May 30, 20241 yr Author Another Conservative MP has decided to back Labour. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd11kvk1je4o
May 30, 20241 yr My Labour MP (Florence Eshalomi) is absolutely excellent so for that reason I'll have no qualms voting Labour (whereas the previous constituency MP Kate Hoey, I couldn't see myself putting an X beside her name :puke2: ) In 2019 Labour won with a 19,000 majority in my constituency so we're pretty safe. Ugh you must be in Vauxhall that was Hoeys old seat - she’s as bigoted as you get, shows how people can just chose a party in the Uk and not have any alignment at all.
May 31, 20241 yr Author Iain Dale abandons his attempt to become an MP after a clip of him slagging off the constituency he was going to run in goes viral. https://x.com/RupertMyers/status/1795898114160681071
May 31, 20241 yr Author Diane Abbott can stand as Labour MP now, apparently :D I think this might be the first thing of the campaign to move the needle away from Labour - only by a few points though.
May 31, 20241 yr I think he managed to make the wrong decision on Diane, that Muslim woman and that Luke guy. All three should have been the opposite but don’t think it’ll make much of a difference. Kind of had no choice on Diane once his deputy said she should be allowed to run.
May 31, 20241 yr Rishi is actually hilarious I’m sorry https://x.com/bestforbritain/status/1796565060892147762?s=46
May 31, 20241 yr Author Rishi is actually hilarious I’m sorry https://x.com/bestforbritain/status/1796565060892147762?s=46 He just has no understanding of how to communicate with ordinary people. It's not funny any more knowing this guy runs the country. Hopefully not much longer though. This election is gonna be a bloodbath for the Tories.
May 31, 20241 yr I think he managed to make the wrong decision on Diane, that Muslim woman and that Luke guy. All three should have been the opposite but don’t think it’ll make much of a difference. Kind of had no choice on Diane once his deputy said she should be allowed to run. You can Google her name. Please avoid language like this, it's got very negative implications even if not meant. There doesn't seem any valid reason Diane shouldn't be allowed to run apart from the fact that she doesn't fit in the centre of the party and the media don't like her (I'm not saying she's not said silly things, but she has apologised for it), especially as the investigation was cleared many months ago and wasn't reported. Her treatment is a really nasty representation of the institutional racism in the media and parliament, so many white men have done worse or similar yet got off completely scot-free... Anyway, can Labour just get on with actually stating what they are gonna do to improve things and stop with this faction shit, this is media space that does not need to be taken up even with the lead they have.
May 31, 20241 yr Her treatment is a really nasty representation of the institutional racism in the media and parliament, so many white men have done worse or similar yet got off completely scot-free...It would probably be fair to say that Boris Johnson has done and said way worse, yet he gets the "he's just trying his best" treatment.
May 31, 20241 yr Rishi is actually hilarious I’m sorry https://x.com/bestforbritain/status/1796565060892147762?s=46 So he had enough time to stop for a photo but at soon as the guy challenged him, he was in a rush to leave :lol: seriously though, maybe he should do a year’s volunteering before enforcing it on others! I wait for the moment someone challenges him with that directly.
May 31, 20241 yr I think we all know the media and everyone else make Labour as a party have much higher standards to set than the tories - I mean how many questions do the tories get about how they are going to pay for things?
May 31, 20241 yr So he had enough time to stop for a photo but at soon as the guy challenged him, he was in a rush to leave :lol: seriously though, maybe he should do a year’s volunteering before enforcing it on others! I wait for the moment someone challenges him with that directly. :lol: this! He can’t even debate with a teenager! They are all so scared of getting that moment caught on camera!
May 31, 20241 yr I personally don't see how that's "funny", it just shows so transparently what an absolute dickweed he is.
