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  • Pro_RataPro_Rata Posts: 5,288
    Red echo incoming on the radar.

    Suit getting drenched.

    Lost track of his droning already.
  • TimSTimS Posts: 12,994
    He's making excuses
  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 82,012
    Why wouldn't you just do it inside? He really is a plonker.
  • Scott_xPScott_xP Posts: 35,990
    rambling shite so far
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 51,821
    Music??
  • This is a weird speech?
  • Pro_RataPro_Rata Posts: 5,288
    Oh, dear!
  • MortimerMortimer Posts: 14,127
    Wow. He looks like he has given up. Has he finally realised he isn't very good at politics?
  • Andy_JSAndy_JS Posts: 32,557
    Things Can Only Get Better in the background.
  • MexicanpeteMexicanpete Posts: 28,368
    So job done.

    Things can only get better still in the background.
  • MartinVegasMartinVegas Posts: 56
    I'm not sure being rained on is a good start or look
  • He's fixed the economy!
  • Big_G_NorthWalesBig_G_NorthWales Posts: 63,045
    How is this pa being allowed to drown out Sunaks announcements
  • One wonders if he was waiting for inflation all this time and this was always the plan
  • GIN1138GIN1138 Posts: 22,286
    Why doesn't Rish use some of his gazillions to buy an umbrella?
  • AlsoLeiAlsoLei Posts: 1,457
    Things Can Only Get Better.

    Peak Rishi.
  • Big_G_NorthWalesBig_G_NorthWales Posts: 63,045
    King grants request for the 4th July
  • How is this pa being allowed to drown out Sunaks announcements

    It's a free country.
  • not_on_firenot_on_fire Posts: 4,449
    edited May 22

    This is a weird speech?

    Yes, feels more like a resignation than calling a GE
  • TimSTimS Posts: 12,994
    Sounds like Steve Bray is doing his Steve Bray thing.
  • AlanbrookeAlanbrooke Posts: 25,405

    This is a weird speech?

    Why is it Leftie fuckwits cant just let people listen to events in peace.
  • LeonLeon Posts: 55,291
    it does feel like a superbly bathetic end to the Tory rule
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 52,566

    Sunak standing in the ran for his speech sums it up really.

    I almost feel a bit sorry for him.

    Return of the Tory wet.....
  • viewcodeviewcode Posts: 22,082

    Sunak standing in the ran for his speech sums it up really.

    I almost feel a bit sorry for him.

    An easily avoidable problem that with only a little thought could be made better. The metaphor arrived, clunkily... :(
  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 82,012
    edited May 22
    Leon said:

    Oh God some twat with an amplifier trying to drown it all out. It's not big and it's not funny, just punch them

    It really is pathetic and childish. I thought the authorities had been given the power to remove the equipment.
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 71,070
    The mixture of and self aggrandisement, delivered in the flattest of tones, is pretty dire.

    The faint incidental music track is a nice touch though; what is it ?
  • MexicanpeteMexicanpete Posts: 28,368
    So he's already seen Chas. Brady foiled- for the moment.
  • Confirmed. 4th July.
  • ArtistArtist Posts: 1,893
    First big election gaffe in the announcement itself.
  • Nigelb said:

    The mixture of and self aggrandisement, delivered in the flattest of tones, is pretty dire.

    The faint incidental music track is a nice touch though; what is it ?

    TONY BLAIR'S MUSIC
  • TazTaz Posts: 14,385
    Some Grade A window licker playing Things can only get better loudly to drown this out.

    Leon is right. Punch them.

    Is it that twat with a top hat ?
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 52,566
    Leon said:

    Oh God some twat with an amplifier trying to drown it all out. It's not big and it's not funny, just punch them

    Fair chance he'll be elctrocuted....
  • DM_AndyDM_Andy Posts: 1,127

    How is this pa being allowed to drown out Sunaks announcements

    This is still a free country last time I looked.
  • Andy_JSAndy_JS Posts: 32,557

    King grants request for the 4th July

    Is he going to the Palace?
  • IanB2IanB2 Posts: 49,863
    Shame there are no letters to fall off
  • MexicanpeteMexicanpete Posts: 28,368
    Nigelb said:

    The mixture of and self aggrandisement, delivered in the flattest of tones, is pretty dire.

    The faint incidental music track is a nice touch though; what is it ?

