Re: Election 2019 - Week 3
 

never said there wasn't it does not stop the fact that Putin wanted Brexit and lots of Russian money went to the leave campaign

Re: Election 2019 - Week 3
 

And Putin wanting Brexit is by and far irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.

I want Brexit, millions of others still do and I bet Russia is not at all influencing their choice that they still want to leave the EU!

Re: Election 2019 - Week 3
 

I know that Mick and accept that yes I voted remain all I argued for after vote is we should leave with deal and not a no deal

and point about Putin was he get what he wants whoever gets to be next pm that's all

Re: Election 2019 - Week 3
 

To be fair, if the reports in the papers are even partially true then it appears the Russians put in a considerable amount of effort to push their agenda. I'm not sure they would create thousands of pro-leave Twitter accounts for the giggle of it.

Re: Election 2019 - Week 3
 

I am not convinced that Brits needed any extra Russian help to make their decision for them.

Re: Election 2019 - Week 3
 

Maybe you didn't need any help but I'd be surprised if the Russians were just taking a blind punt on influencing the outcome via a concerted social media campaign. The Russians have form for when it comes to pulling a fast one.

Re: Election 2019 - Week 3
 

If we're going to talk about influencing voters, I believe the Government spent a few £million sending out leaflets to everyone explaining how bad it would be if we voted to leave the EU . .

I'd love to ask for my money back :D



ooooh, I've just noticed my Bronze Star . . go me

Re: Election 2019 - Week 3
 

Ah yes, the Government leaflet with the only mention of No Deal of the whole referendum campaign. :dozey:

Re: Election 2019 - Week 3
 

Let's assume for the sake of argument that is something they did. Then all it was is the same as something as anybody else could've done, Now if they they had been going around "helping" people fill out their postal voting forms(as happened with Labour in a previous election), then that would be a different matter. Eg Locally a market stall holder put up a few signs around his stall supporting Brexit. What was wrong with that? Anyway the people who are claimed to have voted for Brexit, are not the ones on social media in the first place.

---------- Post added at 10:13 ---------- Previous post was at 10:11 ----------

Eventually whether it ended up "Deal" or "No Deal", the end result is the same. "Deal" just delays the full leaving of the EU.

Re: Election 2019 - Week 3
 

How many times do they need to mention it before it sinks in? Maybe that's why the political parties have taken to repeating their one liners time after time after time, driving us all bonkers.

Re: Election 2019 - Week 3
 

This is a disingenuous thing to say, so if you’re going to use that smiley, take it back, the Government at the time, that’s David Cameron’s, didn’t have a campaign as such, but it did influence a Remain Stance.

The former PM, Cameron and Cabinet ministers each went their own way, either to the Remain Camp, or to the Leave one. David Cameron was a strong Remainer, so it was obvious, the Government was more Remainer leaning.

It was said plenty of times, before the Referendum that a vote to leave meant exactly out, Cameron used such language and crucially, it was stipulated that we’d be leaving the Single Market and Customs Union.

I know some of you hardline Remainers want to keep rehashing the same tiresome arguments over and over again about the Brexit vote, we are not doing this, so we will get back to the main aspect of this topic, which is the forthcoming General Election.

Re: Election 2019 - Week 3
 

Re: Election 2019 - Week 3
 

I still think the British format of Election Debates have it all wrong, audience members asking questions. It should be a full on debate with each leader engaging in debate with the other about each of their policies. I am no fan of Jo Swinson, leader of Lib Dems but I found it odd, not one Lib Dem asked any questions, same with Johnson, the audience seemed to be weighted in big favour for Jeremy Corbyn and this is why debates should be focused on the leaders only.

Re: Election 2019 - Week 3
 

Fiona Bruce constantly interrupted Johnson,and glanced down at her prompt sheets to answer the pre loaded questions given in advance to the audience, corbyn had nothing in his arsenal apart from the 1970's comeback tour,the audience was full of Scots nats and lefties, swinson died on her feet i felt embarrassed for her, we nippy just spouted the same drvell she gives at every tv appearance.

Re: Election 2019 - Week 3