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SimonStClare said:

dr_spyn said:

Guido Fawkes ‏@GuidoFawkes 30s30 seconds ago
BREAKING: EMILY THORNBERRY RESIGNS

Blimey - I honestly thought Thornberry’s tweet, though crass, was hardly a resigning issue.

oh well never mind.

It wasn't remotely close to being a resigning issue until Ed panicked. It doesn't bode well for a full on gutter fight in the upcoming general next May. Ed is a terrible General.

Danny565 said:

Starting to wonder if this might be a perfect storm for another leadership crisis for Ed... the Thornberry shambles (and what seems frankly like Ed gutlessly surrendering one of his "allies" to cover himself), a persistent Tory lead in the polls, and a collapse in the byelection.

He's probably safe. But arguable that historians might write that this was the night that Labour lost the election.

FalseFlag said:

Tim_B said:

This is incredible - Democrats are comparing tonight's Obama executive action announcement on immigration to Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation proclamation

Should be impeached, acting like an African dictator.

No point - given the length of the process at most it would shorten his term by about 3 months. It would mean Joe Biden would be POTUS. Who would want that? Plus he swims naked and is 72 today.

Swiss_Bob said:

tory_up_north said:

What on earth is politics coming to when a Shadow Minister resigns over a photograph with a neutral comment under it? I can't stand Emily Thornberry but she deserves better on this.
This General Election promises to be the most bizarre ever.

I'm 600 miles away and I could see it was one of the dumbest tweets by a politician since Twitter was invented.

Well, we see it differently. Still, I don't have huge sympathy for politician who tweet in any case. A very difficult medium to get across often complex messages.

bigjohnowls said:

Floater said:

bigjohnowls said:

Floater said:

bigjohnowls said:

foxinsoxuk said:

Floater said:

Everybody put up their St George flags yet?

ET sums up metropolitan Labour oh so very well.

I thought about hanging out my flag, but didn't want to attract too many Labour canvassers!

Never had you down as a Chav!!

Are you at DD tomorrow? Will you be wearing your Burberry Baseball cap?

I will have my I love the NHS badge on!!

Should I pop round and tell my Asian neighbours that you think they are chavs?

Seems Emily is not alone in her views

If you want I am pleased you are on good terms with them.

I used to have a big Union Jack flag with Dronfield Owls written on it

Flags are rubbish these days especially on cars.

Cuts down your MPG too.

I also used to go to away matches with scarfs out of both back windows.

Was getting through about 10 scarves a season.

Unlike you and Emily I generally don't judge people by what flags they hang out of their windows.

Bet you don't have car flags though do you?

Or a white van.

Perhaps you can introduce me to your Asian neighbours they sound a wonderful example of the great Multicultural Society we have become to me.

I am in Colchester, do come up if you can bear to mix with the working class.

We have people from everywhere around here.

I was pleased they hung out England flags you and your party think of them as chavs though - mores the pity.

We can talk about the problems of getting a child into an overcrowded primary school whilst you are here,

Scott_P said:

Swiss_Bob said:

I think I'll watch QT tonight for the first time in ages.

For once it might be quite entertaining.

Recorded before she resigned

Back to Counting Cars.

peter_from_putney said:

AndyJS said:

"Labour sources are even more emphatic. They are predicting that Ukip will get about 45% of the vote, the Tories 37/38/39% and that they will be squeezed down to about 10% or 11%."

45% + 38% + 11% = 94%, leaving just 6% for all the others ....... doesn't bode well for the Yellows does it?

Tell you what if Kelly gets that sort of vote I reckon that's a good job done and leaves the seat eminently retakeable in May. we shall see.

Emily Thornberry now the top story on BBC News, where before she was just mentioned in passing in the main story about the Tories' imminent byelection loss.

The complete lack of PR nous at the top of the Labour party...

AndyJS said:

Tomorrow's Sun front page:

twitter.com/suttonnick/status/535560457785196544/photo/1

It's almost as if Ed has managed to piss them off in some way.

@JohnRentoul: Don't believe EdM would have made her do it. It's turned embarrassment into disaster. She must have had enough & stormed off.

That doesn't shore up Ed's position much...

TheScreamingEagles said:

chestnut said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

@Sun_Politics: YouGov/Sun poll tonight - Tories retain one point lead: CON 34%, LAB 33%, LD 7%, UKIP 15%, GRN 6%

That's 4 Tory leads in the last 6, isn't it?

