Second suspect arrested for the potential attack on the Manchester Mosque. Has Farage demanded the police release the ethnic identity of the suspects as a matter of urgency yet?
I’m hearing one white, one black. Might be bullshit
Second suspect arrested for the potential attack on the Manchester Mosque. Has Farage demanded the police release the ethnic identity of the suspects as a matter of urgency yet?
I’m hearing one white, one black. Might be bullshit
Larry Summers – lol – was born into economics royalty. Uncles on both his father's and mother's sides were, separately, Nobel prize laureates (Paul Samuelson and Kenneth Arrow)
When you catch someone for a crime, it is very unusual that it is their first and only time.
There have been a fair number in the past.
Is this different from Farage's 40k or so Euro of MEP expenses?
40K, you say…
I recall, that after the U.K. parliamentary expenses scandal, the European Parliament took immediate action. And made it illegal to leak *their* expenses.
If I was the agent I'd be having a fit at them all sitting down having coffee. "Get our on the streets; time for coffee or whatever after 9pm!"
10pm!
If someone came knocking up at my door after 9pm, they would not exactly be popular.
I once had a canvasser knock my door at 7am
Poor kid probably learnt a few swear words he didn't know.
I've lived in the same house for 20 years, and I've never had a canvasser knock.
We were canvassed by Percy Grieve in 1979. However in all the time I’ve been moved out I’ve never been canvassed once. Even when I saw Luke Akehurst was on the estate canvassing (on Facebook) last,election no one came here.
My sister had Jess Phillips knock her door last election. She told her she was about to go to work and was too busy. Didn’t go down too well with Ms Phillips.
If I was the agent I'd be having a fit at them all sitting down having coffee. "Get our on the streets; time for coffee or whatever after 9pm!"
10pm!
If someone came knocking up at my door after 9pm, they would not exactly be popular.
I once had a canvasser knock my door at 7am
Poor kid probably learnt a few swear words he didn't know.
I've lived in the same house for 20 years, and I've never had a canvasser knock.
I was canvassed by Labour during the campaign for the Ealing Southall by-election. He was flummoxed when I announced that I was a party member (me still being part of my branch up north).
If I was the agent I'd be having a fit at them all sitting down having coffee. "Get our on the streets; time for coffee or whatever after 9pm!"
10pm!
If someone came knocking up at my door after 9pm, they would not exactly be popular.
I once had a canvasser knock my door at 7am
Poor kid probably learnt a few swear words he didn't know.
I've lived in the same house for 20 years, and I've never had a canvasser knock.
We were canvassed by Percy Grieve in 1979. However in all the time I’ve been moved out I’ve never been canvassed once. Even when I saw Luke Akehurst was on the estate canvassing (on Facebook) last,election no one came here.
My sister had Jess Phillips knock her door last election. She told her she was about to go to work and was too busy. Didn’t go down too well with Ms Phillips.
I've never been canvassed. During the Wythenshawe and Sale East by election a while back, I remember the seeing the Conservative house knock on next door, look at my house, frown, and stomp off the other way. I don't know what to conclude from that. I didn't have any political signs up or anything. I don't think my house looks inherently hostile to conservatives.
If I was the agent I'd be having a fit at them all sitting down having coffee. "Get our on the streets; time for coffee or whatever after 9pm!"
10pm!
If someone came knocking up at my door after 9pm, they would not exactly be popular.
I once had a canvasser knock my door at 7am
Poor kid probably learnt a few swear words he didn't know.
I've lived in the same house for 20 years, and I've never had a canvasser knock.
We were canvassed by Percy Grieve in 1979. However in all the time I’ve been moved out I’ve never been canvassed once. Even when I saw Luke Akehurst was on the estate canvassing (on Facebook) last,election no one came here.
My sister had Jess Phillips knock her door last election. She told her she was about to go to work and was too busy. Didn’t go down too well with Ms Phillips.
