The 2024 UK General Election - news, speculation and updates

[brogdale]

Murdoch's Times is £-wall free this weekend so I chanced upon Shipman's account of the that was for rat-boy; makes for quite an entertaining read tbf...this part took my eye as emblematic of all that is wrong with Sunak...

 

[Bingoman]

Murdoch's Times is £-wall free this weekend so I chanced upon Shipman's account of the that was for rat-boy; makes for quite an entertaining read tbf...this part took my eye as emblematic of all that is wrong with Sunak...

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Yeah but doesn't give the excuse that he left the D day ceremony early through

 

[PR1Berske]

One of stat fans

 

[Cloo]

So Labour canvassers came by and we took a poster and have put it up. Interesting they asked if we might consider having a postal vote - wonder what that was about? Are they concerned the Tories will try to fuck people over with the ID thing at polling station?

 

[brogdale]

Also from the Times Tim Shipman piece, above...the vermin are skint...



Interestingly, the FT have also spotted a large disparity between spending on SM by the big two parties in the week between the announcement of the GE and dissolution of Parliament:

 

[brogdale]

So Labour canvassers came by and we took a poster and have put it up. Interesting they asked if we might consider having a postal vote - wonder what that was about? Are they concerned the Tories will try to fuck people over with the ID thing at polling station?

Probably not; experienced campaign teams/canvassers know that PVers are highly likely to vote (up to 90%) whereas turn-out promises decay at high rates.

 

[Cloo]

Probably not; experienced campaign teams/canvassers know that PVers are highly likely to vote (up to 90%) whereas turn-out promises decay at high rates.

Ah, that makes sense, yes. No chance of me not turning up - my mum grew up in a country with no elections and I will always vote.

 

[pbsmooth]

All this performative stuff on twitter. We can’t be too far away from candidates promising to sit in a bath full of beans for a week if you vote for them.

 

[brogdale]

They're so fucked...

 

[Bingoman]

They're so fucked...

Wow that is shocking and yes you are right the Tories are so fucked

 

[cupid_stunt]

They're so fucked...

I've just watched that on Sky's excellent Politics Hub programme, jaw dropping, even better with the studio discussion between the presenter and Jon Craig.

 

[Silas Loom]

Perfectly possible that Sky was reneging on an agreement about the interview questions, but they don’t give a fuck anymore, because all the Tories will be irrelevant soon and there’s only a month left to burn all relationships in the service of amusing the nation.

 

[Balbi]

Haha yeah so you can't afford to hear your home, my son wears a onesie too ha ha.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Perfectly possible that Sky was reneging on an agreement about the interview questions, but they don’t give a fuck anymore, because all the Tories will be irrelevant soon and there’s only a month left to burn all relationships in the service of amusing the nation.

I am not sure Sky would make such an agreement, besides it was an interview on behalf of the 'broadcast pool', and Jon Craig said in the studio, it was a question a number of other broadcasters had put forward.

 

[Karl Masks]

Tbf he did know his biscuits

 

[Calamity1971]

They're so fucked...

Came here to post that. A thing of beauty .

 

[PR1Berske]

Came here to post that. A thing of beauty .

I thought that I had the chapter heading for this week and then this happened!

 

[edcraw]

The long version’s even better!!

 

[Calamity1971]

Christ almighty!

 

[Calamity1971]

They're so fucked...

Prick .

 

[Calamity1971]

There's more.

 

[Dystopiary]

Haha yeah so you can't afford to hear your home, my son wears a onesie too ha ha.

Totally out of touch and lacking in empathy.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

There's more.

He appears devoid of basic morals and principles and presents an appalling image of our Party.

I thought being devoid of basic morals and principles was an 'essential requirement' on the job description for a tory MP

 

[two sheds]

Prick .

"The guys here tonight could have said 'no'"

when he was the only candidate

and "The guys"

 

[jakethesnake]

Totally out of touch and lacking in empathy.

Hardly, he's trying to put the child at ease - he's just a bit wooden imo

 

[Puddy_Tat]

"The guys here tonight could have said 'no'"

when he was the only candidate

think there was one tory candidate who didn't get selected by the local party after being on a short list of one.

don't know how close to the deadline they left this one

 

[_Russ_]

I thought being devoid of basic morals and principles was an 'essential requirement' on the job description for a tory MP

Tbf these days you could leave out the word "tory" and still be making a valid point

 

[Bingoman]

There's more.

Looks the Tory implosion happening sooner than election night

 

[The39thStep]

No rest for the wicked

 

[PR1Berske]

Looks the Tory implosion happening sooner than election night

There's a very real chance that they could well implode in the next week. Rishi is AWOL, the candidates are infighting, the Telegraph has been flooding bullshit on the front pages for months and it hasn't moved the polls by the width of a gnat's labia. I can see a reality where they just give up and hand everything to Reform instead.