Just the fact that Labour basically doesn't have a leader until the new one is elected.

I wonder where that 6% has gone!

 

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Don't think there'll be as much focus on Opinion Polls going forward than there has been in the past 3 years, largely because we're no longer in a position where a new General Election could be called at a shake of a lamb's tail.

 

The others in the most recent Opinion Poll - Green Party 5%, Brexit Party 4%, UKIP 2% (???)(I'm guessing that polling company still uses them as a prompt when polling), others 4%.

UKIP at 2% perhaps due to the Brexit Party being the Tory party now?

I'm interested to see what the opinion polls are like come mid-later this year, as that'll be when Labour's new leader should be settled in. I assume there won't be another general election until 2024 though.

New poll today from Opinium, the most accurate poll for the GE result - Tories 17% ahead

 

https://www.opinium.co.uk/wp-content/upload...uary-2020-1.pdf

That’s nothing unusual immediately after an election.

That’s nothing unusual immediately after an election.

 

True, but the gap is seldom that wide - it'll be interesting to see what happens when Labour chooses their new leader.

Like, what else do you expect in a one party state? Democracy doesn't come here no more.

Like, what else do you expect in a one party state? Democracy doesn't come here no more.

 

I suggest you look up the true meaning of 'one party state' before throwing it around randomly!

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And the definition extends to corrupt countries like Russia and the UK that have a pretence of democracy x

And the definition extends to corrupt countries like Russia and the UK that have a pretence of democracy x

 

I challenge you to name a mainstream website that says that!

So you don't believe that Russia is a one party state? A pretence at a multi party system is a fraud perpetrated against the people. Behind it, you find a one party state.

So you don't believe that Russia is a one party state? A pretence at a multi party system is a fraud perpetrated against the people. Behind it, you find a one party state.

 

I don't know about Russia, but to claim Britain is, just a month after Britain had an election in which *many* parties took part, is just... :wacko:

In an incredibly unfair system designed to return Tory majorities in which only other Tory-style parties can win is ... a one party state! The end. Change the electoral system or forever have a tory dictatorship. One party state.

We're in the honeymoon period where the promises are yet to be broken and the hurt and pain yet to be inflicted...

 

Time will tell.

There is also no opposition!

I don't care about opinion polls for the next 18 months.

 

I mean, I will be full of glee if the Tories erase their lead but I see no reason why that will happen yet.

In an incredibly unfair system designed to return Tory majorities in which only other Tory-style parties can win is ... a one party state! The end. Change the electoral system or forever have a tory dictatorship. One party state.

 

You realize that saying 'the end' doesn't mean you've won the argument? :rolleyes:

 

Virtually all of us N&P posters agree on electoral reform, though.

 

There is also no opposition!

 

That's not the the Tories fault though, but of an ineffective GE campaign by all the opposition parties (SNP excepted).

Ineffective vs a 100 million tory pre election campaign, one party state media, and against a system designed for Tory majorities. P.s, there were far more votes for other parties than the twatty Tories. Lol x