SuperBacon Posted May 24 Author Share Posted May 24 44 minutes ago, FLips said: Can someone ELI5 Had to Google this! Today I Learned...etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted May 24 Paid Members Share Posted May 24 54 minutes ago, FLips said: Can someone ELI5 what ramifications all of these MPs stepping down has? Am I right in thinking any of them defending a seat now has to find and promote a replacement in the next month and a bit? Is it a matter of rats fleeing a sinking ship or is there wisdom in it? Their local party will be the ones finding a new candidate to stand at the next election. Some like the bloke who had a quadruple amputation for sepsis are standing down for obvious reasons. Some are retiring and some see the writing on the wall. It's a mixture of all three things really Flips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted May 24 Paid Members Share Posted May 24 11 minutes ago, SuperBacon said: Had to Google this! Today I Learned...etc Same here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEGIT Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 Right I've not voted in years and years. Mainly because I don't know a lot about politics and my whole lifetime the PM has been lauded as the worst ever whether Labour or Tory and I just think the system is broken and no matter who's in charge we face failure after failure. But anyway a representative from my workplace union came in yesterday and has basically begged us all to go out and vote Labour. He put as good an argument as any politician I've heard in ages, emphasizing how much it will help the working man. I'm actually tempted to go out and vote. Should I? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hallicks Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 3 minutes ago, LEGIT said: Right I've not voted in years and years. Mainly because I don't know a lot about politics and my whole lifetime the PM has been lauded as the worst ever whether Labour or Tory and I just think the system is broken and no matter who's in charge we face failure after failure. But anyway a representative from my workplace union came in yesterday and has basically begged us all to go out and vote Labour. He put as good an argument as any politician I've heard in ages, emphasizing how much it will help the working man. I'm actually tempted to go out and vote. Should I? It will get a bit better, but the closer Labour get to power, the more Starmer shits himself and moves further to the right and into the loving arms of capital. For instance, not quite banning zero hours contracts, despite saying for ages that they would: https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/2024/may/01/labours-new-deal-for-workers-will-not-fully-ban-zero-hours-contracts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted May 24 Paid Members Share Posted May 24 All the rats making a run for it. Michael Gove confirms he is not standing for re-election. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald J Trump Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 I'm starting to think Sunak might be deliberately trying to crash the plane into the mountain at this point. Here he is with a crane coming out of his head on a visit to the TITANIC MUSEUM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members FLips Posted May 24 Paid Members Share Posted May 24 Andrea Leadsom standing down as well. I know nothing about her other than what I saw on some of the coverage of the recent mayoral elections and thought she was a cunt. Good riddance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted May 24 Paid Members Share Posted May 24 Starmer's now taken back his pledge of abolishing tuition fees. His list of backtracks starting to look like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 I’m as worried as a Westminster coke dealer at the thought of Gullis quitting. I’m looking forward to seeing that ape losing and I don’t want that taken away from me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fog Dude Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 49 minutes ago, FLips said: Andrea Leadsom standing down as well. I know nothing about her other than what I saw on some of the coverage of the recent mayoral elections and thought she was a cunt. Good riddance. Frighteningly, she would've won the Tory membership vote against May in 2016 if it'd been allowed to get that far. Then we'd all have heard a lot more about her. Luckily she was persuaded to step away from the race else we might've had something similar to the Truss fiasco six years earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted May 24 Author Share Posted May 24 This is so embarrassing. Imagine your job being to create this kind of thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members gmoney Posted May 24 Paid Members Share Posted May 24 1 hour ago, SuperBacon said: This is so embarrassing. Imagine your job being to create this kind of thing. Matt Forde built his career on material as weak as that, and people lap up absolutely brutal gags written by Have I Got News For You hacks. Anyway, apparently Sunak is taking the day off tomorrow, possibly to reflect on how disastrous the past couple of days have been, and try and stop the bleeding. Usually polls tighten during election campaigns, but unless something drastic happens, I think it they might drift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted May 25 Author Share Posted May 25 Interesting responses from the "Islington elite" about Jeremy Corbyn here. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/25/loved-islington-voters-40-year-connection-to-jeremy-corbyn Of course The Guardian wouldn't publish just people saying they'd vote for him even if everyone did say that. In my opinion he still absolutely romps home in his seat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted May 25 Paid Members Share Posted May 25 14 hours ago, gmoney said: Matt Forde built his career on material as weak as that, Matt Forde wishes he had material as strong as that. Matt Forde is rubbish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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