The 2024 UK General Election - news, speculation and updates

[The39thStep]

I'd thought there were still (primarily) women inside for things like tv licence 'evasion', and non-violent cannabis convictions

Attempts to ease prison over crowding by increasing capacity normally end up with over crowding in the expanded capacity. I'm not against custodial sentences however the poor record of investment in prevention, rehabilitation and reducing offending just makes custodial sentences more inevitable.

 

[quiet guy]

Forget "Things Can Only Get Better", looks like there's a new theme song for this election

That's got to be played out when the various Poling Officers announce the results and the Cons loose out.

 

[two sheds]

Attempts to ease prison over crowding by increasing capacity normally end up with over crowding in the expanded capacity. I'm not against custodial sentences however the poor record of investment in prevention, rehabilitation and reducing offending just makes custodial sentences more inevitable.

It's like the A30 into Cornwall. They keep expanding the bloody road which just shifts the traffic jams further down. I was told the latest lane expansion is costing £330 million. There seems to be plenty of cash for road 'improvements' (and prison expansions) but fuck all for anything else.

 

[planetgeli]

In my constituency we have the usual suspects, including the WPB who, I think, is at least a local railway worker of some sort. But we also have the "Women's Equality Party" which I'd never heard of, was set up partly by Sandi Toksvig, and from their site doesn't appear to be standing many candidates at all? So why here in this backwater I have no idea.

 

[alex_]

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Wonder what the odds are of a general election Labour win, England winning the euros and the King dropping dead are.

Seeing as one of those is almost 1:1, probably a lot better than you think.

Alex

 

[tim]

The future is uncertain but the end is always near

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Labour will have to do something with their remaining political opponents, and there is precedence The US Democrats are trying to do it, and if they fail Trump definitely will. It's the way the British have always worked in Ireland and and other colonies; and it's the norm in Russia, Ukraine, Italy, China, Hong Kong, Spain, Turkey, India and Saudi Arabia.

 

[brogdale]

The state of the vermin 'campaign'; having to confirm that the party leader will remain in post until election day...

 

[Puddy_Tat]

never believe anything until it's officially denied...

 

[Rimbaud]

A few interesting candidates here in Newcastle East & Wallsend, a choice of 9 in total which I think is the most I've ever had an a ballot paper.

In addition to Greens, Labour, Lib Dems, Tories and Reform we have Workers Party of Britain, Communist Party of Britain, Social Democrat Party (who are Strasserite or something now? Wtf) and Party of Women which is apparently a TERF split from Women's Equality Party.

 

[tommers]

5 grand for your dignity. Cheap bastards

 

[Orang Utan]

That Jenkyns is an idiot. She’s also unhappy that Reform are fielding a candidate in her Leeds constiuency and not against Hilary Benn in the constituency next door.

If she’s so scared of losing her seat, why is she taking money from an even loopier party?

 

[gosub]

Labour will have to do something with their remaining political opponents, and there is precedence The US Democrats are trying to do it, and if they fail Trump definitely will. It's the way the British have always worked in Ireland and and other colonies; and it's the norm in Russia, Ukraine, Italy, China, Hong Kong, Spain, Turkey, India and Saudi Arabia.

I don't think we are that banana...what I yhink will happen though is the prisons ain't going to be built in labour constituences

 

[Cerv]

I love the sweet smell of desperation

the last one on the list - does it mean what I think it means? eliminate all recognition of & protection from sex- and race-based discrimination ?

The commitments are leaving the European Court of Human Rights, repealing the Human Rights Act, banning all forms of gender reassignment for children and reforming the Equality Act to eliminate sex- and race-based discrimination.

 

[Chz]

I hate to be a broken record, but please remember that the bookies' odds are primarily based on the bets that have already been taken out and them covering themselves. It's a game of maths, not preordination, and that's why they almost always win.

 

[The39thStep]

Labour legend

 

[MickiQ]

the last one on the list - does it mean what I think it means? eliminate all recognition of & protection from sex- and race-based discrimination ?

Probably, old Lozza not the most 'right-on' of people is he?

 

[kebabking]

In more 'Tories throwing the election' giggles....

Tory candidate slags off Labour candidate for 'being in France' implicitly saying he's on holiday while the Tories are walking the streets and telling lies about interactions with voters.

Turns out the Labour candidate is an ex-Para who's in Normandy doing a parachute jump for service charities as part of the D-Day commemorations.

