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Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts) Tue Apr 21, 2015, 08:43 AM Apr 2015

O_M_G! That's all they need in the UK - US Young Republicans to the rescue!

Young Republicans drafted in from US to boost Conservative election bid

Labour blasts ‘subversive’ recruitment of American campaigners, warning that the US party’s agenda is to stamp out any form of public healthcare

The Young Republicans are expected to arrive on 2 May. Photograph: Carlo Allegri/Reuters

The Conservatives are to draft in a deployment of Republican activists to bolster their efforts in key seats before the election.

In an unusual move, a team organised by the US Young Republicans International Committee will arrive on 2 May to help out in the marginal of Enfield North, in Aylesbury, where the Conservatives face a challenge from Ukip, as well as the safer seat of Windsor. The move will be controversial because they are set to campaign though they are not able to vote in the UK.

The Americans will arrive during a campaign in which the Conservatives lack ground troops in tight battleground seats compared with Labour, meaning they are relying on mailshots of election literature and busloads of mostly young Tory activists at weekends known as Team 2015.

"This feels very much like a subversion of democracy"
Fiona Dent, Labour party candidate for Windsor

The expected arrival of the US activists has infuriated Labour candidates in the targeted seats, who pointed out the Republican party’s opposition to President Barack Obama’s healthcare reforms aimed at improving care for the poorest in society.

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/21/young-republicans-drafted-us-conservatives-election-campaign
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I hope this subversive move backfires in a big way for the Conservatives.

Unwarranted interference by a foreign entity.

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O_M_G! That's all they need in the UK - US Young Republicans to the rescue! (Original Post) Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 OP

Good chance of backfiring Kelvin Mace Apr 2015 #1

Brits will most likely NOT appreciate outsiders charging in with their Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #6

Yep, Kelvin Mace Apr 2015 #8

^^^AMEN to that^^^! Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #9

I'd think it would be alienating to have foreigners campaigning treestar Apr 2015 #2

Let's hope those YR's go in with all of the arrogance and hubris Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #3

Yes, and you know they will treestar Apr 2015 #4

They'll be as welcomed as those Jehova Witnesses sufrommich Apr 2015 #5

Excellent. You've just won the analogy game! Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #10

HERE THEY COME !! BlueJazz Apr 2015 #7

Yeeeewwwwww! Disgusting, but too true. Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #11

So, how long before they descend on some unfortunate pub and make total asses of themselves? tanyev Apr 2015 #12

Wait for it...LOL! Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #13

Great comments below the article! LOL! Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #14

Kelvin Mace

(17,469 posts)

1. Good chance of backfiring

Reply to Surya Gayatri (Original post)

Tue Apr 21, 2015, 08:49 AM

Apr 2015

Imagine a bunch of French-accented young people showing up before an election in North Carolina encouraging people to vote for the Democratic ticket.

Also, conservative viscerally scorn anyone not like themselves.

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)

6. Brits will most likely NOT appreciate outsiders charging in with their

Reply to Kelvin Mace (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 21, 2015, 08:56 AM

Apr 2015

pushy American ways and loud American accents.

Kelvin Mace

(17,469 posts)

8. Yep,

Reply to Surya Gayatri (Reply #6)

Tue Apr 21, 2015, 09:00 AM

Apr 2015

and especially given their utter cluelessness of other cultures, even English-speaking ones.

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)

9. ^^^AMEN to that^^^!

Reply to Kelvin Mace (Reply #8)

Tue Apr 21, 2015, 09:01 AM

Apr 2015

treestar

(82,383 posts)

2. I'd think it would be alienating to have foreigners campaigning

Reply to Surya Gayatri (Original post)

Tue Apr 21, 2015, 08:50 AM

Apr 2015

If they come into contact with the voters. Why listen to people who aren't eligible to vote in the election? LOL.

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)

3. Let's hope those YR's go in with all of the arrogance and hubris

Reply to treestar (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 21, 2015, 08:54 AM

Apr 2015

which they habitually exhibit.

treestar

(82,383 posts)

4. Yes, and you know they will

Reply to Surya Gayatri (Reply #3)

Tue Apr 21, 2015, 08:56 AM

Apr 2015

That situation encourages their natural arrogance in that they are likely to talk down to the British about who they should vote for to make their country more like "Murka."

sufrommich

(22,871 posts)

5. They'll be as welcomed as those Jehova Witnesses

Reply to Surya Gayatri (Original post)

Tue Apr 21, 2015, 08:56 AM

Apr 2015

that knock on your door.

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)

10. Excellent. You've just won the analogy game!

Reply to sufrommich (Reply #5)

Tue Apr 21, 2015, 09:02 AM

Apr 2015

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)

7. HERE THEY COME !!

Reply to Surya Gayatri (Original post)

Tue Apr 21, 2015, 08:59 AM

Apr 2015

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)

11. Yeeeewwwwww! Disgusting, but too true.

Reply to BlueJazz (Reply #7)

Tue Apr 21, 2015, 09:02 AM

Apr 2015

tanyev

(42,558 posts)

12. So, how long before they descend on some unfortunate pub and make total asses of themselves?

Reply to Surya Gayatri (Original post)

Tue Apr 21, 2015, 09:16 AM

Apr 2015

First night there? Maybe second night, allowing for jet lag.

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)

13. Wait for it...LOL!

Reply to tanyev (Reply #12)

Tue Apr 21, 2015, 09:18 AM

Apr 2015

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)

14. Great comments below the article! LOL!

Reply to Surya Gayatri (Original post)

Tue Apr 21, 2015, 09:31 AM

Apr 2015

"Is there anything worse than being told who to vote for...... oh yes, being told who to vote for by an over-chirpy American, God help us."
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"Guaranteed to piss off any English voter. Who the hell are these swivel-eyed republican loons telling me to vote toff? I reckon this is a clever ploy by Labour to get more votes. It might just work..."
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"Whoever thought this was a good idea needs their head examined, it could go magnificently tits up if Labour play it right. Why not bring Netanyahoo over too and guarantee defeat?"
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"This makes no sense.

The republican party are the right in the US, but they are far far righter than the conservatives...

I cannot wait for a clever constituent to ask one of them for their views on gay marriage or reproductive rights."
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"No doubt the Tories will return the favour by sending young activists to campaign for Rand Paul or Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio or whatever other wacko runs for the Republican nomination."
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"Wow, it's amazing what All the money in the world! will buy you, when it comes to a democratic election...

Who, - the fuck, - is paying for all these plane tickets?"

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