Paid Members johnnyboy Posted July 10 Paid Members Share Posted July 10 (edited) 2 hours ago, Lion_of_the_Midlands said: Is this a thing that goes on? Do parties just put down the names of people to stand and then they never campaign? Wouldn't it be the sort of thing that you might do if you wanted to game the campaign spending or boost your ongoing short money? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Money "In the financial year commencing 1 April 2023, eligible parties receive: General funding for opposition parties £21,438.33 for every seat won at the last election plus £42.82 for every 200 votes gained by the party." Edited July 10 by johnnyboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted July 10 Moderators Share Posted July 10 How much does it cost them to stand those candidates? If they were relatively confident of getting enough votes to get the deposit back at least (i.e. that the name of the Reform party alone was enough to get 5%) then there's no other cost right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted July 10 Paid Members Share Posted July 10 6 minutes ago, Chest Rockwell said: How much does it cost them to stand those candidates? If they were relatively confident of getting enough votes to get the deposit back at least (i.e. that the name of the Reform party alone was enough to get 5%) then there's no other cost right? £500 deposit which you lose if you don't get 5% One of those candidates got 1600 votes in that constituency so that's a net loss of £160ish but I don't know if that is per constituency or total in the election. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted July 12 Paid Members Share Posted July 12 Well that didn't take long, did it. Get ready for years of stories of trans kids who have killed themselves. Wes Streeting is a murderer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedTwoster Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 8 hours ago, Devon Malcolm said: Get ready for years of stories of trans kids who have killed themselves. Wes Streeting is a murderer. Even the Cass report wasn’t able to find the evidence to recommend a permanent ban. This is reactionary politics at its absolute worst. An attempt to appease a band of anti-trans extremists that, as you acknowledge, will cost lives. I hope he reconsiders, or has just said this to win points; but has no intention of following through. It’s just awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted July 13 Paid Members Share Posted July 13 This and the last government are not interested in saving lives. They are only interested in maximising control and profit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted July 13 Paid Members Share Posted July 13 1 hour ago, BigJag said: This and the last government are not interested in saving lives. They are only interested in maximising control and profit. This is what all governments do, but hey let's judge this one on roughly 8 days of been in charge. That isn't to say this is a good, it's not it's a terrible one thats been done to appease idiots, but as the Twoster points out even the Cass report did not recommend a permanent ban, so let's hope some sense can be seen at some point. I've got no skin in this game, I don't have kids and it must be challenging for parents and children going through this, and let's hope that the government's new science minister can have better luck persuading this government to follow the science so that life is easier for all involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted July 13 Paid Members Share Posted July 13 Let's hope for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d-d-d-dAz Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 (edited) Jeremy Corbyn is doing a podcast recording at Union Chapel, which is not too far from me, about the election, what's next for his movement and international/environmental politics generally. I'm not a Corbynista by any stretch at all, but I'm off work on that date so have bought a ticket as he's always an interesting listen at least and it will be fascinating to hear his thoughts about having to run against Labour. Looking forward to it. Edited July 13 by d-d-d-dAz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted July 14 Paid Members Share Posted July 14 (edited) Amazing. There's *always* a tweet. Edited July 14 by Devon Malcolm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted July 14 Paid Members Share Posted July 14 There seems to have been a lack of consultation during the decision making process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted July 14 Paid Members Share Posted July 14 I don't generally like JOLYON Maugham but he's been incredibly thorough and well researched on this subject, and I'd urge everyone to take some time out of their day to read this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fog Dude Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 Of the dozen MPs who signed the Trans Kids Erasure Bill (or "Health and Equality Acts (Amendment) Bill" as it was officially called) back in December, nine lost their seats earlier this month, and two of those didn't even finish second in their constituencies. But what's the point of proving that transphobia isn't a vote winner if the incoming minister is going to go down this route? A policy that goes even further than the Cass Report isn't "evidence-based", it's pure bigotry. If the new Health Secretary wants to be seen as "non-ideological" then he ought to stop pandering to people who fixate on what's between kids' legs and start looking them in the eye instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SuperBacon Posted July 23 Author Members Share Posted July 23 Well that's something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted July 23 Paid Members Share Posted July 23 Even the Twitter Starmeroids have been having a hard time coming up with a convincing defence for this, but I'm ready to hear one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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