I've never been canvassed. During the Wythenshawe and Sale East by election a while back, I remember the seeing the Conservative house knock on next door, look at my house, frown, and stomp off the other way. I don't know what to conclude from that. I didn't have any political signs up or anything. I don't think my house looks inherently hostile to conservatives.
in the YE December 2025 there were 9,900 enforced returns, an increase of 21% compared with the previous year, continuing an increase seen since 2020
in the YE December 2025 there were 28,000 voluntary returns, an increase of 5% compared with the previous year, mainly driven by an increase in asylum-related returns and assisted returns
there were 5,600 FNO [foreign national offender] returns in the YE December 2025, an increase of 11% compared to the previous year
in the YE December 2025 there were 9,900 enforced returns, an increase of 21% compared with the previous year, continuing an increase seen since 2020
in the YE December 2025 there were 28,000 voluntary returns, an increase of 5% compared with the previous year, mainly driven by an increase in asylum-related returns and assisted returns
there were 5,600 FNO [foreign national offender] returns in the YE December 2025, an increase of 11% compared to the previous year
101,000 people claimed asylum in the YE December 2025, 4% less than the previous year
and
there were 168,000 visas granted to main applicants in all work categories in the YE December 2025, 19% fewer than the previous year and 50% fewer than in the YE December 2023 when the number of work visas peaked
work-related visa grants have decreased over the last 2 years, largely due to the decline in Health and Care visas – there were 13,000 Health and Care visas issued to main applicants in the latest year, down 91% from the peak in the YE December 2023
visas granted to main applicants on other skilled ‘Worker’ routes (excluding Health and Care) also fell in the latest year, with 48,000 visas issued (down 36%) - largely driven by fewer applications for Skilled Worker visas
the number of grants of permission to stay in the UK on work routes, including those who extend or switch visas, increased by 12% in the latest year to 782,000 - this reflects the high number of entry clearance grants issued in 2022 and 2023, many of which now require extensions of leave to remain
If I was the agent I'd be having a fit at them all sitting down having coffee. "Get our on the streets; time for coffee or whatever after 9pm!"
10pm!
If someone came knocking up at my door after 9pm, they would not exactly be popular.
I once had a canvasser knock my door at 7am
Poor kid probably learnt a few swear words he didn't know.
I've lived in the same house for 20 years, and I've never had a canvasser knock.
I was canvassed by Labour during the campaign for the Ealing Southall by-election. He was flummoxed when I announced that I was a party member (me still being part of my branch up north).
I was canvassed by Lab in GE 2024.
I told them my no 1 issue was social care and was told it would be a top priority for incoming Lab government and there was going to be a National Care system and a focus on improving pay and conditions and retention of staff etc etc.
Maybe I’m being completely bonkers, but I actually think this might well be reversed.
Lab 1st Ref 2nd Grn 3rd
Interestingly, this is the first by-election I can remember in which second place seems surer than first. Lab and Green to come first and third depending on how they arrange the 60% of left wing votes between them - Reform on, everyone assumes, 30%. It has to be quite a remarkably even split of Lab and Grn to come through the middle.
Evan Davies interviewing Nikki da Costa, who's started shouting. She has admitted that they have no intention of allowing it to go to a vote in the Lords. 1000 amendments debated on 3 clauses, they want to force it to be a party political issue when, for the best reasons, it has been brought forward as a matter of conscience. The HoL needs to be euthanised.
Evan Davies interviewing Nikki da Costa, who's started shouting. She has admitted that they have no intention of allowing it to go to a vote in the Lords. 1000 amendments debated on 3 clauses, they want to force it to be a party political issue when, for the best reasons, it has been brought forward as a matter of conscience. The HoL needs to be euthanised.
If I was the agent I'd be having a fit at them all sitting down having coffee. "Get our on the streets; time for coffee or whatever after 9pm!"
10pm!
If someone came knocking up at my door after 9pm, they would not exactly be popular.
I once had a canvasser knock my door at 7am
Poor kid probably learnt a few swear words he didn't know.
I've lived in the same house for 20 years, and I've never had a canvasser knock.
I was canvassed by Labour during the campaign for the Ealing Southall by-election. He was flummoxed when I announced that I was a party member (me still being part of my branch up north).
I was canvassed by Lab in GE 2024.
I told them my no 1 issue was social care and was told it would be a top priority for incoming Lab government and there was going to be a National Care system and a focus on improving pay and conditions and retention of staff etc etc.
Absolute pack of lies.
You should have said your no 1 issue was Triffids.
