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Brexit Party won't stand in Tory seats - Farage

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    #11
    Originally posted by Old Greg View Post
    Broadly speaking, Labour voters in leave voting Labour constuencies tend to be pro Remain. And in the 2017 GE, the UKIP vote in these constituencies tended to collapse into Tory votes, so these.are the votes, in general, that BP is likely to gain.
    If labour voters were as pro remain as you say then labour constituencies would not be voting to leave.


    Brexit party will hover up old trade union types that would never vote conservative.

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      #12
      Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
      This could really influence the result. Maybe LibDems will not stand in all seats where Labour won last time if Labour support a second referendum?
      Indeed, this is already happening.
      Lib Dems stand down in Bristol West as part of national 'Unite to Remain' electoral pact - Bristol Live

      Lib Dems reveal they will not contest Exeter at general election in attempt to help Remain-supporting candidate win - Devon Live

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        #13
        The Labour seats could be interesting, especially the marginals. People who would normally vote Labour and who would never contemplate voting Tory but who are pro-Brexit now have a party to go to. That could actually work in the Tories' favour.
        Blog? What blog...?

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          #14
          Originally posted by malvolio View Post
          The Labour seats could be interesting, especially the marginals. People who would normally vote Labour and who would never contemplate voting Tory but who are pro-Brexit now have a party to go to. That could actually work in the Tories' favour.
          That's exactly it.

          Places like Sunderland who voted leave by 62% and who vote 55% labour.

          Brexit party will take shed loads of votes from labour in places like that and the tories will probably hold onto what they got in 2017. Must be 50-100 seats like that over the north.

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            #15
            Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
            The Brexit Party are Tories, it's just like Tesco changing their value brand to a different name.
            "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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              #16
              Originally posted by Paddy View Post
              The Brexit Party are Tories, it's just like Tesco changing their value brand to a different name.
              Not really.

              The Tory party support Brexit because that is what the populace democratically voted to do and thus it is part of their manifesto.

              The Brexit Party has Brexit as a the main part of it's manifesto - can I would imagine there is very little else in their manifesto as I would imagine no one in the Brexit party thinks for 1 minute that they are going to get a majority - at best they could form an alliance with the Tory's.

              They would probably form an alliance with labour if they got the majority but only if there were guarantees on Brexit.

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                #17
                Originally posted by minestrone View Post
                Places like Sunderland who voted leave by 62% and who vote 55% labour.

                Brexit party will take shed loads of votes from labour in places like that and the tories will probably hold onto what they got in 2017. Must be 50-100 seats like that over the north.
                +1

                Yep, this boosts the chances of a Tory overall majority.

                I'm not in favour of Brexit but, if we are going to leave, I'd prefer an orderly(ish) deal like BoJo's to "no deal".

                I don't relish the prospect of another Tory Government either, especially led by the undeserving BoJo, but hopefully there is a silver lining in that it will mean the end of Corbyn, McDonnell et al.
                Scoots still says that Apr 2020 didn't mark the start of a new stock bull market.

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                  #18
                  This makes no difference to the result, as a YouGov pollster pointed out, Brexit party support is in the wrong consituencies. In the last election UKIP polled less than 2%.

                  All it has done is to shoot no deal Brexit down in flames as the BP have lost all credibility and vassalage is now a near certainty if Boris wins.

                  I'm alright Jack

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
                    This makes no difference to the result, as a YouGov pollster pointed out, Brexit party support is in the wrong consituencies. In the last election UKIP polled less than 2%.

                    All it has done is to shoot no deal Brexit down in flames as the BP have lost all credibility and vassalage is now a near certainty if Boris wins.

                    The difference it makes is not splitting the vote in constituencies where the Tories need every last vote to win. Although that's probably all of them these days

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                      #20
                      Love it, this bloke was a BP candidate until dictator Farage said no: Wayne BayIey on Twitter: "**** your election strategy and **** Boris.

                      #BrexitParty… "
                      Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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