The General Political Thread

[Toffee]

People don’t want a conservative government anymore. They fucked things even worse than Labour.

[Edwin]

We're talking about a parliament which had an "emergency debate" over Trump's retweets on social media last year. Competence and rational thinking went out the window a long time ago.

[StevenChilton]

I am more worried about the growing support that Labour is gaining and at this rate they will win the next general election. I would rather have May over Corbyn, even though I don't particulary like May.

Labour, despite everything that's happened, are still only level with the Tories in the polls. They should be asking themselves why but instead they're taking an extended victory lap. At this rate they will not win in 2022. The vast majority of people despise both May and Corbyn. Momentum is not popular. If the Tories get a better leader I think the polls will change rapidly.

People don’t want a conservative government anymore. They fucked things even worse than Labour.

We've not had a conservative government for decades...

[Toffee]

I was talking about the party Steven, don’t try and be a smart arse

[Edwin]

Stephen just got shut down

[StevenChilton]

I was talking about the party Steven, don’t try and be a smart arse

Being a smart arse is like 80% of my posts tbh

[Edwin]

Let's not forget that Mao "did more good than harm", according to Labour.

[Duuring]

Lovely old-timers.

[Toffee]

Brexit growth forecasts looking bad

[Duuring]

Ironic.

[Edwin]

Brexit uncertainty and reality seem to have a bad relationship, further demonstrated by the BoE's forcasts earlier today.

Also: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/billionaire-george-soros-backs-campaign-to-reverse-brexit/ar-BBIPGzP

Where's Fraudbear when you need him?

[StevenChilton]

Brexit growth forecasts looking bad

Would that be the 15-year forecasts which are never, ever correct? By the same people (HM Treasury) who got the impact of a 'Leave' vote horrendously wrong? If they can't predict 12 months ahead they're gonna be hopeless at trying to guess a timeline of 15 *years*.

Having said that Brexit was never going to be a good thing in the short-term so I'm surprised at how well the economy has held up since June 2016. Growth will probably be subdued until around 2021 but the sky isn't going to fall in.

[Duuring]

Having said that Brexit was never going to be a good thing in the short-term

Can't wait to hear this for the following 10 years and again during the rejoin referendum-campaign.

[StevenChilton]

I highly doubt Britain will be re-joining. The EU is headed for a bad place for a multitude of reasons (awful demographics, massive economic divergence between North and South, deep cultural splits between East and West, inability to reform in a logical way...) and will be a basket-case within a decade. I think the UK got out at a good time, will probably botch the Brexit process to an extent, but it won't be a disaster and the situation is recoverable.

[Duuring]

By that defintion, my country should also have dissolved two centuries ago. We're still here.