This Tory campaign

[Eric Cartman]

The FT are saying the ultimate source was the EU following a request to increase the amount, particularly from France & Germany who have probably realised that they are going to stump up a lot more cash when we leave noting that the majority of EU members get more cash back than they actually put in. Also I have not seen any denial from the EU about the 100bn euro sum despite having ample opportunity to do so.

Personally I do not want it to be an us & them, I voted remain & have not changed my mind although admittedly some of the methods being employed by Juncker & co have made me question my decision. That said stupid comments by Boris & Farage have not helped the situation either. I remain firmly of the opinion that give & take is required from both sides to obtain the best possible outcome. If either side resorts to bully boy tactics then the talks are doomed to fail in my view. I hope that what we are seeing at present is initial posturing & when talks begin in earnest a far more professional & respectful stance will be taken by both parties.

How is this evidence of meddling in our election?? The ft dig for information from sources at the eu, they receive it and publish it. So what?

So you don't think May throwing her toys out of the pram yesterday was playing games too?

The EU have sat there listening to a load of rubbish spouted from the leave campaign for a year about how the eu needs us more than we need them, this has stance has now been adopted by May and her government. It is hardly surprising that Juncker is sticking the boot in where he can.

You may not want it to be 'us and them'. But you appear to have gobbled up every word that May said yesterday as gospel. Evil evil EU eh?

[Alfonso Perez]

How is this evidence of meddling in our election?? The ft dig for information from sources at the eu, they receive it and publish it. So what?

Where have I said that they are meddling in our election?

So you don't think May throwing her toys out of the pram yesterday was playing games too?

You will see further up the thread my views on this in that I think that Juncker may have played right into May's hands & I have suggested that Lynton Crosby may have played a role in this strategy. Apparently Juncker has a reputation of liking alcohol a bit too much so maybe they opened their best bottle of port & have played him like a banjo


The EU have sat there listening to a load of rubbish spouted from the leave campaign for a year about how the eu needs us more than we need them, this has stance has now been adopted by May and her government. It is hardly surprising that Juncker is sticking the boot in where he can.

Where has this stance been adopted by May as I don't recall her ever saying the EU needs us more than we need them?

Idiots like Johnson & Farage have been making stupid comments as I have acknowledged within this thread, that does not excuse what Juncker & his chums have done though as two wrongs do not make a right. Why did they attack May as opposed to the likes of Johnson & Farage as before yesterday she has been very respectful towards the EU (including Juncker)? At the end of the day Juncker should remember that the UK tax payer helps to fund his inflated salary package (over double what our PM earns) & as an unelected bureaucrat maybe he should show a bit more respect to democratically elected senior politicians from this country. In short he has no business sticking the boot in as you put it.

I would be interested to know how you think May should have responded this week?

You may not want it to be 'us and them'. But you appear to have gobbled up every word that May said yesterday as gospel. Evil evil EU eh?

I think it is incredibly rich you saying that when you appear to have taken a such polarised view yourself, noting that your stance appears to be very much anti-May, so have you gobbled up all that the EU have been saying or are you just letting your political leanings cloud your judgement here? For your information I have gobbled up nothing, I am just trying to put a balanced view across which some may disagree with but that's life. As I said I voted remain but that doesn't mean that I blindly support everything that the EU has done & this weeks unfortunate exchanges are a good example of how some of the less scrupulous members of the EU operate.

[Eric Cartman]

I think it is incredibly rich you saying that when you appear to have taken a such polarised view yourself, noting that your stance appears to be very much anti-May, so have you gobbled up all that the EU have been saying or are you just letting your political leanings cloud your judgement here? For your information I have gobbled up nothing, I am just trying to put a balanced view across which some may disagree with but that's life. As I said I voted remain but that doesn't mean that I blindly support everything that the EU has done & this weeks unfortunate exchanges are a good example of how some of the less scrupulous members of the EU operate.

Not into gobbling, just very sceptical from the beginning that this government has any clue what they are doing with Brexit. May has spent the last few months telling everyone that we need to be discrete and professional and then after one meeting she hauls the press to Downing Street so they can watch her throw her toys out of the pram.

I haven't supported anything the EU does/doesn't do or has said. I wan't our Prime Minister to look as though she isn't losing her shit because what her and the rest of the government do over Brexit is actually quite important.

[Eric Cartman]

Yes lovely man this quote somes it up " The worst damage Europe's socialists will inflict when they endorse a man who has done as much harm as any politician his generation is easy to describe. They will prove the extremists right."

