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The Torys could stand to lose a few votes though, given last election they won 13.6m, thats pretty much the same number Blair got in 1997.

 

Voter turnout is very high currently as well, something I think has been encouraged by Brexit.

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19 minutes ago, geared said:

The Torys could stand to lose a few votes though, given last election they won 13.6m, thats pretty much the same number Blair got in 1997.

 

Voter turnout is very high currently as well, something I think has been encouraged by Brexit.

Are you sure they could stand to lose a few votes? After the last election they didn't have an overall majority and had to rely on the DUP to prop them up. They are unlikely regain all of their seats with now defected MPs, e.g. South Cambridgeshire voted 60.2% in the EU referendum, Heidi Allen is very likely to win again in a new election. On top of that, the recent revelations about what Boris's deal means for the GB/NI border means the DUP aren't going to be supporting them next time.

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It all depends on where the votes go, because Labour could easily lose their shirt to the Lib Dems.

 

I'm not sure anyone is bothered about the DUP next time around, I can see them getting nearly wiped out after cosying up to the Torys.

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9 minutes ago, geared said:

It all depends on where the votes go, because Labour could easily lose their shirt to the Lib Dems.

 

I'm not sure anyone is bothered about the DUP next time around, I can see them getting nearly wiped out after cosying up to the Torys.

You need to lookup (highly peculiar-) NI politics a bit more ;)

 

The DUP don't have much to fear: unlike the Tories and Labour which are newly concerned by ideological rifts within their traditional electorate due to Brexit, the DUP's electoral base has always been ideologically-driven due to reasons wholly unrelated to Brexit (-save where its implementation risks alienating NI from the mainland UK).

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3 minutes ago, geared said:

It all depends on where the votes go, because Labour could easily lose their shirt to the Lib Dems.

There are far more Tory/Lib Dem marginals than Labour/Lib Dem ones.

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1 hour ago, L00b said:

Depends on whether Johnson manages to get anything through the HoC this side of Hallowe'en.

 

Because if he doesn't, all those promises which he made during his leadership campaign (do or die Brexit by Hallowe'en, won't ever request an extension, etc) are going to come back haunting the Tories' electoral campaign with a vengeance...

 

...to the benefit of Nigel's BXP which, supreme irony, would severely cannibalise the Tory vote, and so dilute the pro-Leave vote everywhere.

 

Sprinkle a bit more mixed messaging from self-conflicted, fence-sitting Labour on top of that confused electorate, and you just may end up with the LibDems in with a shout at playing kingmaker.

 

Electoral polls over the past few months are all over the place, so I'll take my cues from actual by-election results over the same timescale, and there the picture is much clearer: the LDs are cleaning up.

Boris isn't going to lose any support if the new Withdrawal Agreement doesn't get through Parliament before the General Election because his supporters know he is not to blame for the actions of the dishonest rogue Parliament.  The fact that the EU have supported Boris with the new Withdrawal Agreement is to his advantage.

 

You do make a sensible point regarding the Brexit Party because there is a danger some votes that would have gone to a Tory candidate will open the door for a Lib Dem candidate winning a seat by default.

 

14 minutes ago, geared said:

It all depends on where the votes go, because Labour could easily lose their shirt to the Lib Dems.

 

I'm not sure anyone is bothered about the DUP next time around, I can see them getting nearly wiped out after cosying up to the Torys.

The DUP are not  going to be wiped out and will only lose one or two seats at worse.  Hopefully Boris will not need their support after the General Election because he will have a working majority.

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49 minutes ago, Lockdoctor said:

 

 

The DUP are not  going to be wiped out and will only lose one or two seats at worse.  Hopefully Boris will not need their support after the General Election because he will have a working majority.

In your dreams.

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18 minutes ago, Halibut said:

In your dreams.

The longer this goes on, the more the British electorate just want to get Brexit done and to Leave the EU.

 

54% of the British public now support the UK abiding by the referendum result and leaving the EU - regardless of the way they voted in the 2016 Referendum.

 

Most people’s preferred outcome is for the UK to leave the EU. 

 

A Leave supporting Tory party could well find itself with a working majority after a Brexit dominated general election if Brexit is not delivered on October 31st.

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9 minutes ago, Car Boot said:

The longer this goes on, the more the British electorate just want to get Brexit done and to Leave the EU.

 

54% of the British public now support the UK abiding by the referendum result and leaving the EU - regardless of the way they voted in the 2016 Referendum.

 

Most people’s preferred outcome is for the UK to leave the EU. 

 

A Leave supporting Tory party could well find itself with a working majority after a Brexit dominated general election if Brexit is not delivered on October 31st.

So, a dedicated Marxist like yourself doesn’t want a left wing government led by corbyn but a really right wing Tory one with a working majority to do as it will, unhindered, for 5 years, led by Boris Johnson.

 

Is that about right?

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4 minutes ago, Car Boot said:

The longer this goes on, the more the British electorate just want to get Brexit done and to Leave the EU.

 

54% of the British public now support the UK abiding by the referendum result and leaving the EU - regardless of the way they voted in the 2016 Referendum.

 

Most people’s preferred outcome is for the UK to leave the EU. 

 

A Leave supporting Tory party could well find itself with a working majority after a general election if Brexit is not delivered on October 31st.

You're exactly  correct. It's in the Labour Party's best interest for the democratic 2016 EU Referendum result to be delivered on 31st October.  There was a BBC News report last week from Barnsley which is a very strong Labour supporting area. Every person who was interviewed said they had voted for Labour in the past but support Boris for what he is trying do which is to implement the democratic 2016 EU Referendum result.  The BBC stated they went to Barnsley on 24th June 2016 and the support for our country leaving the EU hasn't lessened from the people of Barnsley during the time that has passed

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Unfortunately most Remainers want to turn the country back to how it was before we had the 2016 People's Vote. Cameron with his austerity and Blair with his illegal wars. 

 

Well we're not going back. There is no return. The class war genie is well and truly out of the bottle. The rich have never been so afraid. 

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5 minutes ago, Car Boot said:

Unfortunately most Remainers want to turn the country back to how it was before we had the 2016 People's Vote. Cameron with his austerity and Blair with his illegal wars. 

 

Well we're not going back. There is no return. The class war genie is well and truly out of the bottle. The rich have never been so afraid. 

Margaret Thatcher would be proud of you ,old chap.

 

You and Anne Widdecombe combining to facilitate a totally deregulated economy.

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