The 2024 UK General Election - news, speculation and updates
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Apparently Farage is going to make an 'emergency announcement' this afternoon. Standing for election?
maomao
普費斯
He's probably realised that the Tories have all but given up and he might have half a chance this time.
Karl Masks
Birds Angel Delight
This.
Is.
All.
We.
Need.
"emergency", he has deigned to float down from his mighty holdfast to save the free people's of the west. The refugees are at the gate my friends, it is not for thee to hinder the return of the king.
Or grift some more, ere the return of Trump.
Or a pact with the vermin because of the threat of, checks notes, socialism?
As Tolkien himself would say "fuck's sake"
TopCat
Putin fanboy
It will liven up the election.
Voley
🐀
Indy reckons Clacton.
Nigel Farage expected to declare he is running for parliament
Nigel Farage is expected to confirm that he is set to run in Clacton, a Tory held seat in Essex, in an emergency statement at 4pm
www.independent.co.uk
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Survation did a poll where they asked voters in Clacton who they would vote for with the present candidates and then asked again with Farage standing
Silas Loom
Hated by both sides
Ugh. Frogface getting nearly a quarter of the Labour vote according to that Survation poll. Bloody Essex. Place really should be razed with fire.
maomao
普費斯
Only Lib Dems are completely immune to his charm it seems.
maomao
普費斯
Oi. Fuck off. North London would burn better, the houses are closer together.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Probably permanently pickled if they are anything like their candidate in Sutton Coldfield
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MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
He probably has an actual chance this time round but if there is a God out there please let him lose again
According to last week's MRP poll, which has the Tories winning fewer than 100 seats, Clacton is predicted to go narrowly to Labour.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Last time he won a seat ( in the Euros) the only thing he did as an elected member was to collect attendance money and his pension.
Silas Loom
Hated by both sides
Maybe they would be more inclined to vote tactically after seeing that poll.
kebabking
Not a Girly Swot, but I like them....
I pray he will stand - he might win, and there are risks in that, but that him standing would be a big filip for the wider Reform campaign, which would be devastating for the Tories.
Plenty of seats where an extra thousand Reform votes puts a Labour MP in the commons.
Plenty of seats where an extra thousand Reform votes puts a Labour MP in the commons.
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
I don't have the slightest doubt that his motivation this time is exactly the same. The Frog Lord is a self-serving grifter, he just has this Man of the People air about him. It's as fake as a £9 note but it does seem to fool a disturbing large number of people.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
He's a spiv . However 'plain speaking' candidates or activists are often popular.
I think it does a lot of the time in this day and age. This is not an organised campaign on the ground, or even a strongly held belief in all likelihood, it's people in an office firing shit at the wall - via social media posts - and seeing what sticks. Ignore it and they just move on.
It will be hilarious if he stands and fails to win for the 8th time
_Russ_
Never not Knowingly Misunderstood
Blow it up with high explosives pulverise into brick dust, load the brick dust into a rocket and fire the rocket into the heart of the sun
Silas Loom
Hated by both sides
I think you’re trying to do too much 6D noughts and crosses here. Farage in the HoC would be a bad thing.
Silas Loom
Hated by both sides
Sounds rather expensive. Maybe best just to commit to a consultation on the harrowing of Essex.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Being the urban Netanyahu isn't a good look
gosub
~#
Oh god Starmer hasn't welcomed h8m into Labour's broadchurch
kebabking
Not a Girly Swot, but I like them....
It would - hence the risks thing in my post.
However, him losing for the 9th(?) time in a row, and 50 fewer Tory MP's, and 50 more Labour ones, would be no bad thing.
It's about weighing up risks and harms.
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