The 2024 General Election Thread

[Barrington Womble]

29 minutes ago, an tha said:

It is a scorched earth policy now - just keep repeating the lies over and over and at best it sticks with morons/those not paying attention and as you say it just gets a "they all lie" reaction.

 

The thing is though they've been called out like never before this time.

 

It's the weirdest thing I've ever seen. Although I'm guessing the polls are maybe broader than they have been in any election. I'm praying for a complete wipe out at this point. 12 months ago, I'd have probably still took a minority win. 

[an tha]

Just now, Barrington Womble said:

 

It's the weirdest thing I've ever seen. Although I'm guessing the polls are maybe broader than they have been in any election. I'm praying for a complete wipe out at this point. 12 months ago, I'd have probably still took a minority win. 

I want the horrible cunts punished like never before on July 4th and humiliated.

[Arniepie]

Still very little out sunak swerving d day on twitter.

Obviously If starner would have done the reaction would be the same 

It is full of reform simpletons who have convinced themselves,the election is in the bag

[Barrington Womble]

4 minutes ago, Bruce Spanner said:

Oh, it's getting worse, they are now refusing, as are ITV, to confirm if he left today to do the interview.

 

I assume they're trying to put together some sort of excuse, glorious.

I'd love to see what they come up with and then when they pretend he was there, explain how he missed the photo shoot. 

[Bruce Spanner]

1 minute ago, Barrington Womble said:

I'd love to see what they come up with and then when they pretend he was there, explain how he missed the photo shoot. 

 

If I am reading the original release correctly the interview isn't even airing untill next Wednesday.

 

Bizarre and entirely self inflicted.

[Barrington Womble]

1 minute ago, Bruce Spanner said:

 

If I am reading the original release correctly the interview isn't even airing untill next Wednesday.

 

Bizarre and entirely self inflicted.

That's what it said in that tweet you posted earlier. 

[Mudface]

2 hours ago, Barrington Womble said:

 

Have you (or anyone!) used this electoral calculus website, is it reliable? I came across it before. It's predicting a 320 majority for labour. The Tories down to 60-odd seats. Strangely it has reform on zero, I'd have thought Lee Anderson or farage would be in with a shout..

 

It's pretty good. The forecast is an amalgamation of current polls, although they also do their own polling- I've linked the last one they did, it showed a Tory meltdown similar to the forecast, and was backed up by their equivalent 2019 poll being pretty much spot on, in the second link. They also do seat by seat forecasts using some fancy MRP polling, although at that level, the margin of error must be fairly high.

 

I suspect Reform are spread too thinly across the country to take seats in the way the Lib Dems would on a similar percentage.

 

https://x.com/PolitlcsUK/status/1796633766133211140?t=boasSTZRDMndOY6j-tfZoA&s=08

 

https://x.com/ElectCalculus/status/1198592179180113920?t=RO9tp51BE8xj6FrKoI0hkw&s=08

[Gnasher]

52 minutes ago, Arniepie said:

Indeed

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.sky.com/story/amp/labours-wes-streeting-welcomes-archbishop-of-canterbury-call-to-scrap-two-child-benefit-cap-13139194

 

Indeed what? Not sure what point you are trying to make. 

 

Labour are not scrapping the two child llimit.Streeting is only defending the Archbishops right to call it out. 

[Fugitive]

5 minutes ago, Gnasher said:

 

Indeed what? Not sure what point you are trying to make. 

 

Labour are not scrapping the two child llimit.Streeting is only defending the Archbishops right to call it out. 

You are one absolute shit nugget. You hypocritical arsewipe. Defend one oppressed people but slaughter another, you cunt.

 

Let’s not mention your harassment of your local MP, you cunt. You are defo gonna be on the news soon. 

[TheSire]

1 hour ago, Arniepie said:

Indeed

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.sky.com/story/amp/labours-wes-streeting-welcomes-archbishop-of-canterbury-call-to-scrap-two-child-benefit-cap-13139194

Awkward

[TheSire]

8 minutes ago, Gnasher said:

 

Indeed what? Not sure what point you are trying to make. 

 

Labour are not scrapping the two child llimit.Streeting is only defending the Archbishops right to call it out. 

