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Simple truth is the country doesn't want Mrs May to have a silly majority.
Leads to complacency, a government does best when it has an effective opposition coming at them from all angles.0 -
The guilty party for the 'Cake and eat it' memo.AndreaParma_82 said:Julia Dockerill selected as the Tory candidate for Hornchurch and Upminster.
" A Conservative Councillor in Tower Hamlets since 2014, where she represents the ward of St Katharine’s and Wapping, Dockerill works in Parliament as Chief of Staff to Mark Field MP. Born and raised in Essex, she was co-author with Field of the books The Best of Times and Between the Crashes, and is currently working on a social and economic modern history of London called London in the Noughties"0 -
Could be the first reaction to Tessa and Hammond (apparently) about to get rid of the pensioner perks...0
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Doesn't always apply, although this time? Seems more believable than 29%. Either that or we are all in anti-Corbyn bubbles to rival all those Miliband fanatics.FrancisUrquhart said:
Lol...Isn't the rule to take the worst labour figure?TheScreamingEagles said:
Yes, they might do even better, remember the polls have a history of underestimating Labour.....oh waitFrancisUrquhart said:Do we honestly believe labour will get basically the same amount as under Ed Miliband and Gordon brown?
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At what point does a majority become silly - on a poll like this it'd still be pretty darn hefty, especially if they make inroads into Scotland and Wales and Labour do not/go backwards respectively.TheScreamingEagles said:Simple truth is the country doesn't want Mrs May to have a silly majority.
Leads to complacency, a government does best when it has an effective opposition coming at them from all angles.0 -
Imagine Juncker's horror if he was chosen to host the Iranian Ambassador.RepublicanTory said:
Perhaps it was a Dry eveningCasino_Royale said:Juncker looks scared:
https://twitter.com/Number10gov/status/857332523185168385
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Anyone know why Truro and Falmouth is missing from Betfair Sportsbook? Only seat in Cornwall that voted Remain.0
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Agreed.TheScreamingEagles said:Simple truth is the country doesn't want Mrs May to have a silly majority.
Leads to complacency, a government does best when it has an effective opposition coming at them from all angles.
But If May gets a majority of 80-90, will there be an effective opposition?0 -
That reminds me: are the Tories targetting Poplar & Limehouse again? I'd completely forgotten about the constituency somehow.AndreaParma_82 said:Julia Dockerill selected as the Tory candidate for Hornchurch and Upminster.
" A Conservative Councillor in Tower Hamlets since 2014, where she represents the ward of St Katharine’s and Wapping, Dockerill works in Parliament as Chief of Staff to Mark Field MP. Born and raised in Essex, she was co-author with Field of the books The Best of Times and Between the Crashes, and is currently working on a social and economic modern history of London called London in the Noughties"0 -
Given that Labour will probably hold up reasonably well in certain pockets - most of Inner London, (some of?) the South Wales Valleys, Liverpool, Manchester, and some other urban pockets with large concentrations of Muslim voters - 20% would imply a significant collapse in vote share everywhere else. Labour could well shed most of the few seats it has left in the South, and in the Midlands (parts of Birmingham excepted,) including Nottinghamshire seats like Bolsover and Bassetlaw; all of the seats in North Wales, which look likely to go in any event; and most of those in Yorkshire and the North-East. Labour could end up resting on two pillars - in London and Lancashire - and very little else.GIN1138 said:
If Labour did poll 20% UNS is out of the window really isn't it? I mean, at that level there would be pretty much be nowhere safe?TheScreamingEagles said:
But, once again, this scenario strays well into "too good to be true" territory.0 -
Everywhere beyond the Valleys, a few ultra Labour bits of the NW and urban inner cities with sizeable and relatively deprived BAME populations is already in play.GIN1138 said:
If Labour did poll 20% UNS is out of the window really isn't it? I mean, at that level there would be pretty much be nowhere safe?TheScreamingEagles said:0 -
We might be anti-Corbyn but nobody here makes up data like Clive Lewis, our expectations are driven by the polls.kle4 said:Doesn't always apply, although this time? Seems more believable than 29%. Either that or we are all in anti-Corbyn bubbles to rival all those Miliband fanatics.
Everything points to Labour doing considerably worse than 2015. Leadership ratings alone should settle any nerves.
