Rishi! Sunak!

^^ lol, excellent trolling. 👍😁

@ratherbeintobago Scotland will already be on holiday by that point. Can’t speak for Wales or NI.

Steve Bray.

The hero we need!

Labour have no plan, says the chap outside his front door without a brolly.

@squirrelking I had it in my head Scotland was two weeks before England at both ends of the holiday – do they finish the Friday before the election? IIRC NI and Wales aren’t that different to England.

Do they even have candidates ready to replace all those standing down?

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Dozens of Conservative MPs who are standing down at the election will now have to say their goodbyes hurriedly on Friday and be out of Parliament by the dissolution on Thursday next week. Some are furious.

— Christopher Hope? (@christopherhope) May 22, 2024

Anyway, that sounded like a resignation speech.

Exactly this. It was an attempt at a legacy speech, not a ‘here’s what we’ll do next’ speech. It’s fabulous, he’s not there to campaign properly, to offer a vision, to engage with the public. He’s there to do the bare minimum over the next six weeks and then disappear.

do they finish the Friday before the election?

Mostly. Some a full week before the election, Wed 26th.

IIRC NI and Wales aren’t that different to England.

https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/articles/school-holidays

Summer holiday begins 1 July 2025

Not that NI will have played any part in Sunak’s decision making.

Just listened to the news agents podcast and they suggested that the  only reason he would go for July is that he has finally realised there is no way back for the Tories and he wants it over and done with , if that’s the case I can’t imagine what energy he’ll bring to the campaign.

The same horrible snarky energy he’s brought to all interviews in the last year… a complete turn off for voters, even those more inclined to vote Conservative in the past. His special take on self entitled fake upbeatness is painful to watch.

Not the least of his failings as a politician is that the more the public see of him, the less they like him.

-50 approval rating takes some doing?

I’m sure he’s fundamentally a decent guy. But he really needs to experience a bit of failure in his life.

Just listened to the news agents podcast and they suggested that the  only reason he would go for July is that he has finally realised there is no way back for the Tories and he wants it over and done with

He wants to be settled in his tech-bro job in California before another British winter

^^ His Mrs can stop paying her voluntary UK tax too.

The couple only made £108 million this year. Times are tough.

I’m sure he’s fundamentally a decent guy.

That’s a brave comment to make about a Tory politician on STW!

GE launch still going well

Pretty extraordinary scenes live on @skynews – political correspondent @darrenmccaffrey forcibly kicked out of a big Conservatives launch event live on air pic.twitter.com/6MMs1gVfRh

— Jack Parker (@JackParkr) May 22, 2024

Playing a blinder latest

Interesting that the reaction of Tory MPs tonight is fatalistic about the result but fury at Sunak. They thought they had 5/6 months to get a job, to plan their lives. They think Sunak doesn't care about them with his millions and his US home. "Selfish" a word I've heard a lot

— Tim Shipman (@ShippersUnbound) May 22, 2024

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Wow! Extraordinary but true – some furious Conservative MPs are tonight working on a plot to CALL OFF the general election by replacing Rishi Sunak as leader before Parliament is dissolved next Thursday.
One rebel Tory MP tells me he believes “several” more letters of no…

— Christopher Hope? (@christopherhope) May 22, 2024

It’s worth reflecting upon the cocaine dealers and sex workers that will be working late into the night both tonight and for the next 6 weeks.

These aren’t just tough times for Tory MP’s, we must remember that.

Gove is going to be so deep in the marching powder,  one sneeze and it is going to look like a bag of flour exploded

All those poor MPs who thought they had another four months on the take, my heart bleeds 😀

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All those poor MPs who thought they had another four months on the take 😀

Poor little luvs. No way even GB News can take them all in.

They’ll be OK, after all they’ve spent 15 years making a world class benefits system to make sure no one slips through the cracks.

Well I was miles off, confidently predicting an October GE..

As was I although given that his own mps seem to be going nuts about it I think it is excusable.

Somewhat odd decision.

D:Ream hits the top 10 of the iTunes UK chart…

They think Sunak doesn’t care about them with his millions and his US home. “Selfish” a word I’ve heard a lot

Libertarian right wing Tory’s, devoted as they are to the cult of the individual, accusing anyone of being ‘selfish’ is absolutely priceless! 😂

Libertarian right wing Tory’s

Hopefully none of them come down with anxiety or depression due to the GE and need time off, I mean, that’s just normal life stuff.

Caroline Nokes on Peston is so smug, smarmy and blithely assured that she won’t lose her seat that she’s just taken over as the prime candidate I’d like to see have her own personal ‘Portillo Moment’ on July 4th

I do hope the voters of Southampton North do the honours

D:Ream hits the top 10 of the iTunes UK chart

Another reason to hate the Tories, not an earworm I wanted this morning

not an earworm I wanted this morning

On the contrary, I’ve played that song at least three times since I saw Sunak’s announcement outside No.10 and I smile at the wet hair and the wet suit and the superb trolling…

Poor Rishi! 😆😆😆😆

His special take on self entitled fake upbeatness is painful to watch.

That encapsulates him for me. I don’t think he’s a decent bloke in the slightest.

Nick Robinson slowly and simply taking him completely apart on Radio4 right now. He’s utterly done for.

They’re bonkers…some Tory MPs believe they can replace Sunak before Parliament is dissolved next Thursday, and then cancel the dissolution! 😂

Nick Robinson slowly and simply taking him completely apart on Radio4 right now. He’s utterly done for.

This is fun listening 😉 It fills me with deep joy…

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Nick Robinson slowly and simply taking him completely apart on Radio4 right now

Sunak just sounds like a malfunctioning droid, ignoring every question and endlessly repeating the same pre-prepared soundbites

He makes Theresa May sound spontaneous and charismatic

Playing a blinder latest

To not have the election in May, and then pull this stunt? I’m not surprised the Tories are furious with him. The man has zero political nous.

Nick Robinson slowly and simply taking him completely apart on Radio4 right now

It’s all good, NHS waiting lists have fallen by errrrr…. 0.8% from only 7.6 to 7.54 million. Noise.

To not have the election in May, and then pull this stunt? I’m not surprised the Tories are furious with him.

Depends if the story that he was told the votes of no confidence were mounting up and decided sod it lets go out with a bang is true or not. If so its more “you are furious now but just wait five minutes…”

That’s quite a listen. Starts about 8:10, if anyone wants their gob to be smacked.

That was an absolute car crash! He really is awful at interviews isn’t he?

The standing in the rain thing…  Didn’t they spend a fortune on a press briefing room a couple of years ago, any reason not to use that?

I’m sure he’s fundamentally a decent guy. But he really needs to experience a bit of failure in his life.

He increased his wealth by £120 million last year.

You can’t do that and be fundamentally decent. Your whole life is driven by greed.