Recent content by Jimstewart

I think it’s aimed at the red wall. If they can hang on to a good bit of it Labour are screwed.

I did say it was the person waving it and not the flag that was the issue.

I would imagine it’s to get votes

So politicians in general then

I’m old enough to remember Cool Britannia. The first thing Blair did when he got the gig as Labour leader was make a speech with that flag behind him. Have a look at pictures from the day he won power he’s surrounded by people waving that flag. Mandleson even used a British bulldog as a prop...

Well we had better get used to it because there’s gonna be plenty of flag waving this side of the next election. It’s no coincidence that this is hot on the heels of Patel introducing tougher laws on asylum seekers. They want to keep the working class brexit vote in the north and the midlands...

A UK flag on a UK government building. Whatever next.

RIP

Schwarzer

I don’t think their views have changed economically ( I assume you are on about the red wall seats here) but they are definitely more socially right wing and the Tories know that. Corbyn s economic policies along with a lurch to the right on law and order and immigration would probably be a vote...

I’m completely with you on the incompetence of the Tories. Does that question the standard of the opposition or the choices of the electorate?

Nope the old dusty one he got out of the cupboard the other week. Might have been Atlee’s.

The fact that the Tories would have done something probably doesn’t make it a great idea

I think the battle of Orgreave was discussed at length on here the other week as well. Some things just stick in the memory don’t they?

Don’t be surprised to see something akin to his British jobs for British workers slogan dusted down in the near future. Tough on crime tough on the causes of crime or something similar might make a reappearance as well.