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

That might end up leaving no party for brexiteers to support in some constituencies (i.e. in pro-remain Tory constituencies. We really want BXP running everywhere.

https://i2-prod.examinerlive.co.uk/incoming/article14430989.ece/ALTERNATES/s810/1_JS91145266.jpg

this is the hated Ken Davy, who is scheming to overturn Sheerman's 12005 majority in Hudds as a Tory candidate. I always used to think of the horrible old grasping crook as the Mekon, but he's actually the dead spit of R Murdoch these days.

well dead spit is probably pushing it, but he is actually evil saliva

The majority of Tory MPs were pro-Remain at some point fwiw, lest we forget.

the majority of tory mps were pro-apartheid at some point fwiw, lest we forget

must be a lot of BXP voters who will just stay home in seats they’re not contesting. broad assumption is that BXP/CON voters are fungible - not sure that’s right. some may even revert to LAB, due to their prospectus which addresses the material needs that made them seek brexit in the first place.

still all to play for imo

seen some suggestion this makes it easier for
CONs to defend LIB marginals in the south - remains to be seen too. would imagine this ‘pact’ is massively alienating to the very liberals whose politics aligned with cameron
(now swinson)

This happened

Did I just hear @JeremyVineOn5 defending @joswinson firing a slingshot at squirrels? #jeremyvine

— Super.Steve (@SuperSt81957116) November 11, 2019

lol someone just called into jeremy vine saying jo swinson should be held accountable for firing slingshots at squirrels, and jeremy defended her by saying squirrels can be pests #JeremyVine

— sam smith (@smixsam) November 11, 2019

starting to think swindon might never be held accountable for her crimes

works for the PM

phew, glad that's sorted, thanks auntie beeb

To explain the production error on @BBCBreakfast, the footage of Remembrance Sunday 2016 was among archive restored at 0403am on Sunday to preview the service. It was used in error today. Claims it was combined with 2019 footage this morning are wholly incorrect.

— Richard Frediani (@BBCFrediani) November 11, 2019

green party standing aside in chingford to give labour a clear run at IDS:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/11/green-candidate-steps-aside-as-labour-targets-tory-held-chingford

will be tight as if the lib dems follow suit (they won't)

great news!

IDS is a goner I reckon

faiza has had 700+ activists turn up for her on the reg since the election was called

there have been similar pictures all across the country too - the party’s secret weapon imo

reminds me of this from 2017

“I heard about people being overwhelmed in a few seats, after we sent out text messages directing volunteers,” says Beth Foster-Ogg, 20, Momentum’s membership organiser. “I got a call from Cambridge, from a local organiser saying: ‘You’ve sent me too many people! We’ve sent out all the boards and there’s still loads of people flooding in, we don’t know what to do.’ It happened in Leeds North West, too – they started the day, they had so many activists that they went: ‘Right, let’s scrap our whole strategy, we’re going to just print off the electoral register instead’ – and rather than focusing on likely Labour voters, which is what you would normally do, they knocked on all the doors on the electoral register – that’s unheard of.” The seat saw a 14% swing to Labour, overturning a Lib Dem majority of almost 3,000 and replacing it with a 4,000 Labour lead.

people were phone banking from NYC (!)

Stephen Bush points out that Boris’s personal ratings are increasing...but am I alone in thinking that he’s being kept away from scrutiny? Like he hasn’t done a single press conference or live interview.

I've heard Cummings new strategy is just keep playing select 2016 footage of him from now on

he’s running a submarine strategy again

debates + manifestos should be big pivots

any idea when the Labour one drops?

but am I alone in thinking that he’s being kept away from scrutiny? Like he hasn’t done a single press conference or live interview.

― gyac, Monday, 11 November 2019 bookmarkflaglink

He is not going to be given the scrutiny anyway, whether for his appearance at Remembrance Sunday or his skills with a mop.

He will do the odd interview, and certainly the head-to-head debates will give him a chance to screw up but Johnson will be helped every step of the way - and that's what we are up against, as much as the tactical voting melts, or people with 'ideas'.

I just hope we don't all wish Labour had had some better ideas come Dec 13

why do you hate socialism dude?

I love socialism. I mean tactical ideas

Eh I guess they're playing it well enough for now. I had to respond to alphie's dig!

Stephen Bush points out that Boris’s personal ratings are increasing...but am I alone in thinking that he’s being kept away from scrutiny? Like he hasn’t done a single press conference or live interview.

So carry on not doing press conferences or live interviews then.

honestly don't think there's any better tactical strategy than boots on the ground campaigning. nothing "clever" will cut thru the class interests of the media. if I wasn't so fucked up I'd be knocking on doors myself.

You're probably right. I live in an incredibly safe Labour area and that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it lol

might be worth offering a "hang Tories" manifesto promise, probably a few votes in that

When I smarten up I both look and sound like a Tory though so maybe there could be merit in me doing some kind of parody campaigning

And that's how my stand-up career began!

Goddammit why hasn't my phone died yet this is usually low enough battery

Bad news: my train has charging sockets beside each seat

I just hope we don't all wish Labour had had some better ideas come Dec 13

It's not what you say, it's how you say it! But yes, I still have faith, keep it up. All about getting enough seats

where do SNP leave votes (30% of SNP voters) go do we reckon? maybe might just stay at home, thus depressing the SNP vote again... ?

given the paucity of their opponents i don't think a depressed vote will hurt the SNP much, and much as i hate the blowhard cunt who leads them in the UK parliament i think they're natural Labour allies for the most part and better them than the Tories or the Yellow Tories or the Red Scottish Tories tbh

They voted SNP last time, why wouldn't they vote SNP again? The SNP's attitude to Brexit hasn't changed.

SNP had a slightly softer position last time no? anyway this aligns w/tom D and is probably right:

“... when it comes to the voting crunch, the SNP and the Yes movement hope and think they will prioritise Scottish independence over EU independence, and that the union is still the issue that defines everything in Scotland.”

Would that be real independence tho? :p

It is complex because by no means all SNP voters actually support independence.

It would be interesting to see what effect 12 months of Labour governnment might have on support for independence.

That’s the idea! For example if Labour’s deal or Remain referendum goes Remain, then SNP has some wind taken out of its sails.

I hope not, I want Scotland to be independent.

i honestly don't have a dog in that fight, if i was Scottish i think i'd probably be voting SNP but not because i give much of a fuck about independence

I hate the SNP but I hate the UK more.

You guys still have a lot of that regional tribalism going on that seems to look past policy altogether.

yeah I hate England as much as anybody I just don't much care for nation States in general