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GoOnThen
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Report GoOnThen • May 10, 2017 10:51 PM BST
Ending tuition fees and renationalising the railways.
Report Velasquez • May 10, 2017 11:00 PM BST
Like voting for the Marxist student group at a Poly in 1974.
Report moisok • May 10, 2017 11:04 PM BST
tory lot going to get trashed - great policies - go round and ask at the door

trouble is you won't get it reflected in most papers and tv - they need to keep their jobs
Report Hamsterdam • May 10, 2017 11:07 PM BST
renationalising the railways.

Gets my vote.
Report moisok • May 10, 2017 11:08 PM BST
You want to see the 'balanced' two they have for review of the papers on sky this evening

the only time any of this lot in the media meet people who like these policies is when they go out to dinner in Notting Hill(waiters)

or when they collect their dry cleaning (which is probably delivered anyway)
Report moisok • May 10, 2017 11:08 PM BST
they think balanced means having two people ho ho
Report Dotchinite • May 10, 2017 11:13 PM BST
Making it easier for non EU immigrants to come into the country and happy to see immigration increase.

Thats going to win a lot of votes.
Report moisok • May 10, 2017 11:23 PM BST
I know
corbyn is fkd on immigration and the eu

if only the party would return to pre Kinnock - the sh!t turned erse about - mind you it worked out well for him and Glynis!!!
Report Dotchinite • May 10, 2017 11:31 PM BST
It appears his rail nationalization policy isnt what it seems either.

What a shambles this guy is.
Report Dotchinite • May 10, 2017 11:34 PM BST
Im beginning to believe he is trying to lose as it was suggested the majority of Labour MPS in vulnerable seats are the moderates and he is planning for 2022 already. (Or should I say McDonnell is as he is the real leader).
Report scandanavian_haven • May 11, 2017 12:09 AM BST
Scrapping tuition fees will be a big vote winner for the younger voters
Report Facts • May 11, 2017 2:42 AM BST
And retaining the Triple Lock on State Pension will be a big vote winner for the  60 plus.

And big votes from

NHS workers
Disabled
Union members
Anti Brexit
Police,Firemen,Teachers
Anti Fox hunting
Report Jack Hacksaw • May 11, 2017 7:12 AM BST
Relieved to see that he would be 'extremely cautious' about using Trident nuclear weapons.
Report lfc1971 • May 11, 2017 9:11 AM BST
England is conservative and unless Scotland returns to voting Labour there can never be a Labour government again.
Nothing in any Labour manifesto can change that.
Report GoOnThen • May 11, 2017 9:19 AM BST
By contrast the Conservatives are pledging to spend more on defence.
Report lfc1971 • May 11, 2017 9:23 AM BST
NHS workers: their votes will not change
Disabled: I doubt there will be a great change
Union members: depends on the union and individual, no change
Anti-Brexit: same individuals would have voted labour/lib in any case
tories will not change vote on this, they know its a lost cause
Police,Firemen,Teachers:natural tories
Anti fox hunting: may be a major concern, but unlikely to have a real impact when it comes to voting.
Report morpteh mackem • May 11, 2017 9:27 AM BST
was going to vote lib dem but after seeing this, defo voting labour.
Report GoOnThen • May 11, 2017 9:29 AM BST
Interesting that Labour oppose fox hunting yet remain silent on Muslim grooming gangs.
Report Dotchinite • May 11, 2017 9:50 AM BST
Does anybody really believe that any of this fantasy stuff is remotely realistic.

Increase non EU immigration shows total contempt for his natural voters
Commit to a deal with the EU is a negotiating strategy that an average 5 year old would laugh at.
Nationalise the National Grid. Paid for how?
Corporation tax increase in a time of uncertainty with Brexit will raise far more in year 1 than in year 5
Same goes for tax on higher earners
House building pledge? Where will the land come from and does he have the faintest idea how long planning can take.
Tuition fees abolished, more police more NHS etc etc paid for by extra borrowing
250 billion for infrastructure well that wont happen inside the first five years.
Repeal of all Union laws. Great let McCluskey bring the country to a halt every other week.

The funniest bit is saying he will clear the deficit by the end of the Parliament.

Its basically just a give away to attract simpletons who just see extra cash for something they like paid for by someone else.

Even if he gets elected a lot of it wont happen given that half his MPS will never support most of it.
Report TheBaron • May 11, 2017 9:54 AM BST
Its like a political Amazon wish list.  Pick a load of things you'd really like but know you can never afford.
Report GoOnThen • May 11, 2017 10:02 AM BST
He's also ruled out a "no deal" option with the EU.Thus giving them carte blanche to shaft us in the sure and certain knowledge that we won't just walk away.
Report Dotchinite • May 11, 2017 10:04 AM BST
He is also going to ban greyhound racing to stop Britain going to the dogs.
Report PorcupineorPineapple • May 11, 2017 10:45 AM BST
Got a mate who had been Labour all his life, as was his family, and well the city, but was very pro-brexit, always sharing Farage type vids on facebook and the like. Bit of a lost cause really.

