O/T:- Election

[keldsyke]

Do you think the tories will lose?

Absolutely without a shadow of a doubt

[keldsyke]

Have you admired the last 14 years of government?

Not at all, but the belief by some that Labour will be any better is quite unbelievable.

[Elite_Pie]

Not at all, but the belief by some that Labour will be any better is quite unbelievable.

I believe it will be better.

Not because I have any confidence in Labour, it's because this government has been by some distance the worst I have ever experienced in over 50 years of being eligible to vote.

[Bohinen]

Self reflection amongst those who’ve consistently voted for the mess of the last 14 years is obviously as absent on this board as it is elsewhere.

‘They’re all the same’ is a stupid, tedious claim to make when comparing politicians who’ve been in power for years and those who haven’t.

Not all boards are like this one. Here's an image from Red Issue.

[keldsyke]

I believe it will be better.

Not because I have any confidence in Labour, it's because this government has been by some distance the worst I have ever experienced in over 50 years of being eligible to vote.

Agree totally

[Old_pie]

Not at all, but the belief by some that Labour will be any better is quite unbelievable.

I wonder what have the Unions been offered to shut up during the campaigning?

[the_anticlough]

Absolutely without a shadow of a doubt

As someone who seems to support them, why do you think this is?

Whatever the reason, you'll still be supporting/voting for them, right?

[Elite_Pie]

I wonder what have the Unions been offered to shut up during the campaigning?

If they want to win, the best thing Labour can do is say as little as possible.

So far, the Tories are doing a great job of campaigning for Labour!

[M0ufMk3]

The policy was devised in the hopes that Labour will come up with something even more stupid.

I don't think I've ever felt in such despair over a General Election. Even worse is that if too many decide that it's all a waste of time it leaves the door open for some minority group to edge their way in. As a British nation we've lost moral fibre, other nationalities living here who are eligible to vote (yes they are british too) seem to have a clear collective belief.

Today I had a hospital appointment (well done for being there on a Bank Holiday) and I was seen to by a pleasant chap from that country west of India, who, when it came up in conversation that I was seeing my GP on Election Day could not understand why it wasn't a National holiday so that everyone would be encouraged to vote. I'd vote for him

I hope Labour will see this for the trap it might be. Although it does set a trap for Labour surely it is aimed at recovering votes lost to Reform. Whenever my dad bangs on about National Service what comes through is: cameraderie; aimlessness; and the sheer waste of time that it was. Another ill thought out policy. It's coming to something when Steve Baker (arch ERGer and former member of the armed forces, albeit an engineer, is against it although that it could be an opportunistic dig can't be ruled out.)

Finally the thought that Reform is considering recruiting Ozymandias Johnson, the accidental Keynesian (a little less Benn, a little more Benito) is amusing, if only to see him used very much as the dancing monkey on their organ. They deserve each other.

[keldsyke]

As someone who seems to support them, why do you think this is?

Whatever the reason, you'll still be supporting/voting for them, right?

Support who? TBH I probably won’t vote for any of them, they are all as bad as each other.