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A majority of 70 to 80 is ideal.kle4 said:
At what point does a majority become silly - on a poll like this it'd still be pretty darn hefty, especially if they make inroads into Scotland and Wales and Labour do not/go backwards respectively.TheScreamingEagles said:Simple truth is the country doesn't want Mrs May to have a silly majority.
Leads to complacency, a government does best when it has an effective opposition coming at them from all angles.
Would allow effective government even with a 20 strong squad awkward squad.0 -
Mrs May has a small majority today. We have NO opposition worthy of the name.ThreeQuidder said:
Agreed.TheScreamingEagles said:Simple truth is the country doesn't want Mrs May to have a silly majority.
Leads to complacency, a government does best when it has an effective opposition coming at them from all angles.
But If May gets a majority of 80-90, will there be an effective opposition?
On the bright side, my bread is fresh out of the oven and the kitchen smells divine 0 -
Over many years by-election victors have a very good track record of holding at the next GE, particularly if it follows soon afterwards. Voters have a sense that their new MP is entitled to a fair go, and don't like being asked the same question again. Putting the same man up again is a mistake by the Tories IMO, and that's before you get into his flakiness and the mess he created for them the last time. Slinking away into obscurity was too good for him.bookseller said:
There will be a lot of prodigal sons (and daughters) returning to the Tory fold on June 9...kle4 said:
He could win it back, though it seems odd to reward him for causing them to lose the seat in the first place.spudgfsh said:
There's a difference between a by-election and a general election here. in the by-election the libdems could concentrate their resources but at the general their resources are more thinly spread. that could make the 2% ish swing from the by-election. especially as he got over 50% in 2015TheScreamingEagles said:Looks like Sarah Olney's still going to be an MP on June 9th.
I think the Tories will be well up for this, and agree with the by-election / election analysis. Richmond was a protest vote, and incumbent hasn't had enough time to win over enough of the electorate in the short time. Appreciate there will be an anti-Zac effect, but not enough to depress his vote given the country-wide narrative.
Shame, because I really rate Sarah Olney and her election was a good thing to have happened. But no room for sentimentality in politics...0 -
If the Labour vote is only down by 2 points nationally they could actually be up slightly in London. Not good news for Gavin Barwell in Croydon Central.Scott_P said:0 -
I suspect a lot of general election only voters are automatically saying Labour but that these will prove very flaky - as they did in 1983, 1992, 2015 etc.kle4 said:
Heh. Down to a mere 16 points. Wait for the panic/excitement when it is down to a mere12-3 (before rising again, probably).Scott_P said:
Figured the glut of 20+ leads would probably lead to a bit of a resurgence for Lab.
Although frankly I am baffled both are so high. The Tory vote, well, I just have trouble accepting the evidence in my brain, but Lab have not dropped any support since 2015? Really?
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Back in 1997, we had mostly silly leads for Labour in the polls, and the result was a 13% lead. However, the Tories still got slaughtered.
UNS would give the Tories a decent, but not absurd, lead, if they were 13% ahead. But, maybe this will be 1997 in reverse.0 -
1-2 or so.ThreeQuidder said:
I don't bet with PBers, so (as the kids these days say) don't at me, but:Philip_Thompson said:If a bookie were to market these what do you think fair odds should be?
A BPC-registered pollster shows Tories achieving 51% of votes?
The Tories in the election to achieve a majority of votes?
A BPC-registered pollster shows Lib Dems achieving a higher share than Labour?
The Lib Dems in the election to achieve a higher share than Labour?
In order:
Definitely odds on, maybe 1/2.
14/1 or so (about as likely as Lab most seats)
25/1 ish
33/1 ish (about as likely as Labour overall majority)
If the polls stay as they are until the election and haven't overcompensated for the 2015 failure, I'd guess shares (assuming all parties stand everywhere) of Con 45, Lab 26.5, UKIP 8.5, LD 10.5, Grn 3.5, seats Con 390ish, Lab 180ish.
