Could the unthinkable happen?

Grassman

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Location
Derbyshire
It's certainly not as clear cut as before. He is certainly coming across as a decent bloke. Deluded perhaps but I'm not sure a lot of people see that.
It's going to be very important for everyone to vote. Remember his own party wanted rid of him yet he was voted in as leader again by a landslide. His own party mp's don't want him but a lot of the general public like him.
 

Grassman

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Location
Derbyshire
He's a decent enough bloke who truly believes what he says, he just had no idea how he would actually RUN a country and pay for it.

I agree with him about re-nationalizing water. How could there ever be "competition" in that market? But most of his ideas are straight from Tony Benn and Michael Foot's era.
Ýes I agree about water. Same with the electricity companies. Has anyone really been any better off through them being private owned?
 
Ýes I agree about water. Same with the electricity companies. Has anyone really been any better off through them being private owned?
What would the cost of water and electric have been if those utilities were publicly owned?
Do you believe that public ownership leads to a more efficient industry or less?
I look at the NHS, education and to a lesser extent the RPA and I know what I think.
 

pellow

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Location
Newquay
Heard Corbyn on Radio 2 yesterday and he is a well principled man, most of what he says makes sense, but then you look at his shadow cabinet and they are plums, the lot of them, Corbyn has split his party and although he sounds a reasonable guy its not good for his rep that he has surrounded himself with people who are his yes men at the expense of his party
 

S J H

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Bedfordshire
I think the odds are shortening. He came across very well on the radio yesterday imo. And why wouldn't you vote for him? free university fees, £10 minimum wage, and a fully funded NHS.

As @Grassman says there's a lot of kids that will vote for him, and if he can attract the ones that don't vote.
 

neilo

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Mixed Farmer
Location
Montgomeryshire
The Tories biggest problem will be enthusing supporting to get to the polling booths. If it comes across as a done deal, a lot will not bother. Meanwhile, the Trotskyites will be mustering everyone they can.

I don't think Labour have a hope in hell of gaining power, with that dreadful Scottish witch keeping seats North of the border and Plaid gaining a lot of support from rural Welsh areas that wish they hadn't voted subsidies away last June. I do think the Conservatives will struggle to gain many more seats, aside from the UKIP votes all coming home.
 

Campbell

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Location
Herefordshire
What would the cost of water and electric have been if those utilities were publicly owned?
Do you believe that public ownership leads to a more efficient industry or less?
I look at the NHS, education and to a lesser extent the RPA and I know what I think.

I wonder what modern day public ownership would be like, would it be any different now when compared to the 1970's when it all went tits up ?
 

neilo

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Mixed Farmer
Location
Montgomeryshire
I wonder what modern day public ownership would be like, would it be any different now when compared to the 1970's when it all went tits up ?

It would carry on the same as now, with the same staff in place, doing the same jobs. After a few years, with unions getting more powers in the name of 'workers rights', we'd head the same way as those dark days (& nights on occasion).
 
I wonder what modern day public ownership would be like, would it be any different now when compared to the 1970's when it all went tits up ?[/QUOTE
I remember what Penrith station was like back in the day, one old git of guard wandering around or more likely shut in his office and the chances of anything more than a curly sandwich was nought.
Now there are staff on hand to help for each and every train (they even have virgin on their backs which is unusual for Penrith) and you can get merrily plastered on the train as you go.
I am fully aware that technology and atitudes have moved on since then but you only need to look at the program that was on last night about those abused girls to see that when people don't need to do much to earn their wage they invariably don't.
 

Muck Spreader

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Limousin
Also I think the more other parliamentary candidates slag him off the more popular he will be!

It appeared to work for Trump. Any one of the accusations against him should have finished him off, but just so many coming so thick an fast seemed to neutralise all of them in the eyes of many people.:scratchhead:
 

Qman

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Near Derby
I think Corbyn is a really nice and friendly sort of bloke.
He is a friend of the IRA murdering scumbags.
He is a friend of Hammas.
He is a friend of Hezbolla.
He is a friend of the Russians and was a good friend of the USSR.
He took his friend (Abbapotamus) on holiday to the communist East Germany.
Due to the election he forgot to say nice things about the death of Ian Brady.

Why does the poor old chap keep getting all this stick?
 

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