Yep, he seems to have a soft spot for charlie.
I rush to the door to find some youngster dishing out cards for the local Conservative candidate, first one I’ve seen in forever. He barely gets eight words out and I tell him “not a chance” and shut the door.
If that happens to me, they’re coming in for a cup of tea, some chocolate biscuits, and a long chat about the intricacies of voting and what the Conservative manifesto might be. We may even open a bottle of wine as we chat long into the night…
Very late on, the Conservative activist will leave my house, an evening wasted, no other voters canvassed, but safe in the knowledge that he’s made another Conservative friend.
Then I’ll send my postal vote for whoever in our area is likely to get the ****ers out. 😈
Without wanting to come across as too sensationalist.....yeah Gove.... probably has substance abuse issues, also various other troubling issues in his personal life.
However, 'The people have all had enough of experts'.....the bloke has been literally one of the most damaging people of a generation. He is the epitome of the shameful era of populism and genuinely I hope he spends eternity in hell. Good ****ing riddance and the only solace that I take is that he never got to hold one of the high offices of state, despite craving it almost as much as a bag of premium Peruvian matching powder. An utter ****ing **** of the highest order.
The Friday after the GE is the 1st of my Friday days off, going to a 4 day week.
Perfect timing on my part... Thursday 4th July now looks like ths
- Vote
- dog walk
- work
- another dog walk
- bike ride
- pub til closing
- watch the collapse of the Tory party in real time, as its not a school night !
I know a couple of senior civil servants who worked for Gove, and they rated him very highly.
I know a lot of school teachers who still think he was a total and utter cuent.
I know a couple of senior civil servants who worked for Gove, and they rated him very highly.
I’ve heard that from a few sources too. There’s also a reason that he remained a minister even though Johnson detested him for betraying him.
Ol’ lil Rishi might have thought it was a surprise and it was a secret. Labour knew it was coming, and probably kept it secret that they knew too, and have hit the ground running here (two labour leaflets already).
About two days before Rishi Sunak's announcement of the date of the general election I got a huge glossy leaflet from my Tory MP, Chris Philp, telling about all the great things that he's been doing for me, including apparently banning the import of puppies - he helpfully provided a photo of someone holding a puppy, presumably to remind me just how cute puppies are.
I was a bit taken back and it did trigger some suspicion that they were gearing for a general election. Especially as it has always been a very safe Tory seat and they historically put very effort in it. Although I guess that these days not many constituencies can still be regarded as safe Tory seats.
I know a civil servant in Westminster who sees him as a most explosive, unpredictable, destructive ****. He does, however, have that speccy learned politeness that covers up his raging malevolence.
Labour are loving this
https://twitter.com/UKLabour/status/1794088899578376669?t=NOp9uZUKyLBZe91N660p8w&s=19
Gove down, whose going to be left for the Portillo moment?
He is a massive loss, the Tories will need experience to keep them together in opposition.
I’m actually quite shocked, it has the feeling that a rout is about to happen
Oh no! Who will I vote for without him in Surrey Heath?
As I said complete meltdown is underpriced
https://twitter.com/Peston/status/1794090015674277938?t=mwrCShrRJp4EiL8IflM_gg&s=19
I know a couple of senior civil servants who worked for Gove, and they rated him very highly.
Genuinely, so do I.....his ability to navigate politics and get stuff done is legendary.
I know a lot of school teachers who still think he was a total and utter cuent
Also me! Combine his policies that were so damaging, with his ability to get them pushed through=probably the most damage done to society since Thatcher. I genuinely view him as on a par with her in terms of the damage that he's done to this country.
Andrea Leadsome has thrown in the towel. Who could be next?
Gove down, whose going to be left for the Portillo moment?
What's 30p Lee looking like? He's probably feeling quite cocky...?.
It's like Tory bingo game!
What’s 30p Lee looking like? He’s probably feeling quite cocky…?.
He's already transitioned into a Farage clone. He'll be connect to throw shit from the sidelines whilst having a TV grift on the go. I'm sure he hopes he'll win for Reform for the extra cash but it's not essential to him.
What’s 30p Lee looking like? He’s probably feeling quite cocky…?.
No no no, Lee Anderthal is cannon fodder. Big beasts only need apply
Who's left to fill Portillo's shoes?
What Raab doing?
Mogg the charlatan. What an utterly appalling reflection on the people of Somerset.
