General Election 2024

I know a retired black cab driver who moved to the Isle of Delight. His political perspective is that the BNP are woke lefties, so I shall enjoy the thought of a Labour island.

OK, I have spent the weekend riding 300km (yeah, no big deal) round Kent, Surrey, Sussex, so feel well-enough versed to tell you the result of the election. I can confidently tell that, on placard game alone, the Lib Dems are going to win a mahoosive landslide. The Green will be HM's opposition, though their strong placard showing raises questions about their attitude to single use plastics. Among the cranks and also rans:

Tories - one placard for Jeremy Hunt in his constituency (despite him putting in £100k of his own money, allegedly), another one for some guy called Quin. A couple in the South Downs for Andrew Griffith, though he seems to have forgotten to mention which party he is standing for.
Labour - two placards in separate constituencies.
Reform - one placard (Havant).
Independent - one of those, no idea who the guy was.

And part of one of the constituencies is on the mainland!

Erewash Reform candidate defects to the Tories stating widespread racism and sexism in Reform party

Can you 'defect' from a limited company?

Where does the original Tory candidate go then?

https://whocanivotefor.co.uk/elections/parl.erewash.2024-07-04/erewash/

He's defected in terms of his support. The OG Tory candidate still stands

Rishi if it isn’t in a few days we might have entered the twilight zone

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Obviously was watching England Slovakia.

Standing two candidates in a constituency, genius.

I was in the New Forest in late May / early June and - surprisingly - saw very few Tory posters/window stickers.

Knatts Valley was all Reform placards on Saturday. Wished I’d taken a sharpie to do some editing - deform maybe?

At least I was wearing All-In Racing rainbow socks for pride. That’ll learn ‘em.

I was in the New Forest in late May / early June and - surprisingly - saw very few Tory posters/window stickers.

He announced it on 22 May with nothing lined up in terms of election machinery - there weren't any placards, even if people were willing to put them in their gardens.

I was in Hunt world today. Only 1 sign spotted. But only 1 LD as well, so possibly not statistically robust.

North Norfolk is going to go LibDem. Taps nose.

Lost all track of time - thought it was announced earlier.

He’s trying hard to be so likeable and I’m just like you that it’s so obvious that he isn’t like any of us. Not long till he can fuck off to his millions and at least off our telly.

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just bazar

A bazaar is a marketplace in the Islamosphere, how bizarre

The Green will be HM's opposition, though their strong placard showing raises questions about their attitude to single use plastics.

I saw on their website, 10-packs of their corflutes, at 28 quid a pop, sold out!

The @FT backs Labour for the first time since 2005.
“Brexit, the defining project of this Tory era, has proven an act of grave economic self-harm.”

https://x.com/GeorgeWParker/status/1807460467771588762

I saw on their website, 10-packs of their corflutes, at 28 quid a pop, sold out!

It'll be those hard court bike polo folk making wheel guards, demand has risen

Nightmare fuel

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Just got my postal vote... needs to be back in the UK by 10pm on the 4th. Seems unlikely.