UK Politics Thread

[STEED]

Jim, he just gave you a reason to stick his his rent up.

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UKIP leader Paul Nuttall has suggested the detention without trial of suspected terrorists.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-40086126

Interesting he should say that as on LBC Radio last night the same thing came up from remarks by a high ranking police officer who was a Muslim. Most people agreed even other Muslims, getting back to UKIP he's got bigger issues on his plate like the state of his party and why are the Tories picking up votes from them.

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The traditional third party, the Lib Dems, are not cutting through with their promise of a second referendum; having achieved Brexit, UKIP have all but collapsed; and even the SNP are under pressure.

And it's not so much a fight between Labour and the Conservatives, but one defined in a battle between Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn.

http://news.sky.com/story/sky-views-...rties-10896947


May have a point.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by STEED

Jim, he just gave you a reason to stick his his rent up.

Fat chance, he bought his own property three or four years ago.

I could charge him for the beer though

Less than half an hour to go before the entertainment begins

[STEED]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

I could charge him for the beer though

And electricity too keep the beer cold.

When he moans you can say that's the Tory way doing things.

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IT''S HALF TIME....

Well the first part was dull not enough hard hitting questions and Paxman has lost the plot.

I will pass judgement on JC and May later.

Second half just the same.

[STEED]

Well TM and JC no real difference's on the grounds the whole show came across as damage limitation. No doubt lots of do's and do-not's set down by both party's resulting in a typical pile of guff and tripe.

[Jimbuna]

Nothing much to really get excited about other than the real star of the show, Jeremy Paxman.

I thought Corbyn got the most out of it by a whisker (no pun intended) not that either were brilliant outstanding performances but I doubt May will be bothered because the eventual election outcome will not be changed.

[STEED]

The audience Q&A was far too short and not enough hard hitting questions and both TM and JC should have been forced to answer the questions and not side step them.

Paxman was a wast of time and space listening to this fart trying too recapture Paxman's golden age that has long pasted into TV history film cans gathering dust on a shelf in a forgotten store room.

What came out of this if TV and radio want this sort of thing they have to agree to the rules laid down by the politician's which results in this boring load of guff and rubbish.

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SNP manifesto launch..

Nicola Sturgeon is painting a rosy picture of the land of oil and technology and all is nice in this land bar one thing. The dark Tory cloud of doom and gloom that threatens Scotland.

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Boris Johnson and Labour election chief Andrew Gwynne in fiery spat

The political opponents lock horns in a heated exchange on Sky News before Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn's TV interviews.

http://news.sky.com/story/boris-john...-spat-10897829

Far more entertaining than what followed.

[MGR1]

SNP Manifesto at-a-glance: LINK.

Since much of this is reserved to Westminster, the only way the SNP policies can have any real affect is if they either go into coalition (very unlikely) or agree to a confidence and supply arrangement (more likely) with a Labour or Labour/Lib Dem government, which isn't very likely at the moment - even Sturgeon thinks the Tories are going to win. So this is all about making sure that Scotland has a loud and strident voice to stand up to the nasty Tories and hang the rest of the UK.....

The SNP are a difficult problem to tackle - regardless of how many seats they might loose, they'll still have the most MP's from the Scottish contingent and the largest vote share to go with it. As far as they're concerned, that would be enough of a mandate (as far as they're concerned) for what they wish to do - which is Indyref2.

Mike.

[Jimbuna]

I notice independence ranked only 11th out of thirteen on the manifesto list.

What I'm unsure about is if the list was compiled in order of importance.

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One for BossMark..

Theresa May protest song 'liar liar' hits No 1 on iTunes

http://news.sky.com/story/theresa-ma...tunes-10898670

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YouGov poll nine days before election predicts hung parliament

http://metro.co.uk/2017/05/30/yougov...ament-6673577/

Theresa May could lose her overall majority in the general election, a shock YouGov poll has predicted.
The survey of voters, commissioned by the Times, predicts that the Conservatives could fall short of winning an overall majority of seats on June 8.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/n...eats-02zfwl8lc

That would be a result, the Tories would rip themselves apart.