Ne'er get thee stitched til Booris be ditched: UK General Election 2019

yeah, i was gonna say, swindon has made it abundantly clear that the idea of actually doing something decent for once in her life is abhorrent, so i don't think we'll be seeing a lablib coalition in this timeline

And Lib Dems never break their promises.

No chance of it from the Labour direction, the Lib Dems meanwhile would go into a coalition with anyone.

apropos of nothing, was just reminded of vince cable's 'erotic spasm' and now my weekend is ruined

Agree with all above. I honestly think it's more conceivable LibDem, despite their Brexit stance, would hitch up - again - with the Tories than w/ Labour.

― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 1 November 2019 bookmarkflaglink

Except LDs won't help the Tories deliver Brexit. It's a bigger thing for them than tuition fees, and they know the damage from last time they told lies.

Besides, Swinson might not survive this election. I don't actually think they will be able to by-pass the Labour membership's preference for a left-wing leader to select their own leader. Corbyn may not survive but it won't be at the expense of policy.

xps

Vince Cable slash thread y/n?

we're posting in it afaic

There’s no way in Hell that Labour as the largest party would let a junior coalition partner shout the odds on who their leader is.

are their rules to allow for the leadership to change without a leadership election?

oh, bollockspaws...

1,000+ RTs for this absolutely untrue bullshit. Twitter is a joke sometimes. https://t.co/qU3qO61Pa0

— James Ball (@jamesrbuk) November 1, 2019

it's true, twitter is a joke sometimes

Vince Cable slash thread y/n?

― Xia Nu del Vague (Noodle Vague), Friday, November 1, 2019 1:47 PM (twenty-one minutes ago)

To be called "Laying down some heavy Cable"

Memories of Cable's treat!

More good stuff: https://insider.labour.org.uk/factcheck/100-days-boris-johnson-lying/

What utter cunts

MRP PROJECTION - CHELSEA AND FULHAM

CON: 38% (-15)
LDEM: 31% (+20)
LAB: 17% (-16)
GRN: 7% (+5)
BXP: 7%

via @BestForBritain/@YouGov/@focaldataHQ

Another huge swing from both Con and Lab to the Lib Dems here, proving once again that things have changed massively since 2017.

— The Torch (@thetorchsays) November 1, 2019

oh i think that's entirely possible but it's also possible that a Labour minority government will have to come to some sort of rapprochement with the Lib Dems

They almost certainly will and both parties will be up for it in the circumstances. Anything they say beforehand is smoke and mirrors.

Someone called Rob Ford with some soothing words..

1. Most Lab votes in Leave seats Farage is targeting voted Remain in 2016
2. The voters who will find BXP most attractive in such seats likely to be those who voted UKIP in 2015
3. Most of those voters backed Con in 2017
4. Therefore, BXP will typically (tho not always) hurt Con more than Lab in such seats. Just as (and indeed because) UKIP’s collapse in 2017 benefitted Con more than Lab in such seats

Though isn't this relying on the "I've always voted Labour before but..." constituency having remained static since the last election? Notwithstanding that the people who say this in vox pops are invariably lying imo.

I wouldn't fuss too much re the likes of Chelsea & Fulham. The fact they're at the high end of attainable for Labour at all since 2017 still means Labour would need to p much obliterate the LD vote (or not have to contest one) there to take it.

Either that crowd are lying or they’re so statistically insignificant as to make no difference - esp when you consider the massive increases in majorities most Labour MPs picked up last time out.

We’re certain to say goodbye to Ian Austin and John Woodcock this time.

Tom Gann otfm re Miliband.

Labour were 20+ points adrift last time and couldn’t have won the seat unless they literally hoovered up every single LD/Green vote

"I wouldn't fuss too much re the likes of Chelsea & Fulham."

I know, it's just the blatant fiction from these ppl.

otoh I'll probably explode if e.g. Uxbridge & SR and a few dozen other seats ends up with around a 10% gap each between Con and Lab and LD in that order.

That outcome would take a huge (as Swinson's ego) swing towards the libdems. Probably not going to happen.

this is the key point isn’t it - and as we've all been pointing out since 2016, the referendum has absolutely exploded that 2015 coalition

But we also know that one reason why it didn't matter that David Cameron lost a bunch of affluent authoritarian voters to Farage is cos he picked up a bunch of affluent liberals from the Lib Dems. That, uh, might be a lot riskier this time: https://t.co/fH4WJALIN1

— Stephen Bush (@stephenkb) November 1, 2019

as far as I can see

1 most voters are sick to the back teeth of discussion of brexit and other constitutional matters
2 there’s only one party who are focusing 99.9% on non-constitutional issues

feel like that could play out well for them

Absolutely not, get fucked. #JFT96 https://t.co/0KM2ZQc2sl

— Dawn Foster (@DawnHFoster) November 1, 2019

U loves to see it. Although this level of hostility towards the murdoch scum press should be standard in the PLP, and any Blairite remnants cosying up to them should be reduced to a pile of wood chips imo

UL2CI

EXCLUSIVE: The Metropolitan Police have passed a file of criminal evidence against @BorisJohnson and Dominic Cummings' Vote Leave campaign to the Crown Prosecution Service: https://t.co/StuGlpb0qK

— Adam Ramsay 🎃 (@AdamRamsay) November 1, 2019

Lol.

Timing

he was cleared of any improper conduct t'other day relating to his mayoral corruption involving his "business acquaintance". I won't have high hopes of anything damaging coming from this either. But you can always hope.

https://i.imgur.com/Rd3c6H6.png
https://i.imgur.com/UJBByR3.png

more disgusting antisemitism from labour as they ally themselves with noted nazi-founded brand adidas

All
Day
I
Dream
About
Socialism

xxp where are those from?

all day i defend antisemitism more like amirite

haha

https://everpress.com/labour-skate-sweater

https://everpress.com/labour-rose

Good James Butler piece about Keith Vaz.

https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2019/november/decline-and-fall

Please fuck off. https://t.co/B4tYeR5Htx

— Brian Moore (@brianmoore666) November 1, 2019

Was only saying yesterday what a mensch Brian Moore is :)

lol ITV are broadcasting a debate between Johnson and Crumbone but it looks like they haven't invited Jo Swineson

eh? You can't have a room without a main grownup :p

in the last 24 hours mike gapes has been taken in by a tactical voting site that recommends him in every constituency and the political editor of the bbc has had to deny shaving a boy called cyril. it is day 2 of the electoral campaign.

— a a dril (@demarionunn) November 1, 2019

Whatever your politics, this is discriminatory, undemocratic and wrong. Not only is it two blokes deciding to have a debate excluding women, we are not a two party country and the sizeable proportion of the public who want to #StopBrexit won’t have a voice in the room. /1 https://t.co/6wxxPXtdyN

— Chuka Umunna (@ChukaUmunna) November 1, 2019

You quite literally love to see it

Chuka’s right, it’s not a two party debate, they should include the SNP as well.

I feel deprived of the opportunity to hear Swinson talking about her other policy

"encouraging" employers to "avoid" unpaid internships ?

This tweet is one of hundreds I have received today because of a made up story on here suggesting I was involved in some fantasy conspiracy involving the Question Time audience ( a show I don’t even work on). People have taken leave of their senses. https://t.co/O595Ar7iF2

— Rob Burley (@RobBurl) November 1, 2019

can't believe the robert "bobby" zands tweet has done 5k+ retweets

Excuse you, he’s DR Sands

dem running walker at duffield in canterbury ffs

can someone tell the piss wonks to wait until after the tories are destroyed to become the new tories