The Fun Factory Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 52 minutes ago, ml1dch said: Judge people on their policies, not their looks. Evgeny Lebedev- looks like a nice chap (love the beard), but is a national security risk. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 6 minutes ago, The Fun Factory said: Judge people on their policies, not their looks. Pretty sure that makes things worse in this case 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 Did Michelle Mone manage to clear her name? She’s been gone a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 19, 2023 Moderator Share Posted July 19, 2023 15 minutes ago, Genie said: Did Michelle Mone manage to clear her name? She’s been gone a while. That because investigations always follow the Mone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted July 19, 2023 Moderator Share Posted July 19, 2023 1 hour ago, The Fun Factory said: Evgeny Lebedev- looks like a nice chap (love the beard), but is a national security risk. Does he? I wouldn't buy a used car from a fella looking like him, that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tomav84 Posted July 19, 2023 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted July 19, 2023 Embarrassing 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 20, 2023 Moderator Share Posted July 20, 2023 6 hours ago, tomav84 said: Embarrassing That is just so desperate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 6 hours ago, tomav84 said: Embarrassing The replies are great. People asking for a refund of the billions the Tories wasted on PPE, or for having to pay higher mortgage bills. It’s embarrassing and hilarious in equal measure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one_ian_taylor Posted July 20, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 20, 2023 48 minutes ago, bickster said: That is just so desperate And so Grant Shapps 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ml1dch Posted July 20, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 20, 2023 17 minutes ago, Genie said: The replies are great. People asking for a refund of the billions the Tories wasted on PPE, or for having to pay higher mortgage bills. It’s embarrassing and hilarious in equal measure. Plus, if the "political parties are financially responsible for damage caused by their donors" idea takes hold, then it's great news that CCHQ will be helping to fund the eventual reconstruction of Ukraine. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted July 20, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 20, 2023 So Tobias Ellwood thinks Afghanistan is loads better under Taliban rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 20, 2023 Moderator Share Posted July 20, 2023 19 minutes ago, sidcow said: So Tobias Ellwood thinks Afghanistan is loads better under Taliban rule. They really are coming out with the completely batshit statements lately. The desperation for column inches is hilarious. They are so low in the polls, they figure they can't go much lower so they might as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan95 Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 Be interesting to see how today's by-elections go... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted July 20, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 20, 2023 5 minutes ago, villan95 said: Be interesting to see how today's by-elections go... Theres not a result that won't be spun as a victory for Starmer's Labour. It's just a question of how significant a victory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 20, 2023 Moderator Share Posted July 20, 2023 43 minutes ago, Chindie said: Theres not a result that won't be spun as a victory for Starmer's Labour. It's just a question of how significant a victory. I think the LibDems might have something to say about that in Frome at least Labour would most likely have won Uxbridge at the next election anyway Selby and Ansty is the real test and I think the Tories will just scrape it. 1 all draw I think 1-1-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan95 Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 27 minutes ago, bickster said: I think the LibDems might have something to say about that in Frome at least Labour would most likely have won Uxbridge at the next election anyway Selby and Ansty is the real test and I think the Tories will just scrape it. 1 all draw I think 1-1-1 The bookies have labour odds on to win it fwiw 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 20, 2023 Moderator Share Posted July 20, 2023 24 minutes ago, villan95 said: The bookies have labour odds on to win it fwiw Not looked at the odds tbh but if Labour do win, they can rightly crow about it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 2 hours ago, bickster said: Not looked at the odds tbh but if Labour do win, they can rightly crow about it. The benchmark is basically: If the Tories narrowly hold it (and that's really their best case scenario) = hung parliament is the most likely General Election result. If Labour narrowly take it = Labour majority is pretty nailed on If Labour comfortably take it = Tory electoral wipeout With all the usual "at time of writing, week-is-a-long-time-in-politics" caveats. If Labour do take it comfortably, I think the bigger issue is how Tory MPs react. Given there are 250 or so Tory majorities smaller than Selby, I wonder if you might even start to hear anti-Sunak murmurs get louder. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 20, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 20, 2023 Two GEs ago, my constituency was a Tory safe seat, nearest rivals were the LibDems, with Labour nowhere. Last GE, Tories held, but only by the narrowest of margins, a couple of hundred ahead of... Labour. The LibDem vote collapsed. If current trends continue, Labour should walk it. (Last time I saw my MP, in the supermarket, I suggested he start looking for a job outside politics. He pretended not to hear). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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