The 2019 General Election

[killer b]

Apparently Boris Johnson is ditching Uxbridge and South Ruislip (majority of 5,034) and scarpering off to stand in Rutland & Melton (majority of 23,104)

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What's your source on this? Anything beyond James Melville? Cause if that's all, I'd say it's balls.

 

[SpackleFrog]

I'm not saying Johnson wouldn't change constituency, cos there's nothing he wouldn't do, but why?

1) Uxbridge and Ruislip is a Leave constituency, just because it's in London doesn't mean everyone is wearing EU berets.
2) 5,000 isn't an insignificant majority.
3) If he did switch seats to avoid losing that would be all anyone talked about for the whole election campaign. He would look like a muppet.

 

[Wilf]

Hope it's true, a 'shithouse' narrative would be just fine and dandy.

 

[Pickman's model]

I'm not saying Johnson wouldn't change constituency, cos there's nothing he wouldn't do, but why?

1) Uxbridge and Ruislip is a Leave constituency, just because it's in London doesn't mean everyone is wearing EU berets.
2) 5,000 isn't an insignificant majority.
3) If he did switch seats to avoid losing that would be all anyone talked about for the whole election campaign. He would look like a muppet.

election 2017: johnson majority 5034
election 2015: johnson majority 10695

not a lot of politicians can halve a majority in 2 years, but johnson can

 

[Pickman's model]

rumours that the sun nick their stories off other papers baseless, news international declare

 

[Puddy_Tat]

He would look like a muppet

i think that's unfair to muppets

 

[SpackleFrog]

i think that's unfair to muppets

You say that but I honestly can't tell which one is which.

 

[elbows]

Oh so the early stages of this election campaign features Javids version of class war.

Hugh Grant in handshake row with Sajid Javid

In his interview, Mr Javid, 49, said he was at an event to promote Martin Scorsese's new film The Irishman earlier this month when the handshake incident happened.

"I recognised him and put my hand out and said, 'Lovely to meet you', and you know what he does? He refuses to shake my hand.

"He says, 'I am not shaking your hand'. I am completely shocked.

"He said, 'When you were culture secretary you didn't support my friends in (anti-media intrusion campaign) Hacked Off.'

"I think that is incredibly rude.

"I wonder if people like Hugh Grant think they are part of the elite and they look down on working class people no matter what station they reach in life."

On Twitter, Grant put across "my side of the story", saying he declined the handshake because he felt Mr Javid was dismissive to press abuse victims.

Grant, 59, has been one of the leading voices in the campaign for stricter press regulation, after being one of the victims of the phone-hacking scandal.

He said his exact words to Mr Javid were: "If you don't mind, I won't shake your hand because you were rude and dismissive to the victims of press abuse when you met them as culture secretary."

A spokesman for the actor said he was referring to a meeting when victims of the press said they felt Mr Javid's "attitude in the meeting was 'borderline contemptuous'".

"Hugh would like to point out that the victims in question were not celebrities," the spokesman added.

"They were people with personal family tragedies who had been abused by sections of the press."

Perhaps time to rewrite the classic sketch. I look down on him, because he is a fucking tory cunt.

 

[Mr Retro]

Christ we going to have more and more of this garbage aren't we. Rob summed it up.

Yes, can't blame Jeremy, he's only the leader after all

 

[redsquirrel]

Bring back New Labour!
These wet liberal need strong leaders prats don't they

 

[Wilf]

I suspect Johnson will keep his seat fairly easily, but with a bit of careful candidate selection, Labour could have a bit of fun and maybe put him under pressure.

 

[chilango]

Hope it's true, a 'shithouse' narrative would be just fine and dandy.

To a point it doesn't matter whether it's true or not. Once it's out there and enough people's gut reaction is that it's the sort of thing he would do then the damage is done.

Just like Cameron sticking his cock in a dead pig's mouth.

 

[danny la rouge]

Just like Cameron sticking his cock in a dead pig's mouth.

Which he definitely did. Maybe not that time, but definitely another time.

 

[Wilf]

Which he definitely did. Maybe not that time, but definitely another time.

... and if didn't, he might have. Certainly wanted to.

 

[killer b]

I suspect Johnson will keep his seat fairly easily, but with a bit of careful candidate selection, Labour could have a bit of fun and maybe put him under pressure.

They've had a candidate selected and working the constituency since last year.

 

[Raheem]

... and if didn't, he might have. Certainly wanted to.

Even if he didn't, bet he wishes he had.

 

[chilango]

Even if he didn't, bet he wishes he had.

...and he will soon (again?)

 

[MickiQ]

BoZo (sadly) isn't likely to lose his seat, being the leader of a party (let alone the PM) seems to make the local voters feel special. I would die laughing if he did but I think I'm probably safe in that regard. There is more of a chance that Swinson might lose hers (though I suspect she won't), I expect the SNP to do really well in Scotland.

 

[gosub]

i think that's unfair to muppets

 

[Wilf]

They've had a candidate selected and working the constituency since last year.

Oh, allow me to be rhetorical.

 

[killer b]

I didn't realise you were being rhetorical!

 

[Pickman's model]

You say that but I honestly can't tell which one is which.

The creatures outside looked from pig to muppet, and from muppet to pig, and from pig to muppet again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.

 

[Marty1]

Jo means business!

 

[brogdale]

These hospital trust managers and Multi-Academy trust mangers who agree to let the blustercunt onto their premises for the purposes of political propaganda...are we reserving places for them on the transports to the S.Atlantic Pickman's model

 

[Argonia]

All this talk of the Lib Dumbs about winning the election looks like appalling hubris.

 

[JimW]

All this talk of the Lib Dumbs about winning the election looks like appalling hubris.

They can't really do a leaflet begging for enough MPs to jump into the first shitty coalition available, sometimes you need the white lie.

 

[danny la rouge]

All this talk of the Lib Dumbs about winning the election looks like appalling hubris.

I don’t think they’ll even get the 30 seats everyone seems to be predicting.

 

[gosub]

All this talk of the Lib Dumbs about winning the election looks like appalling hubris.

I agree with Nick

 

[teqniq]

 

[Mr Moose]

All this talk of the Lib Dumbs about winning the election looks like appalling hubris.

It’s an hilarious tradition that started with ‘go back to your constituencies and prepare for Government’.

It’s a bit like that sketch about the English butler the Germans watch each New Year. A bit of mad eccentricity to laugh at.