They would then have told you that eradication of mutant, aggressive, carnivorous plants was a major plank of policy.
What are the chances of a recount in Gorton & Denton? Quite high you'd think.
It does feel like a recount might be needed, but the polling is all over the shop, so anything is possible.
Yup, anything is possible and whatever it is will be shit. The DNV (non-)party wins
Question for anyone who has worked at a counting centre. If there was a candidate called Cockandballs and someone drew a cock and balls on their ballot paper, would they be awarded the vote?
Evan Davies interviewing Nikki da Costa, who's started shouting. She has admitted that they have no intention of allowing it to go to a vote in the Lords. 1000 amendments debated on 3 clauses, they want to force it to be a party political issue when, for the best reasons, it has been brought forward as a matter of conscience. The HoL needs to be euthanised.
Turkeys don't vote for Christmas
This is the assisted dying bill, some turkeys would like the option. da Costa is a long-term campaigner against assisted dying but rather than trying to win the debate, she is organising the talking out of the bill.
I wonder what time the count will finish. If it's tight there might be a couple (at least) of recounts. The first election I was involved in, the Returning Officer said if a recount was needed he'd seal up the boxes and we'd start again the next morning. And there's always the possibility of a Winchester 1997 re-run!
Evan Davies interviewing Nikki da Costa, who's started shouting. She has admitted that they have no intention of allowing it to go to a vote in the Lords. 1000 amendments debated on 3 clauses, they want to force it to be a party political issue when, for the best reasons, it has been brought forward as a matter of conscience. The HoL needs to be euthanised.
Isn't the issue a fairly small number of Lords putting down a wreckingly large number of amendments?
Which, whist it's within the rules, also feels Not Entirely On.
Though with today's vote in Jersey, presumably one-way tickets to the Channel Islands may become a thing.
What are the chances of a recount in Gorton & Denton? Quite high you'd think.
It does feel like a recount might be needed, but the polling is all over the shop, so anything is possible.
Yup, anything is possible and whatever it is will be shit. The DNV (non-)party wins
Question for anyone who has worked at a counting centre. If there was a candidate called Cockandballs and someone drew a cock and balls on their ballot paper, would they be awarded the vote?
Probably not - under the rule disqualifying marks on a ballot paper which might identify the voter
"Reformer Pirates @PiratesReformer · 28m jesus wept mate, this was done as a satire hours ago and here you are like a dog licking some old piss off a turd actually posting the thing.
If I was the agent I'd be having a fit at them all sitting down having coffee. "Get our on the streets; time for coffee or whatever after 9pm!"
10pm!
If someone came knocking up at my door after 9pm, they would not exactly be popular.
I once had a canvasser knock my door at 7am
Poor kid probably learnt a few swear words he didn't know.
I've lived in the same house for 20 years, and I've never had a canvasser knock.
I was canvassed by Labour during the campaign for the Ealing Southall by-election. He was flummoxed when I announced that I was a party member (me still being part of my branch up north).
I was canvassed by Lab in GE 2024.
I told them my no 1 issue was social care and was told it would be a top priority for incoming Lab government and there was going to be a National Care system and a focus on improving pay and conditions and retention of staff etc etc.
Absolute pack of lies.
You should have said your no 1 issue was Triffids.
They would then have told you that eradication of mutant, aggressive, carnivorous plants was a major plank of policy.
Great issue to get to the voters
1) Greens - invasive species. Genetic engineering 2) Nationalists - invented in the Soviet Union 3) Scientists - used Lysenkoist methods in their creation 4) Daily Mail readers - will reduce house prices. Immigrants.
"Reformer Pirates @PiratesReformer · 28m jesus wept mate, this was done as a satire hours ago and here you are like a dog licking some old piss off a turd actually posting the thing.
Actually it’s a joke that goes back to the Brexit vote.
Still if it triggers people like this pirates Spaz all well and good 😉
This has been a brilliant by election for triggering self righteous twats.
Evan Davies interviewing Nikki da Costa, who's started shouting. She has admitted that they have no intention of allowing it to go to a vote in the Lords. 1000 amendments debated on 3 clauses, they want to force it to be a party political issue when, for the best reasons, it has been brought forward as a matter of conscience. The HoL needs to be euthanised.
