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Old 18-04-2017, 09:49 PM #1
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Default UK General election June 8 2017

After today's news I think it'll be best to have one main thread to discuss everything as the campaigning gets underway and the country goes to the polls again for a national vote for the third time in three years

Tomorrow's front pages:

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Latest poll since the announcement



Timeline for the election

Wednesday 19 April: The debate on an early dissolution of Parliament. The other major event of the day will be PMQs.

Tuesday 2 May: The final sitting day available to the Commons and Lords.

Wednesday 3 May: Dissolution day

Thursday 4 May: Local and mayoral elections and (possibly) the Manchester Gorton by-election.

Thursday 11 May: Deadline for nominations

Monday 22 May: Deadline for registering to vote

Thursday 8 June: Polling Day

Still the formality of May getting enough support in the Commons tomorrow to overturn the fixed parliament act but Labour and the Lib Dems are going to support the motion and the SNP have said they won't oppose it so it should easily pass

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I honestly think she's made a very risky move doing this. Is it possible she's completely underestimated the anti Brexit vote?
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I honestly think she's made a very risky move doing this. Is it possible she's completely underestimated the anti Brexit vote?
I don't think that's too signifcant considering the statistics of Tory support since Brexit, tbh.
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I honestly think she's made a very risky move doing this. Is it possible she's completely underestimated the anti Brexit vote?
the 48% anti brexit vote may give labour , snp , plaed and libs an extra few percent but theyre still light years behind...conversely the 52% brexiteers will vote may and ukip
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emily idiotberry avoided the brexit questions and claimed labour are the party for the economy? lol ...why does anyone think this idiot and dianne "all brexiteers are racists" abbott are going to do anything other than lay the tory landlside victory on a plate
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I honestly think she's made a very risky move doing this. Is it possible she's completely underestimated the anti Brexit vote?
There's more pro-Brexit and anti-remoaners. The disgusting antics of the remoaners who have tried to overturn a public vote because it didn't go their way has fuelled an anti-remoaners movement. And Corbyn would open the flood gates putting us all at Considerable risk. People aren't stupid.
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No doubt Brexit will be a massive decider in this.However there are areas who will always be blue or red and dont ever change.Many Labour areas will always be Labour even if they voted leave.Those areas of the north who were hit worst by Thatcher in the eighties.It is engrained in those communities that the Tories are bad.
I'm in a very strong Labour area so it's usually pointless me voting.
Anyway.I have no horse in this race but it's going to interesting spectating.

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...only interest for myself will be how few bother to vote......................

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Interesting time, as one commentator pointed out this morning TM has managed to convince us all that she is a steadfast, thoughtful leader who makes a decision and sticks to it, yet she is nothing of the sort, she did a U turn on being a remainer, she has done a U turn on the country not needing a snap election in favour of a steady hand on the ship, what will she do a U turn on next, hard Brexit? don't be surprised
I don't believe she was ever a remain supporter,as Home Secretary she said very little indeed in the campaign.
More deceit from her.

I think she expected remain to win and presented herself as a remain supporter in order to position herself to take over from David Cameron when he decided to go.

I don't trust anything she says and never have,believing her to be a truly hopeless Home Secretary too.
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I don't believe she was ever a remain supporter,as Home Secretary she said very little indeed in the campaign.
More deceit from her.
I think she expected remain to win and presented herself as a remain supporter in order to position herself to take over from David Cameron when he decided to go.

I don't trust anything she says and never have,believing her to be a truly hopeless Home Secretary too.
All supposition, nothing more. If you support Corbyn then it's quite bizarre that you feel you can accuse any other politician of being 'hopeless'.
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Let me put this scenario to you

A white haired gentleman, who is a darling of the left of the Labour Party and is party leader. He goes up against a female leader of the conservative party and prime minister in a general election, she calls, and he is roundly beaten giving her a majority in parliament of well over 100+ seats.

Does this scenario seem far fetched or familiar?

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It was Michael Foot versus Margaret Thatcher in the 1983 General Election.

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The 1983 UK general election was held on 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945.

The opposition vote split almost evenly between the SDP/Liberal Alliance and Labour. With its worst performance since 1918, the Labour vote fell by over 3 million from 1979 and this accounted for both a national swing of almost 4% towards the Conservatives and their larger parliamentary majority of 144, even though the Conservatives' total vote did fall slightly
Sadly I can not find any Labour Party election broadcasts from 1983, so this news clip will have to suffice



So does anyone else see a parallel with current events?

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1983 again, on steroids
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100.00 off energy bills for workers, what does that mean, and given they have gone up 100.00 recently it just takes people back to where they started, and won't make up for those tax hikes
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The sun and the mail putting the boot in.... hmmm Mr Murdock switched alliances again?
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Mrs May has dropped a little in the polls since she confirmed keeping foreign aid but hasn't confirmed the triple pension lock or no tax rises, its almost like she doesn't want the job, Brexit is a true poisoned chalice
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Do we believe the tories are polling to win Wales?..... no way boyo!


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Well worth a tenner on the nose


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Lest we forget...



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I would rather live with Jeremy Corbyn's gentle dithering in pursuit of a better world than give May a mandate to destroy what remains of British democracy.

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Pretty easy choice for me

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The problem is that as with 1983, the labour leader is so unpopular, if you look at the lead the Conservative Party has, people will rather have May than Corbyn, just like in 1983 they preferred Thatcher to Foot.

It does not matter what Corbyn or Labour promises, this is a re-run of 1983 and May is on course to a 200+ majority (unfortunately)

I have read the runes and they point to 1983
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Final PMQ's in 28mins
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The problem is that as with 1983, the labour leader is so unpopular, if you look at the lead the Conservative Party has, people will rather have May than Corbyn, just like in 1983 they preferred Thatcher to Foot.

It does not matter what Corbyn or Labour promises, this is a re-run of 1983 and May is on course to a 200+ majority (unfortunately)

I have read the runes and they point to 1983
Mine point to 1984

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If I hear a tory say 'strong and stable' one more time.... who's idea was this mind ****ery?
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