11-1 maybe
4-1
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I assume this was discussed earlier, if charges follow, will push the Tory lead below 10%
https://twitter.com/Hayley_Barlow/status/8572812010984120330 -
Tynemouth had a 15.4% Lab majority in 2015, and Ukip took 12.23% of the vote. It's 76th on the Tory target list; not easy, but well within the bounds of possibility if the Tories have the resources to get boots on the ground and they win over enough of the Ukip vote, one would've thought.kyf_100 said:
Did you see Andrew Neil take her apart the other day? Brutal.Big_G_NorthWales said:Gina Miller
'We will be focussing on educating and empowering people to make a tactical vote and choosing MP's who will do the best for Britain'
Educating !!!!!!!!! - sums up the arrogance and attitude of EU idealogs that anyone who is against Europe needs brain washing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NpD8RFl3zQ
Gina Miller must be the least likeable person in politics at the moment - arrogant, condescending, thoroughly self-righteous, I hope for the same of my book she gets as much airtime in the next few weeks as possible.
Seriously though - where is Labour's floor? I am slightly up on a Con majority 100-149, very, very green on a Con majority 150 - 199 and slightly up on anything between 200 - 250.
I left my notes at work so I can't reproduce the working, but I estimated a Con majority of 231 if Labour fall to 120 seats which, if private polling suggests 20%, is quite possible.
Assuming I can afford to lose a few quid, where are the value bets on that kind of majority now? The Con majority and number of Labour seats odds have fallen drastically over the last couple of days. I'm assuming the best odds are on upsets in individual seats.
I hear Blyth Valley mentioned but what about Tynemouth? It was Conservative until 1997.0 -
Indeed, opposition is more a state of mind than a matter of numbers.Beverley_C said:
Mrs May has a small majority today. We have NO opposition worthy of the name.ThreeQuidder said:
Agreed.TheScreamingEagles said:Simple truth is the country doesn't want Mrs May to have a silly majority.
Leads to complacency, a government does best when it has an effective opposition coming at them from all angles.
But If May gets a majority of 80-90, will there be an effective opposition?
On the bright side, my bread is fresh out of the oven and the kitchen smells divine
If May gets a majority of 50 but the Labour Party continues to be led by far left Corbynistas then there will still be no real opposition.
If May get a majority of 200 and the far left owns the defeat and is banished from the Labour Party then there is a chance of a real opposition emerging.
Once the Tories replaced IDS with Hague there was more of an opposition than before despite no change whatsoever in numbers.0 -
I'm afraid SLab are already off installing a plethora of no-hopers, cannon fodder and Corbynites into contests across the nation, so you're out of luck there.kle4 said:
Just combine all the left and right parties into single options, they may as well. Same goes for Scottish unionists.Scott_P said:@nickeardleybbc: The Electoral Alliance comes to life. Lib Dems not standing in Brighton Pavilion. Will support @CarolineLucas
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Yougov, so probably a duff subsample in London.Scott_P said:0 -
What have Juncker and Brexiteers got to do with the Council of Europe?foxinsoxuk said:
That is another election away.Casino_Royale said:
Until 2022.TheScreamingEagles said:Hurrah, Mrs May's doing the right thing, Dave was wrong when he promised this.
https://twitter.com/Telegraph/status/857339266384449537
Juncker 1 Brexiteers nil.
You can see why giving Theresa carte blanche to agree without parliamentary scrutiny may not be wise.0 -
It's been confirmed they are all Tories? Wish the CPS would get on with it rather than briefing the press endlessly.TheScreamingEagles said:I assume this was discussed earlier, if charges follow, will push the Tory lead below 10%
https://twitter.com/Hayley_Barlow/status/8572812010984120330 -
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It is the sort of majority that allowed Maggie to push through the Single European Market and get rid of national vetos.TheScreamingEagles said:
A majority of 70 to 80 is ideal.kle4 said:
At what point does a majority become silly - on a poll like this it'd still be pretty darn hefty, especially if they make inroads into Scotland and Wales and Labour do not/go backwards respectively.TheScreamingEagles said:Simple truth is the country doesn't want Mrs May to have a silly majority.
Leads to complacency, a government does best when it has an effective opposition coming at them from all angles.
Would allow effective government even with a 20 strong squad awkward squad.0 -
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Margin of error (which we discussed at length earlier).Scott_P said:
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https://twitter.com/britainelects/status/857345253568851973
Oh dear.
Is this evidence of (a) the robot turnip Labour habit vote trooping loyally back to vote for the Useless One, or (b) statistical noise?