Isn't the issue a fairly small number of Lords putting down a wreckingly large number of amendments?
Which, whist it's within the rules, also feels Not Entirely On.
Though with today's vote in Jersey, presumably one-way tickets to the Channel Islands may become a thing.
"Reformer Pirates @PiratesReformer · 28m jesus wept mate, this was done as a satire hours ago and here you are like a dog licking some old piss off a turd actually posting the thing.
Actually it’s a joke that goes back to the Brexit vote.
Still if it triggers people all well and good 😉
I think it goes back long before that.
There’s a version for the “elections” held in the old Soviet Union. They had separate voting booths for yes and no…
There’s probably a version for ancient Athenian elections.
This market will overreact to anything because it’s thin, emotional, and populated by people who think one by-election is a national realignment. Green win might briefly push Greens above the Tories, but it’ll be a sugar-rush unless the result is Labour 3rd plus a chunky swing.
The Greens upper limit is probably about 100-150 seats, even in the most optimistic scenarios, for the next general election. The impact of the Greens doing well is that it lowers the bar for most seats for the three parties in contention.
A good Green performance might see ~200 MPs elected for the Greens, Lib Dems, SNP, etc, leaving 450 for Reform, Labour and the Tories. 200 seats could be enough for most seats, which would mean that it's easier to imagine a modest revival for the Tories seeing them win most seats.
So, logically, a Green win in the by-election should see the chance for the Tories and Reform of winning most seats improve, and that for Labour fall.
Not a hope in hell of them being within a country mile of that, not enough lentils and sandals on the planet.
If I was the agent I'd be having a fit at them all sitting down having coffee. "Get our on the streets; time for coffee or whatever after 9pm!"
10pm!
If someone came knocking up at my door after 9pm, they would not exactly be popular.
I once had a canvasser knock my door at 7am
Poor kid probably learnt a few swear words he didn't know.
I've lived in the same house for 20 years, and I've never had a canvasser knock.
I was canvassed by Labour during the campaign for the Ealing Southall by-election. He was flummoxed when I announced that I was a party member (me still being part of my branch up north).
I was canvassed by Lab in GE 2024.
I told them my no 1 issue was social care and was told it would be a top priority for incoming Lab government and there was going to be a National Care system and a focus on improving pay and conditions and retention of staff etc etc.
Absolute pack of lies.
You should have said your no 1 issue was Triffids.
They would then have told you that eradication of mutant, aggressive, carnivorous plants was a major plank of policy.
Great issue to get to the voters
1) Greens - invasive species. Genetic engineering 2) Nationalists - invented in the Soviet Union 3) Scientists - used Lysenkoist methods in their creation 4) Daily Mail readers - will reduce house prices. Immigrants.
Etc
1) Greens - "we will give ALL Trifid invaders, irrespective of their dietary preferences, an amnesty and give them free greenhouses and fertiliser!
"Reformer Pirates @PiratesReformer · 28m jesus wept mate, this was done as a satire hours ago and here you are like a dog licking some old piss off a turd actually posting the thing.
Actually it’s a joke that goes back to the Brexit vote.
Still if it triggers people all well and good 😉
I think it goes back long before that.
There’s a version for the “elections” held in the old Soviet Union. They had separate voting booths for yes and no…
There’s probably a version for ancient Athenian elections.
Oh, does it, you must be right. I do remember it from the Brexit vote though and it makes me chuckle when I see it,
If I was the agent I'd be having a fit at them all sitting down having coffee. "Get our on the streets; time for coffee or whatever after 9pm!"
10pm!
If someone came knocking up at my door after 9pm, they would not exactly be popular.
I once had a canvasser knock my door at 7am
Poor kid probably learnt a few swear words he didn't know.
I've lived in the same house for 20 years, and I've never had a canvasser knock.
We were canvassed by Percy Grieve in 1979. However in all the time I’ve been moved out I’ve never been canvassed once. Even when I saw Luke Akehurst was on the estate canvassing (on Facebook) last,election no one came here.
My sister had Jess Phillips knock her door last election. She told her she was about to go to work and was too busy. Didn’t go down too well with Ms Phillips.
