The Old Crem 3,583 Posted June 25 Surely watching Nadine Dories dealing with a Tory wipeout will be great entertainment? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,387 Posted June 25 Tory Chairman Richard Holden has had a load of his campaign leaflets sent to the good people of Wickford. Problem is, that's the wrong constituency. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,583 Posted June 25 1 minute ago, TQR said: Tory Chairman Richard Holden has had a load of his campaign leaflets sent to the good people of Wickford. Problem is, that's the wrong constituency. Comedy of errors his Campaign as been. I bet Mark Francois is not happy either. . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,037 Posted June 25 45 minutes ago, TQR said: What a legend Worsley And Eccles constituency. Meantime, I received a load of bumf (bumph? bumough?) from the parties through the letter box today. Every damn one of them was printed in the south of England. Only Alba had a Scottish print address - in the constituency, no less! Yet apart from Reform, the others all claimed to be from the Scottish branch of the party! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,598 Posted June 25 Bumf, as in bum fodder. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,598 Posted June 25 I received my first election literature - addressed to me personally, no less - today. Its from the greens, so it had better be on recycled paper. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sly Ronnie 879 Posted June 25 2 hours ago, DCI Frank Burnside said: Oh for fuck sake And they were going so well I think Channel 4 were under pressure to provide some "balance". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AstroKat 531 Posted June 25 Labour suspend candidate Kevin Craig who is standing in central Suffolk & north Ipswich due to an investigation by the gambling commission. He is allegedly betting against himself. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cqqqqx25rz0t?post=asset%3Ac774de1d-3530-4817-bf48-5fddfeb140cb#post 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,746 Posted June 25 3 minutes ago, AstroKat said: Labour suspend candidate Kevin Craig who is standing in central Suffolk & north Ipswich due to an investigation by the gambling commission. Yes, interestingly not for betting on the date of the election as the others have been. It appears he bet that he would lose his seat, which has a large Conservative majority. Ironically, his suspension from the Labour Party presumably makes this now a fait accompli. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted June 25 3 hours ago, The Old Crem said: Surely watching Nadine Dories dealing with a Tory wipeout will be great entertainment? Will it fuck, it'll be consistent variations on "should have stuck with Boris" every time there's a Portillo moment 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,746 Posted June 25 6 minutes ago, maryportfuncity said: Will it fuck, it'll be consistent variations on "should have stuck with Boris" every time there's a Portillo moment Yep, she'll sit there with a smug look on her face explaining how ditching Boris was disastrous and Rishi is getting everything he deserves. She'll enjoy the Tory wipeout more than Alastair Campbell. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,136 Posted June 25 14 minutes ago, RoverAndOut said: Yes, interestingly not for betting on the date of the election as the others have been. It appears he bet that he would lose his seat, which has a large Conservative majority. Ironically, his suspension from the Labour Party presumably makes this now a fait accompli. I was confused there, as I had that down as a Labour seat. But the Conservative MP has defected to Labour and is not standing again. So it's only technically Labour atm. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCI Frank Burnside 3,887 Posted June 25 How are they so fucking bad at this 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,746 Posted June 25 16 minutes ago, DCI Frank Burnside said: How are they so fucking bad at this Seriously, why are they continuing with this strategy? They've been trying to smear her since Sunak announced the election and 3 weeks later (when this poll is from) her net favourability ratings beat everyone! I love Angela Rayner. