General Election called

Gremlin said:
Just to warn you that GJ is knocking on doors.
He walked away from my door after my five word reply.
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Possibly the votes in Hyndburn in last week's County Council elections put a spring in Graham Jones' step , plus the fact that he will be facing Kevin Horkin again whom he defeated in the last general election , bucking the trend by increasing his majority .
 
JCB said:
Possibly the votes in Hyndburn in last week's County Council elections put a spring in Graham Jones' step , plus the fact that he will be facing Kevin Horkin again whom he defeated in the last general election , bucking the trend by increasing his majority .
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Well only a fool would compare locals to nationals. completely different cup of tea imho, most people i encounter want more than anything to come out of the E.U. more than anything,
 
As Cashy says the two beasts are entirely different.
In the local elections I vote for the person who I know will do the best job regardless of the banner under which they travel.
I do not have any Party Political leanings at all. I am one of those floating voters.
In general elections I vote for the party which follows closest to my own core values.
I voted for GJ last time in the hope that a local man with local knowledge would best represent us.
After all he knows our concerns and privations. It was a mistake. He has not done anything at all for Accrington.
I am not a fan of Kevin Horkin, but I might just grit my teeth and vote for him.
Your reasoning is flawed JCB...just because Graham Jones beat him last time does not mean he will beat him this time. There are other factors which need to be considered, not least being the fact that the Labour party has been in disarray for some time, and there is not much faith in Jeremy Corbyn as a leader(either from the Labour MP's or from the electorate in general).
 
I know quite a few people who have always been Labour, but this General will vote Tory through gritted teeth, for the simple reason only the Torys have shown any real will to get us out of the E.U. also know someone that will abstain before voting Tory. that i understand but do not agree with.
 
That is my daughter's predicament.
She cannot find it in herself to vote Tory, but feels that a vote for Labour is not right either.
I can understand abstaining...I have always gone to the polling station but there have been times when I have made sure my vote is void.
Why vote if the vote will change nothing?
 
I have just listened to Labours Co-ordination chap on Sky and he rhymed off all the things that matter he says to people if Labour are elected, sounds crap to me, cos NEVER once did he mention BREXIT!!! which Labour would have to handle if they were elected, well i got news for him. THAT MATTERS TO ME. and many people i know.:mad:
 
I just listened to Andrew Gwynne on GMB.
He was floundering under the grilling from Piers Morgan. He kept on repeating himself and said nothing of any great value.
This maybe because Labour have no real grasp of what matters to the electorate.
Other than that you can promise absolutely anything when you know that there is very little chance of getting elected.

Accyman, I like your poster.
I bet the canvassers give your house a wide berth.
 
accyman said:
if anyone woudl like to show support i have provided a window banner you can print off and put in your window or any other visible location :D
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Can I order a poster please?

Just one slight change to, I would rather cut your leg off.
 
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I'm told Corbyn is crazy and an idiot all the time, but when ever I ask what's wrong with his ideas, they can never say what it is. They are in reality only copying what the Tory press says and are acting like puppets. Many of the working class vote against their own interests all the time. Brexit is the biggest con since the charge of the Light Brigade. The only thing is sure about it, is the Very Rich will get even richer and the majority will get poorer.
 
I don't need the press of any colour to tell me what I can see with my own eyes, or what I can work out for myself.
If you think that Jeremy Corbyn is the man to lead the country, then you know that you have the possibility of making that happen by gifting him your vote.

He won't be getting mine as I feel that the Labour Party have lost the plot.
Just take a look at their manifesto.
You can promise anything you want when you know you will never have to come up with the goods because you won't get elected.
 
Sugar said:
I'm told Corbyn is crazy and an idiot all the time, but when ever I ask what's wrong with his ideas, they can never say what it is. They are in reality only copying what the Tory press says and are acting like puppets. Many of the working class vote against their own interests all the time. Brexit is the biggest con since the charge of the Light Brigade. The only thing is sure about it, is the Very Rich will get even richer and the majority will get poorer.
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his manifesto is a complete farce and just wild and outrageous lies designed to trick people in to giving him their vote

re nationalizing power companies and trains - yeah right that ship sailed decades ago that genie is well and truly out the bottle.The cost of buying it back would cripple the country but its a popular thought so he stuck it in his list of promises he would not deliver

extra bank holiday - Well if you want someone in power who will decimate this country for the sake of an extra day off work then fine but the lesser evil would be to ring in sick if you really need a day off

would refuse to launch nukes if we were attacked with nukes by another country - Yup a gutless coward flying the white flag before the first shot of war is fired