More evidence required.0 -
Not in this timestream.Philip_Thompson said:
Indeed, opposition is more a state of mind than a matter of numbers.Beverley_C said:
Mrs May has a small majority today. We have NO opposition worthy of the name.ThreeQuidder said:
Agreed.TheScreamingEagles said:Simple truth is the country doesn't want Mrs May to have a silly majority.
Leads to complacency, a government does best when it has an effective opposition coming at them from all angles.
But If May gets a majority of 80-90, will there be an effective opposition?
On the bright side, my bread is fresh out of the oven and the kitchen smells divine
If May gets a majority of 50 but the Labour Party continues to be led by far left Corbynistas then there will still be no real opposition.
If May get a majority of 200 and the far left owns the defeat and is banished from the Labour Party then there is a chance of a real opposition emerging.
Once the Tories replaced IDS with Hague there was more of an opposition than before despite no change whatsoever in numbers.0 -
My gut instinct is that the Tories will win by about twelve to fifteen points in the end.
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Gina Miller doing an excellent job.Scott_P said:0 -
Given that referendum supplementary question, a different sample to usual.Black_Rook said:https://twitter.com/britainelects/status/857345253568851973
Oh dear.
Is this evidence of (a) the robot turnip Labour habit vote trooping loyally back to vote for the Useless One, or (b) statistical noise?
More evidence required.0 -
https://twitter.com/britainelects/status/857345253568851973
Note: 29% is the same vote share as Gordon Brown received in 2010.
I find it hard to credit that Labour under Corbyn can expect to do as well as Labour under Brown. Brown wasn't that bad, for God's sake.0 -
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Lib / All / LibDem gains from the Conservatives lost at the next election:IanB2 said:
Over many years by-election victors have a very good track record of holding at the next GE, particularly if it follows soon afterwards. Voters have a sense that their new MP is entitled to a fair go, and don't like being asked the same question again. Putting the same man up again is a mistake by the Tories IMO, and that's before you get into his flakiness and the mess he created for them the last time. Slinking away into obscurity was too good for him.bookseller said:
There will be a lot of prodigal sons (and daughters) returning to the Tory fold on June 9...kle4 said:
He could win it back, though it seems odd to reward him for causing them to lose the seat in the first place.spudgfsh said:
There's a difference between a by-election and a general election here. in the by-election the libdems could concentrate their resources but at the general their resources are more thinly spread. that could make the 2% ish swing from the by-election. especially as he got over 50% in 2015TheScreamingEagles said:Looks like Sarah Olney's still going to be an MP on June 9th.
I think the Tories will be well up for this, and agree with the by-election / election analysis. Richmond was a protest vote, and incumbent hasn't had enough time to win over enough of the electorate in the short time. Appreciate there will be an anti-Zac effect, but not enough to depress his vote given the country-wide narrative.
Shame, because I really rate Sarah Olney and her election was a good thing to have happened. But no room for sentimentality in politics...
Croydon NW
Crosby
Portsmouth S
Ryedale
Eastbourne
Ribble Valley
Kincardine
Christchurch
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Brecon
Newbury
Eastleigh
Romsey
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it's evidence TMay getting rid of the pension triple lock is very unpopular, we will see more polls like it soon.Black_Rook said:https://twitter.com/britainelects/status/857345253568851973
Oh dear.
Is this evidence of (a) the robot turnip Labour habit vote trooping loyally back to vote for the Useless One, or (b) statistical noise?
More evidence required.
She needs to drop that fast, and instead drop universal pensioner benefits. Alan Sugar really does not need a bus pass.0 -
She is a close friend.AndreaParma_82 said:Julia Dockerill selected as the Tory candidate for Hornchurch and Upminster.
" A Conservative Councillor in Tower Hamlets since 2014, where she represents the ward of St Katharine’s and Wapping, Dockerill works in Parliament as Chief of Staff to Mark Field MP. Born and raised in Essex, she was co-author with Field of the books The Best of Times and Between the Crashes, and is currently working on a social and economic modern history of London called London in the Noughties"
I've already congratulated her, and she'll make a fantastic MP.0 -
The thing which puzzles me about this question, which has fluctuated around a constant point as long as they've been asking it, and this one is no different: Why aren't they asking if the UK should Leave/Remain now?foxinsoxuk said:
Gina Miller doing an excellent job.Scott_P said:0 -
Hague was leader before IDS and Howard was leader after IDS.Philip_Thompson said:
Indeed, opposition is more a state of mind than a matter of numbers.Beverley_C said:
Mrs May has a small majority today. We have NO opposition worthy of the name.ThreeQuidder said:
Agreed.TheScreamingEagles said:Simple truth is the country doesn't want Mrs May to have a silly majority.
