General Election 2024

i've got to say, i don't read most of the BC news breaking news updates i receive.

I'm not so sure. A lot of commentators were saying that for a lot of viewers of the debates, this is the first time that people would have heard from Keir Starmer directly, that many viewers would not be followers of politics.

There have been 5 Conservative prime ministers since 2010, and the public tend to >have a negative view of all of them

Rishi Sunak: -44 net score
Liz Truss: -82
Boris Johnson: -38
Theresa May: -37
David Cameron: -21

Putting the proposed tax changes in to context
https://x.com/DanNeidle/status/1798674346103480735?t=-JW9789bcZL26Me86Fx0Ew&s=19

ah!

The Green Party have pledged an extra £30 billion a year for the NHS and £20 billion for social care by 2030

The policy would be funded by a new tax for the "very richest", with a 1% tax on assets worth over £10 million, and 2% on assets over £1 billion

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-69095779

Riding through Burnham green today and new road, which has some delightfully quaint McMansions on it had upwards of 10 Grant Shapps signs posted outside people’s houses.

Speaks to the character of the area.

In one single defense of the Tories (and, shock, Boris) they did fix the stupid 15-year limit on non-resident citizen voting. That said I have a feeling it was self-interest as I think they assumed all Brits outside the UK are backing them.

Whilst simultaneously introducing voter ID requirements that disproportionately affect the young and the less well off.

They are cunts.

Political genius Rishi Sunak binned off the D-Day thing early to come back for a sit down with ITVs Paul Brand

So was that him or King Chucks i saw flying home in a jumbo with a 4 fighter plane escort earlier today?

Normandy is full of badly dressed young Americans and cos play soldiers.

I mean fucking hell

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Yep Rishi went home, Starmer stayed to meet Macron, Scholz and Zelensky

Why is Kier a Sir? Not because he wanted to be, or he may be a royalist, or he likes the idea of power, or whatever (all perfectly reasonable things). It was because of the sun. They would have roasted him when he, ultimately, was going to run for PM.

Why did Stewart vote those ways? Not because he's a Tory. It's because he had to in order to do the actually good things he wanted/wants to do.

Are you saying Starmer's title and Stewart's votes give us similar information about their intentions?

Have to say though, recognising Palestine is a very clever move.

I think he knows he's done and is now at the "I'm just gonna take the total piss stage"

I failed to share that https://tacticalvote.co.uk/ hai ben working since late last week.

Rishi was one of the first men off the beach on D-Day

https://x.com/mrhenrymorris/status/1798961378641789299

What on fucking Earth was he thinking

Should’ve asked Starmer to step in for him. I mean he’s already served his notice so he might as well fuck off to the pub now.

He's just apologised to make it all worse.

I've found the best way to learn all of these things is on Mastodon: https://mastodon.nuwus.org/@bweaking

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@RishiSunak The 80th anniversary of D-Day has been a profound moment
to honour the brave men and women who put their lives on the line to
protect our values, our freedom and our democracy.

This anniversary should be about those who made the ultimate sacrifice
for our country. The last thing I want is for the commemorations to be
overshadowed by politics.

I care deeply about veterans and have been honoured to represent the
UK at a number of events in Portsmouth and France over the past two
days and to meet those who fought so bravely.

After the conclusion of the British event in Normandy, I returned back
to the UK. On reflection, it was a mistake not to stay in France
longer – and I apologise.

https://x.com/RishiSunak/status/1798969474466623902

Getting a kicking in replies.

@Otto_English · 43m You expect our kids to do National Service and yet
you couldn't be bothered to hang around for one day to honour the
veterans of an actual war.

Because nobody actually uses twitter:

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1798674346103480735.html