time 8,596 Posted May 23 Is this the most Coldwar Steve photo without actually being a Coldwar Steve photo? https://x.com/TomLarkinSky/status/1793608546015490381 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,386 Posted May 23 Reform is standing in 632 constituencies. All that Tory support eaten away. 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
prussianblue 1,027 Posted May 23 12 minutes ago, time said: Is this the most Coldwar Steve photo without actually being a Coldwar Steve photo? https://x.com/TomLarkinSky/status/1793608546015490381 Glaswegian Oompah-Loompah vibes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,132 Posted May 23 Just as an aside, when did we stop debating a subject and switch to debating one's opponent? "Debate Rishi Sunak" used to mean discuss him, but now it means argue with him. Weird change of meaning. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,386 Posted May 23 So a man who doesn’t drink visited a brewery to talk to locals about an upcoming football tournament they’re not involved in. Perfect. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
En Passant 3,741 Posted May 23 32 minutes ago, Toast said: Just as an aside, when did we stop debating a subject and switch to debating one's opponent? "Debate Rishi Sunak" used to mean discuss him, but now it means argue with him. Weird change of meaning. I suspect this has an American derivation.... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,033 Posted May 23 Jo Churchill and Huw Merriman the latest Tories to abandon the sinking ship and refusing to stand at the next election, along with Eleanor Laing and James Grundy. And there's still time for more! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCI Frank Burnside 3,887 Posted May 23 Maybe the Tories won't have to worry about Reform after all 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,386 Posted May 23 Seeing that Bob Stewart (off of racial abuse) and Matt Hancock (off of eating kangaroo bollocks) have had the Tory whip restored as a “goodwill gesture”. Both have previously announced they are standing down come the election so this must purely be a cash thing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JQW 281 Posted May 23 2 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Jo Churchill and Huw Merriman the latest Tories to abandon the sinking ship and refusing to stand at the next election, along with Eleanor Laing and James Grundy. And there's still time for more! Michael Ellis too, apparently. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BuffaloPhil 926 Posted May 23 This may be a helpful website for some (at least once it's updated nearer the time.) https://tacticalvote.co.uk/# Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,132 Posted May 23 47 minutes ago, BuffaloPhil said: This may be a helpful website for some (at least once it's updated nearer the time.) https://tacticalvote.co.uk/# Grrr! Still no news, although they have at least got mine listed now. They sent me a badge though ! I shall be wearing it whenever out. There is another one that does have voting advice for boundary change constituencies, I shall see if I can find it again. Here you are - looks like the same site, but isn't. https://tactical.vote/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brad252 807 Posted May 23 That speech has to be Sunak's "bacon sandwich" moment: https://x.com/AldiUK/status/1793619231818318057 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BuffaloPhil 926 Posted May 23 25 minutes ago, Toast said: Grrr! Still no news, although they have at least got mine listed now. They sent me a badge though ! I shall be wearing it whenever out. There is another one that does have voting advice for boundary change constituencies, I shall see if I can find it again. Here you are - looks like the same site, but isn't. https://tactical.vote/ Thanks. It's so frustrating, thanks to FPTP, I'm going to have to vote Lib Dem when I really want to be voting Green - but it would be wasted. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,132 Posted May 23 54 minutes ago, BuffaloPhil said: Thanks. It's so frustrating, thanks to FPTP, I'm going to have to vote Lib Dem when I really want to be voting Green - but it would be wasted. Yeah, our ward councillor is standing as the Green candidate so have had to say sorry but no. Such a good councillor I wouldn't want to lose them anyway! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sleepiestpeep 158 Posted May 23 1 hour ago, BuffaloPhil said: Thanks. It's so frustrating, thanks to FPTP, I'm going to have to vote Lib Dem when I really want to be voting Green - but it would be wasted. I'm in Bristol Central and tentatively hopeful that my Green vote might not actually be a waste this time around... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,746 Posted May 23 18 minutes ago, Sleepiestpeep said: I'm in Bristol Central and tentatively hopeful that my Green vote might not actually be a waste this time around... Strange scenario really, as it may not be a wasted vote as the Greens may win, but would be costing Labour a seat as it's currently red. But I don't think an extra Green voice in Parliament in what should still, hopefully, be a sizeable Labour majority is a bad thing. I've voted Green once before: in the unexpected European elections in 2019 when Brexit was dragging on - I succeeded in helping get a Green MEP representing the North West...briefly. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,101 Posted May 24 I haven’t voted for quite some time. If I did, I certainly wouldn’t vote green. I just don’t trust them. I’d NEVER vote Tory nor Reform. I just think all these people are in it for themselves, not giving a shit about us mere plebs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCI Frank Burnside 3,887 Posted May 24 John Redwood Standing Down Obligitory 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sleepiestpeep 158 Posted May 24 9 hours ago, RoverAndOut said: Strange scenario really, as it may not be a wasted vote as the Greens may win, but would be costing Labour a seat as it's currently red. But I don't think an extra Green voice in Parliament in what should still, hopefully, be a sizeable Labour majority is a bad thing. I've voted Green once before: in the unexpected European elections in 2019 when Brexit was dragging on - I succeeded in helping get a Green MEP representing the North West...briefly. Exactly! I'd feel much more conflicted about it if the election looked tighter - although I think I'd ultimately make the same choice based on my preferred MP rather than the overall outcome. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,596 Posted May 24 Something new this time round - to me at least - are candidates posting on Txitter appealing for campaign funds in order to fund their re-election campaigns. Labour candidates obviously (presumably the Cons campaigns are paid for by big business/independent wealth). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,571 Posted May 24 How many of these Tories standing down or likely to lose their seat will be expecting a seat in the House of Lords? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,645 Posted May 24 14 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said: How many of these Tories standing down or likely to lose their seat will be expecting a seat in the House of Lords? Many more than will get one, that - I think - is a safe prediction. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
