Jeremy Corbyn calls on Theresa May to resign over police cuts - Polidicks

[quote]Jeremy Corbyn has called on Theresa May to resign as Prime Ministerfor presiding over police cuts during her years as Home Secretary. The Labour leader attacked Mrs May over cuts which has left the police with 20,000 fewer officers than in 2010. He said he backed similar calls by "very responsible people" who are "very worried" about her record following Saturday's deadly terror attack in London.[/quote] [url]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/05/jeremy-corbyn-calls-theresa-may-resign-police-cuts/[/url] [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Don't make editoralized titles" - Kiwi))[/highlight]

Great way to put the spotlight on the issue, she really is screwing us bu cutting them this hard. School boys getting stabbed is on the rise big time, not to mention terrorism.

Just remember, when considering which party takes safety and security more seriously, the immortalized words of unofficial Labour spokeswoman Amber Rudd: "Judge us on our record." The record does indeed speak for itself.

She should but I think it's a bit pointless 3 days before the election. [editline]5th June 2017[/editline] Tory austerity doesn't protect anyone but the 1% wallets.

If only there was a way to force Theresa May out of power :thinking: Calling on Theresa May to resign is utterly pointless - like the Tories are going to ditch their leader, hold a leadership race and elect an new leader in the 3 days before an election. The British people will judge whether they want Theresa May to stay as PM on Thursday.

[QUOTE=Mythman;52314669]If only there was a way to force Theresa May out of power :thinking: Calling on Theresa May to resign is utterly pointless - like the Tories are going to ditch their leader, hold a leadership race and elect an new leader in the 3 days before an election. The British people will judge whether they want Theresa May to stay as PM on Thursday.[/QUOTE] I assume Corbyn knows that and it's just a tactical way of drawing attention to May's failures as home secretary. The British people tend to be headline skimmers, having people calling for her registration over the issues is a good way to boost those issues into the public eye.

What Corbyn actually said is that he supports people who are calling her to resign, but he stopped short of doing so himself, saying we have an election in 3 days to decide that. Longer sentence but more accurate.

[QUOTE=fulgrim;52314688]I assume Corbyn knows that and it's just a tactical way of drawing attention to May's failures as home secretary. The British people tend to be headline skimmers, calling for her registration over the issues is a good way to boost those issues into the public eye.[/QUOTE] That's what I assume too, it has raised the Theresa May's record up the news agenda. It's still a pointless thing to say though - it can be used by his opponents to suggest he doesn't have a clue. The majority of people I've seen talking about this headline are using it to mock Corbyn, not to question Theresa May. Just say, "Theresa May has a terrible record as Home Secretary, vote her & her party out on Thursday". [QUOTE=killerteacup;52314692]What Corbyn actually said is that he supports people who are calling her to resign, but he stopped short of doing so himself, saying we have an election in 3 days to decide that. Longer sentence but more accurate.[/QUOTE] If you say you support something, that means you're agreeing with them - even if you don't explicitly say it yourself. It's like putting "I'm Jeremy Corbyn and I endorse this message" at the end of an advert.

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/3c1wed5.png[/IMG] but with more tact

I think Corbyn is using these terrorist attacks as a way to push out the torries and May, but that's just another perspective on it.

Corbyn is now distancing himself from the remarks he endorsed earlier: [video=youtube;0PHRpY_nipg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PHRpY_nipg[/video] He is now emphasising that there is an election in 3 days and people should use that to vote her out. (I know it is the Spectator but I couldn't find any other video of it)

[QUOTE=Mythman;52315774]Corbyn is now distancing himself from the remarks he endorsed earlier: [video=youtube;0PHRpY_nipg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PHRpY_nipg[/video] He is now emphasising that there is an election in 3 days and people should use that to vote her out. (I know it is the Spectator but I couldn't find any other video of it)[/QUOTE] [quote]However, asked by ITV News if he backed calls for Mrs May to resign, he said: "Indeed I would, because there's been calls made by a lot of very responsible people on this who are very worried that she was at the Home Office for all this time, presided over these cuts in police numbers and is now saying that we have a problem - yes, we do have a problem, we should never have cut the police numbers." [B]Asked a second time if he wanted the PM to quit, Mr Corbyn said: "We've got an election on Thursday and that's perhaps the best opportunity to deal with it."[/B][/quote] What he originally said, for context, as mentioned in the OP article.

[QUOTE=Mythman;52315774]Corbyn is now distancing himself from the remarks he endorsed earlier: [video=youtube;0PHRpY_nipg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PHRpY_nipg[/video] He is now emphasising that there is an election in 3 days and people should use that to vote her out. (I know it is the Spectator but I couldn't find any other video of it)[/QUOTE] It's not a u turn if this is what he said all along

[QUOTE=killerteacup;52316158]It's not a u turn if this is what he said all along[/QUOTE] The quote from the article: [QUOTE][B]Asked by ITV News if he backed calls for Mrs May to resign, he said: "Indeed I would,[/B] because there's been calls made by a lot of very responsible people on this who are very worried that she was at the Home Office for all this time, presided over these cuts in police numbers and is now saying that we have a problem - yes, we do have a problem, we should never have cut the police numbers.[/QUOTE] He was endorsing those who were calling for Theresa May to resign - only when asked a second time did he clarify and mention the election. I've always accepted that he mentioned the election, I just suggested that he should never have endorsed those who were calling on her to resign - it made him look clueless and gave his opponents the chance to ridicule him. The video is pointing out that he is distancing himself from the original answer he gave to ITV. (The term "u-turn" was the one The Spectator used not me and I did say that I only used that video because I couldn't find another source.)

To be fair I hadn't thought about this until now, but the rate of uncontrolled crime is even increasing in my rural community. It would appear that the local Parachute Regiment blokes - they're support to Special Forces so they're a little unhinged - have been driving a huge increase in violence during the nightlife evenings in the town I went to school. I'd been wondering 'why are there no police if it's common knowledge that it's happening?' I suppose the answer is because there are no police.

[QUOTE=Dr. Odyssey;52315686]I think Corbyn is using these terrorist attacks as a way to push out the torries and May, but that's just another perspective on it.[/QUOTE] Well may politicised this by ranting about her hard on to censor the internet only 12 hours after the attack. At least Corbyn wants to actually do something that will help.