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Re: UK election 2024
« Reply #150 on: May 22, 2024, 04:50:57 PM »
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Re: UK election 2024
« Reply #151 on: May 22, 2024, 04:57:52 PM »
Too wet for 17.00 announcement?

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Re: UK election 2024
« Reply #152 on: May 22, 2024, 05:10:59 PM »
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Re: UK election 2024
« Reply #153 on: May 22, 2024, 05:14:06 PM »
It's Rishi!

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Re: UK election 2024
« Reply #154 on: May 22, 2024, 05:15:05 PM »
Presumably he thinks that now is better than later - which doesn't bode well for later.

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Re: UK election 2024
« Reply #155 on: May 22, 2024, 05:16:13 PM »
And D:Ream

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Re: UK election 2024
« Reply #156 on: May 22, 2024, 05:18:27 PM »
It's the 4th!
When politicians talk about making tough decisions, they mean tough for us, not for them.

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Re: UK election 2024
« Reply #157 on: May 22, 2024, 05:19:09 PM »
'Environmental dogma'

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Re: UK election 2024
« Reply #158 on: May 22, 2024, 05:22:22 PM »
Not bad speech. Not surprising but clear on the strategy.

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Re: UK election 2024
« Reply #159 on: May 22, 2024, 05:22:36 PM »
And he's fucked off back into No. 10.
When politicians talk about making tough decisions, they mean tough for us, not for them.

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Re: UK election 2024
« Reply #160 on: May 22, 2024, 05:44:29 PM »
Now Keir!

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Re: UK election 2024
« Reply #161 on: May 22, 2024, 05:46:06 PM »
He shouldn't be speaking around the room but directly into the camera.

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Re: UK election 2024
« Reply #162 on: May 22, 2024, 05:48:35 PM »
'I had a real job'

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Re: UK election 2024
« Reply #163 on: May 22, 2024, 05:49:45 PM »
Again no surprises, it's the economy, stupid!

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Re: UK election 2024
« Reply #164 on: May 22, 2024, 05:56:55 PM »
Paula Vennells will be relieved she's not the main news.

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Re: UK election 2024
« Reply #165 on: May 22, 2024, 06:30:17 PM »
Radio Scotland was a hoot at just after 5.30, as I was deriving. The odious and sleekit chairman of the Scottish Conservatives, Craig Hoy, was asked if the Scottish Conservatives were briefed in advance or did they find out with the rest of us - Craig had clearly lost the ability to understand English and just evaded - and very obviously evaded.

I suspect they weren't briefed since if they had been the would have told Sunak et al that Scottish schools stop for the summer holidays on 27th June and many of us will be away on 4th July (we will): this won't go unnoticed since many will need to organise a postal vote, which suggests that the Tories don't really care about Scotland. Hell would freeze over before I would ever vote for them.

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Re: UK election 2024
« Reply #166 on: May 22, 2024, 06:49:39 PM »
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Before we work on Artificial Intelligence shouldn't we address the problem of natural stupidity.

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Re: UK election 2024
« Reply #167 on: May 22, 2024, 07:45:17 PM »
Just a reminder that photo ID will be needed if you aren't voting by post.
 


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/explainers-64877005

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Re: UK election 2024
« Reply #168 on: May 22, 2024, 07:59:11 PM »
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Re: UK election 2024
« Reply #169 on: May 22, 2024, 08:34:38 PM »
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Re: UK election 2024
« Reply #170 on: May 22, 2024, 09:38:02 PM »
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Re: UK election 2024
« Reply #171 on: May 22, 2024, 10:27:03 PM »
Don't know how likely this is, though nothing about the Tories surprises me any more (from The Guardian live blog).


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The senior Conservative MP reportedly told Hope:

Today has clearly been an absolute disaster but the election is NOT irrevocable; up until the point of the Dissolution of parliament - when the writs are moved to begin the contests, it can still be aborted.

“In other words, if enough Tory MPs, who are clearly going to lose their seats in this already utterly shambolic campaign, write to Sir Graham Brady, tomorrow , the election could still be revoked.”

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Re: UK election 2024
« Reply #172 on: May 22, 2024, 10:33:33 PM »
Don't know how likely this is, though nothing about the Tories surprises me any more (from The Guardian live blog).
If they did that, I suspect we'd see a similar result to  1993 Canadian election for the Conservatives whenever it was held.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Canadian_federal_election

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Re: UK election 2024
« Reply #173 on: May 23, 2024, 06:30:23 AM »
Henry Hill from Conservative Home on Sunak's .... erm....unusual decision:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/23/july-general-election-tory-mps-may-october
Before we work on Artificial Intelligence shouldn't we address the problem of natural stupidity.

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Re: UK election 2024
« Reply #174 on: May 23, 2024, 08:04:07 AM »
Henry Hill from Conservative Home on Sunak's .... erm....unusual decision:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/23/july-general-election-tory-mps-may-october
I don't think Steve Bray's speakers are tinny. Quite a lot of people upset that he wasn't immediately stopped and arrested. Had it been someone doing it to Starmer if he was PM they would, I suspect, have said that if someone was stopped and arrested for it that it was evidence of a police state.
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