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You'd think so. But those polls... (no they don't show Corbyn victory, but still)numbertwelve said:
They are more scared of a Corbyn victory than a Miliband one.FrancisUrquhart said:
I dont know it worked against miliband and he doesn't have the massive baggage that jez does.numbertwelve said:
Dents the impact if they're doing it day-in, day-out.FrancisUrquhart said:Perhaps the Tories are in a spot of trouble, that sun front page is very late in coming. I expected a mail / sun giving him the old 1-2 day after day but they have waited until the last second.
They want it to hit home at the right time.
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Welcome sir! Cracking first post.Drutt said:Three-year lurker unlurking here. I'll start with a vote of thanks.
1. To those PBers, especially those with their ears close to the floor, who give genuine tips and analysis. Special thanks to Meeks for the PVV/VVD shout and to whoever said to get on Macron while he was still odds-against. I know you'll all say it was you. Payouts from political bets haven't exactly bought me a new car, but they've covered my car insurance over the last 24 months.
2. OGH, TSE and any other contributors/editors/mods. This the least douchey place on the internet for political chat, and I don't think it's a coincidence.
3. Anyone who actually knocks on doors, stumps up a deposit or stands, for all the obvious reasons.
4. NPXMP, who is my mum and dad's old MP. They have met you and Soubry and think you are nicer.
How do I see the election going? Something like CON44, LAB33, LD8, for a CON maj of just under triple figures and a rough night for Tim Farron. Higher than most anticipate, and I'm led that way primarily by the anonymous tales of woe on Labour Uncut, Bloomberg etc over the last 48 hours, and a chat with a LD canvasser I know.
If you are after a tip from someone on the internet you've never met, try LD under 10 seats, which is 2.75 with BETFRED and should be odds-on.
I'm on the LD under 10 - currently 3.7 at betfair exchange. Started backing at 8.......right down to 4.something0 -
Read Casino_Royale's post and calm down. Seriously.kle4 said:Is there an experience as grueling as forcing yourself to get through a piece of entertainment you simply do not find entertaining or otherwise compelling? Just read Phillip Gregory's 'The Little House' this evening - what a waste of time that was. And I know about wasting time *looks at pb post count*.
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Indeed, that's illiberal bollocks, same as the internet censorship Mrs May is going on about. The scumbags win if we do that shit.Richard_Tyndall said:I am genuinely disturbed by the Sky paper review this evening with the two guests suggesting that the burden of proof should be changed in terrorist cases so that we no longer convict on beyond reasonable doubt.
Everyone thinks that laws can be changed to just address one small section of society thinking it will never be extended to them. It is quite frightening.
We just need to make it clear that anyone travelling to Libya or Syria without good reason can expect to not be allowed back, and if they're British citizens they can expect to be put on trial for treason. The trial and the jury are important though, we don't intern people without charging them with an offence.0 -
He would deserve itY0kel said:
For the record, I have never been in the Orange Order and won't be because I don't care for it. I was brought up not to see religion as a driver and I stuck to it.Cyan said:
No, because it doesn't exist. But that kind of spiel doesn't half sound as though it could come from someone whose favourite attire includes a bowler hat and an orange sash.Y0kel said:The Sun doesn't understand. Corbyn was at the rally in solidarity with all people, excluding Jews, the White working class, Conservative voters, the security services, the military...
See? All people.
Corbyn has the kind of opinion scope that if he wasn't a Labour MP and went around coming off with some of his public utterances, he'd be a candidate for Prevent....
Long experience this side of the Irish Sea has led to much knowledge that Corbyn is a f**king little wannabe revolutionary. His views are encouragement to those who seek to undermine the basic tents of this nation, he fundamentally hates Britain and what it stands for whilst taking the benefit of the freedoms it gives.
That kind of individual sound familar?
What you gonna use now smart arse?
Ask some Republicans how they used Corbyn, if you know any, which you don't. Stitched up like a cheap set of trainers and he loved it, he loved brown nosing. You could nearly smell the shit off his face after he had done his meetings with them. 'Comrades' he would call them at the start of his little speeches during small gatherings.
More could easily come out about him within 24 hours, because there is more. There are plenty of tapped recordings, maybe they will come out?0 -
Not of the entire articlefoxinsoxuk said:
Mine was a cut and paste!Floater said:
mhh - not sure that is a completely accurate description but people can make up their own minds by reading the base doc in it's entirityfoxinsoxuk said:
Did you read the Weekly Worker article that it was taken from? :Y0kel said:The Sun doesn't understand. Corbyn was at the rally in solidarity with all people, excluding Jews, the White working class, Conservative voters, the security services, the military...
See? All people.
Corbyn has the kind of opinion scope that if he wasn't a Labour MP and went around coming off with some of his public utterances, he'd be a candidate for Prevent....
Long experience this side of the Irish Sea has led to much knowledge that Corbyn is a f**king little wannabe revolutionary. His views are encouragement to those who seek to undermine the basic tents of this nation, he fundamentally hates Britain and what it stands for whilst taking the benefit of the freedoms it gives.