I think so, this might be the first week since early 2012 that the average weekly YouGov will have the Tories ahead.

It's all falling apart for Ed, and the Labour Party are stuck with him now.

BTW - YouGov must be yet another outlier. Still, it should make this weekend's ELBOW very interesting!

@camillalong: This Emily Thornberry thing feels like 100% flounce

So there is an emerging media view that this was not Strong Ed wielding the knife, but Snotty Emily sticking the boot in as she leaves the sinking ship

Please tell me this is a joke. If Ed fired her because of that tweet he's a clown. That is the most insane reason for a resignation I've ever heard of. I think Ed must have a death wish or he's a secret fitfth columnist trying to deflect attention from the Tory defeat.

What a fu*king idiot

On the front page of the Telegraph, Farage is wearing a Bayeux Tapestry tie and drinking a pint of Spitfire.

AndyJS said:

"Stewart Jackson MP ‏@SJacksonMP 33m33 minutes ago

Any Tory MP who defects to UKIP on the basis of the result in Rochester and Strood (whatever it is) would frankly be completely insane"

https://twitter.com/SJacksonMP

Not if UKIP got 70% it wouldn't. Not going to happen of course, but he seems to underestimate how many are looking for any excuse to take the plunge without getting wet, by which I mean actually take a big risk on losing their own seats if they defected.

antifrank said:

Just imagine facing the wrath of Ed Miliband. It must be like being bitten by Gizmo.

More like being savaged by a dead sheep.

(Welsh people note, this is neither good nor desirable)

KentRising said:

On the front page of the Telegraph, Farage is wearing a Bayeux Tapestry tie and drinking a pint of Spitfire.

An Overlord tie would have been better, or can you get Mers el Kebir commemorative neckwear?

Norm said:

peter_from_putney said:

AndyJS said:

"Labour sources are even more emphatic. They are predicting that Ukip will get about 45% of the vote, the Tories 37/38/39% and that they will be squeezed down to about 10% or 11%."

45% + 38% + 11% = 94%, leaving just 6% for all the others ....... doesn't bode well for the Yellows does it?

Tell you what if Kelly gets that sort of vote I reckon that's a good job done and leaves the seat eminently retakeable in May. we shall see.

That's right.

If the Tories are as close as 6% to UKIP on a turnover of 50% or more it's a pretty decent nite for them. If Labour has dropped to that level though, you would expect UKIP to be closer to 50% - maybe even a shade over, if the patterns of churn in Rochester are similar to what we have seen elsewhere. That would give the Kippers a win of 10% or more, which I am sure they would regard as perfectly acceptable.

Much more than 10% of course and the Tories will have little to comfort themselves with, apart of course from Ms Thornbury's departure.

TheScreamingEagles said:

antifrank said:

Just imagine facing the wrath of Ed Miliband. It must be like being bitten by Gizmo.

More like being savaged by a dead sheep.

(Welsh people note, this is neither good nor desirable)

The original dead sheep had his day with his cricket analogy and the captain breaking his bat comment though didnt he

I'm sure Twitter can be a very useful tool for public figures like MPs, and they are probably all advised to get one so they can at least forward on messages from central office, but will at some point they become more trouble than they are worth - you'd need to monitor all your MPs feeds all the time to hope they don't make some stupid comment, or retweet a comment from a BNP supporter by mistake or something, and be forced to fire them.

As expected though, we are getting a bit of back and forth between 'Ed should have sacked her immediately' and 'Ed's really weak for sacking her'. Come on Ed, that's not how the game is played - you were supposed to be criticised for sticking by this snob, not actually sacking her over a bloody tweet.

TimB Indeed, I could well see Hillary picking a Hispanic running mate, for the first ticket ever without a white male

This all looks like a massive bout of panic by Labour at the loss of their core vote to UKIP.

And they are right to panic.... They could yet be slugging it out for third place on votes with UKIP come May.

Scott_P said:

Lucy Powell is a PR genius...

@SophyRidgeSky: On a night where UKIP could be about to turn over a Tory majority of just under 10,000 - Labour has still managed to make headlines...

When Ms Powell inevitably comes to re-writing her CV, I think they'll be a big gap for 2014...

MyBurningEars said:

I'm actually still laughing. That is hilarious and terrible at the same time. Have the political affairs at the highest level of a nuclear-armed power, within living memory the greatest Empire the world has ever seen, the world's 6th largest economy, a Big Five state at the UN, a nation of 64 million souls, come down to this...