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BuffaloPhil 926 Posted June 25 22 hours ago, TQR said: A Redfield & Wilton poll on leadership characteristics, Starmer v Sunak. Starmer's lead on 18/18 of these has been growing steadily during the election campaign. So what they're saying is that the only thing Sunak does better than lying is fucking up the planet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sly Ronnie 879 Posted June 25 Here's the list of declaration times for the seats to watch for: 23:30 Blyth and Ashington 23:45 Houghton and Sunderland South 12am 00:15 Basildon and Billericay and Broxbourne 00:30 Sunderland Central and Swindon South 00:45 Sunderland Central and Washington and Gateshead South Friday, 1am 01:00 Makerfield, Rutherglen, Tynemouth and Wigan 01:15 Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West, Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend and Newcastle upon Tyne North 01:30 Barnsley North and Barnsley South 01:30 East Kilbride and Strathaven, Leigh and Atherton, Putney and Tooting 01:45 Hamilton and Clyde Valley, Harrogate and Knaresborough, Leicester South and North Swindon 2am 02:00 North West Cambridgeshire, Cannock Chase, Castle Point, Darlington, Dunbartonshire West, Dundee Central, North West Essex, Gateshead Central and Whickham, Glenrothes and Mid Fife, Havant, Hexham, Leicester East, Lewisham East, Lewisham West and East Dulwich, Middlesbrough and Thornaby East, Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, North Down, Peterborough, Redcar, South Shields, Strangford, Swansea West, Torbay, Tyrone West, Vale of Glamorgan, North Warwickshire and Bedworth 02:15 Gower, Knowsley, Leicester West, Paisley and Renfrewshire South, Rayleigh and Wickford 02:30 Arbroath and Broughty Ferry, Battersea, Blackburn, Caerphilly, Chorley, Clwyd North, Colchester, North Durham, Easington, Heywood and Middleton North, Jarrow and Gateshead East, Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Lewisham North. Newport West and Islwyn, Norwich South, Nottingham East, Nottingham South, Pendle & Clitheroe, Perth & Kinross-shire, Rochdale, Stratford-on-Avon 02:45: Aldershot, Bolsover, Burnley, Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard, Folkestone and Hythe, North East Hampshire, Hertsmere, Mid Bedfordshire, Paisley and Renfrewshire North, Sussex Weald 3am 03:00: Aberdeen North, Aberdeen South, Airdrie and Shotts, Alloa and Grangemouth, Alyn and Deeside, Amber Valley, Antrim East, Bangor Aberconwy, Belfast East, Belfast North, Belfast West, Bexhill and Battle, Blackpool South, Bolton North East, Bolton South and Walkden, Bolton West, Bootle, Bracknell, Brent East, Brent West, Canterbury, Carlisle, Chelsea and Fulham, Cheltenham, Chester North and Neston, Chingford and Woodford Green Corby and East Northamptonshire, Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy, Crawley, Droitwich and Evesham, Dudley, Dwyfor Meirionnydd, Eastleigh, Edmonton and Winchmore Hill, Ellesmere Port and Bromborough, Enfield North, Epping Forest, Epsom and Ewell, Erewash, Fareham and Waterlooville, Fife North East, Forest of Dean, Fylde, Glasgow North, Gloucester, Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes, Great Yarmouth, Halesowen, Hamble Valley Hammersmith and Chiswick, Harlow, Hinckley and Bosworth, Hull East, Huntingdon, Ipswich, Isle of Wight East Isle of Wight West, Islington North, Islington South and Finsbury, Leyton & Wanstead, Lichfield, Londonderry East, Luton South and South Bedfordshire, Mansfield, Meriden and Solihull East, Mid Cheshire, Mid Ulster, Midlothian, Mitcham and Morden, Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Newark, Newport East, Nuneaton, Oxford East, Pontypridd, Reading, Central, Rhondda and Ogmore, Romford, Romsey and Southampton North, Runcorn and Helsby, Rushcliffe, Sefton Central, Shrewsbury, Smethwick, Solihull West and Shirley, South Ribble, Southend East and Rochford, Southend West and Leigh, Southgate and Wood Green, St Helens North, St Helens South and Whiston, Stevenage, Stockton West, Stourbridge, Telford, Thanet East, The Wrekin, Tipton and Wednesbury, Torfaen,Walthamstow Watford, West Bromwich, Whitehaven and Workington, Widnes and Halewood, Worcester, Wrexham, Ynys Mon 03:15: Bristol Central, Caerfyrddin, Eltham and Chislehurst, Erith and Thamesmead, Gosport, Hayes and Harlington Kingston and Surbiton, Llanelli, Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare, Northumberland