O/T:- ⚠️Impressed with the leadership [The UK Party Politics Thread]

[OP67]

I take more notice of the bookies than the media or the polls.

Labour are 1/3 to get most seats at the next general election, the Tories are 2/1.

[BigFatPie]

What and give the Tory party another 5 years in power? To overturn the majority they have it would have to be an absolutely massive swing. Even then Labour will probably need support of another party. Don't believe the media and polls.

I'm normally a Labour voter but they're utter useless at the moment just when you need them to be the opposition!!

30 points clear and setting up traps like last night’s vote which the Tories walk right in to. I’ll take that useless.

[GranthamPie]

Headline from SkyNews…

“As chaos unfolds in No 10, the real question is who is now in charge? After the turmoil of Wednesday the only thing that is clear is that the government is in chaos and no one quite knows how to resolve the crisis.

Can’t someone just call the army in to expel them? It’s beyond a joke… we need an interim emergency government and a general election before these imbeciles cause more damage.

[Old_pie]

If we, the electorate, are stupid enough to vote in this bunch of chaotic incompetents then so be it.

We the electorate have no choice other than to vote in a bunch of incompetents. There is a scarcity of talent around, and not just in politics. Lots on social media though judging by Likes, Followers and such.

[countygump]

Time for some music;

[Old_pie]

An impossible question to answer, but I'll have a go.

I'm nowhere near clever enough to address all your points individually, but after seeing the damage a big majority can inflict through our outdated two party system, for the first time in my life I see a proper coalition government as the best way forward. By that I mean pick the best talent from all parties (I believe it's there somewhere), and let them govern by putting the needs of the country above party politics.

I am a realist, so I accept there is more chance of Forest winning the Premier League than this happening.

I think for once we are in some agreement on all counts

[countygump]

I think for once we are in some agreement on all counts

Agreed. Let's face it, we are in a time of crisis, a ''unity/coalition gov'' shouldn't be out of the question. 2 things tho, I'm not sure the Tories will go for it and I'm not sure the Labour Party would want to get involved. Not if they have any sense they wouldn't.

[Notts78]

Agreed. Let's face it, we are in a time of crisis, a ''unity/coalition gov'' shouldn't be out of the question. 2 things tho, I'm not sure the Tories will go for it and I'm not sure the Labour Party would want to get involved. Not if they have any sense they wouldn't.

I’m not convinced any of the parties have the ability to stop the current carnage that is snowballing with every second that passes.
This is the worst state that UK politics has ever been in. All the main parties have a weak leader. I can’t think of a single politician that I would want to run the country and navigate us through tough times.
All of a sudden the BoJo era seems a political high from the last few years.

[matt_magpie]

I’m not convinced any of the parties have the ability to stop the current carnage that is snowballing with every second that passes.
This is the worst state that UK politics has ever been in. All the main parties have a weak leader. I can’t think of a single politician that I would want to run the country and navigate us through tough times.
All of a sudden the BoJo era seems a political high from the last few years.

If I was going to pick an outcome as my original feeling was Boris might come back, I’m thinking now it’s looking highly likely.
Cummings said 3 months ago that Boris was already believing he would be back, seemed a ludicrous statement at the time, not so much now. I think it’s their only option of winning the next GE.

[crazyfists]

An impossible question to answer, but I'll have a go.

I'm nowhere near clever enough to address all your points individually, but after seeing the damage a big majority can inflict through our outdated two party system, for the first time in my life I see a proper coalition government as the best way forward. By that I mean pick the best talent from all parties (I believe it's there somewhere), and let them govern by putting the needs of the country above party politics.

I am a realist, so I accept there is more chance of Forest winning the Premier League than this happening.

Agree with this, it's time they stopped with the childish they did this and we did that. On politics live yesterday, one was going back to the early 1900s. Watching PMQs is pointless, they just say you did this and we did that with them all cheering in the background. Get together and sort the country out the best they can.

In response to OP, I don't know how to solve all the issues listed but that's why we vote in politicians who alot of the time have studied politics or worked in power or opposition for years and therefore should have a good idea. If not what are they doing in that job. We could probably make a good fist at some of them and some we'd have to bite the bullet as some things are what they are. That's a vast difference to what we have got in power at the moment, it's an absolute mess. Ministers have said the scenes last night on the fracking vote were like nothing they'd seen. We've got a puppet PM when we all know Hunt and Shapps will be calling the shots. It's not picking low hanging fruit, it's been absolutely appalled at our ruling party and the knock on effect this has on our lives.