** The General Election Thread **

[Spinners]

After yesterday and today's Tory own goals (plus Farage splitting the leave vote) then Labour must now be favourites.

You are mistaken - Labour are 11/2 against to be the largest party. Tories 1/6.

Whooooshhhh!

[Oldjohnw]

It is said that voters punish those who call them to vote again soon after the last election
It is said that inclement weather disfavours labour

I predict parliamentary chaos after the Glorious Twelfth

Absolutely. I predict no overall majority so we'll be back where we started.

[roubaixtuesday]

After yesterday and today's Tory own goals (plus Farage splitting the leave vote) then Labour must now be favourites.

You are mistaken - Labour are 11/2 against to be the largest party. Tories 1/6.

Whooooshhhh!

Ha ha! What an idiot!

Poe strikes again.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law

[mercalia]

So Tom Watson is stepping down from Labour. That a big loss?

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/06/tom-watson-to-quit-as-labour-deputy-leader-and-stand-down-as-mp

[Debs]

So Tom Watson is stepping down from Labour. That a big loss?

He is my fave Labour guy, so IMO very sad and concerning to see him step down

[Debs]

This made me chuckle... until i realised it's most probably the truth

[ossie]

This made me chuckle... until i realised it's most probably the truth

Are US drug firms cheaper? I personally don't care where the NHS source their drugs as long as the value is there and of course the quality. A friend of mine has just returned from Canada where he was working for a company supplying medical equipment to the NHS for years.

[Mike Sales]

Are US drug firms cheaper? I personally don't care where the NHS source their drugs as long as the value is there and of course the quality. A friend of mine has just returned from Canada where he was working for a company supplying medical equipment to the NHS for years.

No they ain't.

NHS bosses fear hospitals and patients will have to pay billions more for drugs as the price of Boris Johnson striking a post-Brexit trade deal with Donald Trump.
A report by the NHS Confederation, which represents most hospital trusts in England, warns that the NHS could be landed with a much larger bill for medication and denied the chance to use cheaper alternatives to expensive branded drugs.
The voluntary pricing and access scheme (VPAS), which caps the total bill the NHS has to pay for medicines, would be under threat, given the determination of the US government and drug companies to force Britain to pay higher prices, it says.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/01/nhs-drugs-bill-could-soar-if-johnson-signs-trump-trade-deal-report

[Spinners]

Well, I didn't see the Tom Watson stand down coming.

[horizon]

And that's on top of the dissolution of parliament and the disillusion of the electorate.

[Whippet]

So Tom Watson is stepping down from Labour. That a big loss?

He is my fave Labour guy, so IMO very sad and concerning to see him step down

Yes it’s a real shame, he was one of the last hopes for the moderates in the party I think. The Momentum extremists seem very intolerant of any other shade of opinion ( just like all true believers ).

[mercalia]

Live Long and Prosper ( as long as you are well off) or Up Yours!

This picture clearly shows that Boris has satanic demons helping him? ( look at those eyes of Cummings )

[reohn2]

Cummings' own words about the Tories followed by JRM's sickness and bridgen's diabolical statement:- https://youtu.be/6SeK4w_3Kos

[Psamathe]

The modern trend for the press to look closely at candidates can be qute revealing, not only about the candidates themselves but also about a party prepared to accept such people t represent them. e.g.

Tory election candidate once suggested women should ‘keep knickers on’ to avoid being raped

or (different candidate)

Tory election hopeful called climate crisis 'socialist Trojan horse'
...
“Stripped of the theatre of hype, cheerleading rent-seekers, alarmist headlines, Extinction Rebellion stunts, climate emergencies and even Greta Thunberg’s lectures, the stark truth is that the modern ‘climate emergency’ movement is about politics and wealth redistribution, not science.

“It is a socialist Trojan horse for delivering failed socialist economic policies through using the emotive lexicon of ‘emergency’, disaster, and doom-mongering.”

How do these people get selected by their parties? I assume that their beliefs must be shared by their parties. When I joined the Green Party quite a few years ago I had an interview lasting over an hour, just to join the local party, no standing for anything or representing or anything.

Ian

[pwa]

Much though I despise the Lib Dems, I have to say that excluding Swinson from the BBC's leaders' debate offends my sense of democracy. Due to the unique circumstances of this particular General Election there is speculation that the Lib Dems may garner much more support than usual, and may be a rallying point for a substantial portion of the electorate. I won't be voting for them, but shutting them out of the leaders' debate just looks wrong to me.