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@Paul. I'm not exactly sure which "3 guys" you're talking about - sounds a bit like an incomplete burger bar ... Anyway, taking a pragmatic view, I'd rather see Corbyn in #10 than Johnson. I'm fairly certain I know what Corbyn stands for and even if I disagree with some of his views he feels more WYSIWYG than Johnson who appears to be a serial liar, hence, I'm uncertain what he really stands for and is likely to do (just look at his ill considered, unlawful, proroguing of parliament); also I couldn't vote for a party that has people Rees-Mogg as any of its MPs (one of the reasons Ms Greening would never have got my vote); there's also a small possibility Johnson could lose his seat in Uxbridge with all the extra uncertainty that would cause.   I don't feel confident in waiting 3 or so years for another possibility for Labour to get into power by which time Johnson et al could do enormous damage with their do or die Brexit  strategy irrespective of any consequences: a trade deal dictated by the US, a privatised NHS, further welfare cuts, privatised education, no action in resolving the climate emergency .... On the pragmatic front I think it's likely we'll have another hung parliament so any excesses by Corbyn would be limited. Labour policies fit with my remain strategy of having another referendum to validate the first one which I'm fairly certain was corrupted by Cambridge Analytica and Russian social media manipulation; no other party offers that and I agree a unilateral revocation of A50 would be seen as undemocratic; however, I still can't see anything undemocratic with another referendum. Finally, I'm voting for Fleur Anderson as she's a remainer like me and I believe she has the experience and ability to be a good constituency MP for Putney.

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