May 31, 20241 yr I think this might be the first thing of the campaign to move the needle away from Labour - only by a few points though. I think he managed to make the wrong decision on Diane, that Muslim woman and that Luke guy. All three should have been the opposite but don’t think it’ll make much of a difference. Kind of had no choice on Diane once his deputy said she should be allowed to run. On the contrary, this is the first good move (wr to relations with Labour's left flank) he's done in this campaign, it shuts it down as a talking point (should have been done ages ago) and shows the left that there is not necessarily a full purge. Just needs to apologise to the VERY HIGHLY QUALIFIED Faiza Shaheen and let her stand too. Some of Labour's target seats (as in one volunteers are being directed towards) are ones you'd expect to be very safe for them, but they have a large percentage of Muslim and South Asian voters and so are in danger of losing votes. The party's starting to develop an awareness of tactics, and it's good because they need to shore up these votes less they make themselves vulnerable to losing hard in 2029.
May 31, 20241 yr Good on Angela Rayner (who also was cleared herself of the ultra dull trumped up Tory/Fail/Dan bloody Hodges expense scandal) for speaking up for Abbot. What a sorry episode it was and shows how ruthless the right wing of Labour party are. Abbot should have been cleared months ago. Yes there are some in the UK that can't stand her but they aren't likely to be the ones who vote Labour anyhow. And its not like (for better or worse) that she has a chance of a Front bench position. Labour should stop being scared of its own shadow/ the rabid right wing press.
May 31, 20241 yr On the contrary, this is the first good move (wr to relations with Labour's left flank) he's done in this campaign, it shuts it down as a talking point (should have been done ages ago) and shows the left that there is not necessarily a full purge. Just needs to apologise to the VERY HIGHLY QUALIFIED Faiza Shaheen and let her stand too. Some of Labour's target seats (as in one volunteers are being directed towards) are ones you'd expect to be very safe for them, but they have a large percentage of Muslim and South Asian voters and so are in danger of losing votes. The party's starting to develop an awareness of tactics, and it's good because they need to shore up these votes less they make themselves vulnerable to losing hard in 2029. Doesn't this all have nothing to do with Starmer though and all to do with the NEC? Thought that was a ruling and the Leader was banned from selecting/de selecting candidates. Personally, still think Abbott should have been moved in the Lords and they should have stuck by the decision. Nothing to do with her faction wing, she is a liability, there's no way she still has the Labour whip by 2029. I think this great "left-wing purge" never really took effect, loads of left-wing candidates being allowed to stand and so they should! All that being said, it was definitely becoming a big distraction, so can understand the decision.
May 31, 20241 yr Doesn't this all have nothing to do with Starmer though and all to do with the NEC? Thought that was a ruling and the Leader was banned from selecting/de selecting candidates. Personally, still think Abbott should have been moved in the Lords and they should have stuck by the decision. Nothing to do with her faction wing, she is a liability, there's no way she still has the Labour whip by 2029. I think this great "left-wing purge" never really took effect, loads of left-wing candidates being allowed to stand and so they should! All that being said, it was definitely becoming a big distraction, so can understand the decision. Yeah it is being lead by the NEC (some of whom are parachuting themselves in as candidates, the one who replaced Shaheen is on Labour's NCC which deals with disciplinary matters) but either way it was a stupid and avoidable misplay by the Labour right - they could have issued clarity immediately and showed support across the aisle but they assumed that the press wouldn't care about some left-wingers and they could get away with reducing opposition to themselves, which is setting themselves up for failure once they have hundreds of 'loyal' backbenchers jostling for limited ministerial seats. Public don't like to see outward hostility and there was a sense of unfairness going about with what happened to Abbott.
May 31, 20241 yr Doesn't this all have nothing to do with Starmer though and all to do with the NEC? Thought that was a ruling and the Leader was banned from selecting/de selecting candidates. Personally, still think Abbott should have been moved in the Lords and they should have stuck by the decision. Nothing to do with her faction wing, she is a liability, there's no way she still has the Labour whip by 2029. I think this great "left-wing purge" never really took effect, loads of left-wing candidates being allowed to stand and so they should! All that being said, it was definitely becoming a big distraction, so can understand the decision. I can’t see Dianne Abbott accepting a seat in the Lords.
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