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[Miles Quaritch]

https://twitter.com/Ed_Miliband/status/870355982056136704

It'd be interesting to see what would happen if a future leader of a party behaved like this. Would it lower the bar of politics (can it be lowered any further?) or would it push it further in the direction of personality politics?

 

[Beefy]

Brianelects

Here's how we think the result would look if the election were held today:

CON 362 (+32)
LAB 206 (-26)

Read more: https://t.co/MlYKM1LC7q https://t.co/OJuktlWbfO

 

[Par Score]

https://twitter.com/Ed_Miliband/status/870355982056136704

If only they'd let Ed be Ed at the last GE :c

 

[Faddy]

https://twitter.com/Ed_Miliband/status/870355982056136704

Miliband is being absolutely savage on Twitter. Glad he is seeking re-election. He could be just the man for the job of heading up the nationalisation program.

 

[Beefy]

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[gun_haver]

Miliband is being absolutely savage on Twitter. Glad he is seeking re-election. He could be just the man for the job of heading up the nationalisation program.

I'm pretty sure I saw somebody in this topic make that same joke yesterday. I'm sure it's been made a few thousand times over the UK as well.

Ed is and will forever be a stiff.

 

[Faddy]

Brianelects

Here's how we think the result would look if the election were held today:

CON 362 (+32)
LAB 206 (-26)

Read more: https://t.co/MlYKM1LC7q https://t.co/OJuktlWbfO

Quiet. I will delude myself with the YouGov polls until I burst out in tears at the exit poll.

 

[Kotetsu534]

Damn Ed is really trying to cement himself as the best PM we never had. Brutal.

 

[chromatic9]

At least Andrew Neil didn't ask anything about Christianity. Some here were expecting so, and for it to be a large part.

I wonder where the Lib Dems would be if they went all out for the EU. I remember people saying that at the start they should do that, here we are and the Lib Dems in the polls look dead sadly.

 

[Spaghetti]

https://twitter.com/Ed_Miliband/status/870355982056136704

Comment robbed from Twitter, but: "Ed Milibanter."

 

[IdreamofHIME]

Ed is Twitters George Costanza. You stick a mic in front of him and he buckles, give him time to think and he's hilarious.
His appearance on the Last Leg the other month was poor. He was a good sport for how much they made fun of him, but lacked any of his Twitter wit.

 

[Spaghetti]

Quiet. I will delude myself with the YouGov polls until I burst out in tears at the exit poll.

Considering the Conservatives were still meant to pick up 100+ seats or something daft like that, this is still a blow.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

At least Andrew Neil didn't ask anything about Christianity. Some here were expecting so, and for it to be a large part.

I wonder where the Lib Dems would be if they went all out for the EU. I remember people saying that at the start they should do that, here we are and the Lib Dems in the polls look dead sadly.

I feel the question of leaving the EU is done for most people, they've moved on to just wanting to make sure they aren't too negatively impacted by the exit more than anything. At least that's the sense I get from talking to a few work colleagues and friends.

No-one wants a second referendum and while it one wasn't binding either, not carrying it out doesn't play well with people, even those who voted remain.

 

[Faddy]

At least Andrew Neil didn't ask anything about Christianity. Some here were expecting so, and for it to be a large part.

I wonder where the Lib Dems would be if they went all out for the EU. I remember people saying that at the start they should do that, here we are and the Lib Dems in the polls look dead sadly.

It would have been tough to do it for 4 years and all through the talks but once the GE was called they should have immediately taken the hardest anti-Brexit line possible.

 

[tuxfool]

Quiet. I will delude myself with the YouGov polls until I burst out in tears at the exit poll.

Here is a cure for that delusion:

Labour's reliance on non-voters

you should fix your problems as early as possible.

 

[Dorsal Axe]

+32 seats for the Conservatives is still worse than most projections. May's tenure would be over pretty quick for bungling up what should have been a goddamn coronation that badly.

 

[Chocolate & Vanilla]

Comment robbed from Twitter, but: "Ed Milibanter."

I prefer the term Milibants

 

[Miles Quaritch]

+32 seats for the Conservatives is still worse than most projections. May's tenure would be over pretty quick for bungling up what should have been a goddamn coronation that badly.

I think she'll survive, as much as the Tories love to backstab each other and get rid of perceived weak leaders, they can't afford to have another leadership contest so soon after an election.

 

[D4Danger]

she'll be the brexit sacrifice when it goes to shit. The Tories will stab her in the back at the first opportunity.

I still think they'll be another election within a year of the brexit deal.

 

[WhatNXt]

+32 seats for the Conservatives is still worse than most projections. May's tenure would be over pretty quick for bungling up what should have been a goddamn coronation that badly.

They don't deserve to gain 32 seats by any stretch of the imagination. They don't deserve to gain a single one.

I'll hold no false hopes but I'll be praying for a far better outcome than that. I want the British people to earn some respect and show they're not absolute idiots. Because waving through that non specific carte blanche manifesto and rewarding the social and political ineptitude of recent weeks would be exactly that. A hung Parliament would be preferable to me if Labour can't win.

 

[Ravensmash]

That Britain elects forecast is sobering....

 

[ferrasvansen]

That Britain elects forecast is sobering....

If the current polling momentum keeps up that forcast will be very different next week, given how political momentum is hard to stop if i was a Conservative i would be very worried.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

Damn Ed is really trying to cement himself as the best PM we never had. Brutal.

