The 2017 General Election campaign

[rutabowa]

i'm recording an election anthem tomorrow evening, will post when it's ready.... might as well squeeze some fun out of this.

 

[Pickman's model]

I find it interesting that May is so popular not in spite of appearing harsh and a bit aggressive in both policy and presentation but because of it. Corbyn's lack of aggression and lack of desire to kick his party in line seems to count against him. Much as I hate to say it, May seems to have got it right with posing as a strong leader. Apparently that's one of the main things people want in a PM.

I guess I find it disturbing on the psychological level, but also it seems to show people pay no attention to how government actually works. We don't have a presidential government that particularly requires 'strong leadership'. The PM of this country could go on holiday for a year and all you'd really need is someone to chair cabinet meetings and make the odd casting vote on policies the ministers/civil servants are coming up with. The country would just go on running as normal. To a lot of people this seems to be irrelevant compared to how PMs present themselves.

I for one don't want a poser as pm

 

[kebabking]

Strugeon and Farron? Might watch that.

Odd, I wouldn't have had you down as enjoying blood sports...

 

[DotCommunist]

foxhunting has already been going on unimpeded by things for the little folk...what do you call them...oh yeah laws. Bringing it back to legality is just a face rub in the dirt

 

[chilango]

Billy Bragg has just been on C4 News pimping the progressive alliance.

 

[DaveCinzano]

From here

 

[redsquirrel]

Billy Bragg has just been on C4 News pimping the progressive alliance.

Going to vote LD again from his mansion is he?

 

[Yossarian]

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Looks kind of like he's kissing Theresa May in that photo.

 

[Pickman's model]

Looks kind of like he's kissing Theresa May in that photo.

He is

 

[DaveCinzano]

Looks kind of like he's kissing Theresa May in that photo.

Suddenly my earphone cable/shitty arse interface debacle doesn't seem so bad

 

[Who PhD]

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What the fuck is that boom mike doing?

 

[taffboy gwyrdd]

 

[butchersapron]

Tone/judged

 

[DaveCinzano]

What the fuck is that boom mike doing?

It's not a boom mike, it's the Lib Dem ancestral leader's merkin, passed down from Steel to Ashdown, from Kennedy to Campbell, from Clegg to Farron.

 

[Who PhD]

She's actually come out and said she's pro fox hunting.

Pass me the prissy biscuit!

 

[Wilf]

It's not a boom mike, it's the Lib Dem ancestral leader's merkin, passed down from Steel to Ashdown, from Kennedy to Campbell, from Clegg to Farron.

That's true. Apparently Jo Grimmond made it the President of his very own drinking club at Oxford when the Bullingdon lot wouldn't let him in.

 

[taffboy gwyrdd]

Tory Election Fraud: I've been a Westminster Election Agent enough times to know that it does not take nearly 2 years for plod to hum and ahh over some receipts.

Neither is it a job for Columbo to work out who is responsible for porkie pies regarding expenditure: The agent signs their name and address on the legal paperwork.

It's a field laden with grey areas, but I was confident that C4 News had uncovered evidence of blatant trampling over those areas.
So what we have here is the long-grassing of the investigation followed by a clear signal that the laws on expenditure are next to useless.

The party with the most money is best placed to take advantage of that and now knows what they can get away with.

This is a very bad day for such democratic process and accountability as we have.

 

[killer b]

The comments on this facebook post about anti-tory grafiti in Totnes are heartwarming.

 

[mikey mikey]

“However, it is clear agents were told by Conservative Party headquarters that the costs were part of the national campaign and it would not be possible to prove any agent acted knowingly or dishonestly. Therefore we have concluded it is not in the public interest to charge anyone referred to us with this offence.”

Just following Tory HQ orders.... Since when has "just following orders" or "I didn't know it was agaisnt the law" been a legitimate defense?

 

[DJWrongspeed]

I'm surviving this election by not thinking it's a real election, crap I know

 

[taffboy gwyrdd]

P.s on Tory election fraud: the CPS announcement has been made the day before the close of nominations. They have twiddled their thumbs and acted at the best time to suit said party, so as to clear the air just in time for candidates who have been under the microscope. The chances of this date being coincidence are vanishingly small. A cynic might suppose that the CPS have actively worked with the governing party on this, thus politicising themselves. Cynics are often correct aren't they?

 

[agricola]

Meanwhile, in Lambeth:

Britain’s highest-paid primary school headteacher, who was knighted three years ago for his services to education, has been suspended from work amid an investigation into allegations of fraud.

The suspension of Sir Craig Tunstall, the £374,000-a-year executive headteacher at the Gypsy Hill federation of eight primary schools in south London, was confirmed in a letter to parents.

The Guardian understands that Tunstall, who had been trying to transform the Gypsy Hill federation into academy status, has become embroiled in a fraud investigation involving several members of staff. It is unclear whether police have been informed.

 

[bimble]

Meanwhile, in Lambeth:

Jesus. Lambeth Council, they never disappoint.

 

[killer b]

Is he a council employee?

 

[Who PhD]

I'm not sure I am going to survive this election at all. Though this news is as unexpected as the rising sun,, the arrogance of the precious little liars is galling. You might be forgiven for thinking they might lay low and keep their heads down for a time. T jus goes to show the contempt they have for us

 

[kebabking]

I'm not sure I am going to survive this election at all. Though this news is as unexpected as the rising sun,, the arrogance of the precious little liars is galling. You might be forgiven for thinking they might lay low and keep their heads down for a time. T jus goes to show the contempt they have for us

Que?

 

[bimble]

Is he a council employee?

looks like it yes.

 

[agricola]

Is he a council employee?

According to the Standard*, yes.

* with the obvious caveats

 

[bimble]

Estimated amount of money they'll get for selling off our adventure playground is probably just enough to keep that man in his job for 2/3 years.

 

[Pickman's model]

The comments on this facebook post about anti-tory grafiti in Totnes are heartwarming.

This is why you should take screenshots