>Ann Rackham, a retired research psychologist who grew up in Penistone and lives in the town, considers herself European and voted to remain in the EU but is a big fan of Nigel Farage and would still like to see him as prime minister.
She said: “I think he has a lot of common sense. Farage is the man we need at the moment. I like politicians who shout, or at least who are assertive.”
That one needed unpicking in its own article
> Out shopping on the high street, Maria Towton said she had voted specifically for Boris Johnson and was not keen on either of his successors. “They pushed him out,” she said. “I felt bad for him, I thought he was good and he did his best. I don’t think anyone could have handled the pandemic better. I think he’s more clever than he appears to be.
Dear. God.
Why have I never heard the term “red wall” until people living there voted for the Tories?
Ah, the guardian telling us what Tory voters think of the tories. Now there’s a totally unbiased source in the matter.
Blyth was my constituency at the last election and a lack of tactical voting also handed it to the tories. People got complacent because Labour always won and the Greens had their best result that night. Watching them celebrate while the tories won was sickening.
Mother in law voted Lib because she couldn’t get over Corbyn being in charge. Sister in law voted tory. Absolute shambles.
I drove through Blyth last week and what a fucking heap it is, no business voting Tory. Nowhere in Northumberland has any business voting for them. From the latest polling even the posh towns will be swinging red and some have been blue for as long as Blyth was red.
I hate the two party system but until we can have Proportional Representation that’s the game you are forced to play.
They may not vote Tory, but that doesn’t mean they’ll vote Labour. I think many will vote reform/not vote ahead of voting Labour again
How do you even reason with these people:
Rebecca Layton, 37, a nursing assistant, also voted Labour until 2019. “Labour just didn’t have many things to do for Blyth,” she said. Plus, it had a “loony” leading the party. “I know they say don’t vote for the person, vote for their policies, but he was the face of Labour and he was going to rule the country? No, sorry. **Boris Johnson was the better man to do it**.”
Layton thinks she will vote Labour next time and said she liked Angela Rayner but was not sure about Starmer. “**We need a normal, working person in government.”**
How do you square that circle?
Thinks PM should be a normal , working person — votes Boris.
Doesn’t think Labour has many things to do for Bluth. What did you think the Tories had?
Maybe she’s not representative or voters in that area, or maybe the Guardian are trolling by putting people in their articles that don’t make sense and are infuriating to get clicks.
I feel like voting is too emotional and we just vote on our instincts or feelings, based of what we’ve done before, what we think an MP might be like, or any random thoughts, and then when we try to explain why, it just comes out as gobbledygook.
>Three years on, people still argue about the reasons. Many say it was as simple as voters disliking Jeremy Corbyn. Others disagree. Ian Lavery, the former Labour party chair and the MP for neighbouring Wansbeck, said: “I can tell you in three seconds. It is one word and that is Brexit. No other reason.”
Corbyn groupie and Tankie sympathiser Ian Lavery would say that though, wouldn’t he?
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I was nodding along until the final paragraph:
>Ann Rackham, a retired research psychologist who grew up in Penistone and lives in the town, considers herself European and voted to remain in the EU but is a big fan of Nigel Farage and would still like to see him as prime minister.
She said: “I think he has a lot of common sense. Farage is the man we need at the moment. I like politicians who shout, or at least who are assertive.”
That one needed unpicking in its own article
> Out shopping on the high street, Maria Towton said she had voted specifically for Boris Johnson and was not keen on either of his successors. “They pushed him out,” she said. “I felt bad for him, I thought he was good and he did his best. I don’t think anyone could have handled the pandemic better. I think he’s more clever than he appears to be.
Dear. God.
Why have I never heard the term “red wall” until people living there voted for the Tories?
Ah, the guardian telling us what Tory voters think of the tories. Now there’s a totally unbiased source in the matter.
Blyth was my constituency at the last election and a lack of tactical voting also handed it to the tories. People got complacent because Labour always won and the Greens had their best result that night. Watching them celebrate while the tories won was sickening.
Mother in law voted Lib because she couldn’t get over Corbyn being in charge. Sister in law voted tory. Absolute shambles.
I drove through Blyth last week and what a fucking heap it is, no business voting Tory. Nowhere in Northumberland has any business voting for them. From the latest polling even the posh towns will be swinging red and some have been blue for as long as Blyth was red.
I hate the two party system but until we can have Proportional Representation that’s the game you are forced to play.
They may not vote Tory, but that doesn’t mean they’ll vote Labour. I think many will vote reform/not vote ahead of voting Labour again
How do you even reason with these people:
Rebecca Layton, 37, a nursing assistant, also voted Labour until 2019. “Labour just didn’t have many things to do for Blyth,” she said. Plus, it had a “loony” leading the party. “I know they say don’t vote for the person, vote for their policies, but he was the face of Labour and he was going to rule the country? No, sorry. **Boris Johnson was the better man to do it**.”
Layton thinks she will vote Labour next time and said she liked Angela Rayner but was not sure about Starmer. “**We need a normal, working person in government.”**
How do you square that circle?
Thinks PM should be a normal , working person — votes Boris.
Doesn’t think Labour has many things to do for Bluth. What did you think the Tories had?
Maybe she’s not representative or voters in that area, or maybe the Guardian are trolling by putting people in their articles that don’t make sense and are infuriating to get clicks.
I feel like voting is too emotional and we just vote on our instincts or feelings, based of what we’ve done before, what we think an MP might be like, or any random thoughts, and then when we try to explain why, it just comes out as gobbledygook.
>Three years on, people still argue about the reasons. Many say it was as simple as voters disliking Jeremy Corbyn. Others disagree. Ian Lavery, the former Labour party chair and the MP for neighbouring Wansbeck, said: “I can tell you in three seconds. It is one word and that is Brexit. No other reason.”
Corbyn groupie and Tankie sympathiser Ian Lavery would say that though, wouldn’t he?