Omg we are gonna be celebrsting the 4th of july on both sides of the dea!!!!! Celebrating independence from the etonian overlords in two counries at the same time!! :cheeseblock:

 

That would imply there was real fundamental change worth celebrating.

 

I’m sure things will be marginally better under Labour, they can surely only get better at this point (tee hee). I won’t be spending a second deluding myself that everything will be sunny on the other side with a slightly watered down version of the same thing though.

Ahh so football fans will be flying off to Germany the day of the election if England reaches the semis. Maybe they're hoping dor a low turnout that way. Everyone focused on thd football, loads flying out to Germany, nobody paying attention to the election or the campaigning

I guess the inflation news would've influenced this, I've never seen a more monotonous announcement, the pouring rain and and the fact that Things Can Only Get Better went on so long, it's a perfect metaphor, almost like he knows. Still, just six more weeks of Tory majority, let's goooo *.*

Starmer looking far more Prime Ministerial in his speech and actually offering us something to go at as a voter.

Love it. The low energy, the soaking rain, the blaring out of D:Ream. Inject it to my veins and let's see the Tory party destroyed forever!

Is this surprise to throw off a Farage Joins Reform timeline? Idk what he's been planning but I believe that has been rumoured for a while.

And off we go, a surprisingly good campaign video from the Labour Party

 

https://x.com/Keir_Starmer/status/1793315231147405811

 

They should have played this during the announcement delay to counterbalance Sunak's rhetoric.

Love it. The low energy, the soaking rain, the blaring out of D:Ream. Inject it to my veins and let's see the Tory party destroyed forever!

It was utterly wonderful!!!

Is this surprise to throw off a Farage Joins Reform timeline? Idk what he's been planning but I believe that has been rumoured for a while.

 

Farage will.join far right Tories and try to become pm that way

That speech was a metaphor lol the papers and media were loving it!

Last time Britain went to the polls in July was in 1945….

I heard that he called the election as he was hearing more defections were imminent and the defectors were going to blame him

Last time Britain went to the polls in July was in 1945….

That didn’t go well for the Tories.

So as for the start of this campaign... we all know the parties have been set in their ways for a long while and the result of this election is pretty much foregone? Or is it? I am sceptical that predictions of 500-seat Labour wipeouts will actually come to fruition but that's what the uniform swing is saying

 

Conservatives

 

Beaten, dishevelled, drowned rats escaping a sinking ship. I wouldn't be surprised if they barely try. Sunak's speech was certainly barely trying.

 

Labour

 

Genuinely the most sure-footed, confident Labour pre-election campaign I can remember. Obviously (from my view as a committed leftie) the Corbyn ones had a bit more substance to them but the confidence and the ability to reach out to people across the country seems to be doing Starmer's team very well. From media presentation and their own presentation they look in control and ready to take charge.

 

Other parties

 

Lib Dems probably in good form to come back in Home County like territory, I don't know yet if they're nailed on to outpace the Tories on seats but they have a chance. SNP possibly a bit wrongfooted by the July election but they've had their own problems anyway, will likely fall back significantly in Scotland. Green will go hard on winning Bristol and Brighton but probably won't get over the line in either now they won't have Lucas as an incumbent. Reform will dog the Tory vote in a few places but I really don't see at this early juncture them getting much, they haven't had enough time to build in as the 'real' right-wing lunatics.

 

anyway at the moment I see Labour landslide and not much else, as far as the state of play goes from the start.

Let’s goooooooooooooooooooooo

 

 

Time to fire these c**ts into the sun

I heard that he called the election as he was hearing more defections were imminent and the defectors were going to blame him

 

Seems fairly likely at this stage. Something has obviously changed over the last 48 hours.

 

RE Farage - imo he will likely re-join the Conservatives if someone like Braverman gets the Party Leader nod, or he will join Reform.

I heard that he called the election as he was hearing more defections were imminent and the defectors were going to blame him

 

Makes more sense that than calling a poll now!

Let’s goooooooooooooooooooooo

Time to fire these c**ts into the sun

 

You do know the snp are set to be on like 19 seats?

You do know the snp are set to be on like 19 seats?

 

Not a one party state! And last time, snp did brillianyly ... but we got blojo and hard brexshit... We need the tories gone. Wonder if we might get free movement and enter into the economic arwa soon?!