Voting quandry

Anniebach I suppose if only 12% voted it must mean that the rest of them don't really mind either way. (or they just couldn't be bothered)

What has been reported about any of the leaders by the Beeb that is untrue?

jaycee if Corbyn was elected as PM he could appoint whoever he liked as Deputy PM.

POGS it was non-specific coverage by BBC news, where I couldn't understand (I remember) why they always seemed to cast Jeremy Corbyn in a negative light, always picking up things the labour party didn't like about him...

angelab Tue 25-Apr-17 13:19:29
Sorry POGS don't think it's possible to retrieve bbc coverage from then

So it was the BBC!

How did you see / hear about it can I ask please. Was it in a Panorama type programme, news?

Unless you're in Corbyn's constituency, you're not voting for him but your local Labour candidate. I know what you mean, Corbyn's not my favourite Labour politician either but I'm still voting Labour because I believe in decency. Also, most the media establishment always try to pull Labour leaders down. Please vote Labour, marbles.

The only way to change the government is through the ballot box, will middle England vote for the far left? Does the promise of strengthening the
Unions powers make voters comfortable or fear increase in strikes? Some still remember strikes where rubbish bags filled the streets and in parts of the country the dead couldn't be buried untill the end of a strike

Why did only 12% of UNITE members choose to vote at their leadership election?

jevive Why would Diane Abbott be deputy? The deputy is elected not appointed.
People just make things up.

Sorry POGS don't think it's possible to retrieve bbc coverage from then

paddyann Tue 25-Apr-17 12:03:08

"soon to be changed to G4S security staff (courtesy of Mrs Mays husbands firm) the waters are polluted in the area.

angelab Tue 25-Apr-17 12:04:47
Completely agree paddyann

Interesting, can either of you provide evidence please.

joannewton46 completely agree, from day 1 bbc have been negative about Jeremy Corbyn, like they wanted rid.

Corbyn for pm and Diane Abbott as deputy. I really hope not. I wsh they would show GBH on telly now, because that is how I view Corbyn. I would love to vote Labour if someone like Alan Johnson was leader of the Labour party

I voted remain but feel now, if we are coming out, Theresa May is the best option. It is rumoured she will get rid of Boris Johnson - yippee.

I haven't voted Labour for many years as they were little different to the conservatives. Sadly the LibDems who I did vote for were totally discredited by Nick Clegg and have no chance.

I WILL vote for Jeremy as I believe he stands for traditional Labour values. Yes, he's split the party - Labour against almost-Tory factions. If the BBC gave him as positive a coverage as the Tories get - or were even neutral - people would get a totally different impression of the man and his beliefs. I have no view either way on Trident but scrapping it would provide all the money the Tories say we don't have to pay for the NHS and social care etc that we need.

The Tories clearly want to destroy the Welfare State and have taken us backwards towards the time before it existed, making it more important than ever. After recent threads and news regarding the loss of benefits for the disabled, increasing use of food banks, increasing homelessness etc bother you, DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT and GET RID of May and her cohorts. If you're happy with the way things are going, vote May and G-d help us all!

Careful what you say about Philip May and G4S. It would appear that he doesn't own shares in G4S. This link explains what happened and the accusation has been retracted:

voxpoliticalonline.com/2015/11/26/g4s-categorically-states-theresa-mays-husband-is-not-an-officer-director-or-shareholder/

The majority in the country want to keep trident , more so now

Nikki W

Could well be, an amusing response .

Goes to show a reason why it is wise to ignore or at least look for yourself , as you say , to 'merely try to balance the books."

Then of course there are BOTS who aren't even human and yet somebody somewhere will hang on to every word a machine tells them to. Crazy people out there.

The fact is the tory party are slowing killing the UK for their own gain, don't expect things to get better for us underlings.

POGS great description of Rupert Murdoch there ;)

Nikki W'

"Of course there's bias every where, I'm merely trying to balance the books, we all have to do our own research and come to our own conclusions don't we.'

If only people did and did not follow like Gospel some left/right links , sometimes by possibly a fat bloke eating pizza in his pants with an agenda.

mary you can argue as much as you like most of us on here do!!!!

I don't want to argue but will just say that I am in total disagreement with the OP. I believe in Socialism and think JC is the first genuinely Socialist politician we have had for a long time.

paddyann Trident and NATO have kept us safe for 70 years. I think we should keep it.

Is it true that Mrs May's husband's company is linked with G4S? I have never heard that before.

Yep on the whole that's true, as the Conservatives constantly reminding us while they going back on their pledges. Sometimes you just have to go with your gut instinct and while I realise that the reality might be somewhat different, I'd rather have faith in someone than abstain and waste my privileged voting right.

Totally agree Paddyann

NikkieW thank you for the Labour policies.

Good luck with those then. I always remember what Nick Clegg said when he tripled student university fees ie

'What we promise in our manifesto when out of power is not always possible to offer when we are in power'.

That applies right across the board! Manifesto promises are not worth the paper they are written on imo.