The establishment is getting worried

Can always tell when the establishment is getting worried. The Tory media kicks in and it filters down.  The instances of lies and misinformation increase exponentially.

If they just posted facts id be happy to believe them but I would guess that as high as 90% of every negative thing about Corbyn is Bollox.

A fantasy of hysteria created by those who stand to lose control because Corbyn cant be bought. If he could we wouldn't be seeing all the vilification we do see from all angles.

The funny thing is most of the people spreading the false information, havnt checked it and would actually stand to gain from Corbyn getting in.

Divide and Rule.

The simple question to ask is, if Corbyn is really that bad...

Why do they need to lie and create misinformation? 

Surely the truth would be sufficient?

Am I a Twat - Oh most definitely!

I cant answer for anyone else so as a Labour voter, I will answer for myself.

He votes Labour
Yes - I have done recently but didn't when Blair was in as New Labour was Tory Lite.

When Margaret Thatcher was asked what she regarded as her greatest achievement, she is said to have replied: “New Labour”

He always does like its an obligation
No - I vote for the party I believe has the best policies. I might not like all of them but if they have more policies that I feel will benefit the country than other parties, then i will vote for them.

He believes Labour represents the working man and has a social responsibility.
Yes - I believe through out the years Labour has represented more of the population than others and has more social responsibility than the Tories.

Voted for Blair and Brown
No - Already answered that one above.

Who between them took us into war on a lie.
Yes - I believe this is true as it was confirmed that there were no weapons of mass destruction.
https://garysoapbox.blogspot.com/2017/04/iraqs-oil-and-war-fought-for-it.html

Spent all the money in the Treasury
https://garysoapbox.blogspot.com/2016/01/Did the last Labour Govenment cause the financial crisis
https://garysoapbox.blogspot.com/2016/02/was-gordon-brown-good-chancellor.html

Borrowed again and again
If this was true then you would expect debt to be high?
https://garysoapbox.blogspot.com/2015/10/uk-had-lowest-debt.html

Sold off chunks of our gold reserves when prices were at rock bottom
https://garysoapbox.blogspot.com/2015/10/gordon-brown-and-gold-sell-off-myth.html

The gap between the rich and the poor grew at its fastest rate under labour.
Actually the gap between rich and poor grew at its fastest rate under Thatcher, conservatives 1984-1990.

The Gini coefficient is a common measure of inequality in income and wealth

Dont vote Labour.
I'm not going to say who you should vote for but one thing is certain, you should vote and you should vote for a party based on facts and not on mis-information like in the Meme above.  Always check the facts.

As for am I a twat
Most definitely an annoying twat that prefers facts to misinformation and lies.



FT: The lasting legacy of Mrs Thatcher
Fullfact: Did Labour oversee the biggest gap between rich and poor "in modern times"?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Blair
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_the_United_Kingdom
Independent: Margaret Thatcher's legacy: Spilt milk, New Labour, and the Big Bang - she changed everything
Telegraph: Did New Labour spend too much in government?
https://www.reknr.com/economics/last-time-labour-not-bankrupt-country
https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/14006/economics/can-labour-be-blamed-for-the-economic-crisis

There is no magic money tree .... unless you're the Tories

A brilliant meme I came across, actually it wasn't a meme it was in the Jacob Rees-Mogg: Supporters' Group ....yup I agree you cant make this stuff up :-D

Soapbox Comment

Do you mean the leader of the government who increased the UK debt by 780 billion after saying there wasn't a magic money tree and then gave away 94 billion in tax concessions to big corporations that hadn't requested it and ran her election on an uncosted manifesto and has run the country into the ground by not spending anything on repairs and infrastructure but still managed to increase the UK debt whilst imposing the worst austerity seen in decades..... or do you mean Corbyn who hasn't cost the country any money and had a fully costed manifesto that whilst you might not like it at least you had something to vote for rather than Mayhem's unicorns.

