UK General Election, June 8th 2017

[warandwar]

I'm sure UKIP's financial woes are the main reason for their failure to run a full slate.

They've also got a chronic lack of members, and candidates. Out of their 'big hitters' (I use that phrase lightly) from 2015 only one- Nutall is standing. Dianne James, Steven Woolfe, Farage, Patrick O'Flynn etc are all not standing, and a lot of their elected officals have defected to the tories

I'd include Mike Hookem in their list of "big hitters."

[warandwar]

Abbott declared support for IRA defeat of Britain

“is our struggle — every defeat of the British state is a victory for all of us. A defeat in Northern Ireland would be a defeat indeed.”

“Though I was born here in London, I couldn’t identify as British,”



https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/abbott-declared-support-for-ira-defeat-of-britain-rp79dvvmk

It was always coming, sort of innocent by Corbyn to assume he wouldn't be getting flak for his sympathy to the deplorable of the world

Yes how naive of Corbyn to not fellate the UDA/RUC without question.

[warandwar]

Theresa May had a tough grilled by Andrew Neil but no gaff or negative sound bite

With the u turn on social care and everything she's still way better then Corbyn.

She may want to have old people freeze to death and recycle their bodies for fox bait but at least she won't redistribute any resulting profit.

[warandwar]

Theresa May had a tough grilled by Andrew Neil but no gaff or negative sound bite

With the u turn on social care and everything she's still way better then Corbyn.

She may want to have old people freeze to death and recycle their bodies for fox bait but at least she won't redistribute any resulting profit.

I'm no fan of the Tories, I've never voted Tory in my life.   
This election is about brexit negotiations, Theresa May is much stronger then Corbyn

1: This week has shown that the election is about much more than Brexit. If the election was still about Brexit we wouldn't be seeing this surge for Corbyn.

2: May hasn't seemed particularly..... strong (or stable) recently with her immediate u-turn. Did you see her reaction in Wales today? Her face looked like the end of Hellraiser as she sqwaked about labour lies.

 If this continues, her time as PM will be quite short, even if the Tories win.

[warandwar]

I'm amazed at how many people on this thread think it's Good News! for Teresa May that Labour has cut their lead from 25 to 5-8 points.

[warandwar]

I agree but if you think large numbers of civilians are not also going to die there, you are mistaken.

Still different than nuking a place.

I advocated for retaliating, not necessarily nuking back unless there are no other options.

There has never been a time in the history of the world where there are "no other options" than dropping a nuclear bomb.

[warandwar]

Labour, SNP, LibDem, PC and Greens with exactly 326 seats.

I'm expecting a Labour-Sinn Fein coalition government.

Had almost forgotten that SF are Corbyn's "friends" too. I could easily see them take their seats to prop up a Corbyn government.

That's a big leap!

[warandwar]

Corbyn/Labour might come into serious trouble in the final days:

(... enter pictures of Corbyn addressing an Islamic terrorist group back in 2002 ...)

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This is total BS dude. If you read the Weekly Worker article, you see that

" Israeli contingents, including comrades from the Matzpen socialist group, were by and large warmly received. Jewish and Israeli speakers in Trafalgar Square were applauded for their expressions of solidarity. Leading SA activist Mike Marqusee (introduced as representing the Stop the War Coalition) said he was "proud to be a jew"�, and added to cheers: "All religious backgrounds are outraged at what Sharon is doing."� Naomi Wayne of Jews for Justice was also applauded (and heckled by Al Muhajiroun) for a speech in which she demanded an end to the occupation and the creation of a Palestinian state: "We want Israel to have a secure future, but not at the expense of the Palestinians,"� she said. "

The speech was addressed to a crowd of 25,000, a small part of which were these a-holes. If you read the article you see that these people were unwelcome in the rally.

I remember at anti-war rallys I went to as a kid in D.C. there'd always be Larouchites and WBC people on the outskirts heckling. Does this mean I'm a Westboro supporter?

[warandwar]

Still no source provided for that blurb.

I search engined it and found that it was from the highly prestigious news source "Guido Fawkes."

[warandwar]

Still no source provided for that blurb.

I search engined it and found that it was from the highly prestigious news source "Guido Fawkes."

True, but here you have another source:

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11749043/Andrew-Gilligan-Jeremy-Corbyn-friend-to-Hamas-Iran-and-extremists.html

An opinion column from two years ago that doesn't mention the rally that first article was about.

[warandwar]

Still no source provided for that blurb.

I search engined it and found that it was from the highly prestigious news source "Guido Fawkes."

True, but here you have another source:

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11749043/Andrew-Gilligan-Jeremy-Corbyn-friend-to-Hamas-Iran-and-extremists.html

An opinion column from two years ago that doesn't mention the rally that first article was about.

Maybe, but the bottom line is that Corbyn was and is cozying up to terrorists, while May wants to get rid of them. That's what matters on Thursday.

Not "maybe," you posted some bs, dude.

[warandwar]

I'm clear: if human rights laws get in the way of tackling extremism and terrorism, we will change those laws to keep British people safe.
https://twitter.com/theresa_may/status/872181737933217794

Absolutely disgusting. Civil liberties should NEVER be compromised.

Unfortunately, this is what will get May another five years in downing street...

No matter how small or infrequent attacks our, the people will BEG for their leaders to violate their civil liberties.

Source: the PATRIOT Act

yes state repression is the people's fault, as usual.