Off Topic Politics Thread

Conservative MP, Dominic Raab says that people that suffer the humiliating indignity of having to go to food banks are not poor, but just have a "cashflow" problem...and who causes that cashflow problem, Mr Raab?...out of touch or what?...

That's almost as bad asTebbit telling us to "get on our bikes to get a job" when his government was ruining industry in the UK.
It's this unbelievable lack of empathy and compassion that means that I could never vote Conservative.

 

It's a problem alright when all the cash is flowing towards the 'haves' and away from the 'have-nots'.

 

Had a bloke in last week at the FB who had been sanctioned for 700 days. That's seven hundred, in case you think I made a typo. Yep, he's got a cash flow problem.

 

I only know 3 people over 80 well enough to know who they are going to vote for. My parents and the ex mother-in-law. All 3 live on great pensions from their state jobs in the 60s/70s. All 3 think Jez is a creepy, slimy liar. According to my dad "you're just like you were when you were 18 - you should be voting Conservative at your age!" I'm 57. (my daughter, 30, is a signed up labour party member) It's a funny old world!

 

If the young turn out en masse on polling day then Labour have a chance or more likely a hung parliament..

 

"German leaders step up attacks on Trump" is the headline on the BBC website. This begs the question about the BBC's impartiality as the use of the word "attack" is very emotive and guaranteed to get an inapprorpriate response from certain elements of the former Conservative party such as Rees-Mogg and newspapers such as the neo-Fascist Express. It would have been better to use the word "critical" or the more friendly word "advised" in encouraging Trump to reconsider his views.

 

Jeremy Corbyn came over very well in his Q&A session with the CH4 studio audience there. Now let's see how he gets on with the Paxmanator.

 

I'm just putting this out there, but I can see labour winning this election. Have told friends and family, and most have laughed at me, but still.....

 

I still can't see it mate. Too much ground to make up in too short a time. But every bit of balanced coverage is making Corbyn look honest, eloquent and principled, and May look rattled and confused.

 

Blimey, Corbyn played Paxman there. Embarrassing from Paxman, with his random interruptions and bizarre hypothetical scenarios.

 

What the fu...

 

The number of people having their accounts hacked these days is huge.

 

Important to remember that no one who doesn't know who to vote for watches this crap.

 

That's what Paxman does though, he interrogates. He's pretty brutal, and I'm not sure roughing up an interviewee is always the best way to get an honest response; but maybe the public deserves to see politicians put under pressure.

Corbyn stood up very well anyway. I'd probably have told Paxman to **** off

 

New approach from Theresa here - she hasn't said "strong and stable" once.

 

And Theresa May is just ****ing awful.

 

Is she just a soundboard that does a different answer every time?

Because so far the stuff she is saying just is not answering the audience's questions properly...

 

May got laughed at by the audience...

 

Just keep saying "Brexit" and "strong economy". That's home turf for her. Not that the words themselves stand up to scrutiny because they don't, but the focus groups have told her the slogans work.

Let's see her handle Paxman.

 

'Prime Minister, the question was about domestic policy'

Good on Faisal Islam for actually pulling her up on waffling and avoiding the topics.