May calls General Election on 8 June

[1892-LFCWasBorn]

Strong and stable

 

Weak and wobbly.

[Sparky]

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Channel 4 are showing it

 

Ahhh, thought it was only on Sky. 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Mal Ferguson‏ @AngryofTuebrook

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.@RebeccaFront Your Nicola Murray act is being ripped off by @theresa_may . Are you going to sue? #mayvscorbyn #GE2017

[cloggypop]

Ahhh, thought it was only on Sky.

I'm watching it on Sky news but it's on C4 as well.

[Anubis]

Now sailing into proper uncharted territory here.

 

 

Robert Peston

@Peston

 

I think everyone, including me, under-estimated seductive power of @jeremycorbyn's astonishing good humour, even when Paxman thumping him

 

Even Dan Hodges has tweeted about Corbyn giving a strong performance.

[magicrat]

I would like to shoot the cunt stood up and applauded her, Fucking brain dead bellend

[AngryOfTuebrook]

A one-man standing ovation.  As embarrassing as it gets.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

I would like to shoot the cunt stood up and applauded her, Fucking brain dead bellend

"No ovation is better than a bad ovation."

[Guest Pistonbroke]

I would like to shoot the cunt stood up and applauded her, Fucking brain dead bellend

 

He was playing "Spot the cunt"

[cloggypop]

"No ovation is better than a bad ovation."

Hahaha! Boss that!

[Anubis]

Having just one person stand and applaud you is about as grim as it gets. For her and him.

[1892-LFCWasBorn]

As pro-conservative as an audience as you could get.

 

Even that proclaimed Labour supporter moaning about £10 minimum wage etc was handpicked.

[magicrat]

How could anyone vote for that ,

Utter disgrace of a leader ,

[magicrat]

He was playing "Spot the cunt"

Haha.   The real cunt was telling lies to Paxman though

[Guest Pistonbroke]

How could anyone vote for that ,

Utter disgrace of a leader ,

 

Up to this point nobody has, PM by default. Bet she's not arsed, a career on Loose Women chatting shite about shoes awaits. 

[magicrat]

Isnt it about time that insufferable jobseeking prick Gove popped up and complained about Paxman giving St Theresa a hard time 

[sir roger]

Thought Corbyn did well in the earlier piece & did his best in the Paxman bit, although it is difficult with somebody just basically asking you a question & then just shouting over you when you try to answer.

 

Going against the grain & thought May was a bit better than I expected, although it was a bit ' win us the election on no policies & just basically trust us after that ' & 'Brexit, Brexit, Brexit '. Thought Paxman started well aginst her but seemed to fizzle out & I couldn't understand why he kept asking the last question about Brexit when she was getting applauded for it.

 

Will be interested to see how polling goes later in the week.

[Anubis]

Ok, this is now getting downright fucking weird.

 

 

Alastair Campbell

@campbellclaret

 

.@jeremycorbyn did pretty well there

[Section_31]

I may be in a minority here, but I've always thought Paxman to be an over rated interviewer. People mistake outright belligerence for probing questions and when he doesn't get the answer he wants, he resorts to bullshit anecdotal evidence.

 

You've pretty much just got to return the serve against him. He should make May look shite though.

Yeah he's shit, just a horrible gobby cunt.

[magicrat]

BBC calling it a draw so that makes Corbyn a clear winner when the bias is factored in 

[Skidfingers McGonical]

This is too Fucking weird now.

 

[Boss]

Both of them got savaged by Paxman. Although May seemed more comfortable at the end due to Paxman constantly beating a dead horse over Brexit. I would've liked him to really go after her on the cuts to the NHS, education and the dementia tax.

 

Corbyn looked weak on national security and wishy-washy over his ability to deliver a good deal for the UK in Brussels. The resounding theme i got from May's manifesto (and her answers in the first half) was a complete lack of aspiration. Everything was just cuts, taxes and tightening the purse strings. We've been though 7 years of this, why would anyone feel engaged to vote for that? The Tory manifesto is the greatest gift Labour could've been given for this election. It's no coincidence that her lead in the polls has nosedived since it's release.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Labour should also make the point that when May talks about a Brexit deal that is "good for Britain" she's speaking as someone who clearly thinks that declining wages, cuts to essential services and tax breaks for the richest individuals and corporations are "good for Britain".

[Anubis]

Allegedly this is a speech May will give today. It seems they'll go all in on Brexit. I suspect Paxman's blowhard jibe will have pissed on their parade more than they'd have liked.

 

Still not acknowledging that no deal would be an absolute disaster. Labour need to counter this with a list of the immediate effects of no deal.