That kind of individual sound familar?
"A group of ultra-orthadox religious jews (for whom the state of Israel is a 'blasphemy') waved Palestinian flags from the platform and were praised by the PLO speaker. The rally was also addressed by Labour MPs Jeremy Corbyn and George Galloway, and by union leaders Paul Mackney (Natfhe) and John McFadden (Unison), but there was no speaker who put forward a democratic solution based on the independent working class."
So Jezza shared a platform with ultra orthodox Jews, and the Israeli group Just Peace.
The article describes clearly the Al Mujarhadoon were an unwelcome disruptive group heckled by other elements of the rally.
http://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/433/build-on-success/0 -
No, I mean Shameless.Big_G_NorthWales said:
Sorry Jason - shameless - do you mean ChamiJason said:Shameless looked positively fed up on Newsnight. At best, disinterested. Not someone who thinks they're going to be in government on Friday.
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I'm already aware of more about this guy and his associations than most. One article in the Sun doesn't change jack, I already know what he is and who he is.foxinsoxuk said:
Did you read the Weekly Worker article that it was taken from? :Y0kel said:The Sun doesn't understand. Corbyn was at the rally in solidarity with all people, excluding Jews, the White working class, Conservative voters, the security services, the military...
See? All people.
Corbyn has the kind of opinion scope that if he wasn't a Labour MP and went around coming off with some of his public utterances, he'd be a candidate for Prevent....
Long experience this side of the Irish Sea has led to much knowledge that Corbyn is a f**king little wannabe revolutionary. His views are encouragement to those who seek to undermine the basic tents of this nation, he fundamentally hates Britain and what it stands for whilst taking the benefit of the freedoms it gives.
That kind of individual sound familar?
"A group of ultra-orthadox religious jews (for whom the state of Israel is a 'blasphemy') waved Palestinian flags from the platform and were praised by the PLO speaker. The rally was also addressed by Labour MPs Jeremy Corbyn and George Galloway, and by union leaders Paul Mackney (Natfhe) and John McFadden (Unison), but there was no speaker who put forward a democratic solution based on the independent working class."
So Jezza shared a platform with ultra orthodox Jews, and the Israeli group Just Peace.
The article describes clearly the Al Mujarhadoon were an unwelcome disruptive group heckled by other elements of the rally.
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And I was referring to your commentsFloater said:
Not of the entire articlefoxinsoxuk said:
Mine was a cut and paste!Floater said:
mhh - not sure that is a completely accurate description but people can make up their own minds by reading the base doc in it's entirityfoxinsoxuk said:
Did you read the Weekly Worker article that it was taken from? :Y0kel said:The Sun doesn't understand. Corbyn was at the rally in solidarity with all people, excluding Jews, the White working class, Conservative voters, the security services, the military...
See? All people.
Corbyn has the kind of opinion scope that if he wasn't a Labour MP and went around coming off with some of his public utterances, he'd be a candidate for Prevent....
Long experience this side of the Irish Sea has led to much knowledge that Corbyn is a f**king little wannabe revolutionary. His views are encouragement to those who seek to undermine the basic tents of this nation, he fundamentally hates Britain and what it stands for whilst taking the benefit of the freedoms it gives.
That kind of individual sound familar?
"A group of ultra-orthadox religious jews (for whom the state of Israel is a 'blasphemy') waved Palestinian flags from the platform and were praised by the PLO speaker. The rally was also addressed by Labour MPs Jeremy Corbyn and George Galloway, and by union leaders Paul Mackney (Natfhe) and John McFadden (Unison), but there was no speaker who put forward a democratic solution based on the independent working class."
So Jezza shared a platform with ultra orthodox Jews, and the Israeli group Just Peace.
The article describes clearly the Al Mujarhadoon were an unwelcome disruptive group heckled by other elements of the rally.
http://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/433/build-on-success/
So Jezza shared a platform with ultra orthodox Jews, and the Israeli group Just Peace.
The article describes clearly the Al Mujarhadoon were an unwelcome disruptive group heckled by other elements of the rally.
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I think if I was going to do a daily mail hit piece on labour I would do a playing card style front page each with picture ans a dodgy thing about them ie marxist entrist, wanted IRA to win, communist leader, etc just to make it absolutely clear what you are getting if labour win.0
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Of course she was unwell, she'd been in a massive car crash only 12 hours earlierNorthCadboll said:photo of "unwell" Diane Abbot on her phone this morning when she was supposedly too unwell to appear on the radio show, now in tomorrow's papers. Not good for Team Corbyn
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The_Apocalypse said:
Read Casino_Royale's post and calm down. Seriously.kle4 said:Is there an experience as grueling as forcing yourself to get through a piece of entertainment you simply do not find entertaining or otherwise compelling? Just read Phillip Gregory's 'The Little House' this evening - what a waste of time that was. And I know about wasting time *looks at pb post count*.
