BREXIT

Hahahahahahahaha. Repeat after me ‘its all Blair & Brown’s fault.’

It’s over. Give your party back to adults so we can fight these bastards.

Have you taken no notice whatsoever of what the electorate have been saying since Friday? They're not just talking about Brexit and it's only really you who doesn't seem to know that.

STOP IT. Just stop

This is a false tweet using a headline that this has just come out now when, if you actually read the article (which twitter author knows people won’t) it’s dated 25th November ffs.

You lack any critical thinking skills whatsoever, which I just cannot understand given your journalism qualification.

Pretty in keeping with most British journalism, I'd say.

Twitter as a medium, yes, because it's so blunt and driven by grabbing immediate attention. Facebook is more irresponsible as a company though. The sort of shite they've been letting through as ads during this campaign has been ridiculous.

I think the big problem is that everyone is still talking about Corbyn. Meanwhile, a very dangerous man in Boris Johnson is staying in No. 10, probably for the next five years, and all the attention is on the leader of the opposition, who is going anyway. This is what the Tories do best – misdirection. Divide and conquer.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think too many people on this thread are really fans of Boris Johnson, so I’m not sure some of the gloating ‘I told you so’ stuff is really necessary. In fact, it has the same effect some of you have accused Corbyn fans of, in that it belittles and insults people for their beliefs, and gets their back up rather than encouraging them to change their mind.

If you believe in something, it’s difficult to accept that it isn’t working, and that’s the position Corbyn supporters are now in. I liked him, and will accept that I probably got sucked into the echo chamber to some extent. I still think his tenure wasn’t a mistake and was worth a go. I think people forget sometimes that Corbyn wasn’t elected Labour leader because of Brexit, but in response to the Conservatives winning a majority in 2015 on the back of five years of austerity. Then Brexit happened and austerity became a secondary issue, and when it was debated it was in the context of Brexit. Corbyn was never really the man to convince either leave or remain voters, he only appealed to people like me who might have leant one way or the other on Brexit, but were more concerned about other matters. A Cameron v Corbyn election never happened, and it might have been interesting if it had, as that really would have been a ‘pick your side’ debate.

I still think that although Corbyn did particularly badly, the cards were stacked against Labour in this election and nothing they could have done would have prevented a Tory majority. Right now, the right just seem so powerful, and organised. The Tories and Brexit Party only got 45% of the vote, so I’m not convinced leavers are the voice of the nation in the way they think they are, but they seem a lot more single-minded about it than remainers are.

The question now is what next for Labour? The Tories have now seen off three very different Labour leaders in Brown, Milliband and Corbyn. Perhaps what those three had in common though was that none of them were very charismatic. Do they need a showman? Do they need, as Deva Chanter hinted, someone from somewhere like Leigh, Blyth or even Wrexham who understands why these towns have turned against Labour? I’m not sure, but it’s vital they get it right, and there’s no rush so they need to take their time.

This thread needs closing down, and SB given an enforced break for his own mental wellbeing.

Stay off the socials, stay off DC. Get your head out of your phone and spend some time with your kids ffs.

He's got a war to wage against the Christmas Market in town first.

I think “in no uncertain terms” is a tad understated. You can’t go round calling other posters effing C’s because you have a different political opinion.

I won’t entertain the libellous drivel in your second paragraph.

But it's ok for you to call Tories "bastards" because you have a different political opinion? 

I didn’t aim it at anybody. It’s just what they’re called! referring to a political party as “Tory bastards” is a bit different than replying to a poster on here with “change the record you f****ing c**t” I’d say.

This thread needs closing as it's about 4 or 5 people having an argument about something they can do nothing about for 5 years.

Colour me shocked that a massive Islamophobe voted for the Tories. With respect, I'm astonished you are even allowed on here at all following that disgusting piece of dog-whistle racism.