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Re: UK GE and Local Elections, plus polls, and policy.
« Reply #1560 on: May 22, 2024, 04:13:00 pm »
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I understand a large venue where a big election count takes place has this afternoon received a block booking from the government for 4th/5th July…
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Re: UK GE and Local Elections, plus polls, and policy.
« Reply #1561 on: May 22, 2024, 04:13:42 pm »
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3 MP's have submitted no confidence votes

Bit late for that lads.

Christ, can't they do anything right?

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« Reply #1562 on: May 22, 2024, 04:14:31 pm »
Bit late for that lads.

Christ, can't they do anything right?

Maybe Sunak got wind of some kind of plot to oust him, so he's jumped the gun on them?
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« Reply #1563 on: May 22, 2024, 04:15:49 pm »
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« Reply #1564 on: May 22, 2024, 04:17:40 pm »
Maybe Sunak got wind of some kind of plot to oust him, so he's jumped the gun on them?

Would be about the only thing he’s got right in ages. Call the fuckers bluff and now they have to fight a campaign where they don’t want him or they all have to back him.

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Re: UK General Election - July 4th, here we go folks.
« Reply #1565 on: May 22, 2024, 04:18:41 pm »
Thoughts and prayers with the Tory party election strategists trying to work out how to put Sunak at the heart of this campaign.

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Re: UK General Election - July 4th, here we go folks.
« Reply #1566 on: May 22, 2024, 04:19:16 pm »
There appear to be a lot of confused journalists out there.
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Re: UK General Election - July 4th, here we go folks.
« Reply #1567 on: May 22, 2024, 04:19:28 pm »
Could he have done a deal with Reform to give him confidence to call it now?

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« Reply #1568 on: May 22, 2024, 04:20:01 pm »
Has anyone checked on Brenda, from Bristol?
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« Reply #1569 on: May 22, 2024, 04:20:37 pm »
Could he have done a deal with Reform to give him confidence to call it now?

The timing is very odd, there’s been an expected small rebound in the economy since the BoE’s measures to deal with inflation are having an impact. Thought he’d hold on for a bit longer and hope it lasts

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Re: UK General Election - July 4th, here we go folks.
« Reply #1570 on: May 22, 2024, 04:21:43 pm »
Has anyone checked on Brenda, from Bristol?

Even Brenda wants an election ASAP at this stage....

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« Reply #1571 on: May 22, 2024, 04:22:21 pm »
Could he have done a deal with Reform to give him confidence to call it now?
Nope, no chance of that. Reform hate Sunak and his mob.
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« Reply #1572 on: May 22, 2024, 04:23:20 pm »
The timing is very odd, there’s been an expected small rebound in the economy since the BoE’s measures to deal with inflation are having an impact. Thought he’d hold on for a bit longer and hope it lasts

More likely is he knows this is as good as it's going to get.
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« Reply #1573 on: May 22, 2024, 04:23:26 pm »
Nope, no chance of that. Reform hate Sunak and his mob.

Also looks desperate from the Tories
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Re: UK General Election - July 4th, here we go folks.
« Reply #1574 on: May 22, 2024, 04:23:29 pm »
Has anyone checked on Brenda, from Bristol?

Brenda can go fuck herself if she still doesn't want an election.

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Re: UK General Election - July 4th, here we go folks.
« Reply #1575 on: May 22, 2024, 04:23:46 pm »
Nope, no chance of that. Reform hate Sunak and his mob.

They hate Labour more and that’s enough

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« Reply #1576 on: May 22, 2024, 04:24:04 pm »
4th July eh? So those fuckers think they can swindle me out of a vote whilst I’m in Germany enjoying the Euros?!
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Re: UK General Election - July 4th, here we go folks.
« Reply #1577 on: May 22, 2024, 04:24:59 pm »
No one wants to be looking for a new job just before Christmas. Better for them to get it out of the way early I guess.

Are they thinking things will get even worse? What’s the logic for it?

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Re: UK General Election - July 4th, here we go folks.
« Reply #1578 on: May 22, 2024, 04:26:42 pm »
No one wants to be looking for a new job just before Christmas. Better for them to get it out of the way early I guess.

Are they thinking things will get even worse? What’s the logic for it?

Things aren't going to get any better for them, so it's probably about catching everyone on the hop and doing it quickly.
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« Reply #1579 on: May 22, 2024, 04:26:47 pm »
No one wants to be looking for a new job just before Christmas. Better for them to get it out of the way early I guess.

Are they thinking things will get even worse? What’s the logic for it?

The rate cuts aren't coming (inflation a bit higher than expected)
The chancellor hasn't got the money for a tax cut
The polls aren't narrowing

It's a humungous gamble but things will probably not get better for the average person financially.
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Re: UK General Election - July 4th, here we go folks.
« Reply #1580 on: May 22, 2024, 04:27:17 pm »
Independence day is a nice line for labour to take.

