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04 May 18
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Never saw that coming.
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What I never saw coming was Plymouth, may have it wrong but I think I heard Labour won because of a protest vote regarding defence cuts ! Do the good citizens of Plymouth think Corbyn and his lefty Britain hating cronies are going to increase defence spending
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just a good local campaign
https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/what-new-labour-council-say-1531749 |
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Decent Labour people will have had it confirmed that whilst Jeremy and McDonnell have prominent positions the party cannot win.
Given the turmoil over Brexit, the Grenfell tragedy and the NHS breast screening scandal Labour should have destroyed the Tories on Thursday. heard Annita McVeigh ask Jonathan Ashworth "If you can't beat the Tories now then when can you beat them?" |
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The present Labour leadership have brought the party up from 25% in the opinion polls to around 40%, level with the Conservatives. In the local elections Labour gained 77 seats, Conservatives lost 33. Now irrespective of how biased or filled with hatred you are, these are the undeniable facts. If there were to be a general election tomorrow Corbyn would be extremely likely to become prime minister with the support of other parties.
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Erm no i think that political voting is now more volatile than ever , last years local elections were poor for Labour , but in the GE they done much better than polls , pundits expected , the bookies still have it neck and neck in betting
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No he wouldnt because ,the londinistan ,uber liberal bias is not the same in the majority of the country. With this in mind and the snp failing in Scotland things would be close but I would have a hefty bet on torys .
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The Majority of the over 55s vote tory, majority of under 55 vote Labour
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people get older, not younger
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The Past was yours the futures mine , thats how the song goes anyway
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that's what I just said
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Describes little the little englanders well i think
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Warm beer and cricket
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I don't want a future I want a present, that seems to me to be of greater value
when you have a present you forget to even think about the future |
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Correct i will agree that
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One of the main reasons that the Conservatives only lost 33 seats was the virtual extinction of UKIP (123 losses) that the Conservatives benefited from greatly. Damage was limited but Ukip defectors have gone now. Theresa May made her, pretty cringeworthy, "victory speech" at Wandsworth, a council where they lost six seats to Labour but hung on. If that's considered a victory, they are in trouble.
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More worrying for the Conservatives is that the LibDems appear to have stopped the rot. That means trouble in not only London but in the West Country and some rural areas. The only help it might provide is that any LibDem resurgence could damage the SNP who may provide alliance support to Labour at a future Westminster.
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As long as you Labour supporters think like that then the Tories will hold on to power.
No matter what successes Labour have had they'll struggle to get to the next level. Nowt as blind as them that won't see. |
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You are so bias and filled with hatred that you cannot accept facts and instead accuse others of supporting a particular political party. A bit like your own politics where your hatred means you vote against one party rather than support a particular one.
Labour's performance in the local elections means they have reached the next level and they would be able to form a government with the support of other parties if that performance was repeated at a general election. |
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Tories will never win in London again outside small pockets in West London. Blair's open border policies and creation of a welfare dependent society has made sure of that.
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What nonsense you speak IT , Labour have always been strong in parts of London , another thing you forget to mention Thatchers pal Dame Shirley Porter and her social cleansing gerrymandering in the 90s , disgusting stuff from the Spivs
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Labour are filth.
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You are depriving some poor village of an idiot.
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Anxious,
Labour thrive in areas where more people have gone to university on non-science courses and in areas of higher ethnic minorities and foreign born populations. The same is true for the Democrats in the USA. “Britain will arrive at the place where London is, eventually, in its demographics, in its social values, in its politics. In perhaps 20 to 30 years’ time, thanks to immigration and ethnic change and the huge expansion of higher education, the median voter in Land’s End will be much more like a Londoner.” https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/may/11/how-london-became-a-labour-city-and-what-it-means-for-british-politics |
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Do you write all your own material? Labour are anti Semitic,Muslim loving soapdodging filth.
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'Younger non-white London also predominantly votes Labour. At the last general election, according to the pollsters Survation, ethnic minority Londoners chose Labour over the Conservatives by 54% to 34%. That was a much-improved Conservative performance, with the party doing particularly well among Sikhs and Hindus; but given the crude and counter-productive racial tone of the Tory mayoral campaign against Khan since, it may not be repeated for years to come.
Meanwhile the capital’s perennial population churn has worked in Labour’s favour in recent decades. “White migration out of London has weakened the Conservatives,” says Ben Judah, author of This Is London, a new account of immigrant London, much of which takes place in the once heavily white and Tory outer suburbs.' |
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It seriously have you been on the Sherbert - non science courses at University - what complete utter drivel you speak
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How old are you again IT remind me please ?
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Meeja studdys , and polytics and sociology.
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anxious
06 May 18 16:49 Joined: 14 May 15 | Topic/replies: 22,125 | Blogger: anxious's blog It seriously have you been on the Sherbert - non science courses at University - what complete utter drivel you speak ^ You disagree with any other of the reasons listed in the Guardian article about the rise of Labour in London? |
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'analysis suggests that students intending to vote Tory are most likely to have attended a private fee-paying school before starting their degree, are the most confident about finding a graduate job after university, and plan to work in management consulting, investment banking, finance or marketing. They also have the highest salary expectations, anticipating an average of £25,500 on graduation, and £44,900 within five years.
By contrast, student Labour supporters are largely from state schools or colleges and plan to work in areas such as teaching, the media and the charity or voluntary sector. On average, they expect to earn about £3,000 a year less in their first graduate job, compared with their Tory peers.' https://www.ft.com/content/dd5396e0-e527-11e4-a02d-00144feab7de |
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By contrast, student Labour supporters are largely from state schools or colleges and plan to work in areas such as teaching, the media and the charity or voluntary sector. On average, they expect to earn about £3,000 a year less in their first graduate job, compared with their Tory peers.'
Fortunately when we grow up we gain intelligence and vote tory when we see through Labour's prejudice and lack of policies. Been there,done that. |
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anxious can't read the guardian sorry that should reed ... oh never mined, the first bit is rite.
nothing personnel ankshuss |
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So what are you trying to convince us of that no immigrants ever vote tory
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The over 55s are the main group that vote tory , the under 55s Labour are ahead
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I know 'pakistani' shopkeepers were on sky news complaining in the last election but one, about too many immigrants coming to the uk
wonder if they voted tory |
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Course Treetop your sounding more like the Daily Fail every day, the mouthpiece of the tory lie machine
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anxious
06 May 18 17:09 Joined: 14 May 15 | Topic/replies: 22,128 | Blogger: anxious's blog So what are you trying to convince us of that no immigrants ever vote tory ^ Of course not. 1,600,000 vote Labour. 1,000,000 Tory. |
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64 per cent of Muslims voted Labour, compared to only 25 per cent for Conservative. Ethnic minority Christians also supported Labour.
Hindus and Sikhs, however, were both more likely to vote Conservative, with 49 per cent of both groups voting Conservative, compared to 41 per cent who voted Labour. |
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sceptical of those figures, at least 90% of immigrants will vote labour
however its possible those who would vote labour are less likely to vote |