That redfield polllooks like this in electoral calculus
24 Tory seats?
Let's not get carried away.
Honestly would just prefer it if Starmer and Sunak battled it out in a Thunderdome environment.
Who would play Blaster?
https://news.sky.com/story/election-latest-news-uk-sunak-starmer-tories-labour-live-12593360
Well I for one will be glued to the telly in a few minutes time. It makes perfect sense for Farage to stand. The Tory Party is on its knees like never before. This is the best chance that UKIP/Brexit Party/Reform UK as ever had to offer themselves as a right-wing alternative to the Tories. Farage standing would give them a huge boost.
And to think that a couple of months ago some people on here claimed to be convinced that Reform UK would not stand any candidates in the general election!
And to think that a couple of months ago some people on here claimed to be convinced that Reform UK would not stand any candidates in the general election!
I was pretty convinced they'd pull out like last time, farage himself said he wouldnt stand just a week ago, what has changed?
Well Mrs g has been out canvassing in a middle class area and quite a few labour supporters say they are thinking of voting something else (liberal, green or plaid to choose from) for the reasons you might expect. A safe labour seat though, so a cheap protest vote I guess.
To start off with, Rishi Sunak was asked what his favourite Nando's meal was.
The answer – a half chicken with medium spice along with chips and broccoli, which the PM said he had eaten twice last week.
I thought Sunak was vegetarian, and "hardly ate at all" ?!?
Now I'm confused.
I was pretty convinced they’d pull out like last time, farage himself said he wouldnt stand just a week ago, what has changed?
Reform UK said a very long time ago that they would definitely stand in the general election and that there would be no deals with the Tories like the last general election.
I don't know why some people didn't believe them. It's obvious that they are not scared of Starmer becoming PM as they were of Corbyn. Besides, the UK has left the EU now, why would they do the Tories any favours?
And to think that a couple of months ago some people on here claimed to be convinced that Reform UK would not stand any candidates in the general election!
Nope - what we said is that they will pull out of tory target seats. Farage has already offered this publicly
Farage has already offered this publicly
No he hasn't.
Not everyone is obsessed with Jeremy Corbyn. Although I am surprised that Gaza isn’t mentioned more considering that it is likely to have some impact on the Labour vote in some areas on July 4th. As it did in the local May elections.
These folk with a Labour/Gaza issue, who else are they actually going to vote for?
Genuine question.
3rd party behind lib dems
The British public have the power to make this happen... I fear it's more likely that the more solid a Labour win looks, the more seats the Tories can stop switching to Labour or LibDem as people decide to register their "protest votes" rather than doing what needs doing to stop their own MP being a Conservative. The only thing keeping the Tories on the front benches is complacency in the voting public... we can make third place happen... and they deserve it. British politics could genuinely change if more political exchanges and challenges were between the LibDems and Labour in parliament and in the media... rather than being dominated by the Conservatives and their offshoot parties on the right.
These folk with a Labour/Gaza issue, who else are they actually going to vote for?
Genuine question.
I think the answer to that ^^ question might be answered on July 5th
ATM it is up in the air.
8th time lucky for the man-frog?
Probably another failed attempt but the prospect of daily bile-spewing, racist rants by Nige to appeal to the headbangers (their core vote) will have them absolutely bricking it in Tory Central Office.
Some of those polls and predicted seats are not a glowing endorsement of FPTP. Again.
It would be rather delicious if the tory were to suffer from it though.
He had me in tears when he talked of not wanting to let people down. ****
He's just repeating his lines from the referendum campaign... you'd hope the voters have moved on since then... I wouldn't bet on it though... not in every seat.
Doesn't say much for Clacton if that's where he thinks he has the best chance of winning.
I thought he lived in k*nt, which is a fair old distance away. Wonder if he'll move to be closer to his people?
From the Frog Faced C***:
We’re in economic decline in relative terms. Oh, sure. We’re doing better than our former partners in the European Union. But we’re massively behind America and many other parts of the world. We’re in social decline. And we’re actually in a form of moral decline. We’ve forgotten who we are as a country.
