Next week things can only get better for Sunak or worse – politicalbetting.com
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Scott living rent free in some PB heads tonight.2
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Intderesting question as to whether it stands, rather, for 'Pedantic'.ydoethur said:
No it doesn't.rcs1000 said:
Point of order: 99.999999999999999% of the world’s population leaves less than one person. You are literally saying he is the person on the planet with the greatest life ahead of him. And I think that is incorrect.boulay said:
I don’t think it will affect him too much - it’s not his one thing in life, it’s not the whole summation of his success or failure. When this goes tits up he’s still been Chancellor of the Exchequer, PM by mid forties, made millions in a career he was obviously successful at, married a billionairess, an amazing educational experience in different places and seems to have a happy marriage and lovely children. He has an incredible life ahead of him, more so than 99.999999999999999% of the world’s population and I think his tiggerish persona and desire to achieve will put it all in perspective.ToryJim said:Just catching up with the defection of Mark Logan. I hope he’s already cleared out his office as I suspect his former colleagues will probably want to lynch him if they bump into him.
I suspect that this campaign is going to age Rishi by about 25 years. He might not be the most capable politician but he doesn’t exactly deserve this.
If he was a politician whose existence had been Uni, Spad, MP, shadow Cabinet, government and then it fell apart on their watch and was all they knew then bitterness would follow but I think Rishi will be ok.
You do know the "p" in "pb" stands for "pedant", right?
It stands for 'pedantic.'1 -
It's not over till it's over.SouthamObserver said:Five weeks, two hours and 40 minutes until the exit poll.
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Stephen Fry trying to change another institution:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/30/stephen-fry-says-mcc-stinks-of-privilege-and-classism/
Fry, 66, also skewered his fellow MCC members, saying of the club: “It has a public face that is deeply disturbing, sort of beetroot-coloured gentleman in yellow-and-orange blazers sitting in this space in front of the Long Room and looking as if they’d come out of an Edwardian cartoon.”1 -
You yourself should have a ; after "semi-colon. Just saying.Benpointer said:
That should be one sentence with the two phrases separated by a semi-colon, just saying.ydoethur said:
No it doesn't.rcs1000 said:
Point of order: 99.999999999999999% of the world’s population leaves less than one person. You are literally saying he is the person on the planet with the greatest life ahead of him. And I think that is incorrect.boulay said:
I don’t think it will affect him too much - it’s not his one thing in life, it’s not the whole summation of his success or failure. When this goes tits up he’s still been Chancellor of the Exchequer, PM by mid forties, made millions in a career he was obviously successful at, married a billionairess, an amazing educational experience in different places and seems to have a happy marriage and lovely children. He has an incredible life ahead of him, more so than 99.999999999999999% of the world’s population and I think his tiggerish persona and desire to achieve will put it all in perspective.ToryJim said:Just catching up with the defection of Mark Logan. I hope he’s already cleared out his office as I suspect his former colleagues will probably want to lynch him if they bump into him.
I suspect that this campaign is going to age Rishi by about 25 years. He might not be the most capable politician but he doesn’t exactly deserve this.
If he was a politician whose existence had been Uni, Spad, MP, shadow Cabinet, government and then it fell apart on their watch and was all they knew then bitterness would follow but I think Rishi will be ok.
You do know the "p" in "pb" stands for "pedant", right?
It stands for 'pedantic.'1 -
That’s hardly a contrast with his opponent’s manifesto.Casino_Royale said:
It's perfectly possible he tries that.Benpointer said:
Breaking: Starmer has just applied for UK to re-join the EU!boulay said:
He will even fail at that. Someone who actually does something will hear it before him and post it here.Nigelb said:
OTOH, he’ll have the satisfaction of being first to post the news about Starmer reapplying for EU membership…boulay said:…
He’s too busy being a high achiever to waste time letting go of his bitterness. That’s time he could have spent in the corridors of power, making a difference, being successful. Better off reposting tweets.GIN1138 said:
Will Scott finally stop his 8 year sulk and let go his bitterness once Election 24 is over? 🙏Taz said:
Scott does.GIN1138 said:
Nobody cares about Rishi's travel arrangements?Scott_xP said:@mikeysmith
STORY
Rishi Sunak caught taking private helicopter flight home hours after gushing about train travel
https://x.com/mikeysmith/status/1796227395650744553
@DPMcBride
The little stool for getting on and off is very sweet.
https://x.com/DPMcBride/status/1796231370454516182
So nobody of any consequence.
It’s been the best possible opening for brilliant people like Scott to stand to be an MP and make a difference, stun us with his ideas, lead the country to a brighter future. Or just shitpost on PB.
[Thought I'd get in first, for the record.]
No-one has a clue what he's going to do, or what will renege on, except the shit policies he really seems to care about - like eviscerating our education sector.
Just a different part of it.0 -
Not only that. They also seem to think SKS has morphed from a dull, ineffectual lawyer into Stalin in the space of a week or so.Farooq said:It's going that well for the Conservatives that right wingers in here are breathlessly quoting Owen Jones and momentum
It feels a bit like a footie team losing 5-0 at home and the fans "¡olé!"-ing when they win a throw-in0 -
Also the constituencies of Round Humpty, Big Ted and Little Ted, Jemima Outer and Hambleviewcode said:
As opposed to Easthampton, North Suffolk, West Eaffolk, North Southam, Mid Midsex, Long Borough, Longboro, Outer Inbridge, Broadmouth and Westleigh, and the Wrekin.wooliedyed said:
My constituencies voted in are - Southampton Test, South Norfolk, Witham, South Norfolk, Mid Norfolk, Broadland, Norwich South (x3 incl this one)GIN1138 said:
They were starting to get there... but no. I actually voted Lib-Dem in 2005 as I liked Charlie and thought they should be rewarded over their principled stance over Iraq.tlg86 said:@GIN1138 - Were the Tories thinking what you were thinking in 2005?
My voting record is:
1997 - Lab
2001 - Didn't Vote
2005 - Lib
2010 - Con
2015 - Con
2017 - Con (but only because Labour was being led by Jezza. Theresa was H.O.R.R.I.B.L.E. in that campaign)
2019 - Con
And now 2024.... LAB0 -
He's not wrong, though. Spot on.tlg86 said:Stephen Fry trying to change another institution:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/30/stephen-fry-says-mcc-stinks-of-privilege-and-classism/
Fry, 66, also skewered his fellow MCC members, saying of the club: “It has a public face that is deeply disturbing, sort of beetroot-coloured gentleman in yellow-and-orange blazers sitting in this space in front of the Long Room and looking as if they’d come out of an Edwardian cartoon.”0 -
"PB" = "Pensioners Bitching", as any fule kno.4
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It's just going to be awesome. Just imagine the Tories in third place on 40-50 seats and behind the LDs. They go to interview Oliver Dowden or whoever two minutes later ... I would be literally pissing myself.SouthamObserver said:Five weeks, two hours and 40 minutes until the exit poll.
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Only way that likely happens is Reform second on voteshare so beware what you wish forThomasNashe said:
It's just going to be awesome. Just imagine the Tories in third place on 40-50 seats and behind the LDs. They go to interview Oliver Dowden or whoever two minutes later ... I would be literally pissing myself.SouthamObserver said:Five weeks, two hours and 40 minutes until the exit poll.
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Totally agree.Casino_Royale said:
It's not over till it's over.SouthamObserver said:Five weeks, two hours and 40 minutes until the exit poll.
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Quotation mark missing before just saying; just sayin'.megasaur said:
You yourself should have a ; after "semi-colon. Just saying.Benpointer said:
That should be one sentence with the two phrases separated by a semi-colon, just saying.ydoethur said:
No it doesn't.rcs1000 said:
Point of order: 99.999999999999999% of the world’s population leaves less than one person. You are literally saying he is the person on the planet with the greatest life ahead of him. And I think that is incorrect.boulay said:
I don’t think it will affect him too much - it’s not his one thing in life, it’s not the whole summation of his success or failure. When this goes tits up he’s still been Chancellor of the Exchequer, PM by mid forties, made millions in a career he was obviously successful at, married a billionairess, an amazing educational experience in different places and seems to have a happy marriage and lovely children. He has an incredible life ahead of him, more so than 99.999999999999999% of the world’s population and I think his tiggerish persona and desire to achieve will put it all in perspective.ToryJim said:Just catching up with the defection of Mark Logan. I hope he’s already cleared out his office as I suspect his former colleagues will probably want to lynch him if they bump into him.
