Monkeygrinder's Organ
Dodgy geezer swilling vapid lager
Just had a whole bunch of material through the door. Labour, Lib Dem and Tory. Obviously I'm not bothering to read them but I think we might have a contender for 'most punchable Toryboy'.
The 2024 UK General Election - news, speculation and updates
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frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
I thought the SDP was a one man and his dog group tbh. Surprised it has that many members. It also seems to have the same policies as Reform but in my dads seat they're standing against the reform candidate.
Silas Loom
Hated by both sides
They were supposed to have an electoral pact, so somebody must have reneged.
it is wired that it's not gone up in so no long.
new elections added relatively recently have much higher deposits. like £5k for a mayor.
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
Didn't know that. Reform are not standing in my seat but we've got 2 independents standing against LTNs and traffic measures, the SDP, George Galloway's party, the WRP, a seriously unpleasant TERF party and an independent who's promised a free palestine if she gets in lol
Fairweather
Well-Known Member
Silas Loom
Hated by both sides
That’s quite a choice! Big five aside, we only have a Rejoin and an independent who wants to increase funding to library services in Barnet.
I'm also curious about this, last time I checked they were an irrelevant sort of micro-Lib Dems with a handful of councillors in the South West, now they seem to be standing everywhere with a strange fascist seeming platform?
moochedit
I'm not feeding seagulls
Some loon millionaire bunged them a shitload of cash maybe?
Could be trying to confuse lib dem voters i suppose but they are standing in my seat which is not lib dem friendly. Plus reform get more votes than the lib dems these days.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
It must be leaflet day today, I got three of them in the mail.
Green, as expected. Workers Party, even duller than expected and the tories. Which was at least vaguely amusing as they stuck the 'growing business; paragraph next to a photo of a steelworks. That closed down 60 odd years ago.
Green, as expected. Workers Party, even duller than expected and the tories. Which was at least vaguely amusing as they stuck the 'growing business; paragraph next to a photo of a steelworks. That closed down 60 odd years ago.
The competition is sure to be stiff...
steeplejack
trapped lbw for a duck
I've had a generic cut and paste Labour leaflet from their no hoper candidate and a smug encyclical from the SNP incumbent who is one of the few guaranteed to return next week.
Both have been finely shredded in a cold fury and are awaiting re-purposing after recycling as something useful, like a tray for a kiche or a hoover bag.
Both have been finely shredded in a cold fury and are awaiting re-purposing after recycling as something useful, like a tray for a kiche or a hoover bag.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
Apart from the terfs and tories I've seen posters for literally all of them but the only canvassers (or leaflets) I've seen are labour and the free palestine independent.
mojo pixy
...שלא נמצא בשמאל
Yeah each time I see them my pity reflex kicks in because they look so fucking miserable and unhealthy, I just can't bring myself to engage with them because we'll all end up in a misery-anger spiral and who tf needs that?
Still, maybe over the next week or so I'll find my inner militant wokeist and go for it.
moochedit
I'm not feeding seagulls
"Kathy bushell" (whoever that is) donated 35k to them (sdp)
GarveyLives
Well-Known Member
sparkybird
ask the bird...
Got leaflets from the greens today. 3 of them, exactly the same. Not very green, eh?
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
500 quid is still enough to keep timewasters out imo, I'm agin raising it because of general principle about the process. Fat pockets mgees will always stand candidates and skinny pockets mgraw should have the opportunity to contest them.
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
I got 4 REFORM leaflets together in my letter box in Coldharbour Lane.
Reform's leaflet ONLY mentioned immigration. It's like being back with Rivers of Blood and the dockers FFS.
In your case you are perhaps in a house which could be multi-occed or sub-divided, as perceived from the street.?
I haven't done leafletting this year - due to a bad foot (!) - but on principle I always put leaflets through letter boxes which say "No Junk Mail - printed by Veolia", and if caught I say its an election communication, not junk mail.
I nearly got assaulted by a woman in Caldecot Road for doing this - "Green Party!" she bellowed "This is ridiculous! Not very Green" etc etc then tore the leaflet up and puts it in her wheelie bin.
So I assume she wasn't Green - pity I didn't have a canvass card to mark her up. Still if she'd thumped me it was less than 100 yards from A & E.
Elpenor
a clown’s heart and a mandolin
Yeah I assumed it’s the candidate! I had the same thought but yeah as with you it wouldn’t provide any satisfaction!
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Good to see the breakdown rather than just ‘ethnic minorities’…
Elpenor
a clown’s heart and a mandolin
Gaza genocide clearly having a substantial impact on the Pakistani / Bangladeshi vote
emanymton
A cat politely sat on the flaming gardener.
There is no chance of them moving left only futher right. Boris Johnson would be more likely to shift left then Starmer.
They will not do any of what you mention and so come the next GE I expect a significant Tory bounce back, I would not be surprised if they even win it.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Not entirely sure what the spread was before the election though but knew Black British was about that for Labour.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
The Asian labour vote was historically slightly lower than that of Black Britons. Although it significantly higher amongst Pakistanis/Bangladeshis than Indians. Chinese were about the average, iirr.
in 2015 the asian vote was 55% Labour. Corbyn got it back up to 70% (73% of black britons also voted labour) in 2017, dropping back to 63% in 2019 (67% BBs).
news.sky.com
Dropping down to 44% is awful. It's definitely the first time the vote will have gone to the Greens in big numbers.
in 2015 the asian vote was 55% Labour. Corbyn got it back up to 70% (73% of black britons also voted labour) in 2017, dropping back to 63% in 2019 (67% BBs).
The 'ethnic data gap' on voters - and why it matters to parties and pollsters
Calls emerge for better data and more investment to understand the political views of Britain's fastest growing electorate.
Dropping down to 44% is awful. It's definitely the first time the vote will have gone to the Greens in big numbers.
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