Seriously, I don't think Corbyn is going to win and didn't say I did - I was referring the pretty likely fact he will outdo Ed M in vote share, which is astounding to me given I'd think people would fear him winning more than Ed M. I know we joke about it, but not everything is a bedwetting panic attack for christ's sakeThe_Apocalypse said:
Read Casino_Royale's post and calm down. Seriously.kle4 said:Is there an experience as grueling as forcing yourself to get through a piece of entertainment you simply do not find entertaining or otherwise compelling? Just read Phillip Gregory's 'The Little House' this evening - what a waste of time that was. And I know about wasting time *looks at pb post count*.
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Yokel, have you been speaking to the Telegraph :-)Y0kel said:
I'm already aware of more about this guy and his associations than most. One article in the Sun doesn't change jack, I already know what he is and who he is.foxinsoxuk said:
Did you read the Weekly Worker article that it was taken from? :Y0kel said:The Sun doesn't understand. Corbyn was at the rally in solidarity with all people, excluding Jews, the White working class, Conservative voters, the security services, the military...
See? All people.
Corbyn has the kind of opinion scope that if he wasn't a Labour MP and went around coming off with some of his public utterances, he'd be a candidate for Prevent....
Long experience this side of the Irish Sea has led to much knowledge that Corbyn is a f**king little wannabe revolutionary. His views are encouragement to those who seek to undermine the basic tents of this nation, he fundamentally hates Britain and what it stands for whilst taking the benefit of the freedoms it gives.
That kind of individual sound familar?
"A group of ultra-orthadox religious jews (for whom the state of Israel is a 'blasphemy') waved Palestinian flags from the platform and were praised by the PLO speaker. The rally was also addressed by Labour MPs Jeremy Corbyn and George Galloway, and by union leaders Paul Mackney (Natfhe) and John McFadden (Unison), but there was no speaker who put forward a democratic solution based on the independent working class."
So Jezza shared a platform with ultra orthodox Jews, and the Israeli group Just Peace.
The article describes clearly the Al Mujarhadoon were an unwelcome disruptive group heckled by other elements of the rally.0 -
The ECHR is frankly irrelevant. The important laws that protect our freedoms existed for decades or even centuries before we even thought about the ECHR. It is those freedoms that are now being seriously threatened by politicians to ignorant to look for anything other than a quick fix and too dumb to realise what long term damage they will do.Stark_Dawning said:
The ECHR is just a convenient bogeyman. The position of the anti-libertarian Right (epitomized by Dacre and co.) that the riff-raff have been allowed to much license over the years, is the one I'm sure that the statist Theresa will lurch towards.RobD said:
Hadn't realised the ECHR was that old!Stark_Dawning said:
Shocking if Theresa actually goes through with curbing our ancient liberties. In those circumstances I'd expect another resignation from DD and a by-election.Scott_P said:@hannahrosewoods: What's the naughtiest thing you've done?
PM: Jog through some wheat?
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Unless a few uears into a Miliband government there was a leadershipp election for some reason, and it turned out there were still loads of rabid lefties from the early 80s that we thought had gone away, and various MPs nominated a candidate from the left to 'broaden the debate' and win brownie points with the unions - only this election was effectively for PM rather than LOTO.numbertwelve said:
They are more scared of a Corbyn victory than a Miliband one. In hindsight, considering who's running Labour now, I don't think anyone could say the sky would have fallen in with Ed in Number 10.FrancisUrquhart said:
I dont know it worked against miliband and he doesn't have the massive baggage that jez does.numbertwelve said:
Dents the impact if they're doing it day-in, day-out.FrancisUrquhart said:Perhaps the Tories are in a spot of trouble, that sun front page is very late in coming. I expected a mail / sun giving him the old 1-2 day after day but they have waited until the last second.
They want it to hit home at the right time.
This is why it will take me a good long while even after Corbyn before I'd consider trusting the British Labour Party with any grown up decisions again.0 -
Sorry Jason - I should know who you mean but not sure who you are referring toJason said:
No, I mean Shameless.Big_G_NorthWales said:
Sorry Jason - shameless - do you mean ChamiJason said:Shameless looked positively fed up on Newsnight. At best, disinterested. Not someone who thinks they're going to be in government on Friday.
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about fucking time.TheScreamingEagles said:0 -
Sorry....kle4 said:The_Apocalypse said:
Read Casino_Royale's post and calm down. Seriously.kle4 said:Is there an experience as grueling as forcing yourself to get through a piece of entertainment you simply do not find entertaining or otherwise compelling? Just read Phillip Gregory's 'The Little House' this evening - what a waste of time that was. And I know about wasting time *looks at pb post count*.
