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'.
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.Probably all paying for their own deposits. £500 isn’t much for a friendless monomaniac to spend on their hobby.
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
it is wired that it's not gone up in so no long.Probably all paying for their own deposits. £500 isn’t much for a friendless monomaniac to spend on their hobby.
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 lolThey were supposed to have an electoral pact, so somebody must have reneged.
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
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?Why / how are the SDP putting up so many candidates? There is a story there if anyone wants to dig into it.
Some loon millionaire bunged them a shitload of cash maybe?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?
The competition is sure to be stiff...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'.
They were supposed to have an electoral pact, so somebody must have reneged.
As part of the electoral pact with Reform UK (announced in 2022), the two parties have stood aside for each other in six constituencies and over a dozen candidates are standing under a joint Reform-SDP banner. WIKI LINK
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.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.
Reform had a gazebo in town. A middle aged bloke and a bored teenager / young adult presumably his son talking to another middle aged bloke.
Neither seemed very excited or enthused. I didn’t have time to stop and talk sadly.
"Kathy bushell" (whoever that is) donated 35k to them (sdp)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.
Dawn Butlers campaign vid is giving me life today
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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.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.
I got 4 REFORM leaflets together in my letter box in Coldharbour Lane.Got leaflets from the greens today. 3 of them, exactly the same. Not very green, eh?
Yeah I assumed it’s the candidate! I had the same thought but yeah as with you it wouldn’t provide any satisfaction!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.
Good to see the breakdown rather than just ‘ethnic minorities’…
There is no chance of them moving left only futher right. Boris Johnson would be more likely to shift left then Starmer.Its fair to argue that Labour "never move to the left" once in power - however you could argue that this election may throw up some unusual circumstance.
Labour look likely to have a huge majorty and facing a tory party in utter dissaray. Large chunks of the non-parliamentary power cetnres (the city of london, the civil service, much of the media, the CBI, The EU, international finance etc) are crying out for anyone vaugly competant to take over from the tories.
At the same time, public opinion is very much in favour of rescuing the NHS, dealing with cost of living, taking on the energy companies, rebuilsing public services and improving wages - as well as significenat support for greater action on the climate emergency.
This give labour poltical space to actaully be more progessive than was the case in 1997. And I am sure they will be under pressure to do more than the little that has been promised so far - not just from the unions and labour left - but from the public and from poltical reality - i.e they despreately need to find money for things like the NHS (and social care) and it may be easier for them do look at stuff like wealth taxes and council tax banding then further cuts on public services and benefits.
Going to be tough to4 leaflets now. (Actually 5 but the sdp one is identical to the one i got a few days ago)
The "vote life" one is backing one of the "independent" candidates. No tories or lib dems yet.
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Not entirely sure what the spread was before the election though but knew Black British was about that for Labour.Gaza genocide clearly having a substantial impact on the Pakistani / Bangladeshi vote