !
I’m an ardent Remainer but seriously I think too many people don’t understand that for the EU they have a choice as to an unstable neighbour racked with toxicity and EU relations becoming a political football in every election or a neighbour where relations can be rebuilt once the air is let out of the Brexit balloon .
Brexit being done is clearly not going to happen quickly , the symbolism of leaving though is quite powerful and that will just by itself reduce some of the toxicity .
If the EU had really wanted to help stop Brexit they would have rolled the dice and not agreed a deal and then hoped against no deal in an election that Johnson would lose .
Everything changed once a deal was agreed . Because Ireland are very happy with that outcome the EU can rightly say they supported them and stood by what is a smallish country . No one can accuse the EU of not standing by one of their members .
People spent 6 months saying how Labour's policy of a second referendum after creating a plan were we to leave was impossible to sell.
The Lib Dems went for a simple approach but it failed as soon as the election moved away from Brexit.
I'll give you another anecdote. I live in a market town in East Riding (Greg Knight's constituency). I work from home. Polling station at the top of road. It's been really noticeable how many people are going to vote. Polling cards on display. Genuinely haven't seen this before on polling day. Went to cast my vote at 10am. It was... steady. One person out, one person in. No queues, but constant traffic.
What's interesting is how many people have said that they really don't know who to vote for. LD/Green/Brexit/UKIP/Yorkshire votes wasted. Labour always respectable second. Don't want to vote Conservative.
As one person put it to me at the start of the week - "Both of them will s**t on you but do you want them to s**t on you and fix the potholes or s**t on you and spend a load of money?"
I just voted. No queue, normal flow in and out. I learned nothing from it.
Likewise in my station in Bootle. It was 11am. I've never voted at 11am before. Normally about 9am or about 7pm. So I can't tell anything from it.
It wasn't as busy as May at the EU elections (when I voted at 7pm) but that tells me nowt really. Two elderly people leaving when I arrived (Reckon they voted Labour). One person rushed in and out whilst I was there (reckon they voted Labour too). One person arrived as I was leaving (Reckon they'll vote Labour).
I've been sitting with the Ballot paper in front of me for nearly half an hour and am unable to make my mind up. I'm in a Leading marginal which flip-flops between LAB and CON and had decided to only vote tactically if I thought the result here was a foregone conclusion. There is only ever a few hundred votes in it in this constituency.
Mike : forget the economics (including Brexit) if you can. Think about fundamentals.
Johnson is a tosser but he won’t do irreparable harm. Corbyn is either evil or happy to facilitate evil.
Hold your nose and lend your vote to the Conservatives. If it ends up being Tories by 1 MP then you will have done a good thing in keeping Corbyn out. If it ends up with a large Tory majority you didn’t make a difference.
I was having this conversation the other day. I think the your analysis of Johnson is accurate: he is awful, posturing, weak, lazy, and not half as clever as he thinks he is, but not actively evil. My problem is that people around him (DC?) who are *not* lazy, really are evil.
So the question is, while holding your nose, which brand of evil are you backing?
A choice between Dominic Cummins and Seamus Milne. You spoil us.
Not a fan of Corbyn, and genuinely sorry that she got treated in the way she did, it was disgusting. However, what did she expect? Tory win in Finchley anyway!
Yeah completely random decision to target her right this minute.
I've been sitting with the Ballot paper in front of me for nearly half an hour and am unable to make my mind up. I'm in a Leading marginal which flip-flops between LAB and CON and had decided to only vote tactically if I thought the result here was a foregone conclusion. There is only ever a few hundred votes in it in this constituency.
Mike : forget the economics (including Brexit) if you can. Think about fundamentals.
Johnson is a tosser but he won’t do irreparable harm. Corbyn is either evil or happy to facilitate evil.
Hold your nose and lend your vote to the Conservatives. If it ends up being Tories by 1 MP then you will have done a good thing in keeping Corbyn out. If it ends up with a large Tory majority you didn’t make a difference.
Spun another way, Boris is planning to wreck the constitution by curbing the courts and parliament. Corbyn only wants to nationalise a bunch of things that can be re-privatised later.
If you can’t choose between two unpalatables - and I feel much the same - vote Lib Dem. It is at least what you believe in.
Just had the LibDem get the vote out crowd come down the street in the driving rain. Fair play to them: they’re putting the work in. (OxWAB if anyone cares.)
You mean, marginals might actually be marginal?! Gobsmacking
Maybe I should rename myself to ObviousHorseBattery
No.