    Bad people playing DReam
  • AlanbrookeAlanbrooke Posts: 25,405

    How is this pa being allowed to drown out Sunaks announcements

    It's a free country.
    of course but that doesnt just give you the right to shit on everyone else.
  • RochdalePioneersRochdalePioneers Posts: 28,901
    Hang on. Rambling shit speech. With the announcement thrown in as an aside in the middle, going straight on with more rambling shite.

    This is going to be a FUN campaign...
  • HeathenerHeathener Posts: 7,084
    Kinda feel sorry for him. This is so awful.
  • londonpubmanlondonpubman Posts: 3,639
    Loving it that someone is playing 'Things can only get better' in the background!
  • CatManCatMan Posts: 3,058
    Maybe he should have announced it inside after all
  • not_on_firenot_on_fire Posts: 4,449

    Leon said:

    Oh God some twat with an amplifier trying to drown it all out. It's not big and it's not funny, just punch them

    It really is pathetic and childish. I thought the authorities had been given the power to remove the equipment.
    And remove them to Rwanda?
  • BarnesianBarnesian Posts: 8,583
    Andy_JS said:

    King grants request for the 4th July

    Is he going to the Palace?
    He's already gone
  • Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 61,790
    The British Grand Prix weekend starts the day after the election.
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 71,070

    How is this pa being allowed to drown out Sunaks announcements

    Freedom of speech ?
  • .

    How is this pa being allowed to drown out Sunaks announcements

    It's a free country.
    of course but that doesnt just give you the right to shit on everyone else.
    That's not stopped the Tories......
  • GIN1138GIN1138 Posts: 22,286
    Andy_JS said:

    King grants request for the 4th July

    Is he going to the Palace?
    No. King already granted dissolution
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 51,821
    Taz said:

    Some Grade A window licker playing Things can only get better loudly to drown this out.

    Leon is right. Punch them.

    Is it that twat with a top hat ?

    I prefer the Howard Jones version :)
  • Pro_RataPro_Rata Posts: 5,288
    Who let this go ahead like this.

    Good grief.
  • Peter_the_PunterPeter_the_Punter Posts: 14,324
    Why can the police not stop the noise of the attention-seekers down the road?
  • ChrisChris Posts: 11,749
    Taz said:

    Some Grade A window licker playing Things can only get better loudly to drown this out.

    Leon is right. Punch them.

    What makes me think the Tories aren't going to accept defeat gracefully?
  • ChameleonChameleon Posts: 4,264
    Can he at least put Steve Bray on the plane to Rwanda before he heads off?
  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 82,012
    edited May 22
    His suit jacket is sodden.

    Surely somebody must have said bad weather, dick with a PA, lets do it inside.
  • bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 22,662
    Sunak getting piss wet through a fitting end to his Premiership.

    Someone playing things can only get better at full blast
  • MortimerMortimer Posts: 14,127
    Pro_Rata said:

    Who let this go ahead like this.

    Good grief.

    The end of the Tory wet wet wets.....
  • AlanbrookeAlanbrooke Posts: 25,405

    .

    How is this pa being allowed to drown out Sunaks announcements

    It's a free country.
    of course but that doesnt just give you the right to shit on everyone else.
    That's not stopped the Tories......
    Labour will shit on everyone too or havent you realised that ?
  • MexicanpeteMexicanpete Posts: 28,368
    If Starmer is a worse campaigner than what we are currently seeing, Starmer must be really sh1te.
  • MonksfieldMonksfield Posts: 2,806
    Moving onto the ad hom! Classic
  • DM_AndyDM_Andy Posts: 1,127
    Leon said:

    How is this pa being allowed to drown out Sunaks announcements

    It's a free country.
    Just because it is a free country doesn't mean you should act like a twat; this is the UK PM announcing an election. I want the Tories gone, but really. We are not a serious country, we need to get a grip on childish shit like this
    Pot. Kettle. Black.
  • wooliedyedwooliedyed Posts: 10,061
    Whoever advised him to stand in the rain like a twat needs talking to. Disastrous speech
  • AlsoLeiAlsoLei Posts: 1,457
    Cringe cringe cringe.
    Stop rambling, Rishi!
  • pm215pm215 Posts: 1,134
    Well, my expectations about the election date were totally wrong. Just as well I didn't have any money on it :-)
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 51,821
    Mortimer said:

    Pro_Rata said:

    Who let this go ahead like this.

    Good grief.

