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Nov 2019
9:02pm, 22 Nov 2019
779 posts
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Roberto
Strange format tonight. Get 4 questions at once, and then listen to them answer the first one before taking more random questions from the audience.
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Nov 2019
9:03pm, 22 Nov 2019
15,602 posts
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Bazoaxe
The problem is that Boris seems to come out as the most credible of a bad bunch and I fear we are on the path to a Tory majority and a Brexit that is bad for the majority.
Labour and the Lib Dems have a lot to answer for in this mess.
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Nov 2019
9:12pm, 22 Nov 2019
20,059 posts
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TRO Saracen
Sturgeon was slick, in control and pretty convincing. A fine leader. Trouble is that it’s blindingly obvious that she’d run absolute rings round Corbyn; the contrast was stark.
I’d anticipate a reprise of the ‘coalition of chaos’ Milliband poking out of Salmond’s top pocket campaigning which damaged Ed.
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Nov 2019
9:13pm, 22 Nov 2019
35,959 posts
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Derby Tup
Sadly I think you’re right Baz
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Nov 2019
9:22pm, 22 Nov 2019
9,756 posts
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Torry Quine
I'm watching on catchup but oh deary me, Jo Swinson is terrible. She's sounding like she hasn't done her homework and trying to claim the dog ate it.
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Nov 2019
9:28pm, 22 Nov 2019
15,603 posts
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Bazoaxe
A coalition with the snp is no good to labour if the snp get independence as labour then go to a minority government.
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Nov 2019
9:35pm, 22 Nov 2019
33,338 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
Bazo, if there was independence there would be a GE because UK would have fundamentally changed. England (n Wales n NI) could then be their own election on their own terms. Labour Lib Dem and Tories would have a straight fight.
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Nov 2019
9:41pm, 22 Nov 2019
15,604 posts
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Bazoaxe
It’s hard to see how labour could ever hope to form a U.K. government without Scotland.
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Nov 2019
9:48pm, 22 Nov 2019
22,917 posts
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Johnny Blaze
I think the beasting given to Johnson and Swinson was a direct consequence of their responsibility for austerity. Plus, Johnson clearly, and rightly, is not trusted by many people, so add that into the mix. Corbyn doesn't have a governmental record to defend and Sturgeon is primarily a Scottish politician and not a Westminster politician so they both get to avoid some of the charges laid against Swinson and Johnson.
But leaving that aside, I think Corbyn and Sturgeon handled audience pushback better. Swinson came across as pleading desperately for another chance and Johnson answered questions about the Tory record with deflections and criticism of Labour. Not good.
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Nov 2019
9:53pm, 22 Nov 2019
5,827 posts
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jda
"Ever" is a long time. Blair easily won large majorities excluding the Scotland results. Of course parties evolve in their positions, as does the electorate.
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