The 2017 General Election campaign
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Labour leafleting at Dorking station again today. I took their leaflets and am going to leave them prominently on the train when I change in one stop.
I'm impressed at their dedication. 7am leafleting in a constituency that they lost by 54% last time round -- 60% to 6%!
I'm impressed at their dedication. 7am leafleting in a constituency that they lost by 54% last time round -- 60% to 6%!
Smangus
comatose at a desk
I was walking home from the station (Catford ) when I heard something like "Srceerch..."last Labour" ...whistlepop.. "ernment"hiss...crackle...."ote Conservat" bang... Fizz"
Then an ancient knackered Ford Fiesta came whizzing by driven by a spotty youth. It had 2 tannoys strapped to the roof and was blaring out some sort of tory message on a loop. It was so amateur it was fucking hilarious.
Then an ancient knackered Ford Fiesta came whizzing by driven by a spotty youth. It had 2 tannoys strapped to the roof and was blaring out some sort of tory message on a loop. It was so amateur it was fucking hilarious.
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
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A friend who's done some Tory mythbusting postcards (not official party stuff) has been slipping them into newspapers in supermarkets and shops. Might be a good guerrilla tactic.
A friend who's done some Tory mythbusting postcards (not official party stuff) has been slipping them into newspapers in supermarkets and shops. Might be a good guerrilla tactic.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
leaflet from the tories adressed to me personally. STRONG AND STABLE with mays face on the front, not hollobones. Niether visage is pleasing to mine eye. Straight in the bin
This morning's regular Labour "give us your money" email, from John McDonnell:
It's working though, these begging emails. I bunged them a tenner last week on the back of polling surges giving me hope. Never thought I'd give the Labour Party money, and I wouldn't have done either if they hadn't been persistent about it.
It's working though, these begging emails. I bunged them a tenner last week on the back of polling surges giving me hope. Never thought I'd give the Labour Party money, and I wouldn't have done either if they hadn't been persistent about it.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
a whole tenner? sir, your generosity is astounding
Let's not go crazy. It's still the Labour Party.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
you wouldn't believe what he gave the lib dems
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
I've been getting a lot of those too, plus ads on social media. I'm assuming it's because my Labour MP only has a maj. of 2.5k. Of course, only makes me more determined to vote for the bugger.
One of them uses the same phrase I've seen on other campaign material, "I'm standing with Theresa May". And sure enough, there's a photo of him on the front, standing with Theresa May.
Probably regretting that now. Lucky to have tracked her down, really.
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
Away with your clickbait posting! We'll have none of that here!
Kaka Tim
Half Arsed and Slapdash till I Die
eugh ... Did he post it to Mark Oaten?
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
some of it
Voley
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Anyone know if Political Scrapbook are reliable?
They've just reported that May is refusing all interviews with BBC Radio:
Theresa May is now refusing to do any interviews with BBC Radio | Political Scrapbook
They've just reported that May is refusing all interviews with BBC Radio:
Theresa May is now refusing to do any interviews with BBC Radio | Political Scrapbook
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
It's off the back of that Owen Jones thing, from an unknown 'BBC' source. No idea if it's been further corroborated beyond that point.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Owen Jones claims to have had an anonymous tip off from a BBC journalist to that effect too.
What I was going to say is that we need to ask of him: was the tip off sent to him alone, and if so, why? If others have had it, where are we seeing that? (I haven't read this link yet so don't know if Jones is the source: will get back). And if the email was anonymised, how did he check it was genuine (as he claims to have done quite soon after going public with it)?
ETA. Jones' tweet is the source. So that's all the corroboration we have so far: Jones word that he checked and it's kosher. (How did he check? Did the anonymous person out themselves? Why anonymise the email in the first place then?)
Voley
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Yeah I think they're exaggerating it. Owen Jones is saying it's just local interviews. Not sure if that's such a big deal tbh. I'm sure you could argue that in the last week of an election campaign your time would be best spent on national media.
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DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
I'm assuming its cos this is a majority leave town and hollobones lead is big enough that perhaps they are worried the vote will be complacent and not turn out. If its anything other than a tory win here I will be astonished
Has something specific happened of which I am unaware?
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
I did see that, but why does that mean that May doesn't want to do any local radio interviews?
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
You're joshing?
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
he's not
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
Paris climate deal: PM May tells Trump of 'disappointment' - BBC News
So, she's "disappointed", but even that was only said in a phone conversation with Trump after he called her. This is the great leadership we can expect? More passive than attempts to clean up my flat
Cid
Proper break this time
BBC journo figuring Jones is the type to report on this... Maybe, just maybe they're doing it in the public interest rather than for personal gain (unlikely, I know). Edgy because presumably he/she is breaking their contract. Jones gives some standard guarantee of anonymity to the source, or gets them to confirm via some accepted method (journos must be doing this shit all the time, I'm sure there are loads of systems in place).
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
It's only local interviews she's pulled out of. Presumably the national reporters have heard the news about Mackinlay.
Combustible
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Is it really that good this to happen now? I'm happy to be wrong, but there seems to be the danger that you have something like election expenses which most people ultimately don't care about knocking issues which people care more about out of the headlines.
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