Leads to complacency, a government does best when it has an effective opposition coming at them from all angles.
But If May gets a majority of 80-90, will there be an effective opposition?
On the bright side, my bread is fresh out of the oven and the kitchen smells divine
If May gets a majority of 50 but the Labour Party continues to be led by far left Corbynistas then there will still be no real opposition.
If May get a majority of 200 and the far left owns the defeat and is banished from the Labour Party then there is a chance of a real opposition emerging.
Once the Tories replaced IDS with Hague there was more of an opposition than before despite no change whatsoever in numbers.0 -
That's one of the possible black swans.TheScreamingEagles said:I assume this was discussed earlier, if charges follow, will push the Tory lead below 10%
https://twitter.com/Hayley_Barlow/status/8572812010984120330 -
Bet365 - the most bullish of the major bookies in terms of the size of the Tory majority, have trimmed their over/under, 5/6 either way you choose, tally of Tory MPs by three seats from 397.5 earlier today to 394.5, which still looks generous to me on the downside and I've topped up accordingly.
DYOR.0 -
Broken. Sleazy. Tories. On. The. Slide.Black_Rook said:https://twitter.com/britainelects/status/857345253568851973
Oh dear.
Is this evidence of (a) the robot turnip Labour habit vote trooping loyally back to vote for the Useless One, or (b) statistical noise?
More evidence required.
Obviously.0 -
I always find "the country wants/doesn't want" rather strange.TheScreamingEagles said:Simple truth is the country doesn't want Mrs May to have a silly majority.
Leads to complacency, a government does best when it has an effective opposition coming at them from all angles.
Each individual casts their vote; how do we get from there to a hive mind? Are we imagining some sort of matrix in the ether that's adjusting everyone's votes to a communal consensus? Why doesn't it work with the Referendums?
It seems a fair enough short-hand, after the election, to describe what actually happened, but the collective doesn't think/want/feel anything.0 -
She must be good - it's not very often that a Tory gets a plug from that dedicated Socialist Dr. Parma.Casino_Royale said:
She is a close friend.AndreaParma_82 said:Julia Dockerill selected as the Tory candidate for Hornchurch and Upminster.
" A Conservative Councillor in Tower Hamlets since 2014, where she represents the ward of St Katharine’s and Wapping, Dockerill works in Parliament as Chief of Staff to Mark Field MP. Born and raised in Essex, she was co-author with Field of the books The Best of Times and Between the Crashes, and is currently working on a social and economic modern history of London called London in the Noughties"
I've already congratulated her, and she'll make a fantastic MP.0 -
Typo I meant Howard.The_Taxman said:
Hague was leader before IDS and Howard was leader after IDS.Philip_Thompson said:
Indeed, opposition is more a state of mind than a matter of numbers.Beverley_C said:
Mrs May has a small majority today. We have NO opposition worthy of the name.ThreeQuidder said:
Agreed.TheScreamingEagles said:Simple truth is the country doesn't want Mrs May to have a silly majority.
Leads to complacency, a government does best when it has an effective opposition coming at them from all angles.
But If May gets a majority of 80-90, will there be an effective opposition?
On the bright side, my bread is fresh out of the oven and the kitchen smells divine
If May gets a majority of 50 but the Labour Party continues to be led by far left Corbynistas then there will still be no real opposition.
If May get a majority of 200 and the far left owns the defeat and is banished from the Labour Party then there is a chance of a real opposition emerging.
Once the Tories replaced IDS with Hague there was more of an opposition than before despite no change whatsoever in numbers.0 -
Based on that clip, I don't think Andrew Neil did take Gina Miller apart. Although she didn't articulate it well, she put her finger on an interesting point: unless Theresa May really has no discretion at all in her negotiations with the EU, it is quite reasonable to expect her to account for the trade-offs she does make. Andrew Neil never addressed that point, but just patronised her ("It's just a rich woman's hobby").kyf_100 said:
Did you see Andrew Neil take her apart the other day? Brutal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NpD8RFl3zQ
Gina Miller must be the least likeable person in politics at the moment - arrogant, condescending, thoroughly self-righteous, I hope for the same of my book she gets as much airtime in the next few weeks as possible.
