The Old Crem
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General Election 2024?
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He stood for London Mayor in 2021 and even got a celebrity endorsement https://www.caughtoffside.com/2021/04/25/declan-rice-endorses-joke-london-mayor-candidate/ -
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But surely a lot more serious. “Running through Fields of Wheat" was just a lighthearted answer that didn’t damage her campaign or give off a damaging image, Plus May still got 42% of the vote and lost her majority because Labour consolidated the opposition and got 40%. Meanwhile Sunak could well get half of what May got on current polls and has terrible approval ratings. -
I bet the age cap never actually comes in the exact way it is proposed . It feels like one of things that gets in a manifesto but changes or is scrapped before it is actually introduced.
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General Election 2024?
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Tories publicly admiting things are dire. -
Johnnie Walker - how's he doing?
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/11/bbc-radio-2-dj-johnnie-walker-told-to-prepare-to-die-any-mo/ He has been told to prepare for the fact he could die at any moment. -
Increases the chances of Trump winning I suspect.
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Overton window moves to the right. Basically it could happen if he becomes the Tory party leader through defecting or merging or prehaps the leading partner in a Reform/Tory alliance. It’s quite likely Sunak’s replacement as Tory party leader will be pro Farage despite It meaning it could end their job as Tory leader as he would oust them or at least prevent themselves becoming PM..
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He might be prime Minster in the 2030’s. It sort of feels inevitable just like Boris was for so long.
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General Election 2024?
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This manifesto is surely going to go down badly with the Tory right so get the popcorn ready public infighting is about to explode. -
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General Election 2024?
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Labour scaling up ambitions for the results. -
General Election 2024?
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It won’t but this is one area where Labour probably won’t be that much better - it seems to be a structural issue in British governance to be bad at IT. -
General Election 2024?
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To be fair the Tories have had quite a recent history of expecting teachers to fill in the gaps in various policies. Adding a bit more to their workload is part of their philosophy. Also the Tories have recent history of being terrible with it policies - the Porn age ID stuff for example. -
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Commercial TV will push back on a junk food advertising ban before 9pm -
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They will be a demand by parents for phone boxes to come back or schools to provide phone access if school kids are ordered to walk to school without phones. -
General Election 2024?
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It sounds like the Goverment wants phones without the ability to unlock anything. A widespread production of phones with the ability of the 1990’s. And school kids walking to school without a phone but without the phone box availability of the 1990’s. The government would actually get good headlines if they proposed re building phone boxes but I doubt they will suggest that. -
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That’s not a basic phone in terms of what government wants. That’s like the basic phone my parents used to have which still had internet access ans could hand about 3-5 apps being on it. The basic phone the govement wants seems to be one without internet access at all. -
General Election 2024?
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Not if enough parents decide to break the law so it’s not financially viable to produce them (I’m not sure how it could be properly enforced in terms of parents not buying ones for their kids and registering it as their phone.) -
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Basic mobiles are barely sold so it’s a de facto phone ban even if it’s not a full one (The BBC quoted a few weeks ago about a campaign to produce more basic ones but they would logically include text facilities so wouldn’t remove the bullying risk entirely)? One flaw is the complete removal of public pay phones. Even 20 years ago you could find loads near every school but that’s not the case now. A lot more walks home from school now do not pass a public pay phone. -
Johnnie Walker - how's he doing?
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Sounds like one we should all be considering for 2025. -
General Election 2024?
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The swing in the Wellingborough by election is another reaosn. -
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Bloomberg saying the Tories are going to have a ban on mobile phones for Under 16’s in their manifesto. Wonder if Labour will have the same. It’s a bit hard through to say a 15 year old can’t have a mobile phone and 16 year old can vote through.. -
General Election 2024?
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Will do. Some other seats that in 2019, 2017 or 2015 were in the first 30 being counted and to me should be interesting . Nuneaton - Lab 43% - Tory 33% - Reform 13% Kettering - Lab 40% - Tory 33% - Reform 13% Workington and Whitehaven -: Lab 53% - Tory 25% - Reform 12% Rutherglen - Labour 48% - SNP 31% Darlington - Labour 47% - Tory 29% - Reform 12% South Basildon and East Thurrock - Lab 38% - Tory 34% - Reform 19% Peterborough - Labour 50% - Tory 25% - Reform 12% Wrexham - Labour 43% - Tory 26% - Reform 11% - Plaid 9%
