2 Months that changed UK politics. UK election result 7 days on.
On the 18th of May the British Prime Minister Theresa May called a snap election in yet another spectacular u-turn for her leadership. The Conservatives were out of sight in the polls and the Labour party still divided over their leader Jeremy Corbyn.
This was a move by May to totally wipe out any opposition in Westminster, another 5 years of Tory rule would forever change the UK.
The combined media attack dogs were unleashed to make personal attacks on the Labour leader and the predictions of a Labour wipe-out were every where you looked.
The Tories made one major error as they began their half arsed campaign of 'Strong and Stable leadership'
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Jeremy Corbyn and his team had been planning and were ready in case of a snap election being called and there isn't a better politician in the UK than Corbyn on the campaign trail.
When Corbyn holds a rally he draws a crowd like a rockstar and what he says is that he wants a country that works for everyone, his voting record backs him up.
Now when a politician speaks on an election trail they give promises that most voters shrug at, it's the news reports and front pages that make the difference if someone is unsure who to vote for. Those crowds were full of young people and they never vote so the election was in the bag for Theresa May.
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This time though when people listened to Corbyn they believed him, he connects with the people like no other politician and as more people actually heard him and saw him the media title of 'unelectable' crumbled. When Labour released it's manifesto of hope, all fully costed the media went on full attack but the surge for Corbyn and Labour was on.
Meanwhile May gained the new title of MayBot for her robotic carefully managed appearances to Tory activists and the half arsed campaign delivered the worst manifesto of all time giving us the Dementia Tax, within a day she had to make yet another political u-turn on that.
As the polls came in the Tory lead was falling but those polls are edited to take out the youth vote and that of poor people and still the 'experts' claimed they were wrong.
Corbyn ran on a message of hope and people listened, his message was simple.
FOR THE MANY, NOT THE FEW.
Now last week he didn't get the victory but increased Labour MP's by 30 and gained over 40% of the vote and handed a slap in the face to May as she saw the Conservative majority in Parliament wiped out. The election left us in the limbo of a hung Parliament and her risking the peace deal in Northern Ireland as she tries to get the DWP on her side. More important was the rejection of the media bias as people made up their own minds rather than trusting the scare stories in the newspapers and spouted by the BBC.
Since the election Labour have the lead over the Conservatives in the polls and even some media are admitting it's a case of when Corbyn will be Prime Minister. May is now on borrowed time and her political career is ruined as Conservative MP's and more importantly, voters know she is weak and feeble.
New Labour is dead, Austerity is dead and we now just wait for a fairer tomorrow once Corbyn enters number 10 Downing Steet.
This has been an interesting election process. I have been following from a distance. So many things have changed in Britain. Seems the changes are for the worse. Good luck and thanks for the post.
We are on the verge of things changing for the better, May gambled and lost big time.
Yes, I agree. That gamble sure didn't pay off.
Good head liar (politicians not you ^^)
vision with a mission Theresa May - let me vote first @alienbutt
UK and the rest of the world seem to be in a good spin of big changes and surprises. However, it'll be interesting to see if things will start to calm down or if we're just getting started. Things like this can be a start for political instability and even greater changes in next 1-5 years.
I'm hoping this is the start of something good, as the people demand action on inequality and having a fairer world.
So am I. It might be naive, but I wish most people aim for a better future and a better world. Even though politicians are easy to see as a group of people aiming for personal gain, but I truly hope they aren't like that.
It sometimes seems however, that if a politician wants to get a higher position, he or she has to be something completely different than most of us. Different ethics, different ways of thinking, different values.. it might be the reason things can get really nasty. Only few would want a nice everyday woman/man to be the PM.
Too many politicians see it as a career rather than a calling to make change, we need more people going into politics to improve lives wether that is as activists or elected representatives.
Lets hope he is for real...I believe he might just be.
From his voting record and every issue he has ever fought for, I do believe we have an honest political leader who will work for the people and to improve their lives.
I have supported from day 1 because I liked his policies and I think the next Labour Manifesto should have a lot more Corbyn ideas in it maybe even finish trident (Paxman made him look a bit silly on that) But so far Corbyn has been a credit to politics.
I have too, had many disagreements with some friends who said he was too leftwing and people didn't want that. They're all Corbyn fans now and saying what great policies he put forward.
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