It's a campaign that is aimed at childlike minds. Will it be successful? The results will tell us quite a bit
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It is coming across as being hugely cynical so far.
I am no anti Tory, like many are grown from birth in south wales. Labour are morally superior regardless of what they do, and all that jazz. But this is quite poor.
Pretty obvious tactics:
Let labour run around in desperation mode. They'll be like a set of rabid dogs in opposition for the next month.
The media rips into the desperate attempts from the opposition, while running with the narrative that the conservatives are the safe pair of hands throughout brexit.
Not only the media, everyone I know who rarely follows politics seems to be saying it'll be a whitewash. So this suggests they'll vote for them?.
And most importantly, Theresa May and her campaign act like they did in the below.
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Theresa May was accused of hiding from residents on a Bristol housing estate and shutting reporters out of a factory visit in Cornwall, as the tightly controlled stage management of the Conservative election campaign came under scrutiny.
The prime minister addressed at a social club on a housing estate in Brislington in the Labour-held seat of Bristol East, where she urged voters in the south-west not to return to backing the Liberal Democrats.
However, residents of the estate were not invited and gathered outside waiting for a glimpse of May, while the audience inside was made up of Conservatives activists from across Bristol and South Gloucestershire.
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It came after a furore over May’s earlier visit to the marginal seat of St Ives in Cornwall, where the county’s biggest news website was banned from filming the prime minister’s visit to a factory.
Reporters from Cornwall Live complained that they were shut in a room to enforce the video ban while the prime minister was visiting a diving equipment factory in Helston.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics...ck-with-tories
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No news is god news for them I suppose.
Do as little media that could criticise yourselves - watch it all roll over.
Last edited by LordKenwyne; 03-05-17 at 10:47.
It's a campaign that is aimed at childlike minds. Will it be successful? The results will tell us quite a bit
Its cynical and stage managed in the extreme. However Labour have failed abysmally and let down millions of us who want a very different future than the one the Tories have envidased for us.
I don't think Corbyn has ever wanted to be in the EU, it's a Blairite thing.
Every action is a anti Blairite and their lies the parties problem , the party should be thinking forward ,not about everything Blair did was wrong .
He made Labour electable, more than any other modern Labour leader , he amended clause 4 and was never forgiven , he was a bold reformer ,we may not agree with the reforms but you have to accept he won with 418 seats ,hard to think that happening now .
And so it continues, does she think this is 'strong' leadership?
Judging by the way Wales voted in the Brexit referendum ,they deserve everything that is coming their way , they will lose the generous EU funding, and now the the political landscape will be changed , you get what you wish for and sometimes it comes back and bites you hard .
I think she's a genius.
She's going to get all the backing tomorrow in the press due to her perceived Boudicca stand and what was a walk in the park wil now be a cartwheel for her.
Sad that the UK has reverted to wanting leaders who spout jingoistic nonsense but there we are.
I just don't see what amazing benefits Brexit is going to bring and the ****ing issue is going to dominate for the next few years.
With an inept leadership of the opposition as well.
Sigh......
May has been keen to make this election about Brexit & it looks very much like Juncker & co have played right into her hands with their actions this week. The posturing from Brussels allowed May to give her it's us against them speech. In the last election UKIP won around 4m votes & I would not mind betting that the number planning to vote Tory increased today. Also about a third of SNP voters supported Brexit. If a fair number of these defect that could derail Sturgeon's independence plans, no wonder she appeared rattled when the general election was called & she was very quick to attack May again today.
May has a very capable election strategist in her corner in Lynton Crosby & I would not mind betting that he had a hand in this weeks events.
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
Don't forget that of late Juncker & co have been operating in an pretty underhand & derogatory manner so was she supposed to cower away & say nothing or stand up for herself? Personally I think that they will show a bit more respect towards her now which improves the prospect of a deal with the EU. Also it is important to remember that these negotiations are not all one way as I am pretty certain that lot's of German industries are lobbying Merkel to ensure that their valuable UK export market is preserved. For example about 1 in 3 cars sold in the UK are German, with the market being worth about £18 billion pa to Volkswagen alone. With the problems Volkswagen have been encountering they can ill afford to see restrictions implemented in one of their most valuable market-places.
I am very wary of what the rabid right wing press allege what Juncker has said.He is perceived to be even more appalling than Corbyn. It will be very much part and parcel of Brexit negotiations.The heroic Mrs May up against the wicked Juncker and co.Its been grandstanding by May.....playing the patriotic card which she knows will firm up her support.
