Labour 8 points clear of the tories.

spindrift · 11-01-2011, 08:38

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standa...gin-to-bite.do

Research by ComRes for The Independent put the party on 42%, up three points since before Christmas, while the Tories were down three on 34%. The Liberal Democrats' support was 12%.

And this is before the next round of cuts.

spooky3 · 11-01-2011, 08:50

Shows that too many people smoke dope and are suffering from short term memory loss.

pb1977 · 11-01-2011, 09:00

And with several years to go before a possible general election , your point is.

spindrift · 11-01-2011, 09:07

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And with several years to go before a possible general election , your point is.

You really expect the coalition to last more than a year? I think that's naive. There will clearly be a lot of defectors from the Lib Dem's to Labour as they have ruined their credibility. The Conservatives should stop banging on about being 'all in this together' when a high proportion of conservative cabinet ministers are Etonians without a clue about living in the real world. George Osborne, I'm looking at you, you over-stuffed over-sexed old Etonian coke-sniffing layabout.

Greybeard · 11-01-2011, 09:35

The Labour figure would be a lot higher if they had a competent leadership; the shadow PM and Chancellor are both clearly out of their depth.

And red Ed is about as charismatic as a cabbage patch doll.

emma royd · 11-01-2011, 09:40

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The Labour figure would be a lot higher if they had a competent leadership; the shadow PM and Chancellor are both clearly out of their depth.

And red Ed is about as charismatic as a cabbage patch doll.

Indeed Dead Head Ed will be a real assett when a general election comes around. He even makes Gordy look good.
It amuses me to hear folks (usually of a left wing persuasion) predicting an imminent election. These same folk seem to predict that in said election the L/Ds would be annihilated as a party and the Tories relegated to opposition. I've yet to hear a rational explanation of why either of these parties would therefore wish to have an election before the economic catastrophe they inherited has been rectified.

mossdog · 11-01-2011, 09:52

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You really expect the coalition to last more than a year? I think that's naive. There will clearly be a lot of defectors from the Lib Dem's to Labour as they have ruined their credibility. The Conservatives should stop banging on about being 'all in this together' when a high proportion of conservative cabinet ministers are Etonians without a clue about living in the real world. George Osborne, I'm looking at you, you over-stuffed over-sexed old Etonian coke-sniffing layabout.

So where does that leave the silly lad in charge of the amateurs that lost the last general election?

sccsux · 11-01-2011, 10:03

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So where does that leave the silly lad in charge of the amateurs that lost the last general election?

Clegg is Camoron's tea boy

Stormy · 11-01-2011, 10:06

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Shows that too many people smoke dope and are suffering from short term memory loss.

I wish this forum had "like" or "recommend" buttons

mossdog · 11-01-2011, 10:14

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Clegg is Camoron's tea boy

I think everyone knows who we are really referring to!

pb1977 · 11-01-2011, 10:44

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Originally Posted by spindrift

You really expect the coalition to last more than a year? I think that's naive. There will clearly be a lot of defectors from the Lib Dem's to Labour as they have ruined their credibility. The Conservatives should stop banging on about being 'all in this together' when a high proportion of conservative cabinet ministers are Etonians without a clue about living in the real world. George Osborne, I'm looking at you, you over-stuffed over-sexed old Etonian coke-sniffing layabout.

Who knows what is going to happen over the next 12 months. Why do you think there are going to alot of Lib Dem's changing sides and getting into bed with Red Ed, because jumping ship to Labour is suddenly going to get their credibility back is it.

Maybe if Labour hadn't screwed the country up like it did we wouldn't be in the situation we are in now. Oh it's all Thatchers fault.

As for the last part of your post, your true colours are showing. Welcome to the peoples republic of sheffield.

sccsux · 11-01-2011, 10:46

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I think everyone knows who we are really referring to!

Yep; deffo sounds like Clogg

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Grandad.Malky · 11-01-2011, 10:49

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Originally Posted by spooky3

Shows that too many people smoke dope and are suffering from short term memory loss.

Thankfully they don’t have long term memory loss.

emma royd · 11-01-2011, 10:51

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Originally Posted by pb1977

Who knows what is going to happen over the next 12 months. Why do you think there are going to alot of Lib Dem's changing sides and getting into bed with Red Ed, because jumping ship to Labour is suddenly going to get their credibility back is it.

Maybe if Labour hadn't screwed the country up like it did we wouldn't be in the situation we are in now. Oh it's all Thatchers fault.

As for the last part of your post, your true colours are showing. Welcome to the peoples republic of sheffield.

I think you are just dealing with a group of folk who haven't come to grips with losing the election. These sort of threads are all started by people who didn't vote for L/Ds or Tories, and I've yet to hear of any likely reason why parties trailing in the polls would decide that an election should be called. So for the next 4 years these folks will carry on bashing the same old hollow drum and consoling themselves with trying to make up insulting names for the party leaders.

emma royd · 11-01-2011, 10:53

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Thankfully they don’t have long term memory loss.

That's true Callaghan also ballsed up the economy and had to go cap in hand to the IMF. Thanks for reminding us.

Grandad.Malky · 11-01-2011, 10:59

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That's true Callaghan also ballsed up the economy and had to go cap in hand to the IMF. Thanks for reminding us.

Did you say ERM

emma royd · 11-01-2011, 11:05

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Did you say ERM

No I said IMF. We were the first country to suffer the humiliation of having to be bailed out financially. That was the price of the previous Labour Government.

Yes Black Wednesday was a financial crisis. We nearly lost as much money as Brown's government lost every single week it was in power.

upinwath · 11-01-2011, 11:12

I was going to express surprise but perhaps not.
Opinion polls tend to lean towards whoever commissioned them and are wildly inaccurate anyway.
The only shock I have is anyone would want to vote for the Labour lot again before the country has come even close to recovering from their last cock up.

However, I would have liked a labour win at the last election. That way they would have been forced into the cuts thus showing they are a bunch of idiots that could sort out getting drunk in a large Tadcaster industrial site.

Michael_W · 11-01-2011, 11:19

I love some of these threads, they just prove that The Ship Of Fools is still well and truly afloat !

Glennis · 11-01-2011, 11:22

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Shows that too many people smoke dope and are suffering from short term memory loss.

Better than suffering long term memory loss, dating back to the 1980s