@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?
NEW 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
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.
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.
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
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
👀 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
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
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…
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…”