I suspect that this campaign is going to age Rishi by about 25 years. He might not be the most capable politician but he doesn’t exactly deserve this.
If he was a politician whose existence had been Uni, Spad, MP, shadow Cabinet, government and then it fell apart on their watch and was all they knew then bitterness would follow but I think Rishi will be ok.
You do know the "p" in "pb" stands for "pedant", right?
It stands for 'pedantic.'0 -
And Ms Abbott from a dangerous revolutionary into the PBTory mascot.Northern_Al said:
Not only that. They also seem to think SKS has morphed from a dull, ineffectual lawyer into Stalin in the space of a week or so.Farooq said:It's going that well for the Conservatives that right wingers in here are breathlessly quoting Owen Jones and momentum
It feels a bit like a footie team losing 5-0 at home and the fans "¡olé!"-ing when they win a throw-in4 -
God love him and all, but who is the first person you think of when you visualise a beetroot-coloured gentleman in yellow-and-orange blazers sitting in the Long Room and looking as if they’d come out of an Edwardian cartoon?tlg86 said:Stephen Fry trying to change another institution:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/30/stephen-fry-says-mcc-stinks-of-privilege-and-classism/
Fry, 66, also skewered his fellow MCC members, saying of the club: “It has a public face that is deeply disturbing, sort of beetroot-coloured gentleman in yellow-and-orange blazers sitting in this space in front of the Long Room and looking as if they’d come out of an Edwardian cartoon.”4 -
Sorry, even then it would be extremely funny.HYUFD said:
Only way that likely happens is Reform second on voteshare so beware what you wish forThomasNashe said:
It's just going to be awesome. Just imagine the Tories in third place on 40-50 seats and behind the LDs. They go to interview Oliver Dowden or whoever two minutes later ... I would be literally pissing myself.SouthamObserver said:Five weeks, two hours and 40 minutes until the exit poll.
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Stephen Fry says MCC stinks of privilege and classismtlg86 said:Stephen Fry trying to change another institution:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/30/stephen-fry-says-mcc-stinks-of-privilege-and-classism/
Fry, 66, also skewered his fellow MCC members, saying of the club: “It has a public face that is deeply disturbing, sort of beetroot-coloured gentleman in yellow-and-orange blazers sitting in this space in front of the Long Room and looking as if they’d come out of an Edwardian cartoon.”
Isn't that why he joined it?2 -
I remember when Ed M was briefly criticised for being weak and ineffective, but also a dangerous menace presumably due to how effective he would be.Northern_Al said:
Not only that. They also seem to think SKS has morphed from a dull, ineffectual lawyer into Stalin in the space of a week or so.Farooq said:It's going that well for the Conservatives that right wingers in here are breathlessly quoting Owen Jones and momentum
It feels a bit like a footie team losing 5-0 at home and the fans "¡olé!"-ing when they win a throw-in
Seems to happen when there's a dispute over whether a 'they are weak' attack is working or not.1 -
Self-hatred.tlg86 said:Stephen Fry trying to change another institution:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/30/stephen-fry-says-mcc-stinks-of-privilege-and-classism/
Fry, 66, also skewered his fellow MCC members, saying of the club: “It has a public face that is deeply disturbing, sort of beetroot-coloured gentleman in yellow-and-orange blazers sitting in this space in front of the Long Room and looking as if they’d come out of an Edwardian cartoon.”
He's exactly the same.2 -
It's why they let him inBenpointer said:
Stephen Fry says MCC stinks of privilege and classismtlg86 said:Stephen Fry trying to change another institution:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/30/stephen-fry-says-mcc-stinks-of-privilege-and-classism/
Fry, 66, also skewered his fellow MCC members, saying of the club: “It has a public face that is deeply disturbing, sort of beetroot-coloured gentleman in yellow-and-orange blazers sitting in this space in front of the Long Room and looking as if they’d come out of an Edwardian cartoon.”
Isn't that why he joined it?
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Interesting tuning into the news from France after being offline all day, and getting the sort of potted summary that most non-political viewers will be getting. It tells me:
- Labour’s campaign has definitely been derailed by the Diane Abbott debacle and it’s leading the election coverage. They need to get on top of this. Starmer is being far too ambiguous and mealy mouthed. Just like after the Brexit vote Labour infighting is drowning out Tory infighting.
- The tax story: that nobody dare talk about raising it, is probably neutral for the two main parties but surely provides a window of opportunity for the Lib Dems (which would do Labour a favour after the election). But they’ve not taken it yet
- The Davey stunts seems to be getting quite positive reactions on the TV and social media. He should continue, while weaving in some serious policies (like a radical shift to land value tax).
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Deeply ridiculous and bad person. What is it with that generation of walking cardiac events that means they deeply enjoy something for 30 years and then decide that the next generation shouldn't have it?tlg86 said:Stephen Fry trying to change another institution:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/30/stephen-fry-says-mcc-stinks-of-privilege-and-classism/
Fry, 66, also skewered his fellow MCC members, saying of the club: “It has a public face that is deeply disturbing, sort of beetroot-coloured gentleman in yellow-and-orange blazers sitting in this space in front of the Long Room and looking as if they’d come out of an Edwardian cartoon.”
As an aside MCC's bigger issue is what Surrey have done - they have tens of thousands of members who get in for a few hundred quid a year to watch all domestic games and it makes them the wealthiest county in England by far, yet the MCC don't seem to want to do/advertise it.0 -
I think you'll find I'm your classic floating voter (and I do like to back a winnerNorthern_Al said:
All over the place. Too much gin, Gin?GIN1138 said:
They were starting to get there under Michael Howard, who I always quite liked... but no. I actually voted Lib-Dem in 2005 as I liked Charlie and thought they should be rewarded for their principled (and correct) stance over Iraq.tlg86 said:@GIN1138 - Were the Tories thinking what you were thinking in 2005?
My voting record is:
1997 - Lab
2001 - Didn't Vote
2005 - Lib
2010 - Con
2015 - Con
2017 - Con (but only because Labour was being led by Jezza. Theresa was H.O.R.R.I.B.L.E. in that campaign)
2019 - Con
And now 2024.... LAB
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Can he avoid Mr Bean, though ?Farooq said:
Every single Labour leader gets called "Stalin" eventually. It's a weird reflex Tories have. I foolishly thought it mightn't happen this time, but I was wrong.Northern_Al said:
Not only that. They also seem to think SKS has morphed from a dull, ineffectual lawyer into Stalin in the space of a week or so.Farooq said:It's going that well for the Conservatives that right wingers in here are breathlessly quoting Owen Jones and momentum
It feels a bit like a footie team losing 5-0 at home and the fans "¡olé!"-ing when they win a throw-in0 -
All three major parties....if you are sane and have an idea of whats going on you are not welcome.....they all have nothing to offer...no ideas....and an inflated sense of their own intelligenceHYUFD said:@PeoplesMomentum
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The message from Keir Starmer couldn't be clearer:
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Then you're not welcome. Disgusting.
https://x.com/PeoplesMomentum/status/17959463879070068151 -
From Mr Bean to Stalin indeedNorthern_Al said:
Not only that. They also seem to think SKS has morphed from a dull, ineffectual lawyer into Stalin in the space of a week or so.Farooq said:It's going that well for the Conservatives that right wingers in here are breathlessly quoting Owen Jones and momentum
It feels a bit like a footie team losing 5-0 at home and the fans "¡olé!"-ing when they win a throw-in0 -
Ed took away all doubt about his weakness though - when he unveiled the Ed Stone....kle4 said:
I remember when Ed M was briefly criticised for being weak and ineffective, but also a dangerous menace presumably due to how effective he would be.Northern_Al said:
Not only that. They also seem to think SKS has morphed from a dull, ineffectual lawyer into Stalin in the space of a week or so.Farooq said:It's going that well for the Conservatives that right wingers in here are breathlessly quoting Owen Jones and momentum
It feels a bit like a footie team losing 5-0 at home and the fans "¡olé!"-ing when they win a throw-in
Seems to happen when there's a dispute over whether a 'they are weak' attack is working or not.