North, Renfrewshire East, Scunthorpe, Stroud, Witney 03:30: Aldridge-Brownhills, South Antrim, Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock, North Ayrshire and Arran, Bedford, Belfast, South and Mid Down, Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk, Bethnal Green and Stepney, Bexleyheath and Crayford, Birmingham Edgbaston, Birmingham Erdington, Bristol East, Bristol South, Burton and Uttoxeter, Bury North, Bury, St Edmunds and Stowmarket, Chesterfield, Chichester, Cities of London and Westminster, City of Durham, Coatbridge and Bellshill, Coventry East, Coventry North West, Coventry South, Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch, South Derbyshire, South Devon, Dover and Deal, Dumfries and Galloway, Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, Ealing Central and Acton, Ealing North, Ealing Southall, East Surrey, Esher and Walton, Exeter, Frome and East Somerset, Gainsborough, Gedling, Glasgow East, Godalming and Ash, Harrow East, Harrow West, Hartlepool, High Peak, Hull North and Cottingham, Hull West and Haltemprice, Hyndburn, Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West, Lancaster and Wyre, Leeds Central and Headingley, Leeds East, Leeds North East, Leeds North West, Leeds South, Leeds South West and Morley, Leeds West and Pudsey, Leicestershire North West, Liverpool Garston, Liverpool Riverside, Liverpool Walton, Liverpool Wavertree, Liverpool West Derby, Louth and Horncastle, Lowestoft, Luton North, Mid Dunbartonshire, New Forest East, Newton Abbot, Norfolk Mid, Nottingham North and Kimberley, Old Bexley and Sidcup, Oldham East and Saddleworth, Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton, Penrith and Solway, Portsmouth North, Portsmouth South, Preston, Queen’s Park and Maida Vale, Rawmarsh and Conisbrough, Reigate, Rother Valley, Rotherham, Scarborough and Whitby, Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough, Sheffield South East, Sleaford and North Hykeham, Slough, South Down, South Holland and The Deepings, Stafford, Staffordshire, Moorlands, Stirling and Strathallan, Suffolk Coastal, Sutton Coldfield, Tatton, Walsall and Bloxwich, Wells and, Mendip Hills, Welwyn Hatfield, Wolverhampton North East, Wolverhampton South East, Wolverhampton West, Worcestershire West, Wyre Forest 03:45: Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley, Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North, Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, Bristol North East, Bristol North West, Bromsgrove, Carshalton and Wallington, Glasgow South West, Glasgow West, Grantham and Bourne, Redditch, Ribble Valley, Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner, Sutton and Cheam, Tamworth, Wimbledon 4am 04:00: Aberafan Maesteg, Altrincham and Sale West, Aylesbury, Ayrshire Central, Barking, Barrow and Furness, South Basildon and East Thurrock, Basingstoke, Bassetlaw, Bath, Bathgate and Linlithgow, Beckenham and Penge, North Bedfordshire, Bermondsey and Old Southwark, Beverley and Holderness, Birkenhead, Birmingham Ladywood, Birmingham Northfield, Bishop Auckland, Blackpool North and Fleetwood, Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, Blaydon and Consett, Bognor Regis and Littlehampton, Boston and Skegness, Braintree, Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe, Bridgend, Bridlington and the Wolds, Brigg and Immingham, Broadland and Fakenham, Buckinghamshire Mid, Bury South, Cambridge, South Cambridgeshire, Cardiff East, Cardiff South and Penarth, Central Devon, Ceredigion Preseli Chelmsford, Chester South and Eddisbury, Chippenham, Clacton, Clwyd East, North Cotswolds, South Cotswolds, Dagenham and Rainham, Dartford, Devon North, Dunfermline and Dollar, East Grinstead and Uckfield, Eastbourne, Falkirk, Fermanagh and South Tyrone, Foyle, Glasgow North East, Glasgow South, Glastonbury and Somerton, Goole and Pocklington, Greenwich and Woolwich, Guildford, Hampshire East, Hampshire North West, Harborough, Oadby and Wigston, Harpenden and Berkhamsted, Harwich and North Essex, Hertford and Stortford, Hornchurch and Upminster, Hornsey and Friern Barnet, Kenilworth and Southam, Kettering, Lancashire West, Lothian East, Macclesfield, Melksham and Devizes, Mid Sussex, Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey, Morecambe and Lunesdale, Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke, New Forest West, Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor, North Norfolk, South Norfolk, Norwich North, Peckham, Mid and South Pembrokeshire, Penistone and Stocksbridge, Richmond and Northallerton, Richmond Park, Rossendale and Darwen, Rugby, Salisbury, Sevenoaks, Sheffield Central, Sheffield Heeley, Sherwood Forest, Sittingbourne and Sheppey, St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire, Stockport, Stockton North Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge, Stretford and Urmston, Suffolk Central and North Ipswich, Suffolk South, Suffolk West, Thurrock, Tottenham, Twickenham, Upper Bann, Wakefield and Rothwell, Wallasey, Warwick and Leamington, Waveney Valley, Wellingborough and Rushden, Westmorland and Lonsdale, East WiltshireSouth West Wiltshire, Wirral West, Witham, Woking, Yeovil, York Central, York Outer 04:15: Birmingham Perry Barr, Birmingham Selly Oak, Clapham and Brixton Hill, Dorking and Horley, Dulwich and West Norwood, Feltham and Heston, Holborn and St Pancras, Kingswinford and South Staffordshire, South Shropshire, Streatham and Croydon North, Uxbridge and South Ruislip, Vauxhall and Camberwell Green 04:30: Antrim North, Ashfield, Ashford, Birmingham Yardley, Blackley and Middleton South, Bournemouth East, Bournemouth West, Bradford West, Brentford and Isleworth, Brentwood and Ongar, Bridgwater, Brighton Pavilion, Cambridgeshire North East, Cardiff North, Christchurch, Crewe and Nantwich, Derby North, Derby South, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire North East, Dorset South, Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, Edinburgh North and Leith, Edinburgh South, Edinburgh South West, Edinburgh West, Faversham and Mid Kent, Gorton and Denton, Gravesham, Hampstead and Highgate, Kensington and Bayswater, Lagan Valley, South Leicestershire, Lincoln, Livingston, Maidstone and Malling, Manchester Central, Manchester Rusholme, Manchester Withington, Milton Keynes Central, Milton Keynes North, Monmouthshire, Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr, Neath and Swansea East, Newry and Armagh, North West Norfolk, Normanton and Hemsworth, Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley, Poole, Poplar and Limehouse, Reading West and Mid Berkshire, Runnymede and Weybridge, North Shropshire, Skipton and Ripon, North East Somerset and Hanham, Southport, Surrey Heath, Taunton and Wellington, Tunbridge Wells, Weald of Kent, Worthing East and Shoreham, Worthing West, Wythenshawe and Sale East 04:45: Aberdeenshire North and Moray East, Cardiff West, Hove and Portslade, Rutland and Stamford, Tiverton and Minehead 5am 05:00: Aberdeenshire West and Kincardine, Banbury, Bicester and Woodstock, Bradford East, Bromley and Biggin Hill, Broxtowe, Buckingham and Bletchley, Calder Valley, Camborne and Redruth, Cheadle, Congleton, North, Cornwall, South East Cornwall, Daventry, Doncaster Central, Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme, Doncaster North, North Dorset, Earley and Woodley, Ely and East Cambridgeshire, Exmouth and Exeter East, Filton and Bradley Stoke, Gillingham and Rainham, Hackney North and Stoke Newington, Hackney South and Shoreditch, Halifax, Hastings and Rye, Hemel Hempstead, Hereford and South Herefordshire, North Herefordshire, North East Hertfordshire, South West Hertfordshire, Hitchin, Honiton and Sidmouth, Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire, Keighley and Ilkley, Lewes, Maidenhead, Maldon, Melton and Syston, Mid Dorset and North Poole, Newbury, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Northampton North, Northampton South, Orpington, Ossett and Denby Dale, Rochester and Strood, Salford, Sheffield Hallam, Shipley, North Somerset, Southampton Itchen, Southampton Test, Spelthorne, St Albans, St Austell and Newquay, St Ives, Stoke-on-Trent Central, Stoke-on-Trent North, Stoke-on-Trent South, Tewkesbury, Thornbury and Yate, Truro and Falmouth, Warrington North, Warrington South, Weston-super-Mare, Winchester, Windsor, Worsley and Eccles 05:15: Gordon and Buchan, Plymouth Moor View 05:30: Angus and Perthshire Glens, Arundel and South Downs, Ashton-under-Lyne, Bradford South, Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, Chipping Barnet, Derbyshire Mid, Dewsbury and Batley, Didcot and Wantage, Dorset West, East Ham, Finchley and Golders Green, Hazel Grove, Hendon, Herne Bay and Sandwich, Horsham, Mid Leicestershire, Loughborough, South