A quick competition on what you should rename yourself?
I like BrainwashedBattery, has a nice ring to it
If I understand the origin of your name correctly, you can choose whatever you like provided it is at least 15 digits long and has one upper case letter, one lower case, one number and a punctuation mark.
I just voted. No queue, normal flow in and out. I learned nothing from it.
Likewise in my station in Bootle. It was 11am. I've never voted at 11am before. Normally about 9am or about 7pm. So I can't tell anything from it.
It wasn't as busy as May at the EU elections (when I voted at 7pm) but that tells me nowt really. Two elderly people leaving when I arrived (Reckon they voted Labour). One person rushed in and out whilst I was there (reckon they voted Labour too). One person arrived as I was leaving (Reckon they'll vote Labour).
Turnout not very brisk in East Surrey this lunchtime. Plenty of folks around town shopping and having coffee, but wife and I were the only people voting.
I would politely suggest you get a little less excitable and more balanced in your posts. The youth are turning out especially in London but if you read the Metro they are adding thousands of votes to already safe labour seats
I am not saying you are wrong in predicting a hung parliament but at the same time you lose creditability if you come over as some form of bot
Please do not take it personally, maybe just a bit if constructive criticsm, but please keep posting
Not sure the election itself was a mistake . The problem was the Lib Dems revoke position.
They should have portrayed themselves as the moderate choice but their revoke position looks a bit extremist even for some Remainers .
I think the deal would have eventually got through anyway , and let’s say it didn’t what the hell was the EU supposed to do in January .
Say okay there’s a few more months for MPs to argue and still not find a resolution .
The extension until the end of January was only granted because they thought an election was nailed on . Sorry to say but the EU just want rid of the UK now . A few countries might still hope there’d be a change of mind but these are a small minority .
I spend a lot of time in France , no one even talks about Brexit , the papers have only shown a bit more interest now because of the GE but before you’d be lucky to find an item that didn’t end up next to the personal ads !
I’m an ardent Remainer but seriously I think too many people don’t understand that for the EU they have a choice as to an unstable neighbour racked with toxicity and EU relations becoming a political football in every election or a neighbour where relations can be rebuilt once the air is let out of the Brexit balloon .
Brexit being done is clearly not going to happen quickly , the symbolism of leaving though is quite powerful and that will just by itself reduce some of the toxicity .
If the EU had really wanted to help stop Brexit they would have rolled the dice and not agreed a deal and then hoped against no deal in an election that Johnson would lose .
Everything changed once a deal was agreed . Because Ireland are very happy with that outcome the EU can rightly say they supported them and stood by what is a smallish country . No one can accuse the EU of not standing by one of their members .
Very true about lack of brexit interest in France. My colleagues and even my wife are so fed up they just want to kick us out. My wife got partly Brexit Party on a "who to vote for" test because she's so sick of us titting about (she's very much pro EU generally, just wants us gone). Can't speak for other European countries but the French will not be particularly sorrowful on January 31st.
Not sure the election itself was a mistake . The problem was the Lib Dems revoke position.
They should have portrayed themselves as the moderate choice but their revoke position looks a bit extremist even for some Remainers.
This, I think, is key. As a right of centre person I've always regarded the LibDems (and predecessors) as "the sensible ones", the party that could stand between the extremes that the two larger parties occasionally drift off to. The not-too-hot, not-too-cold porridge party.
But this "revoke" stance has made me call into question their entire ethos and not just their approach to Brexit. I do wonder if it'll do long term damage to their reputation amongst the moderate Tories and Labour supporters they'd normally appeal to.
Having said that, they'll now probably go on to win 30+ seats tonight and confound us all :-)
You can tell little from the fervent rumours during the day. It may be correct, it may not. Posters all have a reason for tweeting their thoughts.
Far better to wait for anecdotes on here from people we know and trust, or who we know are connected to party operations and might legitimately have some insights.
You mean, marginals might actually be marginal?! Gobsmacking
Maybe I should rename myself to ObviousHorseBattery
No.
A quick competition on what you should rename yourself?
I like BrainwashedBattery, has a nice ring to it
If I understand the origin of your name correctly, you can choose whatever you like provided it is at least 15 digits long and has one upper case letter, one lower case, one number and a punctuation mark.
You mean, marginals might actually be marginal?! Gobsmacking
Maybe I should rename myself to ObviousHorseBattery
No.
A quick competition on what you should rename yourself?
