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The future if Boris gets in

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Yehbutnobut Mon 09-Dec-19 08:09:32

Take back control??? ???

FlexibleFriend Mon 09-Dec-19 11:04:31

Urmstongran I'll be voting for Shaun Bailey too he seems like a decent bloke.

dayvidg Mon 09-Dec-19 11:04:25

Interesting that a number of the policies in the Labour manifesto are incompatible with E.U. law.
brexitcentral.com/the-gaping-contradictions-between-labours-promises-and-its-refusal-to-get-britain-out-of-the-eu/?fbclid=IwAR1KvHwADv2o50p3JeYTdr5TorInUHMlzDdV3ly26FzSFZIRbSBM5QYOlfU

Urmstongran Mon 09-Dec-19 11:03:47

”Johnson could eat live babies in the middle of Whitehall while conducting an orgy with 200 donkeys and people would still vote for him"

Hyperbolic nonsense.

It just smacks of desperation!

Remainers are getting very het up.

Shelmiss Mon 09-Dec-19 11:03:47

“lift your head above the parapet and you will be shot at....”

Nice.

MaizieD Mon 09-Dec-19 11:02:58

There are some really aggressive posters who may be Momentum, who knows?

Oh, FFS, Chestnut, I'm not even a member of the Labour party. I just recognise evil when I see it. You don't have to be Momentum to do that.

MaizieD Mon 09-Dec-19 11:00:24

by 'this' worthless human being.

(too cross to proof read...)

MaizieD Mon 09-Dec-19 10:59:33

Wwmk2

Someone else tweeted a few days ago along the lines of

"Johnson could eat live babies in the middle of Whitehall while conducting an orgy with 200 donkeys and people would still vote for him"

No gaffe or revelation is too shocking for his fans to stomach. He has committed every single offence against decency, truth, morality and honour that has had government ministers forced out of office in the past, even to colluding with foreign governments (why won't he release the report on Russian interference in the referendum?) , and they are still prepared to back this insult to our democracy.

Sorry, GG13 and all Johnson fans, lift your head above the parapet and you will be shot at by everyone disgusted by worthless human being.

Urmstongran Mon 09-Dec-19 10:59:15

I don’t like Sadiq Khan (Labour). I had high hopes in him but have been embarrassed and disappointed in him. I hope the next Mayor of London is the Tory black guy (sorry I can’t remember his name). He seems a very decent chap.

henetha Mon 09-Dec-19 10:56:52

You all may be right in many ways, but I can't help feeling that this country will not flourish under Jeremy Corbyn either.

newnanny Mon 09-Dec-19 10:52:23

trisher knife crime went down under Boris in London and has spiked higher again under Sadiq Khan. He is bringing back the 20,000 police cut under austerity when Labour government left no money for funding. Remember that note?

Whitewavemark2 Mon 09-Dec-19 10:49:36

I will never be reconciled either to a far right government or Brexit.

I will never never accept it.

I have absolutely no doubt that I will be proven right.

Chestnut Mon 09-Dec-19 10:48:45

GrannyGravy13 - I agree that what we see on these boards will likely not be reflected in the results on Thursday. There are some really aggressive posters who may be Momentum, who knows? According to them BJ is the world's worst villain and the Tories are evil. Hey ho. I wonder how they'll cope on Friday.

newnanny Mon 09-Dec-19 10:47:30

I agree with Patel policy of making criminals serve full sentence. It is pointless a judge deciding a person is so violent they need to be away from public for 20 years only to be let out after 8 as we saw a couple of weeks ago. Two more of our young people needlessly murdered by a radicalised terrorist. DA is against stop and search and wants to let criminals out early and many law breakers not even be punished. She is weak on crime and we would be overrun with even more criminals with knives if she was in charge of security. Plus JC and DA would decimate our armed forces and nuclear deterrent.

trisher Mon 09-Dec-19 10:46:18

newnanny you won't be voting for Boris then. He did cut police numbers and budgets as M of London and knife crime in London has risen as a result of that. The Tories were also responsible for making the prison service and the probation service unfit for purpose which is why they have lost track of so many ex-offenders,

MaizieD Mon 09-Dec-19 10:44:39

Our country is never going to heal, newnanny so long as the ERG tories are in power. Johnson is hated by a very significant portion of the population. Have you ever before known a PM to be demonstrated against wherever they go? To cancel appearances for fear of demonstrators, to scurry in and out of back entrances? These people will never be reconciled to a Johnson government, and probably not to Brexit either.

ayse Mon 09-Dec-19 10:43:23

New nanny, where is your evidence that Corbyn is going to ‘fix’ another referendum? Do you mean like the Tory party and press in the previous one or is that just another smear? Corbyn has always been against the EU capitalist club but the Labour Party voted differently so he chooses to support the majority decision.

Whitewavemark2 Mon 09-Dec-19 10:42:15

Me for one, and millions besides.

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
@HughFW

Anyone else been spending time this weekend desperately hoping for breaking news, or some gaffe, tweet or meme that unambiguously reveals to all just what a disaster it would be to hand Boris Johnson a majority on Thursday?

newnanny Mon 09-Dec-19 10:41:00

Crime is a top priority for me and we have to get it under control. There is hardly a week that goes by that we don't hear about another stabbing of an innocent life. We need to give tougher sentencing for violent crime and terrorist, make them complete their sentence and not let them off years early but we also need better rehabilitation. Radicalised terrorist should not be allowed out to kill more people. Bringing back stop and search for knife crime is a good start. No one can have a good reason for carrying a knife. We need to have knife and weapon amnesties, better education about violence for children in PHSE. Ban music that glorifies carrying knives and stabbing people.

Whitewavemark2 Mon 09-Dec-19 10:39:46

Patel. My god that is really clutching at straws.

GrannyGravy13 Mon 09-Dec-19 10:38:20

Urmstongran I think that the bombarding of GN with political threads of Labour persuasion is not typical of the real world.

It's hard to put ones head above the parapet and constantly have insulting posts levied at you.

newnanny Mon 09-Dec-19 10:34:57

I agree Urmstongran and he also has Priti Patel who will be 1000 times better than DA would be.

BlueBelle Mon 09-Dec-19 10:33:19

urm what a strange argument ‘there’s a lot of us about’
that’s the problem
Oh dear what a wonderful group of men behind the blond one there is not one I would trust with a penny, they are all cheating conniving liars who think only if themselves don’t get me wrong I think Labour will lose because of Corbyn he’s a decisive character a true marmite and the awful mudslinging that’s been thrown at him makes him unelectable but how anyone can imagine the Tories are good guys full of integrity is beyond belief
maizedee we were never a wonderful country we were richer because we bled the developing world dry we walked over everyone pretending we were ‘helping’ them

trisher Mon 09-Dec-19 10:23:23

Anyone thinking of voting for Boris should listen to Jonathan Pie (But it does contain some swearing!!) www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=288&v=MjUWX6S8iYU&feature=emb_title

newnanny Mon 09-Dec-19 10:23:03

My son who voted remain is voting for Boris because when we all voted leave was majority choice so we have to deliver that or country will never heal. JC is aiming to fix a second referendum so we have no choice but to remain.

Urmstongran Mon 09-Dec-19 10:22:28

Sorry to be a disappointment to anyone. There are a lot of us about who feel as I do. (I think some ‘lurk’ out there, reading these threads so I do come across as a lone(ish) wolf at times).

Boris has a great Cabinet behind him. For instance I trust Sajid Javid. He is a man of integrity who came from a working class background. He is in charge of the Exchequer.