White van man's England flags and Paisley Pyjamas.

Bleeding eck.

Flags have been a serious issue in the UK for years. People have died and been burned out of their homes over flags. In recent years in the UK.

HYUFD said:

Ken Clarke more leftwing than Burnham on QT

New entertaining Clarke scenario - he defects to the ravaged LDs after 2015 and is elected Leader, now they are free of their RedLiberal section (and most of their votes)

Grandiose said:

Floater said:

bigjohnowls said:

Floater said:

bigjohnowls said:

Floater said:

Should I pop round and tell my Asian neighbours that you think they are chavs?

Seems Emily is not alone in her views

If you want I am pleased you are on good terms with them.

I used to have a big Union Jack flag with Dronfield Owls written on it

Flags are rubbish these days especially on cars.

Cuts down your MPG too.

I also used to go to away matches with scarfs out of both back windows.

Was getting through about 10 scarves a season.

Unlike you and Emily I generally don't judge people by what flags they hang out of their windows.

Bet you don't have car flags though do you?

Or a white van.

Perhaps you can introduce me to your Asian neighbours they sound a wonderful example of the great Multicultural Society we have become to me.

I am in Colchester, do come up if you can bear to mix with the working class.

We have people from everywhere around here.

I was pleased they hung out England flags you and your party think of them as chavs though - mores the pity.

We can talk about the problems of getting a child into an overcrowded primary school whilst you are here,

I didn't know you were in Colchester, floater!

I grew up in one of the villages outside (which I shan't name, for privacy reasons) and went to school there.

I am quite astounded that anyone could live anywhere that wasn't in any way socially mixed at any point in their lives.

The daft lass has a constituency only a dozen miles (as the crow flies, I counted so I couldn't be accused of hyperbole) from Romford, where this picture might as well have been taken, complete with white van. Or Thurrock or Basildon, which would add a few miles to the count admittedly. There's no need for her to go out as far as Colchester or the Kentish wilderness to observe the lesser-spotted working class - the group of people her party was originally created to represent, for goodness sake. Even a few bits of Newham or Waltham Forest might have done, if she'd wanted it within walking distance.

Much as politicians despise swathes of the press, the allegedly sinister Murdochdrones behind the Sun know their target market just as well as the malicious makers of the Mail. I don't expect her tastes and opinions to coincide with such folk. I'm not even expecting her to grok them, let alone like them. But a vague awareness that the folk who she is nominally meant to be representing in the first place actually exist might have come in handy for her.

Neil said:

MyBurningEars said:

I'm actually still laughing. That is hilarious and terrible at the same time. Have the political affairs at the highest level of a nuclear-armed power, within living memory the greatest Empire the world has ever seen, the world's 6th largest economy, a Big Five state at the UN, a nation of 64 million souls, come down to this...

White van man's England flags and Paisley Pyjamas.

Bleeding eck.

Flags have been a serious issue in the UK for years. People have died and been burned out of their homes over flags. In recent years in the UK.

I might be wearing my Union Jack cuff links tomorrow.

Depends if I dress in a suit or not, or do I go for the jeans and red trainers look again?

HYUFD said:

TimB Indeed, I could well see Hillary picking a Hispanic running mate, for the first ticket ever without a white male

There are rumors that Hillary IS a white male :-)

@IsabelHardman: Amusingly the last time I saw Emily Thornberry, we were mocking a David Cameron tweet https://t.co/HhqMzkIkNq http://t.co/9e417vaw16

Losing in Scotland, now Wales, is nowhere safe for Labour?

@Britainelects

Uplands (Swansea):

Independent GAIN from Labour.

Philip Davies: "I can't think of any issue where I don't agree with Nigel Farage"

Ed Miliband is a Tory plant, that can be the only explanation.

Taxpayers may have to spend more than £3bn to stop Parliament turning into an unusable "ruin", Newsnight understands.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30137334

I'm...actually ok with that amount. Politically difficult though I imagine.

Tykejohnno said:

Labour will be better off and well rid of people like Thornberry,she's a out of touch snob

All we need now is a cull of the majority in the shadow cabinet and we may get our labour party back.

:-)

Peter_the_Punter said:
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My guess for tonights winning margin was 6.6% for UKIP, so if those figures are correct I may win the prize.

