markavfc40 Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 Tories would be better off if he did a Johnson and hid in a fridge for the next 5 weeks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 30 Moderator Share Posted May 30 5 hours ago, tomav84 said: To be perfectly fair, they all do this shit. Tom Watson was telling a story the other day where he was in charge of a Tony Blair whistle stop train tour where he'd have to get activists with lots of balloons to run along each platform as the train arrived as the loco that had been supplied was named “Mission Impossible.” He swears not one picture was printed. Must have been amusing to watch. But these dark arts are standard practice and have been since he dawn of time. Problem for the Tories is, they are particularly shit at them, so they are indeed a metaphor for their government but only because they are shit at them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 30 Moderator Share Posted May 30 1 hour ago, markavfc40 said: Tories would be better off if he did a Johnson and hid in a fridge for the next 5 weeks. This is just another example of how shit they are at PR events. No doubt as some sort of reaction to the McVities Factory incident, they let Sunak loose on a bunch of unvetted workers. I mean it’s pretty obvious he’s shit at meeting normal people and he’s pretty shit at public speaking… so why on earth would you arrange something like this? I know it'd be hard finding them but they really should be playing to his strengths not his weaknesses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 30 Moderator Share Posted May 30 Just like everyone knew already, the sleeper train was a stunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 He's a massive advocate for climate change. ...What, we're meant to be trying to stop it?! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 It really does say something about how ridiculously out of touch he is that him getting a train was a "photo op" in the first place. Next week they're going to take him to a supermarket (after training him on how a contactless card reader works). He'll be happy as a pig in shit when he gets to wax lyrical about this incredible self checkout tech. How lucky us normal people are, it's great fun. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted May 30 VT Supporter Share Posted May 30 If they get him on a bus I'll be impressed. I won't go near a **** bus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 30 Moderator Share Posted May 30 26 minutes ago, sidcow said: If they get him on a bus I'll be impressed. I won't go near a **** bus. The stupid fwits running this campaign would put him on a big red bus and sent a tweet in his name saying it’s great to bagsie the back row 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ml1dch Posted May 31 Popular Post Share Posted May 31 On 29/05/2024 at 06:32, bickster said: So Iain Dale quit LBC to stand as an MP, to help restore “trust and honesty” into politics… so he’s standing for the Tories in Tunbridge Wells He didn’t say the bit about which party and where, so lots of the twitterati were defending him saying “he’s not a Tory” and obviously others were pointing out he really was. I mean it was fairly obvious he was but why some couldn’t see it I have no idea I suspect he might be losing to a LibDem there at least it gets him off the airwaves Another one needed... 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bickster Posted May 31 Moderator Share Posted May 31 Tory Aaron Bell, first elected in 2019 will no longer be standing in Newcastle-under-Lyme I've never known so many late withdrawals Anyone know how many they still need for a full slate as of now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 8 minutes ago, bickster said: Tory Aaron Bell, first elected in 2019 will no longer be standing in Newcastle-under-Lyme I've never known so many late withdrawals Anyone know how many they still need for a full slate as of now? Most recent figure I can find is 93. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 Trouble is, even the most cursory glance at any opinion polls or news outlet and standing as a candidate for the tories is going to look like nothing more than a waste of a month and a weird hobby on your CV. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 21 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: Trouble is, even the most cursory glance at any opinion polls or news outlet and standing as a candidate for the tories is going to look like nothing more than a waste of a month and a weird hobby on your CV. They are all in unwinnable seats though - so you are really standing in name only and door-knocking / leafletting in a more winnable constituency for someone else. But if you're a good little party activist, then you'd be doing the latter of those anyway. The one place that this sort of thing is useful on a CV is when you want a safer seat in 2028 or 2033 to show that you've paid your dues. Jacob Rees-Mogg came third in Central Fife over a decade before he became an MP. Theresa May lost in both Durham and Barking before they let her have Maidenhead. Etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 31 Moderator Share Posted May 31 Never sack the social media person Rishi, cheers me up every day. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekka Posted May 31 VT Supporter Share Posted May 31 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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choffer Posted May 31 VT Supporter Share Posted May 31 18 hours ago, sidcow said: If they get him on a bus I'll be impressed. I won't go near a **** bus. BBC reporter this morning being interviewed while seated on the Tory bus on the motorway. Munchety asked which politicians were on the bus and the reporter pretty much said it was only journos on the bus. Presumably it’s helicopters for everyone if you’re an MP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Davkaus Posted May 31 Popular Post Share Posted May 31 Been a while since we've had one of these 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 (edited) On 29/05/2024 at 13:22, Davkaus said: I was amused by Iain Dale resigning from LBC to attempt to be selected as a tory candidate, and before he's even been selected and before the election has happened he's talked about trying to be a sensible voice to rebuild the party when they inevitably get destroyed He's given up in disgrace before even being selected as their candidate and will doubtless be polluting the airwaves with his ill-informed bullshit before too long. The first few phone-ins will be fun. Edited May 31 by Davkaus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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