You use quotes from twitter to argue that Labour are evil bastards etc. He's doing the same to show the opposing argument. You're proving his point.

[Gnasher]

14 minutes ago, TheSire said:

You use quotes from twitter to argue that Labour are evil bastards etc. He's doing the same to show the opposing argument. You're proving his point.

 

I'm not sure you are understanding what Streeting means there. Nothing about twitter.  Labour are not scrapping the two child limit. 

[Gnasher]

19 minutes ago, TheSire said:

Awkward

What's awkward?

[TheSire]

1 minute ago, Gnasher said:

 

I'm not sure you are understanding what Streeting means there. Nothing about twitter.  Labour are not scrapping the two child limit. 

It doesn't mean they won't ever do so though? He's literally agreeing with what he's saying?

[Gnasher]

2 minutes ago, TheSire said:

It doesn't mean they won't ever do so though? He's literally agreeing with what he's saying?

 

He's not agreeing with what he's saying at all, he's only saying that he has a right, as  Archbishop of Canterbury to say it. 

[TheSire]

Wes Streeting told Trevor Phillips he voted against the two-child limit when it was introduced, "so by definition, I wish it wasn't there".

[Gnasher]

10 minutes ago, TheSire said:

Wes Streeting told Trevor Phillips he voted against the two-child limit when it was introduced, "so by definition, I wish it wasn't there".

 

He followed that by saying he's not going to remove it. 

 

 

The context surrounding Arnies link was the Archbishop of Canterbury was at that time getting criticism for interfering in political matters. Streeting was defending his right fo speak out on matters of morality. 

 

Labour have no plans to end the two child limit. 

[Barrington Womble]

I've just watched QT on the iPlayer. While Mark Harper was awful as expected, I thought Mahmood for labour was pretty shocking too. She seemed to be there completely unprepared and it was almost like every single Welsh question took her by surprise. What did she think she was going to get on a border QT and what has happened in Wales this week? 

[Fugitive]

3 hours ago, Fugitive said:

Russia attack Ukraine: Ukraine and EU bad and must bend the knee to Putin. Putin was provoked.

Israel attack Gaza: Fuck you Israel, never surrender Gaza.

 

You fucking loon.

 

No reply to that, you absolute cunt flap?

 

You are a fucking cunt of a human and a fraud.

[lifetime fan]

6 minutes ago, Fugitive said:

No reply to that, you absolute cunt flap?

 

You are a fucking cunt of a human and a fraud.

He’s definitely got ugly ulterior motives. 
 

Non Liverpool fan joins Liverpool supporters website to tell them their politics is wrong. 
 

He’s a proper dodgy cunt. 

[Gnasher]

3 hours ago, lifetime fan said:

He’s definitely got ugly ulterior motives. 
 

Non Liverpool fan joins Liverpool supporters website to tell them their politics is wrong. 
 

He’s a proper dodgy cunt. 

 

Telling people their politics is wrong. Eh? 

 

Although I believe you are in a position to do the country a favour...

 

 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

What a time to be alive!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg33x9jm02ko

[Bruce Spanner]

Todays Tory wheeze?

 

Raising child benefit for thresholds to include households with a combined income of £120,000.

 

That’ll move the dial!

 

Who the fuck is doing the advising here?

[Rushies tash]

16 minutes ago, Bruce Spanner said:

Todays Tory wheeze?

 

Raising child benefit for thresholds to include households with a combined income of £120,000.

 

That’ll move the dial!

 

Who the fuck is doing the advising here?

 

I am, at this point, convinced that they don't actually want to win. They know that the economy is fucked and we are servicing record levels of debt - debt that they've accumulated despite 'austerity'. They'll fuck off as they always do, leaving Labour with the mess - but they're trying to drag the narrative to the right as they go. It'll be a slow process, but there's not a lot Labour can do in the short term. I'll be happy if all they do over the next five years is ensure that there's never a majority Tory government ever again.

[skend04]

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/laura-henry-allain-92872020_powerful-and-truthful-davidolusoga-ugcPost-7203656606943756288-glCW

 

I know it's LinkedIn but this little extract from David Olusoga is pretty much nail on the head with where we are in terms of inequality and social mobility, especially for the younger generations.