Rayvin

Democracy

Aye, well played HF.

Utter knob-ends, the FA.

Well the Guardian getting 'on message' about Corbyn is a good thing, even if they have been part of the problem up until now.

I actually thought they turned them on under those circumstances. More clicks etc.

Aye, well, as I said, didn't expect it to be a significant contribution. I'm actually surprised it's as many as that tbf.

Ok, if only 1/10 students actually vote, I'll concede that you guys are the arbiters of realism

True. I suppose the other thing here is that if we spent the money we'd have at the end of this year, we're always playing catch up. Maybe this is what Charnley was getting at, maybe we have to consolidate this year and spend next year

How come? The interest rates?

So you're a glass half empty kind of guy, huh?

9 out of 10 students have now registered to vote, and 55% of them will vote Labour. Tories a distant second at 18%. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/may/04/voter-registration-soars-students-backing-labour-corbyn-general-election Nice to see, albeit not hugely relevant in the broader sense of the election.

I have a Greek friend who absolutely despises Varoufakis

Gosh you're salty this morning.

I thought that was the figure HF arrived at as well mind...

That was too blatant even for me to fall for

He's talked a lot about being anti-establishment. Which is certainly why I voted for him. And coupled with the largely anti-establishment considered Brexit, I think that he's measured this about right. What he hasn't catered for is the fact that the narratives he needed to pick up are already being used by the Brexiters.

Great, now we're facing an 'us' vs 'them' siege mentality. Fucking ridiculous woman.

Hard to believe that the culture in the bubble of football is still so vehemently anti-gay that this is something many footballers still have such a difficult time with. It needs someone high profile (Ronaldo maybe) to come out as gay to really start breaking down the barriers I suppose.

May legitimately looks like one of the undead, so I'm not convinced mortal wounds will be enough.

Don't disagree there, but if they're to stand a chance at all, it's by putting forward attractive policies. The Tories will try to tear them apart, but if people are delusional enough to vote for Brexit thinking it will improve their living standards, will they pay any attention to the Tories on this? If they do, it points to the fact that the low IQ right wing (as opposed to the elite right) are a lost cause.

...looking back, it appears that I made that comment in reference to his financial success?

Shame the chap didn't post the rest of the interview. Hard to tell if anyone has been destroyed based on 59 seconds. Parky, I've seen loads of videos like that all over the right wing YT commentariat, and they're always highly selective about the bits they show you. That said, it's a poorly worded campaign slogan. It presumably refers to the abolishment of zero hours contracts more than eliminating unemployment. I suspect the intended meaning is that they will eliminate shit jobs, rather than unemployment.

That was Monbiot, and that remains true. I think we should be encouraged by the poll swing. Granted, it's still miles off, but it's better than heading the other way. And it points to a lower risk of a wipeout. It also might suggest (and this is just me knocking ideas around) that the attacks on Corbyn have reached some degree of saturation in the previous two years. Maybe they aren't going in anymore? The Trump Effect, as it were.

Corbyn's campaigning having a positive effect, or May's switching people off? The problem is, the closer it gets, the more rabid the RW press will become.