Anyhoo, since then he'd been full of "May's doing a good job" and had fallen into the trap of dismissing Corbyn without listening to him. Luckily, since the election's been called I've managed to shine some light on how hopeless May has been and looks like being, how thoroughly horrible that mob are, and actually got him to see what Labour are proposing. He's gone from Tory, to not voting for anyone because I'll be abroad and they're all arses, to organising his postal vote to vote for Labour.

Quite a result really.
Report Dotchinite • May 11, 2017 10:50 AM BST
Surely listening to Corbyn would put you off voting for him unless you are very gullible?
Report GoOnThen • May 11, 2017 11:00 AM BST
No shortage of those types Dotch.
Report anxious • May 11, 2017 11:03 AM BST
Great alternative to spiv culture
Report anxious • May 11, 2017 11:03 AM BST
Great alternative to spiv culture
Report anxious • May 11, 2017 11:03 AM BST
Great alternative to spiv culture
Report GoOnThen • May 11, 2017 11:05 AM BST
And to illustrate my point^
Report Facts • May 11, 2017 11:51 AM BST
Dotchinite

And voting for May isn't being naive ?

Surely you know what you're in for. ?

Another 5 years of cut backs and isolation of huge sections of society .
The ruination of our public services and the privatisation of the health service.
More for the haves ,level less for the have nots.
And a ever growing debt mountain.
Report Facts • May 11, 2017 11:55 AM BST
lfc1971

Police,Fireman and Teachers natural Tories ?
The Police hate May, she's cutback on all emergency services,
As for Teachers ,their last Conference , shouted down and heckled the then Minister of Education.
They are anti Tory
Report GoOnThen • May 11, 2017 12:00 PM BST
If Corbyn can't lead a party how can he lead a country?
Report Dotchinite • May 11, 2017 12:10 PM BST
Facts. Whats naive is thinking Corbyns plans will do anything other than devastate the poor through massive unemployment high interest rates  and runaway inflation.

Im not even sure that naive is strong enough for people who think a man who idolises Mao who murdered 10s of millions of people is suitable to be Chancellor of this Country.

Oh and dont assume that because im critical of Corbyn it means im a supporter of May.
Since you are a supporter of his just tell me where in the world has a man like him been successful? What do we aspire to?
A Maoist China or a Venezualan paradise or maybe North Korea.
Report moisok • May 11, 2017 3:19 PM BST
Make sure you adopt the right wurds when you engage in discourse.  NEWSPEAK FROM INGSOC  latest guidlines for you.  Anyone saying Illegal immigrants or failed asylum seaker will be excommunicated

you herd it ear furst
Report treetop • May 11, 2017 3:26 PM BST
The manifesto will please the dreamers but the realists will know it could easily mean mass closures which loses jobs. Great on sentiment but a vote loser from the non tribal voter.
Report Facts • May 11, 2017 5:24 PM BST
Dotch

Don't you think the poor are devastated enough. Under the Tories.
I'm confident that a Labour government wouldn't continue the onslaught of the most disadvantaged in this country whilst rewarding the super rich.
I'm confident that a Labour government wouldn't destroy the NHS to the point the poorest couldn't  afford health care
I'm confident that a Labour government would reduce the massive queues at food banks
I'm confident that a Labour government would reduce homelessness and child poverty.
I'm confident that a Labour government will protect State Pensions ( Triple Lock)

I can't think of one beneficial thing  the Tory government do, that helps the working class person in this country.
Report TheBaron • May 11, 2017 5:48 PM BST
All irrelevant really innit, cos Labour under Corby ain't got a bleedin snowballs chance.
Report GoOnThen • May 11, 2017 6:09 PM BST
Good to see Ken McCluskey slipping on his ar5e coming out of the meeting. A sign of things to come.Laugh
Report GoOnThen • May 11, 2017 6:09 PM BST
Len ^
Report alun2005 • May 11, 2017 6:43 PM BST
Do we know if the steps are OK?
Report zorrostrikes • May 12, 2017 10:26 AM BST
There's a new spirit abroad in the land. The old days of grab and greed are on their way out. We're beginning to think of what we owe the other fellow, not just what we're compelled to give him. The time is coming, Watson, when we cannot fill our bellies in comfort while the other fellow goes hungry, or sleep in warm beds while others shiver in the cold. And we shan't be able to kneel and thank God for blessings before our shining altars while men anywhere are kneeling in either physical or spiritual subjection.

Dr. John H. Watson: You may be right, Holmes... I hope you are.

Sherlock Holmes: And, God willing, we'll live to see that day, Watson.
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