The Labour Party. All discussion here please

[Longcol 597]

5 hours ago, Robin-H said:

I don't think the Labour Party would ever need to talk with Trump about trade negotiations. Their preferred brexit deal would mean we would be unable to strike our own trade deals. 

Given the number of number of deals negotiated so far,  the time it takes to negotiate them and the lack of skilled trade deal negotiators in the UK (a little harder than David Davis pretended), probably no bad thing.

[Robin-H 11]

11 minutes ago, Longcol said:

Given the number of number of deals negotiated so far,  the time it takes to negotiate them and the lack of skilled trade deal negotiators in the UK (a little harder than David Davis pretended), probably no bad thing.

We haven't negotiated any trade deals yet have we? We can't until we've left the EU. I think we've signed some things with countries so that existing trade deals we have as part of being in the EU will just carry on regardless, but haven't negotiated anything new. 

[Longcol 597]

3 minutes ago, Robin-H said:

We haven't negotiated any trade deals yet have we? We can't until we've left the EU. I think we've signed some things with countries so that existing trade deals we have as part of being in the EU will just carry on regardless, but haven't negotiated anything new. 

We've only managed to roll over a handful. Is anything better than tarrif free trade?

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-47213842

 

Of course as soon as Brexit is done we'll be signing up left right and centre to export unicorns at premium rates.

[steved32 55]

How many candidates would you trust to tell the truth? 

Which party?

I'd hope that voters would consider the merits of their local MP and what s/he represents... and the potentially dire consequences of leaving the EU.

[thorphanger 10]

Anybody anything to say about the attempt at vote rigging. Registering students without their knowledge and many underage in Plymouth and other Labour marginals. Unreal and hopefully sorted before election day.

[Longcol 597]

6 minutes ago, thorphanger said:

Anybody anything to say about the attempt at vote rigging. Registering students without their knowledge and many underage in Plymouth and other Labour marginals. Unreal and hopefully sorted before election day.

Evidence please.

[despritdan 241]

3 minutes ago, Longcol said:

Evidence please.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/822866/general-election-2017-news-labour-students-vote-electoral

 

https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/08/able-vote-twice-eu-referendum/

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7641065/Undergraduates-tweet-boasting-shell-vote-twice-exposes-lax-voting-system.html

[Pettytom 1]

25 minutes ago, despritdan said:

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/822866/general-election-2017-news-labour-students-vote-electoral

 

https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/08/able-vote-twice-eu-referendum/

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7641065/Undergraduates-tweet-boasting-shell-vote-twice-exposes-lax-voting-system.html

Have you fact checked those sources?

 

There’s only room for one dishonest party in this election. It isn’t Labour.

[Longcol 597]

28 minutes ago, despritdan said:

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/822866/general-election-2017-news-labour-students-vote-electoral

 

https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/08/able-vote-twice-eu-referendum/

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7641065/Undergraduates-tweet-boasting-shell-vote-twice-exposes-lax-voting-system.html

None of them mention;

 

Registering students without their knowledge

Registering underage voters

Plymouth

 

0/10 - Fail

[Anna B 1,401]

We so used to criticise countries like Russia for rigging the system like this.

 

When did we become a banana republic. . .? 

[Longcol 597]

5 minutes ago, Anna B said:

We so used to criticise countries like Russia for rigging the system like this.

 

When did we become a banana republic. . .? 

AFAIK in Russia you could vote for the Communist Party or nobody,

 

Since Putin came into power the opposition leader is usually in custody.

[Anna B 1,401]

1 hour ago, Longcol said:

AFAIK in Russia you could vote for the Communist Party or nobody,

 

Since Putin came into power the opposition leader is usually in custody.

Well, you could vote for different candidates but all Communists, and they have been selected by the party head office. So a bit like the elections between Conservatives and Blair's Labour, basically the same party. Thank goodness Corbyn came along to offer a real alternative choice.