I also recall Westland. Heseltine resigned on principle as he disagreed with Thatcher selling out to the Americans. So unlike dear Bo - who was sacked by Howard for lying.
Heseltine has no principles beyond fanatical Europhilia.
If the facts disagree with your opinion just spout hot air? Is that your principle?
What facts? Your postings are fact free zones.
Are you a complete idiot or is it just an act? Heseltine resigned over Westland because Thatcher wanted to gift it to Sikorsky. He resigned - he was not sacked (unlike Boris by Howard). Brittan was then (effectively) sacked (although it was presented as a resignation) for what amounted to misleading the Commons over his manouevreing against Heseltine's preferred solution as Defence Minister.
What do you not undertsand about the facts? How can this make Heseltine less principled than Boris (which was the original claim by another nutter)?
I have respect for most posters on this site, including those with whom I may disagree, but such an approach as yours loses all right to respect.
No Heseltine resigned because he wanted it to go to a European company rather than the Americans. He is utterly devoid of any principles beyond a fanatical devotion to the EU. As is shown by his current idiocy encouraging people to vote for the Lib Dems.
This is the optimist's guide to potential results:
Tory landslide: Laugh at Corbyn Small Tory majority: Laugh at Bozo for being in the same position as TMay Hung parliament: Laugh at Boris fanbois Corbyn win: laugh insanely and kill oneself!
A small Tory majority is the same position as Cameron not May
Au contraire. A small majority for Bozo will be exactly the same as no other party will touch the lying bastard with a barge pole
He does not need any other party with a small Tory majority
All the usual election day excitement and nervousness. Yet I haven't voted (Bury South, straight Lab/Tory fight, predicted red wall Tory gain apparently), and still have no idea who I will vote for later and indeed if I will vote at all.
The lifelong Tory in me getting the pangs of nervousness at queues of Corbynite youths queueing round the block, the appalling weather trapping pensioners and the meek inside, the lead tightening from 11-12 etc to 7/8/9, the thought of my life being in the hands of Jez, McD, Abbott and all their associated hard left interest groups etc etc - and yet I am not even sure I want Mr Get Brexit Done to even win, given I don't actually want to get an increasingly pointless and insane Brexit done myself.
I have contemplated voting Labour, a thought that makes me feel almost physically sick, because that is the best way of me trying to thwart Brexit now in my seat. But would a fairly soft Brexit where we largely have to stay in alignment, followed by the next inevitably Labour govt in 5/10 years (hopefully with a Blair like leader not a Trot) rejoining after a new referendum be so bad if it allows a majority Tory govt to protect the economy and sort out some loose ends like redrawing the boundaries to remove the Labour bias before the next GE, etc?
I think I know what will happen in the sanctity of the polling booth. But in every idle moment I keep coming back to the insanity of Brexit (as the end game looks to have panned out for us) and thinking I just need to be brave and sweep out of power the Brexiteer fools are remain intent on forcing this silly pet project through.
But I actually quite like Boris, the Brexit shitshow aside....
Worth bearing in mind that the very worst result for those wanting to avoid a No Deal is a minority Tory Government where the ERG and DUP hold the balance of power.
On reflection, this is quite a suit statement for election day. I’m not sure quite how well it will go down in a rural north Essex polling station:
I assume you got that suit in a sale
You’ll be pleased to know I’ve changed into my proper Christmas jumper now:
Robin Meeks, Robin Meeks, riding thru the glen, Robin Meeks, Robin Meeks, with his merry men, Steals from the rich, takes 10% plus expenses, Robin Meeks! Robin Meeks! Robin Meeks!
How can someone so young become so arrogant and smug? I am begining to believe in reincarnation; she must have been an angry old man in a previous life.
She is somewhere on the autistic scale. One of my cricket colleagues is similarly diagnosed. He has a successful career but a similar personality. Managing him when I was skipper was a nightmare.
