Jeremy or Theresa: Who's Going to be kicked into the Long Grass Come June?  I K R: Well there's Teresa May who was pro EU but now forced to the other side or Jeremy Corbyn who was a EU skeptic up to the point when it mattered most. Teresa May is promoting herself as the peoples friend, she keeps saying hard brexit  but she doesnt get any further than that.....I dont trust her.Jeremy Corbyn's judgement is so bad he's got a weird romantic fixation with Diane Abbott.....he shouldn't trust himself  regardless of Brexit he's unelectable, his heart is in the right place but his head is elsewhere.I think it will be a landslide victory for the tories ....will that be a good thing?....not really Not the most exciting choice...its just deciding who is worse! ghostgeek: Theresa may not be exciting, but she is formidable. Unless there's been a cock-up of monumental proportions with the opinion polls, she's going to slaughter Jeremy.  briansmythe:  More elections Hey Oh well get used to , It all fell apart here years ago , New PM every 6 months lol briansmythe: Dosent look like much of a choice tho I seen a lady on the news going oh not again lol (Edited by briansmythe) I K R: lol Brenda? !  well at least its gonna be short n sweet Maybe they'll get the message this time Geoff: And sat on the sidelines are Tim Nice-But-Dim Farron and Nicola Face-Like-An-Arseful-Of-Lemons Sturgeon. Parliament is going to end up rather confused, unless Theresa May has something hidden up her sleeves. Which I somehow doubt.  chronology: Like ghost says Therasa is going to slaughter Jeremy at the election. Labour have only themselves to blame. Britain is not and never will have a social democratic electorate. Offering Jeremy in an election is like serving steak in vegetarian restaurant. The best labour ever did was with Tony Blair, who was more conservative than labour. But get ready for slashing public service cuts and attacks on workers pay and benefits. Not that many people loos sleep over that in England.  duncan124: Don't get too excited about it it is not an election. A link to Ghostgeeks other threads...... Don't hurt yourselves with the unelectable and the uneatable. I K R: Tony Blair!!?? OMG!!! His government introduced outrageous tax credits....they were just throwing money at people ....not to mention the war....after which he went to the ME being a UN peace keeper!! He was threatening to come back into politics not long ago.....Someone must of had a word in his ear. Geoff: Yeah, lets remember that most people in the UK care about schools and the NHS. If you want either, then don't vote Tory. At least Corbyn won't dodgy up any dossiers to validate an invasion, and he won't forget his Kipling and do something stupid like invade Afghanistan. The problem is all the Daily Mail/Express reading tossers who constantly vote against their own interests.  dave3974: since labour lost intrest in working people it was on the road to oblivion , the tory party now would be too left wing for blair ---so roll on the next tory government Geoff: Wait... people claim Corbyn is too socialist... but he doesn't care about working people? And you think the Tories do?  ForjeryBanana: Labour will: • build a million new homes in five years, at least half being social housing, paid by a public investment strategy. • protect employment rights, end exploitative zero hours contracts, act against undercutting of pay and conditions through the exploitation of migrant labour. • end NHS privatization, bringing services into a secure, publicly provided NHS, integrated with social care for older and disabled people, centrally funded across the board. • build a new National Education Service, open to all throughout their lives; universal childcare to give all children a good start in life, allowing greater sharing of caring responsibilities and removing barriers to women participating in the labour market. Bring about the progressive restoration of free education for all; guaranteed quality apprenticeships and adult skills training. • put conflict resolution and human rights at the heart of foreign policy, committed to working through the United Nations, ending support for aggressive wars of intervention and back effective action to alleviate the refugee crisis. ghostgeek: Would helping defend Estonia from a Russian invasion be classed as an aggressive war of intervention? ghostgeek: How do you protect employment rights in an age where technological advances are making workers redundant? The Financial Times has now reported that at least 3,700 shop workers have already been made redundant from leading UK store chains as a result of new technology rendering many low-skilled jobs obsolete. [ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/uk-retailers-cut-4000-staff-national-minimum-wage-john-lewis-sainsburys-tesco-new-effect-employees-a7641261.html ] ghostgeek: But in private, retail executives concede that sharp increases in the minimum wage have lent urgency to their efforts to use workers more efficiently, by investing in technology that makes many low-skilled jobs obsolete. “On a personal level, we all want to pay our workers more,” said a top executive at one large retailer that has recently announced redundancies. “But there’s going to be unintended consequences from what the government is doing. Automation that used to be too expensive is now cheaper than the people it can replace.” [ https://www.ft.com/content/d38c30b8-0a3c-11e7-97d1-5e720a26771b ] ghostgeek: If Jeremy and the Labour Party come along and make it more onerous for companies to employ people, surely the net effect will be more investment in technology and fewer jobs? | Politics Chat Room 34 People Chatting
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