PMs change and lol we're all gonna die (but brexit will never end)

Unfortunately the communist bike (a Chinese Flying Pigeon rescued from the railings of Tiananmen Square itself) is locked away in the ex-laundry room for this floor of my block, along with a bunch of other relics belonging to my neighbours. I would’ve fixed it by now if I could just find the Council bod with the key to the forbidding brass padlock on the laundry room door.

where to start with this

Lib Dems have gone from 50/1 to 12/1 to win Boris Johnson's seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip.
Any chance Labour could step aside? pic.twitter.com/057HbKHA8K

— Ladbrokes Politics (@LadPolitics) September 13, 2019

even the bookies are melts!

t/s: 6/1 vs 12/1

General election 2017: Uxbridge and South Ruislip[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Boris Johnson 23,716 50.8 +0.6
Labour Vincent Lo 18,682 40.0 +13.6
Liberal Democrat Rosina Robson 1,835 3.9 -1.0

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tbh I thought Boris might be more like 6/4 by the way people talk up his chances of losing his seat.

1/5, great odds there, Ladbrokes.

I liked it when KFC tweeted a political opinion last week but this is beyond the pale.

I guess it's going viral because loads of indignant Labour supporters are going WTF so as a marketing/clickbait ploy it might be doing pretty well.

Lots of speculation this week that Johnson might be planning to throw the DUP under the bus and I can't really see much reason not to at this stage?

not getting much for his buck seeing as his majority is - 40 odd now.

boris burning bridges (rather than building them) again shocker.

It's about time somebody called the bluff of those smug cunts, sadly I won't be able to enjoy it so much if Boris is the one who does it.

i don't know, i can live with it

In another hung Parliament, which is what a lot of projections are suggesting, he's likely to need them. Luckily they don't have a history of holding grudges so i imagine it'll all work out fine.

Lots of speculation this week that Johnson might be planning to throw the DUP under the bus and I can't really see much reason not to at this stage?

― Matt DC, Friday, September 13, 2019 1:04 PM (twelve minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

How would that benefit him?

more to the point, why "at this stage" as opposed to "every chance you get"

A border-in-the-Irish-sea WA could probably pass. Or at least, it could have passed under May. With 21 fuming Tories and Lexiters fleeing Johnson fast, even that might not pass now

i think when you factor in the bridge MPs will still get behind it

Ladbrokes haven’t got anything on Paddy Power when it comes to stunts
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CDlx1ORWgAAlSL3?format=jpg

oh for a swiss guard eh xp

íosa

“People have died because of austerity. And you’ve got the cheek to come here.” pic.twitter.com/kFLVbQM79N

— Liam Young (@liamyoung) September 13, 2019

yorkshire is good again

or Lancashire maybe!

you quite simply love to see it

it's good that these type of boris exchanges with pissed off northerners are going viral, momentum couldn't pay for better campaigning memes.

This boris heckle was in Doncaster. There might be limits to how better you can make a town by ending austerity - we'll take it one decade at a time Doncaster!

Hahaha

Re:bookied on politics, remember that political bets aresuch a microscopic proportion of their revenue that they have little invested in setting realistic odds- political odds are pure marketing.

Bookies

Yeah I'd imagine the political betting markets are similar to the next manager ones. If you put a tenner on the odds go in.

Rotherham calling

Boris Johnson is heckled by a man who calls for the Prime Minister to "get back to Parliament".

Mr Johnson is making a speech at the "Convention of the North". Read more here: https://t.co/cn9oxTm9KH pic.twitter.com/nJ0482B5o0

— Sky News Politics (@SkyNewsPolitics) September 13, 2019

May instinctively knew to keep campaigning in the north to choreographed events surrounded by activists for a good reason, every time boris goes out there he makes a new anti-boris meme. Although to some they might become pro-boris memes, but hopefully to not enough ppl.

"I'm a first PM since Atlee to be a mayor" well there is his socialist credentials on the table - our first bame/socialist pm!

How has no one launched a milkshake at him yet or is that meme dead?

milkshake barred kid

the adults decided it was coarsening the discourse on neo-fascist thugs, who as history has shown us will always run for cover when faced with the brute force of polite political debate with grown ups.

i hate it to say it but with an election campaign imminent it might be better tactics to avoid shaking Boris or other Tories. Farage and co are still fair game.

don't give the Beeb an opportunity to divert from the policies, basically

One under-reported aspect of the 2017 election was that it transformed the electoral landscape for any future election, leaving the outcome even more uncertain. In the 2015 election, just 56 seats out of 650 had a majority of less than five points; since the 2017 election, there are now 96 such seats. As a result, small swings in the popular vote can have a massive impact.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/13/boris-johnson-win-general-election-polls-say-otherwise

Just seem someone point out how much the Lib Dem’s EU referendum leaflet looks like one of the adverts in Viz pic.twitter.com/pnB7kNa1lc

— Admiral Ackbars Memoriam (@GhostofAckbar) September 14, 2019

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wow the Graun publishing an opinion piece by stats for lefties, are they feeling ok?

Not a single football has ever been returned by anyone at this event to a next door neighbour's child after they accidentally kicked it over the fence. https://t.co/7ppot7C0Vv

— Peter Smith (@Redpeter99) September 13, 2019

these old bastards want us all to die lol

In my veins bitch:

BREAKING: Solid gold toilet stolen from Winston Churchill's birthplace https://t.co/t73CW7jwYF

— Sky News (@SkyNews) September 14, 2019

Economists at world’s biggest banks now scoping out fiscal/economic/ sterling/ market response to a snap General election...

eg Citi, a surprise to some, say base case for Johnson win now No Deal, Corbyn now second ref & remain, and have GDP 1.5-2% higher under Corbyn-led Govt: pic.twitter.com/0TKaLFkrAT

— Faisal Islam (@faisalislam) September 13, 2019

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Edward Spencer-Churchill, the founder of the Blenheim Art Foundation, told the Times: "Despite being born with a silver spoon in my mouth I have never had a s**t on a golden toilet, so I look forward to it."

goodspeed to the burglars and may their getaway be successful

They’ve already got it back, apparently

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wow the Graun publishing an opinion piece by stats for lefties, are they feeling ok?

― calzino, Saturday, 14 September 2019 09:36 (three hours ago) link

well, if you make the case that labour might well win a snap GE, you can then bash cronbyrm for blocking one

How to (self-)own the sheeple:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/14/alaric-bamping-brexit-party-my-far-left-ex-boyfriend-harriet-sherwood

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