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Yes it's ok given the media bias. The poll on this thread is a bit irrelevant given the forums bias.

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The difference being that the Conservatives are taking positive action to prevent it. As the article says:

The party suspended a number of members earlier this month after the Guardian supplied it with a dossier produced by an anonymous Twitter user containing examples of allegedly Islamophobic social media posts.

A number of members were also suspended in September, after the BBC highlighted 20 cases to the party of members posting or endorsing Islamophobic material online.

Boris Johnson has already explained that his remarks were in defence of Muslim women.

There is no comparison. People are just clutching at straws with this through sheer desperation.

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Back at in the real world of polls Labour is closing the gap, just like 2017...

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Don't hold your breath, Mr K. That's just the manifesto bounce. Once those who were taken in by it realise that this is a much bigger con than the tuition fees wheeze, they will be less excited about the prospect of a Labour Government.

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If only they all thought like you OB ;) A gap of less than 7 points probably denies the Tories a majority, that would be a win for the majority of the country who don't want the Tories or Labour in power.

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I'm saddened - but not really surprised - that a General Election in this country is descending into the farcical and deeply troubling issues of people voting for a candidate simply on the grounds of where they stand on Religious orientated issues.

Racism is alive and doing very well thankyou, pushed into the everyday world by those who use its power as a tool.

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Polling averages suggest the Tories have a 12-13 point lead at the moment, and electoral calculus is predicting a 68 seat Tory majority.

The manifestos have all come out in the last week to 10 days, we probably need another week for all those to feed through to the polls. Thereafter it will be the campaign trail that makes the difference. Personally I think the chances of Boris cacking that up anywhere near as badly as Teresa May did are next to zero.

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Well the result of a certain referendum we had has just encouraged those with those views. The current PM thinks nothing of making derogatory remarks on religious clothing, or the 'not we'. Things have got worse not better.

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'sigh'

*shakes head, walks away*

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And they were 17 points ahead at this point last time. On election day they were 8 points ahead, but the actual vote ended up being 2. Make of that what you will; if you think people love BJ more than TM, you're mistaken.

Record no. of last minute registrations too, 3 million mainly young voters. Wonder what effect that will have?
Who knows? We'll have to wait and see... ;)

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Does that mean that someone who tries to avoid talking to (insert minority here) because they are uncomfortable with (insert minority here) is as racist as someone who beats up and seriously injures, perhaps kills, someone from a (insert minority here) because they hate that (insert minority here)?

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https://www.itv.com/news/2019-11-22/...-polls-change/

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It means what I said and I’m sticking to what I said. No one can be just a “little bit” racist. Utter nonsense.

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As I said ... the difference between the run in now, and the run in in 2017, is the Tory party leader. I think it’s fairly widely agreed that Theresa May did an extraordinarily poor job of it, especially with the Tories’ pension-stealing manifesto commitment having come out.

Will Boris fare as badly? I can’t see it myself.

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they were 24 points ahead last time and look what happened