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What I think will happen tomorrow

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suziewoozie Wed 05-May-21 21:12:21

That the SNP will do well
That Labour in Wales will do well
That Laurence Fox and Shaun Bailey will be humiliated in London
That my local council will stay LD
That Labour will hang onto its Mayors and do badly elsewhere

This is not a difficult prediction

Alegrias1 Fri 07-May-21 11:14:57

No, you're right, no matter. But I hate to see people taking credit for things that have been said before by other people. Just my way smile

suziewoozie Fri 07-May-21 11:16:44

Urmstongran

I predict a low turnout of anti-Boris posters on this thread today.

Stop being goady ?

Lin52 Fri 07-May-21 11:17:15

So you think Labour and their cabinet don’t live rent free when in power, remember the criminals, jailed, in the Labour Party. Morley, Illsley, Onasanya, Shah, suspended for racist smears, and the biggest one of all Dennis MacShane. So pot kettle black comes to mind.

suziewoozie Fri 07-May-21 11:20:41

Lin52

So you think Labour and their cabinet don’t live rent free when in power, remember the criminals, jailed, in the Labour Party. Morley, Illsley, Onasanya, Shah, suspended for racist smears, and the biggest one of all Dennis MacShane. So pot kettle black comes to mind.

Cabinets live rent free? What are you talking about.Some cabinet posts (few) have official residences and all qualifying MPs are entitled to accommodation in London ( within financial limits)

Polarbear2 Fri 07-May-21 11:21:30

trisher

Urmstongran -we agree about something!

I agree too. Don’t understand it but agree it’s the cause.

Coco51 Fri 07-May-21 11:25:51

We’ve given up voting. No politician makes a difference. We don’t have democracy, we have the party/person best liked by the media. The only decent politician who could have been infuencial was castigated by the media and kicked out of the party on a bogus claim of anti-semitism, even though membership rocketed when he was leader. Instead we’ve got good old Boris secretly giving multi-million contacts to his cronies - while my two categories of PIP went up by 20p a week each, and my work pension by 11p a month!

Pinnywinch Fri 07-May-21 11:39:05

Turnout is usually around 52%. I have been hearing that turnout is around 55% - so up slightly.

Lin52 Fri 07-May-21 11:45:47

What an awful generalisation of Conservative voters, you are as bad as those who denigrate all Labour voters as uneducated, benefit scroungers.

GoldenAge Fri 07-May-21 11:46:46

To those who don't know who Shaun Baily is - you're missing nothing.

Alegrias1 Fri 07-May-21 11:47:04

Lin52

What an awful generalisation of Conservative voters, you are as bad as those who denigrate all Labour voters as uneducated, benefit scroungers.

What are you referring to Lin52?

Lin52 Fri 07-May-21 11:48:26

Really, such a generalisation again.

Galaxy Fri 07-May-21 11:49:20

Which bit?

Lin52 Fri 07-May-21 11:56:22

GrannyGravy13

Alegrias1 as for your last sentence, I am not taking it personally and getting offended

I hoped to point out that continued all encompassing statements regarding far right is as futile as a Conservative calling out the looney left, (which I would respectfully point out I would never do)

Neither extreme position is helpful or constructive, and to continue to stereotype folks will get us (GN posters) or the UK anywhere.

Agree totally with what you are saying. Said similar myself, but as new on her forgot to quote, ?

Gajahgran Fri 07-May-21 11:56:51

I am just hoping that Starmer bought enough wallpaper whilst he was in John Lewis to paper over the cracks in the Labour party!

growstuff Fri 07-May-21 12:07:51

Lin52 Have you ever looked up who cut the police numbers in London?

Theoddbird Fri 07-May-21 12:14:10

Conservatives have won a labour seat of many many years. They have also upted their council seats. Says a lot does that.

growstuff Fri 07-May-21 12:17:04

Theoddbird

Conservatives have won a labour seat of many many years. They have also upted their council seats. Says a lot does that.

What exactly do you think it says?

What kind of MP (of any political party) would improve the lives of the majority in Hartlepool?

Lettice Fri 07-May-21 12:17:04

Urmstongran Just disappointed in a fellow Manc.

Lettice Fri 07-May-21 12:17:41

Especially the glee in the tone.

Alegrias1 Fri 07-May-21 12:24:58

Lin52

GG13 and I had a whole conversation about this later in the thread, where she agreed that she'd got the wrong end of the stick, and I had said nothing at all like this. I didn't mention Conservatives, and I was criticising the small number of people who are in fact, on the far right.

suziewoozie Fri 07-May-21 12:25:05

Lettice

Especially the glee in the tone.

Well everyone knows that a weak opposition is SO good for democracy , don’t they ? ?

polly123 Fri 07-May-21 12:32:25

'Labour have become the vehicle for every woke crackpot movement in the country and as a result they no longer resonate with the more properly adjusted working classes who are less concerned about taking a knee than jobs, good schools and safe streets'.

Absolutely agree with this comment!

Alegrias1 Fri 07-May-21 12:35:24

Interesting....

We can post facts about the educational levels in constituencies that voted for Brexit, and there are indignant GNers all over the place.

But its OK to suggest that people who support Labour are less "properly adjusted"?

Mealybug Fri 07-May-21 12:37:25

Where I live there has been lots of problems with certain Labour Councillors and things they should and haven't done for the community (including covering up criminal activity). However last night my town took matters into their own hands and voted them both out (we are split into East & West wards) and voted two new Independents in. One of them was the Council Leader and they also lost three or four other seats in the borough. It doesn't pay to get too blase and ignore the wants of the electorate!

CBBL Fri 07-May-21 12:37:33

As someone newly relocated in Scotland, I'm rather hoping that the SNP won't "walk it" but wouldn't be at all surprised. Due to Covid restrictions and the fact that we only got a TV service yesterday (after having moved to the Highlands of Scotland on Feb 2nd), we haven't seen any TV debates or Party Political Broadcasts, so I read the manifestos of each party and made my choice from that! I would rather not specify the Candidate and Party I chose, but it was not the SNP.