Seriously, I don't think Corbyn is going to win and didn't say I did - I was referring the pretty likely fact he will outdo Ed M in vote share, which is astounding to me given I'd think people would fear him winning more than Ed M. I know we joke about it, but not everything is a bedwetting panic attack for christ's sakeThe_Apocalypse said:
Read Casino_Royale's post and calm down. Seriously.kle4 said:Is there an experience as grueling as forcing yourself to get through a piece of entertainment you simply do not find entertaining or otherwise compelling? Just read Phillip Gregory's 'The Little House' this evening - what a waste of time that was. And I know about wasting time *looks at pb post count*.
Corbyn comes off as more personable/charismatic than Ed M did in 2015. That's why. Most voters will not know about his past either.0 -
TSE, do you think "internment" was a great success in Algeria, Kenya, and South America too? There's no doubt it's been much used, almost always with torture, and in many cases with concentration camps.Cyan said:
Towards what aim?TheScreamingEagles said:
I had this debate today with someone, it's almost like they forget how much of a success internment in Northern Ireland was.Richard_Tyndall said:I am genuinely disturbed by the Sky paper review this evening with the two guests suggesting that the burden of proof should be changed in terrorist cases so that we no longer convict on beyond reasonable doubt.
Everyone thinks that laws can be changed to just address one small section of society thinking it will never be extended to them. It is quite frightening.
It provoked a considerable surge in violence, pushed many into the IRA, and helped remove moderate Unionism from the picture. It was an Orange dream come true. You might as well call the Bloody Sunday massacre the following year a success too.
There was another road. Those who want to broaden their understanding of the Irish question should read Richard Leigh's excellent essay "Mythic Logic: Ireland".0 -
Uncle lynton has been on the blower.....is.it about fucking time. It is bad they didn't also rip the dodgy manifesto to shreds to.TheScreamingEagles said:Blimey
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Yes, Alan Beith was genuinely well liked. Have both Tories and Momentum types agreeing on that. Was one of the few with a genuinely large personal vote. It is, however, natural Conservative territory.hunchman said:
Thanks for the info. I remember when I was up there and the causeway was at high tide to get across to Lindisfarne! I remember watching archive footage of the February 1974 election with the Berwick result declared at around midday with Alan Beith in front of a very old shed type building. I think if PB had existed back then, nearly everyone would have expected the Tories easily to regain Berwick in that election after the 1973 by-election loss. It looks as though Berwick has reverted to type over 40 years later.dixiedean said:
One of the reasons for Berwick is the tide times for Holy Island. (2 policemen overtime to watch the box cost most of their budget). You can only cross at certain times of day. Otherwise votes would be delivered by boat or helicopter. Both risky. The count was always done in one place for 4 constituencies to save money. Many rural places are 2 hours by road, during the night. It was generally accepted that daytime counting was better. No idea why Hexham is down for 5 am. Long daylight hours in June, or just wrong info?hunchman said:On the declaration times, I see 3 of the 4 Northumberland seats are last to declare at Midday on Friday - presumably they're not starting counting until Friday morning? Yet Hexham is due to declare at 5am - odd!
ps, You should try walking the Causeway. It is an eerie experience. Like a sci-fi set.0 -
BLOODY HELL DAILY MAIL.0
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Interesting photo choices - Corbyn looking worried, McDonnell like he's about to thump someone, and Abbott like she sat on a pin.TheScreamingEagles said:Blimey
hts://twitter.com/hendopolis/status/872212742186389506
I don't know why, but for some reason though it is a truly amazingly hostile headline, I am less offended than that 'Crush the Saboteurs' one. I guess because it is only focusing on three people?0 -
Yes, he's very good, and not afraid to call a spade a spade at this point in the campaign.hunchman said:
Yes that's the guy Atul Harawal - very astute commentator IMO. Good luck with your bets.Sandpit said:
Iv'e bought on the spreads at 367 Tory seats, and have a bag of sand at 1.25 on the majority. I think Labournare going to pile up votes in London and Surrey where they make no difference, whereas the Tories will pile them up in the West Mids and North East marginals.hunchman said:
Thanks @Sandpit. I was thinking around a Tory 70 majority towards the end of last week when the Labour opinion poll surge was at its height. I've just been hearing too much Labour negative stuff outside of London since then. The Labour Uncut article last night (forget the name of the guy who was accurate in 2015 IIRC) was a big confirmation for me of moving back to around a 100 Tory majority.Sandpit said:
Labour Uncut guy is Atul Harawal I think
I've got all my eggs in one basket with the betting, some lucky buggers managed to get 1.31 on the majority this morning. I still predict a 90 majority.0 -
Mail has gone balls deep.0
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The Daily Mail very much on the fence then?TheScreamingEagles said:0 -
That will be interesting if it features in the paper reviews tomorrow amnunu said:
about fucking time.TheScreamingEagles said:0 -
I expect a bit of a late move back to the Tories in the polls, after Tories net on balance were away on holiday last week for half term in many places, irrespective of anything else. These Sun and Telegraph headlines are standard end of campaign stuff. But as we've seen at recent elections, they don't have the power that they had like in yesteryear such as 1992.marke09 said:
yes they are for Thursday's IndependentThe_Apocalypse said:https://twitter.com/Andrew_ComRes/status/871961711108116481
If ComRes are releasing another poll before June 8th, it shouldn't be too bad for the Tories then.
