UK Politics Thread

[STEED]

A row has erupted between Channel 4 and the Conservatives after the broadcaster used an ice sculpture in place of Boris Johnson when he didn't turn up to their leaders' debate on climate issues.

https://news.sky.com/story/general-e...ebate-11872824

Result of this according to the radio in the background Labour is 7 points in front of the Tories! Bojo has made a blunder, may be he needs Psycho Dominick back to advice him and whip his arse.

[Jimbuna]

The Scottish Lib Dems have pledged to "build a brighter future" as they launched their election manifesto.

Leader Willie Rennie said his party is the only one committed to "stopping Brexit and stopping independence".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50585285

This will probably be their death knell.

[STEED]

Any luck the SNP will win East Dunbartonshire from Jo Swinson. If they did that would make my year.

[Jimbuna]

The BBC is being “played” by Boris Johnson and should be angry about his foot-dragging on whether he will agree to an interview with Andrew Neil, Labour’s John McDonnell has said.

Labour has previously said Jeremy Corbyn took part in one of a series of one-on-one interviews with the journalist after the BBC told it that Johnson would definitely be doing a similar broadcast next week.

“He is playing the BBC, you should be annoyed,” McDonnell told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. “The reason he is doing this is because he thinks, like his Bullingdon friends, that they are above the rest of us, that they don’t need to be held to account, they don’t need to be treated like the rest of us,” he said, referring to the elite club of which Johnson and other senior Tories were members at Oxford University.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknew...id=mailsignout

If John McDonnell says so then it must be true

[Catfish]

It really must be hard to consistently ignore the obvious.
"Hahah said the clown" (Boris de Pfeffel de Foerst)

[Jimbuna]

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[Jimbuna]

Boris Johnson has warned the US president against giving him an endorsement ahead of the general election on 12 December.

Donald Trump has previously backed the prime minister, calling him "the exact right guy for the times".

But during an interview with LBC, Mr Johnson said it was "best... for neither side to be involved in the other's election campaigns".

Mr Trump is due in the UK next week to join world leaders for a Nato summit.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50603115

I wonder why

[Catfish]

Donald Trump has previously backed the prime minister, calling him "the exact right guy for the times".

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while.
He is so right, not a minister but a crazy "guy" for crazy times. Just fear two wrongs don't make a right this time.

[mapuc]

This is not our US-politics thread.

This person should know that as a politician you do not take part in another countries election campaign... He can after the election is over send a congratulation to the person who will be your next PM.

Markus

[STEED]

Two more weeks of this madness please no more it's been bloody awful, I am so bored with this dire tripe.

[Catfish]

Boris Johnson has warned the US president against giving him an endorsement ahead of the general election on 12 December.
Donald Trump has previously backed the prime minister, calling him "the exact right guy for the times".

Johnson promises more money than Corbyn to all, how does the clown intend to pay for all that? Even more unrealistic than Labour

I take Johnson does not want Trump to "help him" before the elections by betraying that Johnson wants to privatise the NHS and sell it to US companies, it is all over the media here.
Clear as mud by now, that is what he expects the money to come from, and it will sure please Rees-Mogg and Cummings.

[JU_88]

Originally Posted by Catfish

Johnson promises more money than Corbyn to all, how does the clown intend to pay for all that? Even more unrealistic than Labour

I take Johnson does not want Trump to "help him" before the elections by betraying that Johnson wants to privatise the NHS and sell it to US companies, it is all over the media here.
Clear as mud by now, that is what he expects the money to come from, and it will sure please Rees-Mogg and Cummings.

he wont want Trumps Endorsment as the man is disliked by about half the country. Labours accusation of a tory NHS sell off is massivley hyperbolic to say the least, nor should anyone trust Johnsons empty assurance that elements of NHS will never be on the table in US/UK trade deal. the truth as usual - is rather more complicated and murky than the simple tabloid-esque narratives being pushed.
https://fullfact.org/election-2019/i...s-up-for-sale/

The future of NHS is a big deal, but lets be realistic. its never going to over shaddow Brexit in this election. Labour really need to change tactics if they want to keep their seats.
The fact that the Tories have been in power for 9 years now and Labour are on the defense at this point, suggests they have messed up royally.
The Tories main advantage is they they are now party of moderate sell out politics, (they just take the path of least resistance when it comes to public opinion and do their more dirty deeds quietly), Labour and the Lib Dems are both riding on rigid ideological plaforms which just aren't very popular outside of progressive circles.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Catfish

Johnson promises more money than Corbyn to all, how does the clown intend to pay for all that? Even more unrealistic than Labour

Where's that from? The last time I looked Steptoe was promising to spend x28 that of Johnson in his manifesto

[Jimbuna]

The SNP leader cashed with the Brexit Party's Richard Tice over whether an EU exit deal is achievable., during a BBC One election debate.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/electi...on-t-trust-you

I must admit I found these two clashing with one another quite entertaining