Topic: UK Politics - Generation Tory

[BlufPurdi]

Old thread here - https://www.newcastle-online.org/forum/index.php?topic=98768.0

Get on with it then.

[BlufPurdi]

“In 2010, we thought because they’d won the election, they’d won the argument about austerity – they hadn’t. We thought in 2015 because they’d won the election, they’d won the argument about welfare – they hadn’t. We mustn’t make that mistake again.”

Pretty much all I wanted to hear.

This is exactly what the likes of Kinnock are trying to do now with Brexit as well.

The same Kinnock’s who wanted a second referendum at every turn

Is that actually true, wasn't he one of the consistent soft Brexit people?

[Tomato Deuce]

Let’s see if Scotland f***s off before the next thread

[Troll]

Nah.  Last thread covered two years, and there's no way they're getting another referendum under Boris.  Bet he's desperate for them to copy Catalonia so he can throw Sturgeon in jail.

[BlufPurdi]

Truth.

[Ian W]

Can we remove Johnson from the title?

[madras]

Can we remove Johnson from the title?

How about "40 New Hospitals watch "

[Disco]

Aka the the latest edition of punishment toward Newcastle and the North East.

[madras]

Aka the the latest edition of punishment toward Newcastle and the North East.

Ooh I think it'll be more wide ranging than that.

[Bizza]

Can we remove Johnson from the title?

Aye, just rename it The Tory Millennia and have done with it.

[Raconteur]

No doubt some "Corbynistas" will burn down Westminster so they can do away with all that voting malarkey. Nice new brown shirts for the coolest, most hip Brexiteers will be next.

[LiquidAK]

Reading that Guardian article it has to be Starmer at the moment, early in the campaign though it is, I'm on board. Bit concerned about his charisma and being seen as too middle-class, despite what he says about his parents in the article, but in terms of bringing the party together he'd be great.

[mrmojorisin75]

Reading that Guardian article it has to be Starmer at the moment, early in the campaign though it is, I'm on board. Bit concerned about his charisma and being seen as too middle-class, despite what he says about his parents in the article, but in terms of bringing the party together he'd be great.

i'm checking out so not that bothered but if they appoint someone who can't appeal to the centrists they might as well turn the lights off tbh

[mrmojorisin75]

Can we remove Johnson from the title?

Aye, just rename it The Tory Millennia and have done with it.

what's the longest anyone has been in power?  tories looking good for 24 years minimum atm

[kingkerouac]

Reading that Guardian article it has to be Starmer at the moment, early in the campaign though it is, I'm on board. Bit concerned about his charisma and being seen as too middle-class, despite what he says about his parents in the article, but in terms of bringing the party together he'd be great.

Trumpson went to Eton, so if the 'working-class' can elect him, Starmer will be fine.

[Shay's Given Tim Flowers]

Can we remove Johnson from the title?

Aye, just rename it The Tory Millennia and have done with it.

I nominate sliiiide to the right.

[GeordieMessiah]

Can we remove Johnson from the title?

Aye, just rename it The Tory Millennia and have done with it.

Could just subtitle it with the truth.

"Corbyn is a Loser"

[Shay's Given Tim Flowers]

Of the likely runners and riders I think Starmer has a chance of winning an election. I don't think anyone else gains more than about 20-30 seats.

[BlufPurdi]

Very surprised to see this:

Listening to @Keir_Starmer on #r4today railing against austerity, I wonder whether he might have a word with whoever was Director of Public Prosecutions in 2010, sitting silently by as the Crown Prosecution Service had its budget slashed by a 1/4 and its workforce cut by a third.

— The Secret Barrister (@BarristerSecret) December 18, 2019

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Thought they'd have his back at least.

[GeordieMessiah]

Of the likely runners and riders I think Starmer has a chance of winning an election. I don't think anyone else gains more than about 20-30 seats.

But sadly, because he's not a one-armed black lesbian wheelchair user single parent, he's not what the Momentum/Corbynite faction want to see at the helm, so his path will be blocked.


I mean, he's a Knight of the Realm, Queen's Counsel and incredibly intelligent and he still manages to empathise enough with the arse end of society to have altruistic tendencies, but it won't be good enough for the home-knitted jumper rebellion.

[Shay's Given Tim Flowers]

Very surprised to see this:

Listening to @Keir_Starmer on #r4today railing against austerity, I wonder whether he might have a word with whoever was Director of Public Prosecutions in 2010, sitting silently by as the Crown Prosecution Service had its budget slashed by a 1/4 and its workforce cut by a third.

— The Secret Barrister (@BarristerSecret) December 18, 2019

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Thought they'd have his back at least.

He's actually not universally liked in the profession. Politics and principle often don't tend to go seamlessly together.

[BlufPurdi]

Interesting. That tweet will be used a million times against him.

[Jimburst]

Of the likely runners and riders I think Starmer has a chance of winning an election. I don't think anyone else gains more than about 20-30 seats.

But sadly, because he's not a one-armed black lesbian wheelchair user single parent, he's not what the Momentum/Corbynite faction want to see at the helm, so his path will be blocked.


I mean, he's a Knight of the Realm, Queen's Counsel and incredibly intelligent and he still manages to empathise enough with the arse end of society to have altruistic tendencies, but it won't be good enough for the home-knitted jumper rebellion.

Fancying some attention today GM?

[Ian W]

Of the likely runners and riders I think Starmer has a chance of winning an election. I don't think anyone else gains more than about 20-30 seats.

But sadly, because he's not a one-armed black lesbian wheelchair user single parent, he's not what the Momentum/Corbynite faction want to see at the helm, so his path will be blocked.

I mean, he's a Knight of the Realm, Queen's Counsel and incredibly intelligent and he still manages to empathise enough with the arse end of society to have altruistic tendencies, but it won't be good enough for the home-knitted jumper rebellion.

Hopefully that’s absolutely bollocks, which it sounds like it is.

[GeordieMessiah]

Of the likely runners and riders I think Starmer has a chance of winning an election. I don't think anyone else gains more than about 20-30 seats.

But sadly, because he's not a one-armed black lesbian wheelchair user single parent, he's not what the Momentum/Corbynite faction want to see at the helm, so his path will be blocked.


I mean, he's a Knight of the Realm, Queen's Counsel and incredibly intelligent and he still manages to empathise enough with the arse end of society to have altruistic tendencies, but it won't be good enough for the home-knitted jumper rebellion.

Fancying some attention today GM?

As if that's not the sole reason for the existence of this forum? Or are you here for altruistic purposes, Jimbo?

Many thanks for the lovely welcome back after all these months, though.