One thing that we miss from elections these days is parties paying for adverts on billboards along major routes. They were a big thing back in 1992 but the internet / social media and sophisticated voter targeting software has rendered them redundant.0 -
Yes - about fucking timenunu said:
about fucking time.TheScreamingEagles said:
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I think people are confusing where these interventions are coming from. Newspapers do big loud headlines and sensation.
Mr Branch, on the other hand, is very possibly not doing any Conservative or media owner bidding at all.0 -
The gloves are off...0
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I know bojo is popular with leavers but cartoon doesn't seem a good idea for a serious call to arms.TheScreamingEagles said:twitter.com/tonygallagher/status/872213718213554177
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About time? Ok, this is far stronger and direct than seen to date, but it's about all we've been told of them to date.nunu said:
about fucking time.TheScreamingEagles said:
Whatever happens on Thursday, I wish the Tories had gone stronger on Labour's manifesto.0 -
Oi, that's my line.RobD said:Mail has gone balls deep.
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Welcome.Drutt said:Three-year lurker unlurking here. I'll start with a vote of thanks.
1. To those PBers, especially those with their ears close to the floor, who give genuine tips and analysis. Special thanks to Meeks for the PVV/VVD shout and to whoever said to get on Macron while he was still odds-against. I know you'll all say it was you. Payouts from political bets haven't exactly bought me a new car, but they've covered my car insurance over the last 24 months.
2. OGH, TSE and any other contributors/editors/mods. This the least douchey place on the internet for political chat, and I don't think it's a coincidence.
3. Anyone who actually knocks on doors, stumps up a deposit or stands, for all the obvious reasons.
4. NPXMP, who is my mum and dad's old MP. They have met you and Soubry and think you are nicer.
How do I see the election going? Something like CON44, LAB33, LD8, for a CON maj of just under triple figures and a rough night for Tim Farron. Higher than most anticipate, and I'm led that way primarily by the anonymous tales of woe on Labour Uncut, Bloomberg etc over the last 48 hours, and a chat with a LD canvasser I know.
If you are after a tip from someone on the internet you've never met, try LD under 10 seats, which is 2.75 with BETFRED and should be odds-on.
Thanks for the tip, but I'm sticking with the LDs under 27.5 seats at 5/6 on (from a month back).0 -
Evening all.
Finally out of solitary, my thanks to Robert, isam and Mike0 -
Maybe on page 2 it says "But they are still the best option for this country!"?KentRising said:
The Daily Mail very much on the fence then?TheScreamingEagles said:0 -
Thought it was appropriate.TheScreamingEagles said:
Oi, that's my line.RobD said:Mail has gone balls deep.
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Welcome backnigel4england said:Evening all.
Finally out of solitary, my thanks to Robert, isam and Mike0 -
My pub quiz team name last night was "If Jeremy Corbyn wins on Thursday, will the last person to leave Britain please turn off the lights". Got a massive round of applause - in Dubai, 3,500 miles away!AramintaMoonbeamQC said:
No surprises there. Are they all too young to remember The Sun sticking the boot into every opposition leader since the dawn of time - Kinnock 'lights out', Salmond 'you'll put Scotland's head in the noose'?TheScreamingEagles said:According to my twitter timeline, that Sun front page is proof that Murdoch and the Tories are scared that Corbyn is going to win on Thursday
Corbyn's problem is that he has given people far too much ammo with some highly unwise associations over the years, hence the attempts to clean him up will never work.0 -
I love it when lurkers delurk - especially with a corker of a first post like that!Drutt said:Three-year lurker unlurking here. I'll start with a vote of thanks.
1. To those PBers, especially those with their ears close to the floor, who give genuine tips and analysis. Special thanks to Meeks for the PVV/VVD shout and to whoever said to get on Macron while he was still odds-against. I know you'll all say it was you. Payouts from political bets haven't exactly bought me a new car, but they've covered my car insurance over the last 24 months.
2. OGH, TSE and any other contributors/editors/mods. This the least douchey place on the internet for political chat, and I don't think it's a coincidence.
3. Anyone who actually knocks on doors, stumps up a deposit or stands, for all the obvious reasons.
4. NPXMP, who is my mum and dad's old MP. They have met you and Soubry and think you are nicer.
How do I see the election going? Something like CON44, LAB33, LD8, for a CON maj of just under triple figures and a rough night for Tim Farron. Higher than most anticipate, and I'm led that way primarily by the anonymous tales of woe on Labour Uncut, Bloomberg etc over the last 48 hours, and a chat with a LD canvasser I know.