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Re: UK General Election - July 4th, here we go folks.
« Reply #1581 on: May 22, 2024, 04:28:02 pm »
There appear to be a lot of confused journalists out there.

Sunak's got a new job lined up.
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« Reply #1582 on: May 22, 2024, 04:29:53 pm »
Maybe Sunak got wind of some kind of plot to oust him, so he's jumped the gun on them?

Its a long shot as all the plots seemed to have died out, but it’s the only explanation I can think of for having the election so early, I thought they’d hold out for a cut in interest rates or something even slightly positive before calling the election.
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Re: UK General Election - July 4th, here we go folks.
« Reply #1583 on: May 22, 2024, 04:30:05 pm »
I see Sunak thinks England will win the Euros

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« Reply #1584 on: May 22, 2024, 04:30:15 pm »
Are they thinking things will get even worse? What’s the logic for it?
Sunak avoids a leadership challenge and the Tories avoid being responsible for implementing the huge amount of compensation for both the blood and Post Office scandal.
They are basically dropping Labour right in the shite and fucking off on holiday with their pensions.
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Re: UK General Election - July 4th, here we go folks.
« Reply #1585 on: May 22, 2024, 04:30:27 pm »
Sunak to make a statement outside number 10, he'll look like even more of a prize chump if he doesn't call one now
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Re: UK General Election - July 4th, here we go folks.
« Reply #1586 on: May 22, 2024, 04:30:49 pm »
Sunak's got a new job lined up.

He will be off to the States.
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« Reply #1587 on: May 22, 2024, 04:30:56 pm »
No one wants to be looking for a new job just before Christmas. Better for them to get it out of the way early I guess.

Are they thinking things will get even worse? What’s the logic for it?

I guess they're gambling that the economy continues to "improve" in June - and I use that word in the very loosest form.

If inflation falls again during the campaign, and there's a rate cut to go with it, then it could give Sunak a much needed boost. But if Sunak stalls the election into the summer, then a poor Euros from England could actually fuck him up; or it could spark a flurry of postal voting from people who have holidays booked - which might sidestep ID laws on election day.

I just sense that the Tories expect the country to start sinking again in late summer.
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Re: UK General Election - July 4th, here we go folks.
« Reply #1588 on: May 22, 2024, 04:31:36 pm »
Its a long shot as all the plots seemed to have died out, but it’s the only explanation I can think of for having the election so early, I thought they’d hold out for a cut in interest rates or something even slightly positive before calling the election.
probably want to hold it before more of their base die of old age
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Re: UK General Election - July 4th, here we go folks.
« Reply #1589 on: May 22, 2024, 04:32:25 pm »
Truth is the polls ain`t going to get much better so this is his last gamble. There isn`t the money for some massive tax cut and interest rates will probably only change marginally in the next few months. He has probably had his version of the thought "fuck it".
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« Reply #1590 on: May 22, 2024, 04:38:53 pm »
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« Reply #1591 on: May 22, 2024, 04:39:55 pm »
Someone's currently playing the circus music outside number 10
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« Reply #1592 on: May 22, 2024, 04:39:55 pm »
I see Sunak thinks England will win the Euros
The round of 16 will just have finished. Even Eng-ger-land fans aren't that deluded into giving the Tories a vote because they beat Hungary in the first knockout round.
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« Reply #1593 on: May 22, 2024, 04:41:26 pm »
Ian Dale on LBC raises the point that a lot of uni students moving around at the end of term might not be able to vote, the football will be on, people busy with other things which suppresses turnout.
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« Reply #1594 on: May 22, 2024, 04:43:58 pm »
Will no doubt be some people who have left their passport renewal very late for their summer holidays without ID to vote....

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« Reply #1595 on: May 22, 2024, 04:44:51 pm »
The timing is very odd, there’s been an expected small rebound in the economy since the BoE’s measures to deal with inflation are having an impact. Thought he’d hold on for a bit longer and hope it lasts
Better to point out the "green shoots of recovery" and make empty promises about jam tomorrow that wait for that tomorrow and have people realise there wasn't any jam.

I expect we'll here a lot about how the Tories have the economy back on track and Labour would put that at jeopardy.  The usual stuff, really.

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« Reply #1596 on: May 22, 2024, 04:45:20 pm »
Would be about the only thing he’s got right in ages. Call the fuckers bluff and now they have to fight a campaign where they don’t want him or they all have to back him.

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Re: UK General Election - July 4th, here we go folks.
« Reply #1597 on: May 22, 2024, 04:45:39 pm »
Only in Britain could calling an election after 4 and a half years of the worst government in history be called a snap election.
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« Reply #1598 on: May 22, 2024, 04:45:40 pm »
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« Reply #1599 on: May 22, 2024, 04:45:51 pm »
Will no doubt be some people who have left their passport renewal very late for their summer holidays without ID to vote....

Just as well I got mine done for the local elections then.  :D
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