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Putney featured on Newnight if anyone is interested

Putney as the town as opposed to the constituency of course.

Ed Robinson ● 2561d11 Comments

Brief interview with Labour, Conservative and Liberal candidates.

Ed Robinson ● 2561d

It's a five-minute report here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000b348/newsnight-06112019. starting at 27:50. As well as short interviews with the three main candidates, there's the usual tedious vox pop (groan!!) with two undecided mums at a local nursery - but the interesting bit is near the start, where a radio interview with Justine Greening has the fascinating revelation that she's not even sure she'll vote Conservative on 12th December.

Richard Carter ● 2561d

"the usual tedious vox pop (groan!!) with two undecided mums"Why do you find these women tedious Richard? If they are still considering their choice surely that's a good thing?

Sue Hammond ● 2561d

You've misunderstood: it's not the women who were tedious but the use if a vox pop.

Richard Carter ● 2561d

Interesting clip about the Putney voting intentions Richard posted.What a dilemma for the Putney Remain vote. Who do you vote for?Labour party.Ex Labour MP Ian Austin who is stepping down at this election is suggesting the country vote for Boris Johnson as the anti-semitism is now so bad in the party and the leadership is completely unfit to lead the country.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-50329427/ex-labour-mp-ian-austin-vote-for-boris-johnsonLib Dems.You can't believe a word they say after supporting the In/out referendum in 2016 and because it wasn't the result they were hoping for they now want to cancel the result.

Paul Game ● 2561d

On trusting the lib dems it will be interesting to see if their manifesto highlights the pledges they will drop to gk onto a coalition and maybe pick up half a dozen knighthoods as when the joined the Tories under Clegg. Remember the austerity programme could not gave happened without the enthusiastic support of the lib dems. Danny Alexander was more Tory than most life long tories. 1st thing that went was their NUMBER ONE pledge on student fees. Not a pledge down the list but their number one pledge. On that basis if they join with the Tories they could still support brexit. For a couple of knighthoods and a dame or two !!!

Andy Pike ● 2561d

@Richard. Interesting clip. Particularly implying that Brexit is the only topic determining how people will vote - including Ms Greening; glad she's sticking with her principles. However, one might also think that the young mothers interviewed might also be thinking about education, health care, policing, housing, etc which will be affecting their families in the future. Or do they understanding that Brexit is a direct threat to health care if US corporations grab the NHS, and if Johnson wins with his "F" business attitude and damages the economy with his Brexit deal then education, policing, housing, etc will suffer more than they have drone from austertity?

Michael Ixer ● 2561d

As Diane Abbot said "Ian Austin, 1 year as a junior minister at DCLG, says he won't vote for Labour. Wall-to-wall coverage. Ken Clarke, 9 years as Secretary of State, including as Chancellor, says he won't vote for the Conservatives. Silence. Balanced election coverage?"

Ed Robinson ● 2561d

At least people got to see the main candidates.Anyone have any feedback (excluding Brexit)?

Ed Robinson ● 2561d

Are you kidding Ed?We are talking about the future PM who befriends terrorists, shares platforms with enemies of this country, has supported the IRA in the past and his party is rife with Antisemitism.How can you compare? We all know ken Clarke's view on Brexit and the current Tory regime. This country is crying out for an alternative government to the Tories but Labour isn't currently providing one as they Leadership is so backward thinking and stuck in the 70's.

Paul Game ● 2561d

And yet Ken Clarke would seem to have accepted Jeremy Corbyn as caretaker Prime Minister in order to prevent a no-deal Brexit. It doesn't say much for Boris Johnson, does it?"his party is rife with Antisemitism." What is it? Is it the uniforms and the marching? Is it somewhere in the manifesto? Is it in Corbyn's words? Is it on Twitter where nobody can pretend to be a Labour supporter when they really are not, can they? Is it in the suggestion of violence to come in the streets? Oh no those suggestions came from Brexit supporters, didn't they, Mr Game? "stuck in the 70's." What, like those who want to reverse the UK's decision to join Europe in the 1970s?

David Ainsworth ● 2561d