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General election bribes

Darat

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Was thinking about what else Johnson could come up with as his bribes for when the next GE is called.

Given the news today I reckon it's going to be cancellation of HS2 and the third runway at Heathrow.

Anyone else want to bet on what else ?
 
Tax cuts using the money saved from HS2.

More money for the NHS which turns out not to be new money
 
Lots of magic cash for things, that will then be cut back viciously once power has been attained.

Essentially Mr Fied's unicorns.
 
Depends when the GE is held.

If it's after a hard Brexit I'd say we'll be so up to our necks in **** that he wouldn't dare.

But then I don't think he'd dare call an election before leaving, for fear of losing a mass of votes to the Brexit Party.

I seem to be saying "no bribes" :)
 
I see he's gone with the "bring back the birch" message with teachers. Liked an interview I heard with a teacher - she said (paraphrased) "I'm 5 foot 4, I'm meant to use 'force' with a 6ft 3 15 year old?"
 
Darat said:
I see he's gone with the "bring back the birch" message with teachers. Liked an interview I heard with a teacher - she said (paraphrased) "I'm 5 foot 4, I'm meant to use 'force' with a 6ft 3 15 year old?"
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Looks like I was right in the post MikeG hated so much..
 
More magic money.
We're going to have the best funded health system, education system, police service and armed forces in the world.
There must a bigger market for pork pies than any of us ever thought.
This coming from a man who doesn't even know that the Isle Of Man is not in the EU.
 
The Don said:
Looks like I was right in the post MikeG hated so much..
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This was that post:

The Don said:
How can this happen when their visions are so widely disparate that any middle ground would be equally toxic to either.

The Conservatives want to keep wogs out and march boldly back to the 1950s when Britain still had an Empire and blacks, women, poofs and Irish knew their place.

It's not entirely clear what the Labour Party want, but it's not that.
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GlennB said:
Depends when the GE is held.

If it's after a hard Brexit I'd say we'll be so up to our necks in **** that he wouldn't dare.

But then I don't think he'd dare call an election before leaving, for fear of losing a mass of votes to the Brexit Party.

I seem to be saying "no bribes" :)
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This is what I think the prorougation "wheeze" is about. Forcing his opponents to oust him, and then call a GE before the end of October, so he can blame the remainers for the election, and the immediate effects of a no-deal aren't immediately apparent.
 
jimbob said:
This is what I think the prorougation "wheeze" is about. Forcing his opponents to oust him, and then call a GE before the end of October, so he can blame the remainers for the election, and the immediate effects of a no-deal aren't immediately apparent.
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Well, that’s the problem. Force an election before Brexit, Boris wins and we’re ******, wait until after Brexit and we’re ****** anyway.

We’re ******.
 
Mojo said:
Well, that’s the problem. Force an election before Brexit, Boris wins and we’re ******, wait until after Brexit and we’re ****** anyway.

We’re ******.
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One way that someone with political vision could achieve is to form a unity government with the following limited aims. Revoke A50 pending a referendum, and once the referendum result is in, then call a general election.

I say revoke rather than ask for an extension, because asking for extensions until the government is ready is dangerous.
 
Darat said:
Was thinking about what else Johnson could come up with as his bribes for when the next GE is called.

Given the news today I reckon it's going to be cancellation of HS2 and the third runway at Heathrow.

Anyone else want to bet on what else ?
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No more making dementia health care patients being forced to sell their homes, leaving nothing for their sprogs to inherit.
 
jimbob said:
This is what I think the prorougation "wheeze" is about. Forcing his opponents to oust him, and then call a GE before the end of October, so he can blame the remainers for the election, and the immediate effects of a no-deal aren't immediately apparent.
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Nah. He and Carrie like living at no 10, too much.
 
jimbob said:
One way that someone with political vision could achieve is to form a unity government with the following limited aims. Revoke A50 pending a referendum, and once the referendum result is in, then call a general election.

I say revoke rather than ask for an extension, because asking for extensions until the government is ready is dangerous.
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They won't dare hold another referendum as Brits, by nature anti-establishment, will vote Brexit in the secrecy of the ballot box, softly chuckling to themself about the time they kept the Pop Idol winner off the number one spot with heavy metal [take that, Simon!], or the time they kept voting for Wagner [X Factor] or John Sargeant [SCD].

Oh didn't we laugh when that Arlene Philips bird got sacked for throwing a fit over dear old Johnny 'dancing' the foxtrot. Or should that be renamed the elephant humps. And we the public kept voting him back. LOOOLS.

No, they won't dare.
 
Mojo said:
Well, that’s the problem. Force an election before Brexit, Boris wins and we’re ******, wait until after Brexit and we’re ****** anyway.

We’re ******.
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That's the only plan I can think he has.
Force parliament to go for an election.
Hence all the money flying about (well, promises of money anyway).

I can only assume he has a deal with Farage.

jimbob said:
One way that someone with political vision could achieve is to form a unity government with the following limited aims. Revoke A50 pending a referendum, and once the referendum result is in, then call a general election.

I say revoke rather than ask for an extension, because asking for extensions until the government is ready is dangerous.
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Can't.
The EU will not allow revocation as a means of allowing a referendum and then a reinstating of A50. Revoking has to mean "we're staying in for the foreseeable future".
 
Tolls said:
That's the only plan I can think he has.

Force parliament to go for an election.

Hence all the money flying about (well, promises of money anyway).



I can only assume he has a deal with Farage.







Can't.

The EU will not allow revocation as a means of allowing a referendum and then a reinstating of A50. Revoking has to mean "we're staying in for the foreseeable future".
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No it doesn't. There is no such strictures in the treaty that means a country can't unilaterally revoke their invocation of article 50. The European court has already made a call on that.
 
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