If you are after a tip from someone on the internet you've never met, try LD under 10 seats, which is 2.75 with BETFRED and should be odds-on.0 -
Not sure they called brown or miliband friends of terrorists....hunchman said:
I expect a bit of a late move back to the Tories in the polls, after Tories net on balance were away on holiday last week for half term in many places, irrespective of anything else. These Sun and Telegraph headlines are standard end of campaign stuff. But as we've seen at recent elections, they don't have the power that they had like in yesteryear such as 1992.marke09 said:
yes they are for Thursday's IndependentThe_Apocalypse said:https://twitter.com/Andrew_ComRes/status/871961711108116481
If ComRes are releasing another poll before June 8th, it shouldn't be too bad for the Tories then.
One thing that we miss from elections these days is parties paying for adverts on billboards along major routes. They were a big thing back in 1992 but the internet / social media and sophisticated voter targeting software has rendered them redundant.0 -
WOW! Welcome back.nigel4england said:Evening all.
Finally out of solitary, my thanks to Robert, isam and Mike
Rod and Plato next? 0 -
This Newsnight focus group doesn't match up with the opinion polls.0
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....but his jams not bad.kle4 said:
Maybe on page 2 it says "But they are still the best option for this country!"?KentRising said:
The Daily Mail very much on the fence then?TheScreamingEagles said:0 -
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2017/06/06/corbyn-government-would-calamity-everything-else-just-noise/
Put them down as a "maybe"0 -
You would think the sun thought Corbyn had a chance.
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What are they saying?AndyJS said:This Newsnight focus group doesn't match up with the opinion polls.
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Focus group on Newsnight from Walsall North* hammering May, leaning Corbyn.Jason said:Shameless looked positively fed up on Newsnight. At best, disinterested. Not someone who thinks they're going to be in government on Friday.
Plenty of praise for Jezza on leadership and even on security topics.
Matches the polling... Corbynism sweeping the nation.
*still looks as grim as I recall, I lived there for 6 months as a junior doctor. Great hospital social club booze ups in those days.0 -
I don't think any of this is that controversial though? It's fairly widely acknowledged that he wanted the IRA to degeat the British; that he's friends with some pretty unsavoury types in the Middle East, that his economic and political model is Venezuela, that his attachment to democracy is rather lukewarm. His past is an open book in this regard.TheScreamingEagles said:
I can't imagine there's that many Daily Mail waverers who were considering voting for him upuntil they saw this, anyway.0 -
Thanks!GIN1138 said:
WOW! Welcome back.nigel4england said:Evening all.
Finally out of solitary, my thanks to Robert, isam and Mike
Rod and Plato next?
Think it was down to the excellent song isam posted on my behalf last night!0 -
Given how much 'Corbyn will be a disaster' copy has been written for several years now, I do wonder how they will all find the new and interesting ways to express the point. I mean, Dan Hodges managed to do daily 'Ed M is crap' columns for years somehow.Floater said:
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Voting for Labour would be "voting for Britain's first Marxist government".TheScreamingEagles said:0 -
What will be interesting is if the mail put their front page article really prominently on their website. Remember it is one of the world's most visited websites and especially among middle class centre / centre left ladies who go for the gossip / celebrity tittle tattle.0
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Welcome back Nige.nigel4england said:Evening all.
Finally out of solitary, my thanks to Robert, isam and Mike
Owe you a pint for the excellent SPIN tips on Brexit in England/Wales!0 -
Not sure The Mail should have featured Dianne. To most people she's that quaintly eccentric leftie who spent many years cuddling up on a sofa with Michael 'Who Dares Wins" Portillo - hardly the stuff of nightmares. Still, I'm sure Mr Dacre knows his audience.0
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Don't worry I am not concerned that Jezbollah and his team of trots might winMortimer said:0 -
No, they will expose his flaws, Relentlessly.Yorkcity said:You would think the sun thought Corbyn had a chance.
It wouldn't surprise me if they did a wrap around on election day itself.
I certainly expect to see tactical voting advice and the like in the mail, express and sun. In 2015, they had tactical voting against Labour in the Daily Mail and the Sun.0 -
Mortimer, that's sensational value - you could make it effectively a free bet if you backed the 10-19 band almost anywhere else. I have banned myself from the exchanges, though, for the same reason I've banned myself from getting Sky Sports when the cricket's on - I'd never go to bed, or to work.0
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More from the Sun: Corbyn and McDonnell are "bad men who have spent their lives in the company of truly evil people."0
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Most notable were the number who called him 'prime ministerial' vs May.foxinsoxuk said:
Focus group on Newsnight from Walsall North* hammering May, leaning Corbyn.Jason said:Shameless looked positively fed up on Newsnight. At best, disinterested. Not someone who thinks they're going to be in government on Friday.
Plenty of praise for Jezza on leadership and even on security topics.
Matches the polling... Corbynism sweeping the nation.
*still looks as grim as I recall, I lived there for 6 months as a junior doctor. Great hospital social club booze ups in those days.
