The Master Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lofarl Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 By Christ Paula Vennels has some powerful friends. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 BBC reporting that the wee man will make a statement. They say outside Downing Street but I bet he's standing in Downing Street when he makes it. Sunak to make statement We are hearing that Rishi Sunak is to give a statement outside Downing Street and is expected to announce a summer general election date. Stay with us as we bring you all the details - and you can watch live by pressing the Play button at the top of the page. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 Can’t wait to have to tell my Lib Dem neighbours to stop giving me their fucking leaflets again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freedom Farter Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 8 minutes ago, oneteaminglasgow said: Can’t wait to have to tell my Lib Dem neighbours to stop giving me their fucking leaflets again. Lib Dems will probably do very shit in this election due to Labour shifting rightwards, square onto the Lib Dems' ground. Greens overtaking them as the third party (in England and Wales) would be great. I've not looked at any polling though, no idea how improbable that is. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 Just now, Freedom Farter said: Lib Dems will probably do very shit in this election due to Labour shifting rightwards, square onto the Lib Dems' ground. Greens overtaking them as the third party (in England and Wales) would be great. I've not looked at any polling though, no idea how improbable that is. I’m in Edinburgh West, so they’ll win here irrespective of anything else. They could put forward a literal piece of shit in a suit* for election and they’d win here. I would absolutely love them to be decimated electorally though. *insert Alex Cole-Hamilton comment. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyerTon Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 Statement at 17:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-69042935 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freedom Farter Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 1 minute ago, oneteaminglasgow said: I’m in Edinburgh West, so they’ll win here irrespective of anything else. They could put forward a literal piece of shit in a suit* for election and they’d win here. I would absolutely love them to be decimated electorally though. *insert Alex Cole-Hamilton comment. Why d'you think they're so popular in Edinburgh West? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 On current polling the official opposition will be the looney fringe of Starmer's own party. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 Just now, Freedom Farter said: Why d'you think they're so popular in Edinburgh West? I don’t really know, but my opinion is that it’s because the area is packed with middle class liberals who don’t want to vote Tory but are essentially Tories. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 Just now, Freedom Farter said: Why d'you think they're so popular in Edinburgh West? Place is full of well off folk who are natural Tories but don't want to be seen to be Tories. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyerTon Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 First July General Election since 1945. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southernrover Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 5 minutes ago, oneteaminglasgow said: I don’t really know, but my opinion is that it’s because the area is packed with middle class liberals who don’t want to vote Tory but are essentially Tories. 5 minutes ago, renton said: Place is full of well off folk who are natural Tories but don't want to be seen to be Tories. Who was it on here who said 'A Lib Dem is someone who hasn't the heart to vote Tory but is delighted others do'? It has always stuck with me! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 Sunak must just fancy a summer in California at this rate. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt n Vinegar Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 Just now, renton said: Sunak must just fancy a summer in California at this rate. Cue "California Girls"..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 1 hour ago, scottsdad said: David Cameron had to fly home early from this Presumably he's returned home in disgust at their flagrant support for Irish unification. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt n Vinegar Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 1 minute ago, renton said: Sunak must just fancy a summer in California at this rate. I reckon he's going to call an election so that he doesn't have to identify funding for Waspie women, the post office scandal and the contaminated blood victims. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freedom Farter Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 (edited) I've seen the following opinion before too, no idea if its accurate but it at least seems plausible: The Lib Dems will not ever "win" an election and become the government. Not just that they can't but they also don't want to. Aiming for government would mean having a national strategy - a clearly defined ideological position. It's precisely because the Lib Dems don't have to do that which instead allows individual candidates to be whatever they think will appeal best to local voters in any given seat. Edit: You can try to collect the NIMBY vote, something Lib Dems are famous for, safe in the knowledge anything you block will never hamper your party's wider programme because they'll never be the government. Edited May 22 by Freedom Farter 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt n Vinegar Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 Just now, Freedom Farter said: I've seen the following opinion before too, no idea if its accurate but it at least seems plausible: The Lib Dems will not ever "win" an election and become the government. Not just that they can't but they also don't want to. Aiming for government would mean having a national strategy - a clearly defined ideological position. It's precisely because the Lib Dems don't have to do that which instead allows individual candidates to be whatever they think will appeal best to local voters in any given seat. I think there was a two Ronnies sketch along the lines of 95%of voters would vote Liberal if they thought they'd get in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewDon Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 I suppose one clear advantage of a Starmer government is that Steve Bray might pipe down for a few years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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