Brexit Bulldog? That would be nice to see
Or Dowden, he would be good.
grahamt1980
Full Member
Moggster has to be a big one to aim for.Utterly pointless individual now but would be wonderful to see him lose
Of himself be ecstatic to see him turfed out.
Sunak again. He's literally doing some heavy lifting when he says, "I have a plan".
Moggster has to be a big one to aim for.
Apparently, boundary changes mean his seat is in play.
Obviously it's unlikely, but what is Sunak's majority? Obviously he'll likely be safe, but Jesus wept he is SO bad at basically every aspect of public campaigning, he could well drag himself into a close call 🙈
I'm not sure any tory seat is safe tbh
Anyway to round out a perfect day Sunak built a red wall (badly)
https://twitter.com/LewisJWarner/status/1794079926460526720?t=lknUPNb0ZH68hJjGkxty4w&s=19
You forgot to butter the perp you wally
He's sat on a big majority, the constituency is like a stick of rock with Tory running right through it.
Obviously it’s unlikely, but what is Sunak’s majority?
Lots of folk here assuming he's straight off to California but there's a good chance he'll still be an MP on 5th July?
(Obviously I hope not)
Lots of folk here assuming he’s straight off to California but there’s a good chance he’ll still be an MP on 5th July?
I can't imagine he'd stay on as party leader if the tories get the walloping the polls predict, wouldn't surprise me if he shortly after resigned as an MP as well.
He managed 2 days
https://twitter.com/kiranstacey/status/1794122073373081653?t=GfHNNrQ40MaGOm_bML_w-w&s=19
Are enough letters in?
In other frankly hilarious and fantastic news, there's a chance Frost might stand for election. The horse's arse in chief.
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Is he about to announce he also won’t be standing for reelection?
wouldn’t surprise me if he shortly after resigned as an MP as well.
I give him three months to allow for a leadership contest before quitting.
That said considering that he called the election despite the wishes of the mps/general party he might just say sod it and resign immediately.
It would be hilarious if he did announce tomorrow that he wasnt standing although unlikely.
I’m not sure any tory seat is safe tbh
Pretty sure ours is.
Local council is much more spread but here the Conservative majority for MP is massive. I vaguely recall that if you added up the Labour and Lib Dem votes at the last GE that number was similar to the majority (the conservative candidate had ~64% of the vote).
Sunak seems to be making this general election campaign all about himself, presumably to the delight of the Labour Party, so I doubt that he will announce that he won't be seeking reelection.
Although given what appears to be a political suicide mission I'm not sure that anything can be ruled out.
There was a time when I thought that a Labour majority of a few hundred could never be more than a crazy dream, now I'm not so sure.
There was a time when I thought that a Labour majority of a few hundred could never be more than a crazy dream, now I’m not so sure.
This
In less than 24hrs I've swung from reasonable but slight anticlimax labour win to conservative extinction level event. I'm not even 100% certain sunak will be leader come the 4th of July.
But what is so incredible is that they brought it entirely upon themselves.
Gove down, whose going to be left for the Portillo moment?
Please, please, please let it be Liz Truss
If Sunak remains an MP, how long until he throws the towel in? I’d love to see him have to stick around to reap the rewards of his shit-show. California would be a literal holiday.
As for Portillo, The Haunted Pencil, otherwise I’ll nominate Grant Shapps.
Klunk
Free Member150+ new candidates with minimal vetting 😕 it’s going to be a social media bloodbath.
Remember in 2015, when the SNP accidentally won 56 seats without meaning to and spent the next few days trying to figure out who a bunch of these people even were? And then realising in horror that a load of them were total nobodies, because most of the competent people had already got themselves a seat in the scottish parliament and so these were the ones that were never supposed to win, like Spud doing the job interview so he wouldn't lose his dole money.
"An ho don't bother to check Glasgow East, Margaret Curran'll have won there again, that's a super safe Labour seat and we all really like her anyway, so we put some absolute disaster forward there, Natalie McGarry her name was, absolutely unelectable. No you're kidding. Really? No. Oh **** me"
It'll be like that except that of course none of them will win.
I’m not sure any tory seat is safe tbh
I have a bet with you that mine is. Yes it will drop from 65% but can't see it going under 50% for Desmond Swayne. I live amongst those people that make the 20-25% that are in the polls...