Yes we are a hugh importer of EU products and no deal with negatively impact upon the export markets of EU members particularly German car manufacturers but the stakes are very high for the EU and they can ill afford to be generous in any deal.
This was not just right wing propaganda, this was about Juncker & his mates leaking information which they had no right to divulge & trying to belittle May in the process. I do think that their actions this week though have been more about trying to influence the French election rather than ours - if Le Pen wins this could spell the end for the EU so being seen to take a hard line against the UK could be a way of trying to persuade the French voters that a vote for Macron is a far better course of action.
The stakes are high all round although I do think that an acceptable compromise can be reached on the majority of key issues as long as there is give & take on both sides.
What happens after the the GE? Nobody seems to be talking about the need to redraft the constitution post-Brexit. Whose interests will be favoured, and are there any groups involved who will be hoping to leverage their support of specific candidates? A huge mandate at the ballot-box will effect more than just the Brexit negotions, it will shape the future of the British people and how we are governed.
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.
Cynical Tory campaign based on xenophobia, jingoism and backed by our rabid, right wing press and the masses.
Hapless Labour Campaign from a completely divided party.
We are heading for a one party state stuck on this Island of Little Englanders like Turkeys voting for the Christmas of deregulation, zero hours contracts etc under the guise of 'The brave new post brexit' world.
I am personally completely depressed by the current state of UK politics and will yet again vote Plaid Cymru in the vain hope that Wales will wake up and follow the lead of our Cousin's up North who may be pissing the Establishment off, but are at least getting their voices heard by voting for a viable and organised alternative.
Look at France where you have the discredited establishment vs the Far Right....how depressing a choice is that????
Watching Wales Today reporting on a potential Tory sweep across Wales gaining the votes of UKIP voters, I give up and understand those who say we deserve all we get when we end up living in May's Kingdom of w'England!
There are lot's of examples, here are a few:
A 'divorce bill' which is increasing by the day & now stands at 100 Billion Euros
A refusal to acknowledge that we are entitled to a share of EU assets, despite the UK being one of the main financial contributors for many years.
Refusing parallel exit talks via insisting that trade talks will not occur until a financial statement has been done & dusted. It has been suggested though that the EU are keen to talk about security & anti-terrorism co-operation at the earliest possible opportunity as they rely so much on our intelligence services.
Despite the UK wanting to agree an early deal about the rights of EU citizens in the UK & UK citizens in the EU, this has been scuppered by the EU insisting we have to accept the jurisdiction of the European Court for EU citizens so effectively our UK laws can be overruled by a foreign court in respect of a significant part of our population.
Wanting to block our Prime Minister from being part of the negotiations despite other leaders (e.g. Merkel) clearly dictating terms.
Martin Selmayr (Juncker's right hand man) this week saying openly that 'Brexit will not become a success'
There is a good article here about how the EU operate in 'negotiations' & oddly enough one of the things he predicted happened 2 days ago:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2017/04/29/eu-bully/
Last edited by Alfonso Perez; 04-05-17 at 08:24.
I don't recognise your description of this country , and lets be fair to the electorate they can make decisions as they did with Brexit ,many firms don't operate zero hours contracts , many people prefer them, the Tories didn't impose this employment, they have existed for decades, so why are they suddenly a hot topic, is that a left leaning current moan ? ?
If folk in Wales don't want to be be part of the Tory landslide ,a tick in a box for someone else is available .
Blair showed Labour the way ,okay we don't have to follow his mantra, just his example , he knew how to appeal to the middle ground , the middle ground sits in every country not just England, they have average simple wage jobs, couple of kids , a mortgage , and it all needs protection , hence the mindset of the ( alleged ) appeal of a safe pair of hands in May .
A party needs to step up and be different but financially sensible,folk have very deep memories of monetary problems which effects that middle ground badly, a party needs to be different from your previous parties politics , just look at the success and appeal of the SNP .
A party has to avoid fringe controversies , moan , and blame politics ,and it policies has to add up, and be seen as strong, and that's why we are, where we are .
No I'm not a Tory , just a a very troubled ,sad , life long Labour voter.
I am almost certain no one from the eu has publicly set an amount that we will have to pay. That 100 billion was calculated by the financial times.
I can see why you want it to be an us and them, it makes it simpler but the reality is we have a load of people sitting around a table deciding our futures who are all financially secure and therefore have little stake in the outcome.
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.