tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post2729821070112703501..comments2024-03-29T07:14:55.029+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: How Likely is an Early General Election?Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-11035104520873379262019-06-24T20:22:27.913+01:002019-06-24T20:22:27.913+01:00I am much influenced by the argument that Johnson ...I am much influenced by the argument that Johnson can't work with this Parliament and will take a bet where he can win with 35% i.e a general election and not one where he needs 50% i.e. a referendum, but interested in what you say about the difficulties in getting the vote for a general election.Dave Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15866852367225901999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-63627515178560623752019-06-23T15:12:11.068+01:002019-06-23T15:12:11.068+01:00The issue about who should govern will be itself g...The issue about who should govern will be itself governed by the questions "Who will push through Brexit?" for brexiteers, and "Who will stop Brexit?" for the majority of people in the country who now oppose Brexit.<br /><br />It is that question which now trumps all the other issues, and until it is resolved the other issues will be drowned out of debate. Its similar to the situation in Northern Ireland, where all of the left groups that based themselves on Economism, like the Militant, could not get their head around the fact that all of their pleas for Catholic and Protestant workers to forget their other divisions and concentrate purely on joint trades union distributional struggles over pay, jobs, the health service and so on were just so much pissing in the wind until such time as the political issues of the border, and of civil rights were addressed. Boffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08157650969929097569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-74445813725540579382019-06-23T12:03:17.550+01:002019-06-23T12:03:17.550+01:00"It's easy to ignore the state of the hos..."It's easy to ignore the state of the hospitals, the pertinence of climate change, and how life is harder for millions in 2019 than it was... "<br /><br />It *is* easy for Blairites. Not socialists. So, let's get the reformed trigger ballot system rolled out just in case Boris decides to cover his back with a fresh electoral mandate, eh?<br /><br />Priority targets for deselection should be: Streeting, Coyle, Hodge, Phillips, Onn, Smeeth, and Siobhain McDonagh.Shai Masothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452453462950704943noreply@blogger.com