General Election Pre-Thread (4 of 6)

[bickster]

 

[bickster]

38 minutes ago, VillaJ100 said:

 

I can't believe there isn't a party that's economically left wing but with a somewhat right wing foreign and immigration policy. One that wants -

 

Foreign and immigration policy is economic policy in the main

[mjmooney]

We've now had leaflets through the door from Labour, LibDems and the Yorkshire Party. 

I don't think the Tories are going to bother. They've given up. 

[cyrusr]

1 minute ago, mjmooney said:

We've now had leaflets through the door from Labour, LibDems and the Yorkshire Party. 

I don't think the Tories are going to bother. They've given up. 

If the rumours are true of them not getting any donations, then they can't afford the actual leaflets. 

[Seat68]

No tory leaflets in Stafford unless daughter is cutting out the middle man and putting them in the bin. 

[ml1dch]

55 minutes ago, VillaJ100 said:

I can't believe there isn't a party that's economically left wing but with a somewhat right wing foreign and immigration policy. One that wants -

Free tertiary education

Nationalised rail and buses, water, electricity and gas

Funded museums and libraries 

NHS and free elderly care

Stringent environmental regulations (no shit in rivers), investment in green energy including nuclear

Fairer tax brackets

But also -

Reduce non-student immigration to c.50k a year of highly skilled high taxpaying people and make immigration stricter overall - grow economy througu efficiency and productivity not just 'add more people'

Keep a nuclear deterrent 

Reverse armed forces cuts

Stop pandering to the petrostates and tell Russia to F off

Surely that party would go far?

Isn't that about 90% of what the current Labour direction either is, or would be if they felt the country could afford it?

[Jareth]

13 minutes ago, mjmooney said:

We've now had leaflets through the door from Labour, LibDems and the Yorkshire Party. 

I don't think the Tories are going to bother. They've given up. 

What's the Yorkshire party's policy on puddings and tea?

[bickster]

Hardly a shock but we've had zero political leaflets. In fact I have seen one Vote Labour sign in the entire city and that was old style red and yellow on the outside of the GMB offices and nothing for any other party.

Not a shock but just how it is

 

[Stevo985]

40 minutes ago, mjmooney said:

We've now had leaflets through the door from Labour, LibDems and the Yorkshire Party. 

I don't think the Tories are going to bother. They've given up. 

Weirdly the only leaflet I've had was a Tory one, and my constituency was 71% Tory last time out

[chrisp65]

Yeah, by now the ‘in town’ placard count would usually give the appearance of a strong labour win followed by 3 equal also rans.

I mean, I suppose it still does tell that story but as of 7:00 this morning, the in town garden placard tally was:

 

Labour, 2 (both on same house).

 

For balance the out of town / Vale countryside placard count was:

 

Conservative, 2 (both in same field)

 

[Wainy316]

My locality is awash with Lib Dem placards

[Milfner]

Walked past an old fella putting out a homemade "Save England, Vote Reform" earlier. Grim.

This is the first time I can remember signs going up around Sutton, it's such a nailed on Tory area that people just don't bother. Seen a lot of Labour in particular. 

[mjmooney]

53 minutes ago, Jareth said:

What's the Yorkshire party's policy on puddings and tea?

Basically they want a Yorkshire parliament. 

Edited June 13 by mjmooney

[cyrusr]

19 minutes ago, Milfner said:

Walked past an old fella putting out a homemade "Save England, Vote Reform" earlier. Grim.

This is the first time I can remember signs going up around Sutton, it's such a nailed on Tory area that people just don't bother. Seen a lot of Labour in particular. 

Its because it is looking like it could swing Labour (although it is close): - 

https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/calcwork23.py?postcode=b73+6da

 

Party	2019 Votes	2019 Share	Pred Votes
CON	31,603	60.4%	39.2%
LAB	12,332	23.6%	40.0%
LIB	6,359	12.2%	6.3%
Green	2,032	3.9%	4.3%
Reform	0	0.0%	10.2%
CON Majority	19,271	36.8%	0.8% LAB Maj

See overview of other seats in West Midlands.

Chance of winning
CON	48%
LAB	52%
LIB	0%
Green	0%
Reform	0%

[wishywashy]

What

[DaoDeMings]

Why does the Green Party do this to itself...

 

[Davkaus]

Did it work? Asking for me.

[Jareth]

18 minutes ago, wishywashy said:

What

Right that's it, I'm voting Green

[sharkyvilla]

This is the only leaflet I've had through the door.  I don't really get the tactics behind it, do they think anything blue will just get thrown straight in the bin?

[fightoffyour]

Sounds like the behaviour you'd expect from any one of the many Tory sex pests, but then they already make massive tits of themselves.