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Westminstenders: Local Elections Madness

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RedToothBrush · 27/04/2019 22:37

This week has gone from banging your head against the wall to wanting to bang your head through it.

Labour have voted to support a 2nd ref as their EU election campaign strategy. Only for Corbyn to ignore it. And a row has broken out.

Change UK seem well on track to make everyone else look professional and to look as 'liberal elite' as humanly possible in a real life reverse paraody of themselves.

The Brexit Party is going from strength to strength with the most wtf candidates imaginable and Farage is happy cos his mate is coming to tea with the Queen.

The Liberal Democrats have decided that anti semitism is OK in an effort to keep Labour seats.

And the Conservatives. Where to start? Probably with the Tory Leadership Election infighting which looks suspiciously as if its now breached national security.

As for Brexit. No one really wants to talk about it. Local elections are next week. May is now apparently supporting the Malthouse Compromise. Be warned, it is difficult to see it as anything but a Trojan Horse for No Deal. Not that everyone has worked this out yet. But until we have the blood bath of the local elections over and done with on Thursday, don't expect much to happen.

Then expect the Tories to lose their minds...

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lonelyplanetmum · 30/04/2019 17:04

A Labour source said: "The NEC agreed the manifesto which will be fully in line with Labour’s existing policy; to support Labour’s alternative plan, and if we can’t get the necessary changes to the government’s deal, or a General Election, to back the option of a public vote.”

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DGRossetti · 30/04/2019 17:07

I think Labour are disappearing into ever decreasing circles, TBH.

They're never gonna win a General Election on a Brexit ticket.

tobee · 30/04/2019 17:09

Be interesting to see Tom Watson's next move. Will he put his money where his mouth is? Hmmm. Doubt he will.

prettybird · 30/04/2019 17:10

Hence Unison, usdaw and gmb saying that Corbyn and pals "are being delusional about likely consequences" Hmm

TheElementsSong · 30/04/2019 17:10

My interpretation is that Labour's order of preference is: (1) Labour unicorn-cake-warm-feelings-Brexit (2) General Election in which they believe they'll landslide to glorious socialist utopian power (3) Eurrrrghhh-oh-god-we-suppose-we'll-have-to-offer-it Referendum.

tobee · 30/04/2019 17:10

DG not sure they'll win an election on a remain one either.

Motheroffourdragons · 30/04/2019 17:10

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Random18 · 30/04/2019 17:11

This is really bad news though.

Labour could have had the majority of the Remain vote. Now it’s going to be split many ways.

Motheroffourdragons · 30/04/2019 17:13

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tobee · 30/04/2019 17:14

Len's still the king maker though so not sure how much the other unions can do?

Iambuffy · 30/04/2019 17:14

It'll have to be CUK for me I think

OublietteBravo · 30/04/2019 17:14

Hooray! I have DH’s proxy poll card for the local elections.

tobee · 30/04/2019 17:15

I would have been absolutely gobsmacked if the NEC had gone the other way though. It's so fucking predictable and hopeless.

Motheroffourdragons · 30/04/2019 17:16

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Songsofexperience · 30/04/2019 17:16

So disappointing... I will never vote Labour until Corbyn and clique are GONE.

DGRossetti · 30/04/2019 17:17

DG not sure they'll win an election on a remain one either

So we're in the weird situation where both the major political parties want to fuck 48% of the electorate up the arse without even so much as a reach around ?

Doesn't bode well for the future. That's how civil wars start.

Motheroffourdragons · 30/04/2019 17:18

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TheElementsSong · 30/04/2019 17:18

Everybody's hair on fire yet? Grin

OublietteBravo · 30/04/2019 17:18

Definitely not voting labour in the Europeans then. Looks like green are my best option for getting a pro-remain MEP.

tobee · 30/04/2019 17:21

DG I think you put that rather eloquently

tobee · 30/04/2019 17:23

I still stand by my prediction that the Labour Party will do worse out of Brexit in the long term rather than the Conservative Party. I think they will split first (if anyone does)

Iambuffy · 30/04/2019 17:23

The HofC atm is like a croissant dildo.

It doesnt do the job and makes a fucking mess.

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DGRossetti · 30/04/2019 17:23

Definitely not voting labour in the Europeans then. Looks like green are my best option for getting a pro-remain MEP.

I wasn't anyway, so no loss there. Voted Green and LD before, but I feel the LDs need some lovin' right now.

The question is how to vote in a GE ? Currently Labour incumbent who has done some good work, and who isn't a Corbynista ...

Littlespaces · 30/04/2019 17:25

Labour are beyond useless.