But he looks funny when he eats tho

 

[Beefy]

Some old white women starting go crazy at me on Twitter. She is a Tory supporter who was saying how shit Corbyn was. So I said least he turned up. The went on a rant about Labour would be a disaster, so I posted the G7 shit, she said that report means nothing because the Independent isn't in print anymore. Then I linked her the poverty data and she said Austerity was working. 🤔

 

[ferrasvansen]

Some old white women starting go crazy at me on Twitter. She is a Tory supporter who was saying how shit Corbyn was. So I said least he turned up. The went on a rant about Labour would be a disaster, so I posted the G7 shit, she said that report means nothing because the Independent isn't in print anymore. Then I linked her the poverty data and she said Austerity was working. 🤔

Sounds like a tory in true panic mode, noticed a lot of that last few days.

 

[Coriolanus]

Some old white women starting go crazy at me on Twitter. She is a Tory supporter who was saying how shit Corbyn was. So I said least he turned up. The went on a rant about Labour would be a disaster, so I posted the G7 shit, she said that report means nothing because the Independent isn't in print anymore. Then I linked her the poverty data and she said Austerity was working. 🤔

It is.

Britain’s billionaires have seen their net worth more than double since the recession, with the richest 1,000 families now controlling a total of £547bn.

While average UK incomes have yet to recover from the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, with thousands still flocking to food banks, the financial elite have emerged not only with their fortunes intact, but holding a larger than ever slice of the cake.

Their assets have increased from £258bn in 2009, a rise of more than 112%, according to the 2015 Sunday Times Rich List. The past 12 months saw the biggest bounce for the UK super-rich in six years, and London now has 80 billionaires, up from 72 last year – more than any other world city.

from 2015, mind, but not much has changed.

 

[Sheentak]

The Britain elects polls has just crushed me

 

[D4Danger]

The Britain elects polls has just crushed me

told you not to get your hopes up.

 

[Beefy]

Sounds like a tory in true panic mode, noticed a lot of that last few days.

It is.



from 2015, mind, but not much has changed.

I had to mute her. She said there was no such thing as poverty in the UK....

 

[ferrasvansen]

I had to mute her. She said there was no such thing as poverty in the UK....

She probably thinks the world is flat too, unreal delusion in action.

 

[Spaghetti]

It is.

from 2015, mind, but not much has changed.

Fucking trickle down economics, man.

 

[Beefy]

She probably thinks the world is flat too, unreal delusion in action.

She said you can't call it poverty as it isn't as bad as Africa. Can't be debating with people that think that shit

 

[ferrasvansen]

She said you can't call it poverty as it isn't as bad as Africa. Can't be debating with people that think that shit

She really should leave that bubble world and go outside, maybe check out a food bank or 10. Poverty is poverty regardless of which continent it occurs in.

 

[Fernando Fernandez]

The Mail, The Express, The Sun, The Times and The Telegraph all in attack mode tomorrow. Our papers are disgusting.

 

[Hazzuh]

The Times circling the wagon around May:

 

[Izuna]

Found my polling card underneath all this spam. I guess my flatmates don't know what one looks like since they DON'T VOTE.

GAF tell me... Does Labour have a big shot at this? Should I refrain from voting my party just so we kick out the Tories?

 

[gun_haver]

The Times circling the wagon around May:

didn't corbyn JUST come out and say specifically that they wouldn't do this?

i mean i wish they would but he just said he wouldn't.

 

[Real Hero]

Found my polling card underneath all this spam. I guess my flatmates don't know what one looks like since they DON'T VOTE.

GAF tell me... Does Labour have a big shot at this? Should I refrain from voting my party just so we kick out the Tories?

You should vote for whoever will get the Tories out where you are

 

[Miles Quaritch]

GAF ads on point!

 

[Spaghetti]

The Times circling the wagon around May:

Ah, the old hits.

TBH, it worked last time, so...

 

[Faddy]

The Times circling the wagon around May:

The PM missing from the front page of the Times as well.

 

[Izuna]

You should vote for whoever will get the Tories out where you are

Oh, I just looked. This is a hardcore Labour area. May as well vote for my homeboys (voting from my term time address)

 

[ferrasvansen]

Funny thing, tories realised such attacks were not working. Yet the tory press keeps trying to lower the tone over and over and every day poll gap shrinks. Keep it going please.

 

[Real Hero]

Funny thing, tories realised such attacks were not working. Yet the tory press keeps trying to lower the tone over and over and every day poll gap shrinks. Keep it going please.

It'll work.

 

[ferrasvansen]

It'll work.

Has not worked yet, reminds me of the brexit and trump headlines and people ignored them.

 

[mo60]

It'll work.

There's a point were super negative and consistent attacks against one party or person doesn't work. The 2015 federal election in Canada was an example of this.

 

[D4Danger]

The Mail frontpage is glorious.

"Corbyn's Sly Death Tax Trap"

it's about inheritance rate dropping or something

they even managed to get Diana on there for 50 extra bonus points.

 

[Real Hero]

There's a point were super negative and consistent attacks against one party or person doesn't work. The 2015 federal election in Canada was an example of this.

We are British not Canadians though, we thrive on negativity (I'm being negative right now!)

 

[Theonik]

Fuck it let's do this boiiis.🌹

 

[Starwolf_UK]

I guess question time are going to have to review who they pick for their audience after this:
https://twitter.com/EL4JC/status/870405393780019204
What did I just watch? Why did it take the audience so long to boo.