Election incoming
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droid
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The same centrists who urged Corbyn to back a 2nd ref and got obliterated. Swinson gone.
Mr. Tea
Let's Talk About Ceps
Hard to disagree with most of that. Who are you quoting the?
sadmanbarty
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he got crucified
Mr. Tea
Let's Talk About Ceps
Bloody Pharisees had it in for him from the start!
Some bloke on Twitter.
Sorry. I did consider it but went for option 5. Which, as it happens, made no difference to the outcome at all and was far more pleasurable.
Hindsight's wonderful, but I actually would've ditched the hopelessly utopian anarcho stance and voted IF Lab and LD had maybe done something clever like form a pact, and make it all about the NHS and food banks - instead of the fucking EU, free broadband or hastily knocked-up "race and faith" manifestos that most working class people, whatever their ethnicity, couldn't give a toss about.
But I'm no pundit. I knew nothing but a Tory government 'til I was 21 and grew up with police beating the shit out of miners, so am not going to fall into a pit of despair just right now, despite the grim outlook. I'm glad I gave up fags because I'm not sure how much a new lung'll cost.
subvert47
I don't fight, I run away
The LibDems had to maintain the pretence that Corbyn was absolutely the worst man ever – apart from opposing Brexit, it was their only marketing ploy. It did them fuck all good.
As for us... the LibDems were complicit in Tory-led austerity and were happy to recruit a load of Labour defects and homophobic Tories. For me the only good thing about this election is that none of them either kept or won a seat. And Jo Swinson lost hers as well.
So yes. Total animosity
droid
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I cant disagree with Corbyn's analysis here, other than the optimism.
https://www.theguardian.com/politic...didnt-convert-that-into-a-majority-for-change
droid
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Hubris and stupidity aside. What kind of cretin looks at the state of the world - massive & increasing inequality, destruction of social safety nets, corporatisation and privatisation of the public assets, wholesale capture of governments by business, acceleration of the destruction of environment - and thinks, "No need for major reforms, lets just have some more centerism and minor incremental changes instead."
The LibDems had to maintain the pretence that Corbyn was absolutely the worst man ever – apart from opposing Brexit, it was their only marketing ploy. It did them fuck all good.
As for us... the LibDems were complicit in Tory-led austerity and were happy to recruit a load of Labour defects and homophobic Tories. For me the only good thing about this election is that none of them either kept or won a seat. And Jo Swinson lost hers as well.
So yes. Total animosity
Idk. I would like to see a long term vision that's more inclusive. If nothing else, it'll be needed to beat the Tories next time around. Blair/Ashdown non-aggression pact seems to me a good example of that.
craner
Beast of Burden
This I definitely agree with.