Rochdale by-election

[belboid]

Anyone know if Rochdale are doing the count tonight or just letting it sit there and starting on it tomorrow morning?

straight away. Results are normally in around 3, but I'd suspect it will be quicker this time, with a lower turnout.

 

[Jeff Robinson]

What a shitshow. fuck them all

 

[Jeff Robinson]

I am almost 100% certain a cunt will win

 

[MickiQ]

Anyone know if Rochdale are doing the count tonight or just letting it sit there and starting on it tomorrow morning?

Depends on whether the returning officer needs to get home early or can spare 10 mins to count all the votes first

 

[hash tag]

I am almost 100% certain a cunt will win

As are the majority of politicians to be fair.

 

[The39thStep]

I have just left work and a colleague who bets says George Galloway is clear favourite.
There is usually a low turn out for by elections and there is usually a protest vote against the ruling party.
I would not bet against Galloway.

marty21 thought otherwise

 

[The39thStep]

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Heavy & pretty deluded copium already on Labour List

The strong brand of the Labour Party logo is an interesting discussion

 

[hash tag]

The clocks could be going back in Rochdale this weekend.

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

For the first time ever, I really feel like the spunking cock party is in with a chance. Don't think I've ever seen an MP election where every candidate is so very deeply flawed.

 

[lazythursday]

For the first time ever, I really feel like the spunking cock party is in with a chance. Don't think I've ever seen an MP election where every candidate is so very deeply flawed.

Perhaps it's just the first time we've properly known about their flaws in advance.

 

[brogdale]

Perhaps it's just the first time we've properly known about their flaws in advance.

Yeah, every list of candidates is, by definition, a self-selecting cohort of individuals who presume to govern their fellows.

 

[The39thStep]

Legal action warning alert

 

[brogdale]

Legal action warning alert

Better check availability at 'Four Seasons Total Landscaping' for the presser

 

[MickiQ]

Win or lose we are going to be hearing from the fucker for days aren't we?

 

[Elpenor]

Would be funny if there was a lightning strike or similar act of god that ignited all the votes before counting and meant we had to go again

 

[Silas Loom]

Some Labour voters will switch to LD, some loons will switch to Danczuk, the small section of the electorate which believes that middle eastern politics is key to the future of Rochdale is split anyway between Galloway and Ali, a majority of voters in a safe Labour seat in a low-turnout election will go for the bloke with the Labour logo next to his name on the ballot paper, which is Ali. Galloway has zero chance and Ali will sit for a few months then be replaced come the general election.

It’s a storm in a teacup

Still confident in the above.

Odds on a Labour victory dropping rapidly on Betfair; Ba’athist candidate odds rising fast. They were neck and neck an hour ago.

 

[Wilf]

Going to be a bit embarrassing for the 'Labour' candidate, turning up at the count with precisely nil Labour supporters with him (though, to be honest, not as embarrassing as losing to an egotistical Stalinist).

 

[MickiQ]

I would really like the MRL candidate to win but I reckon based on very little actual knowledge that the (not)Labour guy will squeeze in based on postal votes already cast. It won't surprise me at all though if when I check the news tomorrow morning I discover that everyone's favourite apologist for despots has gotten his slimy ass back in the HoC.

 

[Wilf]

Will George launch the Rochdale Spring?

The River Roch?

 

[lazythursday]

Rochdale's equivalent of Tahrir Square is appropriately named The Butts.

 

[Wilf]

Anyway, I've finally come to a prediction: 'Lab' win, unless a very low turnout. I just can't see how the Stalinist goon gets many votes outside of the Muslim and pro-Palestinian vote. Probably have to drop to below 20% for that to work out for the Ba'athist.

 

[brogdale]

Anyway, I've finally come to a prediction: 'Lab' win, unless a very low turnout. I just can't see how the Stalinist goon gets many votes outside of the Muslim and pro-Palestinian vote. Probably have to drop to below 20% for that to work out for the Ba'athist.

It's rare these days to feel any excitement about a LP win, but I'm very much hoping your prediction comes to pass. The potential for Starmer embarrassment is just too good.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

It's rare these days to feel any excitement about a LP win, but I'm very much hoping your prediction comes to pass. The potential for Starmer embarrassment is just too good.

Dunno really - which result would embarrass starmer most?

or will they claim a very low turnout as the win for 'abstain' that they were recommending?

 

[PTK]

I will be interested to see the result for Mark Coleman.

 

[Wilf]

It's rare these days to feel any excitement about a LP win, but I'm very much hoping your prediction comes to pass. The potential for Starmer embarrassment is just too good.

It's pretty much a lose-lose scenario. I'd struggle to think of many elections where I wouldn't be happy about an anti-war candidate, nominally campaigning from the left, giving Labour a bloody nose. But the one single person where that wouldn't be the case... is the one standing against Labour. And if Labour do squeak home, you can imagine the nauseating line they'll be spinning: Look, we even won when we didn't really stand!

 

[steeplejack]

It's rare these days to feel any excitement about a LP win, but I'm very much hoping your prediction comes to pass. The potential for Starmer embarrassment is just too good.

Starmer is embarrassed either way. The Liberals & Danczuk are scrambling for relevance, the Tory went on holiday & the other loons are nowhere.

Too close to call for the bookies:

 

[planetgeli]

Starmer is embarrassed either way. The Liberals & Danczuk are scrambling for relevance, the Tory went on holiday & the other loons are nowhere.

Too close to call for the bookies:

Weird your first screenshot names Galloway. What site is that?

 

[steeplejack]

Weird your first screenshot names Galloway. What site is that?

Skybet

 

[PR1Berske]

....and we are done. Let the counting begin.

 

[PR1Berske]