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The summer of love – politicalbetting.com
The summer of love – politicalbetting.com
?? It’s the start of Summer so how does voting intention change by people’s fave summer activities. Reform scores highest among those looking forward to the British Grand Prix, for Labour it’s Prides, Tories Tour De France watchers, Lib Dems Prommers & Greens cold water swimmers
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUG2y4Gpf9w
So no prize for me.
But I am very pleased to see the way that the swimming activity has been described.
Explains Leon's voting intention.
Who thinks like that? Seriously? Anyone?
They have become a weird creepy cult of “progressives” - utterly divorced from the mainstream of the UK
Seems likely.
Well that’s a shock.
Reform looking forward to the women’s World Cup.
Its a shame there isn’t a category for stopping local building projects and housing developments. The Lib Dem’s would win at a canter
(Local hike B2 of the Mullerthal trail)
I think this might be the craziest polling I've seen on PB.
You invented that.
Your penchant is for the improper.
Incidentally in Edinburgh, which is maybe a centre for wokedom, Pride is a popular activity for families that heterosexual couples bring their children to.
Even crazier.
Here's another look.
Here are the cross tabs the other way, i.e., what proportion of voters like each activity. I think some people in the replies are assuming this is what OP posted!
https://bsky.app/profile/artie-k.bsky.social/post/3lql4dmvjwc22
Lol, reach for the fucking stars
https://x.com/laura_pollock_/status/1929536817625235666?s=61&t=LYVEHh2mqFy1oUJAdCfe-Q
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y8jmkr3j7o
"German police will undertake a new search in Portugal this week as part of ongoing investigations into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann."
Going well for Farage in Aberdeen where he lambasted Anas Sarwar for a speech he gave at Holyrood saying there were too many white people. Actually Hamza Yousaf gave the speech, but one Muslim party leader in a jumped up talking shop in the northern territories is like another, so who cares? He also misrepresented the speech, but again who cares?
https://bsky.app/profile/adambienkov.bsky.social/post/3lqmmujrfwc2v
He should do it more though. It's the only way.
https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/official-report/search-what-was-said-in-parliament/meeting-of-parliament-10-06-2020?meeting=12685&iob=114774
In Scotland, every chief executive of every council and every Government department is white. Every director of a department is white. Every principal of our colleges and universities is white. Every headteacher is white. Every chair of a public sector body is white. Every High Court judge is white. Every prisoner governor is white. Every editor of a news organisation is white. Why? Is it because we do not have the talent? Is it because we do not have the ability? Is it because the opportunity does not exist, or, worse yet, is it because people do not think that they are wanted or welcome? Those are the fundamental issues that we should be addressing.
Here's the clip of him saying it:
https://x.com/iamyesyouareno/status/1785001768247517268
It's important that photos are blurred to anonymous things and avoid recognition
Tut
Though I imagine many who are obliged to sit through committee meetings would celebrate them being axed.
It’s a bleak religion for a particularly sad kind of secularist
No it’s simple. Fresh air, countryside, beautiful views, good friends and good chat, a nice glass of cold Mullerthal Pinot Blanc with dreamy creamy grassy Brie de meaux on fresh Borough sourdough
Flat rate for basic councillor membership, with a more for Cabinet members, chairmen and similar.
(So the savings by not having meetings aren't great.)
However,
1 Scrutiny and audit meetings are public, whereas some techbro going through the files isn't.
2 If there aren't many meetings, it doesn't matter so much if you don't know which of your members are capable of attending a meeting, let alone running one.
(I remember a David Low cartoon called something like "The New Government", with a dozen WInston Churchills bustling round the Cabinet table. That model seems to be Farage's inspiration.)
Where picnics do work, however, is at (sporting, social) events where the picnicking is curated (eg Glyndebourne, No.1 Car Park at the Royal Meeting, or a point to point).
Then they are just marvellous. And some of the best such picnics I have had have been in the driving sleet and freezing cold with everyone clutching their glasses of whisky and the rosé still in the car untouched.
Man, 48, arrested at Stansted airport on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life
Get a load of media coverage for attributing stupid comment by opponent a to opponent b, wait for them to fill a media cycle talking about the fact one of them said it. Now everyone is talking about your talking point, apologise and say that some intern typed up the autocue text wrong.
Profit.
It's obviously working too, see also the discussion we're having now.
Or worse, some idiot who goes insane in the company of a wasp - and insists on swatting it into my face.
My reading the charts say, for example, amongst those who said they were looking forward to a pride event 37% were of them were Lab voters.
Not that 37% of Lab voters are looking forward to pride.
That's different.
When I was a kid, what is now fashionable wild swimming was just called swimming....
It doesn't suggest that huge numbers of Labour voters are looking forward to Pride marches. It says that people who look forward to Pride marches (even if that were a small number of people) are more likely to vote Labour. The polling also appears to allow people to select multiple options.
Still - I can understand the appeal. Many of them are huge events these days, with participants putting in a lot of effort (and it's those participants who are most likely saying they are looking forward to them). They're also often linked to festivals, with lots of gigs and parties etc., so it's more like a weekend of fun, rather than 15 minutes watching someone on a float pass by.
The one that stood out for me, was the friends' wedding one. If it was just because young people are more likely to be going to friends' weddings, you'd think LD/Green would be a lot higher.
Do Labour voters have more friends?
The low score for Greens on most categories. Does this reflect there being few of them, or is it really true that the only things they waste their time on is cold water swimming and attention seeking carnivals for ugly people?
Do they really hate weddings, real music and Glastonbury that much?
No wonder I never meet any.
Footnote: People I know who have gone in gangloads together to Glast are missing it this year, first time in many years. Something to do with cost. Is this right?
When Jenrick becomes leader I suspect your party will make some solid gains against Labour here and be involved as the junior partner in the next Government at Cardiff Bay.
He really isn’t that bright at times
I notice the last two cricket ODIs failed to sell out. £85 a ticket, I think cozzy livs is having an impact.
Can also be referred to as "drowning".
Weirdly my stalker @SeanT has, lots, indeed he just wrote about his recent picnics in Aveyron in France, in the Daily Mail, and even included a photo of the picnic
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-14648233/South-France-Aveyron-Provence.html
Ah. To have a life such as his - drifting from picnic spot to picnic spot around the world! Oh well. I shall have to content myself with “Luxembourg’s prettiest hike” - which is indeed very pretty
Wasps can and do destroy outdoor eating in some summers. The wasp summer of 2022 was one such - we tried and failed to enjoy lunches outside in Germany, Switzerland and France. The last couple of summers have been mercifully quite wasp-free.
Secret to wasp free summers is a cold wet preceding winter.
LibDems doing poorly on Pride celebrators. I’ve been to a LibDem party conference. I’ve been to Pride. The former yielded more offers of LGBT+-relevant night time activities!
And maybe the Greens just think it is an unnecessary waste of resources and boycott the events?
If Scotland wants to spend more per capita than England there's nothing stopping them from putting up taxes. No reason we should be paying for Holyrood to offer free tuition, free prescription or whatever other goodies they want out of our taxes.
What baffles me is the 18% of people in Scotland, some of whom must identify as Scots, who say they will vote for him. Who are these people? I don't know any - and I know plenty of people who will vote for all the other parties.
https://x.com/raf_luton/status/1929119254634274883?s=61