I mean, who bounced him into that against his better judgement?1 -
Republicans are losing their shit over the judge not providing a written copy of his instructions to the jury (“that’s obvious bias” etc) not realising he could only have done so, under NY rules, had the defendant requested it.
https://www.nycourts.gov/judges/cji/1-General/CJI2d.Written_Instructions_to_Jury.pdf2 -
Rachel Cunliffe
@RMCunliffe
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Back in January I was talking to various Tory strategists about exactly this worry: that Sunak had never been front and centre of a national campaign and would behave in front of the cameras and the public like... well, like this
https://x.com/RMCunliffe/status/17962216096671786780 -
I remember in the glory days Dundee United were beating Kilmarnock 7-0. The crowd chant was "we want 8, we want 8." The Kilmarnock fans responded, "we want 1, we want 1" and got a round of applause for their wit.Farooq said:It's going that well for the Conservatives that right wingers in here are breathlessly quoting Owen Jones and momentum
It feels a bit like a footie team losing 5-0 at home and the fans "¡olé!"-ing when they win a throw-in3 -
He even became its president.Benpointer said:
Stephen Fry says MCC stinks of privilege and classismtlg86 said:Stephen Fry trying to change another institution:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/30/stephen-fry-says-mcc-stinks-of-privilege-and-classism/
Fry, 66, also skewered his fellow MCC members, saying of the club: “It has a public face that is deeply disturbing, sort of beetroot-coloured gentleman in yellow-and-orange blazers sitting in this space in front of the Long Room and looking as if they’d come out of an Edwardian cartoon.”
Isn't that why he joined it?
https://www.lords.org/lords/news-stories/stephen-fry-to-become-next-president-of-mcc1 -
My guess is that it will be very close between a Labour majority and hung Parliament and we'll be up all night waiting to find out which it is.ThomasNashe said:
It's just going to be awesome. Just imagine the Tories in third place on 40-50 seats and behind the LDs. They go to interview Oliver Dowden or whoever two minutes later ... I would be literally pissing myself.SouthamObserver said:Five weeks, two hours and 40 minutes until the exit poll.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18JmieM8SFcviewcode said:
God love him and all, but who is the first person you think of when you visualise a beetroot-coloured gentleman in yellow-and-orange blazers sitting in the Long Room and looking as if they’d come out of an Edwardian cartoon?tlg86 said:Stephen Fry trying to change another institution:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/30/stephen-fry-says-mcc-stinks-of-privilege-and-classism/
Fry, 66, also skewered his fellow MCC members, saying of the club: “It has a public face that is deeply disturbing, sort of beetroot-coloured gentleman in yellow-and-orange blazers sitting in this space in front of the Long Room and looking as if they’d come out of an Edwardian cartoon.”2 -
Lord Melchett himself.viewcode said:
God love him and all, but who is the first person you think of when you visualise a beetroot-coloured gentleman in yellow-and-orange blazers sitting in the Long Room and looking as if they’d come out of an Edwardian cartoon?tlg86 said:Stephen Fry trying to change another institution:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/30/stephen-fry-says-mcc-stinks-of-privilege-and-classism/
Fry, 66, also skewered his fellow MCC members, saying of the club: “It has a public face that is deeply disturbing, sort of beetroot-coloured gentleman in yellow-and-orange blazers sitting in this space in front of the Long Room and looking as if they’d come out of an Edwardian cartoon.”1 -
I thought he handled that quite well? 🤷♂️rottenborough said:Rachel Cunliffe
@RMCunliffe
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Back in January I was talking to various Tory strategists about exactly this worry: that Sunak had never been front and centre of a national campaign and would behave in front of the cameras and the public like... well, like this
https://x.com/RMCunliffe/status/17962216096671786781 -
At least once a week I think of that extract about the Labour staffer having a breakdown and screaming at the tv over and over when it was unveiled. Never fails to make me chuckle.MarqueeMark said:
Ed took away all doubt about his weakness though - when he unveiled the Ed Stone....kle4 said:
I remember when Ed M was briefly criticised for being weak and ineffective, but also a dangerous menace presumably due to how effective he would be.Northern_Al said:
Not only that. They also seem to think SKS has morphed from a dull, ineffectual lawyer into Stalin in the space of a week or so.Farooq said:It's going that well for the Conservatives that right wingers in here are breathlessly quoting Owen Jones and momentum
It feels a bit like a footie team losing 5-0 at home and the fans "¡olé!"-ing when they win a throw-in
Seems to happen when there's a dispute over whether a 'they are weak' attack is working or not.
I mean, who bounced him into that against his better judgement?1 -
I know someone who's a member at the Oval and I had a day there at the end of the 2022 season. If I didn't have to work ("Work...what's that?" enquired his friends), I'd be a member at Surrey.Chameleon said:
Deeply ridiculous and bad person. What is it with that generation of walking cardiac events that means they deeply enjoy something for 30 years and then decide that the next generation shouldn't have it?tlg86 said:Stephen Fry trying to change another institution:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/30/stephen-fry-says-mcc-stinks-of-privilege-and-classism/
Fry, 66, also skewered his fellow MCC members, saying of the club: “It has a public face that is deeply disturbing, sort of beetroot-coloured gentleman in yellow-and-orange blazers sitting in this space in front of the Long Room and looking as if they’d come out of an Edwardian cartoon.”
As an aside MCC's bigger issue is what Surrey have done - they have tens of thousands of members who get in for a few hundred quid a year to watch all domestic games and it makes them the wealthiest county in England by far, yet the MCC don't seem to want to do/advertise it.
I also know an MCC member who isn't interested in watching Middlesex. And that's the thing, most MCC members have no affiliation with Middlesex.0 -
A third human case of H5 bird flu tied to the ongoing U.S. outbreak in cattle has been detected in a farm worker in Michigan, state health authorities confirmed on Thursday.
“With this case, respiratory symptoms occurred after direct exposure to an infected cow,”
https://www.statnews.com/2024/05/30/bird-flu-third-case-human-infection-caused-respiratory-symptoms/0 -
For the next 5 weeks everything Sunak says and does, or doesn't say or doesn't do, will be argue to be catastrophic.GIN1138 said:
I thought he handled that quite well? 🤷♂️rottenborough said:Rachel Cunliffe
@RMCunliffe
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Back in January I was talking to various Tory strategists about exactly this worry: that Sunak had never been front and centre of a national campaign and would behave in front of the cameras and the public like... well, like this
https://x.com/RMCunliffe/status/17962216096671786781 -
Republicans are so prone to losing their shit over the tiniest thing, they must all be wearing nappies....Nigelb said:Republicans are losing their shit over the judge not providing a written copy of his instructions to the jury (“that’s obvious bias” etc) not realising he could only have done so, under NY rules, had the defendant requested it.
https://www.nycourts.gov/judges/cji/1-General/CJI2d.Written_Instructions_to_Jury.pdf0 -
However, if Ed Davey reveals his own Edstone next week it will probably be a good publicity stunt. Do it Ed.MarqueeMark said:
Ed took away all doubt about his weakness though - when he unveiled the Ed Stone....kle4 said:
I remember when Ed M was briefly criticised for being weak and ineffective, but also a dangerous menace presumably due to how effective he would be.Northern_Al said:
Not only that. They also seem to think SKS has morphed from a dull, ineffectual lawyer into Stalin in the space of a week or so.Farooq said:It's going that well for the Conservatives that right wingers in here are breathlessly quoting Owen Jones and momentum
It feels a bit like a footie team losing 5-0 at home and the fans "¡olé!"-ing when they win a throw-in
Seems to happen when there's a dispute over whether a 'they are weak' attack is working or not.
