The thing is, insane and easily disproveable lies bought them 14 years in power, so I guess it must be a shock when reality suddenly starts to impinge on them.
And ignoring all merit, people are far more likely to vote for the perceived 2nd biggest party in a GE than in a local where the candidate might actually make a difference.
To be honest, the more I think about it I'm not sure Sunak's argument makes any sense either. He's essentially declaring that Labour will win the election, just not a majority, so wouldn't it make more sense to vote for Labour if you were undecided so they're not "propped up" by other parties?
A better question, if we're heading for a hung parliament, who will be propping up his Tory Government? I understand Labour won't want to give any credence to this nonsense but it would be funny to see them throw it back to him.
View: https://twitter.com/Haggis_UK/status/1787397556017779137?t=xYGA4NtF2SIC0RNgnWWBlA&s=19
Ipsos pollster calling the hung parliament projection "a load of nonsense" too lol: https://twitter.com/keiranpedley/status/1787370364542058509
They are just trying to repeat the success of 2015s campaign. That really worked and they are out of options, so this is the only play right now.
Good
I'm sorry but anyone with 5 mins and common sense can see it's a lot of crap and it's mad that it's picked up any steam
it worked for Cameron vs Miliband, but it failed when May tried it against Corbyn and she ended up with a hung parliament and having to beg the DUP for everything
It's the same vibes as "there's a real chance we'll cause an upset in London".
Again, good of Novara to shed more light on Galloway being a piece of shit, but anyone that's surprised by this hasn't been listening to any serious coverage of him and his views on a range of issues (or in some cases have been shouting down those that have).
Scotland clocked his shit years ago and he's been roundly told to fuck off every time he's tried to make some sort of comeback up here.
Related, but did Kuenssburg comment after her "it's clear" Khan/Hall would be tightly run??
Not as far as I can see, but it wouldn't be the first time the commentariat decided to collectively not discuss an "oopsie" by one of their number.
Plenty of questions being raised by smaller outlets (e.g. Byline) though.
View: https://twitter.com/RedfieldWilton/status/1787530330997502078
Fair to say the public are not buying the Tory's "hung parliament" bullshit.
Predicting a hung parliament will probably just push more people away from the tories in fear they'll get any continued sniff of power, so even if the public did believe it I don't think it would be in the Tories favour to keep talking about it lol. I think the hung parliament stuff is honestly just for the Tory MP's.
take it with a pinch of salt but Ash Sarkar has a scoop that it was actually from Khan's press team that the BBC etc ran with uncritically
at 49 minutes:
View: https://youtu.be/Jlbr9b0BsBE?t=2968
They were always going to find the next thing when their first voter suppression plan didn't work as well as they hoped.
We honestly can't get rid of these banned word quick enough.
I struggle to believe that this is the start of an organised campaign in the Tory party to scrap the postal ballot, purely because they must understand this. Their target demographic are the ones that make up the majority of the postal vote.
But then again, none of the current Tory party are exactly the brightest.
Oh yeah, this is most definitely just some soon to be former MP sounding off, not an actual party direction.
Still wheeling out the baseless "Asian postal voting fraud" bullshit to explain why everyone hates their guts.
Taken together, we find strong support to the notion that voters who are older and disabled are much more prone to casting a postal ballot than their younger and more mobile peers.
It is the supporters of the centre-left parties that contest seats across Britain who are least likely to vote by post.
The lower the winning party's majority (the more marginal the seat) the greater the likelihood that an individual reported voting by post.
It is the supporters of the centre-left parties that contest seats across Britain who are least likely to vote by post.
The lower the winning party's majority (the more marginal the seat) the greater the likelihood that an individual reported voting by post.
So the Tories want to depress the turnout of their most reliable supporters in their most marginal seats?
I am a big fan of postal voting, I have postal voted in every UK election since 2005, but for once I agree with the Torys: Please, please ban postal voting.
Good piece about Miatta Fahnbulleh who is very likely to be a Labour MP after the next election, didn't know she was so closely tied to the party let alone running. As CEO of the NEF she's a senior advisor and that's a positive sign for me.
www.theguardian.com
They have neither the imagination nor wit to do anything other than parrot US right-wing political conspiracy theories now. Just pathetic.
It's actually good for Labour and bad for the Tories for them to press this, gives the Labour vote a reason to turn out (avoiding any 'We're alright!' moments) and lets the more disaffected Tories feel content in not even bothering to turn up.
‘Labour will surpass your expectations’: the leftwing thinktank boss standing on Starmer’s agenda
Miatta Fahnbulleh is running for parliament – and, as a black female economist, hopes to broaden parliament’s outlook on ‘the rules of the game’
www.theguardian.com
They have neither the imagination nor wit to do anything other than parrot US right-wing political conspiracy theories now. Just pathetic.
It's actually good for Labour and bad for the Tories for them to press this, gives the Labour vote a reason to turn out (avoiding any 'We're alright!' moments) and lets the more disaffected Tories feel content in not even bothering to turn up.
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Good piece about Miatta Fahnbulleh who is very likely to be a Labour MP after the next election, didn't know she was so closely tied to the party let alone running. As CEO of the NEF she's a senior advisor and that's a positive sign for me.
‘Labour will surpass your expectations’: the leftwing thinktank boss standing on Starmer’s agenda
Miatta Fahnbulleh is running for parliament – and, as a black female economist, hopes to broaden parliament’s outlook on ‘the rules of the game’
Complete fluff piece, Rachel Reeves and the right of the party is in control and will be if/when Labour win.
And at the first opportunity she parrots the party line : "Still, the self-identified "policy wonk" worries the task is easier said than done, warning that Labour is facing a "dire economic inheritance" from the Conservatives should Keir Starmer's party win power, as the polls predict."
And this is just awful.
We can't tell you what good things we'd do because then other people would do the good things and then while all the good things would happen we wouldn't win.
No wonder she fits in.
And this is just awful.
We can't tell you what good things we'd do because then other people would do the good things and then while all the good things would happen we wouldn't win.
No wonder she fits in.
View: https://x.com/LabourList/status/1788095236347990261
Are Labour aware there's an election soon? This would win a shitload of votes in Scotland with the youth vote.
It's wild that the SNP going through so much turmoil and Labour's response seems to be "We really don't want you to vote for us."
But I guess it's not surprising coming from Dugdale.
I wouldn't take Natalie Elphicke. Not in a million years would I actually allow her to join Labour.
View: https://x.com/NatalieElphicke/status/1294924756626677760
Fantastic recruit, she will fit right in.
I'm conflicted. Like Dan Poulter she's not standing at the next election which makes it more palatable. She's not going anywhere either way in the meantime and it is an absolutely terrible look to have MPs defecting to the opposition right before an election. I understand why Labour would want to take the win knowing they'll be gone soon enough anyway.
On the other hand, bringing MPs like this into your party doesn't inspire optimism that you're bringing about change that people really want to see.
oh you, monty, not too bright are you?
www.theguardian.com
A week is a long time in politics: Panesar quits Workers Party after seven days
The former England cricketer Monty Panesar has pulled out of standing for George Galloway’s Workers Party of Great Britain after just one week
www.theguardian.com
If Labour continue to welcome folks like Poulter and Elphicke with open arms it'll be difficult to maintain their "Tories but ever so slightly less shit" position.
Scottish Labour continue to punch themselves in the dick. "Vote for us so we can make things worse" is a bold election strategy.
Scottish Labour continue to punch themselves in the dick. "Vote for us so we can make things worse" is a bold election strategy.