Yes, I'm sure it has nothing to do with those Tory policies that are killing the disabled, punishing the poor for being born poor and selling off bits of the NHS to their rich buddies. Nah, just a fashion statement.
Yep. Just a fashion statement. In the same way I had a Che Guevara t-shirt at uni in the, well, a while ago (ahem).
The Conservatives haven't killed anyone, disabled or otherwise. Labour are responsible for the demise of the NHS (if that's what you were getting at although you're a little young to remember the start of PFI).
@BurnTheBlackSuit
Yep, definitely everyone else's fault he's a failed opposition leader. The "evil BBC"
What do they say about bad workmen?
@pumpkinpilot
I think tactical voting when organised en masse goes against the principle of 1 man 1 vote, something my uncle was killed protesting for. I think a single person doing so is okay but when nasty women with an axe to grind (Gina Miller) take other peoples' money to do so on a large scale is cheating the system. I think vote swapping websites go against the idea of democracy. We have secret ballots for a reason.
I'm very open to arguments that oppose my beliefs. I've spoilt my ballot twice, voted for Labour once and an Independent once. I don't vote blindly and I find it worrying that some "anyone but Tory" voters do. It's important to read and think and understand as opposed to be sucked in by your peer group or confirmation bias of the media you decide to read/ listen / watch.
The Tories are a safe pair of hands. From safely 'winning' (you know what I mean) two world wars, defending the Falklands, saving us from bankruptcy after the load from the IMF, a flourishing economy now with the rest of the EU treading water at best. They are a safe pair of hands and keep the country afloat when necessary because they make tough decisions when others fuck the NHS (Labour's PFI) or promise bank holidays.
In what way does increasing the amount of bank holidays we have in the UK (to bring us in to line with most of Europe) equate to promising a unicorn.
If you aspire to be like many European countries then you need to give your head a wobble. France is fucked (recent elections and economy). Germany is nervous (election coming, economy, political unrest) and smaller countries are crossing their fingers that they don't become the next Greece.
I likened it to a unicorn because it is a fucking idiotic thing to focus on and shows how desperately out of touch Corbyn is. As well as his forgetting that people have smart phones when he was caught out with the lying about seats on a train debacle. Politicians lie or bend the truth. I get that. For me, the worrying part of trainseatgate was his lack of understanding of this century.
Brexit is important. Bank holidays can take a backseat. A fish rots from the head and Corbyn is where the rot's beginning.
I am not saying that extra days would break the country. I'm saying that Corbyn is an idiot if he thinks that this is what should be being discussed.
If we are so poor as a country how can we afford brexit, over £70 billion in tax cuts for the wealthy and trident?
We are net contributors to the EU so you have a flawed argument with regard to Brexit. Brexit, in the world we live in, is a sad necessity. What do you know about MAD?
Also under the tories the national deficit has risen despite brutal cuts and the pound is in a terrible place.
I think you have the deficit and the national debt confused here. The Tories have been correcting the deficit (the difference between annual revenue and spend), it currently stands at about £63bn to £70bn from the high of £160bn in 2010. link
The national debt has not been reduced (or paid down) because in an environment of deficit, you are still borrowing your shortfall. These borrowing requirements add to the overall national debt that, as a result, increases.
I have been less patronising than you. I didn't suggest anyone "go and read about" (even you not understanding deficit and debt) and can you give me a single fact about which I was wrong?
@53rdWay
We already have PR systems in three out of the four U.K. countries. Seems to work okay?
Yes, they're flourishing! Sorry. Sarcasm is wrong. They have high unemployment, low GDP and need the 4th UK country to support them financially.
Sorry, long post with a coffee break and walk to the post office inbetween!