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He's miffed, well I can understand that. I was expecting some sort of strategy from him. Even if he gets a pact,the Tory's won't grant him any seats, ...

Yes and yes, I think unity and the social crisis is more important for Corbyn than how Brexit is resolved. Which Is evident in his speeches in the hou...

I agree about the super rich seeking to ride out the climate crisis, this may be contributing to the acuteness of neo-Liberalism. Yes I can see how th...

Likewise I'm not that bothered about the populist right. I'm more concerned about the Conservative party turning in on itself and defacating on the re...

I agree, it looks like divide and rule. The degree to which logical argument is meaningless can be evidenced by the outrageous behaviour of Johnson an...

Yes I agree with this, however I don't find the opportunity arises. The few people I know who voted leave don't discuss it with me and I avoid discuss...

Its easier, perhaps I could say the Flying Spaghetti Monster, an old friend of mine. One I have encountered after half a bottle of proseco. Unicorn is...

Yes, I agree. What James is doing is on the phone radio format, so he is discussing the arguments for and against and fending off some attacks from le...

Do you listen to James O Brian* he is the leading media pundit for remain. He points out that the majority of "leavers", have simply believed a few li...

Farage emerged from an Enoch Powell fascism, apparently he used to goad left wing teachers and lecturers at his college and was described as a loud mo...

In the UK the Lib Dems are acknowledged as the third of the main party's. In a largely two party system, they are often trapped in the middle, meaning...

All the one nation Tory's are jumping ship now, Matthew Parris has announced his switching to the Lib Dems this morning.

Yes, which is self evident, dispite all the leavers who keep banging on about the will of the people, saying it would be an affront to democracy, it w...

Johnson and Farage are Laurel and Hardy. Hardy says "and this is another fine mess you've got me into". While Laurel whimpering says "sorry", while po...

This may be the case now, but if there is a split in the leave vote, then it's game over and I can hear the cracks spreading.

This might be the state of the polls as of this morning, but it's a long way to polling day and Farage and Johnson have plenty of opportunity to stumb...

Yes definitely, there are a lot of former and current Conservatives who are feeling sick watching the shambles. Who will switch to the Lib Dems. Altho...

Farage(Brexit party)has opened his campaign, he has come out with a hard line of offering an election pact with the Conservatives. They must ditch the...

Quite, the deal which would be negotiated by Labour would be very different to Johnson's deal. Myself as a remainer would be confident in Labour getti...

Labour would put it back to the people with binding alternatives. Which would take about 6 months. If Johnson wins and pushes through his deal, he wou...

Trump waded in to the election tonight on the Nigel Farage show on LBC. He said about Johnson, "He's the exact right guy for the times" He said about ...

Yes, I thought Cameron did well when he sought concessions and I was surprised at the outcry from the Murdoch press etc, that the concessions were not...

I agree on every point

Another miscalculation which the Conservatives have made, which was illustrated perfectly in an interview with Michael Heseltine on Sky News yesterday...

I don't have any certainty, commentators are saying it is likely to be the most unpredictable election in recent history. Because the smaller party's ...

I hear the Brexit party is feeling forlorn as the Tory's won't talk with them about a pact. We haven't heard from them yet it will be interesting what...

I didn't think that, although I didn't think about it. I was still under the impression that professional people would arrange a sensible deal and it ...

The Conservatives will need 326 seats (out of 650) to get back into government. As they have no friends to form a coalition with. So any seat won by a...

We're going to have an election, Labour is supporting it now. (there is also a rumour that it might be followed by a no confidence vote)

There was an interesting Despatches on Channel 4 tonight about how the NHS would be compromised in the Trump trade deal with the US. Apparently govern...

Yes, I know, but Labour couldn't agree to that because it would alienate their leave support, resulting in a clear path to a majority for Johnson in t...

It's a bit more complicated than that. The offer made by Johnson was under the fixed term parliament act, meaning it required a two thirds majority(43...

Interestingly, if Johnson goes for the SNP, Lib Dem deal today, he may be endorsing a second Scottish referendum. Just in, we have a Cummings plan to ...

I think they'll be playing twister in the house this afternoon. Will Johnson fall into the ditch, or will it be papered over, I wonder.

The problem was the introduction of a referendum, with a close to 50/50 result, demanding close on half the population undergo a forced change of circ...

There won't just be an outcry about payments,( I noticed Farage was going on about this today) people will begin to understand the implications of the...

Yes, I know about the problem with amendments, a gift for the opposition. I expect they will be saying let's get Brexit done now while the government ...

Today Downing Street has got its knickers in a twist (which was going to happen when the thing we had to get done was described). No wonder Johnson wa...

You will find by morning that there are a significant number of leading Tory's who are skeptical about whether they should go for a snap election. Cum...

Either side can't decide whether to have an election at all at the moment. If we get one it is going to be chaotic and who knows what the results will...

I expect an election in the new year. But really I don't think we can predict what is going to happen next. It's chaos, a mess which has in part been ...

Penny for the guy.

I would agree with this, although I don't think you can say we don't know God, that is a presumption. Also, any rational analysis cannot include faith...

I agree, but what I was talking about when I began to contribute to this thread was something else entirely. No disrespect to yourself or the other po...

I agree with you apart from this one point. It is probably a Pyrrhic victory, for two reasons, one the Letwin amendment withholds approval until the w...

Yes he has now threatened that he will pull the bill if that doesn't pass. He is like a petulant child throwing his toys out of the pram. Corbyn point...

I think you are rather generous about the thinking of the members of the ERG. I agree that the majority view amongst them is that a deal is preferable...

Yes, there are likely to be some interesting amendments from the opposition too. Interestingly it has emerged that the Letwin amendment on Saturday pr...

I will have to take your word for it about a no trade deal, as I have no information on that. I have heard both a full no deal and only a no trade dea...

I haven't seen the deal or the bill, but the commentators are saying that the implementation period ends Dec' 2020 and that an extension must be agree...