#UKElection Open Thread
Submitted by Mark from Queens on Thu, 12/12/2019 - 8:44amCan't say I know much about the electoral process there, or can even offer a fair commentary of what to expect, or frame the situation for context.
Can't say I know much about the electoral process there, or can even offer a fair commentary of what to expect, or frame the situation for context.
The polls for next month's general election do not currently look good.
Labour is far behind.
However, there are reasons to hold out some hope.
Reason #1: Look at the last election.
According to polls, the centrist Liberal Democrats party (Lib Dems) are a critical obstacle to Labour taking over the UK government.
According to BBC, there are four significant instances where Jeremy Corbyn is guilty of "anti-semitism".
Most of these items happened years ago.
The 'English irony' video:
We are told that American elections are "sacred". Everyone else can go suck it. US secretary of state Mike Pompeo made that clear the other day.
I wrote the other day how Brexit was imploding the Tories. It turns out that the Tory collapse is picking up speed, all to the benefit of UK Labour.
Six weeks ago Ecuador President Lenin Moreno somehow managed to wrangle $10 Billion in international loans. How was he able to influence the U.S.-controlled IMF and World Bank to do that?
It seems to have taken forever, but the inescapable Brexit endgame is about to arrive.
It's been said before that establishment Democrats would rather lose to a Republican than win with a leftist, but now we have proof. That proof comes in the form of smears by center-right, Clinton loyalists who are working overtime to undermine the obvious Democratic front-runner, Bernie Sanders.
I can totally understand both why Jeremy Corbyn was reluctant to agree to this, and why he eventually agreed. I have mixed feelings about it.