this is going to be an interesting election,
what are you guys going to vote since it's a not a left or right choice anymore
this is going to be an interesting election,
what are you guys going to vote since it's a not a left or right choice anymore
One is conflicted, Butters.
LibDem is a natural vote to stymie Brexit and despite what anyone says they will get into bed with Labour, etc when/if the time comes which in turn would tone down the 'socialist' element of Labour policy strategy.
But, on the other hand, I love the new marxist manifesto of Labour with its re-nationalisation and greater wealth distribution which if they were to win would drive the Tory/ERG/Tax wing insane with rage and fiscal fear which is an eminently satisfying prospect on its own. And in any event, if they were to win a goodly number of seats they too would ditch th rhetoric and get into bed with the Liberals or just the SNP if the numbers add up.
But then, a vote for BoJo the Clown and the mad ERG nazis giving them a majority will be the fastest route to the destruction of the UK ensuring Irish unification, Scottish independence and class warfare in Engerwales when the masses fall further into debt slavery and wallow in dismal recession.
Option 1) is the best for a stronger £ and stability and a quicker return to normality once the ERG scum are buried.
But then, a burning, fractured Britain in ruins and riots .............
It's a tough one.
Chitty you are going to vote Tory, I assume, not for the LibDem wankers
Tough call then, if Labor wins, it will be quite an achievement
there was a nice debate on Brexit on French TV yesterday, with guests from the UK, Tories conservatives and local journalists
well analyzed debate and explanation, but the conclusion for everyone was the same: we don't what comes next, even from the British political experts
Well it's fucking mental, but they are going to get the Extinction Rebellion votes
The Green Party has launched its General Election campaign with a pledge to spend £100 billion a year on tackling the climate emergency.
The party is hoping to borrow more than £900 billion over the next decade in a bid to rid the UK of fossil fuels.
One of your most absurd posts ever, and that’s really saying something.
Labour are hoping they don’t win.
Okey Dokey.
As a consequence of the bankster inspired crash in 2008, government borrowing has fallen from around a deficit of £150 billions to around £25 billions in the ensuing decade, a draconian drop that has in effect shattered the British infrastructure involving an erosion in our social landscape that has predominantly affected the poor, the vulnerable, the elderly, the young and the ordinary man trying to subsist in adversity. Modest estimates suggest that to restore transport, health, education and policing to a standard commensurate with a level that prevailed in 2010 would take an immediate injection of £400 billions.
The ERG/BoJo scum know that their brand is tainted with this austerity excess which is why Sajid Javid is now offering to spend billions in order to retrieve ground lost among those who might swing to the LibDems and Labour whose election pledges he is now matching.
But it really doesn't matter, Brexit will wipe out 5% of GDP and tax revenues will fall inevitably meaning the £ will come under even more pressure.
Th future is economic chaos underpinned by a devalued currency irrespective of whoever wins - Brexit is a virus that will taint everything.
For the benefit of Cyrille and seekingass, it's worth pointing out that this is an election thread, and not a Brexit thread.
I suggest you keep your infantile bile in the correct thread.
Increasing spending on community infrastructure is not political, It's Keynesian economic philosophy.
The economy is an intrinsic element in any election debate and the greatest, single, most critically crucial factor in all of it is Brexit, you fucking idiot.
All that pre-op fellatio before breakfast has rotted his brain.
For the benefit of switch, the general election was called because of the deadlock on Brexit. Bo-Jo had just secured a majority for his deal in the house. If he'd allowed them a week or two to discuss it then Brexit could have been realised.
Your hebetudinous ways are becoming a bore...
There was an interesting article on that by the BBC!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-50160148
Here's another BBC article...
The Green Party have launched their general election campaign with a call for £100bn a year to be spent on tackling the climate "emergency".
Co-leader Sian Berry said: "Some things are even bigger than Brexit. This must be the climate election. The future won't get another chance."
The party says it would fund the pledge by borrowing £91.2bn a year, with an extra £9bn from "tax changes".
The party also set out plans to make Britain carbon neutral by 2030.
The government has already committed to cut carbon emissions to net zero by 2050, a move announced by former Prime Minister Theresa May before she left office earlier this year.
- BBC Briefing: Your energy and climate facts guide
- Climate emergency 'clear and unequivocal'
- Labour pledges 'zero carbon' homes by 2022
- How would the Greens fund their £1trn pledge?
