The 2024 General Election Thread

[Barrington Womble]

58 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

 

And lots who will be. 

Going by the polls just about every other one.

Of course there are loads of dickheads and maybe that constituency has more than anywhere else. The point I'm making, is the normal, sane ones are probably not hanging around the town centre on a wednesday afternoon, with enough time on their hands to share their political thoughts and willing to share it with the entire nation ok BBC TV. 

[Barrington Womble]

That cuntinho is everywhere at the moment. What's that all about? She's even out there defending the Hester thing today. Is she their cannon fodder? 

[Arniepie]

3 minutes ago, Barrington Womble said:

Of course there are loads of dickheads and maybe that constituency has more than anywhere else. The point I'm making, is the normal, sane ones are probably not hanging around the town centre on a wednesday afternoon, with enough time on their hands to share their political thoughts and willing to share it with the entire nation ok BBC TV. 

in fairness

I think brexit casts doubt on that argument

[Bjornebye]

1 minute ago, Barrington Womble said:

That cuntinho is everywhere at the moment. What's that all about? She's even out there defending the Hester thing today. Is she their cannon fodder? 

She appears to be good at lying and deflecting. Comes in handy for them 

[an tha]

35 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

The weird thing is, though, the way our media and political parties present these campaigns, it's not that unreasonable to expect the leaders' names on the ballot.

 

(Personally, I'd prefer directly elected Prime Ministers... but that's another story.)

It is another story - along with the PR system.

[YorkshireRed]

4 minutes ago, Barrington Womble said:

That cuntinho is everywhere at the moment. What's that all about? She's even out there defending the Hester thing today. Is she their cannon fodder? 

It always used to be that Helen Whately, seemed that way to me anyway. 
 

Coutinho is the new Whately. Out there defending the indefensible. Making herself look a right twat in doing so. 

[Barrington Womble]

4 minutes ago, Arniepie said:

in fairness

I think brexit casts doubt on that argument

 

You mean because they voted for Brexit? Are you suggesting there aren't people who didn't vote for Brexit? Everywhere there's a mix of people. It's just not everyone wants to talk to the BBC about it. 

 

4 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

She appears to be good at lying and deflecting. Comes in handy for them 

Yeah, but it's really mad. She just seems to stand there going "I'm fucking telling you the sky is pink" - she sounds like she really believes it and then they go back to the studio where they show a picture of a blue sky. 

[Bjornebye]

1 minute ago, Barrington Womble said:

 

Yeah, but it's really mad. She just seems to stand there going "I'm fucking telling you the sky is pink" - she sounds like she really believes it and then they go back to the studio where they show a picture of a blue sky. 

The Tory way!!!! 

[Arniepie]

1 minute ago, Barrington Womble said:

 

You mean because they voted for Brexit? Are you suggesting there aren't people who didn't vote for Brexit? Everywhere there's a mix of people. It's just not everyone wants to talk to the BBC about it. 

 

Yeah, but it's really mad. She just seems to stand there going "I'm fucking telling you the sky is pink" - she sounds like she really believes it and then they go back to the studio where they show a picture of a blue sky. 

No..its just how widespread how that thick voter demographic is.

[Barrington Womble]

3 minutes ago, Arniepie said:

No..its just how widespread how that thick voter demographic is.

 

I've absolutely no doubt the BBC do not struggle to find a gammon. Not just are they in number, they feel they need to tell the world about their woes and their fight for freedom. So this kind of makes my point. You're the BBC. You've got 30 minutes to find 3 talking heads of enough value for 60 seconds on BBC news that night, hitting 3 gammons somewhere like that is pretty easy. 

[Strontium]

10 minutes ago, YorkshireRed said:

Coutinho is the new Whately. Out there defending the indefensible. Making herself look a right twat in doing so. 

 

At least she's not crying off with a back injury.

[TheHowieLama]

Imma guuna have to disagree there - social media has proven that it is the rare bird of any stripe that doesn't start chirping when a mic is put in front of them.

 

The theory that there is a group of folks that are just too smart, or simply not present, to do that is hopeful at best.

 

The reality that what they say may not be of interest, at least to a news broadcaster, holds water.

[Bruce Spanner]

43 minutes ago, Barrington Womble said:

That cuntinho is everywhere at the moment. What's that all about? She's even out there defending the Hester thing today. Is she their cannon fodder? 

Shes Sunak’s bezzie.

[Fowlers God]

34 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

The Tory way!!!! 

