Manchester attack transforms Britain's election campaign

Current crop of politicians are useless

An assumed overwhelming Conservative landslide reduced to what appears politically a inconsiderable pile of rubble. Although private surveys suggests a variable Conservative lead of between nine and mid-teen points.

Theresa May chief of staff, Fiona Hill and Nick Timothy, have presided over one PR disaster after another.

Since the launch of her party's manifesto, a chaotically inconsistent reform of social care, an end the triple lock on pensions/universal winter fuel payments will have a detrimental effect on Conservative candidates in marginal seats.

Economically there is little doubt the spiraling cost of social care has a negative effect on UK ambitions to reduce the current budget deficit estimated at close to £54 billion.

Then Boris Johnson, a wobbly blancmange of off the cuff comment and sound bite. Johnson insinuation, "the Iraq war did not introduce the poison into our bloodstream but, yes, the war did help to potentiate that poison", is a gift to Labour campaign team strategists to exploit.

There is little doubt that Theresa May doesn't do consult. Theresa May is quintessentially the capital 'E' to emphatic, the categorical imperative prissiness of head girl authoritarianism.

It never occurred to Theresa May the £100,000 threshold in assets before having to forward finance elderly care out of the value of pensioners own homes would alienate every arm chair blue rinse Conservative, sitting pretty in there £250,000 - £300,000 bungalow that would inevitably be saddled with a £150,000 - £200,000 liability.

That is a significant percentage returning to haunt Theresa May when Grandma enters the polling booth.       

Last year I placed bets on Election in June and Labour party achieving 220 plus seats, I thought a second bet was rash........ ?

The Blairite and Tory attacks on Corbyn will only strengthen his appeal. I'd be surprised if Labour wins on June 8th but then, Brexit was a complete shock to the system.

The Tories will open their box of secrets and continue to leak stories about JC but the public aren't so blatantly fooled. They are more intelligent than May et al give them credit for.

A better showing from Labour in this election than in 2015 could at least persuade the Labour Party that running as a party of the left, an actual alternative to the Tories, is the way forward. The Tory-lite approach didn't cut it. The leadership is the problem. I like Corbyn but I don't see him as the man to win an election and incompetents like Diane Abbott need to be put out to grass.

I'm far more optimistic than I was a month ago.

Diane Abbott really seems lost at sea these days. She should stick to banter with Andrew Neill and co because she's not helping the Labour Party at all.

I'm far more optimistic than I was a month ago.

I've been hearing that a lot, lately and it's refreshing. I wasn't kidding about that box of secrets, btw. Expect more turgid stuff to be released any day now, sadly.

The Conservatives, meanwhile, have ramped up accusations that Corbyn would weaken Britain's defenses. They have repeatedly underscored his opposition to Britain's nuclear weapons and appearances alongside Irish republicans, even in the years when the IRA was setting off bombs in Britain.

Ironic, given that the Tories were secretly holding meetings with the IRA and affiliates during the conflict.

And even more ironic that a serving Tory councillor for Croydon is a former IRA member.

It's certainly going to be a hard one to predict. }

The Tories, are really heading back to the Victorian Elitest way of life, and I wouldn't be surprised to hear of a new "Work-house" scheme being introduced - of course, under a modern day politically correct term which obscures all sense of it's meaning. May, is certainly no "Margaret Thatcher", and like most other Politicians, is completely untrustworthy.

The Labour party has it's own problems too, Corbyn needs to really start pulling punches to show he's a capable leader under times of duress, as that clearly will be what's facing the UK going forward. He also needs to review who, he wishes to support within his Cabinet and why. Though, that said, he does appear to be rather honest at face value - which is odd for a Politician.

As for the Liberals, and Greens, neither has real leadership to be a contender, their place is simply to be a filler, for missing votes for the party that makes it through.

The UK, is unfortunately, a complete and utter mess, Socially and Politically. Its with little surprise that I read recently, that the UK may go the way that Germany did back in the 1930's....

The UK, is unfortunately, a complete and utter mess, Socially and Politically. Its with little surprise that I read recently, that the UK may go the way that Germany did back in the 1930's....

Please explain this 'mess' and name the writer saying the UK is heading for 1930s Germany.

I'm an Olympic level moaner and bitcher and I love tearing a strip of my home country, but even I wouldn't go this far.

I'm genuinely interested.

Its with little surprise that I read recently, that the UK may go the way that Germany did back in the 1930's....

Nah. The Blackshirts and Mosley tried that and failed. See The Battle of Cable Street etc.

People won't take it, despite what the fear mongers predict. It will get ugly but common sense and decency will prevail.