| Did the British people really elect this dickhead? 16:38 - Jul 6 with 3310 views | noggin |
Something is seriously wrong with the British media and the electorate. The media have clearly encouraged you to elect Johnson and you have obliged.
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| Did the British people really elect this dickhead? on 17:53 - Jul 6 with 1154 views | jeera |
| Did the British people really elect this dickhead? on 17:40 - Jul 6 by swede |
I didn't say anything about anyone being forced to vote for Boris. My point is that when faced with the choice of Johnson or Corbyn for PM, many people could not stomach a far left Corbyn government.
The Labour party realised this too late. |
Maybe list some of the policies that you consider to be far left.
I felt he wasn't an electable PM but am totally on board with wanting our main services nationalised.
I don't feel it's right for working people to keep shareholders rich by their own hard efforts in life.
I also feel the poorest in society should be given more support and that no child should live in poverty. Equal opportunities for all please.
I don't believe any of that is hard left by any remote stretch. [Post edited 6 Jul 2022 17:57]
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| Did the British people really elect this dickhead? on 17:58 - Jul 6 with 1115 views | jas0999 |
No. Very few people could actually vote for him. |  | | |
| Did the British people really elect this dickhead? on 18:14 - Jul 6 with 1091 views | Darth_Koont |
| Did the British people really elect this dickhead? on 17:41 - Jul 6 by noggin |
Far left? There is the problem. The media have told you that Corbyn is "far left" and you repeat it. [Post edited 6 Jul 2022 17:42]
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Indeed. That’s why we can’t have nice things.
There’s an overall fear of social democracy in the UK that even the US is more adult and balanced about. |  |
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| Did the British people really elect this dickhead? on 18:51 - Jul 6 with 1047 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
| Did the British people really elect this dickhead? on 17:19 - Jul 6 by jeera |
Other options were available for those who felt that strongly.
Nobody was forced to vote for this shower. |
Totally agree - and I did.
However, our broken voting system was only ever going to return one of the aforementioned incompetents. | | | |
| Did the British people really elect this dickhead? on 19:07 - Jul 6 with 1016 views | ghostofescobar |
| Did the British people really elect this dickhead? on 17:07 - Jul 6 by noggin |
67% of the population or 67% of the electorate? |
Good point. Of registered voters. I think there were around 47mill registered voters for the 2019 election, so what’s that, approx 69% of the population? So 69% of the population was registered to vote, 67% of them voted and 43.6% of them voted Tory. No idea what % of the entire population that means voted Tory!! |  |
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| Did the British people really elect this dickhead? on 19:14 - Jul 6 with 1011 views | lowhouseblue |
| Did the British people really elect this dickhead? on 17:41 - Jul 6 by noggin |
Far left? There is the problem. The media have told you that Corbyn is "far left" and you repeat it. [Post edited 6 Jul 2022 17:42]
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in terms of a domestic agenda i agree 'far left' is misleading. the problem with people like corbyn is the baggage they come with which most voters in the uk do associate with the far left. anti-nato, anti-west, support for extremist /terrorist organisations across the world, support for / making excuses for oppressive regimes across the world, and an obsession with israel - along with a willingness to back anyone who shares those positions however mad they may be. if corbyn was only measured against his domestic agenda he would just be left of centre - it's that wider agenda that people reject and label as hard left. |  |
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| Did the British people really elect this dickhead? on 19:21 - Jul 6 with 990 views | BlueBadger |
| Did the British people really elect this dickhead? on 17:40 - Jul 6 by swede |
I didn't say anything about anyone being forced to vote for Boris. My point is that when faced with the choice of Johnson or Corbyn for PM, many people could not stomach a far left Corbyn government.
The Labour party realised this too late. |
Blimey, I thought Swedes liked socialism. |  |
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| Did the British people really elect this dickhead? on 19:29 - Jul 6 with 977 views | Churchman |
| Did the British people really elect this dickhead? on 17:53 - Jul 6 by jeera |
Maybe list some of the policies that you consider to be far left.
I felt he wasn't an electable PM but am totally on board with wanting our main services nationalised.
I don't feel it's right for working people to keep shareholders rich by their own hard efforts in life.
I also feel the poorest in society should be given more support and that no child should live in poverty. Equal opportunities for all please.
I don't believe any of that is hard left by any remote stretch. [Post edited 6 Jul 2022 17:57]
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It isn’t. It’s civilised and I agree with you. I’d add nobody should sleep without a roof over their head (assuming they want one). [Post edited 7 Jul 2022 7:06]
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| Did the British people really elect this dickhead? on 20:09 - Jul 6 with 933 views | BlueWalloo |
Nope. Dreer Starmer didn’t get in. You’re all right. |  | | |
| Did the British people really elect this dickhead? on 20:14 - Jul 6 with 914 views | jeera |
| Did the British people really elect this dickhead? on 20:09 - Jul 6 by BlueWalloo |
Nope. Dreer Starmer didn’t get in. You’re all right. |
Drear Starmer?
