Should I vote Labour Mark 11

Or perhaps, "May, you live in interesting times"

Eats, shoots and leaves......

Or eats shoots and leaves

That's my point.

Er...yes!

Using a sledgehammer to crack a nut
(me, I mean )

Better than being ignored!

I heard a Today programme journalist attacking the Tory's economic record - and it needs attacking and highlighting.

I was listening to the R4 10pm news programme and the LP spending plans seemed to be well supported. Verdict seemed to be "Not perfect, but doable"

Well, what spending plans, Labour or Tory, are ever perfect or doable?

Labour spending and tax calculations.

pbs.twimg.com/card_img/864463104738037760/_xESWbUs?format=jpg&name=600x314

The building industry liked Labour's manifesto.

www.24housing.co.uk/news/labour-manifesto-the-reaction/

Perhaps in five years, when the Labour Party sorts itself out ( or most of the MP's
Decide to break away and form a centre Party) it will have a chance of winning a GE.
Not everbody is going to vote for T May because they love all the policies ( although they might like some, we haven't seen them yet, so can't judge) but because a Corbyn led government is too awful to contemplate.

I expect the building industry likes them because Labour is actually promising them some real money instead of leaving it up to local, cash strapped, councils..

For those of you still deciding just ask yourself if you want to wake up on June 9th to 10 years of Tory Government (and it will be) with the devastating effects that all that will have on real people. If not then vote Labour JC and all. He's far from being my choice as leader but I would rather have five years of a Labour Government that one more day of a Tory one. The next five years will be about Brexit and very little else will get a look in. Look beyond the Brexit talks and think what a massive majority Tory Government will do to the fabric of this country. I want a Government that halts the decline of the NHS and stops the disintegration of our school system and if Labour achieves that plus Brexit that will do for me. Sooner or later all leaders, including TM and JC, become footnotes in history.

The Conservatives will win this time, but not neccessarily the next one.If Labour change Leader and direction away from the far left then they have a chance in five years.

So now Corbyn is against freedom of movement ?

So it seems ab although he wasn't sure last time I looked.

Another attack of - with hindsight I was wrong ?

real people.
What is the definition of real in this context please?

All people are real, from multi-millionaires to a homeless person; they all have hopes, despair, differing expectations but all are real surely.

The 'man or woman in the street' is also real but they are not all homogenous.

real people, Jalima? Who said that and in what context?

But what the heck do you mean by the "far left"? What do you fear? I really can't see Corbyn mobilising a Red Army to snatch everyone's worldy goods!

PS. Corbyn isn't going to be PM, but this Project Fear "Far Left" stuff is baffling!

am I on the right thread MaizieD?

They are all becoming homogeneous!

Oh yes, it was Devorgilla Wed 17-May-17 21:01:07

Got it. Thanks. I was skim reading a bit too skimmily...

I'm sure Devorgilla will explain what she means, but I would have thought that it was perhaps a way to refer to the mass of the population who don't have any particular influence or any particular wealth or privilege and just get on with their daily lives the best way they can.

You're right about the threads. I'm getting a bit lost off at times..

skwawkbox.org/2017/05/17/nurse-worried-about-feeding-her-family-hammonds-response-stats-ge17/

Here's a real person asking Hammond how she should feed her children.
He's a robot, too.
This is why you should do as Devorgilla says and vote Labour.

Apologies Jalima 1108. I posted late at night and forgot how literally every word is taken. MaizieD got it right - the main body of people who just get on with daily life.

It got me thinking though Devorgilla. Thinking about my extended family, their lives, what has happened to them, how they have coped and how they vote.

It is always necessary to hear the back story of any reports too.
A nurse - a student nurse, a healthcare worker, a ward sister? A single mum with how many children, or has she a wage-earning partner? Which area does she live in? We need to know the whole picture as it is all relevant.