I mean, who bounced him into that against his better judgement?1 -
Yes, the question was "why should we trust you?" or words to that effect. Perhaps he shouldn't have tried to answer it but I don't think he should be criticised for doing so.GIN1138 said:
I thought he handled that quite well? 🤷♂️rottenborough said:Rachel Cunliffe
@RMCunliffe
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Back in January I was talking to various Tory strategists about exactly this worry: that Sunak had never been front and centre of a national campaign and would behave in front of the cameras and the public like... well, like this
https://x.com/RMCunliffe/status/17962216096671786781 -
Having people say that about him is catastrophicCasino_Royale said:
For the next 5 weeks everything Sunak says and does, or doesn't say or doesn't do, will be argue to be catastrophic.GIN1138 said:
I thought he handled that quite well? 🤷♂️rottenborough said:Rachel Cunliffe
@RMCunliffe
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1h
Back in January I was talking to various Tory strategists about exactly this worry: that Sunak had never been front and centre of a national campaign and would behave in front of the cameras and the public like... well, like this
https://x.com/RMCunliffe/status/17962216096671786781 -
To be fair, that would probably be better for the country - but nowhere near as funny.SouthamObserver said:
My guess is that it will be very close between a Labour majority and hung Parliament and we'll be up all night waiting to find out which it is.ThomasNashe said:
It's just going to be awesome. Just imagine the Tories in third place on 40-50 seats and behind the LDs. They go to interview Oliver Dowden or whoever two minutes later ... I would be literally pissing myself.SouthamObserver said:Five weeks, two hours and 40 minutes until the exit poll.
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He could always dress up as a postman. That would get attention.TimS said:
However, if Ed Davey reveals his own Edstone next week it will probably be a good publicity stunt. Do it Ed.MarqueeMark said:
Ed took away all doubt about his weakness though - when he unveiled the Ed Stone....kle4 said:
I remember when Ed M was briefly criticised for being weak and ineffective, but also a dangerous menace presumably due to how effective he would be.Northern_Al said:
Not only that. They also seem to think SKS has morphed from a dull, ineffectual lawyer into Stalin in the space of a week or so.Farooq said:It's going that well for the Conservatives that right wingers in here are breathlessly quoting Owen Jones and momentum
It feels a bit like a footie team losing 5-0 at home and the fans "¡olé!"-ing when they win a throw-in
Seems to happen when there's a dispute over whether a 'they are weak' attack is working or not.
I mean, who bounced him into that against his better judgement?0 -
Where's Leon? This sounds like something he needs to panic about.rottenborough said:A third human case of H5 bird flu tied to the ongoing U.S. outbreak in cattle has been detected in a farm worker in Michigan, state health authorities confirmed on Thursday.
“With this case, respiratory symptoms occurred after direct exposure to an infected cow,”
https://www.statnews.com/2024/05/30/bird-flu-third-case-human-infection-caused-respiratory-symptoms/1 -
Um ensuring that we have pushy parents trying to improve their local primary and secondary schools rather than paying to make a problem go away does to me seem like a good policy.Casino_Royale said:
It's perfectly possible he tries that.Benpointer said:
Breaking: Starmer has just applied for UK to re-join the EU!boulay said:
He will even fail at that. Someone who actually does something will hear it before him and post it here.Nigelb said:
OTOH, he’ll have the satisfaction of being first to post the news about Starmer reapplying for EU membership…boulay said:…
He’s too busy being a high achiever to waste time letting go of his bitterness. That’s time he could have spent in the corridors of power, making a difference, being successful. Better off reposting tweets.GIN1138 said:
Will Scott finally stop his 8 year sulk and let go his bitterness once Election 24 is over? 🙏Taz said:
Scott does.GIN1138 said:
Nobody cares about Rishi's travel arrangements?Scott_xP said:@mikeysmith
STORY
Rishi Sunak caught taking private helicopter flight home hours after gushing about train travel
https://x.com/mikeysmith/status/1796227395650744553
@DPMcBride
The little stool for getting on and off is very sweet.
https://x.com/DPMcBride/status/1796231370454516182
So nobody of any consequence.
It’s been the best possible opening for brilliant people like Scott to stand to be an MP and make a difference, stun us with his ideas, lead the country to a brighter future. Or just shitpost on PB.
[Thought I'd get in first, for the record.]
No-one has a clue what he's going to do, or what will renege on, except the shit policies he really seems to care about - like eviscerating our education sector.
Granted I know that you children won't be kept away from the working class but hey the working class now have the misfortune that.... (this last bit is a joke btw)..0 -
Born Hampstead. Uppingham, Queen's College Cambridge, Garrick, Pratt's, MCC. Oik.Benpointer said:
Stephen Fry says MCC stinks of privilege and classismtlg86 said:Stephen Fry trying to change another institution:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/30/stephen-fry-says-mcc-stinks-of-privilege-and-classism/
Fry, 66, also skewered his fellow MCC members, saying of the club: “It has a public face that is deeply disturbing, sort of beetroot-coloured gentleman in yellow-and-orange blazers sitting in this space in front of the Long Room and looking as if they’d come out of an Edwardian cartoon.”
Isn't that why he joined it?1 -
You only need to look at the bills passed under both labour and tories to know they often know fuck all about the things they are legislating on. Take the online safety bill for example. It is a totally non partisan comment.Farooq said:
Elite commentary. Pagan2, always in the top 90%.Pagan2 said:
All three major parties....if you are sane and have an idea of whats going on you are not welcome.....they all have nothing to offer...no ideas....and an inflated sense of their own intelligenceHYUFD said:@PeoplesMomentum
·
19h
The message from Keir Starmer couldn't be clearer:
If you're left-wing, if you're a woman of colour, if you speak your own mind -
Then you're not welcome. Disgusting.
https://x.com/PeoplesMomentum/status/1795946387907006815
Our mp's fail to recognise when they don't know enough to pass legislation on subjects they don't understand0 -
As will also be true for SKS. Meanwhile Ed Davey will continue to do silly stunts to ensure he gets 2 minutes of news coverage every day...Casino_Royale said:
For the next 5 weeks everything Sunak says and does, or doesn't say or doesn't do, will be argue to be catastrophic.GIN1138 said:
I thought he handled that quite well? 🤷♂️rottenborough said:Rachel Cunliffe
@RMCunliffe
·
1h
Back in January I was talking to various Tory strategists about exactly this worry: that Sunak had never been front and centre of a national campaign and would behave in front of the cameras and the public like... well, like this
https://x.com/RMCunliffe/status/17962216096671786780 -
Vince Cable was a Tory?Farooq said:
Every single Labour leader gets called "Stalin" eventually. It's a weird reflex Tories have. I foolishly thought it mightn't happen this time, but I was wrong.Northern_Al said:
Not only that. They also seem to think SKS has morphed from a dull, ineffectual lawyer into Stalin in the space of a week or so.Farooq said:It's going that well for the Conservatives that right wingers in here are breathlessly quoting Owen Jones and momentum
It feels a bit like a footie team losing 5-0 at home and the fans "¡olé!"-ing when they win a throw-in0 -
That's my gut feeling about election night, we haven't got long left to find out who is right or wrongSouthamObserver said:
My guess is that it will be very close between a Labour majority and hung Parliament and we'll be up all night waiting to find out which it is.ThomasNashe said:
It's just going to be awesome. Just imagine the Tories in third place on 40-50 seats and behind the LDs. They go to interview Oliver Dowden or whoever two minutes later ... I would be literally pissing myself.SouthamObserver said:Five weeks, two hours and 40 minutes until the exit poll.
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MCC have a problem because Middlesex are thinking of moving out of Lord's - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/68867040 - which will leave the beetroot-coloured gentlemen with no cricket to watch for most of the summer.Chameleon said:
Deeply ridiculous and bad person. What is it with that generation of walking cardiac events that means they deeply enjoy something for 30 years and then decide that the next generation shouldn't have it?tlg86 said:Stephen Fry trying to change another institution:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/30/stephen-fry-says-mcc-stinks-of-privilege-and-classism/
Fry, 66, also skewered his fellow MCC members, saying of the club: “It has a public face that is deeply disturbing, sort of beetroot-coloured gentleman in yellow-and-orange blazers sitting in this space in front of the Long Room and looking as if they’d come out of an Edwardian cartoon.”
As an aside MCC's bigger issue is what Surrey have done - they have tens of thousands of members who get in for a few hundred quid a year to watch all domestic games and it makes them the wealthiest county in England by far, yet the MCC don't seem to want to do/advertise it.
(Edited to fix URL)0 -
Queens'. They get grumpy about that.algarkirk said:
Born Hampstead. Uppingham, Queen's College Cambridge, Garrick, Pratt's, MCC. Oik.Benpointer said:
Stephen Fry says MCC stinks of privilege and classismtlg86 said:Stephen Fry trying to change another institution:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/30/stephen-fry-says-mcc-stinks-of-privilege-and-classism/
Fry, 66, also skewered his fellow MCC members, saying of the club: “It has a public face that is deeply disturbing, sort of beetroot-coloured gentleman in yellow-and-orange blazers sitting in this space in front of the Long Room and looking as if they’d come out of an Edwardian cartoon.”