It's a thing of incredible beauty - imagine reading the papers for the last few days, and thinking 'i know, I've a superb idea for a tweet...'.

Just magnificent.

 

[Orang Utan]

I thought this election campaign would be tedious and annoying, but it’s been nothing but a delight so far, I have to say.
Hope I’m not getting too excited at the prospect of Tory annihilation

 

[Balbi]

Cross post from the transphobia thread but Kemi Badenoch admitting the only reason the youth trans healthcare bans are in are down to her and the Minister in health being anti-trans ideologues seems like it deserves some notice.

By the way, what happened in Scotland was legislation that is in effect in Ireland, NZ and about ten other countries which has no effect on women's rights.

Like, it's useful she's said this out loud, because it undermines any pretence there was fairness in how Cass was commissioned or the Ministry of Health immediately started shutting down trans youth health options.

 

[MickiQ]

In more 'Tories throwing the election' giggles....

Tory candidate slags off Labour candidate for 'being in France' implicitly saying he's on holiday while the Tories are walking the streets and telling lies about interactions with voters.

Turns out the Labour candidate is an ex-Para who's in Normandy doing a parachute jump for service charities as part of the D-Day commemorations.

It's a thing of incredible beauty - imagine reading the papers for the last few days, and thinking 'i know, I've a superb idea for a tweet...'.

Just magnificent.

This (Dan Nelson) is the same guy who thinks the users of Foodbanks should be vetted so getting free food doesn't undermine local businesses

 

[chilango]

Labour legend

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...although I always remember, as teenage Trot, Kinnock taking the time to stop and have a (genuinely) friendly chat with me as he walked past some paper sale I was doing.

 

[Elpenor]

Labour legend

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The only thing in the picture which resonates with the Islington North constituency I know from spending there is the discarded lime bicycle

 

[The39thStep]

...although I always remember, as teenage Trot, Kinnock taking the time to stop and have a (genuinely) friendly chat with me as he walked past some paper sale I was doing.

Did you vote for him or was his genuinely friendly chat all in vain?

 

[chilango]

Did you vote for him or was his genuinely friendly chat all in vain?

I've only voted Labour twice in my life: 2017 and 2019. I'm unlikely to ever do so again. Even in 1997 I spoilt rather than vote for them.

I think the guy was just bored and fancied a chat.

 

[lazythursday]

I met Neil Kinnock when aged about 8 in a local Labour Club. I was wearing a red shirt and he enthusiastically told me about Garibaldi. He genuinely took the time to connect with people that day and seemed a nice guy. While I despise his career trajectory I find it hard to loathe him as much as many others on the labour right.

 

[gosub]

General election 2024: Starmer fails to rule out public spending cuts

Sir Keir Starmer has failed to rule out cuts on public spending.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Ex public school city trader says being ex public school city trader makes ex public school city trader out of touch

 

[Wilf]

Though

...although I always remember, as teenage Trot, Kinnock taking the time to stop and have a (genuinely) friendly chat with me as he walked past some paper sale I was doing.

Though, 20 minutes later, I bet you were the one who broke off the conversation.

 

[BusLanes]

In more 'Tories throwing the election' giggles....

Tory candidate slags off Labour candidate for 'being in France' implicitly saying he's on holiday while the Tories are walking the streets and telling lies about interactions with voters.

Turns out the Labour candidate is an ex-Para who's in Normandy doing a parachute jump for service charities as part of the D-Day commemorations.

It's a thing of incredible beauty - imagine reading the papers for the last few days, and thinking 'i know, I've a superb idea for a tweet...'.

Just magnificent.

Apparently Nelson is also an ex Para so of all people

 

[The39thStep]

There will be always be a welcome in the valleys for Kinnock

 

[gosub]

In more 'Tories throwing the election' giggles....

Tory candidate slags off Labour candidate for 'being in France' implicitly saying he's on holiday while the Tories are walking the streets and telling lies about interactions with voters.

Turns out the Labour candidate is an ex-Para who's in Normandy doing a parachute jump for service charities as part of the D-Day commemorations.

It's a thing of incredible beauty - imagine reading the papers for the last few days, and thinking 'i know, I've a superb idea for a tweet...'.

Just magnificent.

Cllr Nelson's tweet was from Saturday....The PM was back and playing splat the rat by then...