The 2024 UK General Election - news, speculation and updates

[Elpenor]

Driven through east Devon, North Dorset and South Somerset today. A303 but also a number of villages off the main roads.

At least 40 Lib Dem posters and placards spotted and only 3 Tory ones, two of which only named the candidate and didn’t name the party. So it doesn’t look good for the vermin in the SW

 

[Calamity1971]

Felicity Mercer winning hearts and minds.



kebabking

I love this bit.
Fucking snowflake.
I’m standing on Derriford Roundabout, and I’ve got some people with banners saying “Johnny Judas Mercer” and “Johnny Mercer out.” I’d like some police sent down please.”

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Very welcome…

‘No-drama Starmer’: How Labour would govern — The Guardian

‘It’s not politics as spectacle. It’s politics designed to get better outcomes,’ says one insider, as Starmer looks to cut NHS waiting lists and improve security

apple.news

 

[Poot]

Driven through east Devon, North Dorset and South Somerset today. A303 but also a number of villages off the main roads.

At least 40 Lib Dem posters and placards spotted and only 3 Tory ones, two of which only named the candidate and didn’t name the party. So it doesn’t look good for the vermin in the SW

I wish I could say the same for West Devon but having taken a long country drive yesterday it was wall to wall Geoffrey bloody Cox.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

 

[cupid_stunt]

The Sun has come out in support for Labour.

 

[DotCommunist]

The Sun has come out in support for Labour.

Finally the party is acceptable to the likes of Harry Cole, my cup runneth over

 

[PR1Berske]

I made the mistake of telling a part time colleague that I'm taking the next two days off for the election.

"Oh what's the bloody point....all politicians are lying fuckers..... They're all the bloody same, every one of them..... We're bloody full of terrorists and all sorts and none of them want to stop it.... Bloody waste of time, who gives a shit about politics.....You do you, though, whatever floats your boat"

I'm back at my desk now.

 

[Nine Bob Note]

“Johnny Judas Mercer”

TBF it’s less silly than Felicity Cornelius Mercer

 

[cupid_stunt]

Finally the party is acceptable to the likes of Harry Cole, my cup runneth over

They always come out in support of who they think will win.

What it will do is make some of their readers sit-up and take notice.

 

[mx wcfc]

The Sun has come out in support for Labour.

I think they just like to be on the winning side.

 

[DotCommunist]

They also come out in support of who they think will win.

What it will do is make some of their readers sit-up and take notice.

oh I know, the whole 'it wos the sun that won it' stuff has always been them going where the wind goes. But it fills me with no great joy to see for obvious reasons

 

[klang]

Well I just got the weirdest election communication ever. A 'letter', 'hand-written' (but printed) with a picture of a woman in the top right hand corner. Personally addressed to me. It looks for all the world like a fucking stalker letter. It's sent from Kettering (I live in Wales). It definitely comes from Labour HQ, or is approved by them, it says so. Then there's a qr code to watch a youtube video where 'Michelle' explains why you should vote Labour.

Yesterday I got a soggy leaflet through the letter box for a by-election that happened in January and wasn't my ward.
Still, candidate had issues with LTNs, so he can fuck off in the face.

 

[Silas Loom]

Finally the party is acceptable to the likes of Harry Cole, my cup runneth over

Like he gets a say in it . . .

 

[CH1]

Spotted this on Twitter. Maybe it's a fake - but if it were a re-run of Bermondsey 1983 maybe justified this time?

 

[skyscraper101]

"Backs Labour bosses at Southwark Council!" - well, I am shocked I tell you.

Bermondsey and Old Southwark is my constituency and I have never even heard of this so called "respected local champion".

 

[Wilf]

Left leg in , right leg out.

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Labour in position to stop Farage becoming an MP, campaign group confirms

Clacton gave Tory MP Giles Watling a huge majority of 24,702 in 2019 – now it may be a straight race between Labour’s Jovan Owusu-Nepaul and Nigel Farage

www.independent.co.uk

'If you don't want a right wing loon elected, vote...... erm..... Tory'

 

[Wilf]

Labour condemns harassment of its candidates and in pro-Palestinian areas

Fascinating framing of "Pro Palestinian areas" and Labour playing the victim as they reap the consequences of supporting a fucking genocide.

Palestinians condem bombing of their areas by pro-Starmer IDF...

 

[belboid]

I made the mistake of telling a part time colleague that I'm taking the next two days off for the election.

"Oh what's the bloody point....all politicians are lying fuckers..... They're all the bloody same, every one of them..... We're bloody full of terrorists and all sorts and none of them want to stop it.... Bloody waste of time, who gives a shit about politics.....You do you, though, whatever floats your boat"

I'm back at my desk now.

At least he’s into floating boats rather than sinking them.

 

[The39thStep]

'If you don't want a right wing loon elected, vote...... erm..... Tory'

Read a couple of newspaper articles on Labour members being cut off from using Labour contact software in places where it was a Labour stronghold or where Labour were not going to win.I haven't as yet found another constituency where the Labour candidate has been told to leave and not step foot in it again and been told to help out 200 miles away. Apparently, Clapton Labour was twinned with Colchester to help out canvassing, the candidate was told to go an canvass in the West Midlamds .

The odds on Labour winning Colchester are 1-6, with the Tories at 5-1, the odds in Clacton are Reform 1-7, Labour 6-1, Tories 10-1.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

I think they just like to be on the winning side.

 

[skyscraper101]

Hardly the ringing endorsement that was "The Sun Backs Blair"

 

[skyscraper101]

I'm looking forward to hearing all the fallout from the voter ID thing tomorrow. I bet there's gonna be a lot of people getting turned away - hopefully it'll continue to backfire for the tories, and it'll be mostly old tory/reform voters who don't carry photo ID on principle and consider it to be some sort of EU initiated affront to their Britishness or something.

 

[Bingoman]

Hardly the ringing endorsement that was "The Sun Backs Blair"

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It this the latest that the Sun have ever backed a party?

 

[skyscraper101]

It this the latest that the Sun have ever backed a party?

I think so, though I can't remember 92 other than the Kinnock lightbulb on election day.

 

[teqniq]

Posed by Leanne wood on FB:

 

[belboid]

A telling survey showing exactly how much Kier Starmer means to people (clue: it’s not a lot)

 

[Wilf]

A telling survey showing exactly how much Kier Starmer means to people (clue: it’s not a lot)

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I hope the 1% who like Starmer's leadership can be tracked down and sedated before they cause any real damage.

 

[Silas Loom]

YouGov was always a smoke and mirrors outfit, and if they have a proprietary AI language model which is genuinely capable of sorting and summarising freetext clusters, unaided, and accurately, then I will eat my hat.

 

[planetgeli]

That's more realistic compared to all these Tories will only win 85 seats ones. I think.