ICTChris Posted Tuesday at 19:39 Share Posted Tuesday at 19:39 (edited) There’s going to be a lot of disappointed people this week and many will make wild excuses for this. Please use this thread to capture the best excuses for defeat or not doing as well as predicted. A few predications If Reform UK don’t do as well as polls suggest someone will suggest that MI6 hired actors to be racist, as many of their supporters are saying now. If the SNP lose significant numbers of seats then at least one senior SNP figure will suggest that the election being held in the Scottish school holidays contributed to the losses. Nadine Dorries will blame everyone who turfed out Boris Johnson. I can see at least one Tory going tonto and accusing the British public of failing to appreciate them or something like that. Note this is only defeated MPs or actual public figures excuses. P&Bers excuses can be covered in the heads gone thread as per process. Edited Tuesday at 19:58 by ICTChris 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted Tuesday at 19:51 Share Posted Tuesday at 19:51 (edited) No-one will say it publicly but privately they'll say the electorate are stupid. And to be fair they'd probably be correct. Edited Tuesday at 19:54 by DeeTillEhDeh 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted Tuesday at 19:55 Share Posted Tuesday at 19:55 Argentinian Referee 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Patterson Posted Tuesday at 19:58 Share Posted Tuesday at 19:58 Channel 4 signing Nadine Dorries as her party faces electoral obliteration is an incredible bit of patter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted Tuesday at 20:13 Share Posted Tuesday at 20:13 (edited) Boundary alterations. ID requirements. Weather. Wimbledon. "Misleading focus on devolved matters". Foreign interference. Calls for increased deposits citing 30% increase in candidates v 2019. 44 minutes ago, ICTChris said: If the SNP lose significant numbers of seats then at least one senior SNP figure will suggest that the election being held in the Scottish school holidays contributed to the losses. Postal voting issues will also be 'blamed' wherever somebody loses 'narrowly' but especially here citing families jetting-off/etc. Edited Tuesday at 20:24 by HibeeJibee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JS_FFC Posted Tuesday at 21:27 Share Posted Tuesday at 21:27 In the early days of the campaign the SNP were claiming that the school holidays thing would help them because voters would be so angry at the UK government showing their disdain for Scottish voters that they’d vote SNP to protest that. Incredible that the result is to be spun the other way. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted Tuesday at 21:38 Author Share Posted Tuesday at 21:38 1 hour ago, Ray Patterson said: Channel 4 signing Nadine Dorries as her party faces electoral obliteration is an incredible bit of patter. I honestly hadn’t realised they’d got her on. Very amusing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi2 Posted Tuesday at 21:41 Share Posted Tuesday at 21:41 Swinney has already got his in..'this election doesn't really matter as we have a mandate from 2021 so let's get on with that Referendum' Other than that... The weather Folk being put off politics by the result in the French election The Euros The fact that too many folk couldn't find ID The Glasgow Fair is coming up 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese Posted Tuesday at 21:43 Share Posted Tuesday at 21:43 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkmenbashi Posted Wednesday at 08:44 Share Posted Wednesday at 08:44 George Galloway to blame Mossad 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Khaki Posted Wednesday at 11:56 Share Posted Wednesday at 11:56 3 hours ago, Turkmenbashi said: George Galloway to blame Mossad To be fair, Mossad interfering in a UK election wouldn't even register in the top 1000 most outlandish things they've got up to. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted Wednesday at 11:56 Share Posted Wednesday at 11:56 Russian interference - "the British people aren't really thick racists and there's no way they would vote for Reform otherwise" "We didn't get our message across" is an old favourite "Liz Truss was fundamentally correct, she just wasn't given enough time" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted Wednesday at 14:24 Share Posted Wednesday at 14:24 If Labour don't get their huge majority they will blame it on brown people. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted Wednesday at 14:24 Share Posted Wednesday at 14:24 Tories to blame the loss on not being right wing enough 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted Wednesday at 14:56 Share Posted Wednesday at 14:56 31 minutes ago, itzdrk said: If Labour don't get their huge majority they will blame it on brown people. Surely can’t blame this guy. He’s done everything he can to help them! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted Wednesday at 14:57 Share Posted Wednesday at 14:57 32 minutes ago, scottsdad said: Tories to blame the loss on not being right wing enough There is a sizeable number of MPs and Conservative Party members who definitely believe that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocketman Posted Wednesday at 15:20 Share Posted Wednesday at 15:20 17 hours ago, Jedi2 said: Swinney has already got his in..'this election doesn't really matter as we have a mandate from 2021 so let's get on with that Referendum' Other than that... The weather Folk being put off politics by the result in the French election The Euros The fact that too many folk couldn't find ID The Glasgow Fair is coming up I get the impression and therefore am hopeful that when the election is over, you will still find a way to make a daily reference to John Swinney on here..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi2 Posted Wednesday at 15:21 Share Posted Wednesday at 15:21 Just now, Pocketman said: I get the impression and therefore am hopeful that when the election is over, you will still find a way to make a daily reference to John Swinney on here..... Unlikely, as if the result doesn't go well, he will be replaced soon..probably by Nicola 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael W Posted Wednesday at 16:43 Share Posted Wednesday at 16:43 I can't believe Channel 4 have managed to get Dorries on. She will be a ball of rage when the exit poll drops, crying as to how it's all Michael Gove's fault for ousting dear Boris. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspect Device Posted Wednesday at 16:45 Share Posted Wednesday at 16:45 I won't be disappointed, just angry. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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