“I take my responsibilities seriously. I did not lie” - UK politics June 23 on

Thanks for ruining the summer, guys.

Pinning his hopes on England doing well at the Euros.

"We're seeing the behaviour you would expect on the day an election is called"

yes, all the most insufferable lobby journalist posting even more shite than usual

I've left the box of soup near your shoes (Tom D.) at 3:45 22 May 24

Pinning his hopes on England doing well at the Euros.

A Tory rebel source tells me: Letters are going in calling for a no confidence vote in Rishi Sunak after reports of an imminent general election announcement

— Nicholas Watt (@nicholaswatt) May 22, 2024

GE with the Tories refusing to put up a candidate

Uncharitable thought of the day: that Tory MP from Thanet who lost his limbs to sepsis probably deserved it

Is that Boris Johnson's music?

xp soon he might be unemployed on PIP, every cloud etc.

Uncharitable thought of the day: that Tory MP from Thanet who lost his limbs to sepsis probably deserved it

― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 15:58 (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

honestly think the parties best chance at this point would be to get rid of Sunak and get this guy to lead them into the election, attempt to switch the focus from politics to inspiring tale of triumph over adversity, I came back from having both hands and feet amputated and the tory party can come back from being 20 points behind in the polls etc

They've laid on all of this for David Cameron in Tirana, and he's flying straight back. Poor form. pic.twitter.com/6VHFYd7Dne

— Damian McBride (@DPMcBride) May 22, 2024

Norman Wisdom would never have treated Albania so disrespectfully.

July election apparently?

hey I'm starting to warm to this rishi guy

Also, on the "but we've booked our holidays" point, this isn't as trivial as it sounds.

It's not just journos but MPs, spads, MINISTERS who got the green light from No10 that the summer was safe.

That's a lot of ill will to kick of a campaign with. From those on your own side

— Rachel Cunliffe (@RMCunliffe) May 22, 2024

i assume they're shooting for the lowest possible turnout

4th july; a disgraceful snub to our american friends

We have a blank lectern out front of No 10…

lol some idiot playing "Things Can Only Get Better" at enormous volume while Rishi flails about at the lectern

lol @ the protestors playing 'Things Can Only Get Better' over the top of this speech.

xpost!

So many better tunes they could have used to undermine him

can they still oust him as pm now that he's called the election, how does that work

strange to think we’re living in the last days before ed davey is swept to great and terrible power by the people of these united kingdoms

Sunak says voters don't know what they're getting with Starmer because he doesn't keep promises
Sunak says he is guided by what is right, not by what is easy.

He goes on:

I can’t say the same thing for the Labour party because I don’t know what they offer.
And in truth I don’t think you know either.

And that’s because they have no plan. There is no bold action. And as a result the future can only be uncertain with them.

On the 5th of July, either Keir Starmer or I will be prime minister. He has shown time and time again that he will take the easy way out and do anything to get power.

If he was happy to abandon all the promises he made to become leader leader once he got the job, how can you know that he won’t do exactly the same thing if he were to become prime minister?

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just got home and popped the radio on, i'm done with the asinine level of political commentary in the UK now

lol some idiot playing "Things Can Only Get Better" at enormous volume while Rishi flails about at the lectern

― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 bookmarkflaglink

Everything is going to get unimaginably stupider from now. No escape.

Rishi: ok many of you may have said that I’m a prick but
Rishi: have you considered that Keir Starmer is an insincere prick

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is that Sunak's or Starmer's election slogan?

Starmer is gonna choke like fuck as soon as he gets any pushback

Lol these ppl

I'm not cancelling that June holiday. I'm not fucking doing it.

— Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) May 22, 2024

can they still oust him as pm now that he's called the election, how does that work

Requesting permission to dissolve parliament

The prime minister has already requested permission from the King to hold a general election, as the power to dissolve parliament - end the session - legally lies with him.

Parliament must be "dissolved" for an election to officially take place. Polling day then takes place 25 working days after that date.

Mr Sunak said in a speech outside Downing Street on Wednesday that the King had granted his request to dissolve parliament.

As a result, parliament will be prorogued on Friday, 24 May, while dissolution will take place on Thursday, 30 May.

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is that Sunak's or Starmer's election slogan?

― rob, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 bookmarkflaglink

Do you know about this terrible song?

lol like anybody will notice if Dunty takes a year off

Very much not stoked for the madness.

thanks a lot Kieth. I dreamt about a Tory wipeout for the best part of a decade and now that it's probably imminent I don't even fucking care anymore.

is that Sunak's or Starmer's election slogan?

― rob, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 bookmarkflaglink

Do you know about this terrible song?

― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, May 22, 2024 12:52 PM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

I do not know that song, but fwiw I was joking that your post "Everything is going to get unimaginably stupider from now. No escape." was the slogan

No Ian, don’t go on holidays, what will we do without your milquetoast takes dipped in smugness?!

Ah ok lol xp

Anyway this is what we have to look forward to.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/22/labour-mp-rightwing-figurehead-enabled-anti-protest-clampdown

LOL @ Sunak's speech. What a shambles.

classic Graun still implying that Woodcock was at some point "centre Left"

He went to a March as a kid

i don't know whether we should pitch for new thread titles or whether apathetically letting this one drag on would be more apposite

New thread imo for election madness & then new one for whatever government forms after that

Election called for the day before the Euros quarters, what a lift for Our Boys if Ed Davey ascends his rightful throne as is just and true

Our long national nightmare is finally over. Our next long national nightmare is about to start.

— Gavin Jackson (@GavinHJackson) May 22, 2024

propose election thread title: "Everything changes but UK"

mind you i've just seen Kieth say "Stability is Change" which will take some beating

by the way

https://x.com/FromSteveHowell/status/1793327619716350248

I seem to remember another party leader who went into an election boring everybody to tears by droning on about stability.