General election

Quoted from codcheeky

Better than a woman too frightened to appear in a debate on TV,  backed by a public school moron who thinks childish name calling is serious discussion.
They are frightened of debates because they know Labour policies are much more popular, it is terrible for democracy that our Prime Minister, unelected even by her own party thinks she is above being asked questions by the people she wants to represent

I'm not a Tory strategist but I can see the merits for them in May keeping sshtum. She has everything to lose and nothing to gain. As the "invisible one" she can avoid questions on her failure as Home Secretary to get anywhere near the target for reducing nett immigration in however many years it was. She wouldn't need to defend the state of British prisons where in a lot of cases prison officer morale is at rock bottom and the authorities have lost control again presided over by her. The biggest nonsense that would be exposed though is this assertion that someone who campaigned to Remain can be perceived as someone who can get the best deal for the UK from Brexit especially when she is levelling the accusation that Labour Remainers will cave in under Brussels pressure. It is a calculated risk but is nevertheless a risk and it's my guess that the Tory Central Office will be praying that the polls do not narrow significently between now and June 8th.

I'm just back from the International Workers Memorial day service and for the first time in the 13 years i have been attending, there was a Tory representative in the shape of Martin Vickers. All political parties are there every year except the Tories. You'd think there was an election imminent.

He was visibly squirming when the guy from the HSE was telling us about all the swingeing cuts there has been to their service under the Tories and how much worse it will get post Brexit. He also didn't look comfortable when told by a representative from a law firm about the imminent cuts to legal aid and how they will affect people from taking firms to court over health and safety issues. One of the many reasons i would never vote Tory.

I got a leaflet from them (the Tories) today. In it was a questionnaire about whether I intended to vote, who I intended to vote for and which two of their policies I liked the best ('100% of respondents liked at least two of our policies'). I wasn't going to fill it in.

Then I noticed that they pay the postage. I still didn't fill it in, other than to say I won't vote for them, but at least I've wasted a little bit of their money.

Got to take tiny victories when you can  

Bad night for Ukip in the local elections and not good for Labour. Tories did well but will be disappointed not to get near 40% after recent opinion polls.

Labour Manifesto out, leaked apparently, all good stuff and hopefully a turn in the polls, May looking more and more like a robot,  press depressingly biased as usual, Corbyn just not allowed in the club

Tories will win this purely on the media being biased towards them. Somehow it is Corbyn's fault that a cameraman's foot was run over by his car earlier. I don't agree with all he has to say and some of his past actions but it beats the return of fox hunting and grammar schools. Poor choice available all round in Great Grimsby though.

If you want another reason NOT to vote Tory then the Tory candidate for Grimsby supports Scunny.

Saw the news headlines on the manifesto and afterwards I thought, 'Free school meals. Proper health funding. Investment in infrastructure. State control over natural monopolies like utilities. Highest tax band of 45% for over £80,000. They're pretty moderate social democratic policies. Compared to the Nordics that's low and no one in their right mind would call Norway, Denmark, Sweden or Finland socialist basket cases.'

Not a Labour member but happy to contribute to their funds if this is what they're offering.

Quoted from KingstonMariner

Saw the news headlines on the manifesto and afterwards I thought, 'Free school meals. Proper health funding. Investment in infrastructure. State control over natural monopolies like utilities. Highest tax band of 45% for over £80,000. They're pretty moderate social democratic policies. Compared to the Nordics that's low and no one in their right mind would call Norway, Denmark, Sweden or Finland socialist basket cases.'

Not a Labour member but happy to contribute to their funds if this is what they're offering.

When a party that has no chance in hell of winning they can promise you the world.

What Kingston said.

Sadly it won't happen and i fear the Tories will sweep to power with a big majority, more's the pity.