Isn't that why he joined it?0 -
Block booking the 'and finally.......' sloteek said:
As will also be true for SKS. Meanwhile Ed Davey will continue to do silly stunts to ensure he gets 2 minutes of news coverage every day...Casino_Royale said:
For the next 5 weeks everything Sunak says and does, or doesn't say or doesn't do, will be argue to be catastrophic.GIN1138 said:
I thought he handled that quite well? 🤷♂️rottenborough said:Rachel Cunliffe
@RMCunliffe
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1h
Back in January I was talking to various Tory strategists about exactly this worry: that Sunak had never been front and centre of a national campaign and would behave in front of the cameras and the public like... well, like this
https://x.com/RMCunliffe/status/17962216096671786780 -
Ego quoque oik.carnforth said:
Queens'. They get grumpy about that.algarkirk said:
Born Hampstead. Uppingham, Queen's College Cambridge, Garrick, Pratt's, MCC. Oik.Benpointer said:
Stephen Fry says MCC stinks of privilege and classismtlg86 said:Stephen Fry trying to change another institution:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/30/stephen-fry-says-mcc-stinks-of-privilege-and-classism/
Fry, 66, also skewered his fellow MCC members, saying of the club: “It has a public face that is deeply disturbing, sort of beetroot-coloured gentleman in yellow-and-orange blazers sitting in this space in front of the Long Room and looking as if they’d come out of an Edwardian cartoon.”
Isn't that why he joined it?
0 -
🚨 NEW POLL 🚨
@BMGResearch for @theipaper
Labour 43% +2
Tories 27% +2
Reform 11% -3
Lib Dems 9%
Greens 6%
16pt lead is unchanged from last BMG poll in April. But 3pt fall in Reform's standing suggests the squeeze *might* be on...
https://x.com/hugogye/status/1796250395796296139?s=461 -
The clowning about is obviously a deliberate strategy, but I do wonder about the rationale. Election campaigns are the one time they can guarantee getting coverage.eek said:
As will also be true for SKS. Meanwhile Ed Davey will continue to do silly stunts to ensure he gets 2 minutes of news coverage every day...Casino_Royale said:
For the next 5 weeks everything Sunak says and does, or doesn't say or doesn't do, will be argue to be catastrophic.GIN1138 said:
I thought he handled that quite well? 🤷♂️rottenborough said:Rachel Cunliffe
@RMCunliffe
·
1h
Back in January I was talking to various Tory strategists about exactly this worry: that Sunak had never been front and centre of a national campaign and would behave in front of the cameras and the public like... well, like this
https://x.com/RMCunliffe/status/17962216096671786780 -
Its not just a uk thing either....I refer you to the spanish link tax and the canadian link tax.....neither of which worked out as politicians thought they would because politicians don't understand how the internet worksPagan2 said:
You only need to look at the bills passed under both labour and tories to know they often know fuck all about the things they are legislating on. Take the online safety bill for example. It is a totally non partisan comment.Farooq said:
Elite commentary. Pagan2, always in the top 90%.Pagan2 said:
All three major parties....if you are sane and have an idea of whats going on you are not welcome.....they all have nothing to offer...no ideas....and an inflated sense of their own intelligenceHYUFD said:@PeoplesMomentum
·
19h
The message from Keir Starmer couldn't be clearer:
If you're left-wing, if you're a woman of colour, if you speak your own mind -
Then you're not welcome. Disgusting.
https://x.com/PeoplesMomentum/status/1795946387907006815
Our mp's fail to recognise when they don't know enough to pass legislation on subjects they don't understand0 -
Ah, the old pushy-parent bollocks.eek said:
Um ensuring that we have pushy parents trying to improve their local primary and secondary schools rather than paying to make a problem go away does to me seem like a good policy.Casino_Royale said:
It's perfectly possible he tries that.Benpointer said:
Breaking: Starmer has just applied for UK to re-join the EU!boulay said:
He will even fail at that. Someone who actually does something will hear it before him and post it here.Nigelb said:
OTOH, he’ll have the satisfaction of being first to post the news about Starmer reapplying for EU membership…boulay said:…
He’s too busy being a high achiever to waste time letting go of his bitterness. That’s time he could have spent in the corridors of power, making a difference, being successful. Better off reposting tweets.GIN1138 said:
Will Scott finally stop his 8 year sulk and let go his bitterness once Election 24 is over? 🙏Taz said:
Scott does.GIN1138 said:
Nobody cares about Rishi's travel arrangements?Scott_xP said:@mikeysmith
STORY
Rishi Sunak caught taking private helicopter flight home hours after gushing about train travel
https://x.com/mikeysmith/status/1796227395650744553
@DPMcBride
The little stool for getting on and off is very sweet.
https://x.com/DPMcBride/status/1796231370454516182
So nobody of any consequence.
It’s been the best possible opening for brilliant people like Scott to stand to be an MP and make a difference, stun us with his ideas, lead the country to a brighter future. Or just shitpost on PB.
[Thought I'd get in first, for the record.]
No-one has a clue what he's going to do, or what will renege on, except the shit policies he really seems to care about - like eviscerating our education sector.
Granted I know that you children won't be kept away from the working class but hey the working class now have the misfortune that.... (this last bit is a joke btw)..
Such bollocks.0 -
It just reminds people that Mr Sunak partied while their relatives died on his watch. He also covered up for others who did much worse. Many people also believe that his family profiteered at the time. He couldn't have handled this well. That is the point - he is being judged on his record and the vast majority think his record is poor to catastrophic.GIN1138 said:
I thought he handled that quite well? 🤷♂️rottenborough said:Rachel Cunliffe
@RMCunliffe
·
1h
Back in January I was talking to various Tory strategists about exactly this worry: that Sunak had never been front and centre of a national campaign and would behave in front of the cameras and the public like... well, like this
https://x.com/RMCunliffe/status/17962216096671786780 -
A well-cut pair of trousers, I said, not an orgasm. It was a precise analogy. I gave it much thought.Casino_Royale said:.
Yeah, but I don't talk about a Conservative victory like a permanent 10-year orgasm.Benpointer said:
...says Conservative FC ultra, Casino RoyaleCasino_Royale said:.
When it comes down to it, you're just a football-team supporter of Labour.kinabalu said:
I'm not so underwhelmed. July 5th will be a great day because we’ll have a Labour government after all these years of the Conservatives. Yes, the policies, and we’ll see what they are in due course, once the election is over, however it’s mainly about the overall ambience of things when you have Labour in office rather than the Tories. It’s a 24/7 source of quiet contentment, a pleasant background hum, always there, bringing comfort on a bad day, a little extra spice to a good one. It isn’t something you think about often, that Labour’s in power, but this is the point, you don’t need to always be thinking about it because you kind of know that all is ok and in order. If a Tory government is like having a stone in your shoe, which it is, a Labour government is like wearing a well-cut pair of trousers. So this is what I can (figuratively) look forward to now. Several years, perhaps a decade or more, of walking around in a well-cut pair of trousers. If that's not anico679 said:
What do you mean starting to ! LolAlanbrooke said:Starmer starting to look shifty
Everyone knows I’d have been much happier with Angela Rayner as leader . I want rid of the Tories and will be tactically voting Lib Dem in Eastbourne but really this feels nothing like 1997 .
Maybe I’m just a bit too old and bitter and cynical now but it’s all so underwhelming . I don't know what is.
