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Chris 28-11-2019 00:12

Election 2019 - Week 4
 
Here we go round the mulberry bush ...

Election chat continues right here in the shiny, new, yet darkly familiar, Election 2019 thread, week 4.

papa smurf 28-11-2019 10:01

Re: Election 2019 - Week 4
 
Meanwhile the lib dumbs are printing their own fake news papers.

https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv...son-newspapers


The party mocked up some publications which looked similar to local newspapers in each area they dropped them, but people branded them “misleading”.

Hugh 28-11-2019 10:37

Re: Election 2019 - Week 4
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 36018548)
Meanwhile the lib dumbs are printing their own fake news papers.

https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv...son-newspapers


The party mocked up some publications which looked similar to local newspapers in each area they dropped them, but people branded them “misleading”.

That shouldn’t be allowed - misrepresenting / misleading is wrong, whoever does it.

TheDaddy 28-11-2019 10:41

Re: Election 2019 - Week 4
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 36018548)
Meanwhile the lib dumbs are printing their own fake news papers.

https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv...son-newspapers


The party mocked up some publications which looked similar to local newspapers in each area they dropped them, but people branded them “misleading”.

Wtf is going on, this nonsense follows on from the tories fake fact checking twitter account and the labour manifesto page they set up, how much more does politics have to be corrupted before we say that's enough and start holding them to account properly, it's like the work of some amateur third world junta

heero_yuy 28-11-2019 10:50

Re: Election 2019 - Week 4
 
Quote:

Quote from The Sun:Boris Johnson is on course for a storming 68-seat majority, according to a detailed seat-by-seat survey that correctly forecast the election results in 2017.

The YouGov MRP poll for The Times - the only one to predict Theresa May would lose her majority - forecasts Mr Johnson will win 359 seats in a triumphant return to No 10, up 42 on the 2017 result.

Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party is poised for disaster and will win 211 seats, down 51 from two years ago, when the country goes to the polls on December 12, according to the Times opinion poll.
Original article in the Times on red link for those who have access.

Well we all know what we think about polls, but this was the one to correctly call the last election and is also over 100,000 sample so must have some credence even though, as admitted, there is a +/-5% margin of error.

Chris 28-11-2019 11:17

Re: Election 2019 - Week 4
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 36018554)
Wtf is going on, this nonsense follows on from the tories fake fact checking twitter account and the labour manifesto page they set up, how much more does politics have to be corrupted before we say that's enough and start holding them to account properly, it's like the work of some amateur third world junta

This is an absolutely standard Lib Dem tactic. They’ve been at it for years.

Mr K 28-11-2019 11:25

Re: Election 2019 - Week 4
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris (Post 36018558)
This is an absolutely standard Lib Dem tactic. They’ve been at it for years.

Oh, unlike the Tories and their 'fact check' twitter fraud. :rolleyes:

Dave42 28-11-2019 11:31

Re: Election 2019 - Week 4
 
Neither Labour nor Tories have credible plans to manage public finances' - IFS

https://news.sky.com/story/general-e...estos-11872231

Chris 28-11-2019 11:39

Re: Election 2019 - Week 4
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 36018560)
Oh, unlike the Tories and their 'fact check' twitter fraud. :rolleyes:

Well yes, as it happens. Unless you have proof of them changing the name of their Twitter feed prior to this election?

The Lib Dems on the other hand are absolutely famous for the ‘fake local newspaper’ trick. They have literally been using it in by elections and general elections for years.

Hugh 28-11-2019 12:10

Re: Election 2019 - Week 4
 
BJ didn't think austerity was the right thing to do...

Speccy

Quote:

‘I remember having conversations with colleagues in the government that came in in 2010 saying I thought austerity was just not the right way forward for the UK.’

OLD BOY 28-11-2019 16:52

Re: Election 2019 - Week 4
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 36018560)
Oh, unlike the Tories and their 'fact check' twitter fraud. :rolleyes:

Welcome to the world of fake news, Mr K. No need to call out the Conservative Party - they are all at it. You know what they say, fight fire with fire.

---------- Post added at 15:47 ---------- Previous post was at 15:37 ----------

Quote:

Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 36018555)
Original article in the Times on red link for those who have access.

Well we all know what we think about polls, but this was the one to correctly call the last election and is also over 100,000 sample so must have some credence even though, as admitted, there is a +/-5% margin of error.

Yes, I saw that.