I stand to be corrected PtP, but I could have sworn that your competition entry was for UKIP to achieve a double digit lead ....... 10% - 12% iirc.

Grandiose said:

Floater said:

bigjohnowls said:

Floater said:

bigjohnowls said:

Floater said:

bigjohnowls said:

foxinsoxuk said:

Floater said:

Everybody put up their St George flags yet?

ET sums up metropolitan Labour oh so very well.

I thought about hanging out my flag, but didn't want to attract too many Labour canvassers!

Never had you down as a Chav!!

Are you at DD tomorrow? Will you be wearing your Burberry Baseball cap?

I will have my I love the NHS badge on!!

Should I pop round and tell my Asian neighbours that you think they are chavs?

Seems Emily is not alone in her views

If you want I am pleased you are on good terms with them.

I used to have a big Union Jack flag with Dronfield Owls written on it

Flags are rubbish these days especially on cars.

Cuts down your MPG too.

I also used to go to away matches with scarfs out of both back windows.

Was getting through about 10 scarves a season.

Unlike you and Emily I generally don't judge people by what flags they hang out of their windows.

Bet you don't have car flags though do you?

Or a white van.

Perhaps you can introduce me to your Asian neighbours they sound a wonderful example of the great Multicultural Society we have become to me.

I am in Colchester, do come up if you can bear to mix with the working class.

We have people from everywhere around here.

I was pleased they hung out England flags you and your party think of them as chavs though - mores the pity.

We can talk about the problems of getting a child into an overcrowded primary school whilst you are here,

I didn't know you were in Colchester, floater!

I grew up in one of the villages outside (which I shan't name, for privacy reasons) and went to school there.

I am quite astounded that anyone could live anywhere that wasn't in any way socially mixed at any point in their lives.

Although I was born in India, I spent part of my childhood in Colchester, from when I was about 6 months old till I was about 3.

RodCrosby said:

Danny565 said:

According to the Guardian, a "Labour source" is predicting a swing FROM Labour TO the Tories.

Danny565 said:

According to the Guardian, a "Labour source" is predicting a swing FROM Labour TO the Tories.

I intimated that, after the last poll.

Would be good for the swingback prediction, i.e. horrific for Labour...

Does that mean simply a greater fall in the Labour vote than in the Tory vote?

Sunil_Prasannan said:

Grandiose said:

Floater said:

bigjohnowls said:

Floater said:

bigjohnowls said:

Floater said:

bigjohnowls said:

foxinsoxuk said:

Floater said:

Everybody put up their St George flags yet?

ET sums up metropolitan Labour oh so very well.

I thought about hanging out my flag, but didn't want to attract too many Labour canvassers!

Never had you down as a Chav!!

Are you at DD tomorrow? Will you be wearing your Burberry Baseball cap?

I will have my I love the NHS badge on!!

Should I pop round and tell my Asian neighbours that you think they are chavs?

Seems Emily is not alone in her views

If you want I am pleased you are on good terms with them.

I used to have a big Union Jack flag with Dronfield Owls written on it

Flags are rubbish these days especially on cars.

Cuts down your MPG too.

I also used to go to away matches with scarfs out of both back windows.

Was getting through about 10 scarves a season.

Unlike you and Emily I generally don't judge people by what flags they hang out of their windows.

Bet you don't have car flags though do you?

Or a white van.

Perhaps you can introduce me to your Asian neighbours they sound a wonderful example of the great Multicultural Society we have become to me.

I am in Colchester, do come up if you can bear to mix with the working class.

We have people from everywhere around here.

I was pleased they hung out England flags you and your party think of them as chavs though - mores the pity.

We can talk about the problems of getting a child into an overcrowded primary school whilst you are here,

I didn't know you were in Colchester, floater!

I grew up in one of the villages outside (which I shan't name, for privacy reasons) and went to school there.

I am quite astounded that anyone could live anywhere that wasn't in any way socially mixed at any point in their lives.

Although I was born in India, I spent part of my childhood in Colchester, from when I was about 6 months old till I was about 3.

So you're the second greatest person ever to have lived in Colchester.

Jesus Christ. Just when you think Ed can't get any more ridiculous this happens. The cluelessness is breathtaking. Tough on tweets. It really is The Thick of It.

Drop Myleene Petition passes 6000

Would have thought most red blooded males might like that

@JGForsyth: Thornberry going over Tweet sets the bar low for future calls for Labour resignations, suspect Labour leadership will regret tonight in time