    The end of the Tory wet wet wets.....
    "Why does it always rain on me?"
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 71,070
    "They have no plan" is Rishi's slogan.

    Sub-underwhelming.

    "I will earn your trust"
    Bit bloody late for that.
  • not_on_firenot_on_fire Posts: 4,449

    Why can the police not stop the noise of the attention-seekers down the road?

    Are you referring to Sunak or the megaphone guy?
  • DecrepiterJohnLDecrepiterJohnL Posts: 27,899

    Where is the lectern?

    Sky

    The statement is to be inside Downing Street
    That aged badly.
  • Leon said:

    How is this pa being allowed to drown out Sunaks announcements

    It's a free country.
    Just because it is a free country doesn't mean you should act like a twat; this is the UK PM announcing an election. I want the Tories gone, but really. We are not a serious country, we need to get a grip on childish shit like this
    We've had Johnson, Truss and Sunak in charge. We've not been a serious country for years!
  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 82,012
    That was shit wasn't it.
  • IanB2IanB2 Posts: 49,863
    Did I miss the actual announcement?
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 119,632

    NEW THREAD

  • OnlyLivingBoyOnlyLivingBoy Posts: 15,784

    Mortimer said:

    Pro_Rata said:

    Who let this go ahead like this.

    Good grief.

    The end of the Tory wet wet wets.....
    "Why does it always rain on me?"
    Is it because I lied when I was 17, 18, 19...
  • StuartinromfordStuartinromford Posts: 17,220
    Mortimer said:

    Pro_Rata said:

    Who let this go ahead like this.

    Good grief.

    The end of the Tory wet wet wets.....
    Wishing he was lucky.
  • eekeek Posts: 28,370
    Congrats to @No_Offence_Alan for being the only person to get the election date correct, hope you had decent money on it
  • AlanbrookeAlanbrooke Posts: 25,405
    IanB2 said:

    Did I miss the actual announcement?

    Given you couldnt hear half of it you probably did.
  • OldKingColeOldKingCole Posts: 33,431
    pm215 said:

    Well, my expectations about the election date were totally wrong. Just as well I didn't have any money on it :-)

    Likewise!
    As my wife would say, wrong again!
  • CatManCatMan Posts: 3,058
    HIGNY is going to have a field day with that speech
  • HeathenerHeathener Posts: 7,084

    That was shit wasn't it.

    Disastrous
  • TazTaz Posts: 14,385

    Idiot with megaphone may have been funny beforehand, but not now.

    The BBC could have cut it out if they wanted.

    Of course this could have been avoided by doing it indoors.

    Was it that prat with the EU top hat?

    He was evicted last week.

    Homeless now.

    LOL.
  • OnboardG1OnboardG1 Posts: 1,589
    Fair play to the Downing Street hairstylist. His coiff was bulletproof. Unlike his majority.
  • DougSealDougSeal Posts: 12,541

    Sunak getting piss wet through a fitting end to his Premiership.

    Someone playing things can only get better at full blast

    SKS fans please explain
  • bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 22,662
    Oh look Rishi going on

    SKS is a liar who breaks every pledge he makes and has no principles.

    What a surprise.

    Why did he do it in such torrential rain was like a Monty Python sketch
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 71,070
    Leon said:

    How is this pa being allowed to drown out Sunaks announcements

    It's a free country.
    Just because it is a free country doesn't mean you should act like a twat; this is the UK PM announcing an election. I want the Tories gone, but really. We are not a serious country, we need to get a grip on childish shit like this
    No one's saying "you should act like a twat".

    But the police are not there to compel political deference. This was a party political speech, not a ministerial announcement.
  • StuartinromfordStuartinromford Posts: 17,220

    Mortimer said:

    Pro_Rata said:

    Who let this go ahead like this.

    Good grief.

    The end of the Tory wet wet wets.....
    "Why does it always rain on me?"
    Is it because I lied when I was 17, 18, 19...
    36.
  • DougSealDougSeal Posts: 12,541

    How is this pa being allowed to drown out Sunaks announcements

    It's a free country.
    of course but that doesnt just give you the right to shit on everyone else.
    Hasn’t stopped the Tories
  • another_richardanother_richard Posts: 26,606
    Cookie said:

    Has this been mentioned:

    Nearly three in five Americans wrongly believe the US is in an economic recession, and the majority blame the Biden administration, according to a Harris poll conducted exclusively for the Guardian. The survey found persistent pessimism about the economy as election day draws closer.