Bit rich seeing as you were prioritizing being at the front of the queue to lick "34 Felonies and Proven Rapist" Donald Trumps boots a mere 11 days ago, I wonder what might have changed your mind...
Managed to squeezing in a D-Day reference...
Farage is already talking about five years’ time. I think it’s sadly not unrealistic for Reform to be eyeing up an M5S-style landslide if Labour doesn’t deliver change.
Rees-Mogg could really lie across the benches then.
At least he'd only have a short walk from the division lobby to the minor opposition party benches 😃
I took the day off yesterday. Had a normal day. Walked the dogs. Did a bit of fishing.
The "man of the people" act still going then? No doubt he'll be telling us how kicking off a massive hufty in the national press when his private bank acct was going to be closed was the act of a every-day fella. I mean, isn't that what we'd all have done?
You missed out "popped into the pub".
As a performance artist... his output is consistent at least... and for "some reason" the media go along with it. More paparazzi photos of him leaving elite private members' clubs, please.
the Orange One "Why have you forsaken me ?" 🙁
the reality is not standing and not being leader, even though he made it onto qt, he was going to get sidelined in the run in.
He’s just repeating his lines from the referendum campaign… you’d hope the voters have moved on since then… I wouldn’t bet on it though… not in every seat.
Sit back and enjoy the schadenfreude. It’s delicious
The Tory party Brexiteers, of which Rishi was an enthusiastic member, used Farage, Banks, Tice and the rest of that mob as outriders, because it allowed them to bend the rules during the referendum. Actually… not so much bend them as tear them up completely.
Boris and Gove couldn’t stand in front of a massive poster saying ENOUGH IS ENOUGH over a picture of a load of Muslim men. Farage could though as he wasn’t a member of the official leave campaign. Then of course Nige obligingly stood down his troops on 2019 enabling a huge Tory majority
Now all that divisive and hate-filled bile, that the Tory Brexiteers unleashed, is coming back to bite them on the arse big time!
So ****’em!
I’m absolutely loving it! 😃
Ha! Farage standing...hmm will that up reform votesand will it take votes from tories or Labour, or both?
It's real...Farage standing as Reform UK candidate for Clacton and becomes party leader
The “man of the people” act still going then?
He never said what sort of fishing.
Question is for the US does it mean:
a)he is having doubts about the republicans campaign under Trump and hence his ability to go over their and grift.
or
b)someone pointed out he could take the same approach to being an mp as an mep. Take the money and then abandon his constituents to go and grift in the US.
He fancies his chances of actually winning the seat... which would help, not hinder, the work he wants to do in the USA later in the year.
Anyone know what the current poll predictor is for Clacton?
Interested to know how far behind he is currently
I think YouGov are doing a poll ready for the evening news.
Farage looks like he'll start chewing his own face off if there’s a pause in the press conference, doesn’t he?
He fancies his chances of actually winning the seat… which would help, not hinder, the work he wants to do in the USA later in the year
I’d imagine his commitment to the constituents of Clacton is about as deep and heartfelt as George Galloways is to the good people of Rochdale
As if Nigel would spend a second in Clacton post-election if he won.
And what about this poor gammon getting turfed out to make way?
https://www.reformparty.uk/clacton-constituency
He won’t do anything for the people of Clayton: he’ll use his position to scapegoat others and present himself as a PM-in-waiting for 2029 with some nebulous platform based on conspiracy theories and promises of more “direct democracy” much like MAGA does.
As if Nigel would spend a second in Clacton post-election if he won.
At best he seems to have been offering to spend Fridays there. Which having been to Clacton is remarkably generous.
And what about this poor gammon getting turfed out to make way?
I was curious about that. At least one recent report about his social media history suggests that their vetting might not have been all it could have been and so he might have been on the way out anyway.
Actually, this is just so he can take part in the leader debates, isn't it?
