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Luckylegs9 Sun 28-May-17 07:42:31

I am seriously getting worried, that that joke Corbyn might end up running he country, which will within months, put a new social policy in place to be paid for by the ones that work, and on their knees knees already, borrowing money, left right and centre, so that llike every labour government in history leave us in massive debts that will increase until, once again the country votes conservative to sort it all out. I probably won't be here it see that happen. I notuce the frugal life style Blair had, an example to all labour voters. He and his very rich family did very well out of it, pity the country didn't, particularly those youngsters sent to Iraq.

DorothyL Wed 31-May-17 19:05:09

Oh well, stillalive, if you base your politics on looks - you definitely WON'T VOTE FOR MAY!grin

durhamjen Wed 31-May-17 19:05:10

For those who think Corbyn can't support his claims with actual figures.

skwawkbox.org/2017/05/31/eleven-times-tories-didnt-know-their-numbers-in-ge17/

whitewave Wed 31-May-17 19:06:16

dorothy grin

stillaliveandkicking Wed 31-May-17 19:06:23

I'm voting for May because I like her shoes grin

stillaliveandkicking Wed 31-May-17 19:21:30

How I imagine Corbyn and Brexit

Free movement - ok then
European court - umm ok
Then offering a blank cheque to get out
grin

whitewave Wed 31-May-17 19:23:02

No they are Mays lines. She has the negotiating skills of a potato

DorothyL Wed 31-May-17 19:23:49

stillalive - I wouldn't want to be in her shoes right now! She's looking a bit wobbly and unstable! (not to mention unbalanced, frankly).

James2451 Wed 31-May-17 19:27:04

I am happy to accept genuine facts in any debate but when LL9 keeps quoting completely inaccurate data from the pages of Tory papers, then they need to ridiculed. Her comments about Benefit fraud is so inaccurate that it is a fraud in itself and insulting to so many decent disabled people. The Gov official estimate on benefit fraud states it costs the tax payer £1.3bn a year, while the gap between tax owed mainly by top 5% and businesses is an incredible Out standing amount of £34 billion a year, according to the Treasury. That is something LL9 conviently ignores. I know whom I believe should be under very severe scrutiny.

The Tory propaganda machine helped by the Tabloids is brainwashing the electorate and frankly I have come round to believing it is now close to being a crime against our once decent society and cannot be justified.

stillaliveandkicking Wed 31-May-17 19:27:47

If May is a potato (which sustained vast populations of people once) then Corbyn is a lettuce.

May might be a bit tired (and rightly so) but Corbyn looks insipid and positively haggard.

whitewave Wed 31-May-17 19:29:30

Those are my thoughts exactly james

I think democracy is very wobbly at the moment

stillaliveandkicking Wed 31-May-17 19:30:04

Ive seen politicians come and go in my time. But I have never been so poor as under a labour government, strange that huh.

angelab Wed 31-May-17 19:37:00

I've never been as poor as I am at the moment under the tories - strange? I think not..

stillaliveandkicking Wed 31-May-17 19:40:48

Whys that then angel? I've always been far better off under a Tory government. Labour to my mind have always brought in very strange and unfair rulings. My ethos has always been if you work hard you gain, if you don't then....

stillaliveandkicking Wed 31-May-17 19:43:14

I totally agree with a cap on benefits. I totally agree on non support for more than two children. This is music to my ears finally.

stillaliveandkicking Wed 31-May-17 22:06:05

Mass immigration is no good for anyone. People that come over are exploited. Labour prices drop and it leads to a situation that causes upset in every quarter.

The labour government started this. I will never ever vote labour again.

I see the labour government as being so not me and Im working class.

Eloethan Wed 31-May-17 22:09:20

Part of the "I'm all right Jack" or "I'm not all right so I'm going make sure others who need support aren't all right either" society - even if means punishing children and storing up problems for the future.

stillaliveandkicking Wed 31-May-17 22:13:47

An adult that has a child is responsible for that child. The government isn't.

daphnedill Wed 31-May-17 22:16:33

Ah, stillaliveandkicking. Could there ever be a better CV for a human who doesn't care?

Rigby46 Wed 31-May-17 22:17:46

I think its best not to feed the beast

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stillaliveandkicking Wed 31-May-17 22:20:09

No one is punishing children here. If you can't afford a child then don't have one. It's pretty simple. Ok, if you do have one or two irresponsibly, the government will still let you get away with it.

I think that is more than reasonable.

I also think that people need to work for their living. I don't support a labour government at all because that is so not their ethos.

I remember everyone wanting to work for the local council because they did jack shite and got paid for it.

daphnedill Wed 31-May-17 22:21:52

Probably right Rigby. It's good that I don't accept collective responsibility, because I really can't identify with most people of my age.

stillaliveandkicking Wed 31-May-17 22:22:29

Close the boarders, only let in people we need and that is certainly not working class.

Help people say in their own countries.

That's the answer.

stillaliveandkicking Wed 31-May-17 22:23:23

It's going to happen. It's rational.

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