Corbyn is an idiot and it would take an idiot to buy any of his crap.He is a desperate person on his last legs of power and knows he has to deliver the goods or he will be removed as leader.If it takes a list of outrageous claims and promises to keep his position then so be it
 
Sugar said:
I'm told Corbyn is crazy and an idiot all the time, but when ever I ask what's wrong with his ideas, they can never say what it is. They are in reality only copying what the Tory press says and are acting like puppets. Many of the working class vote against their own interests all the time. Brexit is the biggest con since the charge of the Light Brigade. The only thing is sure about it, is the Very Rich will get even richer and the majority will get poorer.
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Well many life time Labour Voters, me included voted to leave that corrupt organisation, were we supported by Labour when the democratic result was announced? were we hell as like, just remind us, when was the last time the E.U. Accounts were signed off? as for brexit being the biggest con, sorry its people like you who have been conned the biggest.:rolleyes: which dont surprise me at all, i assume you are the suger who frequented the Union St, club back in the day?in fact i will be amazed if it aint so. Teresa May is the ONLY party leader that accepted the democratic will of the people FACT, and i'll tell yeh summat for nowt i voted Leave cos i have Grandchildren and it will be a damn site better for them when they grow up.
 
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accyman said:
his manifesto is a complete farce and just wild and outrageous lies designed to trick people in to giving him their vote

re nationalizing power companies and trains - yeah right that ship sailed decades ago that genie is well and truly out the bottle.The cost of buying it back would cripple the country but its a popular thought so he stuck it in his list of promises he would not deliver

extra bank holiday - Well if you want someone in power who will decimate this country for the sake of an extra day off work then fine but the lesser evil would be to ring in sick if you really need a day off

would refuse to launch nukes if we were attacked with nukes by another country - Yup a gutless coward flying the white flag before the first shot of war is fired

Corbyn is an idiot and it would take an idiot to buy any of his crap.He is a desperate person on his last legs of power and knows he has to deliver the goods or he will be removed as leader.If it takes a list of outrageous claims and promises to keep his position then so be it
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Jeremy Corbyn can promise anything he likes because he knows that he has a 'snowflakes chance in hell' of getting elected...so he doesn't have to think about how he will deliver the promises.

If by some mad chance Labour do get into power(hanging onto some other party's coat tails) then the country would truly go down the gurgler and the unions would be sunk because who needs a union when there are no jobs because those with money (being taxed to death) have taken their assets, their skills and left the country.
 
Sugar said:
I'm told Corbyn is crazy and an idiot all the time, but when ever I ask what's wrong with his ideas, they can never say what it is. They are in reality only copying what the Tory press says and are acting like puppets. Many of the working class vote against their own interests all the time. Brexit is the biggest con since the charge of the Light Brigade. The only thing is sure about it, is the Very Rich will get even richer and the majority will get poorer.
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Congratulations, your first post and you show yourself to be what?

A clone of our dear M.P. he also claims we don't know whats good for us, no, actually he goes further, he thinks we, the electorate shouldn't have been allowed a vote in a referendum for or against the E.U. because 95% of us are too ill educated to understand.

Now, before you reply could you possibly follow site rules and put a little in the introduce thread about yourself?

It may not make you more believable, but at least it would show you to be polite!
 
accyman said:
his manifesto is a complete farce and just wild and outrageous lies designed to trick people in to giving him their vote

re nationalizing power companies and trains - yeah right that ship sailed decades ago that genie is well and truly out the bottle.The cost of buying it back would cripple the country but its a popular thought so he stuck it in his list of promises he would not deliver

extra bank holiday - Well if you want someone in power who will decimate this country for the sake of an extra day off work then fine but the lesser evil would be to ring in sick if you really need a day off

would refuse to launch nukes if we were attacked with nukes by another country - Yup a gutless coward flying the white flag before the first shot of war is fired

Corbyn is an idiot and it would take an idiot to buy any of his crap.He is a desperate person on his last legs of power and knows he has to deliver the goods or he will be removed as leader.If it takes a list of outrageous claims and promises to keep his position then so be it
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I don't know if Corbyn is an idiot, he may well be one, however if he is a right thinking man he seems to be surrounded by idiots, that in itself doesn't bode well for his thinking!
 
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