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Not fans, then?KentRising said:
The Daily Mail very much on the fence then?TheScreamingEagles said:0 -
Rubbish. Bugger all normal people watch the show.Stark_Dawning said:Not sure The Mail should have featured Dianne. To most people she's that quaintly eccentric leftie who spent many years cuddling up on a sofa with Michael 'Who Dares Wins" Portillo - hardly the stuff of nightmares. Still, I'm sure Mr Dacre knows his audience.
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Shouldn't he really be in the lead before it can be said to be sweeping the nation?foxinsoxuk said:
Matches the polling... Corbynism sweeping the nation.Jason said:Shameless looked positively fed up on Newsnight. At best, disinterested. Not someone who thinks they're going to be in government on Friday.
True, the Conservative campaign has not been flawless and Mrs May will doubtless have learnt from the experience.Floater said:
Some classic understatement there.0 -
Well, the Sun should know all about truly evil people.KentRising said:More from the Sun: Corbyn and McDonnell are "bad men who have spent their lives in the company of truly evil people."
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Put them down as undecided...numbertwelve said:
Not fans, then?KentRising said:
The Daily Mail very much on the fence then?TheScreamingEagles said:0 -
She should have stayed on This Week.Stark_Dawning said:Not sure The Mail should have featured Dianne. To most people she's that quaintly eccentric leftie who spent many years cuddling up on a sofa with Michael 'Who Dares Wins" Portillo - hardly the stuff of nightmares. Still, I'm sure Mr Dacre knows his audience.
Her and Portillo were a great duo.
Portillo also sounded a lot more reasonable back then. Now he may as well be a parrot for CCHQ.0 -
I've just cashed out at a profit. I'd laid a Tory maj at 1.17. Got out at 1.24 and 1.25.The_Apocalypse said:BLOODY HELL DAILY MAIL.
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Steve Coogan says May has 'the charisma of a pancake' at Corbyn rally in Birmingham tonight
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4578368/Jeremy-Corbyn-tells-activists-underestimated-us.html0 -
Well that doesn't exactly leave a lot to the imagination does it??TheScreamingEagles said:0 -
I think Abbott has had several high profile gaffes which have, to the extent that these things do at least, cut through to regular people.Stark_Dawning said:Not sure The Mail should have featured Dianne. To most people she's that quaintly eccentric leftie who spent many years cuddling up on a sofa with Michael 'Who Dares Wins" Portillo - hardly the stuff of nightmares. Still, I'm sure Mr Dacre knows his audience.
I mean, it's only a comedy site, and one that is not really a fan of Corbyn or May, but anecdotally I bet a lot of people can appreciate this point
FRIENDS and families torn apart by politics are coming together and healing over the crapness of Diane Abbott.
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/politics/politics-headlines/divided-nation-bonds-over-diane-abbotts-crapness-201706061289460 -
Just wait for the Exit poll with Jezza ahead!kle4 said:
Shouldn't he really be in the lead before it can be said to be sweeping the nation?foxinsoxuk said:
Matches the polling... Corbynism sweeping the nation.Jason said:Shameless looked positively fed up on Newsnight. At best, disinterested. Not someone who thinks they're going to be in government on Friday.
True, the Conservative campaign has not been flawless and Mrs May will doubtless have learnt from the experience.Floater said:0 -
Not exactly a killer burn...HYUFD said:Steve Coogan says May has 'the charisma of a pancake' at Corbyn rally in Birmingham tonight
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4578368/Jeremy-Corbyn-tells-activists-underestimated-us.html0 -
Welcome back Nigel. Good to hear from you.nigel4england said:Evening all.
Finally out of solitary, my thanks to Robert, isam and Mike0 -
Mainly pro-Corbyn and anti-May.FrancisUrquhart said:
What are they saying?AndyJS said:This Newsnight focus group doesn't match up with the opinion polls.
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Based on my phoning tonight I think the Tories have every chance of winning Walsall, though Walsall North is only 23rd on the Tory target list, Walsall South is 70thMortimer said:0 -
She's black and therefore she's a suitable hate target for those who are influenceable by that filthy publication, which is many millions of people. It's not as if there's an intelligence or decency of character qualification for joining the electorate.Stark_Dawning said:Not sure The Mail should have featured Dianne. To most people she's that quaintly eccentric leftie who spent many years cuddling up on a sofa with Michael 'Who Dares Wins" Portillo - hardly the stuff of nightmares. Still, I'm sure Mr Dacre knows his audience.
Much of the Daily Mail's readership won't care about social care if the question is put to them in terms of will they vote for a black woman who's trying to tell them what's what in their own country.
Mail and Sun readers should admit who they are and get their white hoods on.
I am still soliciting serious suggestions for where I might emigrate to. From people who wish me the best, that is. Not who would like me to get killed.0 -
White man in a dark suit who can give good speeches with cliched contents - of course he's Prime Ministerial!Nigelb said:
Most notable were the number who called him 'prime ministerial' vs May.foxinsoxuk said:
Focus group on Newsnight from Walsall North* hammering May, leaning Corbyn.Jason said:Shameless looked positively fed up on Newsnight. At best, disinterested. Not someone who thinks they're going to be in government on Friday.
