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    Quote Originally Posted by 1959_60 View Post
    Morning Sinkov. As you well know there are always a number of these types. BT will confirm that we meet them while out canvassing.
    They are always looking for a political home, but even if they don't find one they are still there.

    In the past the National Front inspired them. Then the BNP started making progress (especially in Burnley) then they started supporting Nigel's UKIP. I have no doubt that many have followed Nigel to the Brexit Party.

    But yes, I can assure you that these people are real and do exist.
    Of course there are some 59, but many ? I suppose it depends on what you mean by many. In terms of the overall population of the UK I would say the number is insignificant, as a poltical force they're even less than insignificant. The names and CVs of all Brexit Party candidates at the recent Euro elections were out there to be scrutinised, and I'm sure lefty journos went through the list with the proverbial fine toothcomb, as far as I'm aware there was not a single one who could have been linked with the Far Right. Yet still you think it a valid link to make, ah well mud sticks doesn't it 59, so keep throwing it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Bedlington Terrier View Post
    I'll feel a whole lot better when this new unelected government with a complete new set of Cabinet Ministers get their heads around sorting this out...
    https://www.theguardian.com/society/...tudy-austerity
    See post 39 BT, and stop worrying. Boris's spending plans mean the end of Austerity. And you can trust him on this, he sees quite clearly that a GE is coming down the line, which is why he's parking his tanks on your lawn. Money for the police, NHS not for sale, money for our schools, money for the north, an end to austerity and respecting the democratic decision of the British people to leave the EU. What's not to like ? And all your lot have to offer, is tired, old Jezza and a party riven by anti-semitism. It'll be a landslide.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sinkov View Post
    Of course there are some 59, but many ? I suppose it depends on what you mean by many. In terms of the overall population of the UK I would say the number is insignificant, as a poltical force they're even less than insignificant. The names and CVs of all Brexit Party candidates at the recent Euro elections were out there to be scrutinised, and I'm sure lefty journos went through the list with the proverbial fine toothcomb, as far as I'm aware there was not a single one who could have been linked with the Far Right. Yet still you think it a valid link to make, ah well mud sticks doesn't it 59, so keep throwing it.
    Well, this is one issue that me and BT have actual working knowledge of.

    The amount of people when you try to engage with them who tell you that they have never voted and never will is very high - around 40%. I am not saying they are all right wing nutters but many of them very obviously not happy bunnies on many subjects. The main one being letting too many foreigners in who come and take our jobs and benefits. I am sure that BT will have heard many stories such as "my mate has been on the housing waiting list for years. But foreigners can just come in and be immediately housed and given large benefits"

    BUT...many of these people who never vote actually DID vote in the referendum, and voted to leave. In their eyes their vote was a negative one, they were voting against something instead of positively voting for a specific party, which they would never do.

    So yes, they don't show up on the votes cast register or as voters in an opinion poll, but they are part of the 40% of people who do not vote.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 1959_60 View Post
    Well, this is one issue that me and BT have actual working knowledge of.

    The amount of people when you try to engage with them who tell you that they have never voted and never will is very high - around 40%. I am not saying they are all right wing nutters but many of them very obviously not happy bunnies on many subjects. The main one being letting too many foreigners in who come and take our jobs and benefits. I am sure that BT will have heard many stories such as "my mate has been on the housing waiting list for years. But foreigners can just come in and be immediately housed and given large benefits"

    BUT...many of these people who never vote actually DID vote in the referendum, and voted to leave. In their eyes their vote was a negative one, they were voting against something instead of positively voting for a specific party, which they would never do.

    So yes, they don't show up on the votes cast register or as voters in an opinion poll, but they are part of the 40% of people who do not vote.
    Well if immigrants are making jobs harder to come by, then people may well be a tad miffed about that. It doesn't make them Far Right Extremists though, of whom I still see very little evidence. How many votes did the BNP or any other of these apparently numerous Far Right parties get at the last GE ? A genuine question, I have no idea myself.

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    We are in the deep brown stuff now, no moral code, no ethics in this new collective shower of shoite, epitomised by Boris Johnson appointing Priti Patel as Home Secretary () despite the fact that she was forced to resign two years ago after holding secret, unofficial meetings with Israeli ministers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 1959_60 View Post
    Well, this is one issue that me and BT have actual working knowledge of.

