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Theresa May is a hypocrite when she preaches about Free Speech

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Whilst Theresa May preaches that Homophobes and Racists should be allowed free speech she also refuses to allow 16-17-year-olds the vote killing their free speech and right to vote. In November last year Tories refused 16/17 years olds the vote without even voting it in the house of commons Labour accused them of using out-of-date Parliamentary rules to ensure the move would be blocked. The move would have been made law through a backbench Bill by Labour MP Jim McMahon. But out-of-date Commons rules - which Tories have refused to change means it was blocked.  So by total coincidence, several Tory MPs spoke for ages in favour of the first law of the day, a popular bid to force police to wear body cameras when they restrain people. Between them, five Tories spoke for 95 minutes - each droning on for longer than the first Bill's author Steve Reed. That meant there were just an hour and 28 minutes left by the time it got to the Votes at 1...

Why isn't Labour 20 points ahead in the polls?

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Whilst the media, Blairites and Tories will have you believe that Labour should be 20 points ahead when you look at it properly it's more realistic that they aren't. The Neo-Liberal Blairites and Journalists are off again accusing Labour (Well Corbyn) of just being "populist" whilst preaching that they could do better. (They lost us two elections by massive landslides) but when you look at the other parties there is a completely good reason Labour aren't ahead in the polls massively.  UKIP polls results are dropping massively which is evidence UKIP voters are going back to the Tory Party which is boosting the Conservatives polls and Labour are still fighting SNP in Scotland although Labour was 3rd in the Scottish polls they have moved back to second and they keep rising week by week. Also, let's not forget that Theresa May run a far-right general election campaign and keeps feeding the far right with her Anti Immigration propagan...