UK General Election, 12th December 2019 | Forum poll | Opinion polling | Manifestos & campaigns | Tactical voting

[Tomous]

"Get a payday loan" might just about be the worst advice you can give someone struggling to make ends meet.

[Tineash]

That's a Conservative-held seat, so... look forward to that guy being in government very very soon.

[Peter Crisp]

Payday lenders should be banned.
The interest they charged is stupid and they prey on the vulnerable I don't understand how they are in any way acceptable. We should have more social lending by legally setting up local lending societies that charge a minimal interest rate with all the profits going to those people willing to lend the cash. This would also encourage saving as at the moment interest rates for savers are gooseberry fool. I have a single access ISA that's only available to people who've been a Nationwide ISA member for 5 years and it has a whopping interest rate of 1.4% .

It's hardly rocket science but unfortunately the payday lenders have about a billion times more money and thus better lawyers who can bend the ear of government.

[Lex-Man]

Payday lenders should be banned.
The interest they charged is stupid and they prey on the vulnerable I don't understand how they are in any way acceptable. We should have more social lending by legally setting up local lending societies that charge a minimal interest rate with all the profits going to those people willing to lend the cash. This would also encourage saving as at the moment interest rates for savers are gooseberry fool. I have a single access ISA that's only available to people who've been a Nationwide ISA member for 5 years and it has a whopping interest rate of 1.4% .

It's hardly rocket science but unfortunately the payday lenders have about a billion times more money and thus better lawyers who can bend the ear of government.

I had the member saver account that paid a decent amount of interest but they seem to have cut the interest down to 0.5%, it was at about 5%.

My brother has had his overdraft cut, it seems like all the banks are trying to pull in their risks because of Brexit.

[Moggy]

twitter.com/JimMFelton/status/1203729044937871360

A vote for the Tories will make things like that more common. Shame on anybody that supports this cruel government.

[Herdanos]

That's a Conservative-held seat, so... look forward to that guy being in government very very soon.

The thing is, either wilfully or genuinely, the ignorance of these people is real.

Data: "systematic failures have resulted in this person's poverty"
Tory candidate: "hmm, but I too live within this system, and I'm doing great. They must just be gooseberry fool at maths!"

[Moggy]

That's a Conservative-held seat, so... look forward to that guy being in government very very soon.

The thing is, either wilfully or genuinely, the ignorance of these people is real.

Data: "systematic failures have resulted in this person's poverty"
Tory candidate: "hmm, but I too live within this system, and I'm doing great. They must just be gooseberry fool at maths!"

I just had a conversation like that. I posted the above tweet (the 4 year old left on the floor) and it went like this:

Tory 1: well the service I’ve received at the NHS has been excellent

Tory 2: yeah I agree, over the last 9 years my NHS experience has been hassle free!

Wankers

[Qikz]

That's a Conservative-held seat, so... look forward to that guy being in government very very soon.

The thing is, either wilfully or genuinely, the ignorance of these people is real.

Data: "systematic failures have resulted in this person's poverty"
Tory candidate: "hmm, but I too live within this system, and I'm doing great. They must just be gooseberry fool at maths!"

I just had a conversation like that. I posted the above tweet (the 4 year old left on the floor) and it went like this:

Tory 1: well the service I’ve received at the NHS has been excellent

Tory 2: yeah I agree, over the last 9 years my NHS experience has been hassle free!

Wankers

It really is the strawberry float you got mine ideaology.

The white middle class have been completely fooled into believing everything is great.

[PaperMacheMario]

twitter.com/JimMFelton/status/1203729044937871360

A vote for the Tories will make things like that more common. Shame on anybody that supports this cruel government.

Yeah but Boris Johnson took out that German guy on Soccer Aid 10 years ago, lol wot is he lyk. Man of the people!

[Tomous]

He loves a rugby tackle. Germans, small children...

[Curls]

He loves a rugby tackle. Germans, small children...

Well at least we know he's got it in him to apologise once he's knocked our country flat on its back.

[Samuel_1]

!5 people on this forum are voting for these strawberry floaters.

[Denster]

At this stage in 2017 Tory HQ were confident of a 75 seat majority yet it didn't happen.

Could become very close.

[Denster]

!5 people on this forum are voting for these strawberry floaters.

That's gone up from 9 I think when I voted in the thread poll.

[Squinty]

At this stage in 2017 Tory HQ were confident of a 75 seat majority yet it didn't happen.

Could become very close.

I think it will be hung parliament again. Not sure what'll happen after that.

[Tafdolphin]

I simply cannot comprehend how you can read just the stuff on this page alone and not only go and vote for these strawberry floaters but actively campaign for them. It's like telling me purple smells of garlic or that 2+2=5. I genuinely do not understand.

[Oblomov Boblomov]

Some people are both very selfish (perceived personal gain) and stupid (unable to understand the holistic benefits of a wealthier overall society) and so will vote with their brains set in caveman mode.

At least Denny has the stones to come in here and admit he's operating through the primitive region of his brain, unlike that fanny with the fake account the other day .

[Tafdolphin]

I understand the given reasons but I don't understand how those reasons work. How a person could look at children slowly dying on NHS floors and the ignorant, bigoted statements made against disabled folks and think: strawberry float them, got mine. I genuinely think it's a little bit inhuman.

And Denster had shown anything but courage in here, constantly ducking away from criticism or reason, but let's not get into that again.

[Moggy]

At this stage in 2017 Tory HQ were confident of a 75 seat majority yet it didn't happen.

Could become very close.

I think it will be hung parliament again. Not sure what'll happen after that.

I’m pretty sure (but too lazy to check) that 2015 was predicted to be a hung Parliament, hence the idea of Clegg being the kingmaker. And then Cameron got a majority.

I think the smart money this time is on a hung Parliament or small Tory majority.

But things are crazy at the moment and it’s impossible to predict. I think a Labour majority is pretty much impossible, but any of the other scenarios is possible.

[Moggy]

twitter.com/alanbeattie/status/1203948598020509698

strawberry float me

“Yes Johnson is lying about the Northern Irish border...but Corbyn lied about watching the Queen’s Speech so they are exactly the same”