The 2024 UK General Election - news, speculation and updates

[Wilf]

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

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Awwwright!

 

[Wilf]

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.

Superb, just wonderful. Armando Iannucci and Chris Morris have their heads in hands.

 

[MickiQ]

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

Any moment now the Frog Lord is going to put his foot in it and point out that Sunak is brown. Sadly whilst that would be fatal for most candidates it probably won't harm his chances much.

 

[Orang Utan]

The Tories seems as desperate for candidates as Reform:

‘Crank’ Tory candidates accused of sharing online conspiracy theories

Labour has expressed concerns about the calibre of would-be Tory MPs after a some shared outlandish views online

www.theguardian.com

 

[Artaxerxes]

The Tories seems as desperate for candidates as Reform:

‘Crank’ Tory candidates accused of sharing online conspiracy theories

Labour has expressed concerns about the calibre of would-be Tory MPs after a some shared outlandish views online

www.theguardian.com

Nothing the cabinet ministers haven't shared and retweeted in green text.

 

[kebabking]

Superb, just wonderful. Armando Iannucci and Chris Morris have their heads in hands.

You read this stuff and it's just all the facepalms - and that's still not enough facepalms.

 

[cupid_stunt]

The Tories seems as desperate for candidates as Reform:

‘Crank’ Tory candidates accused of sharing online conspiracy theories

Labour has expressed concerns about the calibre of would-be Tory MPs after a some shared outlandish views online

www.theguardian.com

Labour said some of the postings shared by Tory candidates suggested “serious concerns” about the calibre of the party’s would-be MPs. Some candidates have already deleted social media accounts, or removed posts, or locked access to accounts.

Labour is playing with fire there, there's bound to be stuff coming out about some of their candidates, especially with the short notice of the GE, and parties rushing to appoint candidates without proper vetting.

 

[tim]

The Tories seems as desperate for candidates as Reform:

‘Crank’ Tory candidates accused of sharing online conspiracy theories

Labour has expressed concerns about the calibre of would-be Tory MPs after a some shared outlandish views online

www.theguardian.com

Never forget those racist cunts Luke Akehurst and Neil Coil.

 

[Orang Utan]

Never forget those racist cunts Luke Akehurst and Neil Coil.

Dunno who Neil Coil is. Will look him up

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Dunno who Neil Coil is. Will look him up

autocorrect for coyle?

 

[Orang Utan]

autocorrect for coyle?

Aye, Google recorrectee it though and it seems he’s a rather unpleasant fellow - a bully, a racist, a sleaze and a nasty drunk.

 

[The39thStep]

Adults are back in the room humour .

 

[Dystopiary]

Labour is playing with fire there, there's bound to be stuff coming out about some of their candidates, especially with the short notice of the GE, and parties rushing to appoint candidates without proper vetting.

Well there's this guy, Graham Stringer, who's standing for Labour in Blackley and Middleton South.

He's a trustee of an organisation that promotes climate change denialism:

The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) is a charitable organisation in the United Kingdom whose aims are to challenge what it calls "extremely damaging and harmful policies" envisaged by governments to mitigate anthropogenic global warming.[2] The GWPF, and some of its prominent members individually, have been characterized as practising and promoting climate change denial.

At the same time he's a member* of The Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, a parliamentary select committee.

The Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, and associated public bodies. It also exists to ensure that Government policies and decision-making across departments are based on solid scientific evidence and advice.

No conflict of interest there then.

In 2014, Stringer was one of two MPs on the committee to vote against the acceptance of the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change conclusion that humans are the dominant cause of global warming

MP appointed to ensure Government is committed to good science is member of charity that promotes climate denial

*technically not, currently, since the election being called means there are no official MPs

 

[belboid]

Well there's this guy, Graham Stringer, who's standing for Labour in Blackley and Middleton South.

He's a trustee of an organisation that promotes climate change denialism:



At the same time he's a member* of The Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, a parliamentary select committee.



No conflict of interest there then.



MP appointed to ensure Government is committed to good science is member of charity that promotes climate denial

*technically not, currently, since the election being called means there are no official MPs

He also denies the existence of dyslexia. Full strength weirdo

 

[Dystopiary]

He also denies the existence of dyslexia. Full strength weirdo

All this is fine with the absolute weapon that is Keir Starmer.

 

[redsquirrel]

Well there's this guy, Graham Stringer, who's standing for Labour in Blackley and Middleton South.

He's a trustee of an organisation that promotes climate change denialism:

Thought his name seemed familiar so looked him up on wikipedia -right cunt - EDIT: argh beaten to it by belboid

n 2009, Stringer denied the existence of dyslexia, calling it "a cruel fiction" invented by "the education establishment" to divert blame for illiteracy from "their eclectic and incomplete methods for instruction".[5]The charities Dyslexia Action and the British Dyslexia Association criticised Stringer's claims.[6]

And of course member of LFI

 

[The39thStep]

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

Tbf he did know his biscuits

 

[brogdale]

Labour is playing with fire there, there's bound to be stuff coming out about some of their candidates, especially with the short notice of the GE, and parties rushing to appoint candidates without proper vetting.

Of course, but the journos are less motivated to piss off the incoming government; they want to keep their new masters sweet

 

[tim]

All this is fine with the absolute weapon that is Keir Starmer.

And presumably with all the other Labour leaders this century, as he's been an MP since the 1990s

 

[tim]

Tbf he did know his biscuits

He was very Nice to me too.







(Garibaldi was born in Nice and as we all know fought the Bourbons)

 

[Orang Utan]

He was very Nice to me too.







(Garibaldi was born in Nice and as we all know fought the Bourbons)

He was also troubled by digestive issues due to his habit of eating rich teas

 

[brogdale]

He was also troubled by digestive issues due to his habit of eating rich teas

When he was Hob-nobbing with the boss class?

 

[Orang Utan]

When he was Hob-nobbing with the boss class?

When he joined the Club

 

[lazythursday]

All went wrong for Kinnock when he started to hobnob with Mandelson I guess.

 

[CH1]

Thought his name seemed familiar so looked him up on wikipedia -right cunt - EDIT: argh beaten to it by belboid

And of course member of LFI

He would have to be in that constituency.
Funnily enough his rampant pro Brexit views were not followed by Manchester as a whole.
Manchester almost as remain as Lambeth.

 

[The39thStep]

Thought his name seemed familiar so looked him up on wikipedia -right cunt - EDIT: argh beaten to it by belboid

And of course member of LFI

I worked for Manchester Council when he was leader. Used to avoid him in bars in the City centre after work, always half cut.

 

[brogdale]

I think Roberts was mentioned up-thread, but his 'apology' is a thing of wonder. Calling Khan a "snivelling little drip" and as destructive as the Nazi air-force and then saying the comments were not intended to given any offence!

 

[The39thStep]

He would have to be in that constituency.
Funnily enough his rampant pro Brexit views were not followed by Manchester as a whole.
Manchester almost as remain as Lambeth.

City of Manchester voted yes , along with Stockport and Trafford but the other seven boroughs; Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Tameside and Wigan, voted leave .

 

[kebabking]

I think Roberts was mentioned up-thread, but his 'apology' is a thing of wonder. Calling Khan a "snivelling little drip" and as destructive as the Nazi air-force and then saying the comments were not intended to given any offence!

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[brogdale]

rat-boy properly shat the bed...