Hands Up - Who backed Boris Johnson?

locomansimon said:
I don't understand to hatred of Jeremy Corbyn, I have seen him speak and have spoken to him personally and he was the most open honest politician i have ever come across, his ideas were to benefit all of us not just the rich. I think he would have been a wonderful PM and guided us back to a more just society!
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The media did a good job on him but he didn't come across to many as a genuine candidate it would seem.

Time and time again we hear that it was Corbyn that put people off. The reality is it was a perfect storm. Brexit, Johnson, Corbyn. The stars aligned for Johnson and that was that. And it had ruined the country.
 
MolteniArcore said:
I'd be interested to understand (honestly understand too - not mocking) how you came to the conclusion that after 9 years of Tory rule it was Labour that had ignored your area?

I heard some voters in Hartlepool say similar and didn't understand it then either.
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Because the media told them that was the case and we don't seem to be able to do critical thinking in this country.
 
I would guess the vast majority who switched to the tories in the North did it mainly because of brexit, even though we had actually left.
The right wing media wrongly convinced many that brexit wouldn't happen otherwise , and a few fell for tye Czech spy anti semite drivel
 
I've heard some say that a true Teessider or real Boro fan would never vote Tory. There is some truth in that, but regardless - something has gone drastically wrong when people start to pin their hopes on a conman out of Eton.
 
Blf said:
I voted for the Conservative Party (no where on the ballot had Boris Johnsons name on it) mainly for 2 reasons.
After nearly 50 years of voting in elections I realised that Labour simply ignored our area because they thought it could guarantee they would get our votes without doing anything to help our area. A realisation that seems to have come to millions of voters in the North.
The 2nd reason being I could not stand the thought that Jeremy Corbyn could become PM of this country ( thankfully the Labour Party came to the same conclusion).
I always thought it would be a one off vote and I would go back to Labour. I now realise that if Labour were to win power and ignore our area I would do it again.
You might find it easy to mock but not as easy as it would be for me to mock someone who would vote for a party no matter what they did just because you always do.
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At the time we had had 9 years of a tory government, can you honestly say the tories had done anything for the North east in those 9 years?
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Blf said:
I voted for the Conservative Party (no where on the ballot had Boris Johnsons name on it) mainly for 2 reasons.
After nearly 50 years of voting in elections I realised that Labour simply ignored our area because they thought it could guarantee they would get our votes without doing anything to help our area. A realisation that seems to have come to millions of voters in the North.
The 2nd reason being I could not stand the thought that Jeremy Corbyn could become PM of this country ( thankfully the Labour Party came to the same conclusion).
I always thought it would be a one off vote and I would go back to Labour. I now realise that if Labour were to win power and ignore our area I would do it again.
You might find it easy to mock but not as easy as it would be for me to mock someone who would vote for a party no matter what they did just because you always do.
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Was corbyns name on the ballot paper?
 
Strange how people are allowed to vote, yet claim they "voted for Johnson", unless of course they live in Uxbridge and South Ruislip.

Almost like they look at headlines without actually doing any critical thinking, which probably explains why they voted for the Conservative party in the first place.
 
h_m_boro said:
Interesting replies. People should not be given abuse in any form for the way they voted. Couple of further questions -

1. Did you get swayed to vote Tory by Johnson or by the Tory election promises?
2. Did you vote for Johnson or your local Tory MP - if it was Johnson are you happy with how your MP performs?

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Surely question 1 should also include being anti-Corbyn, and therefore voting for the alternative? I think that was definitely a factor.

At the time of the election, a mate said that Corbyn won't get in because the UK is too aspirational. (People might choose different adjectives, but I could see what he meant).
 
MolteniArcore said:
I'd be interested to understand (honestly understand too - not mocking) how you came to the conclusion that after 9 years of Tory rule it was Labour that had ignored your area?

I heard some voters in Hartlepool say similar and didn't understand it then either.
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Same here, that's the bit I don't get.

The guard can't unlock the cell, if the warden has all the keys.
 
When I opened the board this morning the first thread informed me that 41% of children in Redcar are living in poverty.
Ignorance is not a crime, it’s just a lack of knowledge.
Wilful ignorance is on another level.
There’s been 12 years of Tory governance and this planned austerity and decline. It’s not events, it has been policy!
At what point will people say ‘enough is enough’
Mind that requires a conscience and degree of empathy.
 