"" What heavy industry the duchy had was vanishing by the early 1990s. During Juncker's reign as Luxembourg's prime minister from 1995 to 2013, the duchy reinvented itself as Europe's largest tax haven: a land fit for Bernie Madoff to trade through. It allowed conglomerates to avoid tax through intermediate holding companies solely.""

That is us soon, the 97p store.

[life on mars]

That is us soon, the 97p store.

Well this might well be our only option if we dont get a deal as we have to survive .

Juncker' knows this, hence all his outspoken rhetoric , he they know there is an election and it does seem strange these outburst of language are being heard now , they must know election soundbite is ceased upon , so yes covertly they are trying to influence our election , by means of these unwelcome statements .

[Feedback]

Imports/exports are broadly similar but GDP is not. Exports account for 10% or so of our GDP. Imports account for less than 2% of the EUs GDP.

[Pearcey3]

The Tory dumbing down continues with prospective candidates told to refer to themselves as Theresa May's local candidate. No mention that they are Tories.

[Pearcey3]

I havent seen the stuff re being called Theresa May's local candidate - but I have seen Plaid Cymru rebrand themselves as Cardiff Plaid for the local election and I have seen lots of boards up saying "Welsh Labour" as if they are some how different than Corbyn's Labour , mind you - I think the 'Welsh Conservatives' called themselves that for the same reasons - so I wouldnt let it worry you

This goes a stage further. It would appear the Theresa May party will be in office after the General Election. She does like control and seems to pathologically hate any opposition at all.
From now on I am going to have to say "Bloody Theresa Mays".

[City123]

https://www.joe.co.uk/news/comment-t...-for-it-123879

This sums up the campaign quite well

[Pearcey3]

https://www.joe.co.uk/news/comment-t...-for-it-123879

This sums up the campaign quite well

Yes it does. The 2 up with ten to go analogy is spot on. A PM unwilling to connect with the electorate in any way at all. Its pitiful.

[Pearcey3]

Face facts boys and admit it - you have a passionate hatred for anyone who is a conservative or anyone who has voted conservative. You hated Thatcher, you hated Major, you despised Cameron and Osbourne, and now you turn all your bile against May. In reality though it wouldn't matter who was elected Tory Leader you would hate them to.

Mother fecking Theresa could have a blue rosette on and you would no doubt act the same way. No problem though lads - this is only a Cardiff City Message Board afterall

Wow. Hang on sunshine. My best mates voted Tory and UKIP. We have fierce arguments but I do not chose friends based on their politics. At a guess I have more friends who vote Tory than any other party. You do not know me so don't make such generalised comments about someone who is a total stranger to you.
As for Tory politicians there are some decent ones out there. Ken Clark,Anna Soubry and even David Davis are people I have respect for. May is awful.

[Packerman]

Wow. Hang on sunshine. My best mates voted Tory and UKIP. We have fierce arguments but I do not chose friends based on their politics. At a guess I have more friends who vote Tory than any other party. You do not know me so don't make such generalised comments about someone who is a total stranger to you.
As for Tory politicians there are some decent ones out there. Ken Clark,Anna Soubry and even David Davis are people I have respect for. May is awful.

Anna Soubry says it all

[Pearcey3]

Anna Soubry says it all

Well she spoke more accurately for the 48% of us that voted Remain than any other politician. I suspect you voted out and would see her differently

[Pearcey3]

Theresa May - the longest ever serving Home Secretary (without getting sacked) , so awful she isn't. You may hate because of her politics, because she is a woman, because she has grey hair, no children or even because she is diabetic. But to say she is awful at her job is pushing it some. But each to their own I guess.

I thought she was ok as Home Secretary as it happens and was brave when she stood in front of the Police Federation making clear there would be cuts. As PM she has been dire relying on meaningless soundbites,wanting to bring back grammar schools and hiding during the EU campaign and now during the election campaign. If that impresses you fill yer boots.

[Pearcey3]

It fills my boots much more than Corbyn, or a boot each of Farron, Corbyn and the SNP thats for sure.
Who else would you have preferred as Tory Leader ?

As with Labour the Tories are really short of talent. A younger Ken Clark would be fine but he was never going to be Tory leader because of his pro European views.Of the current crop I am struggling. Davis has some authority but lost out to Cameron in 2005. Beyond them Hammond is just about passable. I have no time for the right wing Brexiteers.
If Clark had become leader I may even have thought the unthinkable and voted Tory. He did a damn good job as Chancellor and didn't get the credit for it.