West Norfolk, Orkney and Shetland, Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, Stalybridge and Hyde, Stratford and Bow, Tonbridge, West Ham and Beckton 05:45: Selby, Spen Valley, Wetherby and Easingwold 6am 06:00: Beaconsfield, Chatham and Aylesford, Chesham and Amersham, Colne Valley, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, South West Devon, Henley and Thame, South Northamptonshire, Oxford West and Abingdon, Thirsk and Malton, Torridge and Tavistock, Wokingham, Wycombe 06:15: Huddersfield 06:30: Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber, Farnham and Bordon, Ilford North, Ilford South 2 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sod's Law 445 Posted June 25 Jesus Christ, it's like this whole Tory campaign has been run by Simpsons characters. Certainly feels like we're living through an episode. 'Mayor Quimby even released Sideshow Bob, a man twice convicted of attempted murder. Would YOU trust a man like Mayor Quimby? Vote Sideshow Bob for mayor'. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AstroKat 531 Posted June 25 (edited) Yet another Tory being investigated by the Gambling Commision for placing a bet on the date of the election. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/25/election-betting-fifth-tory-investigated-in-growing-scandal Russell George is a sitting member of the Senedd and represents to same constituency as Craig Williams. He has said that he is stepping back from his position in the shadow cabinet, so that makes it all ok then. FFS Edited June 25 by AstroKat Edited to fix the link 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
En Passant 3,741 Posted June 25 2 hours ago, AstroKat said: Yet another Tory being investigated by the Gambling Commision for placing a bet on the date of the election. This is too stupid for words. They are so corrupt they think an insider knowledge that nets them what? The price of a cheap meal out and a few beers is worth it or they won't get caught? Clown shoes. Wonder if anyone even remotely connected with any other party put a bet on? At least then they could claim it wasn't just those who knew the date beforehand.... No chance. That's my bet on it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,746 Posted June 25 19 minutes ago, En Passant said: This is too stupid for words. They are so corrupt they think an insider knowledge that nets them what? The price of a cheap meal out and a few beers is worth it or they won't get caught? Clown shoes. Wonder if anyone even remotely connected with any other party put a bet on? At least then they could claim it wasn't just those who knew the date beforehand.... No chance. That's my bet on it. @Brad252 posted this graph a few days ago: What I don't think got mentioned but I've seen since is that Labour strategists spotted the spike in the betting, and started spending money buying ad space and printing campaign literature. The Tories' greed and self-interest ended up giving their opponents a head start on Sunak's "surprise" announcement. And it's been going swimmingly ever since. On yesterday's BBC Newscast, Paddy O'Connell made the point that the spike in betting seems much larger than the cases already in the public domain, suggesting there are plenty more who may eventually be implicated...perish the thought... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
En Passant 3,741 Posted June 25 2 minutes ago, RoverAndOut said: @Brad252 posted this graph a few days ago: My Apologies to @Brad252 - Missed that. Who was spending their time looking for, or knew to look? Or even had access to that information though? FT is a fortune to subscribe as well, I looked, since (see other posts) I'm a bit fed up of The Graun. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,746 Posted June 25 5 minutes ago, En Passant said: My Apologies to @Brad252 - Missed that. Who was spending their time looking for, or knew to look? Or even had access to that information though? FT is a fortune to subscribe as well, I looked, since (see other posts) I'm a bit fed up of The Graun. I've no idea how you track betting trends, but I know it can be done. The whispers are that Labour spotted the moves in the weekend before Sunak made the announcement on the...Wednesday I think it was? Money well spent on whoever they employed to track these things! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