Just wondering because the panic being displayed by all the memes going around at present is priceless :-) :-)

NOTES

1.  Since 2010 and despite the worst austerity seen in decades the Tories have increased the UK debt by 78% or approx 780 billion. ....you cant make it up.
2. 2014 Tories gave away 94 billion in ongoing tax concessions to big corporations, that was after claiming there is no magic money tree. ....you cant make it up.
3. 2015 the Tories ran their election campaign (and nearly lost despite a 20 point poll lead, the biggest ever) on a completely uncosted manifesto. Whereas Labour's was costed and vetted by economists. You might not have liked the content but at least you had something to vote on. Yet Labour gets the flack ....you cant make it up.
4. Terrorist sympathiser ....calling someone that has been against violence and a pacifist all his life and has actually been vilified for being a pacifist, a terrorist sympathiser ...is an oxymoron. ....you cant make it up.

Mayhems last roll of the dice or a stitch up?

29th March 2017 and Theresa May triggered Article 50.

Its taken just over 2 years while she went off and negotiated what she thought Brexit was. Unfortunately it wasn't what all the other MP's, including MP's from her own party, thought Brexit was.

Its always the problem with vague sound bites like Brexit means Brexit ....it was always open to interpretation. It appealed to everyone because everyone thought they knew what it meant but it actually meant nothing to everyone, because its vagueness left it, a catch 22 almost.  But everyone still quotes it as if what their interpretation of it, is the right one.

Fast forward to tonight, the clock is running down the UK has until 12th April 2019 to propose a plan acceptable by all 27 members of the EU or it leaves with No Deal.

Mayhem has 10 Days to pull a rabbit out of a hat.

Tonight May decides to "take action" and offers to sit down with the leader of the opposition.

"I'm offering to sit down with the Leader of the Opposition to try to agree a plan that we would both stick to, to ensure that we leave the European Union and that we do so with a deal.

Before we move on lets be clear why we are at this point.

1. May went off and negotiated on her own with very little accepted input from others.
2. Its very clear from the comments of Tory MP's that May has been nothing but intransigent, 2 Brexit Secretary's have resigned because of it. 
3. This offer of talking should have happened 18 months ago. Consensus should have been sort at the start so that whatever deal was negotiated had backing and could get through parliament.
4. While writing this I suddenly thought if the Tories wanted a fall guy to blame it doesn't come much better than May.

Soapbox opinion
Personally I think anyone sitting down to talk at this late stage needs to be very wary. There are very few avenues left and the opportunity to share the blame around a bit is high.  Is this the plan behind this last minute reaching out? A bit of slippery shoulder finger pointing?

In a nutshell

• We have 10 days until the 12th April, unless May can come up with a reason for the EU to extend.
• It would need to be a show stopping reason like another referendum or a General Election.
• There is only one deal on the table (May's deal) with the EU and they have said it wont be renegotiated.
• May's deal has already been voted down 3 times now.
• MP's have so far voted against every other proposal put before them.
• MP's have voted to avoid No Deal at all costs. (That's just advisory though and not enshrined in law)
• The EU has stated it wants to do all it can to avoid No Deal.
• However the EU has actually planned for No Deal unlike the UK who's plans are severely lacking and nowhere near complete.
• 12 April 2019 is also the deadline for informing the EU of the intention to hold MEP elections.
• Unless the UK leaves on or closely to the 12th it will be required to hold MEP elections.
• 23rd of May is when EU elections take place, 49 days time.

Lets look at possibilities

1. No Deal, its still the legal default if all else fails.
2. May's deal "The withdrawal agreement" is still the only deal on the table with the EU.
3. A long extension, UK would have to be holding a General Election or another Referendum to get such an extension and would have to take part in EU elections.
4. Revoking article 50, the UK can do this unilaterally. 
5. May could resign.
6. Other suggestions are some form of Customs union and or single market attachment. But surely if going for either of these we might as well stay in the EU. 

Soapbox opinion
I don't know where May is going with this at such a late stage, looks like nothing more than another attempt to get her deal over the line and/or dilute some of the blame away from the Tories. To me this smells of a stitch up.  Jeremy Corbyn you would be wise to be very careful, you could be being set up. I wouldn't trust her as far as I could throw her and with limited doors to walk through now, I feel the Tories are moving into damage limitation.


LINKS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_invocation_of_Article_50_of_the_Treaty_on_European_Union
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Exiting_the_European_Union