Plenty of praise for Jezza on leadership and even on security topics.
Matches the polling... Corbynism sweeping the nation.
*still looks as grim as I recall, I lived there for 6 months as a junior doctor. Great hospital social club booze ups in those days.0 -
But why have they been keeping it a secret for so long?RepublicanTory said:
Well that doesn't exactly leave a lot to the imagination does it??TheScreamingEagles said:0 -
Mail and Sun finally go for it! About bloody time too.0
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Rubbish. Portillo is as independent a Tory as you can get.The_Apocalypse said:
She should have stayed on This Week.Stark_Dawning said:Not sure The Mail should have featured Dianne. To most people she's that quaintly eccentric leftie who spent many years cuddling up on a sofa with Michael 'Who Dares Wins" Portillo - hardly the stuff of nightmares. Still, I'm sure Mr Dacre knows his audience.
Her and Portillo were a great duo.
Portillo also sounded a lot more reasonable back then. Now he may as well be a parrot for CCHQ.
He is also the best PM we never had....0 -
Nor for joining the Labour party since Ed Miliband changed the rules........Cyan said:
She's black and therefore she's a suitable hate target for those who are influenceable by that filthy publication, which is many millions of people. It's not as if there's an intelligence or decency of character qualification for joining the electorate.Stark_Dawning said:Not sure The Mail should have featured Dianne. To most people she's that quaintly eccentric leftie who spent many years cuddling up on a sofa with Michael 'Who Dares Wins" Portillo - hardly the stuff of nightmares. Still, I'm sure Mr Dacre knows his audience.
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Not an entrancing prospect. Look, if he gets smashed, maybe the LDs will get another go at trying to become the main opposition, like Farron said was the goal in the manifesto.foxinsoxuk said:
Just wait for the Exit poll with Jezza ahead!kle4 said:
Shouldn't he really be in the lead before it can be said to be sweeping the nation?foxinsoxuk said:
Matches the polling... Corbynism sweeping the nation.Jason said:Shameless looked positively fed up on Newsnight. At best, disinterested. Not someone who thinks they're going to be in government on Friday.
True, the Conservative campaign has not been flawless and Mrs May will doubtless have learnt from the experience.Floater said:0 -
You've clearly not been canvassing.Stark_Dawning said:Not sure The Mail should have featured Dianne. To most people she's that quaintly eccentric leftie who spent many years cuddling up on a sofa with Michael 'Who Dares Wins" Portillo - hardly the stuff of nightmares. Still, I'm sure Mr Dacre knows his audience.
Diane cuts through more than the other two - yet to meet anyone but a die hard Corbynista who likes her.0 -
He used to be quite independent. Not anymore.Mortimer said:
Rubbish. Portillo is as independent a Tory as you can get.The_Apocalypse said:
She should have stayed on This Week.Stark_Dawning said:Not sure The Mail should have featured Dianne. To most people she's that quaintly eccentric leftie who spent many years cuddling up on a sofa with Michael 'Who Dares Wins" Portillo - hardly the stuff of nightmares. Still, I'm sure Mr Dacre knows his audience.
Her and Portillo were a great duo.
Portillo also sounded a lot more reasonable back then. Now he may as well be a parrot for CCHQ.
He is also the best PM we never had....0 -
It could be Tory panic or it could be with the terrorist attacks / unhelpful half term dates means this best time to drop it.Peter_the_Punter said:
But why have they been keeping it a secret for so long?RepublicanTory said:
Well that doesn't exactly leave a lot to the imagination does it??TheScreamingEagles said:0 -
Michael Portillo has a famous motto:Stark_Dawning said:Not sure The Mail should have featured Dianne. To most people she's that quaintly eccentric leftie who spent many years cuddling up on a sofa with Michael 'Who Dares Wins" Portillo - hardly the stuff of nightmares. Still, I'm sure Mr Dacre knows his audience.
WHO DARES WINS
WE dare! WE will WIN!!!0 -
I overheard several people at work talking about her today - none of it remotely positive.Mortimer said:
You've clearly not been canvassing.Stark_Dawning said:Not sure The Mail should have featured Dianne. To most people she's that quaintly eccentric leftie who spent many years cuddling up on a sofa with Michael 'Who Dares Wins" Portillo - hardly the stuff of nightmares. Still, I'm sure Mr Dacre knows his audience.
Diane cuts through more than the other two - yet to meet anyone but a die hard Corbynista who likes her.0 -
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4578716/Apologists-terror-Corbyn-McDonnell-Abbott.html
The Mail has all cannons firing. And firing. And firing. Pics of bloody IRA victims, JC at CND rally, JC not singing the National Anthem, Hamas 'friends' with rocket launchers, Gerry Adams huddled with JC, more bomb victims.... anti-police stuff, immigration stuff... all in one long, long article. Bloody hell.
I have never seen anything like it.0