Not out of blind loyalty but because I am a Christian Social Democrat I don’t believe there are any circumstances in which I could vote for a Conservative MP. Their values are so far away from my own, their policies and speeches lack compassion, justice, tolerance, fairness, equality and most importantly hope for a future for everyone. They have deliberately developed a culture of me,me, me and set out to demonise and isolate the less fortunate in society. We are the most ‘I’m alright Jack’ nation at a time the poorest and most unfortunate need us to be a civil caring and inclusive society. I regard the Conservatives as an ‘anti party’, they secured votes through Brexit in 2019 and the absolute demonisation through the horrific right wing press of Corbyn. They didn’t have any plans or proper manifesto in 2019, just Brexit / anti foreigner which was more than enough. They will seek to do it again with Starmer, isolate and ridicule him but he is a far more difficult target for them. I understand why people voted Conservative as for them and their needs it felt the right thing to do. Sadly for the less informed and easily influenced, for some time now 5 or 6 of the richest and most powerful people in media have determined the outcome of the election. I fear despite anything Labour can do they will seek to do so again and may once again thwart Labours chances of success.
 
Blf said:
I voted for the Conservative Party (no where on the ballot had Boris Johnsons name on it) mainly for 2 reasons.
After nearly 50 years of voting in elections I realised that Labour simply ignored our area because they thought it could guarantee they would get our votes without doing anything to help our area. A realisation that seems to have come to millions of voters in the North.
The 2nd reason being I could not stand the thought that Jeremy Corbyn could become PM of this country ( thankfully the Labour Party came to the same conclusion).
I always thought it would be a one off vote and I would go back to Labour. I now realise that if Labour were to win power and ignore our area I would do it again.
You might find it easy to mock but not as easy as it would be for me to mock someone who would vote for a party no matter what they did just because you always do.
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You do realise that in that 50 years of voting our area was being ignored by the party in power, predominantly the Conservative Party?
 
Erimus74 said:
I did too, which I've mentioned on here

He's been a fool to himself & in all honesty, IMHO, with what's happened to the Conservatives, especially the past 12 months or so, if Labour dont mount a serious challenge & win the next GE they never will
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There's the rub though isn't it.. He HASN'T been a fool to himself....it's who he is, has always, and forever will be ..A self serving, lying, dangerous ,narcissistic piece of shi te..
everyone knew who and what he was long before they crowned him PM.....Power is the name of the game and don't let truth or honesty get in the way..and this lot , every man jack of em, standing to take his place now are complicit in it
 
Erimus74 said:
I did too, which I've mentioned on here

He's been a fool to himself & in all honesty, IMHO, with what's happened to the Conservatives, especially the past 12 months or so, if Labour dont mount a serious challenge & win the next GE they never will
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How are they going to mount a serious campaign in your eyes?
 
newyddion said:
As for Boris Johnson being preferable to Jeremy Corbyn.. I guess I could see that too, as much as I couldn't stand the lying fat privileged bawbag.. I could see how a smug scruffy looking chap who makes his own jam could grate on others.
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Have to say Newy, that line about Corbyn looking scruffy maybe held some weight in the 2017 election vs Teresa May. Definitely wasn't the case in 2019 though. Boris is the far scruffier looking politician out of the two of them. Always looks like he's been dragged through a hedge backwards.

Which of these is meant to be the scruffy one again? Look at the state of Boris's lid...

Labour is 'the resistance to Boris Johnson' Jeremy Corbyn claims in New Year message
 
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Erimus74 said:
Its your right, people can disagree with your choice, my choice, whoever doesnt vote labour etc, but the last thing anyone should receive is abuse
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I for one try my utmost to avoid abuse on here. However, looking at it coldly, if you voted Conservative at the last election, you were in effect, endorsing a serial liar, a self entitled power crazy workshy spiv who only ever has his best interests at heart. A man wholly unfit to govern. That was in plain sight and, in my opinion, was reckless in the extreme.

Fast forward 3 years and untold damage has been done to this country. Those who can't accept they royally fooked up in their choice, I really cannot fathom
 
Corcaigh_the_Cat said:
You do realise that in that 50 years of voting our area was being ignored by the party in power, predominantly the Conservative Party?
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It may be that nobody expected the Tories to do anything for the North East, so when Billy Bunter acknowledged that there was an indefensible split in the country, and vowed to do something about it, people believed him. Compare to Tony Blair, who stated that there was no North/South divide.
I respected Corbyn as a man of integrity, but his economic policy was quite frightening, so I voted Green last election.
 
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