Hartlepool by-election

[magneze]

"Which direction is left again?"

 

[steeplejack]

After Joti Brar's schoolmarm-ish harangue last week, "Andrew" warms to to the theme of Northern Independence, and has decided on your behalf that the NIP is not important, and only attractive after too many pints in the pub. Really struggling for coherence by the end. errr...it's just not important...err...issues...err...Britishj identity...errr...annoying WPGB earworm jingle



Right you are then. Still no WPGB candidate announced.

 

[PR1Berske]

My touch-typing fingers love to test themselves with videos like this. There's a lot to be said for transcribing how fringe figures truly speak.

 

[Stay Beautiful]

You've taken the dog out for a stroll by the beach in the sun, take a few minutes to sit down and look out to sea and then...along come couple of snake-oil cunts to ruin your afternoon...poor fuckers.

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Just love the no tie thing. Amazing.

 

[tim]

You've taken the dog out for a stroll by the beach in the sun, take a few minutes to sit down and look out to sea and then...along come couple of snake-oil cunts to ruin your afternoon...poor fuckers.

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Hartlepool always looks rather magnificent. It's a shame we only see it when there's a political circus performance going on.

 

[William of Walworth]

Four elections on the same day in Hartlepool: Crime Commissioner, Tees Vallery Mayor, Local Council, Westminster

Suspect this may hurt the smaller parties and for the NIP the by election has come a little too early.

Do the extra elections make much difference? I'd assume it will be a low turnout, as by-elections usually are even without the pandemic effect.

I was under the impression, somehow, that when by-elections were held on the same day as locals, turnout improved.

I haven't any links/evidence for that though, just a vague memory of some figures I once read

Other here will know more, though.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

I was under the impression, somehow, that when by-elections were held on the same day as locals, turnout improved.

think turnout in the locals improves, but not sure about in the by-election

 

[discokermit]

oh.

 

[Wilf]

You've taken the dog out for a stroll by the beach in the sun, take a few minutes to sit down and look out to sea and then...along come couple of snake-oil cunts to ruin your afternoon...poor fuckers.

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He's doing a magic trick, where he fires his sensible tie onto the bloke on the right.

 

[steeplejack]

All going swimmingly for Sur Kieth & his shite stitched-up empty suit candidate.

 

[Wilf]

All going swimmingly for Sur Kieth & his shite stitched-up empty suit candidate.

Also, if NIP was to take off, it would presumably erode Labour even further. That poll is Labour getting fucked over in a straight fight.

 

[PR1Berske]

We don't have a history of constituency polls in this country so big pinch of salt about those figures. BUT, given the mood music in similar constituencies at the 2019 election it does not surprise me that such a massive swing away from Labour is being suggested.

BIG megalol at NIP not being able to translate being Twitter famous into electoral success. Who knew. Honestly.

 

[brogdale]

BIG megalol at NIP not being able to translate being Twitter famous into electoral success. Who knew. Honestly.

But a tweeter beating the LDs, and putting them fourth, would be funny though.

 

[kebabking]

But a tweeter beating the LDs, and putting them fourth, would be funny though.

Be fair, Garry Glitter would probably beat the Lib Dems..

 

[Pickman's model]

You've taken the dog out for a stroll by the beach in the sun, take a few minutes to sit down and look out to sea and then...along come couple of snake-oil cunts to ruin your afternoon...poor fuckers.

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The dog's about to puke

 

[Pickman's model]

"Stop me if you've heard this one too"

 

[brogdale]

Be fair, Garry Glitter would probably beat the Lib Dems..

& 2% of a sample size of 502 is just 10 people expressing the intent to vote for them.
Could be Proudfoot's family.

 

[Pickman's model]

Be fair, Garry Glitter would probably beat the Lib Dems..

Sir Jimmy Savile OBE KCSG would give them a run for their money. And he's been dead for years.

 

[brogdale]

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"Stop me if you've heard this one too"

 

[brogdale]

oh.

Having got their Brexit, the kipper vote has split 4:1 Tory to Labour.
The false consciousness is strong with this one.

 

[MickiQ]

After Joti Brar's schoolmarm-ish harangue last week, "Andrew" warms to to the theme of Northern Independence, and has decided on your behalf that the NIP is not important, and only attractive after too many pints in the pub. Really struggling for coherence by the end. errr...it's just not important...err...issues...err...Britishj identity...errr...annoying WPGB earworm jingle



Right you are then. Still no WPGB candidate announced.

TBF he's right but everything he said about the NIP is even truer in spades about the WPGB, They're both protest votes and at least the NIP are offering something new

 

[JTG]

I mean, NIP have been around less than a year and only just starting to move away from twitter into real life, 2% is amazing tbh

 

[Pickman's model]

I mean, NIP have been around less than a year and only just starting to move away from twitter into real life, 2% is amazing tbh

Yeh 2% in an opinion poll is really something

 

[The39thStep]

The Hartlepool survey was commissioned by the CWU, very small sample size but some of the results on policies make interesting reading.

https://cdn.survation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/04174005/CWU-Hartlepool-Constituency-Poll-Summary-Document.pdf

 

[ska invita]

BIG megalol at NIP not being able to translate being Twitter famous into electoral success. Who knew. Honestly.

They're not even famous on Twitter, 40k followers globally is nothing.

Anyone expecting more than this at this stage is delusional. It took UKIP 25 years, huge sums of money, and constant mainstream media exposure to get success.

(Also Twitter is relatively niche)

 

[brogdale]

The Hartlepool survey was commissioned by the CWU, very small sample size but some of the results on policies make interesting reading.

https://cdn.survation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/04174005/CWU-Hartlepool-Constituency-Poll-Summary-Document.pdf

Useful; a core of 12% of cunts.

 

[The39thStep]

Hartlepool working class not deceived by the Guardian narrative and the plastic left wing

 

[William of Walworth]

All going swimmingly for Sur Kieth & his shite stitched-up empty suit candidate.

But a 20% rise in the Tory vote, in this Northern seat, isn't just about Starmer IMO (although obviously he's not fucking helping! At all! )

Why are the Tories (apparantly) being yet more popular here? Questions need to be asked directly about that.

And about why the fuck voters want to vote for the fucking Tories???

As I said much earlier in this thread, voters need to own their own shit decisions a lot more**, but that should be a separate thread probably ...

**NOT a suggested campaign slogan or strategy for anyone, btw

 

[William of Walworth]

Hartlepool working class not deceived by the Guardian narrative and the plastic left wing

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Thise are miniscule, deposit-losing figures though, tbf.

I have my doubts that the sodding Guardian has mnch influence there.

 

[Pickman's model]

But a 20% rise in the Tory vote, in this Northern seat, isn't just about Starmer IMO (although obviously he's not fucking helping! At all! )

Why are the Tories (apparantly) being yet more popular here? Questions need to be asked directly about that.

And about why the fuck voters want to vote for the fucking Tories???

As I said much earlier in this thread, voters need to own their own shit decisions a lot more**, but that should be a separate thread probably ...

**NOT a suggested campaign slogan or strategy for anyone, btw

Too late, I've suggested it to conservative central office and already have a positive email back.