The Labour Party. All discussion here please

[alchresearch]

For reasons unknown McDonnell and Watson are saying they expect the Tories to call an early general election. What planet are they on?

 

McDonnell dropped the bombshell on BBC News this morning - heavy borrowing again for their zany schemes.

 

Speaking on BBC Breakfast, Mr McDonnell said the UK would borrow in the short term for long-term investment and the "prosperity of the future".

 

Mr McDonnell said this would trigger investment from the private sector and, ultimately, higher tax returns.

 

Yeah, right. Because the schools BSF and other PFIs worked so well didn't they?

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-37468209

 

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Quite so.

The Conservatives do not want to call an election opportunistically and cynically right now when Labour are at their weakest as it would be rather obvious and they would expect the public to punish them for it.

 

Plus, why call one now when you can sit back and watch the Labour car crash a little more and watch Corbyn run the party into the ground, and possibly force a split.

[Flanker7]

For reasons unknown McDonnell and Watson are saying they expect the Tories to call an early general election. What planet are they on?

 

It would be nice to have a national mandate for what Brexit is . . . . . when we know what it will be?

 

What we have now is a mandate for a blank piece of paper.

 

Brexit is Brexit. Doh

 

It will be what we manage to negotiate and I'm sure they will tell us its best thing since sliced bread.

[alchresearch]

Exclusive: Labour on course for worst defeat since 1935

 

Labour could win fewer than 200 seats at the next elections for the first time since the 1930s, exclusive Survation/LabourList polling indicates.

 

http://labourlist.org/2016/09/exclusive-labour-on-course-for-worst-defeat-since-1935/

[El Cid]

Labour have launched a scheme to train more future female leaders in memory of Jo Cox; its a shame that males are barred from this, I can think of someone that really needs a few tips

[alchresearch]

The Jo Cox by-election is probably the only one Labour are going to win.

[unbeliever]

Labour have launched a scheme to train more future female leaders in memory of Jo Cox; its a shame that males are barred from this, I can think of someone that really needs a few tips

 

Doesn't it strike you as odd that Labour go in for heavy positive discrimination regarding gender, but have had no female leaders and always seem to operate on a heavily male dominated inner core?

Perhaps positive discrimination is not the solution to the under-representation of women in politics.

[alchresearch]

Labour to announce it will ban fracking if it wins election

http://news.sky.com/story/labour-to-announce-it-will-ban-fracking-if-it-wins-election-10593932

 

Ouch. GMB union with 631,000 members (with some in the fracking business) supports fracking.

 

Funny how the GMB supported Smith.....

[unbeliever]

Labour to announce it will ban fracking if it wins election

http://news.sky.com/story/labour-to-announce-it-will-ban-fracking-if-it-wins-election-10593932

 

Ouch. GMB union with 631,000 members (with some in the fracking business) supports fracking.

 

Funny how the GMB supported Smith.....

 

The GMB backed Owen Smith for leader... Now they may have to pay the price.

 

Then we get onto the vast number of elderly and low income people who will continue to struggle to heat their homes using gas imported at great cost.

Edited September 26, 2016 by unbeliever

[El Cid]

Doesn't it strike you as odd that Labour go in for heavy positive discrimination regarding gender, but have had no female leaders and always seem to operate on a heavily male dominated inner core?

Perhaps positive discrimination is not the solution to the under-representation of women in politics.

 

No good male leaders either

[The Joker]

Then we get onto the vast number of elderly and low income people who will continue to struggle to heat their homes using gas imported at great cost.

 

Didn't we have this under previous governments too?

 

Yes, I think we did.

 

Funny how these things slip your mind.