tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post4107948484814719712..comments2024-03-27T09:14:27.496+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: After the Week from HellPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-22492752354672905522019-09-10T07:50:53.503+01:002019-09-10T07:50:53.503+01:00Dipper, you do realise that 'no deal' will...Dipper, you do realise that 'no deal' will not, as the Irish PM said, be the end of it, but simply more of the same? A deal will still have to be struck with the EU and the EU will not provide a deal without the backstop. So the UK will be in the same position, just worse. <br /><br />The North is ignored largely because the southern-led Tories have been in control for a decade. As a Northerner yourself, to continue your (usual) WW2 analogy, this would make you a 'Quisling'. <br /><br />WTF - I suspect I am infinitely more informed about the perspectives of present and former Labour voters than you, but keep on trolling.Speedynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-8973618605160800272019-09-10T00:47:48.783+01:002019-09-10T00:47:48.783+01:00"14 per cent ahead in the polls"
There ..."14 per cent ahead in the polls"<br /><br />There were six polls released over the weekend - they showed Tory leads of 3/3/4/5/10/14 points.<br /><br />Why lie?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-89976200434704828042019-09-09T19:12:44.853+01:002019-09-09T19:12:44.853+01:00“I remain shocked byquite how many former Labour v...“I remain shocked byquite how many former Labour voters are prepared to embrace No Deal.”<br /><br />I am guessing here that speedy doesn’t know any ‘former’ Labour supporters and even if he does, it is probably less than 5! I also believe he isn’t shocked by all this<br /><br />. “I can only imagine it has something to do with education, indoctrination, decadence... I dunno”<br /><br />If only you had replaced all your prevous words with I dunno and you could have saved us and yourself so much time and effort!<br /><br />“What happens when you have no power? When people know they can do whatever they like to you, and no matter how loud you shout no-one in power will hear?”<br /><br />You must have missed the 24 hour rolling news on this issue, when every TV station in the world was camped in Rotherham for days on end. You must have also missed the endless newspaper coverage detailing the issue. You must have missed the fact that the Jay report was commissioned by the council and that the people in power took over Rotherham council and replaced its leaders with commissioners.<br /><br />You must have missed the trials and not noticed that the victims received substantial compensation.<br /><br />I think you are mixing up the children of Rotherham with the children of Gaza!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-38632759274998997192019-09-09T14:43:54.869+01:002019-09-09T14:43:54.869+01:00@ Speedy. what is you problem with No Deal?
This ...@ Speedy. what is you problem with No Deal?<br /><br />This is a fight for power, not about short-term economic policy. People in the north (I'm a northerner by origin myself) and elsewhere understand this. If we lose this fight, then we will be absolutely fucked. The government in Westminster will be a Vichy government administering the country on behalf of the EU. Just this morning Varadkar has been openly talking about fishing quotas. For the avoidance of doubt, that's about how many fish Ireland can take from British waters, not how many fish Britain gets from Irish waters.<br /><br />What happens when you have no power? When people know they can do whatever they like to you, and no matter how loud you shout no-one in power will hear? Well, its just over 5 years since the publication of the Jay report when we found out the answer to that. Your children can be sexually assaulted on an industrial scale, and everyone in authority will look the other way. <br /><br />We know from the sacking of Sarah Champion where Corbyn stands on that. And it's not the side of the victims.Dippernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-75900829242350964862019-09-09T07:57:13.711+01:002019-09-09T07:57:13.711+01:00Terrible week (perhaps) but still 14 points ahead ...Terrible week (perhaps) but still 14 points ahead of Labour in the polls (and that's not including the 19 per cent for the Brexit Party). <br /><br />The reality is that the Brexiters look set to crush Labour and Remain in the forthcoming election.<br /><br />It would be good to hear some sociological analysis of why this is likely to be the case and why the policies of Corbyn (or Corbyn himself, who incredibly - even for this sceptic - trails behind Boris in the polls) have utterly failed to cut through. <br /><br />I must say, that if we take selfish Baby Boomers from the south out of the equation, I remain shocked byquite how many former Labour voters are prepared to embrace No Deal. Are they really so stupid? I say this precisely because they are economically and socially likely to be hit hardest, and they are backing Tory shits of the worst stripe. <br /><br />I can only imagine it has something to do with education, indoctrination, decadence... I dunno. I think in the south it has much to do with affluence (insulation) and anti-immigrant feeling. That, i understand. But this thing in the North... Speedynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-22726088983796632072019-09-08T22:08:12.090+01:002019-09-08T22:08:12.090+01:00Unfortunately an awful lot of what you are saying ...Unfortunately an awful lot of what you are saying relies on others creating problems for the Tories, or the Tories doing it to themselves, and not enough on the damage being done by the Labour Party itself. The Labour Party is significantly behind in the polls and if it doesn't do something to convince many Remainers that it is the obstacle to Brexit it will fail to build the vote it needs to gain a majority.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-67956552038967227362019-09-08T18:37:19.798+01:002019-09-08T18:37:19.798+01:00As for getting worse, I suppose Julian Smith could...As for getting worse, I suppose Julian Smith could resign. There would be no way to govern NI then since the House of Commons would be prorogued.1729torushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09262372962990418135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-69956259127538973422019-09-08T18:30:17.605+01:002019-09-08T18:30:17.605+01:00The Alliance Party in NI is similarly effectively ...The Alliance Party in NI is similarly effectively trying to displace the UUP as the sensible centre-right Unionist party. <br /><br />(Alliance are nominally non-partisan and cross-community, but they're a Liberal Unionist Party in practice. They were formed by liberal unionists who split from the UUP around 1970.)1729torushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09262372962990418135noreply@blogger.com