Be they Labour, Lib Dem or SNP - even Greens.

One is intrigued to ask - why?

Which of her policies do you oppose?


I (like most average workers) am paying less and less tax, after each Tory budget.

I don't like the woman; she's cold, talks in cliches and truisms; is a lightweight; says Brexit means Brexit when Brexit means Mistake and was voted for, in part, by racists. Get her out.

JK2006 wrote:
Be they Labour, Lib Dem or SNP - even Greens.

She is so much in the lead that the only way she could lose would be if the other parties banded together.

Will you be voting this time,Mr King?

Gina Miller raises £150,000 in 24 hours for general election tactical voting campaign

Ms Miller, who took the Government to court to force it to seek the approval of MPs before triggering Article 50, said the money would be used to fund candidates from all parties standing in the 8 June election who “campaign for a final vote on Brexit, including rejecting any deal that leaves Britain worse off”.

Someone commenting under the article says that tactical voting will be great for the Tories as it will increase their majority.

JK2006 wrote:
I don't like the woman; she's cold, talks in cliches and truisms; is a lightweight; says Brexit means Brexit when Brexit means Mistake and was voted for, in part, by racists. Get her out.

Completely agree with everything you say here.

Also, this:

michaelmcdowell.ie/theresa-may-has-conde...itical-no-mans-land/

Yes one reason why I am so anti Tory this time is the appalling lack of interest in Scotland, Northern Ireland and London - we were all overwhelmingly Remain (as was Liverpool and some other places) and find Cliche May's Brexit truisms insulting and superficial.

JK2006 wrote:
I don't like the woman - Brexit was voted for by racists


Fine, you dislike the lady - but do you actually think the majority of the UK electorate are racists?

You seem to have avoided noticing the words In Part; I think a` small minority of the electorate are racists but rather more than are prepared to admit it, even to themselves.

The Leave campaign's rhetoric was very anti-immigration. I think most people would have realised that the underlying message of "take back control" was "take back control (from foreigners in Brussels and at home)". Racists certainly picked it up, given the increase in racist attacks after the referendum. So anyone voting Leave, unless they were very slow on the uptake, must have been quite happy with that anti-foreigner message, even if they prefer not to think of themselves as racists/xenophobes.

Yes - "take back control". Can anybody with more than one brain cell have thought British politicians or judges were any better than Belgian or Italian ones?

It wouldn't surprise me if the recent oneupmanship "mine's bigger than your's" games played out on the world stage may have also played a part in Theresa May's decision to call a snap election. Her response to this behaviour possibly indicates awareness of conflict within herself as well as with Trump and her own arms industry supporting colleagues.

www.express.co.uk/news/world/792910/Ther...orth-Korea-WW3-fears

It's funny how when children play war games such behaviour is considered "child's play" or if they bully each another they are rebuked for displaying aggression. Yet when some adults get into official positions of power and participate in exactly the same games and behaviour, they don't think of their actions as being childish or aggressive at all. Instead, they think such behaviour is of vital importance and necessity to world peace and security. Most distressing of all is their failure to see or acknowledge the impact their behaviour has on children's behaviour patterns or how confusing it must be for children to see "grown ups" behaving in a particular way yet be told that it's not ok to behave in the same manner themselves.

Thankfully, there are more rational people in the UK than there are anarchists.

May's decision to call an early election defies sense, but the Conservatives are still the only party who can steer the country into a more stable future. Teresa May is only the party leader. It's not impossible that she, like any other candidate, might lose her seat. In this country, we elect a party, not a President.

Last time, I voted for an independent. He's not standing this time, so it's possible that I'll vote conservative, but I'll wait to see the full list of candidates before I decide.

the old I'm Alright Jack "I'm paying less tax..etc" is the most banal reason to date

# I mean that in a caring & sharing way Spree.

If anyone bothered to read Nobel prize winner economist Paul Krugman of the New York Times they would know every time taxes are reduced for the middle & upper classes, the wealthy, the economy begins to tank, unemployment rises and it's been that way every time politicians have sold this Bill of Goods since the Great Depression.

Importantly..a host of other incidental taxes rise to replace income tax and thus it's a false economy. It's all swings & roundabouts.

And every time taxes are raised on the wealthier classes & corporations the economy begins to boom and employment rises.

You don't need to know the reasons why this Voodoo Economics is such a disaster but anyone with intelligence can work it out. It's not rocket science and if you bothered to read FDR's reasoning for his New Deal (as above) and continued to read the resulting effects over the decades you would see how his New Deal catapulted the USA into the greatest boom period for the next 50 years until a dementia victim Ronnie Reagan fronted for a bunch of selfish corporations who began to dismantle the Middle Cl;ass and anyone below.

Theresa Maybe is and will be a disaster as Cameron was and as Blair/Brown were.
It's the End Days of Capitalism as we know it. The coming Socialist Market Economy is being born and the Tories are clueless.

JK is right..ANYONE if for no other reason that if the Tories win they should be on a wafer thin majority.

An elderly life long Labour supporter, in Wales, was on the BBC news tonight, saying he thinks May is wonderful and he's going to vote Tory this time.

Another said that he's not sure he'll be voting for but it won't be Labour.

Not what Corbyn want's to hear.

JK2006 wrote:
Yes - "take back control". Can anybody with more than one brain cell have thought British politicians or judges were any better than Belgian or Italian ones?

One of my favourite quotes from the late Auberon Waugh was when he said that if he had to be governed by anyone then it might as well be a collective of Belgian ticket inspectors!

Waugh was generally regarded as a reactionary, but very sceptical of the police (ahead of his time on that one, perhaps!) and unlike most reactionaries he was pro-EU and anti-death penalty.

PaulB wrote:
An elderly life long Labour supporter, in Wales, was on the BBC news tonight, saying he thinks May is wonderful and he's going to vote Tory this time.

Another said that he's not sure he'll be voting for but it won't be Labour.

Not what Corbyn want's to hear.

Won't be voting this time because they all sound useless.

andrew wrote:
PaulB wrote:
An elderly life long Labour supporter, in Wales, was on the BBC news tonight, saying he thinks May is wonderful and he's going to vote Tory this time.

Another said that he's not sure he'll be voting for but it won't be Labour.

Not what Corbyn want's to hear.

Won't be voting this time because they all sound useless.


The lists of candidates hasn't been decided yet, so none of us know if they are useless or not.

PaulB wrote:
andrew wrote:
PaulB wrote:
An elderly life long Labour supporter, in Wales, was on the BBC news tonight, saying he thinks May is wonderful and he's going to vote Tory this time.

Another said that he's not sure he'll be voting for but it won't be Labour.

Not what Corbyn want's to hear.

Won't be voting this time because they all sound useless.


The lists of candidates hasn't been decided yet, so none of us know if they are useless or not.

If Monster Raving Looney Party are in my constituency then they will get my vote. Other than that...no bastard will get my vote.

andrew wrote:
PaulB wrote:
andrew wrote:
PaulB wrote:
An elderly life long Labour supporter, in Wales, was on the BBC news tonight, saying he thinks May is wonderful and he's going to vote Tory this time.

Another said that he's not sure he'll be voting for but it won't be Labour.

Not what Corbyn want's to hear.

Won't be voting this time because they all sound useless.


The lists of candidates hasn't been decided yet, so none of us know if they are useless or not.

If Monster Raving Looney Party are in my constituency then they will get my vote. Other than that...no bastard will get my vote.

they are there. They are now called The Conservatives.