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Post by JohnY on Jun 27, 2024 12:57:50 GMT
Reports that Labour are standing down their black candidate in Clacton. This may or may not be because he's not racist enough to represent Keir's recently aired hated of Bangladeshis. He was getting more success on social media than Starmer. |
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Post by zou on Jun 27, 2024 13:27:18 GMT
Reports that Labour are standing down their black candidate in Clacton. This may or may not be because he's not racist enough to represent Keir's recently aired hated of Bangladeshis. He was getting more success on social media than Starmer. I heard that, maybe because not being a racist lying piece of $#!£ is more popular than being one? |
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Post by zou on Jun 27, 2024 13:31:50 GMT
Just got a slew of election leaflets through the door.
Reform - hates immigrants
Alba - an amusing cartoon of Douglas Alexander reminding us of how he supported the Iraq war, but the only message for/from the candidate was "a vote for Alba is a vote for independence"
SNP - all good stuff, but no indication of how they'd do it given they cannot be in power
Scottish Green - even better good stuff, with even less indication of they could do it
Nothing from the Tories or Whigs.
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Post by aitch on Jun 27, 2024 15:27:14 GMT
He was getting more success on social media than Starmer. I heard that, maybe because not being a racist lying piece of $#!£ is more popular than being one? According to the Tactical Voting site, Labour would be the vote to go for. However, that is based on the previous result, which had four candidates and Labour came second (15%) to the Tories (71%). This time round, there are nine and guessing which Tory and other voters would defect to could be tricky. But based on the 71% Toriy victory last time, maybe it is a lost cause and resorces could be used elsewhere.
Or you could just pile in on Starmer for... reasons.
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Post by JohnY on Jun 27, 2024 16:48:47 GMT
The 71% Tory vote from last time would have to be shared with Reform. Labour were in with a chance. The stylish rather exuberant Mr Jovan Owusu-Nepaul might have been popular with Clacton voters who were not racially discriminating.
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Post by aitch on Jun 27, 2024 17:13:41 GMT
The 71% Tory vote from last time would have to be shared with Reform. Labour were in with a chance. The stylish rather exuberant Mr Jovan Owusu-Nepaul might have been popular with Clacton voters who were not racially discriminating. So 30%/30%/20%/20% Tory/Reform/Labour/other? Possible Labour win, but unlikely, imo. |
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Post by zou on Jun 27, 2024 17:15:13 GMT
I heard that, maybe because not being a racist lying piece of $#!£ is more popular than being one? According to the Tactical Voting site, Labour would be the vote to go for. However, that is based on the previous result, which had four candidates and Labour came second (15%) to the Tories (71%). This time round, there are nine and guessing which Tory and other voters would defect to could be tricky. But based on the 71% Toriy victory last time, maybe it is a lost cause and resorces could be used elsewhere.
Or you could just pile in on Starmer for... reasons.
Report in the Guardian says a party official has told him to leave Clacton. Not to continue campaigning with a reduced budget, but to leave. There's a suggestion that Labour do not want to distance themselves from Reform on immigration, which lines up with Starmer's ill-advised attack on Bangladeshis - which has also resulted in resignations from the party. |
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Post by JohnY on Jun 27, 2024 22:02:58 GMT
Specially for zou. Political oratory in action. |
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Post by zou on Jun 28, 2024 5:21:19 GMT
Specially for zou. Political oratory in action. You're a gent, but no thanks. The last Farage-related video I watched was this, yesterday. Any thoughts? |
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Post by andy on Jun 28, 2024 7:30:30 GMT
I watched a video about Farage yesterday. Someone taped an image of him with an open mouth to the bottom of a pole so dogs could pee on it.
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Post by willien on Jun 28, 2024 9:42:09 GMT
I watched a video about Farage yesterday. Someone taped an image of him with an open mouth to the bottom of a pole so dogs could pee on it. Just a pity they went to the extra effort of making an image. |
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Post by spinno on Jun 28, 2024 9:43:35 GMT
I watched a video about Farage yesterday. Someone taped an image of him with an open mouth to the bottom of a pole so dogs could pee on it. Just a pity they went to the extra effort of making an image. Ain't nothing like the real thing baby... |
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Post by zou on Jun 28, 2024 13:46:08 GMT
Well if all you do is dog whistle...
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Post by willien on Jun 28, 2024 19:32:27 GMT
On the bright side.
At least we are not being asked to choose between an old orange man baby and an older man who may be going back into nappies any day now.
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Post by andy on Jun 28, 2024 19:58:28 GMT
On the bright side. At least we are not being asked to choose between an old orange man baby and an older man who may be going back into nappies any day now. Agreed, and a change of leadership is far from unheard of in these parts. |
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