General Election?

Well well well Mrs 'Strong and Stable' has revealed her true colours! The person who wishes to sit opposite hardened EU negotiators in complex and fractious Brexit talks, cannot even keep her composure and explain her own policies, or keep her nerve when a policy, the dementia tax, goes down like a lead balloon. If she loses her cool on this, how can we trust her when the pressure is on in Brussels?

Negotiators have to have a firm grip on economic data, on detailed costs and benefits. How can we trust her with any of this when she has not even costed her own parties manifesto pledges? She can deliver a competent speech with the aid of an autocue, but is clearly unable to think on her feet, today's performance broadcast across the nation on BBC news was shambolic but enlightening. She is a perfect example of the Peter Principle, that people tend to 'rise in the hierarchy through promotion until they reach the levels of their respective incompetence.'

As for Corbyn lacking the 'common touch', have you seen the reception he is getting everywhere he goes? Even at a rock concert full of young people at a non political event. Contrast this with May, a woman who is socially awkward and clearly out of her comfort zone in any potential 'conflict' situation, where there is any chance of debating with the electorate.

The claim that the Labour manifesto is too left wing is a MSM meme, that would only be true if we were to accept the premises of extreme mainstream neo classical economics which are demonstratably incoherant. It would surprise, even shock, many to see how much it simplified and divorced from reality the classical models of Adam Smith et al-

Labour have returned to its traditional(pre New Labour) social democratic roots. To make this clearer, Social democracy aims at democratic control of a mixed economy in the interests of ordinary people, this aim can be expressed in one word, security!

Economic policy since 1979 has been designed to promote financial interests, its doctrines central aim is to reduce the scope of democracy, to make the workings of the 'market' broadly out of bounds, an area that they claim should coordinate itself. That is anarchic, unstable by definition and leads to outcomes that can also be summed up in one word, insecurity. Insecurity for the vast majority, but not for the corporate elites.

The momentum in this election is with the man of the people, as the public see that the straw man portrayed in MSM does not exist, but instead that he is a decent principled human being that is on the side of the 95%. That Corbyn is getting traction is made clear when the Tories, the BBC, and the rest of the establishment mouthpeices resort to panic induced ad hominem attacks on his charater. It was Margret Thatcher that said, 'if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.'

Tories have definitely shot themselves in the foot with this "dementia tax". You know they're in trouble when you see one of their candidates refuse to answer questions and slam a door in a reporters face. Just love it. You may know I'm not a fan of Corbyn, but anything is better than 5 more years of these anti-working class scum.

Anybody else find the whole soldiers walking the streets with guns during an active election campaign a bit unsettling? The terrible events of this week have played right into the Tory narrative just as they were being hammered.

What a stunning Prime Ministerial speech by Jeremy Corbyn today. Who says this guy isn't a leader?

Labour close the gap to 5 points in the polls. 2 weeks to go, I think Labour have this in the bag. Tories are all over the shop and Fallon has just disgraced himself on national TV twice within 24hrs over the same thing!

You know things must be bad for the Tories when NFBF goes into hiding!!

You're right she is a liability.

For God's sake keep her away from TV cameras

I've thought that since she began appearing with The train Man 'Portillo'

I know these opinion polls don't have a great recent track record, but one is now predicting a hung parliament

Nope, she's ducking out again.

Isn't Rudd a hedge fund millionairess, who's doing this (badly) because she doesn't need to earn a living.

www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/countess-chester-hospital-lodges-plans-12926560

Happening at the Countess.

I received this news in a Facebook message from a friend in London last week. Why isn't it being shouted from the rooftops. Problem is that once it's done it will be  impossible to reverse. I wonder what NFBF thinks. I doubt that he has an answer to this heinous act that he Tories will implement to go with all the other sins they've committed to the NHS.

The continued silence from NFBF speaks volumes.

May is a walking, talking disaster. The Tory campaign and manifesto has been a disaster and it now looks like people are waking up to it at long last.

They have taken the electorate for a bunch of mugs thinking they would walk it because their advisors and friends in the right wing media told them it would be a walk over. It has been anything but.

I think whatever happens in a couple of days May's days as PM are numbered, the knives will be well and truly out for her to blow such a massive lead in the polls after leading such a negative and spite filled campaign.

I just hope you all exercise your rights to vote on the day. Even if you don't like Labour make sure you keep the Tories out of Chester!

Just had a Tory leaflet posted through my letterbox, what a load of rubbish. #weakandwobbly

Ditto. I've had a few leaflets delivered too....not sure if it was the Justin Madders garden sign, 2 window stickers or 4 Labour car stickers that led them to think their leaflet wouldn't end up being used as bog roll.