Who wasn't even standing.
Are you 10? | |
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| Did the British people really elect this dickhead? on 20:31 - Jul 6 with 890 views | BlueBadger |
| Did the British people really elect this dickhead? on 20:09 - Jul 6 by BlueWalloo |
Nope. Dreer Starmer didn’t get in. You’re all right. |
Up there with 'Beano' in the 'sh1t twtd insults' stakes.
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| Did the British people really elect this dickhead? on 21:24 - Jul 6 with 844 views | 66notout |
| Did the British people really elect this dickhead? on 16:42 - Jul 6 by BlueBadger |
The political equivalent of Paul Lambert. Gave out some nice soundbites about improving the football, did nothing else and got us relegated with a fight. |
With a fight? That’s not how I remember it. Statistically speaking, it was four wins from 31 games. | | | |
| Did the British people really elect this dickhead? on 21:26 - Jul 6 with 839 views | Bent_double |
| Did the British people really elect this dickhead? on 17:53 - Jul 6 by jeera |
Maybe list some of the policies that you consider to be far left.
I felt he wasn't an electable PM but am totally on board with wanting our main services nationalised.
I don't feel it's right for working people to keep shareholders rich by their own hard efforts in life.
I also feel the poorest in society should be given more support and that no child should live in poverty. Equal opportunities for all please.
I don't believe any of that is hard left by any remote stretch. [Post edited 6 Jul 2022 17:57]
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Yeah, but free broadband for everyone, wasn't it?
I mean come on....that's only one small step away from full-blown communism. |  |
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| Did the British people really elect this dickhead? on 21:30 - Jul 6 with 829 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
The electorate that brought us Brexit has not only voted in Johnson, but the rest of the cabinet.
As Churchill said, the greatest argument against democracy is to hold a 5-minute conversation with the average voter.
Although this has to tempered against "democracy is the worst form of Government bar all the rest".
At least we will, at some point, have an opportunity to vote some other Government in; even if I don't have a lot of confidence that the electorate will! |  |
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| Did the British people really elect this dickhead? on 22:03 - Jul 6 with 802 views | Swansea_Blue |
What everyone is trying to say is literally no, but practically yes. This disaster was widely predicted but too many people fell for his Brixit koolaid and voted for his talentless 2019 intake, and so here we are. A circus being run badly by a clown who only has one bad act.
8 years’ worth of energy wasted on these chancer so far since the referendum was announced. Sensible government pushed to the fringes. No wonder things are in such a mess. |  |
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| Did the British people really elect this dickhead? on 22:13 - Jul 6 with 764 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Did the British people really elect this dickhead? on 19:07 - Jul 6 by ghostofescobar |
Good point. Of registered voters. I think there were around 47mill registered voters for the 2019 election, so what’s that, approx 69% of the population? So 69% of the population was registered to vote, 67% of them voted and 43.6% of them voted Tory. No idea what % of the entire population that means voted Tory!! |
43.6% of 67% of 69% is a total percentage of 20.16%.
However, there were 22.77% of the population registered to vote who chose (for whatever reasons) not to vote at all. | |
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| Did the British people really elect this dickhead? on 06:59 - Jul 7 with 658 views | BlueWalloo |
| Did the British people really elect this dickhead? on 20:31 - Jul 6 by BlueBadger |
Up there with 'Beano' in the 'sh1t twtd insults' stakes.
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Labour are an absolute shambles. Tories are just giving them a chance to not look so bad for a while:-)
Just because the majority on this board are lefties- it doesn’t make Labour suddenly a competent bunch. They also have a bunch of feckless idiots waiting to step in. Starmer has more faces and changes of mind than a revolving door and he’s backed up by that foul mouthed loony, Rayner. Hardly what we need in place of the conservatives.
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| Did the British people really elect this dickhead? on 07:08 - Jul 7 with 647 views | eireblue |
| Did the British people really elect this dickhead? on 06:59 - Jul 7 by BlueWalloo |
Labour are an absolute shambles. Tories are just giving them a chance to not look so bad for a while:-)
Just because the majority on this board are lefties- it doesn’t make Labour suddenly a competent bunch. They also have a bunch of feckless idiots waiting to step in. Starmer has more faces and changes of mind than a revolving door and he’s backed up by that foul mouthed loony, Rayner. Hardly what we need in place of the conservatives.
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