Nor did I big-up Corbyn with some pseudo-intellectual mumbo-jumbo and then pretend SKS was just as frickin' good when it didn't work out.0 -
Did he party? I thought he was at a meeting when Johnson's wife turned up with birthday cake.Clutch_Brompton said:
It just reminds people that Mr Sunak partied while their relatives died on his watch. He also covered up for others who did much worse. Many people also believe that his family profiteered at the time. He couldn't have handled this well. That is the point - he is being judged on his record and the vast majority think his record is poor to catastrophic.GIN1138 said:
I thought he handled that quite well? 🤷♂️rottenborough said:Rachel Cunliffe
@RMCunliffe
·
1h
Back in January I was talking to various Tory strategists about exactly this worry: that Sunak had never been front and centre of a national campaign and would behave in front of the cameras and the public like... well, like this
https://x.com/RMCunliffe/status/1796221609667178678
And how did he cover up for others? That's quite a serious allegation.1 -
It's finely balanced. A Lab/LD coalition or similar would be good. But if this Tory shower only just lose they may miss the impetus which losing 310 seats would provide to rethink what the centre right might stand for without being a national joke.ThomasNashe said:
To be fair, that would probably be better for the country - but nowhere near as funny.SouthamObserver said:
My guess is that it will be very close between a Labour majority and hung Parliament and we'll be up all night waiting to find out which it is.ThomasNashe said:
It's just going to be awesome. Just imagine the Tories in third place on 40-50 seats and behind the LDs. They go to interview Oliver Dowden or whoever two minutes later ... I would be literally pissing myself.SouthamObserver said:Five weeks, two hours and 40 minutes until the exit poll.
0 -
I like the Bet365 bet on Tory voteshare of 28-32% at 9/2.TimS said:🚨 NEW POLL 🚨
@BMGResearch for @theipaper
Labour 43% +2
Tories 27% +2
Reform 11% -3
Lib Dems 9%
Greens 6%
16pt lead is unchanged from last BMG poll in April. But 3pt fall in Reform's standing suggests the squeeze *might* be on...
https://x.com/hugogye/status/1796250395796296139?s=46
Also, 32-36% at 14/1 as a nice saver. Just in case they creep up to 32.5%0 -
Per Popbitch:
"According to Nielsen BookScan, ex-Aussie PM Scott Morrison's book sold 218 copies in its first week in Australia; the sort of figure that makes Liz Truss look like Richard Osman."
Genuinely impressive figure.0 -
You would say that wouldn't you. I bet the teachers are your son's school could tell a few tales.Casino_Royale said:
Ah, the old pushy-parent bollocks.eek said:
Um ensuring that we have pushy parents trying to improve their local primary and secondary schools rather than paying to make a problem go away does to me seem like a good policy.Casino_Royale said:
It's perfectly possible he tries that.Benpointer said:
Breaking: Starmer has just applied for UK to re-join the EU!boulay said:
He will even fail at that. Someone who actually does something will hear it before him and post it here.Nigelb said:
OTOH, he’ll have the satisfaction of being first to post the news about Starmer reapplying for EU membership…boulay said:…
He’s too busy being a high achiever to waste time letting go of his bitterness. That’s time he could have spent in the corridors of power, making a difference, being successful. Better off reposting tweets.GIN1138 said:
Will Scott finally stop his 8 year sulk and let go his bitterness once Election 24 is over? 🙏Taz said:
Scott does.GIN1138 said:
Nobody cares about Rishi's travel arrangements?Scott_xP said:@mikeysmith
STORY
Rishi Sunak caught taking private helicopter flight home hours after gushing about train travel
https://x.com/mikeysmith/status/1796227395650744553
@DPMcBride
The little stool for getting on and off is very sweet.
https://x.com/DPMcBride/status/1796231370454516182
So nobody of any consequence.
It’s been the best possible opening for brilliant people like Scott to stand to be an MP and make a difference, stun us with his ideas, lead the country to a brighter future. Or just shitpost on PB.
[Thought I'd get in first, for the record.]
No-one has a clue what he's going to do, or what will renege on, except the shit policies he really seems to care about - like eviscerating our education sector.
Granted I know that you children won't be kept away from the working class but hey the working class now have the misfortune that.... (this last bit is a joke btw)..
Such bollocks.
0 -
Where does he go next? Extreme ironing?eek said:
As will also be true for SKS. Meanwhile Ed Davey will continue to do silly stunts to ensure he gets 2 minutes of news coverage every day...Casino_Royale said:
For the next 5 weeks everything Sunak says and does, or doesn't say or doesn't do, will be argue to be catastrophic.GIN1138 said:
I thought he handled that quite well? 🤷♂️rottenborough said:Rachel Cunliffe
@RMCunliffe
·
1h
Back in January I was talking to various Tory strategists about exactly this worry: that Sunak had never been front and centre of a national campaign and would behave in front of the cameras and the public like... well, like this
https://x.com/RMCunliffe/status/17962216096671786780 -
Aaron Bastani
@AaronBastani
·
2h
Really impressive launch from @TheGreenParty this morning in Bristol.
Aaron Bastani
@AaronBastani
·
2h
Spoke to a fair few Bristolians for vox pops - including more than fair share of
@novaramedia viewers - and a veteran ex-Tory voter….
Even Labour voters had nothing but positive words for @carla_denyer
https://x.com/AaronBastani0 -
Labour would still have a colossal majority with those figures. Hopefully the Tories can squeeze Reform but need to see more evidence.TimS said:🚨 NEW POLL 🚨
@BMGResearch for @theipaper
Labour 43% +2
Tories 27% +2
Reform 11% -3
Lib Dems 9%
Greens 6%
16pt lead is unchanged from last BMG poll in April. But 3pt fall in Reform's standing suggests the squeeze *might* be on...
https://x.com/hugogye/status/1796250395796296139?s=460 -
Oi! OGH was a fellow at Queens College Cambridge.algarkirk said:
Born Hampstead. Uppingham, Queen's College Cambridge, Garrick, Pratt's, MCC. Oik.Benpointer said:
Stephen Fry says MCC stinks of privilege and classismtlg86 said:Stephen Fry trying to change another institution:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/30/stephen-fry-says-mcc-stinks-of-privilege-and-classism/
Fry, 66, also skewered his fellow MCC members, saying of the club: “It has a public face that is deeply disturbing, sort of beetroot-coloured gentleman in yellow-and-orange blazers sitting in this space in front of the Long Room and looking as if they’d come out of an Edwardian cartoon.”
Isn't that why he joined it?1 -
He's probably just trying to cover himself within his progressive social circle by saying the right things whilst secretly hoping he's ignored.algarkirk said:
Born Hampstead. Uppingham, Queen's College Cambridge, Garrick, Pratt's, MCC. Oik.Benpointer said:
Stephen Fry says MCC stinks of privilege and classismtlg86 said:Stephen Fry trying to change another institution:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/30/stephen-fry-says-mcc-stinks-of-privilege-and-classism/
Fry, 66, also skewered his fellow MCC members, saying of the club: “It has a public face that is deeply disturbing, sort of beetroot-coloured gentleman in yellow-and-orange blazers sitting in this space in front of the Long Room and looking as if they’d come out of an Edwardian cartoon.”
Isn't that why he joined it?1 -
I can't see Reform actually getting more than 5% myself.ToryJim said:
Labour would still have a colossal majority with those figures. Hopefully the Tories can squeeze Reform but need to see more evidence.TimS said:🚨 NEW POLL 🚨
@BMGResearch for @theipaper
Labour 43% +2
Tories 27% +2
Reform 11% -3
Lib Dems 9%
Greens 6%
16pt lead is unchanged from last BMG poll in April. But 3pt fall in Reform's standing suggests the squeeze *might* be on...
https://x.com/hugogye/status/1796250395796296139?s=46
Question will be how those votes spilt off.0 -
I've seen it work in multiple places. As a prime example look at Framwellgate in Durham which has rapidly improved as pushy parents had to settle for second best (because they couldn't get into Durham Johnston) and decided that second best could be significantly improved...Casino_Royale said:
Ah, the old pushy-parent bollocks.eek said:
Um ensuring that we have pushy parents trying to improve their local primary and secondary schools rather than paying to make a problem go away does to me seem like a good policy.Casino_Royale said:
It's perfectly possible he tries that.Benpointer said:
Breaking: Starmer has just applied for UK to re-join the EU!boulay said:
He will even fail at that. Someone who actually does something will hear it before him and post it here.Nigelb said:
OTOH, he’ll have the satisfaction of being first to post the news about Starmer reapplying for EU membership…boulay said:…
He’s too busy being a high achiever to waste time letting go of his bitterness. That’s time he could have spent in the corridors of power, making a difference, being successful. Better off reposting tweets.GIN1138 said:
Will Scott finally stop his 8 year sulk and let go his bitterness once Election 24 is over? 🙏Taz said:
Scott does.GIN1138 said:
Nobody cares about Rishi's travel arrangements?Scott_xP said:@mikeysmith
STORY
Rishi Sunak caught taking private helicopter flight home hours after gushing about train travel
https://x.com/mikeysmith/status/1796227395650744553
@DPMcBride
The little stool for getting on and off is very sweet.
https://x.com/DPMcBride/status/1796231370454516182
So nobody of any consequence.
