oowee Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 47 minutes ago, udderlyoffroad said: Ehh? That's precisely the issue. They're predicted to get 3 or 4 MPs, who might well be invited to join the 'coalition of chaos', to bolster Starmer's possible slim majority if he doesn't get the 326 MPs needed. In which case he might offer them some red meat/easy wins to get them on board. Banning things, that only a minority care about, is cheap and easy. Plaid will definitely get on board with banning those nasty blood sport-ists too, and I doubt Westminster SNP MPs are likely to object if offered the chance to 'turn left' as they enter the chamber. Hence why BASC has the 'write to your 'prospective parliamentary candidate' campaign going, only I presume they must remain somewhat neutral, so probably can't spell it out in those terms. Labour are predicted 400+ seats. That said 4 mp's for the greens in a coalition won't allow them to kick .... with a spectacularly unconstitutional policy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rewulf Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 28 minutes ago, oowee said: Labour are predicted 400+ seats. They are welcome to them, unless they completely reinvent themselves as a centre right party, they wont have them for long. The probable chaos they are going to preside over, will remind people why we dont vote labour in very often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 39 minutes ago, Rewulf said: They are welcome to them, unless they completely reinvent themselves as a centre right party, they wont have them for long. The probable chaos they are going to preside over, will remind people why we dont vote labour in very often. They would be taking over the highest tax regime ever. The economy in free fall and public services in dire straights. Indeed it's chaos. Lets hope they can make some sense of it. They are certainly positioned well. Hopefully they can do a Blair (2.4% growth and independent central bank) before they degenerate to previous form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 1 hour ago, oowee said: They would be taking over the highest tax regime ever. The economy in free fall and public services in dire straights. Indeed it's chaos. Lets hope they can make some sense of it. They are certainly positioned well. Hopefully they can do a Blair (2.4% growth and independent central bank) before they degenerate to previous form. WOW! I wasn't expecting that from you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 10 hours ago, udderlyoffroad said: My social medjia this morning is full of more (non-shooting-related doozies) from the Green manifesto; so I opened up the PDF again, and yep... Phasing out of nuclear power 4 day working week Cancel recent fossil fuel licences and introduce (another) carbon tax Ban all domestic flights where equivalent train journey is under 3 hrs Frequent flier levy, 'kerosene' subject to fuel duty All ICE vehicles off the road by 2035, ban on ICE sales by 2027, restoration of the fuel duty escalator, bring in road pricing, 20 mph default limit... It goes on and on, all a bit some animals are more equal than others for me. I'm honestly not sure what proportion of the electorate wants to be taxed even more for basics of daily life, let alone making an annual holiday even less affordable. But I'd put money of on the fact that 95% of people who vote for them haven't read their manifesto. That's before we get to their immigration policies. they are bat**** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 I have also read the greens manifesto, I think it's quite possible for them to get a lot more votes than expected, they are making the right noises to attract the young and wannabe young vote, take from the rich and give to the NHS for instance. Look at the alternatives sir smarmy or I didn't have sky TV growing up sunak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 2 hours ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: WOW! I wasn't expecting that from you. They all implode second / third term. They run out of ideas, infighting takes over the scandal is uncovered. In the case of Thatcher it was two terms before the bile of the right wing boiled through with the poll tax rebellion. With Blair his success was enough to see him through to a third term before the socialist uprising pulled him down. Where do we end up? Back where we started, a no choice election. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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