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Corbyn the chicken running scared of a geneta election

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Firecracker123 Thu 05-Sept-19 09:28:24

Corbyn the cowardly chicken been asking for a General election for months now frightened when he's offered one. Hyprocrite.

Firecracker123 Thu 05-Sept-19 09:30:36

Typo General not geneta lol

Whitewavemark2 Thu 05-Sept-19 09:35:32

Would you trust Johnson to do what he said he would do?

The opposition parties are not that gullible.

Personally I’d let him stew until after Christmas, so that the whole world can see just how incapable he is because he is never going to negotiate a deal of any sort.

And don’t come back because no deal is off the table that is not true. It is always the default, it has simply been delayed .

So Johnson can’t use that as an excuse for his failure

merlotgran Thu 05-Sept-19 09:41:11

Blimey! At a quick glance I thought he was running scared of a genital election!

shock blush

sunseeker Thu 05-Sept-19 09:44:14

Corbyn has been saying for 3 years that the people should be allowed to decide. A general election would do just that. Those who want to leave would vote Conservative, those that wanted to remain would vote Labour or Lib. Dem

Whitewavemark2 Thu 05-Sept-19 09:44:43

And me??. But I was too much of a lady to say so (? I wish)

Pantglas1 Thu 05-Sept-19 09:46:10

I went the whole hog and read......genital erection!

Whitewavemark2 Thu 05-Sept-19 09:46:48

Give Johnson a bit more rope and he will soon hang himself.

After all the situation is entirely of his making, why on earth should the opposition help him to dig himself out?

Bathsheba Thu 05-Sept-19 09:47:21

Haha Pantglas1 you just beat me to it grin

Whitewavemark2 Thu 05-Sept-19 09:48:06

Actually I thought a genital erection was more Johnson’s department.

Pantglas1 Thu 05-Sept-19 09:48:48

Is it our ‘time of life’ do you think Bathsheba wink

Firecracker123 Thu 05-Sept-19 09:55:03

Corbyn knows he and the Labour Party will be wiped out if not by Boris and the Conservatives by the Brexit Party who are ready and able to fight a general election. Just putting off the inevitable.

Firecracker123 Thu 05-Sept-19 09:56:16

Perhaps Corbyn has one everytime he sits next to Diane Abbott no accounting for taste ?

jura2 Thu 05-Sept-19 10:12:35

Straight from the gutter Press. Johnson callin Corbyn a 'chlorinated chicken' and other infantile insults in the House yesterday was just so stupid and he should have been reprimanded by the Speaker and made to apologise.

Corbyn, and I am no fan, is totally right to stop a GE- because Johnson has no intention of stiking to the date set- once agreed, he can change the date and lead us into a No Deal in the meantime - he just can't be trusted. So let's have a Referendum first, then an election. Spot on Corbyn, for once.

Whitewavemark2 Thu 05-Sept-19 10:20:23

Brexit is the Tories project. They own it. They haven’t yet delivered. They have badly misjudged the entire situation.

Why on earth should another political party do what they have failed to do.

No own your s...t Johnson - clear it up. Deliver what you promised.

Grandad1943 Thu 05-Sept-19 10:22:25

Whitewavemark2
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MaizieD Thu 05-Sept-19 10:23:16

It's called strategy, firecracker. He's giving this shambolic government enough rope to hang itself. At the moment the opposition can call the shots as to when a GE takes place.

cangran Thu 05-Sept-19 10:27:19

Perfectly reasonable to make sure a law saying no deal is off the table before agreeing to an election. There’s nothing chicken about putting the national interest before party unlike this ruthless right-wing government. Ironic that this whole brexit shambles was supposedly about bringing back power from Brussels to Westminster!

Pantglas1 Thu 05-Sept-19 10:27:43

No referendum but an immediate election with each party stating their Brexit position so that people can choose whichever suits rather than tribal loyalty.

Joelsnan Thu 05-Sept-19 10:34:52

WWM2
You forget that the other major parties promised EU referenda and never delivered. The conservatives were the only ones who finally allowed the electorate a voice. Whether you agree or disagree with the outcome is irrelevant, they were the only ones who upheld a promise.
And no I am not a tory or have any strong political allegiance to any party.

Whitewavemark2 Thu 05-Sept-19 10:54:05

joel Nope wrong. It is the Tories internal fight and false promises that brought us to this sorry state.

Why on earth should any if the opposition parties own something in which they campaigned against?

It was all going to be so easy wasn’t it?

It was clear to all thinking people that that was never going to be the case.

Personally I would refuse to agree to an election until Johnson had sorted Brexit out as he promised throughout the summer.

mostlyharmless Thu 05-Sept-19 10:56:25

In the interest of balance, the Sun’s front page in Scotland is rather different.

Beammeupscottie Thu 05-Sept-19 11:02:23

Mostly harmless

Now THAT amused me! Also, the remark that Boris has been rendered politically impotent. Love it

Riverwalk Thu 05-Sept-19 11:02:35

It really is clutching at straws to call Corbyn chicken for refusing to play the game. Why let Johnson call the shots?

The election will come soon at a time when Johnson can't deliberately take us out without a deal.

He can't be trusted.

Beammeupscottie Thu 05-Sept-19 11:05:53

The Tories are not in a good place. Only, the small-minded the truly faithful or the very elderly will back poor old Boris.