Wainy316 Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 12 hours ago, Genie said: Does everywhere have council elections at the same time? Tamworth have theirs 4th May and local social media is absolutely plastered with messages to get the Conservatives out. That's encouraging, thought that place was a lost cause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 14 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: That's encouraging, thought that place was a lost cause. Me too but signs are it’ll turn. Time will tell though. Plenty of thick & racist people still around to make it a contest I suspect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted March 31, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted March 31, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 I don't think there's a clearer indication that they're expecting to be kicked out of office that they've deferred raising the state pension age until the next parliamentary session. "Here you go Labour, you break the bad news". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 1 hour ago, Davkaus said: I don't think there's a clearer indication that they're expecting to be kicked out of office that they've deferred raising the state pension age until the next parliamentary session. "Here you go Labour, you break the bad news". Well probably see more and more of that type of thing over the next year. It goes with the promises of more free nursery places, funded after Labour take over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 31, 2023 Moderator Share Posted March 31, 2023 1 hour ago, choffer said: SInce that seat's inception in 1997, it has always been Tory and most of the time they have had a greater than 50% share of the vote. Their lowest majority before 2019 was nearly 8k. Then 2019 came along, the Labour vote utterly collapsed and the LibDem vote surged as a result This is one of those seats that Labour will actively not try in. The electorate clearly voted tactically last time and it looks like they will do again with the addition of disaffected Tory voters switching to the LibDems. That seeminly happened in 2019 too but they will be in greater numbers this time you have to imagine. Raab will hopefully be one of many Portillo moments in the next election Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted March 31, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted March 31, 2023 1 minute ago, bickster said: Raab will hopefully be one of many Portillo moments in the next election Can’t wait. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 Dominic Raab presenting travel shows about trains, in pink trousers would be worth a watch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 31, 2023 Moderator Share Posted March 31, 2023 10 minutes ago, Jareth said: Dominic Raab presenting travel shows about ferries, in pink trousers would be worth a watch. FTFY 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 30 minutes ago, bickster said: 42 minutes ago, Jareth said: Dominic Raab reduced to living in a disused public toilet, never to be heard from in public life again No, now it's fixed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rolta Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 7 minutes ago, mjmooney said: I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted March 31, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted March 31, 2023 10 minutes ago, mjmooney said: I'd prefer the version with Braverman's cold corpse floating in the channel, Johnson and Hancock as cellmates and the addition of Liz Truss' tombstone, as in any other walk off life she'd starve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 31, 2023 Moderator Share Posted March 31, 2023 Interesting Council By-election in Gloucester yesterday The last time this ward was elected was 2021(three councillors) If you're wondering why the numbers don't add up, it's mainly due to their being no Green candidate this time. So the Green vote split about a third Labour and two thirds LibDem but that doesn't account for all the LibDem gains, disaffected Tories do that. So you do have signs of tactical ABT voters here too. As much as the Gloucester parliamentary seat should be Labour Target on past performance, this will be a quite interesting seat to look out for in the General Electiion as the LibDems have more seats than Labour but were a distant third in 2019. Could be an interesting straight three way fight. Very much an indicator seat I think 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted March 31, 2023 Moderator Share Posted March 31, 2023 6 hours ago, Davkaus said: I don't think there's a clearer indication that they're expecting to be kicked out of office that they've deferred raising the state pension age until the next parliamentary session. "Here you go Labour, you break the bad news". With this, it seems that the main problem is that the initial desire to raise it was based on our increasing life expectancy, and longer retirements. The problem they've got is that they've ruined the health service and support for the poor, the sick and well...pretty much everybody to the extent that the predictions on life expectancy haven't come to pass. We're not going to live as long as we were before this brand of Conservatism, so they can't justify raising the retirement age to cover it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 Yep, they’ve actually managed to reduce the life expectancy of their key demographic. What a bunch of pricks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 Royal Mail's an absolute farce now. Jiffy bag to Finland, airmail signed for, 10 weeks. 24 hr signed delivery within London, 2 weeks. Another 24 hr signed delivery due Wednesday, no idea. Idiot Britain. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AshVilla Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 Is 20 months long enough for RIshi to turn it around? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 31, 2023 Moderator Share Posted March 31, 2023 "Rishi is doing better than expected, Kier is doing worse than expected" Stopped at that point because even that opening gambit to the argument is utter bollocks Have a look at the polling data acrosss all the pollsters, as well as the small amount of actual election data You'd have to either be an idiot or have REALLY skewed expectations in the first place to make that statement The general consenus is that try as he might, Sunak despite doing "positive" things ISN't pushing the numbers upwards, he's managing to tread water, Starmer is still 15-20 points ahead 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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