June the 8th General Election, who will you vote for?

nabby

Bully for you. The Act was brought in to stop the Government doing this very thing and I'm criticising the opposition for being so willingly weak-willed as to let them get away with it.

nabby

Would that be a centrist-led Conservative Government or a more hard-line Conservative Government? What would constitute them "getting the job done" in your eyes?

nabby

How is it checkmate if the opposition refuse to allow the election? There would be another 3 years till the next election but with potentially tricky Article 50 negotiations to come, the Tories could end up being far closer in the polls to the Labour party come 2019/2020 if they mess it up in the eyes of the public.

Labour should let them hang themselves with their own rope and gamble on the long game rather than trying to prove a point right now about the perceived or actual weaknesses of their own leader and shadow cabinet.

raduv1

It's parliamentary procces and has to go in front of the house .

As an opposition party to nope we don't want to , well how does that look to joe public that thier party of choice has been given an opportunity to replace the incumbent party. Tis not a good look to say no we don't want this cus we can't win . Any MP with this belief should not be an MP.

Bl4ckGryph0n

And that is exactly why I said, why in this thread? Everyone knew the vote was to stay in the EU or Leave...Was that really so unclear? I guess that is a rhetorical question

Bl4ckGryph0n

???? Bully for you? What is that about....

And if you say the act was brought in to stop doing this very thing, then can you please explain why (and I linked to the official version of the act http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/14/section/2/enacted , not some opinion piece) it has provisions for exactly this situation that is currently being played out?

raduv1

See I don't understand this approach,  article  50 has been invoked and brexit ( like it or not ) will go ahead.  All I want now is the best possible deal for the UK and for me only a strong government can achieve this.

Don't really give a jot who is doing the job, just want a strong government on negotiations . Only one option for me .

nabby

Bully for you as in reply to the first paragraph of your previous reply

Rather than repeatedly pasting the link, perhaps you can reference the specific part to which you are referring me please?

nabby

So should the best deal for the UK be the same in your eyes, no matter which party is in charge of the Government? As that is as likely as finding a unicorn in my back garden.

nabby

That depends on how you sell the reasons as to why the incumbent party has gone to the polls.

Added to which, every Labour supporter in the land will know that they are 20  points down in the polls and likely to not fare well in the proposed snap election.

Now if Labour was Joe Public's party of choice, as you have put it so nicely, they surely would be ahead of the Tories in the polls? As they aren't, they can't be the party of choice for Joe Public and hence shouldn't gamble on a snap election.