PC or not, the girls at my daughter's secondary school compete for the best Greta impressions, not complimentary.
Girls can be cruel, especially 11-16
I can understand children being so spiteful, but there is something wrong when grown men do it over a 16 year old.
£ -0.53%, somebody got people counting at polling stations?
Turnout here in London is absolutely on fire! These are Labour voters not tory (ethnic minorities- could save Labour seats in the north/Midlands if repeated there)
If that happens will Boris's 'letterbox' and 'bank robber' remarks be a driver that no one picked up on?
How can someone so young become so arrogant and smug? I am begining to believe in reincarnation; she must have been an angry old man in a previous life.
She is somewhere on the autistic scale. One of my cricket colleagues is similarly diagnosed. He has a successful career but a similar personality. Managing him when I was skipper was a nightmare.
PC or not, the girls at my daughter's secondary school compete for the best Greta impressions, not complimentary.
Girls can be cruel, especially 11-16
I can understand children being so spiteful, but there is something wrong when grown men do it over a 16 year old.
Is she a stooge? If so does she know she is? I think kids, although having the capacity to be cruel, are sometimes more perceptive about their peers than adults are.
On reflection, this is quite a suit statement for election day. I’m not sure quite how well it will go down in a rural north Essex polling station:
I assume you got that suit in a sale
You’ll be pleased to know I’ve changed into my proper Christmas jumper now:
Whilst I am quite fond of pastel forest colours and (as mentioned previously) I do miss 90s fashions, there is a voice in my head that is screaming loudly "RED AND GREEN SHOULD NEVER BE SEEN!!!"
Turnout here in London is absolutely on fire! These are Labour voters not tory (ethnic minorities- could save Labour seats in the north/Midlands if repeated there)
If turnout for Labour is markedly up in London what does that mean for their vote share elsewhere?
This is the optimist's guide to potential results:
Tory landslide: Laugh at Corbyn Small Tory majority: Laugh at Bozo for being in the same position as TMay Hung parliament: Laugh at Boris fanbois Corbyn win: laugh insanely and kill oneself!
A small Tory majority is the same position as Cameron not May
Au contraire. A small majority for Bozo will be exactly the same as no other party will touch the lying bastard with a barge pole
He does not need any other party with a small Tory majority
He will when the ERG do to him what they did to Theresa. If you think they won't, well....
On reflection, this is quite a suit statement for election day. I’m not sure quite how well it will go down in a rural north Essex polling station:
I assume you got that suit in a sale
You’ll be pleased to know I’ve changed into my proper Christmas jumper now:
Whilst I am quite fond of pastel forest colours and (as mentioned previously) I do miss 90s fashions, there is a voice in my head that is screaming loudly "RED AND GREEN SHOULD NEVER BE SEEN!!!"
'Blue and green should never be seen without another colour in between' shirley?
On reflection, this is quite a suit statement for election day. I’m not sure quite how well it will go down in a rural north Essex polling station:
I assume you got that suit in a sale
You’ll be pleased to know I’ve changed into my proper Christmas jumper now:
Whilst I am quite fond of pastel forest colours and (as mentioned previously) I do miss 90s fashions, there is a voice in my head that is screaming loudly "RED AND GREEN SHOULD NEVER BE SEEN!!!"
I want to be enthusiastic because I liked the suit, but isn't that leafy green top rather "Thing from the Swamp"?
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If thats right, Boris is home and dry.
I'm going Con 43.6 Lab 36.4 and a majority in the 15-30 range
But a useless anecdote really because the GE won't be won or lost in Caerphilly.
Robin Meeks, Robin Meeks, with his merry men,
Steals from the rich, takes 10% plus expenses,
Robin Meeks!
Robin Meeks!
Robin Meeks!
I expect it to be 1.10 after the big bong.
I'm tending to ITV - Sir Guy of Gosborne and Mr Ballsup.
Teller said voting had been quite brisk through the day but nothing special.
So not all of London is youthquaking