Post: #26

One week left

This is the most boring election in Europe this year, due to no anti-globalist candidate (i.e UKIP fading)

But still, I love elections, and I think a Tory win would keep all the social justice nutjobs (Labour/SNP/Greens/Lib Dem) relatively at bay, and would give us a small victory in the culture war.

There are also some good MP's in the Conservative party: Jacob Reese-Mogg, Liam Fox, Michael Gove, Nadhim Zahawi, Boris Johnson, David Davis, Andrea Leadsom. These guys aren't totally cucked and wouldn't look out of place alongside Farage.

I'm not a huge fan of Theresa May, as she didn't deliver as home secretary. She's given some great speeches that echo UKIP/old school Conservatives at times, but her previous record suggests she won't honour her promises (Plus she campaigned for Remain).

This party has shifted massively to the left over the past ten years, and it's disgraceful, but I think it would be like an average Republican candidate winning the U.S election (Ted Cruz? Maybe someone slightly better?). Maybe Stephen Harper beating Justin Trudeau in Canada is a closer analogy.

Labour have gained some ground so it'll be tighter than first predicted.

I'm hoping the Tories carry it through.

My Facebook wall is full of Owen-Jones-type Labour voters posting videos of how virtuous and full of LOVE they are. I hope I can see them freak out in a week's time.

Post: #27

I was disgusted by the backlash against fox hunting, which is a noble sport which at the same time gets rid of vermin pests. Abolishing the smoking ban would go down well too.

The Brexit negotiations are being used as an excuse by all parties to enlarge the state, which is worrying. Most worrying is that the party leadership seems to be pandering to the petulant social media crowd, who wouldn't vote for the Tories anyway.

Most people in the UK do actually support things such as reinstating the death penalty for paedos, rapists and murderers where the evidence is undeniably strong, but the human rights brigade starts shrieking any time it is mentioned.

Most people also support deporting anyone with the slightest link to terrorist groups, and to drastically cutting immigration. Again, the social justice warriors start shrieking.

I would say that probably almost 30% of the country is actually most closely aligned with UKIP, it's just that either live in the South and don't want to risk Labour/Lib Dems getting the seat or they live up North and don't want to risk the Tories getting in. Or they simply don't vote.

Post: #28

Good post

If UKIP had put Steven Woolf in straight after Farage left

And hadn't had Diane James resign or any punchups, things would have been very different for them

Post: #29

http://lordashcroftpolls.com/2017/05/ash...ajorities/

A billionaire who did private internal polls for the Conservatives is releasing polls for every seat to the general public.

It is not looking pretty for labour.

Post: #30

Are you going to do any wagering on this election Simian? what are the current odds?

Post: #31

It's too risky... way too risky.

Post: #32

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/674489/...Sharia-Law

Quote:Theresa May says many Britons ‘BENEFIT GREATLY’ from Sharia Law

Good luck with that election!

Post: #33

(04-22-2017 11:41 AM)Teedub Wrote:  That Fish Finger thing is absurdist British humour at its finest. Laughing out loud.

I'm suddenly reminded of this:

Post: #34

Did UKIP dilute the vote so that labor won in some areas where the tories should have? Like the Libertarian or Perot vote may have cost the elder Bush his second term?

Post: #35

(06-09-2017 01:00 PM)C-Note Wrote:  Did UKIP dilute the vote so that labor won in some areas where the tories should have? Like the Libertarian or Perot vote may have cost the elder Bush his second term?

Not really. UKIP's vote dropped substantially. The Tories ran a crap campaign with crap policies and just assumed they had it in the bag. Also there was a big surge in turnout among young voters, who mostly vote Labour anyway and even more so this time since Labour were promising to scrap university tuition fees.