https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/politics/politics-headlines/elect-me-you-little-shts-20191211191668

One of the few “news sources” that I still trust… 😉

Boris Johnson has failed to show up for an appearance on Jeremy Vince. Every other leader has done it. They’re giving him a right slating

It really is damage limitation with him.

He just can’t hack it.

Let’s get him out!

Have we ever had a weaker man who wanted to be PM than Johnson?

John Major in 1992

Got a huge number of votes IIRC. But he was up against a divisive Labour leader

HTH

http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2019/12/the-largest-vote-swings-in-british-general-election-history-censored-out-by-the-bbc-and-mainstream-media/

More MRP Poll analysis.

it’s a bit odd that everyone including the dailyfail (it was top of the page) reported this mornings GMB fiasco and it didn’t even make the news feed of the BBC (that i could see)! :/

this is their summary

What’s happened so far this morning?

Politicians have been dashing around the country this morning as they look to make the most of the final day of campaigning:

Boris Johnson is piling on the metaphors to hammer home his core campaign message of “get Brexit done”. He made an “oven-ready pie” in Derbyshire, saying it was a symbol for his deal, and began the day “delivering” to voters – milk, that is. He says the contest at this election “could not be tighter”.
Earlier, Conservative colleague Michael Gove defended the PM’s response to a photo of a sick boy who was forced to sleep on a hospital floor and insisted his boss was an empathetic individual
Jeremy Corbyn’s first stop of the day was in Glasgow, where he argued Labour’s campaign had been “positive” while his opponents had been “negative”. He urged voters to back Labour to bring about real change.
But 15 former Labour MPs have urged voters not to back Mr Corbyn, citing his record on anti-Semitism and “extremism”. The group includes several outspoken critics of the leader, such as Ian Austin and Louise Ellman.

Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson told party supporters in London that the last few hours would be “vital” as people were still making up their minds. She insisted Mr Johnson “doesn’t deserve your vote”.
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon, on the campaign trail in Edinburgh, said a “Tory victory can be stopped”, adding that in Scotland the SNP were the main challenger to the Conservatives. She called “get Brexit done” a “con”.
Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage says he fears a Tory majority would see “Brexit sold out” – he’s gone much colder on Boris Johnson’s deal in recent days. He also says his party are challenging Labour “quite strongly”. You can see the latest opinion poll trends with the BBC’s poll tracker
And last but not least, with trust a big theme of this campaign, Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price is using its final day to publish a draft law which would make lying by politicians a criminal offence.

it’s just appeared on the feed ! only a few hours late

Quandary time for me. Bojo is a complete bellend but I just can’t bring myself to vote for corbyn mainly because of the union backing.
Shall we run a book on when the first strike will be if Labour get in.

lol, aye, strikes only happen under a labour government!

Long memories of public services grinding to a halt due to strikes. On the other side, better funding and appreciation of public services might mean fewer, not more, strikes… and you won’t be getting that from Johnson and his people once they have a safe majority.

I had a pretty poor impression of union bosses in the 80s – jaguar-driving, chain-smoking, fat cats is the vision I had on the telly. I was in early teens and impressionable – it took a while for me to see that this was a stunt to make me feel like Trade Unions were corrupt and past their sell-by date. I didn’t know much about the history of the tory party then.

I suppose its memories of doing my homework in the seventies with power cuts that sticks in my mind.
Just ignore me (everyone else does) and I will continue to mull over who to vote for but for the first time in 41years of being able to vote I don’t think I can put an x in any parties box.

@sargey, please, PLEASE vote Labour. Hold your nose, look the other way, I accept that Corbyn is damaged goods. But at least Labour is the right direction. Boris does NOT have yours or my or anyone other than his own and his friends interests at heart.

Well there is that in terms of it being an election run on lies, spin, misinformation and soundbites. Coupled with the worst Government in living memory, an opposition that barely exists and a completely divided country (rich/poor, leave/remain or whatever division you want to set) and “none of the above” seems like a good option.

Failing that though, I cannot understand how anyone could look at the state of the UK now and go “ooh, 9 years of the Tories, hasn’t it been great, let’s have another 5 years of that!”

I will continue to mull over who to vote for but for the first time in 41years of being able to vote I don’t think I can put an x in any parties box.

well that’s fair enough, you’re certainly not alone!

IMO it will either be a full Tory government, or a hung parliament with the Tories as the biggest party. Those are the only 2 options, and the latter is slightly less disagreeable, so I’ll be pointing my vote in that direction. I’d recommend you do too, but I agree it’s hardly an inspiring choice….

Never really understood the objection to unions by ‘normal’ people, at least.

Unions have been awesome, and hopefully will be around for a very long time. (I’ve worked in Unionized and non-Unionized businesses and conditions/culture/respect for staff were far better in the Unionized ones.)

…but Mrs OOB is in a unionized job and the flaw (if there is a flaw) is that they’ve negotiated her a stonking great salary based on years service. Which is great. But she’s so expensive now she can’t move jobs within her own industry because nobody can afford to hire a new person with that length of service. ie Unions are *so* good at negotiating terms and conditions that they can end up pricing their staff out of the market.

The 4 day week is similar. The government can force my company to give me a 4 day week at full pay and it sounds great. But what will actually happen is I’ll no longer be affordable and they’ll just outsource my Job abroad. In theory the government have negotiated me a day of every week for life. In fact they’ve just got my job outsourced. Maybe negotiating a better deal is better managed by individuals who have a good grasp of what they think they can get away with.

I can’t help but wonder if train guards are the same, maybe their Union have negotiated them such a good deal that it actually makes sense to automate trains and make them all redundant.

We hear a lot about not getting into a race to the bottom, fair enough but the only thing worse than winning a race to the bottom is losing it!

Meh, too late

“ooh, 9 years of the Tories, hasn’t it been great, let’s have another 5 years of that!”

Have you thought through the implications of a 4 day week?

Vince sides with Corbyn (sort of)

Well not really:

That is why I am out campaigning for Liberal Democrat gains where possible – Esher and Walton, Wokingham and Wimbledon to name just a few – and supporting tactical voting for Remain where necessary.

Concept of unionised workforce trashed by single poor experience with single union, that still won.

Okay (literally) boomer.

Power cuts affected everyone, so they had high profile. There are worse things happening right now, under Tories, but if you’re not sick or have money then you don’t see it so you don’t care.

Quandary time for me. Bojo is a complete bellend but I just can’t bring myself to vote for corbyn mainly because of the union backing.

If you vote Labour some rich people will whine about being slightly less rich. If you vote Tory people will die because of it.