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In reply to the discussion: Brexit : Seven MPs resign from the Labour party !!! [View all]T_i_B
(14,738 posts)45. Sooner or later they will have to form an alliance with the Liberal Democrats
Trouble is, some of these people are very tribal, even though Labour has rejected them. These MP's need all the friends they can get, and that means working with others.
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5.45pm Kick off, so a perfect time on Saturday Evening ! Hopefully you will get a better result
OnDoutside
Feb 2019
#13
I really like Westport, though I don't get up that direction often enough. There are only two
OnDoutside
Feb 2019
#66
Yes, they would be centre-right of the Labour Party, Luciana Berger was once a girlfriend of Blair's
OnDoutside
Feb 2019
#5
I hope she is, but we'll see. There is a definite opportunity for a centrist party to take hold but
OnDoutside
Feb 2019
#22
Well one, Angela Smith, supports water privatization and thinks some people have a "funny tinge."
suffragette
Feb 2019
#61
Yikes, pro-fracking, too. Just really reading up on events today and trying to understand it.
suffragette
Feb 2019
#71
Thanks for the links. It must be so frustrating to keep ending up with pro-fracking elected
suffragette
Feb 2019
#73
He's old school, and not in a good way. Hardline, resistant to change, believes what he believes...
OnDoutside
Feb 2019
#6
I agree. Regressive/reactionary populists on the left are not progressives.
CrossingTheRubicon
Feb 2019
#47
People have a tendency to start lighting sh*t on fire when the government stops listening
pecosbob
Feb 2019
#12
I believe the US is in a better position, with the Democratic Party holding up strong. Both main
OnDoutside
Feb 2019
#15
The biggest issue in all that is the watering down of regulation, which when attacked by capitalism,
OnDoutside
Feb 2019
#21
We should forget the curious circumstances of how he got elected in the first place
OnDoutside
Feb 2019
#24
Weakening the opposition party to Conservatives is SO SMART....for conservatives. they saw how it
beachbum bob
Feb 2019
#27
It's like being a passenger on the Titanic and seeing the Iceberg before everyone else...
Javaman
Feb 2019
#35