Baron Corbyn posted:

only if Corbyn loses, and oval office should be pluralised.

Gorn Myson posted:

Don't vote Labour, they only mean danger.

toiletbrush posted:

I overslept so didnt manage to vote this morning, but will be voting Labour later on, same as my brother and sister-in-law. Alas despite my brother being extremely well read on politics, working (loosely) in the field and thoroughly schooling us all on why we should vote labour, my parents are both voting conservative. My dad's reason is that he thinks the tories will be better for the economy - are there any articles or videos from economists explaining the implications one way or the other? I remember there were some great ones for Brexit.

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Thanks for info but sorry not changed my mind. I have lived and worked through left wing labour governments before, which none of you have, pre maggie. It was a disaster in so many ways. Also worked in a unionised environment where there was intimidation to vote for a specific person etc. etc. I never want to go back to that.

Also having lived in NI for 10 years no matter what party Corbyn stood for I would not vote for someone who supported the IRA. You can give me all the spiel about talking etc. He supported them and I would go so far as to say encouraged them. That is not to say I am excusing the poor NI government situation then or the bad deal Catholics had etc. nor the terrorism from the Protestant side but I can never vote for terrorist supporters. If he was conservative I would not support him, or anyone else with that view. I feel some things are bigger than party politics this being a major one in my mind.

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Nothing has changed. Every labour government since the war has ended up with a country with no money. A bad job when the IMF were running our economy!!! back under Healey. You can't ignore history, you learn from it.

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2 things - remember the famous note "no money left", secondly until 2015 was a coalition and conservatives had to do some things things Lib Dems wanted not purely their own policy.

ronya posted:

https://twitter.com/tombradby/status/872384722802003972

hm

ronya posted:

interesting that at least someone else thinks about the hat-in-hand-to-the-IMF fiasco

(the labour left reading of events is BETRAYAL BY THE LABOUR RIGHT WHO SECRETLY WANTED AUSTERITY, for the curious)

my own reading is that Corbyn plays the mystique of old Labour more than the substance; compare all the buzz about 'costings', which implicitly acknowledge the desirability of a balance structural budget, to the 1983 manifesto

forkboy84 posted:

Here's something absurd from The Sun

https://twitter.com/pointlesslettrs/status/872800581655699456

Normally this sort of speculative fiction pish is Daily Mail fodder but seems The Sun is branching out. Stare in slack-jawed wonder at the idea that a PM could be close to a union leader agitating for a general strike.

xtothez posted:

What's with all these people referencing the 3-day week in relation to Labour when it was a loving Tory policy that Labour repealed?

ronya posted:

interesting that at least someone else thinks about the hat-in-hand-to-the-IMF fiasco

(the labour left reading of events is BETRAYAL BY THE LABOUR RIGHT WHO SECRETLY WANTED AUSTERITY, for the curious)

my own reading is that Corbyn plays the mystique of old Labour more than the substance; compare all the buzz about 'costings', which implicitly acknowledge the desirability of a balance structural budget, to the 1983 manifesto

communism bitch posted:

I know that even less hope isn't what the thread wants just at this moment, but for those sweet few who are daring to hope - remember that even if the jam socialist squeaks through and manages to form a minority government he will be held to ransom by the PLP backbenchers, and very likely forced to compromise on almost every part of his manifesto.

xtothez posted:

What's with all these people referencing the 3-day week in relation to Labour when it was a loving Tory policy that Labour repealed?

minema posted:

Where does the best live text coverage for election night, BBC?

minema posted:

Where does the best live text coverage for election night, BBC?

mfcrocker posted:

Voted Labour in Bristol West around 7 hours ago now. Got tomorrow off so I can depress myself in realtime.

More important question: beer or rum tonight?

staberind posted:

weed

minema posted:

Where does the best live text coverage for election night, BBC?

mfcrocker posted:

Voted Labour in Bristol West around 7 hours ago now. Got tomorrow off so I can depress myself in realtime.

More important question: beer or rum tonight?

communism bitch posted:

mfcrocker posted:

Voted Labour in Bristol West around 7 hours ago now. Got tomorrow off so I can depress myself in realtime.

More important question: beer or rum tonight?

Szmitten posted:

3 Labour votes in Tory stronghold North Thanet (Dad said he hadn't voted Labour since his first vote back in the 70s and he hated Corbyn a few weeks ago). Seemed empty baring the wobbly and motorised living dead, much like last year. There was a Tory rosette outside counting turnout, which is interesting because apparently they've been emailing members warning that the turnout is high.

Dabir posted:

It's a stick to beat the Tories with and they still try this magic money tree poo poo, are you genuinely this tedious irl or are you doing it for a joke

Jeherrin posted:

11:30am voter reporting in. Glasgow Central. Polling station wasn't dead, but not busy—hope that it picks up at lunchtime. Voted for the jam man, even though it won't make a difference here because the SNP have fooled everyone into thinking they're some kind of socially progressive left party (Tartan Tories, anyone...?)

#allotmentsforeveryone

Prince John posted:

gently caress, I didn't actually know this. I mean, I probably read it at some point, but it had totally seeped into my subconscious. Aargh.

Edit: Do any of our 27 Conservative voters fancy giving some thoughts behind their vote?

Prince John posted:

Is that you, Ober?

I can't cope with all the changing names and avatars and fake Pissflapses

Gorn Myson posted:

Just voted Labour in Beaconsfield, which is basically a wasted vote because the Tories are holding that seat even if Dominic Grieve shoved leaflets through everyones doors asking us to legalise paedophilia but specifically for Muslims.