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