Political Discussions And Ranting Thread

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36 minutes ago, TQR said:

As expected, Houchen retains Tees Valley. 

CON: 53.6%

LAB: 41.3%

LDM: 5.0%

 

And this is what the result was in 2021:

CON: 72.8%

LAB: 27.2%

Any idea what the turnout was in 2021 - only 30% this time round.

[TQR 14,385]

3 minutes ago, time said:

Any idea what the turnout was in 2021 - only 30% this time round.

 

Turnout was 3.1% higher last time out, equivalent to around 14k votes.

[TQR 14,385]

[TQR 14,385]

There or thereabouts half way through the council results, and the Tories so far have lost 54-55% of the seats they've contested. That's bottom end of their lower expectations and the Lib Dems are ahead of them at this point. It's a bloodbath.

 

Castlepoint, fairly near me, have completely wiped out the Tories there!

[Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218]

11 minutes ago, TQR said:

There or thereabouts half way through the council results, and the Tories so far have lost 54-55% of the seats they've contested. That's bottom end of their lower expectations and the Lib Dems are ahead of them at this point. It's a bloodbath.

 

Castlepoint, fairly near me, have completely wiped out the Tories there!

I used to live on Canvey, a place where you were either a builder or related to one. Castle Point council were a load of c*nts, of all political persuasions.

Good to see everything going around in a full circle.

The Tories won the last election because Labour were utterly shite and comrade Corbyn was a step too far and, now, Labour will win the next election because the Tories are utterly shite and Sunak will be a step too far.

Yeah, I know they are an incompetent, corrupt bunch of self serving cunts, they all are.

We are now left with a choice between syphilis and genital warts.

 God must really hate the British .

[TQR 14,385]

8 minutes ago, Lord Fellatio Nelson said:

I used to live on Canvey, a place where you were either a builder or related to one

 

Surprised they can get up the ladders with all their webbed feet.

[YoungWillz 21,026]

Ben Houchen discovers Sunak at his side and a bunch of Vote Conservative placards.

 

Astonishing complacency.

 

As I understand it, there's a lot of disappointment in what Houchen has allegedly delivered for them (hence the huge swing of votes against him). 

 

Interesting times - at least we know Houchen is a true blue Tory supporter and Sunak supporter. 

[The Old Crem 3,582]

5 minutes ago, TQR said:

 

Surprised they can get up the ladders with all their webbed feet.

Canvey is more wheeler dealer ex Londoners than rural bumpkins. 

Plus a growing Hasidic Jewish population 

[TQR 14,385]

Sunak's neck of the woods now has a Labour mayor.

[TQR 14,385]

The Women's Equality Party now has 1 more councillor than Reform UK so far, with a total of 1.

[The Old Crem 3,582]

 

Looking very tight in London. 

[DCI Frank Burnside 3,882]

1 hour ago, YoungWillz said:

Ben Houchen discovers Sunak at his side and a bunch of Vote Conservative placards.

 

Astonishing complacency.

 

As I understand it, there's a lot of disappointment in what Houchen has allegedly delivered for them (hence the huge swing of votes against him). 

 

Interesting times - at least we know Houchen is a true blue Tory supporter and Sunak supporter. 

Suspect this pic may come back to haunt Rishi. Given the national media seem to be starting to take an interest in the allegend goings on

[Bibliogryphon 9,570]

Labour has just won the PCC in Northamptonshire where at the last election all the constituencies elected a Conservative MP

[TQR 14,385]

Got a Sky News alert saying "Labour are on course to be the largest party at the GE but not an overall majority". They're taking this from the LE results so far, which you can't really do. There's always a much, much larger presence of smaller parties and independents in LEs. And just look at the 26.something swing in the Blackpool by-election - the third biggest Con-to-Lab swing ever.

[DCI Frank Burnside 3,882]

3 minutes ago, TQR said:

Got a Sky News alert saying "Labour are on course to be the largest party at the GE but not an overall majority". They're taking this from the LE results so far, which you can't really do.

