Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Jeremy
Great, I did not want to come back to the UK in the immediate aftermath of another general election. I’m shocked Labour agreed to it – there are only 2 possible scenarios that come out of this election. Either Boris Johnson wins a majority, or absolutely nothing changes. I see NO chance of Labour winning, not with Jeremy Corbyn in charge. If Boris wins, and wins big, then Brexit will happen and it will be a disaster. If nothing changes, then Brexit will remain up in the air and it will be a disaster. Nothing good will come out of this – so why agree to it. This should be an election about Brexit, but I suspect both Labour and Tories will focus on everything apart from Brexit. Therefore, I hope the Liberal Democrats do well if they campaign explicitly on remaining. But they won’t do well, because the Murdoch newspapers will not give them a fair shake. Interesting aside – Wikipedia does not allow Daily Mail to be used as a source for their website because it is too unreliable. Both the US and the UK could do with a sensible and centrist third party – but there is about as much chance of that happening as there is of me voting. Which is low, because I don’t think I’m even on the electoral register, and I’m not sure I’ve ever been