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Hooray - the Conservatives won the election!

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FarNorth Sun 13-Nov-16 17:10:13

Several people on GN made posts saying something like " Hooray - the Conservatives won the election! "

I'd like to ask if they, or anyone else who agrees with them, have seen the film "I, Daniel Blake" and, if so, have they any comment to make?

www.theguardian.com/film/video/2016/jun/15/i-daniel-blake-trailer-ken-loach-palme-dor-winner-video

People who were not happy when the Conservatives won the election, please do not post on this thread.

Anniebach Thu 17-Nov-16 23:26:42

Posters forgive me for going off topic ,I have been accused of hiding behind an alias, I have said several times my name Annie is the second half of my full name , my grandfather chose it and added the ie and Bach. One poster here has my email address which has my full Christian name , a poster I once trusted

Anniebach Thu 17-Nov-16 23:06:40

I am not responsible for names chosen by posters , neither would I accuse them of using an alias , it is not my business , I accept and respect posters on what they say , not concerned with their privacy, I have no idea if your name is Jen, you say it is your name so I accept this.

durhamjen Thu 17-Nov-16 22:50:56

Most people on here use aliases. That's why we can write what we do. Although my name is Jen, and I do live in Durham, so not as much of an alias as some.

Anniebach Thu 17-Nov-16 22:38:10

Jess,i am not using an alias , nice try but wrong

Anniebach Thu 17-Nov-16 22:19:18

Jess, attack the leader of the party I apparently belong to? I have no intention of making pathetic excuses for a leader who betrayed the party , I will leave that to others

You are free to defend him, I am free to critcise a man who worked against party members for years. The members who had to keep working for fourteen long bloody years . You obviously we're not one of them.

So some here support the government? well I do not but I do not judge people as you do obviously, give me an honest Tory voter to a lying, excuse making Labour voter

durhamjen Thu 17-Nov-16 22:14:45

A 4% rise in Labour, and a 5% drop in Tory support.

There might be a bigger drop when they find out what the Tories really think of them.

skwawkbox.org/2012/08/19/tory-rising-stars-and-lazy-workers-the-ignorance-shamelessness-of-the-tory-right

Co-authored by Kwasi Kwarteng who is on QT tonight. I hope it gets mentioned.

JessM Thu 17-Nov-16 21:53:37

Well Anniebach in the last month, since the rest of the Labour Party started playing together a bit more nicely, this has happened.
www.facebook.com/ebcc111/posts/10157687860275403
A 4% rise in on IPSOS/MORI on Labour's electability.

I have to say that hiding behind an alias on this website to attack the (twice) elected leader of the party you apparently belong to is not impressive. It is also very repetitive. But obviously delights those who support the current government.

Anniebach Thu 17-Nov-16 08:21:57

Eleothan, I cannot even say that was a fairly good attempt to excuse your accusation .

I was asked why I thought he didn't win the election, I gave my opinions on why and I added I liked and respected the man. Where was the defence of his bigot remark?

Because this to you - sounded pretty much etc, does not excuse the fact you were wrong and you posted a lie, I did not make an excuse .

Not obsessed with Corbyn, angry that he is willing to leave the vunerable suffer for another five years after the next election and he is destroying the lsbour party.

pkease do not accuse me if saying things I have not said because it sounds pretty much to you I said it, either I said something or I did not , spot the different ?

Eloethan Thu 17-Nov-16 00:59:50

Anniebach You say "Eleothan, please quote where I made an excuse fir Brown calling a person a bigot, I am more than fed up with twisting of posts by one group here."

You said: "Brown? That damn playing of the bigot tape cost him so many votes ............ He is a good man , and I have much respect for him."

That, to me, sounds pretty much like you were unhappy his comment had been recorded and played, rather than you were unhappy that he had made the remark in the first place. I would describe that as excusing what he said on the grounds that "he is a good man".

I don't, by the way, have any particular feelings of dislike for Brown but neither am I a great supporter.

I do not have a "little group" - in fact I have no group whatsoever. Sometimes what I say accords with other people's views and sometimes not. You, on the other hand, have quite a following of posters who jump to your defence, accusing anyone who disagrees with your often quite goading and sarcastic comments of being a bully.

It appears to me that it is you who is obsessed with Corbyn. On many political/current affairs threads in which Corbyn has not featured, you seem determined to bring him into the discussion - as if goading people to respond. Most of the time I try not to.

Anniebach Wed 16-Nov-16 17:41:30

Nooo, not Carol V, think how often Osbourne was in tv, plus his hard hat

Jeremy Clarkson - transport

Jalima Wed 16-Nov-16 17:16:40

What about Carol Vordermann for Chancellor? Or Chief Secretary to the Treasury? She may be able to balance the books

Penstemmon Wed 16-Nov-16 16:35:32

I would be happy for Tony Robinson to be PM grin

Jalima Wed 16-Nov-16 16:01:00

Ann Widdecombe - Literature Minister
Edwina Curry - Anything but Agriculture
Vince Cable - Culture (better at dancing than Ed wink)
Lembit Opik - your guess is as good as mine

Ana Wed 16-Nov-16 15:35:47

No way! Baldrick's much funnier and wittier than whoever you're talking about, Beammeup grin

Beammeupscottie Wed 16-Nov-16 15:26:52

I think Baldrick is alive and well, sitting at the front of the opposition bench surrounded by a bevy of nubile young women.

Anniebach Wed 16-Nov-16 15:16:06

What a pity Baldrick was fictional

trisher Wed 16-Nov-16 14:40:47

Maybe we could start an ex-TV stars party.
Ed Balls is Chancellor of course
Portillo gets Transport (everyone likes trains)
Who for PM?
Well Philip Schofield's getting on a bit now! grin

Jalima Wed 16-Nov-16 13:49:07

Yes we all like Michael Portillo now (well, some of us do who like trains as well grin)

Anniebach Wed 16-Nov-16 13:31:30

Ni need for more insults trisher

trisher Wed 16-Nov-16 13:19:48

Keep nit-picking Anniebach, even humour is better with your comments.

Beammeupscottie Wed 16-Nov-16 13:09:09

Ed Balls - clutching at straws.
Like Michael Portillo, he has become much nicer since leaving politics; why go back to the Whitehall Jungle when you can turn a buck in pleasanter ways and also become liked?

Anniebach Wed 16-Nov-16 13:08:52

Then trisher big difference to your claim - out of strictly into power ,

trisher Wed 16-Nov-16 13:03:48

MP today, not an MP tomorrow- it's a process that can be reversed you know. Nice, comfortable, secure seat and he is back in. Don't tell me it can't happen. Then a couple of years to the next election and it's happened before you know it. I imagine many people were saying a few years ago "Trump can't be President he has never held any office." In fact some people were saying it very recently.

Anniebach Wed 16-Nov-16 12:56:46

Recently a link was posted on something said by Michael Sheen , he is a good actor, does much charity work especially for Wales, so yes celebs opinions are important to some

Jalima Wed 16-Nov-16 11:36:38

grin I think DH and I thought he would never be able to enter politics again although you never know, there does seem to be a cultivation of celebrity these days, with everyone from Lily Allen's to Gary Lineker's views being taken as gospel.