Yep. There'll be a much bigger turnout at the GE. Pointless from Sky just clickbaity shite

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Just now, DCI Frank Burnside said:

Yep. There'll be a much bigger turnout at the GE. Pointless from Sky just clickbaity shite

 

Yeah but thought I'd get in there before a certain muted twat jumps on it and has a wank.

[The Old Crem 3,582]

That rise is Bexley and Bromley is very good news for Susan Hall. Her strongest area bejng the only place that rises. 

[YoungWillz 21,026]

Basically it assumes a no change vote in Scotland and Wales where there were no elections and also assumes others such as independents will gain a quarter of the votes.

 

Which is rubbish of course.

 

What should be worrying for Labour is the vote share for them not even achieving 40%. Starmer may indeed be the default PM in due course if the country goes away from the Tories, but he and his party aren't necessarily the debutante you want to dance with at the Victory Ball.

 

However, with every passing moment Sunak doesn't call an election, the worse it will be for them imo.

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16 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

What should be worrying for Labour is the vote share for them not even achieving 40%. Starmer may indeed be the default PM in due course if the country goes away from the Tories, but he and his party aren't necessarily the debutante you want to dance with at the Victory Ball.

 

Well, we don't want a landslide for anyone, do we, if we want electoral reform.

[DCI Frank Burnside 3,882]

 

 

Which means they absolutely would. Wouldn't surprise me if he decides to go to the Palace soon. He's dumb enough to do so

[DCI Frank Burnside 3,882]

Poor Ben Bradley......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Barry Davies Voice*   Look at his face just look at his face 

[RoverAndOut 4,746]

1 minute ago, DCI Frank Burnside said:

Poor Ben Bradley......

 

Couldn't have happened to a nicer fella. 

[RoverAndOut 4,746]

1 hour ago, TQR said:

Got a Sky News alert saying "Labour are on course to be the largest party at the GE but not an overall majority". They're taking this from the LE results so far, which you can't really do. There's always a much, much larger presence of smaller parties and independents in LEs. And just look at the 26.something swing in the Blackpool by-election - the third biggest Con-to-Lab swing ever.

 

1 hour ago, YoungWillz said:

Basically it assumes a no change vote in Scotland and Wales where there were no elections and also assumes others such as independents will gain a quarter of the votes.

 

Which is rubbish of course.

 

What should be worrying for Labour is the vote share for them not even achieving 40%. Starmer may indeed be the default PM in due course if the country goes away from the Tories, but he and his party aren't necessarily the debutante you want to dance with at the Victory Ball.

 

However, with every passing moment Sunak doesn't call an election, the worse it will be for them imo.

 

36 minutes ago, DCI Frank Burnside said:

Which means they absolutely would. Wouldn't surprise me if he decides to go to the Palace soon. He's dumb enough to do so

 

Listened to the post-election night Newscast on BBC Sounds on the way home, and on there Adam Fleming, the presenter mentioned the (at that point unannounced) national vote share projection and explained it by saying it was what would happen if these results translated into a general election and was very firmly corrected by Prof Sir John Curtice, who said it was only a projection of what would happen if everywhere in England and Wales held a local election on this day, absolutely nothing to do with what would happen in a General Election. So yes, you're all right in summary. 

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20 minutes ago, RoverAndOut said:

 

 

 

Listened to the post-election night Newscast on BBC Sounds on the way home, and on there Adam Fleming, the presenter mentioned the (at that point unannounced) national vote share projection and explained it by saying it was what would happen if these results translated into a general election and was very firmly corrected by Prof Sir John Curtice, who said it was only a projection of what would happen if everywhere in England and Wales held a local election on this day, absolutely nothing to do with what would happen in a General Election. So yes, you're all right in summary. 

 

A sleep deprived Sir John looked like he was about to start beating up idiot politicians and pundits earlier. 

 

Alas, he refrained.

[TQR 14,385]

2 minutes ago, msc said:

 

A sleep deprived Sir John looked like he was about to start beating up idiot politicians and pundits earlier. 

 

Alas, he refrained.

I feel for poor Sir John. He’s had a hard shift. First few hours he had to deal with this: