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Agreed, Johnson will take the path of least resistance, which will be a softer Brexit, probably along the lines of May's deal, because anything harder...
December 13, 2019 at 14:42
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You didn't answer my question?
December 13, 2019 at 14:38
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Are you familiar with British politics? Johnson got into power on the backs of the poor, to whom he made populist promises. Let's see if he forgets al...
December 13, 2019 at 07:26
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No not the UK, but Great England. The poles spell it out that NI and Scotland will leave to remain in Europe. Johnson will be the last Prime Minister ...
December 13, 2019 at 07:17
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Yes, you're right about the will to get it done, rather than more dither. It is important not to forget that the master stroke of Johnson's advisors i...
December 13, 2019 at 00:32
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Yes that's inevitable now, can Blojo call England Great England, or will it be little England?
December 12, 2019 at 23:49
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Just got home, it's not looking good, I agree populism and duplicity has hoodwinked many people and won the Tory's another five years. It looks like t...
December 12, 2019 at 23:46
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Yes, that's how they do it. They just reel off phrases, designed to roll off the tongue as slogans. These phrases encapsulate everything that ticks th...
December 12, 2019 at 11:16
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I'm not going to try and explain the BBC bias now as I will be running a polling station in the morning and have to get up early. What I will point ou...
December 11, 2019 at 21:24
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Brilliant.
December 11, 2019 at 09:13
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Yes, I like to get involved on social media as I am interested in current developments in politics. The problem with the BBC (With whom I have made a ...
December 11, 2019 at 09:09
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The degree of social media deception, has reached new heights now. In reference to the story of the boy being treated for pneumonia on the floor of A&...
December 10, 2019 at 10:36
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There is a social media battle going on, I came across one yesterday claiming that the stunt with the boy being treated on the floor for pneumonia yes...
December 10, 2019 at 07:17
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Yes, the decision by Swinson and the SNP to gun for an election was a very risky strategy (although it might have been harder to secure the extension ...
December 09, 2019 at 21:07
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December 09, 2019 at 10:09
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Yes, the election messages are out there now, it's only slip ups that we're looking out for. Johnson nearly got caught using the word "coloured" the o...
December 08, 2019 at 17:46
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You make good points, but as I said, we are opening up a big debate/can of worms here and could spend a while playing ping pong. I will reply to your ...
December 07, 2019 at 22:03
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I don't think you are considering the problems in the housing market. There are many as I mentioned in my last post. For example, a whole generation c...
December 07, 2019 at 07:55
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I was talking about people further up the wealth scale, there are 850,000 millionaires in the UK, (if you include property assets 3.6 million). I don'...
December 06, 2019 at 07:59
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https://i.ibb.co/6gZpYSc/IMG-8894.jpg I don't have figures in ref' to John MacDonnell, I was describing economic ideology, rather than figures. Let me...
December 04, 2019 at 22:43
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I'm not ignoring the middle ground, I just don't see it as relevant in this campaign. Personally I would be happy with a LibDem government, although I...
December 04, 2019 at 18:26
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There is a row between the US and the French over measures to claw back some tax from offshore corporations. The French are putting a 3% tax on revenu...
December 04, 2019 at 12:27
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Yes, it is difficult to understand why millions of poor and deprived people are going to vote for Johnson. The poor voting to keep the rich in power a...
December 03, 2019 at 22:02
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Johnson said that the idea that the NHS would be on the table in a US trade deal, is Loch Ness monster, Bermuda Triangle nonsense, conspiracy theories...
December 03, 2019 at 13:56
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"We're not interested in the NHS, you could hand it to us on a silver platter and we wouldn't be interested". Trump.
December 03, 2019 at 11:29
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Yes, I should point out that the vile propaganda is being spread by the gutter press, The Daily Mail, The Daily Express, The Sun and now we can probab...
December 02, 2019 at 13:38
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Johnson is showing his true colour's in the scrabble to politicise the terrorist attack last Thursday. Blaming it on legislation brought in by the las...
December 02, 2019 at 08:48
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I'm looking forward to a photo of Trump with his arm round Johnson's back. The puppet master.
December 01, 2019 at 11:00
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Yes, most of my friends and family are in safe Tory seats, but will vote for other party's, so their votes are meaningless/wasted when it comes to the...
November 29, 2019 at 13:32
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Labour, but it is irrelevant because I'm in a safe Conservative seat.
November 29, 2019 at 06:21
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The dossier was handed to him by a whistleblower yesterday and all he's saying is that it is evidence of what will be on the table in the post Brexit ...
November 27, 2019 at 16:46
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Breaking news about 450 pages of unredacted documents, of the notes, or minutes of meetings about a possible trade deal with the US, with the governme...
November 27, 2019 at 10:53
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Blair is a staunch remainer, he has no choice but to support Labour. Presumably he would tactically vote depending on the circumstances in his constit...
November 26, 2019 at 13:40
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Here is Corbyn 40 years ago, on the right is a photo of the members of the Bullingdon club, at the same time. In the photo are Johnson, Cameron, Osbou...
November 26, 2019 at 11:15
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It is widely understood here that there is this generational divide. Personally, nearly every old person I know is a leaving Conservative supporter. W...
November 26, 2019 at 09:21
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Yes there is an unprecedented level of silliness. Due to our political system the result is going to be decided by a small group of voters in a few se...
November 26, 2019 at 09:03
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Yes agreed, this conflation is widespread in this country. My point is what is it the anxious Jews making this intervention think is going to happen? ...
November 26, 2019 at 08:19
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I agree entirely with your observations on the populism sweeping the world and it's use in this country. I would point out that the anti-Corbyn sentim...
November 26, 2019 at 08:10
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The chief rabbi and the interviewee on the Today program, are explicitly telling the population to vote for the Conservative party today. It's true th...
November 26, 2019 at 07:55
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The Conservative party released their manifesto yesterday, it was incredibly underwhelming and launched on a Sunday afternoon. It looks as though they...
November 25, 2019 at 07:51
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This website shows targeted marginals for the main party's. It's difficult to work out where Labour and Lib Dems overlap, because it doesn't show the ...
November 25, 2019 at 07:38
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I have had a look for older graphs, I haven't found anything easy to read before 2015 so far, but it looks like this trend has been building for about...
November 24, 2019 at 13:09
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Graph of age demographic. This is why the Conservatives are worried, it's only a matter of time before they become a party with no chance of winning a...
November 24, 2019 at 07:45
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Yes, I support the Greens, but my vote like many many others won't count, as I live in a safe Conservative seat. I doubt my remarks would sway any vot...
November 23, 2019 at 18:57
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Yes, I don't think it will happen though. Although as I mentioned a few pages back, there aren't all that many seats where Labour and Lib Dems overlap...
November 23, 2019 at 18:31
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Yes, I found that interesting. I think these pole trackers aren't giving us a true picture, for two reasons. It doesn't reflect the vote share destrib...
November 23, 2019 at 07:49
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This is a fascinating video broadcast on BBC Question Time recorded lastnight. It illustrates how low income relative to wealth has become in this cou...
November 22, 2019 at 10:41
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Yes, they are desperate. This is an existential crisis for the Conservative party, they are terrified that a truly socialist party can get into govern...
November 21, 2019 at 22:44
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Yes, the people who are rich tend to be more selfish, or put more effort into accruing wealth for some reason. The poor are more vulnerable and rely m...
November 21, 2019 at 22:34
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Now that the Labour manifesto has come out, lots of wealthy and powerful people are coming out of the woodwork and claiming that the're under attack, ...
November 21, 2019 at 17:24