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Vote Labour and get Diane Abbott as Home Secretary God forbid.

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M0nica Tue 05-Nov-19 21:22:04

A Labour government a distinct possibility? I read an article today suggesting it could lose 10 seats in Wales alone - Wales, a country most people expected to sink below the waves before its people stop voting Labour.

But then I am not a Conservative stalwart.

Anniebach Tue 05-Nov-19 21:21:33

Margaret Hodge was reselected, the Corbyn devotees failed to get rid of her

Grandad1943 Tue 05-Nov-19 21:16:41

lemongrove in regard to your post @20:56:today, I would agree that these are early days in this campaign and with the volatility of the electorate any result could come about.

However, what makes your post and others so irrational would be references to Corbyn leading a Marxist government should the Labour Party be elected to government.

In the above, whatever the personal political beliefs of Corbyn and those around him, I do not believe the Labour leadership have proclaimed that on election they will declare Marshal Law and ban all future elections.

Therefore your comments suggesting that a future Labour government would be made up of authoritarian communist is nothing short of absurdly laughable.

grapefruitpip Tue 05-Nov-19 21:12:12

No really, what is wrong with her?

I need more than a silly face.

Anniebach Tue 05-Nov-19 21:09:17

She can do as Corbyn did in an interview, had his assistant bring him a calculator on set when he couldn’t recall a figure .

youtu.be/svqpPHDaSaU

lemongrove Tue 05-Nov-19 21:06:08

hmm

grapefruitpip Tue 05-Nov-19 21:03:41

What's wrong with her?

Calendargirl Tue 05-Nov-19 20:59:38

Let’s hope she could work out how much it would cost to fund police numbers as that caused her a few problems in the past.

Anniebach Tue 05-Nov-19 20:59:21

Not as flippant as you grandad43 referring to another disaster as ‘an event’

lemongrove Tue 05-Nov-19 20:56:16

Grandad.....I haven’t seen a single post on GN from anybody who thinks the results of the GE are ‘in the bag’ for either the Conservatives or for Labour.Most think it will be a hung Parliament.We could be wrong as this GE is different from all others and could well result in a majority for Johnson or a Labour/SNP pact.Hard to believe that Labour could win it on it’s own, but that’s as far as I am prepared to guess.
Few people ( I should imagine) object really strongly to a Labour government per se ( as in the past) but a Marxist led government is another thing entirely.

Grandad1943 Tue 05-Nov-19 20:54:47

Yes, but not as flippant Anniebach as Jacob Reece Mogg stating that the victims of the Grenfell Tower possessed "poor judgment."

Totally Disgusting.

Cherrytree59 Tue 05-Nov-19 20:53:34

Labour and SNP.
Or to put it another way
Jeremy and wee Nicky.

Calendargirl Tue 05-Nov-19 20:52:39

Aargh!!!!!!

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Anniebach Tue 05-Nov-19 20:49:04

Last week Abbott was asked about choosing private schooling for her son , she replied ‘ oh that was years ago’

As flippant and dismissive as her reply on supporting the IRA.,

I’ve changed my hair style since then ‘

Grandad1943 Tue 05-Nov-19 20:42:17

Well, it is interesting to see that the Tory stalwarts on this forum are now conceding that a Labour government is now a distinct possibility judging by their posts on this thread.

With Jacob Reece Mog taking this government to a fresh downward level by his utterances today, It has been another very bad day for the Tory party.

Doubtless, that has brought forward this thread and its contributions in an attempt to boost the morale of Tory supporters on this forum.

lemongrove Tue 05-Nov-19 20:24:18

The way things have gone this year I can’t rule anything at all out! ?
We could have almost anything happening.

Sara65 Tue 05-Nov-19 20:17:52

Well stranger things have happened over the last few years, I shouldn’t rule anything out, just because to a sane person it seems an act of insanity.

lemongrove Tue 05-Nov-19 20:03:11

Although, the thought of McDonnell as the Chancellor is even
more worrying!

lemongrove Tue 05-Nov-19 20:02:13

Surely even Corbyn ( yes, I know!) wouldn’t be daft enough to make her Home Sec.....would he??

NanKate Tue 05-Nov-19 19:58:11

Heaven help us. How did she ever become an MP ?

Dottynan Tue 05-Nov-19 19:07:36

That will be interesting. If her interview with Nick Farage on LBC is anything to go by then yes we are all doomed !!!!!!

GrannyGravy13 Tue 05-Nov-19 19:03:41

We would be doomed!!!!!

Firecracker123 Tue 05-Nov-19 19:01:15

Diane Abbott would be in charge of home security and immigration.