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

The Business Insider article is predictably sloppy. For example:

Other donors include the Russian-born banker Lev Mikheev and the energy tycoon Alexander Temerko.

Temerko once said he and his “friend” Johnson would “plot” and drink wine together at Johnson’s parliamentary office, when Johnson was the UK’s foreign secretary, Reuters reported.

Temerko is ex-Yukos and has been accused of defrauding the Russian state / subject to extradition proceedings. He successfully fought them off by arguing that they were politically motivated and part of Putin’s ongoing attempt to expropriate the company. The conflation of pro and anti government Russians - or more accurately Brits with Russian heritage is not a route Labour and the Lib Dem’s should go down. Exploring why billionaires with vast amounts of largely unearned money parked in London are so keen to keep the Tories in power might be.

Ugh, hope that massive swing to LDs in Wokingham is more to do with Redwood and it not being a particularly realistic target for Labour than indicative of bigger picture but now I'm nervous again.

Ugh, hope that massive swing to LDs in Wokingham is more to do with Redwood and it not being a particularly realistic target for Labour than indicative of bigger picture but now I'm nervous again.

*gasp* I mean good

Remember all the fuss about Conservative data-gathering site https://t.co/0LQbEAqYoC?

Well fuss no longer, because it's disappeared. That url now redirects to the Conservative home page

Either that or the whole thing was a dream. I'm still not sure

— Rowland Manthorpe (@rowlsmanthorpe) November 6, 2019

Look I know this is very two minutes hate but

Sudden thought.

Watson taking people with him to start a new party?

— Emma Kennedy (@EmmaKennedy) November 6, 2019

tbf we haven't had a new party now for a couple of months

also that's totally what tweeting's for

lol listening to the bbc talking about how watson news is not a good start for their election campaign

I'm joining the labour party.

there's an international clp for folk living outside of the uk, i have just discovered.

I'm joining the labour party.

there's an international clp for folk living outside of the uk, i have just discovered.

lol listening to the bbc talking about how watson news is not a good start for their election campaign

Xp. I don't know,dont think so as youre not considered part of the clp in your constituency

omg look at his songs the last two hours

https://www.last.fm/user/baggymp/library

he knows

Tom Watson gone, wtf?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8yqWU0UzeY

baggy mp listening to irish rover after midnight after giving his notice. definitely in his cups

apparently Kay Burley is being investigated by ofcom according to the ES, julia hartley fucking brewer and the mail, for acting beastly towards Dumberly earlier.

Nice piece about Lindsay Hoyle in the Mirror

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/sir-lindsay-hoyle-opens-up-20828849

*points at a hoyle in the middle of the road*

^^^^ that's the stuff

"Don't vote for Jeremy Corbyn, he's a racist. Vote Tory instead."

- famous anti-racist parable https://t.co/0XjQneqjFm

— michael (@Sisyphusa) November 7, 2019

BBC leading with the Ian Austin non-story. Astonishing and incredible, according to Chris Mason. Talk about clutching at straws.

Actually can’t wait to see Michael Rosen log on to reply to this

LOL watching Austin being interviewed right now, what a cornball! He's having his 15 minutes, bless him, a nonentity in a week.

deranged little fule who apparently eschews extremism urges voters to vote for hard-right Britannia Unchained, most right wing Tory party of the postwar era.

'I can't believe i'm voting for the party that just gave me a job as Trade Envoy'.

Honestly, watch his interview with Kay Burley, it's one of the most hilarious acting performances you'll ever see.

(xp) LOL

have they ?! he just said on today they’ve not given him anything

When you’re very concerned about antisemtism

First, no one looked at Ed Miliband and saw a potential prime minister with the strength to stand up to the SNP, let alone deal with an American president or face down Putin. Voters thought he was too left wing, out-of-touch and spent all his time in North London with people who already agreed with him.

He was appointed a Trade Envoy to Israel in July.

too... cosmopolitan?

And let’s not forget this either.

A senior Labour MP named as being involved in a plot to oust Ed Miliband breaks cover today to demand that the party toughens its stance on immigration.

Ian Austin, one of former prime minister Gordon Brown’s closest allies, said senior figures in his party had told him he ‘sounded like the BNP’ when he complained that too many people were coming to Britain.

He said the Labour leadership should embrace tough policies including a ban on benefit payments to new migrants who have paid nothing into the system, fingerprinting at the Calais border, and up-front payments by foreigners for NHS care.

too... cosmopolitan?

he was going on about “patriots” this morning

he’s a nonsense footnote. good riddance to bad rubbish

Dudley North was a very tight marginal (held by 22 in '17). He'd probably literally have handed it to the Tories if he'd stood as an independent.

(xp) He said Jermyn Codliver 'doesn't love this country'.

gtf

just thinking about that vid where he gets angry at a holocaust academic. what a bizarre man.

same energy

BREAKING: Very significant Labour news. Emilie Oldknow, the party's Executive Director for Governance, Membership & Party Services has quit. Source: "She was the brains and the muscle of the whole party operation. That's it for the Labour party."

— Kevin Schofield (@PolhomeEditor) March 13, 2018

might as well give up.. never even heard of her before btw!

Labour Party is gonna be Jermaline Crombit and yer granny on bongos at this rate

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50325059

Labour has promised an "irreversible shift" of power and investment to working people outside the south-east of England, if they win the election.

John McDonnell will pledge £150bn for schools, hospitals and housing on top of existing spending plans to be paid for through borrowing.

The shadow chancellor says he will move Treasury staff out of London to ensure the regions get a fair share of it.

Good.

The McDonnell line is very well timed considering a number of Northern papers are running this today

Regional media at its best - joining forces to fight for our regions and readers @journalism_news @BBCNewsnight @MENnewsdesk @Examiner @ChronicleLive @TheJournalNews @hulllive @TeessideLive @AndyBurnhamGM @nick_forbes @BenHouchen @lisanandy @JakeBerry @JenWilliamsMEN #OneNorth pic.twitter.com/W1FWNAPZHS

— Darren Thwaites (@DarrenThwaites) November 6, 2019

move the bank of england out of london too

move it to glasgow so I can go work there

Take it back to its spiritual home.

Good piece on the purdah:

https://popula.com/2018/07/31/purdah/

Let's hope that Ian Austin will now start a new national front against Corbynism. After all, his politics are much more suited to the EDL (Ex Defenders of Labour).

— Simon Hedges #BeKindOnline (@Orwell_Fan) November 7, 2019

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2019/nov/07/general-election-sajid-javid-and-john-mcdonnell-come-out-fighting-on-economy-live-news?CMP=share_btn_tw&page=with:block-5dc3e6488f0867dcebfd04a2#block-5dc3e6488f0867dcebfd04a2

Paul Johnson advises Labour should get their spending plans down-dow-dow-d-down

I wonder what happened to Oldknow's husband, Jon Ashworth, when the Labour party collapsed last year? Hope he found a job.