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I meant Howard. I'd think from the context that was clear.Ishmael_Z said:
Not in this timestream.Philip_Thompson said:
Indeed, opposition is more a state of mind than a matter of numbers.Beverley_C said:
Mrs May has a small majority today. We have NO opposition worthy of the name.ThreeQuidder said:
Agreed.TheScreamingEagles said:Simple truth is the country doesn't want Mrs May to have a silly majority.
Leads to complacency, a government does best when it has an effective opposition coming at them from all angles.
But If May gets a majority of 80-90, will there be an effective opposition?
On the bright side, my bread is fresh out of the oven and the kitchen smells divine
If May gets a majority of 50 but the Labour Party continues to be led by far left Corbynistas then there will still be no real opposition.
If May get a majority of 200 and the far left owns the defeat and is banished from the Labour Party then there is a chance of a real opposition emerging.
Once the Tories replaced IDS with Hague there was more of an opposition than before despite no change whatsoever in numbers.0 -
I'm still trying to establish whether any but Conservatives were reported. Didn't this start as an investigation into Conservatives only?RobD said:
It's been confirmed they are all Tories? Wish the CPS would get on with it rather than briefing the press endlessly.TheScreamingEagles said:I assume this was discussed earlier, if charges follow, will push the Tory lead below 10%
https://twitter.com/Hayley_Barlow/status/8572812010984120330 -
We haven't left yet as you might say :-)Scott_P said:0 -
Leicester the council just barely voted REMAIN by 51% but that means the whitest constituency of the 3 Leicester West voted Leave. it is 64% white british.
Liz Kendall has on the face of it a safe seat. But the tories have a massive 17% ukip vote to squeeze which almost as big as her majority of 21%.
If you take just 5% from Labour to tory you get Lab 41% Tory 31%, if you then take away half the ukip vote and give it to the tories which is what the polls are showing then you get 39.5% tory for a result of:
Labour 41%
Tory 39.5%
Folks this is NOT a safe Labour seat IF the current polls are right.0 -
FPTRobD said:
It's been confirmed they are all Tories? Wish the CPS would get on with it rather than briefing the press endlessly.TheScreamingEagles said:I assume this was discussed earlier, if charges follow, will push the Tory lead below 10%
https://twitter.com/Hayley_Barlow/status/857281201098412033
I think it is all Tories, because it is 30 instances of the same thing - having a BattleBus of out-of-town Young Tories - a pretty unappealing concept - descend on your constituency for a day's campaigning, and not counting the cost of that towards your constituency spending limit. This may or may not be the Hillary's Emails of the campaign.0 -
You might have meant "replaced Major with Hague".Philip_Thompson said:
I meant Howard. I'd think from the context that was clear.Ishmael_Z said:
Not in this timestream.Philip_Thompson said:
Indeed, opposition is more a state of mind than a matter of numbers.Beverley_C said:
Mrs May has a small majority today. We have NO opposition worthy of the name.ThreeQuidder said:
Agreed.TheScreamingEagles said:Simple truth is the country doesn't want Mrs May to have a silly majority.
Leads to complacency, a government does best when it has an effective opposition coming at them from all angles.
But If May gets a majority of 80-90, will there be an effective opposition?
On the bright side, my bread is fresh out of the oven and the kitchen smells divine
If May gets a majority of 50 but the Labour Party continues to be led by far left Corbynistas then there will still be no real opposition.
If May get a majority of 200 and the far left owns the defeat and is banished from the Labour Party then there is a chance of a real opposition emerging.
Once the Tories replaced IDS with Hague there was more of an opposition than before despite no change whatsoever in numbers.0 -
Here we go - lolScott_P said:0 -
Tightening of the polls will assist in reducing complacency.Tykejohnno said:
Here we go - lolScott_P said:0 -
No problemSean_F said:
Imagine Juncker's horror if he was chosen to host the Iranian Ambassador.RepublicanTory said:
Perhaps it was a Dry eveningCasino_Royale said:Juncker looks scared:
https://twitter.com/Number10gov/status/857332523185168385
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16sT4yV43Cs0
