Those by-elections (potential and otherwise) in full
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kittyP
Pluviophile
Yes fuck the tories, yes Starmer is fucking awful but what does this actually mean for the rest of the country going forward?
Those of us who want anything but any more of the tories?
I remember arguing with historically labour voting friends/acquaintances who didn't like Corbyn (for whatever reasons) and didn't want to vote for him.
I remember begging them to, to get the tories out and then go from there.
Now I feel we're in the same position again but it's a labour leader I don't like.
It's all utterly fucking depressing
Those of us who want anything but any more of the tories?
I remember arguing with historically labour voting friends/acquaintances who didn't like Corbyn (for whatever reasons) and didn't want to vote for him.
I remember begging them to, to get the tories out and then go from there.
Now I feel we're in the same position again but it's a labour leader I don't like.
It's all utterly fucking depressing
Calamity1971
If Mr Peanut says It's okay, then it is.
Same here, tired of being called a Tory enabler. I can't and won't vote shammer.Yes fuck the tories, yes Starmer is fucking awful but what does this actually mean for the rest of the country going forward?
Those of us who want anything but any more of the tories?
I remember arguing with historically labour voting friends/acquaintances who didn't like Corbyn (for whatever reasons) and didn't want to vote for him.
I remember begging them to, to get the tories out and then go from there.
Now I feel we're in the same position again but it's a labour leader I don't like.
It's all utterly fucking depressing
Fucking reform got more than labour in Somerset. I. Give. Up.
Calamity1971
If Mr Peanut says It's okay, then it is.
I liked his walk the plank into the shit filled Thames manifesto pledge.
Steals Ax^ shakes fist at sky.
redsquirrel
This Machine Kills Progressives
Very little.
Despite the chattering classes trying to big these by-elections up they are not that important.
There might have been some talk about replacing Sunak if the Tories had lost all three but I'm not sure it would come to anything and the party is still divided. Whatever happens in Selby Starmer is not going to see a challenge to his leadership. Davey gets to look big (the twat) but again it was never going to really affect his leadership.
It was always going to be a bit of theatre.
Calamity1971
If Mr Peanut says It's okay, then it is.
The Inbetweeners candidate has won Selby and ainsty.
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redsquirrel
This Machine Kills Progressives
Well given the Uxbridge result its all he's got.
The Uxbridge result does support my theory that Khan is less an absolute shoe in than some think. I suspect he'll get his third term, but if the Tories were able to get a candidate that is not absolute shit, and the election was separate from the GE I think they could make it a contest.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
He looks like he's 12
Calamity1971
If Mr Peanut says It's okay, then it is.
Sounds like he's 12!He looks like he's 12
Calamity1971
If Mr Peanut says It's okay, then it is.
Wow. Jonny mercer claiming young lad has no clue about cost of living crisis!
Missed the bit where mercer grew up in poverty. The cunt.
Missed the bit where mercer grew up in poverty. The cunt.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
I think we're just getting old.
It's like when we were at school and thought 40-year old teachers were impossibly ancient.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
'Pitt the Toddler, Pitt the Embryo, and Pitt the Glint in the Milkman's Eye,?'He looks like he's 12
PR1Berske
Alligator in chains by the park gates.
Coming up:
*Rutherglen and Hamilton West (successful recall petition)
*Mid Bedfordshire (the ongoing psychodrama of the UK's bargain bin version of Marjorie Taylor Greene)
Very likely:
*Tamworth (strong rumours that Christopher "Pincher" Pincher will resign this week rather than the humiliation of a recall petition)
*Rutherglen and Hamilton West (successful recall petition)
*Mid Bedfordshire (the ongoing psychodrama of the UK's bargain bin version of Marjorie Taylor Greene)
Very likely:
*Tamworth (strong rumours that Christopher "Pincher" Pincher will resign this week rather than the humiliation of a recall petition)
Bingoman
Well-Known Member
The mp for Walsall north is meant to be going to the tamworth seat at the next election, so Tories could have 2 more by elections
PR1Berske
Alligator in chains by the park gates.
Tamworth - Tamworth Byelection 2022 Watch
That's a very big if tbf.
PR1Berske
Alligator in chains by the park gates.
Rutherglen timetable: Elections
Mid Beds timetable coming soon: Mid Bedfordshire Parliamentary by-election - 19 October 2023 | Central Bedfordshire Council
Mid Beds timetable coming soon: Mid Bedfordshire Parliamentary by-election - 19 October 2023 | Central Bedfordshire Council
PR1Berske
Alligator in chains by the park gates.
Tamworth: Tamworth Byelection 2022 Watch
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
And he's gone.
MP Chris Pincher quits after losing groping appeal
The former Tory whip's resignation paves the way for another by-election.
www.bbc.co.uk
moochedit
I'm not feeding seagulls
If Andy street quits as west mids mayor i assume that would mean a byelection?
www.theguardian.com
Tory mayor Andy Street ‘considering quitting’ over Rishi Sunak HS2 U-turn
West Midlands mayor was hoping for last-minute reprieve for northern leg of high-speed line, say sources
Eric Jarvis
Well-Known Member
What the Uxbridge result shows (and indeed all three show) is that destroying the local Labour Party in order to parachute in a reliable leadership loyalist candidate does not work. Also that Steve Reed is a crap campaign organiser. According to former Uxbridge CLP people the problem is that Reed knew nothing about the area or local issues, didn't listen to anyone who did, and did the usual Labour right thing when the Tories brought up ULEZ as an issue and tried to hang it on somebody outside of his faction in the Party (Sadiq Khan) rather than turning it on the Tories. However it was probably seen as a total success by the Party leadership because it weakened a major political figure in the Labour Party that Starmer sees as a potential rival, and largely eliminated the left in the Uxbridge CLP.
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
Doesn't strike me as a wise move, this close to an election where all the current signs are that the Tories will get their arses kicked.
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