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Today’s must watch and some important stats – politicalbetting.com
Today’s must watch and some important stats – politicalbetting.com
I am still digesting today’s results but it is clear the old political duopoly is over, from a betting perspective the next general election might be the one where UNS falls apart completely.
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The big problem the Tories, their brand is shot, while they aren't in power to change anything and massive lack of talent.
revolutionincremental improvement...when do we want it...nowover the next 5-10 years.Come on guys... let's leave Reform behind for a minute.
I’m going to eat my words !
He’s Roy Keane.
It’s nice to have a day without incessant blethering and obsessing, from U.K. based posters, about Donald Ruddy Trump.
He was certainly the fall guy for the useless coalition.
I'm comfortable with that if it keeps Jenrick in his kennel.
Starting tomorrow if possible, and forever.
Will post here as an exclusive...
A political career begins / ends...
I’d said, to quote the sadly MIA (not the shit rapper) Heathener, the Tories had had a shellacking.
Also not saying MIA raps about faeces, just she’s not very good, but she married a billionaire. Cool beans.
#LegendaryModestyKlaxon
Farage by contrast, having previously favoured PR, would find the 30% his party got today would give Reform a comfortable majority of MPs with FPTP but most likely today's voteshares would see a Labour and LD and Green government with PR
It's not his politics - the Dems need their right wing as much as their left. But there's other stuff going on there.
'You're commendably/recklessly honest.'
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/05/02/kemi-badenoch-i-am-sorry-for-election-bloodbath/
Wonder where he got that idea......
.Russia also uses Victory Day to celebrate the end of the war.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2025/england/councils/E06000062
Senile old duffer seems not to know about the whole war in the Pacific thing.
General 2: "Starmer didn't have enough Councillors. The attack never took place."
"This is the proper way to begin a story."
https://x.com/nxthompson/status/1918268036949193149
https://youtu.be/T7Okk0bsMpI
What do we want?
Gradual change!
When do we want it?
In due course!
This man could make the story of the greatest night of your life seem stilted, awkward and boring
In his first speech after yesterdays elections, Starmer could have chosen to appear at a school, a library or a care home. He could have spoken about the cost of living crisis.
Instead he chose to appear at a defence contractor and speak about Ukraine & military drones
https://x.com/saulstaniforth/status/1918244829491777904?s=46&t=CW4pL-mMpTqsJXCdjW0Z6Q
It's not as red as most folks think.
We must not let the people know
What socialists thought long ago.
Don't let the scarlet banner float.
We want the middle class’s vote.
Let our old-fashioned comrades sneer,
We'll stay in power for many a year.
Lancashire is particularly depressing, Reform taking control and 2nd place seems to be Gaza Independents.
Urgh.
Lloyd George without the ability.
Or the sex (well, so far as we know).
Fun fact, both Jenrick and Richard Burgon both went to St. John's.
This is democracy manifest
Main parties up their game.
Wilberforce, ironically, spent much of his time at Cambridge boozing and gambling.
Left wing friend, very bright, kinda Blairite. Two kids, made his own fortune, massive engineer geek
We got on to politics and I admitted I'm now Reform and he pretended to do a little rant but we both knew his heart wasn't in it. He then went on a ten minute rant of his own, about the utter nediocrity of Starmer (with tones of genuinely bitter disappointment). He then said "fuck it, maybe Farage will be better, or maybe he will be Trump. I don't care any more, maybe it's worth the risk
He then became eloquently sad and angry about the school in South London opposite his house where he sees little girls in niqabs - aged 12 or so
This is the pond in which Reform is flourishing. A mixture of contempt for our present big parties, despair at their stupidity, a sense of "roll the dice" and a genuine disquiet about cultural changes
Meanwhile.
Zhao Xintong knocks Ronnie out with a session to spare.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoDKh1EAZjI
They should be so lucky. Their responsibilities are
1 Social care
2 Anything else they can't wriggle out of
3 Erm...
4 That's about it.
Some new councillors will rise to the challenge, I'm sure. But the promises made and implied are awfully big, and it's going to be a challenge to deliver them.
(Not Rochdale's! Like and subscribe!)