UK Politics Thread

[Jimbuna]

Just in, somebody is working late tonight then.

[Jimbuna]

Boris Johnson has said the possible abolition of the BBC licence fee needs "looking at".

Speaking at a rally in Sunderland, the prime minister questioned how much longer funding a broadcaster out of "a general tax" could be "justified".

Ministers have agreed the licence fee will stay in place until at least 2027, when the BBC's Royal Charter ends.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50718366

Sunderland eh?

He's wasting his time and breath because nobody in Sunderland has one

[mapuc]

This week our Danish news channel have a half hour about the upcoming British election.

There was to thing I noticed in today's episode.

1. Our politicians lack morale.
Saw a clip where the leader of Labour toke advantage of a little 4 years old boy who could not get a bed in the hospital. He tried to gain political points by this.
(His party will not do any better)

2. There seems to be a disagreement in the Labour party about this Brexit thing
and many who use to vote Labour are going to vote Tories.
The reason for this, was to get the Brexit done.

Markus

[JU_88]

Politicians will use children in publicity stunts, nothing new there.
Labour is mostly pro remain, as its a left wing mix of progressive liberal lefties & neo marxists who are basically all pro remain by default, pro mass immigration, pro expanding government and public services. etc there are a minory of the old gaurd lefties, workers party types who are pro leave, but not many of them. Its hardly a 50/50 split, Labour will still probably win most seats in the metropolitian areas where they always do well. But they have long since alienated most of the working class they used to represent. They get alot of support from migrant communities, Young voters, hippies and educated well-to-do middle class types.

The Conservatives are now the right leaning moderate party, who are basically pro free markets and privatisation, their policy is basically get brexit done and busniess as usual. They are not offering any kind of radical change at all.
but they are more equaly divided along the lines of brexit and remain. But they are going with the leave platform because they know that alone is probably the winning ticket. So they are now headed up by soft brexiteers more or less.
They are the party of least resistance, in that they'll just do what ever they think is most popular to stay in power. these days they dont really have a very strong stance on anything in particular. (they used to be alot more staunchly right wing though) Now they get support from the Rural areas and small towns and working class folks as well as wealthy elites /oligarchs, busniess owners etc)

[Jimbuna]

Senior politicians faced questions on housing, climate change and trust from an audience of young people in a Question Time election special.

The election debate also saw exchanges over Brexit and the possibility of another referendum.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50722313

Good on them, it made interesting viewing.

[JU_88]

[Jimbuna]

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Good on them, it made interesting viewing.

Under-30s Question Time: The Highlights. It gets even better.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/electi...the-highlights

[STEED]

Originally Posted by JU_88

A Cruel and Unusual Election, Animation 2019

The summing up of the LD's was spot on.

[Jimbuna]

Just in and the tone is beginning to get a little more desperate.

[STEED]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Under-30s Question Time: The Highlights. It gets even better.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/electi...the-highlights

THE LABOUR PARTY IS THE LOONY PARTY, YES I SAID LOONY PARTY SO STUFF YOUR PC CRAP UP YOUR......

BARKING MAD LOONY PARTY THROWING MONEY AROUND TO GET VOTES HOW CRASS IS THAT!

[Jimbuna]

[Skybird]

Hey...! Somehow I was convinced that election would be today...

[Jimbuna]

And still they keep on coming.

[Jimbuna]

Now this could well be true because it is a well known fact Steptoe is not supported by a growing number of Labour MP's.

Labour's Jonathan Ashworth has apologised to his party after criticising Jeremy Corbyn in a secret recording by his Tory activist friend.

In a recording leaked to Tory-supporting website Guido Fawkes, Mr Ashworth is heard saying he did not believe Labour would win the election.

Mr Ashworth has insisted he was "joshing around" in the conversation.

The conversation appears to have been recorded over a week ago and Mr Ashworth said: "The reason this has come out today is because the Tories know the crisis in the NHS is ruining their campaign and we've got babies - babies - on the front page of the Daily Mirror unable to get a bed."

Mr Ashworth named the friend he was speaking to as former local Conservative Association chairman, Greig Baker, and he did not deny that he made the remarks.

In the recording, Mr Ashworth appears to refer to an unsuccessful plot to oust Mr Corbyn, instigated by some of his MPs in the aftermath of the EU referendum.

"People like me were internally saying 'this isn't the right moment' but I got kind of ignored," Mr Ashworth is recorded as saying.

On Labour's election chances, Mr Ashworth is heard saying: "I've been going round these national places, it's dire for Labour… it's dire.

"I'm helping colleagues, banging on about the NHS for them but it's awful for them, and it's the combination of Corbyn and Brexit… outside of the city seats…it's abysmal out there…they can't stand Corbyn and they think Labour's blocked Brexit."

On the recording, Mr Ashworth is asked: If Mr Corbyn "got in would he be as bad as I suspect?"

"I don't know, on the security stuff, I worked in No 10, I think the machine will pretty quickly move to safeguard security, I mean the civil service machine. But it's not going to happen. I cannot see it happening."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50726592