The small clip I saw I thought she looked terrible. It felt so disengenious and like she was really trying to evoke the expected reaction rather than it actually being sincere. Sounds incredibly cynical but everything about her feels orchestrated and she showed with Andrew Neil when it's put on her toes she doesn't have the guile or the competency to navigate her way through the situation.
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Racist humpty dumpty tweeted earlier on that his interview with Andrew Neil was cancelled.
Bit suspicious about the government announcing a halt to campaigning. If it's one day, fine but the Tories are having a diabolical campaign. They have a lot to gain from putting it on hold for as long as they can. For things like this it should be decided independently, I can imagine the chance to push pause for a few days is exactly what the Tories would want.
Bit suspicious about the government announcing a halt to campaigning. If it's one day, fine but the Tories are having a diabolical campaign. They have a lot to gain from putting it on hold for as long as they can. For things like this it should be decided independently, I can imagine the chance to push pause for a few days is exactly what the Tories would want.
The Tories will certainly be in no rush to get the campaigning going again.
I don't know... when it kicks off I can imagine
Shoot to kill debacle will be revisited
Probably the whole negotiating with Isis and no doubt the old ira links being questioned.
I suspect the Tories can't wait for Corbyn to shoot himself in the foot again
It is a very odd situation where May is in effect campaigning as PM on-the-job whilst the others can't get a look in, and it's the Tories that seemingly get to choose when to kick it off again.
That said, if there's genuine threat of another attack (and I presume this change is based on recommendations from the security services) then I'm not sure there's much else you can do.
So the big 'gotchas' are a lie by the BBC, something Corbyn's opponent in the last leadership election said and the same old bollocks. They're on to a winner there.
Because that's all they've got.
Seeing the Telegraph's daily fake news article on Corbyn, I have a funny feeling that the Telegraph is working alongside Cambridge Analytica much like the Right Wing news organisations were in America for Trump.
My view is that the terrorist attack will have the greatest electoral impact on the Tory base itself, as heretofore the manifesto had been the source of mixed feelings. Theresa May has still had a mostly uninspiring campaign, however, and the loss of the WFP is a readily quantifiable loss. The upcoming Q&A on the BBC is going to be a very challenging environment for her based on the most recent evidence.
If any politician is considering a strategy which overtly seeks to exploit the Manchester tragedy, i would expect consequences among mainstream public opinion.
Re: current hiatus in campaigning
It was reported earlier today that the Lib Dems expect to resume normal activity on Friday.
If any politician is considering a strategy which overtly seeks to exploit the Manchester tragedy, i would expect consequences among mainstream public opinion.
Re: current hiatus in campaigning
It was reported earlier today that the Lib Dems expect to resume normal activity on Friday.
Are the SNP having a fairly poor campaign or am I too far away to accurately tell?
News of the attack on the nurse seems bizarre, I hope they're rightfully hurt by it.
News of the attack on the nurse seems bizarre, I hope they're rightfully hurt by it.
If i was cynical id say the deployment of armed forces is certainly a political device aimed at her security weak opponent.
Its hard to care given the deaths of children tbh but any chance of limiting the tory victory have gone.
Its hard to care given the deaths of children tbh but any chance of limiting the tory victory have gone.
There is a risk to the Tories too. Their majority is going to be built on ex-UKIP voters. If Nuttall wants he could push the shameless Islamophobia for the next few weeks and bring some of those voters back
Joanna cherry is a thoroughly unpleasant person. Hope their thuggery costs them a seat or two.
Its amazing how the snp hoards get a free pass for online mob mentality compared to the brexiters.
Army on the streets after cuts mean we have 20,000 less coppers? It really doesn't play as well as you think once you look behind the curtain.
People won't generally look behind the curtain though. They'll just see a 'strong' PM taking action. The whole thing is depressingly predictable.
Totally agree, she can display the 'strong & stable' leadership rather than just talk about it. Meanwhile, no one else can get any screen time. And what would they say anyway.
As the links to Libya grow, and possibly Syria does this really play well for her? Corbyn voted against libya involvement precisely because it would leave a vacuum that extremist would fill (he said the same about Iraq at the speech in front of the million march). May voted for both.