I like BrainwashedBattery, has a nice ring to it
If I understand the origin of your name correctly, you can choose whatever you like provided it is at least 15 digits long and has one upper case letter, one lower case, one number and a punctuation mark.
I've been sitting with the Ballot paper in front of me for nearly half an hour and am unable to make my mind up. I'm in a Leading marginal which flip-flops between LAB and CON and had decided to only vote tactically if I thought the result here was a foregone conclusion. There is only ever a few hundred votes in it in this constituency.
Mike : forget the economics (including Brexit) if you can. Think about fundamentals.
Johnson is a tosser but he won’t do irreparable harm. Corbyn is either evil or happy to facilitate evil.
Hold your nose and lend your vote to the Conservatives. If it ends up being Tories by 1 MP then you will have done a good thing in keeping Corbyn out. If it ends up with a large Tory majority you didn’t make a difference.
My son was similarly conflicted with his first vote - disliking both leaders in our tight marginal of Alyn & Deeside. I advised him to look at the teams around the leader for competence, and the need for a stable government to do other stuff that wasn't Brexit.
In those terms he thought it was a clear indication to vote Conservative - the thought of Abbott, Burgon Gardiner and McDonnell in offices of state was a worry for him in a way that Gove, Javid, etc weren't.
I've been sitting with the Ballot paper in front of me for nearly half an hour and am unable to make my mind up. I'm in a Leading marginal which flip-flops between LAB and CON and had decided to only vote tactically if I thought the result here was a foregone conclusion. There is only ever a few hundred votes in it in this constituency.
Mike : forget the economics (including Brexit) if you can. Think about fundamentals.
Johnson is a tosser but he won’t do irreparable harm. Corbyn is either evil or happy to facilitate evil.
Hold your nose and lend your vote to the Conservatives. If it ends up being Tories by 1 MP then you will have done a good thing in keeping Corbyn out. If it ends up with a large Tory majority you didn’t make a difference.
I was having this conversation the other day. I think the your analysis of Johnson is accurate: he is awful, posturing, weak, lazy, and not half as clever as he thinks he is, but not actively evil. My problem is that people around him (DC?) who are *not* lazy, really are evil.
So the question is, while holding your nose, which brand of evil are you backing?
All this Boris hate. He did a fine job as London mayor. Decent start as PM
Not sure the election itself was a mistake . The problem was the Lib Dems revoke position.
They should have portrayed themselves as the moderate choice but their revoke position looks a bit extremist even for some Remainers .
I think the deal would have eventually got through anyway , and let’s say it didn’t what the hell was the EU supposed to do in January .
Say okay there’s a few more months for MPs to argue and still not find a resolution .
The extension until the end of January was only granted because they thought an election was nailed on . Sorry to say but the EU just want rid of the UK now . A few countries might still hope there’d be a change of mind but these are a small minority .
I spend a lot of time in France , no one even talks about Brexit , the papers have only shown a bit more interest now because of the GE but before you’d be lucky to find an item that didn’t end up next to the personal ads !
I’m an ardent Remainer but seriously I think too many people don’t understand that for the EU they have a choice as to an unstable neighbour racked with toxicity and EU relations becoming a political football in every election or a neighbour where relations can be rebuilt once the air is let out of the Brexit balloon .
Brexit being done is clearly not going to happen quickly , the symbolism of leaving though is quite powerful and that will just by itself reduce some of the toxicity .
If the EU had really wanted to help stop Brexit they would have rolled the dice and not agreed a deal and then hoped against no deal in an election that Johnson would lose .
Everything changed once a deal was agreed . Because Ireland are very happy with that outcome the EU can rightly say they supported them and stood by what is a smallish country . No one can accuse the EU of not standing by one of their members .
Very true about lack of brexit interest in France. My colleagues and even my wife are so fed up they just want to kick us out. My wife got partly Brexit Party on a "who to vote for" test because she's so sick of us titting about (she's very much pro EU generally, just wants us gone). Can't speak for other European countries but the French will not be particularly sorrowful on January 31st.
True, I also think that for Macron he sees Brexit as a way to increase France’s influence and standing both in Europe and globally .
I think he feels the UK will become diminished on the world stage which I agree will happen .
These turnout queues are staggering and they are looking like mainly young voters. If I remember the polling turnout figures had more moderate turnout figures. This could be very close.
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Me thinks it’s a Labour gain
Johnson is a tosser but he won’t do irreparable harm. Corbyn is either evil or happy to facilitate evil.
