The Theresa May General Election thread (edited)

thomasw88 · June 2017

Abbot is dreadful tbh so no wonder they've removed her.

fields5069 · June 2017

Fretwired said:

fields5069 said:

Fretwired said:

Diane Abbott pranked ...

Ms Abbott was caught out by an email prankster who sent her a message purporting to be from Seumas Milne, Mr Corbyn’s director of communications. She apparently said in a response: “Do you still want to add colour to the illness story? If so maybe we should speak.” In reply to a second email from “@Sinon_Reborn”, she said: “I am not sure what colour I can add . . . I am worried about telling untruths about my health which are easily disproved”.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4578646/Diane-Abbott-fooled-Seumas-Milne-email-prankster.html?ITO=1490

It's in a real newspaper so there's no way that's fake.

It's in most of the papers - it's not fake. No denial from her camp. One of the reason's she's been replaced IMHO.

Are any of them reputable? I'm struggling to find it in the Guardian.

joneve · June 2017

Yep, it's confirmed - she's been removed. Massive blow for the Conservatives.

Sporky · June 2017

ICBM said:

Sporky said:

And if everyone voted for what they wanted, instead of following all this "x can't win" crap, we might have something better approaching a democracy.

Not under this electoral system we wouldn't.

We would have rule by the largest minority, overriding the majority - which is not a real democracy.

Well, (a) I did say "better approaching a democracy", and (b) we'd be much more likely to have hung parliaments so more views would have to be taken into account and more consensus decisions struck.

I don't disagree that it could be much better still.

Fretwired · June 2017

fields5069 said:

Are any of them reputable? I'm struggling to find it in the Guardian.

The Times ... Google is your friend

Fretwired · June 2017

Check out your constituency with Ashcroft's poll ....

https://dashboards.lordashcroftpolls.com/Storyboard/RHViewStoryBoard.aspx?RId=²&RLId=²&PId=±´ºµ´&UId=´¹¹¹¼&RpId=2

Drew_TNBD · June 2017

Fretwired said:

Check out your constituency with Ashcroft's poll ....

https://dashboards.lordashcroftpolls.com/Storyboard/RHViewStoryBoard.aspx?RId=²&RLId=²&PId=±´ºµ´&UId=´¹¹¹¼&RpId=2

Asking me to login.

chillidoggy · June 2017

Normal Diane Abbott service will be resumed as soon as Labour win the election.

Fretwired · June 2017

Drew_TNBD said:

Fretwired said:

Check out your constituency with Ashcroft's poll ....

https://dashboards.lordashcroftpolls.com/Storyboard/RHViewStoryBoard.aspx?RId=²&RLId=²&PId=±´ºµ´&UId=´¹¹¹¼&RpId=2

Asking me to login.

Odd ... he might have given me an account .. don't recall.

Here's his summary ..