It’s been the best possible opening for brilliant people like Scott to stand to be an MP and make a difference, stun us with his ideas, lead the country to a brighter future. Or just shitpost on PB.
[Thought I'd get in first, for the record.]
No-one has a clue what he's going to do, or what will renege on, except the shit policies he really seems to care about - like eviscerating our education sector.
Granted I know that you children won't be kept away from the working class but hey the working class now have the misfortune that.... (this last bit is a joke btw)..
Such bollocks.1 -
Too soon?Daveyboy1961 said:
You would say that wouldn't you. I bet the teachers are your son's school could tell a few tales.Casino_Royale said:
Ah, the old pushy-parent bollocks.eek said:
Um ensuring that we have pushy parents trying to improve their local primary and secondary schools rather than paying to make a problem go away does to me seem like a good policy.Casino_Royale said:
It's perfectly possible he tries that.Benpointer said:
Breaking: Starmer has just applied for UK to re-join the EU!boulay said:
He will even fail at that. Someone who actually does something will hear it before him and post it here.Nigelb said:
OTOH, he’ll have the satisfaction of being first to post the news about Starmer reapplying for EU membership…boulay said:…
He’s too busy being a high achiever to waste time letting go of his bitterness. That’s time he could have spent in the corridors of power, making a difference, being successful. Better off reposting tweets.GIN1138 said:
Will Scott finally stop his 8 year sulk and let go his bitterness once Election 24 is over? 🙏Taz said:
Scott does.GIN1138 said:
Nobody cares about Rishi's travel arrangements?Scott_xP said:@mikeysmith
STORY
Rishi Sunak caught taking private helicopter flight home hours after gushing about train travel
https://x.com/mikeysmith/status/1796227395650744553
@DPMcBride
The little stool for getting on and off is very sweet.
https://x.com/DPMcBride/status/1796231370454516182
So nobody of any consequence.
It’s been the best possible opening for brilliant people like Scott to stand to be an MP and make a difference, stun us with his ideas, lead the country to a brighter future. Or just shitpost on PB.
[Thought I'd get in first, for the record.]
No-one has a clue what he's going to do, or what will renege on, except the shit policies he really seems to care about - like eviscerating our education sector.
Granted I know that you children won't be kept away from the working class but hey the working class now have the misfortune that.... (this last bit is a joke btw)..
Such bollocks.
0 -
The most surprising part of this is that Stephen Fry is only 66. I honestly thought he was at least a decade older...tlg86 said:Stephen Fry trying to change another institution:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/30/stephen-fry-says-mcc-stinks-of-privilege-and-classism/
Fry, 66, also skewered his fellow MCC members, saying of the club: “It has a public face that is deeply disturbing, sort of beetroot-coloured gentleman in yellow-and-orange blazers sitting in this space in front of the Long Room and looking as if they’d come out of an Edwardian cartoon.”1 -
And that's the point.Clutch_Brompton said:
Having people say that about him is catastrophicCasino_Royale said:
For the next 5 weeks everything Sunak says and does, or doesn't say or doesn't do, will be argue to be catastrophic.GIN1138 said:
I thought he handled that quite well? 🤷♂️rottenborough said:Rachel Cunliffe
@RMCunliffe
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Back in January I was talking to various Tory strategists about exactly this worry: that Sunak had never been front and centre of a national campaign and would behave in front of the cameras and the public like... well, like this
https://x.com/RMCunliffe/status/1796221609667178678
Politics isn't entirely rational, any more than any other human encounter. Some people have "it", but others don't.
Sunak doesn't have "it" at any level at all, which is why he's fated to wander the country with a "kick me" sign pinned to the back of his jacket. If he were a brilliantly effective technocrat, that would be fine, we'd respect that. But he isn't. So he's in deep deep trouble. Some of it is unfair, but not all of it. And if you've benefitted from the good luck, you can't complain when it deserts you.
Meanwhile, here's an infographic beautiful enough to hang on the wall of a gallery of modern art. How opinion polls change (or don't) over a campaign.
https://twitter.com/Dylan_Difford/status/1796249514908483779
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It's the lack of emotional connect that comes across.Clutch_Brompton said:
It just reminds people that Mr Sunak partied while their relatives died on his watch. He also covered up for others who did much worse. Many people also believe that his family profiteered at the time. He couldn't have handled this well. That is the point - he is being judged on his record and the vast majority think his record is poor to catastrophic.GIN1138 said:
I thought he handled that quite well? 🤷♂️rottenborough said:Rachel Cunliffe
@RMCunliffe
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Back in January I was talking to various Tory strategists about exactly this worry: that Sunak had never been front and centre of a national campaign and would behave in front of the cameras and the public like... well, like this
https://x.com/RMCunliffe/status/1796221609667178678
It's as if he really is a spreadsheet/chess type who finds this kind of mushy stuff all very difficult.
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Would be hilarious if the net effect of money for the old, indentured servitude for the young week was that they gained 2% from Reform but then lost the same to Labour, leaving them in a far worse position.TimS said:🚨 NEW POLL 🚨
@BMGResearch for @theipaper
Labour 43% +2
Tories 27% +2
Reform 11% -3
Lib Dems 9%
Greens 6%
16pt lead is unchanged from last BMG poll in April. But 3pt fall in Reform's standing suggests the squeeze *might* be on...
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Everybody always brings in game theory, usually wrongly
Here's a guy doing it for real
* Simon Sinek (Ted talk, short): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bFs6ZiynSU
* Simon Sinek (Talks at Google, long): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_osKgFwKoDQ2 -
I’d say 70% won’t actually vote, the rest will largely go back to the Tories.rottenborough said:
I can't see Reform actually getting more than 5% myself.ToryJim said:
Labour would still have a colossal majority with those figures. Hopefully the Tories can squeeze Reform but need to see more evidence.TimS said:🚨 NEW POLL 🚨
@BMGResearch for @theipaper
Labour 43% +2
Tories 27% +2
Reform 11% -3
Lib Dems 9%
Greens 6%
16pt lead is unchanged from last BMG poll in April. But 3pt fall in Reform's standing suggests the squeeze *might* be on...
https://x.com/hugogye/status/1796250395796296139?s=46
Question will be how those votes spilt off.0 -
If they are squeezing reform but still not closing the gap, that's a bit of a problem, isn't it?ToryJim said:
Labour would still have a colossal majority with those figures. Hopefully the Tories can squeeze Reform but need to see more evidence.TimS said:🚨 NEW POLL 🚨
@BMGResearch for @theipaper
Labour 43% +2
Tories 27% +2
Reform 11% -3
Lib Dems 9%
Greens 6%
16pt lead is unchanged from last BMG poll in April. But 3pt fall in Reform's standing suggests the squeeze *might* be on...
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Brace Brace.tlg86 said:
Where's Leon? This sounds like something he needs to panic about.rottenborough said:A third human case of H5 bird flu tied to the ongoing U.S. outbreak in cattle has been detected in a farm worker in Michigan, state health authorities confirmed on Thursday.
“With this case, respiratory symptoms occurred after direct exposure to an infected cow,”
https://www.statnews.com/2024/05/30/bird-flu-third-case-human-infection-caused-respiratory-symptoms/0 -
Re Header: I don't imagine much will change. I didn't imagine Labour would go from polling 24% in April 2017 to actually getting 41% either!
I'm really struggling to find any good bets so far with this GE. I usually love picking through the constituency markets and finding some wrinkle that represents opportunity. This time though it's just hard to see past the Red tide demolishing walls of all colour.
My betting, and Sunak's campaigning need to identify some sort of a theme which will capture hearts and minds. The problem that they have is that their best asset (Hunt) is in a perfectly balanced stand-off with Labour's best asset (Reeves).
