How many parliamentary seats will Labour hold on 9th June?

[El Cid]

The bookmakers seem to think Labour are most likely to hold on to around 150 seats.

[geared]

150? thats a total pasting they have 232 at the moment.

[Anna B]

A country needs both a strong government and opposition. Labour at this moment in time cannot provide either one. I've seen a number of Labour MP's on TV in the last couple of days and you can tell they think it's going to be bad. I think Labour will lose around 50 seats but it wouldn't surprise me if it's more.

 

I agree the country needs a strong opposition, which is exactly what Blairite Labour wasn't.

It was just 'Tory light.' There was barely any discernible difference between the two main parties; both run by the Oxbridge elite, with friends in all the right places making them a target for vested interests and corruption. (Just how has Tony Blair made his millions?) They were very much all part of the Establishment.

 

Love it or hate it, Corbyn's Labour is the real opposition, as he says, it's the Establishment vs the People, and he is very much of the people. And in this day and age of Corporate greed, it's the people who need representation.

[Obelix]

Love it or hate it, Corbyn's Labour is the real opposition, as he says, it's the Establishment vs the People, and he is very much of the people. And in this day and age of Corporate greed, it's the people who need representation.

 

Really - you mean someone who's never done a real job at all apart from politics (unlike most people), who lived in an old manor house on the Duke of Sutherlands bit of patch (really of the people that...) then attended a proper upper class prep school (like everyone else did dahling) went to a grammar school (unlike most people) - apbout the only thing of the people was that he failed to do spiffingly well in his A-levels.... then went on to support the IRA (because that's so of the people supporting terrorists) and then rebel against the Establishment that he was so very much part of...

[hobinfoot]

I agree the country needs a strong opposition, which is exactly what Blairite Labour wasn't.

It was just 'Tory light.' There was barely any discernible difference between the two main parties; both run by the Oxbridge elite, with friends in all the right places making them a target for vested interests and corruption. (Just how has Tony Blair made his millions?) They were very much all part of the Establishment.

 

Love it or hate it, Corbyn's Labour is the real opposition, as he says, it's the Establishment vs the People, and he is very much of the people. And in this day and age of Corporate greed, it's the people who need representation.

 

I thought the "people" were represented by their MP's. I'd love to know what the Establishment really means. And if it's so bad why do the people never seem in a hurry to change it?

[El Cid]

150? thats a total pasting they have 232 at the moment.

 

Very few have a good word to say about Labour, some are even defecting to other parties.

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-89171/Labour-MP-defects-Lib-Dems.html

 

http://www.libdems.org.uk/7000_labour_members_quit_party_as_senior_councillor_defects_to_lib_dems

 

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It was just 'Tory light.' There was barely any discernible difference between the two main parties; both run by the Oxbridge elite, with friends in all the right places making them a target for vested interests and corruption. (Just how has Tony Blair made his millions?) They were very much all part of the Establishment.

 

Love it or hate it, Corbyn's Labour is the real opposition, as he says, it's the Establishment vs the People, and he is very much of the people. And in this day and age of Corporate greed, it's the people who need representation.

 

The Greens should be the party for you.

[L00b]

Nice story Bro:thumbsup:

Coming from you, it's all the vindication I could ever need. Thanks Bro

[alchresearch]

Love it or hate it, Corbyn's Labour is the real opposition, as he says, it's the Establishment vs the People, and he is very much of the people. And in this day and age of Corporate greed, it's the people who need representation.

 

This is what I don't understand.

 

I'm happy to agree that he has a huge following on social media and at public rallies.

 

But why isn't this converting into by-election wins or strong poll support?

[Jacktari]

Apparently because many natural Labour voters are more concerned about benefit cheats and immigrants than they are about having access to decent jobs/housing/health care/education/etc. That's what I've been told on another thread, anyway.

 

It is Jeremy's acquiescence to the Tories over brexit that swung it for me.

We could have had a united Europe, but people insist on looking in the short term.

[sgtkate]

Nice story Bro:thumbsup:

 

The thing is I think it's about right sadly. I totally support Corbyn's policies and ideas, but having given him plenty of time I really do think he is simply naïve and too naïve to be a politician. I'd love for us to live in a world where we don't need our politicians to be manipulators but we don't, and Corbyn hardly ever manages to out manoeuvre his opponents even when they seem to give him an open goal. Yes, he hasn't exactly been helped by his own party but a lot of the issues are of his own making. I'd love Corbynesque policies delivered by David Miliband but I can only dream of that.