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T_i_B

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8. The thing that I noticed on that front page...

Reply to Denzil_DC (Reply #7)

Wed Oct 4, 2017, 03:36 PM

Oct 2017

...was the story about Boris Johnson being "on maneuvers", which has been a major theme coming out of the Conservative Party conference.

The other big things to take from that are Theresa May's car crash speech and the governing party in this country clearly being utterly removed from reality.

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Theresa May: Tories were not prepared for snap election [View all] T_i_B Sep 2017 OP

If another Tory said all that, it'd be seen as a leadership challenge saying she's incompetent muriel_volestrangler Sep 2017 #1

The Tory general election campaign.... T_i_B Sep 2017 #2

I thought that was the point of a snap election. Voltaire2 Sep 2017 #3

Hmmm ... Denzil_DC Sep 2017 #4

I don't think May lacked visibility at all! T_i_B Sep 2017 #5

Well, yes. Denzil_DC Sep 2017 #6

Yes. My then Tory MP (glad to say she lost her seat) sent me a leaflet.. LeftishBrit Oct 2017 #9

Not worth a thread of its own at the moment, but related: Denzil_DC Sep 2017 #7

The thing that I noticed on that front page... T_i_B Oct 2017 #8