May is also gung ho about toppling assad, which would leave ISIS de facto in control of large regions of that country too.
I think people have had enough of us meddling in the middle east, there are no good guys, the people there are screwed either way and nothing we do ever makes it better. Blair and Cameron have state provided 24/7 security, they don;t live with the consequences of their half assed actions, concert goers do.
If the media had any sense of justice and morality, they would push for this angle... instead when I googled Corbyn, I saw more IRA related stuff post the terror attack than ever before.
I think it does play well for her, unfortunately, Noggers.
Also, she's less likely to cock this up. The rhetoric required at this time almost writes itself. Your version is all a bit difficult, innit?
Why Jeremy Corbyn has the best long-term plan for tackling terrorism on British soil
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices...ter-attack-libya-foreign-policy-a7752706.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices...ter-attack-libya-foreign-policy-a7752706.html
There is historical precedent for such measures though, under both Labour and Tory administrations. Increases in armed security are part of what the public expect to see at a time like this in fact.
Perhaps, although Nuttall has been pursuing a form of that what you suggest ever since becoming leader with little effect. There'll probably be some returnees contemplating an about-face, but not more than were given cause to doubt by the manifesto.
While the number of armed officers began to decline from 2009 onwards, they never fell by 20,000 (and they are what this decision primarily centres on).
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35940233
As a country where the police are not routinely armed, the challenge for us is always going to be one of distribution.
As the media inevitably reframe this election campaign to be about national security, Labour really need to go on the attack here or they'll get slaughtered. There's plenty of ammo available such as the arms sales to SA and generally cosying up to them, the historical voting history of May and Corbs, not to mention Corbs general and consistent stance of being anti-interventionist outside of a few exceptions.
Unfortunately we're living in 1984 now with perpetual wars, a media who cosy up to the government and help facilitate their actions, and the backwards notion that fecking around in the middle-east is somehow protecting us, instead of putting a huge target on our backs. Corbyn's 'radical' history of attempting to actually reason with terrorists instead of bombing them has our media chomping at the bit too.
Unfortunately we're living in 1984 now with perpetual wars, a media who cosy up to the government and help facilitate their actions, and the backwards notion that fecking around in the middle-east is somehow protecting us, instead of putting a huge target on our backs. Corbyn's 'radical' history of attempting to actually reason with terrorists instead of bombing them has our media chomping at the bit too.
Agreed.. he needs to come out and put the pressure on May. Maybe use the upcoming interview on the Beeb to make it clear. Can't sit back and let them dictate the aftermath and manipulate the disaster into reinforcing the 'strong' and 'stable' rhetoric.
I find it quite unseemly that people are trying to play politics with this whilst there are still people lying in hospital.
There's also plenty of times this hasn't happened though. Like i said it was only a cynical comment, i have no way of knowing so im certainly not judging the decision.
A completely unsubstantiated view of what i expect is that the security services always ask for the highest level following an event.
Labour are the right choice I assume?
Not really looked into it if I'm honest, but Labour are for the people while Cons are exactly that, cons who look out for the rich?
Not really looked into it if I'm honest, but Labour are for the people while Cons are exactly that, cons who look out for the rich?
Hard-hitting news from the frontline.
If you want complete oblivion they are a fantastic choice.
What makes you say that?
Just as an example, Diane Abbot would be Home Secretary. I would feel worried leaving her in a room alone with a sharp pair of scissors.
Right now, yes. The Lib Dems would probably be a decent half way house, but they can't win.
The likes of Abbott and McDonnell are awful but then so are May, Hunt, Boris etc.
Well if she's really shit at it she might even get the nod for PM.
No-one will even realise this is happening right now. Well played.
So, no breakfasts, but I bet they still scrap the dinners.
I think anyone suggesting the tragedy of the last few days will cover for the tories appalling campaign is underestimating the level of ineptness on display. In a weeks time, reality is people will be far more concerned with grans house and the kids school dinner than they will about Manchester or the poor victims of it.
I think anyone suggesting the tragedy of the last few days will cover for the tories appalling campaign is underestimating the level of ineptness on display. In a weeks time, reality is people will be far more concerned with grans house and the kids school dinner than they will about Manchester or the poor victims of it.
Its a good day to bury bad news etc