    The amount of people when you try to engage with them who tell you that they have never voted and never will is very high - around 40%. I am not saying they are all right wing nutters but many of them very obviously not happy bunnies on many subjects. The main one being letting too many foreigners in who come and take our jobs and benefits. I am sure that BT will have heard many stories such as "my mate has been on the housing waiting list for years. But foreigners can just come in and be immediately housed and given large benefits"

    BUT...many of these people who never vote actually DID vote in the referendum, and voted to leave. In their eyes their vote was a negative one, they were voting against something instead of positively voting for a specific party, which they would never do.

    So yes, they don't show up on the votes cast register or as voters in an opinion poll, but they are part of the 40% of people who do not vote.
    It’s really beyond me the fact that all the remainer s always have a stumbling block / excuse for the vote .
    We all live in the same place and democracy is what our country was built on, this time though the vote went against what you believe to be right and it’s not acceptable.

    As for Boris s pledges as with everything in politics there is only one pot of money so someone somewhere will be worse off once and if his policies are put in place. ( exactly the same as if Corbyn was in power different people affected but the same end result).

    I can’t get my head round why it mattered if you voted to leave or remain - everyone will have different reasons of why the voted the way they did —— the real point though and the most important thing by far is they Did actually vote.

    I wander if my reaction and approx 16 million others would have been the same if we had remained and I simply just couldn’t accept a democratic vote.

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    Quote Originally Posted by army88 View Post
    It’s really beyond me the fact that all the remainer s always have a stumbling block / excuse for the vote .
    We all live in the same place and democracy is what our country was built on, this time though the vote went against what you believe to be right and it’s not acceptable.

    As for Boris s pledges as with everything in politics there is only one pot of money so someone somewhere will be worse off once and if his policies are put in place. ( exactly the same as if Corbyn was in power different people affected but the same end result).

    I can’t get my head round why it mattered if you voted to leave or remain - everyone will have different reasons of why the voted the way they did —— the real point though and the most important thing by far is they Did actually vote.

    I wander if my reaction and approx 16 million others would have been the same if we had remained and I simply just couldn’t accept a democratic vote.
    Army, I am just trying to convince Sinkov that not all the people who despise our country are leftys, as he thinks.

    There are plenty of rightys who despise our country too.

    He is trying to convince me that rightys are a tiny number in the UK and i explained that when i, or anyone else, goes canvassing, you meet them regularly. Most don't vote though....except in the referendum. Their main gripes are that we have too many foreigners in our country and we have gone soft on law and order. Fair enough -- they are entitled to their views.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sinkov View Post
    See post 39 BT, and stop worrying. Boris's spending plans mean the end of Austerity. And you can trust him on this, he sees quite clearly that a GE is coming down the line, which is why he's parking his tanks on your lawn. Money for the police, NHS not for sale, money for our schools, money for the north, an end to austerity and respecting the democratic decision of the British people to leave the EU. What's not to like ? And all your lot have to offer, is tired, old Jezza and a party riven by anti-semitism. It'll be a landslide.
    I can't believe the wily Blonde Mong has nicked JC's Election Pledge. Is there no end to the hypocrisy of this man?

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Bedlington Terrier View Post
    I can't believe the wily Blonde Mong has nicked JC's Election Pledge. Is there no end to the hypocrisy of this man?
    yeah....a Mong rat poodle shat twot - like all the others - just another controlled communication mouthpiece for the big Bankers and business Corporatocracy.

    Phok em all !





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    I do not do politics ,But what the hell could we have hoped for??
    Just the same politics , Just a different person,...
    Yes I Admit Corbyn should be hung and quartered ,..For his reluctance to invest in our Nuclear Subs,...(OUR ONLY HOPE)..in conflict .
    Are the Tories going to invest, in our Survival against , Not just Russia,.But the endless attacks from Muslims,.Here and abroad!!
    I would gladly pay a little more in my taxes, If I Knew it was going on our Defence and Aiding our Military ,..I Really would.

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