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Mum and Dad both Irish, so this is my last best hope, my folks are very much Remain and think this current batch of Tories are pretty useless but are always harking back to the Labour gov of the 1970's and put Corbyn in that camp.
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Labour didn't use underhand tricks and literally beat the miners off the street, so if they want to compare the performance of political parties, well...how far back do they want to go? :)
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Similar.
My thinking is the following:
- any Labour majority would be small - so you're talking about an SNP/Lib coalition - which will moderate Labour. Our economy is vastly different and you no longer have a powerful politicized trade union movement.
- We know for a fact that the Tories will implement Brexit and this is a decision that will outlive any of the parties as they exist now. This is the only issue (assuming that is what will sway them).
- The Tories have no credibility on the economy - we can debate Labour's performance all day long, but hammer home and obtain agreement that the Tories have no credibility. Who devalued the pound? Who caused Black Monday? Who caused IndyRef and the EU Referendum? So what if other parties backed it, the point is the economy - the Tory's have no credibility. It's fine for no one to have any economic credibility, but the Tory's have none.
- any Labour majority would be small - so you're talking about an SNP/Lib coalition - which will moderate Labour. Our economy is vastly different and you no longer have a powerful politicized trade union movement.
JWestland
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Theresa Villiers was utterly useless as Sectretary of State in Northern Ireland.
Didn't engage at all with people or community groups/charities. Not sure that's your mums experience with her, but perhaps it'll convince her to not vote/vote LibDems for once?