Dr Gloom 21812 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30257 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 This is exactly why she won't risk another general election. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4718 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 9 minutes ago, ewerk said: This is exactly why she won't risk another general election. She WON the last one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5176 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 No one 'won' the last one. Not really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4718 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Just now, Rayvin said: No one 'won' the last one. Not really. Shes the prime minister Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5176 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Just now, Andrew said: Shes the prime minister Does she look happy about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15397 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 No one 'won' the 1994 World Cup final, not really, but you don't see Roberto Baggio steering the UK towards Hard Brexit. Or something. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4718 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Just now, Rayvin said: Does she look happy about it? Thats not what the winner of a GE gets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5176 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 1 minute ago, Andrew said: Thats not what the winner of a GE gets Do they get authority? Does she have that? Anyway this is pointless, yes she won the GE She has no authority, majority, mandate or power, but she is technically the PM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4718 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 8 minutes ago, Rayvin said: Do they get authority? Does she have that? Anyway this is pointless, yes she won the GE She has no authority, majority, mandate or power, but she is technically the PM. All of those are because shes hopeless as is her government, as it was before and during the election. And shes still the PM. And come to think of it, if she has so little of those things, what does that say about the people she beat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5176 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 I acknowledged Corbyn's failings and unsuitability to lead, and my error in backing him, months ago. I'm not CT. Even though I still think Momentum made a solid fist of that GE considering where they had to come back from in the polls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4718 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 1 minute ago, Rayvin said: I acknowledged Corbyn's failings and unsuitability to lead, and my error in backing him, months ago. I'm not CT. Even though I still think Momentum made a solid fist of that GE considering where they had to come back from in the polls. Yeah but you also just argued that the PM didn't win the election because she doesn't look particularly happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5176 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 2 minutes ago, Andrew said: Yeah but you also just argued that the PM didn't win the election because she doesn't look particularly happy. That was facetious. Although I do stand by the comment that politically, no one won the GE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15397 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 No one ever wins an election where the Tories end up as the biggest party. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5176 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 (edited) 4 hours ago, Meenzer said: No one ever wins an election where the Tories end up as the biggest party. Yes, you've restated the 'technically' bit. Well done EDIT - Maybe need new disclaimers tbh: "Sometimes I make posts that require you to infer something beyond what I have explicitly stated." I might start adding these to my signature. The meaning was that the Tories lost their majority in an ill conceived attempt to establish a larger majority, and therefore failed in their political objective in calling the thing in the first place, thus weakening their position compared to where they were to begin with. Therefore, while they technically won the GE, they were net worse off than they were going into it. Thus, politically, they lost. But you knew all that didn't you Edited July 23, 2018 by Rayvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Just apologise n move on Rayvs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4718 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 7 hours ago, Rayvin said: Yes, you've restated the 'technically' bit. Well done EDIT - Maybe need new disclaimers tbh: "Sometimes I make posts that require you to infer something beyond what I have explicitly stated." I might start adding these to my signature. The meaning was that the Tories lost their majority in an ill conceived attempt to establish a larger majority, and therefore failed in their political objective in calling the thing in the first place, thus weakening their position compared to where they were to begin with. Therefore, while they technically won the GE, they were net worse off than they were going into it. Thus, politically, they lost. But you knew all that didn't you Slippery slope though that. You can’t stand by the literal meaning of your words when you make a post admiring Jacob reed-mogg (inferred) on one hand and then ask for inference elsewhere when you say the winners of the election didn’t win the election. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15397 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 7 hours ago, Rayvin said: Yes, you've restated the 'technically' bit. Well done EDIT - Maybe need new disclaimers tbh: "Sometimes I make posts that require you to infer something beyond what I have explicitly stated." I might start adding these to my signature. The meaning was that the Tories lost their majority in an ill conceived attempt to establish a larger majority, and therefore failed in their political objective in calling the thing in the first place, thus weakening their position compared to where they were to begin with. Therefore, while they technically won the GE, they were net worse off than they were going into it. Thus, politically, they lost. But you knew all that didn't you Mate, I was just saying Tories are bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 34834 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 I would ask Rayvin if he thought he had a tendency to overthink things, if I didn’t think he would overthink it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30257 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Quote Jeremy Corbyn will today claim there has already been an economic "benefit" of Brexit, as he launches a campaign to boost British manufacturing. The Labour leader will suggest the crash in the pound that followed the 2016 referendum made sterling more competitive and should have helped UK exporters, had the government had a plan to let them capitalise on it. It will come in a "build it in Britain" speech, in which Mr Corbyn will also attack the use of "cheap labour from abroad" and demand government contracts are kept in Britain instead of being given to "companies outside the UK". The nod to potential economic benefits of leaving the EU will anger those in his party who want the Labour leader to soften his stance on Brexit, while his rhetoric on industry is likely to be compared to Donald Trump's "America first" approach to manufacturing. He is expected to say: “Our exporters should be able to take proper advantage of the one benefit to them that Brexit has already brought - a more competitive pound. "After the EU referendum result, the pound became more competitive and that should have helped our exporters. But they are being sold out by a lack of a Conservative government industrial plan, which has left our economy far too reliant on imports.” The pound plummeted in the wake of the vote to leave the EU, wiping billions off the economy and leaving many businesses and consumers worse off. Sterling is currently worth around 14 per cent less against the Euro than it was before the Brexit vote. Launching Labour's "Build it in Britain" campaign, Mr Corbyn is expected to condemn what he will call a reliance on migrant workers, and criticise the government for awarding contracts to foreign companies. Speaking to the EEF manufacturers union, he will say: “For the last 40 years, a magical kind of thinking has dominated the way Britain is run. We’ve been told that it’s good - advanced even - for our country to manufacture less and less and instead rely on cheap labour from abroad to produce imports, while we focus on the City of London and the finance sector." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 21287 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 10 minutes ago, ewerk said: Has rayvin apologised enough yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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