Additionally, the Telegraph has reported today that a Savanta ComRes survey found that more than a third (36 per cent) of Labour 2017 voters and 29 per cent of current Labour voters say they like the party but not the leader, while two in five (42 per cent) Lib Dem voters like Labour but not Mr Corbyn. While Mr Corbyn seems to be holding Labour back, Mr Johnson is adding value to the Tories. One in ten (11 per cent) of those intending to vote Conservative said they liked him, but not the Conservative Party – suggesting he has single-handedly brought in 11 per cent of the Conservative’s current voter group.

So much for those who didn't think Boris would be a popular choice with the electorate. I told you he would be - you heard it here first! :D

Incidentally, I think he will be even more popular by election day, particularly if Corbyn comes up with more spending pledges and more false claims about what the Conservatives plan to do when elected.

What these polls can't predict, of course, is how many voters will stay at home. Given Corbyn's standing with Labour supporters, it would not be surprising if a lot of his dissillusioned members stayed at home rather than vote for another party. That will increase Boris's lead still further.

---------- Post added at 15:52 ---------- Previous post was at 15:47 ----------

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave42 (Post 36018561)
Neither Labour nor Tories have credible plans to manage public finances' - IFS

https://news.sky.com/story/general-e...estos-11872231

We know the Labour Party would sink us into huge debt if they tried to implement all their promises.

Boris's spending plans are much more modest, and while the means of paying for what he has promised may not have been specified, he has pledged to stick within Sajid's spending rules. I dare say they are expecting to be able to get more tax receipts in with the Brexit bounce and the end to uncertainty.

Sephiroth 28-11-2019 18:03

Re: Election 2019 - Week 4
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36018574)
Welcome to the world of fake news, Mr K. No need to call out the Conservative Party - they are all at it. You know what they say, fight fire with fire.

---------- Post added at 15:47 ---------- Previous post was at 15:37 ----------



Yes, I saw that.

Additionally, the Telegraph has reported today that a Savanta ComRes survey found that more than a third (36 per cent) of Labour 2017 voters and 29 per cent of current Labour voters say they like the party but not the leader, while two in five (42 per cent) Lib Dem voters like Labour but not Mr Corbyn. While Mr Corbyn seems to be holding Labour back, Mr Johnson is adding value to the Tories. One in ten (11 per cent) of those intending to vote Conservative said they liked him, but not the Conservative Party – suggesting he has single-handedly brought in 11 per cent of the Conservative’s current voter group.

So much for those who didn't think Boris would be a popular choice with the electorate. I told you he would be - you heard it here first! :D

Incidentally, I think he will be even more popular by election day, particularly if Corbyn comes up with more spending pledges and more false claims about what the Conservatives plan to do when elected.

What these polls can't predict, of course, is how many voters will stay at home. Given Corbyn's standing with Labour supporters, it would not be surprising if a lot of his dissillusioned members stayed at home rather than vote for another party. That will increase Boris's lead still further.

---------- Post added at 15:52 ---------- Previous post was at 15:47 ----------



We know the Labour Party would sink us into huge debt if they tried to implement all their promises.

Boris's spending plans are much more modest, and while the means of paying for what he has promised may not have been specified, he has pledged to stick within Sajid's spending rules. I dare say they are expecting to be able to get more tax receipts in with the Brexit bounce and the end to uncertainty.

I eagerly await jfman’s response, OB!

OLD BOY 28-11-2019 18:26

Re: Election 2019 - Week 4
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36018589)
I eagerly await jfman’s response, OB!

I know. I've battened down the hatches while waiting for the next wave of perversity. :D

Angua 28-11-2019 20:06

Re: Election 2019 - Week 4
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 36018548)
Meanwhile the lib dumbs are printing their own fake news papers.

https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv...son-newspapers


The party mocked up some publications which looked similar to local newspapers in each area they dropped them, but people branded them “misleading”.

Delivered my share of these today. All clearly saying "Delivered By Liberal Democrats in the "Insert relevant area" Right under the paper name. Can't get more obvious.

Odd how this is the first time for complaints, despite all parties using this method of communicating. Obviously caused some panic somewhere. :D

papa smurf 28-11-2019 21:19

Re: Election 2019 - Week 4
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Angua (Post 36018599)
Delivered my share of these today. All clearly saying "Delivered By Liberal Democrats in the "Insert relevant area" Right under the paper name. Can't get more obvious.

Odd how this is the first time for complaints, despite all parties using this method of communicating. Obviously caused some panic somewhere. :D

I suppose people will be grateful if they run out of toilet paper.


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