    The poll highlighted many misconceptions people have about the economy, including:

    55% believe the economy is shrinking, and 56% think the US is experiencing a recession, though the broadest measure of the economy, gross domestic product (GDP), has been growing.
    49% believe the S&P 500 stock market index is down for the year, though the index went up about 24% in 2023 and is up more than 12% this year.
    49% believe that unemployment is at a 50-year high, though the unemployment rate has been under 4%, a near 50-year low.


    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/22/poll-economy-recession-biden

    49% of Democrats think the USA is currently in recession.
    61% of Democrats think that inflation is currently increasing.

    Apparently there's a 'vibecession' phenomenon.

    Now this might be the fault of Sleepy Joe - or Trump or Brexit :wink: - or it might just be that people's expectations are increasing faster than which any government can meet.

    And likely happening in other Western countries as well.

    People are still shocked by the big price increases post COVID. A lot of people are saying “I can’t afford to do X anymore”.

    This is how most people measure prosperity.
    Saying it doesn't necessarily make it true.

    There are pay rises to go with the price rises.

    Not to mention asset value rises - firstly housing and now shares/pensions.

    But it does seem increasingly common for people to be claiming poverty even when they are certainly getting richer.

    Similarly every oldie seems to think that their pensions increase is "all being taken back through tax" or that their increased winter fuel allowance 'doesn't count'.

    I, at least, will admit to never having been as affluent as I am today.
    I'm definitely poorer than I was five years ago, and struggle more to get through the month more than I did. My salary has increased quite a lot, but my outgoings have increased by more, and inflation means that the capital I have is worth less. My house is worth more but given that I will always want to live in a house this doesn't feel like wealth which does me any good whatsoever.

    It's kids' activities which are killing me. I rarely go out, I have quite basic requirements in clothing, I don't have a mortgage. Food has gone up but has actually started coming down again. But kids' activities are just going up and up and up and up. And because of working from home they have the opportunity to do so many more of them.

    Again, its worth pointing out that a return of inflation to pre-covid levels doesn't mean a return of prices to pre-covid levels.
    Is this the Lancashire millionaire equivalent of Monty Python ?

    I think you've proved my point.

    People will always find a way to claim poverty.

    Even if they have good pay rises and don't have a mortgage.
  • DougSealDougSeal Posts: 12,541

    Oh look Rishi going on

    SKS is a liar who breaks every pledge he makes and has no principles.

    What a surprise.

    Why did he do it in such torrential rain was like a Monty Python sketch

    Like clockwork
  • Richard_TyndallRichard_Tyndall Posts: 32,526

    This is a weird speech?

    Yes, feels more like a resignation than calling a GE
    Of course in many ways it is a resignation. Just announcing it on behalf of all 650 MPs.
  • Penddu2Penddu2 Posts: 689
    So is he a 'Wet' now?
  • SandyRentoolSandyRentool Posts: 22,015
    A wet D.ream for Labour?
  • AnabobazinaAnabobazina Posts: 23,485

    So job done.

    Things can only get better still in the background.

    What are you going to do every night now you can't drone on about an election happening in January?
  • AnabobazinaAnabobazina Posts: 23,485
    Taz said:

    Some Grade A window licker playing Things can only get better loudly to drown this out.

    Leon is right. Punch them.

    Is it that twat with a top hat ?

    It must be hard for you to take, as a "lifelong Labour voter".
  • kinabalukinabalu Posts: 42,135
    Leon said:

    How is this pa being allowed to drown out Sunaks announcements

    It's a free country.
    Just because it is a free country doesn't mean you should act like a twat; this is the UK PM announcing an election. I want the Tories gone, but really. We are not a serious country, we need to get a grip on childish shit like this
    Says person who lapped up Boris Johnson's clown show.
  • bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 22,662
    Westminster Voting Intention:

    LAB: 48% (+4)
    CON: 27% (+2)
    LDM: 8% (-2)
    RFM: 8% (=)
    SNP: 3% (+1)
    GRN: 2% (-5)

    Via @Survation, 21-22 May.
    Changes w/ 9-10 May.

    SKSICIPM surely can't blow it from here. Survation usually has been on of Pollsters with smaller leads too

    Last person being this far ahead at the start of a campaign was T May in 2017 ended with a hung Parliament thanks to Jezzas amazing campaign. Don't think Rishi has it in him to turn that around.
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