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refitman wrote: ↑Tue 30 Apr, 2024 10:36 am More is this from Labour please

Wow, maybe one cherry picked out of context quote from Ellie Reeves isn't actually the whole story! I mean, who knew??

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A reminder that Houchen got over 73% last time - its rare (even if not unknown) to lose from such a strong position in one go. And tbh I wouldn't totally trust mayoral polling anyway. But yes, at the start of the year it was the general belief across parties that both he and Street would easily win ...

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In this case, one really does wish him the very best of luck.

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I think it did that some time ago, in truth.

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Just asking for a friend, but were Tories this sniffy when that SNP parliamentarian defected to them recently?

Of course they will usually have supported their former party, that is how it works.

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Well he is standing down as an MP at the election, so Labour's campaign and indeed candidate there will be basically unaffected.

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Any defecting MP is going to have supported their old party at least most of the time previously, which makes it close to a meaningless complaint.

As that post even makes clear, he is *actually* switching because of the NHS.

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Good morefternoon to anyone here.

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As usual, excellent QT read from Sky last night. In particular, regarding the totally clownishness of Charles Moore - let us never forget it was he who convinced BoJo to attempt to totally rig the disciplinary process in parliament so that Owen Paterson could be let off; one of the two events (along...

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refitman wrote: ↑Fri 26 Apr, 2024 8:25 am Something about leopards and faces springs to mind

Though as usual in these situations, even though the tweeter is basically correct my main response is still "better late than never".

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Steve Richards is an excellent commentator who actually understands the Labour party and its culture in a way most fellow pundits do not.

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Please stop trying to make this all about Labour, when its really down to the SNP's failure.

Anyway, assuming a full turnout on both sides it is now basically down to Ash Regan's "swing vote".

Maybe on reflection Humza now regrets publicly rubbishing her after she jumped ship.

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Its all kicking off north of the border, it would appear! It genuinely saddens me that Yousaf has caved to the right of his party, but what disgust me more is seeing Labour joining the Tories (as they so often do in Scotland) in performatively putting the boot in when they know they've got zero cha...

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Its all kicking off north of the border, it would appear!

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Back in the UK, it seems that Rayner did a very good job deputising at PMQs today,

Small wonder that the Tories and their client press would like to see the back of her.

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Bit quiet today innit?

Still, we will have plenty to talk about in barely a week......

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RogerOThornhill wrote: ↑Tue 23 Apr, 2024 9:19 am Good morning.

I can't help thinking that the Met know far more about Mr Gideon Falter and the backgrounds of his entourage than they are letting on.

Really, was anything more predictable than that there would turn out to be a bit more to this "story" than we were originally told?

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It really shouldn't need pointing out, but being legally entitled to act like a provocative dickhead doesn't mean that you are morally obliged to do so.

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I can't remember SuperMac or Harold Wilson highlighting their enthusiasm for keeping the borders safe ... Though it was the (first) Wilson government that passed the first major anti-immigration legislation for decades in the late 1960s. You don't think good old Enoch made *that* speech just on a w...

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I can't remember SuperMac or Harold Wilson highlighting their enthusiasm for keeping the borders safe ... Though it was the (first) Wilson government that passed the first major anti-immigration legislation for decades in the late 1960s. You don't think good old Enoch made *that* speech just on a w...

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That is simply a factual statement, with no "push button" phrases attached.

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Its a nothingburger, a totally mainstream phrase. See that BNP leaflet again? That claims an "invasion" - just like Braverman did recently. Even that nice Mr Cameron once talked about a "swarm". Now, *that* is inflammatory language. Not something that, as I said, probably more th...

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Really, "secure our borders" is a totally anodyne phrase that maybe 90% of this country will agree with - are they all BNP in your eyes?

That it is used by the far right means no more than when they use the national flag.

Something that should, by definition, belong to all of us.

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This is so tiresome. None other than Diane Abbott pledged zero tolerance on illegals when Shadow Home Secretary ("straight from the appeals office to deportation" was her phrase, or at least something along those lines) You can decry that if you like, but it was when Corbyn was leader so t...

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And as luck would have it, the Tory candidate in the Blackpool South byelection just happens to also be....the chair of Fylde Conservatives.

Who is now denying that he knew any of the stuff revealed this week about his MP - how likely is that?

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Sir Robert Menzies would be a possibility there I suppose

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Israel could have done a lot worse though. It is possible widespread calls for restraint from normally supportive governments did have some effect. I don't think "they only fired a few missiles" is a valid line to take. Depends where you are starting from, much the same *could* be argued ...

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Israel could have done a lot worse though. It is possible widespread calls for restraint from normally supportive governments did have some effect.

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Its going to be nice from tomorrow until Monday, we are told.

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We now have a better idea of why the Tory press and their client hacks have been pushing the Rayner nothingburger so frantically.

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Starmer does seem quite confident about his deputy, doesn't he.

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frog222 wrote: ↑Wed 17 Apr, 2024 11:20 am

Ah, this is sad. I hope her final days are comfortable and worthwhile.

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Actually, the effect that Stein had on that election is still debated.

It may have made some difference, but not as obviously as Nader did in 2000.

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Anyway, the new Liz Truss book.

Anybody buying it?

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Her behaviour over the weekend Oz killings betrays a mindset that has been radicalised into thinking they can do no wrong.

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You have until midnight today to register if you have not already done so!

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Yes, that last paragraph certainly rings true.

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Israeli media also has a habit of publishing "polls" purportedly showing that the overwhelming majority of Gazans still back Hamas.

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"Damn, why oh WHY couldn't it have actually been a brown person??"

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John O'Farrell shui Laura K up about the Rayner non-story this morning. That's him not getting invited on there again for a while.

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Another one on so-called 'crime' is the proportion of the US electorate supposedly not voting for DJT IF he's convicted on any of the multiple counts , as though they can't make up their own minds ? Tbf some of them may not in reality inclined to vote for him anyway, but are still looking for some ...

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Its a complete non-story about Rayner, let's all remember that.

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gilsey wrote: ↑Fri 12 Apr, 2024 2:32 pm

And this is assuming James Daly's complaint to the police isn't mainly/wholly vexatious anyway.

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gilsey wrote: ↑Fri 12 Apr, 2024 2:11 pm Yes, and they're both wrong.

Maybe, but this has been the constant Labour position since the end of the 1980s. There probably aren't that many other things you can say the same about.

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Neil Fletcher MP all but saying "Tories should vote for Lee Anderson" - as usual, don't expect weaker than p*** Rishi to take any action.

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Streeting is far too ambitious for his own good, the really successful politicians are better at hiding it too.

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Quite impressed that Sparrow is still going strong tbh, he must actually enjoy his job at the Graun!

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Was quite looking forward to PMQs today (well, a bit) but apparently MPs are still on recess! Nice work if you can get it.....

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Actually mental health issues *can* contribute to bad behaviour online - indeed it is a tell if someone suddenly starts being obnoxious or whatever on the net when they aren't normally. Yes it does look like a bit of an excuse in this instance, though.

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frog222 wrote: ↑Tue 09 Apr, 2024 6:06 pm
AnatolyKasparov wrote: ↑Tue 09 Apr, 2024 6:03 pm Many, perhaps most, people have now totally tuned out from anything the Tories say or do though.
AK -- remember that's how , IIRC, they won a by election on ULEZ propaganda ?

Most of which has now been disproved by events.

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