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

The Change UK MP Mike Gapes, a man with the defeated air of a coach driver having his keys tossed round by laughing teenagers at a motorway service station, somehow got conned into endorsing a mock tactical voting website that recommended voting for Mike Gapes in every constituency.

I only read my posts

Maddening to hear parties claim Brexit will be “done” after this election.
Unless we give the public a final say with the option to remain in EU, there’s decade of headaches & costs to come.
A Johnson or Corbyn free trade agreement (FTA) would be a backward step from today..1/6

— Chris Leslie (@ChrisLeslieMP) November 5, 2019

Also most otm so far (yes I am looking at my phone for the first time in hours)

“Corbyn always goes from shit to brilliant as soon as the election broadcasting regulations, designed to force neutral coverage by the press, go into effect. It’s quite weird and surely a coincidence” pic.twitter.com/0U5OGVmzXj

— VOTE LABOUR 12/12/19 also vote bernie 2020 pls (@labour_noutes) November 6, 2019

Chris Leslie is totes right tho, a second referendum will settle the issue forever

Lady Hermon out

Corbyn sharing drag queen endorsements on his insta story, you love to see it

The last two days have been excellent for Labour on my football forum, really. I think something might be happening

Hermon out means an easy gain for the DUP right? Dodds better lose.

Constituency is a strong unionist vote but it depends why her voters were voting for her and how likely they would be to vote for Alliance instead. Also if the DUP vote falls from last time.

It is like the Proddiest part of NI

Labour have selected a British Chinese candidate, Sarah Owen, for Luton North - she’d be their first East Asian MP elected (and only the second ever!)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EIsaHwAW4AA5S0S?format=jpg

lair of the white wirrum

someone could have shopped his head onto the maggot at least

Maggot maggot maggot out out out!

Party chairman @JamesCleverly up next, attacking Jeremy Corbyn for not wanting an election. “He’s running scared, playing parliamentary games and hiding safely opposition.” pic.twitter.com/N9iEnHlbxp

— Sebastian Payne (@SebastianEPayne) November 6, 2019

They're also running with 'Vote Corbyn and he's promised two referenda next year', which is not only blatantly untrue but kinda pointless because no-one in England cares very much if Scotland has a referendum next year or not.

I know they're trying to hold on to the Unionist vote but I reckon they're on tae plums there, to slip into the vernacular.

Also if Remain wins Ref 1, will Scotland be quite so eager for Indyref 2?

CONFIRMED: Tom Watson to step down as an MP.

— Lewis Goodall (@lewis_goodall) November 6, 2019

rip big man

No way!

Yep

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/06/tom-watson-to-quit-as-labour-deputy-leader-and-stand-down-as-mp

MARACAAAAAAAAAAAS

😎

A career in TV as the poor man's Adrian Chiles awaits.

BAGGYMP

going to join michael slugher at UK music no doubt

After 35 years in full-time politics, I've decided to step down and will be campaigning to overcome the Tory-fuelled public health crisis. I'm as committed to Labour as ever. I will spend this election fighting for brilliant Labour candidates and a better future for our country. pic.twitter.com/qGqiKTJ6br

— Tom Watson (@tom_watson) November 6, 2019

> attacking Jeremy Corbyn for not wanting an election. “He’s running scared,..."

and boris allegedly changing his constituency for a safer seat, how does that compare?

GTF IN! OUT!

he lasted three gomez tracks, fair play

All very strange, wonder if something is afoot.

had the decency to do it during BJ's big launch at least

my absolute best, the absolute boy

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EItwbb2WoAEQFUA?format=jpg&name=900x900

The horseradish plants!

Dangerously radical radishes.

aw i'm filling up a little

That exchange of letters seems more than cordial. What’s up?

got the name right at the end and everything

Same source who told me about Watson’s resignation says they’ve also heard other ‘moderate’ MPs are due to announce walk outs. We’ll see.

— Lewis Goodall (@lewis_goodall) November 6, 2019

People think he wants to run for West Mids mayor so it’s not in his interest to burn his bridges yet

oh noes, not the moderates

it's gonna be impossible to replace all this talent bleeding away from the party to spend more time with their corporate gigs

I bet no moderate in a safe seat will be walking, because they know can easily be replaced by a sand-bag with a red rosette

Watson stood for reselection so it’s something that’s come up recently. Hmmmm.

papers threatening to leak his Last.FM playlists?

not convinced a series of phased walk-outs of moderates is going to have the effect they think it will - might get some play in the media about the party in turmoil but more likely effect (given current buoyancy of feeling) is that it will (i) motivate the grassroots and (ii) mean corbyn-friendly candidates are parachuted by the NEC into the vacated seats, further motivating the activists who would have been having to campaign for known-wreckers

in any case............ they probably just won't walk out (as per)

The most high profile/damaging moderates (ie ones that people have heard of) are out and campaigning already. Let’s see.