moochedit
I'm not feeding seagulls
So about the same time as the us election then. (If it's true)
The 2024 UK General Election - news, speculation and updates
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Karl Masks
Birds Angel Delight
Just seems unlikely to me
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
They can get away with delaying until January 25th. I’m kind of hoping for that date on a personal level cos I’m going for a booze-free 2024, and a 2024 General Election is going to test such a resolve.
Silas Loom
Advanced. Forthright. Signifficant.
My money remains on January.
_Russ_
Never not Knowingly Misunderstood
I don't think he'll need much in the way of forcing
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
Weather in January may be a bit of a risk. Not sure which party benefits more from low turnout now. It used to be thought that bad weather leading to low turnout worked to the tories' advantage.
with their ageing voter base that may not be the case now, although postal votes are now more or less on demand - at one time you used to have to come up with whatever constituted a good reason and request one.
And when does university term start again in January? An election at the point where students are somewhere between home and university may also benefit the tories.
with their ageing voter base that may not be the case now, although postal votes are now more or less on demand - at one time you used to have to come up with whatever constituted a good reason and request one.
And when does university term start again in January? An election at the point where students are somewhere between home and university may also benefit the tories.
Karl Masks
Birds Angel Delight
wasn't it always left of centre parties that lose out since they traditionally need higher turnout, no?
Not a problem for Starmer’s labour
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Old people all have postal votes. Because they're all far too busy bed blocking, being racist and drinking Cinzano and lemonade to pop down to the polling station in person.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Well they need to inspire an electorate to believe in hope , change and that it’s worth voting despite bad weather really .
Well aren't you edgy!
Kevbad the Bad
Amiable Bowel Syndrome
Aha! Cinzano sounds foreign. Therefore old people who drink it can't be racist. Gotcha!
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
it’s not just old people who postal vote ffs
Karl Masks
Birds Angel Delight
While i think it likely sunak will leave it as long as possible, calling an election for january invariably means campaigning over the birth period of our lord and saviour. That seems weird if not blasphemous. I'm sure Mogg would have principled objections to having to interrupt Nanny's shopping spree and fox hunt meets in order to campaign.
steeplejack
trapped lbw for a duck
‘Spooky Frank’ has been missing from our radar screens for 14 hours, last seen losing height with two engines trailing smoke & a dead tail gunner. Hope he’s alright
Silas Loom
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It’s all down to Sunak, who quite visibly hates campaigning. Christmas and a short lead time gives him a perfect excuse to avoid it.
kebabking
Not a Girly Swot, but I like them....
I think they'll drag it out to the last possible day - and I think that's about two different things:
Electoral. Each day that isn't GE day, is a day that something might turn up. The more days that aren't GE days, the more days available in which something might turn up.
Ideological. Each salting of the earth they manage to get in makes it harder for Labour to recover from in time for the 2029/30 GE, and therefore theore of a fighting chance they've got of staging a recovery. The more days, the more salting of the earth, the less likely Labour will be to look worthy of reelection in 2029/30.
I previously thought he'd go for September/October, but not anymore. I think it'll be January.
Electoral. Each day that isn't GE day, is a day that something might turn up. The more days that aren't GE days, the more days available in which something might turn up.
Ideological. Each salting of the earth they manage to get in makes it harder for Labour to recover from in time for the 2029/30 GE, and therefore theore of a fighting chance they've got of staging a recovery. The more days, the more salting of the earth, the less likely Labour will be to look worthy of reelection in 2029/30.
I previously thought he'd go for September/October, but not anymore. I think it'll be January.
kebabking
Not a Girly Swot, but I like them....
I'm not sure that Sunak has any kind of relationship with the activists, I think that's a result both of his richer-that-Croseus, and 'techbro' background - he seems to make Starmer look like the life and soul of the party. He seems so wooden, like a talking mannequin, and i don't think thats just the way he comes over on TV, but that it's actually how he is.
Another of his political failings - I don't think he has any ability (empathy related, as above) to look at his position through the eyes of others - for everyone else it's just pitiful, desperate stuff, but he just doesn't get that.
I don't think I've ever seen a less skilled politician in my adult life. He makes Blair look like Clarkson or Wogan....
Raheem
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Along with making decisions, talking to people, thinking, paying attention and remaining in human form.
Bingoman
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Chris Heaton-Harris not standing for re-election
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Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
Trouble is, the sort of things that will ‘turn up’ for them are far more likely to be stuff like more rape allegations, Covid PPE crookery and going a bit too far with the racism on Twitter than to be positive/helpful news.
kebabking
Not a Girly Swot, but I like them....
Yeah, but that's not how they see it.
If there was an election tomorrow, they'd lose.
If there's an election in 6 months they might win.
If they wait, and something doesn't turn up, they're in no worse a position than they were.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
and in the meantime can siphon off more money to their mates and bugger a few more things up for the next government to deal with / get blamed for
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