The most interesting market out there to my mind is BFs 'How many seats will the Tories lose' - that 201 line is rather good - although (and this nearly caught me out) it is based on the 2019 baseline. (I've no current position)
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It's Schrodingers Labour, simultaneously not having a plan and having lots of tax rises planned.Northern_Al said:
Not only that. They also seem to think SKS has morphed from a dull, ineffectual lawyer into Stalin in the space of a week or so.Farooq said:It's going that well for the Conservatives that right wingers in here are breathlessly quoting Owen Jones and momentum
It feels a bit like a footie team losing 5-0 at home and the fans "¡olé!"-ing when they win a throw-in5 -
People assume that the Reform vote is largely Ex-Tory but it may well not be. There’s no reason to believe most could go Tory.Peter_the_Punter said:
If they are squeezing reform but still not closing the gap, that's a bit of a problem, isn't it?ToryJim said:
Labour would still have a colossal majority with those figures. Hopefully the Tories can squeeze Reform but need to see more evidence.TimS said:🚨 NEW POLL 🚨
@BMGResearch for @theipaper
Labour 43% +2
Tories 27% +2
Reform 11% -3
Lib Dems 9%
Greens 6%
16pt lead is unchanged from last BMG poll in April. But 3pt fall in Reform's standing suggests the squeeze *might* be on...
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Yes, and no. The changes on this poll probably saves 10-15 seats especially as the gap to the Lib Dem’s is wider.Peter_the_Punter said:
If they are squeezing reform but still not closing the gap, that's a bit of a problem, isn't it?ToryJim said:
Labour would still have a colossal majority with those figures. Hopefully the Tories can squeeze Reform but need to see more evidence.TimS said:🚨 NEW POLL 🚨
@BMGResearch for @theipaper
Labour 43% +2
Tories 27% +2
Reform 11% -3
Lib Dems 9%
Greens 6%
16pt lead is unchanged from last BMG poll in April. But 3pt fall in Reform's standing suggests the squeeze *might* be on...
https://x.com/hugogye/status/1796250395796296139?s=461 -
This ad won't land then...GIN1138 said:
Nobody cares about Rishi's travel arrangements?Scott_xP said:@mikeysmith
STORY
Rishi Sunak caught taking private helicopter flight home hours after gushing about train travel
https://x.com/mikeysmith/status/1796227395650744553
@DPMcBride
The little stool for getting on and off is very sweet.
https://x.com/DPMcBride/status/1796231370454516182
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Only 90 minutes to go before jury deliberations end for the day .
If there’s no verdict before then it would be a bad sign for the prosecution .1 -
That's down to leadership, not the right class of parent.eek said:
I've seen it work in multiple places. As a prime example look at Framwellgate in Durham which has rapidly improved as pushy parents had to settle for second best (because they couldn't get into Durham Johnston) and decided that second best could be significantly improved...Casino_Royale said:
Ah, the old pushy-parent bollocks.eek said:
Um ensuring that we have pushy parents trying to improve their local primary and secondary schools rather than paying to make a problem go away does to me seem like a good policy.Casino_Royale said:
It's perfectly possible he tries that.Benpointer said:
Breaking: Starmer has just applied for UK to re-join the EU!boulay said:
He will even fail at that. Someone who actually does something will hear it before him and post it here.Nigelb said:
OTOH, he’ll have the satisfaction of being first to post the news about Starmer reapplying for EU membership…boulay said:…
He’s too busy being a high achiever to waste time letting go of his bitterness. That’s time he could have spent in the corridors of power, making a difference, being successful. Better off reposting tweets.GIN1138 said:
Will Scott finally stop his 8 year sulk and let go his bitterness once Election 24 is over? 🙏Taz said:
Scott does.GIN1138 said:
Nobody cares about Rishi's travel arrangements?Scott_xP said:@mikeysmith
STORY
Rishi Sunak caught taking private helicopter flight home hours after gushing about train travel
https://x.com/mikeysmith/status/1796227395650744553
@DPMcBride
The little stool for getting on and off is very sweet.
https://x.com/DPMcBride/status/1796231370454516182
So nobody of any consequence.
It’s been the best possible opening for brilliant people like Scott to stand to be an MP and make a difference, stun us with his ideas, lead the country to a brighter future. Or just shitpost on PB.
[Thought I'd get in first, for the record.]
No-one has a clue what he's going to do, or what will renege on, except the shit policies he really seems to care about - like eviscerating our education sector.
Granted I know that you children won't be kept away from the working class but hey the working class now have the misfortune that.... (this last bit is a joke btw)..
Such bollocks.
Honestly, this sort of stuff really pisses me off. It's a sort of inverse snobbery racked with prejudice.
You don't think working class parents care passionately about their kids education too, or are incapable of advocating for them?1 -
Reform on 14% never looked real. The idea of them overtaking the Tories caused me a wry smile.TimS said:🚨 NEW POLL 🚨
@BMGResearch for @theipaper
Labour 43% +2
Tories 27% +2
Reform 11% -3
Lib Dems 9%
Greens 6%
16pt lead is unchanged from last BMG poll in April. But 3pt fall in Reform's standing suggests the squeeze *might* be on...
https://x.com/hugogye/status/1796250395796296139?s=46
Even Farage is walking backwards from them.0 -
So not just deselecting Abbot et al, but they’ve been taken down and shot too? More ruthless than I thought.Northern_Al said:
Not only that. They also seem to think SKS has morphed from a dull, ineffectual lawyer into Stalin in the space of a week or so.Farooq said:It's going that well for the Conservatives that right wingers in here are breathlessly quoting Owen Jones and momentum
It feels a bit like a footie team losing 5-0 at home and the fans "¡olé!"-ing when they win a throw-in0 -
Last heard of trying Plum Brandy in Moldovatlg86 said:
Where's Leon? This sounds like something he needs to panic about.rottenborough said:A third human case of H5 bird flu tied to the ongoing U.S. outbreak in cattle has been detected in a farm worker in Michigan, state health authorities confirmed on Thursday.
“With this case, respiratory symptoms occurred after direct exposure to an infected cow,”
https://www.statnews.com/2024/05/30/bird-flu-third-case-human-infection-caused-respiratory-symptoms/0 -
I as a "pushy parent" paying a lot of fees couldn't prevent my kids school closing down, despite advocating to the teachers and headmaster.
Turns out SKS's voice was louder.1 -
It's going between the Modigliani and the Mondrian. The 2010, 2017 and 2019 are each a compelling political novel in a square inch.Stuartinromford said:
And that's the point.Clutch_Brompton said:
Having people say that about him is catastrophicCasino_Royale said:
For the next 5 weeks everything Sunak says and does, or doesn't say or doesn't do, will be argue to be catastrophic.GIN1138 said:
I thought he handled that quite well? 🤷♂️rottenborough said:Rachel Cunliffe
@RMCunliffe
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1h
Back in January I was talking to various Tory strategists about exactly this worry: that Sunak had never been front and centre of a national campaign and would behave in front of the cameras and the public like... well, like this
https://x.com/RMCunliffe/status/1796221609667178678
Politics isn't entirely rational, any more than any other human encounter. Some people have "it", but others don't.
Sunak doesn't have "it" at any level at all, which is why he's fated to wander the country with a "kick me" sign pinned to the back of his jacket. If he were a brilliantly effective technocrat, that would be fine, we'd respect that. But he isn't. So he's in deep deep trouble. Some of it is unfair, but not all of it. And if you've benefitted from the good luck, you can't complain when it deserts you.
Meanwhile, here's an infographic beautiful enough to hang on the wall of a gallery of modern art. How opinion polls change (or don't) over a campaign.
https://twitter.com/Dylan_Difford/status/17962495149084837793 -
Oh, for the return of the Ceefax Charivari page:wooliedyed said:
Block booking the 'and finally.......' sloteek said:
As will also be true for SKS. Meanwhile Ed Davey will continue to do silly stunts to ensure he gets 2 minutes of news coverage every day...Casino_Royale said:
For the next 5 weeks everything Sunak says and does, or doesn't say or doesn't do, will be argue to be catastrophic.GIN1138 said:
I thought he handled that quite well? 🤷♂️rottenborough said:Rachel Cunliffe
@RMCunliffe
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1h
Back in January I was talking to various Tory strategists about exactly this worry: that Sunak had never been front and centre of a national campaign and would behave in front of the cameras and the public like... well, like this
https://x.com/RMCunliffe/status/1796221609667178678
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-200325310