 

Do they have Fridge Magnets? If So I'm in. 

[Barrington Womble]

2 minutes ago, Bruce Spanner said:

Shes Sunak’s bezzie.

You would have thought he might have been trying to save the rest of her career, unless of course she plans to fuck off to California with him. 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

1 hour ago, Rico1304 said:

Probably right, but Lisa Smart is the very opposite of nominative determinism.  

Another James Cleverly?

[AngryOfTuebrook]

1 hour ago, Rushies tash said:

 

No way. If we had a US style presidential election, we'd definitely end up with someone like Farage in charge (or, knowing this country, Paul fucking Chuckle). I'd rather our politicians did it for a living and had an actual handle on their briefs, than some populist nutcase.

Other directly-elected executives work fine.  The trick is to not copy all the corrupt shit - including the Electoral College - that allowed Trump to win.

 

Prime Ministers have loads of power; it would be better to have them chosen by the people than by the 1922 Committee.

[Rushies tash]

Just now, AngryOfTuebrook said:

Other directly-elected executives work fine.  The trick is to not copy all the corrupt shit - including the Electoral College - that allowed Trump to win.

 

Prime Ministers have loads of power; it would be better to have them chosen by the people than by the 1922 Committee.

 

Brexit has told us that people will vote for anything that shouts the loudest and has a load of money and media time thrown at it. No thanks.

[RJ Fan club]

12 minutes ago, Barrington Womble said:

You would have thought he might have been trying to save the rest of her career, unless of course she plans to fuck off to California with him. 

Not sure it matters to her, they changed her seat to omit Redhill, so even with the Survation MRP poll from the other day playing out she’d escape the chop

[Bjornebye]

16 minutes ago, Fowlers God said:

 

Do they have Fridge Magnets? If So I'm in. 

Ooof @dave u he’s calling you out there 

[Barrington Womble]

14 minutes ago, RJ Fan club said:

Not sure it matters to her, they changed her seat to omit Redhill, so even with the Survation MRP poll from the other day playing out she’d escape the chop

Chop as you mean lose her seat? I didn't really mean that. I meant more about her ability to move up the chain of command on the opposition benches. He doesn't care about his reputation being trashed further, as once he loses the election, he'll be off to California. But you would think he has some people he owes some loyalty to, to give them as a good chance going forward - as I said, unless she has a plan outside parliament. 

[RJ Fan club]

4 minutes ago, Barrington Womble said:

Chop as you mean lose her seat? I didn't really mean that. I meant more about her ability to move up the chain of command on the opposition benches. He doesn't care about his reputation being trashed further, as once he loses the election, he'll be off to California. But you would think he has some people he owes some loyalty to, to give them as a good chance going forward - as I said, unless she has a plan outside parliament. 

Yeah, see you’re point and did think maybe the post was implied that way.

 

if anything if she can hang on then as a current serving minister she’s a bigger fish in a much smaller pond and with a small opposition opens up all kinds of opportunities further up the chain, but party loyalty will be important when climbing the post election ladder, so hence why I reckon she happy to peddle that 

 

The reform thing will be interesting in her seat though, I’d imagine rural surrounds of Gatwick in Surrey and into Tandridge will have quite a bit of leakage from Tory to Reform, so it’s a tightrope she’s walking as a few percentage points further to the right might mean losing that seat too (assuming the latest MRPs are bob on) 

[TheHowieLama]

11 minutes ago, Barrington Womble said:

 to give them as a good chance going forward - as I said, unless she has a plan outside parliament. 

Which of them doesn't??

I pointed out earlier re: Farage - there is far more money to be "in and around" elections (on both sides of the large lake) than to actually win them, then have to do a job.

 

A well paid, secure career as a Farager is nothing to be take lightly.

[Bjornebye]

11 minutes ago, Barrington Womble said:

Chop as you mean lose her seat? I didn't really mean that. I meant more about her ability to move up the chain of command on the opposition benches. He doesn't care about his reputation being trashed further, as once he loses the election, he'll be off to California. But you would think he has some people he owes some loyalty to, to give them as a good chance going forward - as I said, unless she has a plan outside parliament. 

The only person that cunt’s loyal to is his wife’s dad 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

32 minutes ago, Rushies tash said:

 

Brexit has told us that people will vote for anything that shouts the loudest and has a load of money and media time thrown at it. No thanks.

You're basically saying that we have to make do with being governed by the current corrupt cartel, because democracy doesn't work.

I disagree.