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Mélenchon's team urge 'not one vote for Le Pen' but stop short of backing Macron

Defeated hard-left candidate will consult with supporters on whether they should abstain, cast a blank vote or vote for Macron on 7 May (Guardian)

Seems fair enough as a holding position.

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Divisive NUS president Malia Bouattia defeated in election
Shakira Martin takes 56% of vote to unseat Bouattia, whose one-year term was dogged by allegations of antisemitism

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Kent Police passes Tory election fraud investigation dossier to Crown Prosecution Service

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Trump tax plan to cut income tax of wealthiest Americans by five per cent

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PF:
Morfternoon

God this election is boring. When does politics start again?

HindleA wrote:http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world ... 04266.html

Trump tax plan to cut income tax of wealthiest Americans by five per cent

oh, christ

SpinningHugo wrote:God this election is boring. When does politics start again?

Dugher wants Rachel Reeves to be Labour's next leader.

Does that excite you?

Lil sis chosen as candidate for Lewisham W & Penge

Ellie is quite a bit better tbf, John Cryer's other half as well IIRC.

Have a good night, everyone.
love,
cJA

SpinningHugo wrote:God this election is boring. When does politics start again?

And when it does will Labour have 150, 120 or 100 MPs.

Boring I can live with, stupid self harming clusterfuck is more annoying.

AnatolyKasparov wrote:

SpinningHugo wrote:God this election is boring. When does politics start again?

Dugher wants Rachel Reeves to be Labour's next leader.

Does that excite you?

Anybody outside the far left will do (assuming Danczuk doesn't get back as an MP).

Night night.

I've just been talking to my two local Labour councillors. They've been going round reminding Labour supporters about the Metro Mayor vote next week. I don't know if there have been people leaving locally, but they seemed ever so pleased I was still a member. Which I am. I gave myself until the end of March to decide and here I still am. And I can't leave now cos I said I'd put a poster up Brexit has been a bitch but Jeremy Hunt's gormless mug this morning had the instant and totally overwhelming effect of making me want to go out and vote Labour. On multiple occasions.

McVile selected.

A one woman Northern Shithouse,Osborne's spelling is atrocious.

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Why care homes should take part in the general election

Zac selected.

A surge-lette

CON: 45% (-3)
LAB: 29% (+4)
LDEM: 10% (-2)
UKIP: 7% (+2)

(via YouGov)

I think saying he won't attend debates if she won't is a terrible, terrible idea. With her not there, empty chair or not, then if the others turn on him he can make it clear that he's the one actually fighting the government. If not they can all tear into the absent tories. If he doesn't turn up the rest of them will and that's when they will all be claiming to be the only opposition in their part of the world, with nobody to reply for Labour.

Terrible idea.

citizenJA wrote:

HindleA wrote:http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world ... 04266.html

Trump tax plan to cut income tax of wealthiest Americans by five per cent

oh, christ

Also cut corporation tax from 35% to 15% and abolish inheritance tax. It's a blatant and ridiculous giveaway to the wealthy and, like with Reagan/Bush and then Clinton, it will cost a future Democrat president trillions to put it right.

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