UK Politics Thread

Joking aside, Lord Buckethead has genuinely got a broader range of policies than the DUP, and I don't disagree with any of them. There will be lads in the actual government looking at the nuclear submarine one going '' I wonder if we could get away with.........''

What's wrong with single issue candidates? Clifford T Reid single handedly stopped the paedophiles iirc.

coyne wrote: The beautiful missing story of the day was Labour winning Kensington, home of the Daily Mail. The Daily Mail has a far left wing MP in their constituency, it's as good as Nick Clegg being voted out by the students.

It is certainly one of the major "capture the flag" victories of the election. But I think this is something which Labour strategists will need to dig deeper into before defaulting to a belief that Kensington has turned Labour. This heavily Tory leaning constituency has more than likely voted this way for reasons other than Labour, Corbyn, or the manifesto. The former incumbent was a strong Brexit advocate, in a stronger remain constituency. Alternatively, it was a strong rebuke of May for a poor campaign, and a collective of dissenting votes, in combination with a sharp rise for the Liberal Democrats created this outcome.

I feel that Labour will need to ascertain which seats were a products of the Corbyn factor and the manifesto, which were the ex-UKIP protest voters who are effectively swing voters, and which were protest votes at the Tory campaign and previous policy decisions in the constituency.

BTW, this is not to p*** on anybody's cornflakes.

*and my sincerest apologies to Denis Irwin for doubting your rumour on this on Thursday night. Well spotted!

Edited by Het-field - 10 Jun 2017 at 10:24am

horsebox wrote: randyrandolph wrote: the one good thing about the DUP propping up the tories is that the brits will finally seem what a bunch of fruitcake 6 finger bigots they are. every news report is currently fascinated will these loonies...   Yep. The DUP will be exposed for what they are. This will further Irish Unity too because the majority of the Brits will not want to be associated with these dinosaurs. It will be interesting to see the mud thrown at the DUP over the coming weeks. Fun times.

I'm not so sure. One thing is they have her by the short and curlies. They don't give a crap about the NHS, new runways or kids meals. It's all about strengthen their own grip up home, and putting the shinners in their place (how they see it).

It's a perfect storm for them. I'm fearful of the influence they'll have and ram it down our throats.

Sooner it's breaks up the better imo

Denis Irwin wrote: @TelegraphSport DUP to insist Team GB is renamed Team UK as part of coalition deal with Conservatives Arlene and Nigel focusing on the Important issues

Also doing the rounds is the support for John McMichaels too.

All this dirt being digged up from the past

DUBLIN DOC wrote: horsebox wrote: Also doing the rounds is the support for John McMichaels too. All this dirt being digged up from the past PM will be all over your 2nd line now

spectacular grammar

May told to sack her two main advisors who've been with her years before she became PM or there'll be a leadership challenge next Monday. Both have 'resigned' within an hour.

Denis Irwin wrote: @TelegraphSport DUP to insist Team GB is renamed Team UK as part of coalition deal with Conservatives Arlene and Nigel focusing on the Important issues

What?!

That can't be real