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nickgusset Flag Shizzlehurst 29 Sep 17 12.27pm

Originally posted by Stirlingsays

You have to be kidding....surely Jamie.....Most people aren't political. To the man and woman on the street this is the funny guy with the posh voice and bumbling nature.....He's going to get quite a few votes on the 'likeability' score.

No one on the left will ever vote for him....hell they wouldn't vote for any Tory anyway no matter how mild.

All the Tory base will vote for him.

For me, it's a no brainer......I can't really believe that egos in the party don't see what is plain as day.....Well, actually I do...it's the fact that he's disorganised and scatter gun.....My answer to that is to view him more as a partial figurehead than as the driver and get his agreement on that.....heavyweights like Davies and co can work with him.

As for public speaking. This is one of his strengths. Two jokes and a flick of the hair and it's over. The left will take offence at everything foam and make themselves look immature and...well like I say...over.

The charisma vacancy that is Corbyn isn't going to make a dent.


Edited by Stirlingsays (29 Sep 2017 12.25pm)

Is that the same Corbyn that you said would destroy the Labour party because they'd win no seats at the last election?

Excuse me if I ignore your on the mark punditry.

 

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nickgusset Flag Shizzlehurst 29 Sep 17 12.28pm

Originally posted by Stirlingsays

Are you pitching for a writer's job on Game of Thrones?

Never watched it.

 

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View Willo's Profile Willo Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 29 Sep 17 12.29pm Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

I've heard it said in Conservative circles that Boris is an "Act" he is not a serious politician.

I am aligned with Thatcher,Tebbit,Redwood,Bill Cash etc etc - But I don't think these are going to be in any leadership contest !

At the end of the day it could be a 'Coronation' or the members might get a vote choosing between 2 candidates.If Boris is one of the pair then of course I would have to weigh up whether overall he is more deserving of being leader than the other person - So I might still vote for him !!!!

 

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View npn's Profile npn Flag Crowborough 29 Sep 17 12.36pm Send a Private Message to npn Add npn as a friend

There are not really any other serious contenders - none in the original chart would inspire much from non-tory voters.

There seems to be a dearth of genuine leadership contenders on all sides. May is a dead woman walking, Corbyn, now the PLP seem to have bowed to momentum in the pusuit of power, is actually kind of scary (I don't want momentum having ANY clout whatsoever, and they really do seem an unpleasant bunch of ideologues). The lib dems are just banging on about brexit being bad, at a time when the majority of the public, both pro and con brexit, just want it done and over so we can crack on with more important stuff.

 

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View Stirlingsays's Profile Stirlingsays Flag 29 Sep 17 12.53pm Send a Private Message to Stirlingsays Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add Stirlingsays as a friend

Originally posted by nickgusset

Never watched it.

Blimey....Why not?....Not that it's a crime or anything.

 


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nickgusset Flag Shizzlehurst 29 Sep 17 12.55pm

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Talking about ' piccaninies with watermelon smiles' won't help.

 

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View Stirlingsays's Profile Stirlingsays Flag 29 Sep 17 12.56pm Send a Private Message to Stirlingsays Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add Stirlingsays as a friend

Originally posted by nickgusset

Is that the same Corbyn that you said would destroy the Labour party because they'd win no seats at the last election?

Excuse me if I ignore your on the mark punditry.

Well, he has.

I said the Tories would win by around 80 seats. I got that wrong.

However Labour were 64 seats away from even getting to the narrowest win.

When you look at the seats that they would need to win.... Plenty of those just aren't going to vote for marxists.

 


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View Stirlingsays's Profile Stirlingsays Flag 29 Sep 17 12.58pm Send a Private Message to Stirlingsays Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add Stirlingsays as a friend

Originally posted by nickgusset

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Talking about ' piccaninies with watermelon smiles' won't help.

My god, you and racism.

 


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View steeleye20's Profile steeleye20 Flag Croydon 29 Sep 17 1.39pm Send a Private Message to steeleye20 Add steeleye20 as a friend

Grenfell hasn't happened for nothing it is a monument to the tories corrupt selfish greed and will win the election for labour IMO.

Its good Jeremy is focused on what may happen if elected that's responsible.

Keep to the core issues especially housing and the NHS and don't get involved in rubbish about marxists nazis all that stuff as the public wants sensible reforms.

I think social reforms not international matters wars as we will have little influence.

Johnson and the tory press are ideal targets for labour just let them go on as they are.

 

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View europalace's Profile europalace Flag Europe 29 Sep 17 1.48pm Send a Private Message to europalace Add europalace as a friend

Boris doesn't keep his word, he's weak. Not good attributes for a PM. After all, he said the UK wouldn't 'pay a single penny' to the EU with regards brexit. Fast forward a few months an we find that the first payment comprising of €20 billion has been agreed.

 

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View Stirlingsays's Profile Stirlingsays Flag 29 Sep 17 1.54pm Send a Private Message to Stirlingsays Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add Stirlingsays as a friend

Originally posted by europalace

Boris doesn't keep his word, he's weak. Not good attributes for a PM. After all, he said the UK wouldn't 'pay a single penny' to the EU with regards brexit. Fast forward a few months an we find that the first payment comprising of €20 billion has been agreed.

I think that went, 'Whoooosh' over your head.

 


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View Jimenez's Profile Jimenez Flag SELHURSTPARKCHESTER,DA BRONX 29 Sep 17 1.55pm Send a Private Message to Jimenez Add Jimenez as a friend

Originally posted by cryrst

Davidson for me
Got something about her
Scots generally tell it how it is
Harsh or not
I'm not a Scot so no biased



..... A bit like Kermit then !!

 


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