DT Politics Thread

[RicoS321]

2 hours ago, CurlsLikeTattie said:

People need to take a test before a referendum with one simple question - explain in fewer than 500 words what we are voting for.

Fail that, you're not voting.

Actually, there should be a screen in the voting booth (for all elections and referendums etc.) where you either

- match the policy to the candidate, and if you get less than 80% you don't get taken to the voting screen, or

- select the policies that resonate with you, and it matches your answers to the relevant candidate.

I might need to give these options some real thought before airing them any more.

With a by-election coming up, I feel they should save the rejoin the EU talk for a little while. Gives Reform all the fuel they need to take Makerfield.

How about explaining in more than 500 words what you don't get to vote on? That'd be far more meaningful.

[Ajja]

We should move heaven and earth to get back into the EU. We will go back with a significantly poorer deal than we had but that’s the price paid for stupidity. The only realistic way we get out of this Reform spiral and the misery of where the UK is headed is by driving economic growth and bringing some much needed wealth back into both the public purse and into the pockets of those at the poorer end of society. The EU is our biggest market opportunity, we’ve lost tens of billions by leaving it. 
 

On top of that, the rise of Trump has changed the landscape immeasurably in Europe and the need to form stronger ties with them has never been greater in recent times. 

Edited 7 hours ago by Ajja

[blinlemon]

1 hour ago, Ajja said:

…the rise of Trump has changed the landscape immeasurably in Europe and the need to form stronger ties with them has never been greater in recent times. 

I’ve been saying this since 11/9 and the US using it as an opportunity to get its mitts on the States’ fossil fuels which had somehow found their way under Mesopotamia. 

[Ajja]

12 hours ago, Mason89 said:

There’s a lack of honesty with politicians when it comes to Brexit. Somebody should just come out and say it. If you still believe in Brexit you’re a dildo 

Labour definitely want it but they are in the jaws of the vice on this one and the media in this country are just waiting to turn the screw. They are terrified of how Farage would weaponise a reversal of Brexit and the right wing media would blow the wind directly into his sails. They would go full bore on the boats and images of thousands upon thousands of immigrants landing here for free. Even though Brexit has been the most damaging thing for immigration as the French can now just say fuck it, your problem now. 
 

it’s exactly the same with Isreal, Labour are so terrified of the antisemitism tag that they won’t speak out about it despite how they really feel. Again, the media and certain factions within politics are poised and ready to go to town on them if they do. 
 

The media in this country are absolute cretins and they make it almost impossible for a left or even central party to succeed for any length of time.