At the Green Party for England and Wales election campaign launch in Bristol, Ms Berry said: "Let's be honest about the situation we're in. We know these are dark times. It's easy to fear the future.
"The threat of Brexit hangs over our heads, the climate emergency rages from the Amazon to the Arctic, and our fragile democracy is under attack.
"But despite all this, Greens don't fear the future.
"We welcome the future. Because we know that we stand at the threshold of what could be the most exciting and prosperous period of British history."
Standing aside?
The Green Party supports another EU referendum and is in talks with the Liberal Democrats and Plaid Cymru about forming a "Remain alliance" to stop Brexit.
The deal would see candidates stand aside for each other to increase the chances of a Remain-supporting MP being elected.
Green Party co-leader Jonathan Bartley said the alliance hoped to target "around 50 seats", telling BBC Politics Live: "The idea is to get the biggest Remain party bloc in the Parliament."
He admitted some local Green Party branches were against the idea of standing aside for a Lib Dem or Plaid Cymru candidate.
"Some want to, some are not so keen," he said, but he hoped a deal would "go through" and would be announced "quite soon".
Mr Bartley also defended the levels of borrowing needed to fulfil the Greens' pledges, saying the investment would create hundreds of thousands of new jobs and "pay for itself in the long run".
"The climate emergency - if it comes to fruition - does not bear thinking about in terms of the cost of trillions to the economy," he told the Today programme.
Elsewhere in the election campaign on Wednesday:
- Boris Johnson is due to start the Conservative Party election campaign at a rally in the West Midlands and will say only his party can "get Brexit done"
- In a speech in Telford, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said a Labour government should be judged on the "real change" it delivers and "the concrete improvements it makes to the lives of millions"
- Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson launched her election "battle bus" in north London, pledging an extra £11bn for mental health care if her party is in government
Reality Check: Where would the £100bn come from?
By Tom Edgington, BBC Reality Check
The Green Party is proposing to fund its key pledge by increasing government borrowing by £91bn a year.
The remaining £9bn will come from tax changes, including an increase in corporation tax to 24%.
This would represent a massive increase on current borrowing levels. The independent Institute for Fiscal Studies believes government borrowing will be £55bn this year.
In terms of how £100bn compares to other areas of UK government spending, it's about the same that's spent on education each year.
Deputy leader Amelia Womack also set out the Green Party's plan to make the country carbon neutral by 2030.
This will be done, Ms Womack said, by building 100,000 energy efficient homes each year, by "revolutionising" transport infrastructure, a roll-out of renewable energy and creating "hundreds of thousands" of "low carbon jobs" - including, for example, workers installing insulation in homes.
"This could be our last chance to elect a Parliament to keep us below dangerous warming," Ms Womack said.
"The climate doesn't care about promises. The environment doesn't care about pledges.
"What we need is action. And the Green Party has the single most ambitious and comprehensive plan to go carbon neutral by 2030 while delivering social justice across Britain."
Image copyrightPA MEDIAImage captionMs Berry leads the Green Party alongside Jonathan BartleyLabour has also set out some of its own environmental pledges, including a promise to cut UK carbon emissions by 10% through a home improvement programme.
A Labour government would fund £60bn of energy-saving upgrades, such as loft insulation, enhanced double glazing and new heating systems, by 2030.
The Conservatives say they have "a proper plan to continue reducing carbon emissions" which will build on the "400,000 low carbon jobs we've already created [while in government]".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-50305284
Well, Labour, the Greens and the Liberals are insane - but, some folks will vote for them; far huger hit on the economy from those parties getting into power than Brexit, btw...
The Conservatives will likely increase the wealth divide; they say nice stuff, but there's no doubting the end result is often the opposite...
Total load of fukers all around, glad I don't live there, pulled my application for UK grant money, as I just don't wanna go back to that toxic place.
To please Mr Sausage and the like, I'll do a postal vote for the Brexit Party.
Cycling should be banned!!!
Another synonym is:conflict of interest
Lobbying...
However, isn't it same as "corruption"? Depends on our leniency or disliking...
That's 2 wasted votes...
...if the Brexit Party hasn't collapsed completely by election day.
Well, election days probably aren’t among its leader’s favourite things.
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