[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by DemolitionRed

I am surprised by much of what is going on with the Tories. Why have they brought up fox hunting. It's highly unpopular amongst most voters, as is their backtracking on the domestic ivory trade. The UK is famously a nation of animal lovers. People like foxes and elephants. Why risk pissing their voters off over something like this?

It also shows they've just thrown this manifesto together out of odd ideas written on the back of a napkin

This is what I cant get my head around,it's like she really doesn't want to win and pass the weight of government onto someone else,I think it's political suicide myself,I do ask WHY?

[DemolitionRed]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

This is what I cant get my head around,it's like she really doesn't want to win and pass the weight of government onto someone else,I think it's political suicide myself,I do ask WHY?

Its either that or its arrogance. I think its the former.

The Conservative government, including May, believe that leaving the EU is political suicide but now Mays left facing what she probably considers an impossible mandate and she doesn't want to take responsibility for collapsing the whole country.

People have been rendered speechless by her manifesto and she keeps gleefully reminding us that she only needs to lose six more seats!

[Northern Monkey]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

This is what I cant get my head around,it's like she really doesn't want to win and pass the weight of government onto someone else,I think it's political suicide myself,I do ask WHY?

I think it's more arrogance that she knows she guaranteed the win and is pushing through as much as she can.
If this was a close thing she wouldn't dream of adding fox hunting to the agenda.It's certainly not a vote winner.

[DemolitionRed]

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey

I think it's more arrogance that she knows she guaranteed the win and is pushing through as much as she can.
If this was a close thing she wouldn't dream of adding fox hunting to the agenda.It's certainly not a vote winner.

If its arrogance, the Tories already believe they exist in a one party state.

Forcing the elderly sick to pay equity to the government (instead of passing on to next of kin)
Increases to interest rates on student loans,
Refusal to increase the minimum wage,
Reductions to corporation tax,
Cuts to the NHS (won’t rule out privatisation)
An entirely volunteered repeat-vote on fox-hunting, openly supporting the hugely unpopular blood-sport
Re-legalising the immoral ivory trade
Restrictions to what British citizens can see on the internet, introducing North Korea-style censorship and state propaganda
http://evolvepolitics.com/theresa-ma...mething-weird/

[Northern Monkey]

Originally Posted by DemolitionRed

If its arrogance, the Tories already believe they exist in a one party state.

Forcing the elderly sick to pay equity to the government (instead of passing on to next of kin)
Increases to interest rates on student loans,
Refusal to increase the minimum wage,
Reductions to corporation tax,
Cuts to the NHS (won’t rule out privatisation)
An entirely volunteered repeat-vote on fox-hunting, openly supporting the hugely unpopular blood-sport
Re-legalising the immoral ivory trade
Restrictions to what British citizens can see on the internet, introducing North Korea-style censorship and state propaganda
http://evolvepolitics.com/theresa-ma...mething-weird/

Yeah I recognise this.It's even triggered me to vote Corbyn ffs

[Kizzy]

I wonder what these targetted ads look like on FB.... It's unbelievable they can get away with not disclosing the content of them, they could be saying all kinds of half truths and untruths... :/

If you have received one anybody screen shot it for me

[Brillopad]

Labour did a pretty good job of running us into the ground which is why no one voted for them. People have short memories.

[reece(:]

Originally Posted by Brillopad

Labour did a pretty good job of running us into the ground which is why no one voted for them. People have short memories.

We weren't even as bad off then as we are now

[Brillopad]

Originally Posted by reece(:

We weren't even as bad off then as we are now

I think there are many different reasons for that. Don't get me wrong the Tories are far from perfect, but I don't see Labour as our rescuers I'm afraid.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Brillopad

Labour did a pretty good job of running us into the ground which is why no one voted for them. People have short memories.

People aren't voting for Labour because Labour aren't telling people that the EU is "bad" that all Muslims are "bad" and any other popularist opinions that people want Labour to think but aren't because they know that those ideas don't work.

Labour aren't the best option for me, but they're damnsight better than the current Government who's whole aim is to make people feel frightened, miserable, and hateful, that's not a party that's running the country well, in fact it's a sign of a very incompetent party that doesn't know how to run a country.