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Mrs May
Jun 2, 2017 10:49:52 GMT
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Post by cato on Jun 2, 2017 10:49:52 GMT
Our neighbours across the Irish sea are having an election. Mrs May the second Conservative female leader doesn't stir up the passion Mrs. Thatcher did. Rod Liddle perhaps rather harshly has said she " has the warmth and attractiveness of a fridge-freezer full of old Findus Crispy Pancakes".
She has some pro Christianity views to her credit but implemented huge cuts to police numbers which generally were protected by Tory governments. Her gamble at trying to increase her majority currently looks wobbly. Any thoughts ?
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Post by seangladium on Jun 6, 2017 5:34:40 GMT
I find it ridiculous that Mrs. May is blaming the open nature of the Internet for why these attacks by Islamic terrorists can not be prevented. It was a very weak response that obviously tries to shift blame from her own government. They know who most of these people are, but they treat it as a law enforcement problem instead of what it actually is, which is an armed insurrection and foreign invasion. Of course, Mr. Corbyn is even worse by several orders of magnitude so this election does not bode well for the future over there.
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Mrs May
Jun 6, 2017 21:02:24 GMT
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Post by cato on Jun 6, 2017 21:02:24 GMT
Her decision to go for an election and to campaign on her 'Strong' personality was arrogant given her history as home secretary cutting police numbers by 20 000 odd. She has a had a dreadful campaign alienating some of her core voters and when you think she is running against the most left wing leader outside Cuba and Venezuala!! To think someone as dotty as Diane Abbot could in theory be in charge of anti-terrorism on Friday morning.
I detest the scottish nationalists but at least they will deny labour a majority in parliament.
A weak Tory government will embolden the EU and is bad news for the UK and Ireland .
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Post by cato on Jun 9, 2017 8:34:01 GMT
Well that just blew it!
What a mess. Edifying to see the Scottish Nationalists humiliated but champagne bottles will be popping in Brussels.
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Post by Stephen on Jun 9, 2017 8:37:32 GMT
Well that just blew it! What a mess. Edifying to see the Scottish Nationalists humiliated but champagne bottles will be popping in Brussels. True. The question is how long will she be left in charge? |
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Jun 9, 2017 8:55:06 GMT
The decline of UKIP is another sad side to the results. It seems that the British electorate doesn't care for them now they have achieved their goal, or at least set it in motion.
I'm always amazed at how conservative voters are-- I mean conservative in the sense that they always seem to return to the established parties, sooner or later. In Ireland, every party outside the two and a half party structure seems to wither away after twenty or thirty years. And, strange as it sounds, a case could really be made that Labour are still suffering from their failure to run in the first two post-independence elections.
Voters are often called fickle, but really they are amazingly loyal!
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Post by Stephen on Jun 9, 2017 9:16:00 GMT
I agree!!! UKIP are done as their goal has been achieved. They do not have any other policies that differentiate themselves from Labour/Conservatives.
Also, their charismatic Leader has been on the way out since the referendum.
Democracy is an Illusion.
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Jun 9, 2017 12:15:22 GMT
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Post by Stephen on Jun 9, 2017 12:44:29 GMT
Strange indeed.
I will never understand how one can vote for a party that does not take its seat in today's context.
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Mrs May
Jun 21, 2017 10:23:18 GMT
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Post by cato on Jun 21, 2017 10:23:18 GMT
Abstention made perfect sense back in the day when Arthur Griffith sought to undermine an empire and establish Irish independence. It is long past its' sell by date. Sinn Fein have wiped out the voting power of nationalist Ireland but will take the Queen's shilling (a rather generous pay cheque)and have offices in parliament.... Welsh and Scottish nationalist mps have no problem taking their seats for some strange reason. Whatever happened to England's (or May's) difficulty being Ireland's opportunity?
Parnell must be turning in his grave.
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Post by seangladium on Jun 26, 2017 22:19:30 GMT
Anyone have any thoughts on the the £1bn DUP-Tory deal just announced?
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Post by Stephen on Jun 27, 2017 7:30:50 GMT
Anyone have any thoughts on the the £1bn DUP-Tory deal just announced? Well it is Good for Northern Ireland and may be a way to restore the assembly.  |
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Mrs May
Jun 27, 2017 16:54:09 GMT
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Post by cato on Jun 27, 2017 16:54:09 GMT
May's surprise election led to many surprises;
The scottish nationalists took major losses and it looks like another referendum is out in the short term at least. The scottish tories led by a charismatic working class lesbian seem socially liberal and aren't enamoured by the tory alliance with the DUP.
The liberals who were the only party advocating a second referendum did suprisingly poorly. I heard their spokespeople interviewed a lot on RTE for some strange reason ...
A fairly left wing labour party scored surprisingly well and must be striking fear into tory hearts.
There is no Irish nationalist voice in parliament for the first time since the 1830s. This is sheer lunacy and yet Sinn Fein seem never to be quizzed about this.
They and Jeremy Corbyn with his IRA sympathies guaranteed DUP support for this tory government.
The Brexit decision seems to me to be less certain now and may suffer death by a thousand compromises.
And finally strong and stable May looks adrift and clueless.
The DUP won the election with their 12 seats.
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Mrs May
Jun 27, 2017 16:56:55 GMT
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Post by cato on Jun 27, 2017 16:56:55 GMT
I didn't "like" my previous post. I accidently pressed the wrong button. A bit like Mrs May really!
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Mrs May
Jul 3, 2017 11:01:24 GMT
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Post by cato on Jul 3, 2017 11:01:24 GMT
Another result of the British election was last week's decision by the Tory government, under pressure from lobbying feminist mps to give free abortions in Britain to women from Northern Ireland. I suspect this was designed to get under the skin of the DUP and was motivated by sheer spite in addition to pro choice zeal.
More worryingly the sponsers of the new measure want to extend British abortion law to Northern Ireland. Should that be successful then the 8th amendment would be seriously weakened as abortion would be freely available a few miles across the border on the island.
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