Hold your nose and lend your vote to the Conservatives. If it ends up being Tories by 1 MP then you will have done a good thing in keeping Corbyn out. If it ends up with a large Tory majority you didn’t make a difference.
What did MRP say?
It was the lack of canvassers wot lost it. Or the Russians interfered. Or that awful Kuenssberg person. Or.....
Oh look surprise surprise
Both marginals, interesting
You mean, marginals might actually be marginal?! Gobsmacking
https://twitter.com/lucianaberger/status/1205097181486747648
Just getting my coat.
https://bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-50754865
But I'm worried about you CHB. Those words 'Tory majority' are going to make your head explode.
But I’m sure people know that I’m always happy to hold my hands up when wrong.
A quick competition on what you should rename yourself?
They should have portrayed themselves as the moderate choice but their revoke position looks a bit extremist even for some Remainers .
I think the deal would have eventually got through anyway , and let’s say it didn’t what the hell was the EU supposed to do in January .
Say okay there’s a few more months for MPs to argue and still not find a resolution .
The extension until the end of January was only granted because they thought an election was nailed on . Sorry to say but the EU just want rid of the UK now . A few countries might still hope there’d be a change of mind but these are a small minority .
I spend a lot of time in France , no one even talks about Brexit , the papers have only shown a bit more interest now because of the GE but before you’d be lucky to find an item that didn’t end up next to the personal ads !
I’m an ardent Remainer but seriously I think too many people don’t understand that for the EU they have a choice as to an unstable neighbour racked with toxicity and EU relations becoming a political football in every election or a neighbour where relations can be rebuilt once the air is let out of the Brexit balloon .
Brexit being done is clearly not going to happen quickly , the symbolism of leaving though is quite powerful and that will just by itself reduce some of the toxicity .
If the EU had really wanted to help stop Brexit they would have rolled the dice and not agreed a deal and then hoped against no deal in an election that Johnson would lose .
Everything changed once a deal was agreed . Because Ireland are very happy with that outcome the EU can rightly say they supported them and stood by what is a smallish country . No one can accuse the EU of not standing by one of their members .
Which they probably did, to be fair. These sorts of report are almost certainly garbage.
I am not saying you are wrong in predicting a hung parliament but at the same time you lose creditability if you come over as some form of bot
Please do not take it personally, maybe just a bit if constructive criticsm, but please keep posting
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/methinks
It is sensible to treat all tweets with a degree of scepticism.
"Which one's the Jew boy?" "Oh I think that would be Mr Steiner" "Vote for him!"
So the question is, while holding your nose, which brand of evil are you backing?
The Lib Dems went for a simple approach but it failed as soon as the election moved away from Brexit.
What's interesting is how many people have said that they really don't know who to vote for. LD/Green/Brexit/UKIP/Yorkshire votes wasted. Labour always respectable second. Don't want to vote Conservative.
As one person put it to me at the start of the week - "Both of them will s**t on you but do you want them to s**t on you and fix the potholes or s**t on you and spend a load of money?"
It wasn't as busy as May at the EU elections (when I voted at 7pm) but that tells me nowt really. Two elderly people leaving when I arrived (Reckon they voted Labour). One person rushed in and out whilst I was there (reckon they voted Labour too). One person arrived as I was leaving (Reckon they'll vote Labour).
Prediction for my seat is a Labour HOLD.
In all seriousness, I do hope you’d realise I’d take it in good grace if I am wrong.
HY has been very honest in how tight he had been finding it.
But this "revoke" stance has made me call into question their entire ethos and not just their approach to Brexit. I do wonder if it'll do long term damage to their reputation amongst the moderate Tories and Labour supporters they'd normally appeal to.
Having said that, they'll now probably go on to win 30+ seats tonight and confound us all :-)
WillS.
Far better to wait for anecdotes on here from people we know and trust, or who we know are connected to party operations and might legitimately have some insights.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/password_strength.png
https://twitter.com/AngstromHoot/status/1205104246573715456
https://twitter.com/AngstromHoot/status/1205113095338762240
https://twitter.com/broseph_stalin/status/1205113538110541824
Not seen anyone whippet racing, if they won’t race whippets in this weather then they won’t go out and vote either.
https://twitter.com/MikeGapes/status/1205109160934858752?s=20
In those terms he thought it was a clear indication to vote Conservative - the thought of Abbott, Burgon Gardiner and McDonnell in offices of state was a worry for him in a way that Gove, Javid, etc weren't.
I think he feels the UK will become diminished on the world stage which I agree will happen .