[CardiffIrish2]

Face facts boys and admit it - you have a passionate hatred for anyone who is a conservative or anyone who has voted conservative. You hated Thatcher, you hated Major, you despised Cameron and Osbourne, and now you turn all your bile against May. In reality though it wouldn't matter who was elected Tory Leader you would hate them to.

Mother fecking Theresa could have a blue rosette on and you would no doubt act the same way. No problem though lads - this is only a Cardiff City Message Board afterall

I didn't mind Major. I'd prefer him Clarke and hesletine then may Davies, Gove and thatbfat blomde prick who doesn't deserve anything more then an insulting name.

[the other bob wilson]

Don't forget now, not Feedback's not a tory.

Going to the original point of this thread - the tory policy this week appears to be to bleat on about those Johnny Foreigner types who are not playing by the rules in the lead up to the Brexit negotiations, don't they know our strong, stable leader has promised everyone a red, white and blue Brexit?

[Eric Cartman]

"It fills my boots much more than Corbyn, or a boot each of Farron, Corbyn and the SNP thats for sure.
Who else would you have preferred as Tory Leader ?"

Eric - I have two feet , I have lots of boots though (about 6 pairs) - or in Erics world are we only allowed 2 boots ? . You're having a Weston Super here

Feck me if you think that is a Weston maybe you aren't Seedy and haven't been around long.

[Pearcey3]

[QUOTE=ninianclark;4739062]You'd want a young Ken Clark to be leader of the conservatives and in charge of Brexit talks - that

Well done. Er yes I would because he wouldn't be pandering to the lowest denominator unlike May. I suspect his approach would bring about a more cordial approach in negotiations but thats lost on you.

[Pearcey3]

Don't forget now, not Feedback's not a tory.

Going to the original point of this thread - the tory policy this week appears to be to bleat on about those Johnny Foreigner types who are not playing by the rules in the lead up to the Brexit negotiations, don't they know our strong, stable leader has promised everyone a red, white and blue Brexit?

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[surge]

So far on this Tory campaign we have had slogans, we have had May refusing to speak to any potential neutral or opposition voter and May attacking our EU neighbors before she (likely result) goes to negotiate with them.

Sorry, I forgot that they also re-issued an Ed Milliband proposed policy. A policy which was heavily criticised when he suggested it but now seems quite alright really.

[Feedback]

Indeed it is jingoistic nonsense and the good old British electorate will lap it up. The sad part is that it is so easy for May to wheel out this rhetoric but the bigger picture is that it diminshes the prospects of a deal with the EU.
There will be a day of reckoning for May. It will not happen for a few years but when it does happen she will be shown up for the weak politician that she really is

Not that I disagree with your opinion but why is it jingoistic nonsense. May is just playing to her crowd - a crowd she knows are going to be heavily influenced by brexit one way or another

[Feedback]

Spot on, and we next have the German elections in September, that's why Merkel is in Russia as we speak, trying to look strong on the world's stage , your right about France and with Germany going to the polls European leaders are looking over their shoulders with worry , they cannot be seen to be handing or being weak on any deal with the UK ,mhence all this recent rhetoric ,May is not divulging the content of her meetings , Juncker & his mates are , which is not the right etiquette, it shows how worried they are , as its timing is apt as France heads to the polls on the 7th .

May will be tested over the next few years , think a strong approach is needed , folk talk about May's behaviour to them , I think theirs has been equally poor and bullish.

Whilst some are looking at the FN in France the rise of AFD and die linke in Germany, with the perceived split of the CDU and CSU may cause untold issues for the EU in the forthcoming German elections

[Feedback]

Yes lovely man this quote somes it up " The worst damage Europe's socialists will inflict when they endorse a man who has done as much harm as any politician his generation is easy to describe. They will prove the extremists right."

"" What heavy industry the duchy had was vanishing by the early 1990s. During Juncker's reign as Luxembourg's prime minister from 1995 to 2013, the duchy reinvented itself as Europe's largest tax haven: a land fit for Bernie Madoff to trade through. It allowed conglomerates to avoid tax through intermediate holding companies solely.""

Tech companies can be based anywhere. Adopting such a strategy has ensured capital flows into the eu whether corporate profits are taxed or not.

[Pearcey3]

Not that I disagree with your opinion but why is it jingoistic nonsense. May is just playing to her crowd - a crowd she knows are going to be heavily influenced by brexit one way or another

Its playing on overt patriotism.We are now being told that anyone who goes against the Government line on Brexit is unpatriotic.Rees Mogg constantly plays to this tune. We live in a democracy but Chairman May doesn't do opposition.