Did she think your sister should be staying at home looking after the kids and getting her man's dinner on the table upon his return?
in the YE December 2025 there were 9,900 enforced returns, an increase of 21% compared with the previous year, continuing an increase seen since 2020
in the YE December 2025 there were 28,000 voluntary returns, an increase of 5% compared with the previous year, mainly driven by an increase in asylum-related returns and assisted returns
there were 5,600 FNO [foreign national offender] returns in the YE December 2025, an increase of 11% compared to the previous year
Interestingly, in the USA there is now net emmigration of US citizens, for the first time since the 1930's.
"Reformer Pirates @PiratesReformer · 28m jesus wept mate, this was done as a satire hours ago and here you are like a dog licking some old piss off a turd actually posting the thing.
Actually it’s a joke that goes back to the Brexit vote.
Still if it triggers people all well and good 😉
I think it goes back long before that.
There’s a version for the “elections” held in the old Soviet Union. They had separate voting booths for yes and no…
There’s probably a version for ancient Athenian elections.
Oh, does it, you must be right. I do remember it from the Brexit vote though and it makes me chuckle when I see it,
If I was the agent I'd be having a fit at them all sitting down having coffee. "Get our on the streets; time for coffee or whatever after 9pm!"
10pm!
If someone came knocking up at my door after 9pm, they would not exactly be popular.
I once had a canvasser knock my door at 7am
Poor kid probably learnt a few swear words he didn't know.
I've lived in the same house for 20 years, and I've never had a canvasser knock.
We were canvassed by Percy Grieve in 1979. However in all the time I’ve been moved out I’ve never been canvassed once. Even when I saw Luke Akehurst was on the estate canvassing (on Facebook) last,election no one came here.
My sister had Jess Phillips knock her door last election. She told her she was about to go to work and was too busy. Didn’t go down too well with Ms Phillips.
Did she think your sister should be staying at home looking after the kids and getting her man's dinner on the table upon his return?
Ha 😀😀😀😀. He left a while back to live in a caravan on a field in rural Warwickshire.
No, she just wanted to dispense her wisdom so my sister and niece would vote for her.
It didn’t work and neither bothered voting. My other niece is in Droitwich, she didn’t vote either.
That's fairly static, Reform easing out perhaps. I still think it will be comfortable enough for Green to not need any recount. That said, it looks to me like almost every by-election in this parliament is going to be competitive and the spectre of the recount will loom each time we come here.
And if the polling is still very multi-way at the next GE, we could see a bucket load of recounts then.
Evan Davies interviewing Nikki da Costa, who's started shouting. She has admitted that they have no intention of allowing it to go to a vote in the Lords. 1000 amendments debated on 3 clauses, they want to force it to be a party political issue when, for the best reasons, it has been brought forward as a matter of conscience. The HoL needs to be euthanised.
Isn't the issue a fairly small number of Lords putting down a wreckingly large number of amendments?
Which, whist it's within the rules, also feels Not Entirely On.
Though with today's vote in Jersey, presumably one-way tickets to the Channel Islands may become a thing.
Only for the rich.
A guest house in St Helier would be far cheaper than your last night on Earth at the Hotel Zurich, although at Hotel Zurich one does get a celebratory last night Lindt square on one's pillow.
"Reformer Pirates @PiratesReformer · 28m jesus wept mate, this was done as a satire hours ago and here you are like a dog licking some old piss off a turd actually posting the thing.
Actually it’s a joke that goes back to the Brexit vote.
Still if it triggers people all well and good 😉
I think it goes back long before that.
There’s a version for the “elections” held in the old Soviet Union. They had separate voting booths for yes and no…
There’s probably a version for ancient Athenian elections.
Oh, does it, you must be right. I do remember it from the Brexit vote though and it makes me chuckle when I see it,
sd
I wonder if mum got to behold the success that is Brexit.
Evan Davies interviewing Nikki da Costa, who's started shouting. She has admitted that they have no intention of allowing it to go to a vote in the Lords. 1000 amendments debated on 3 clauses, they want to force it to be a party political issue when, for the best reasons, it has been brought forward as a matter of conscience. The HoL needs to be euthanised.
Isn't the issue a fairly small number of Lords putting down a wreckingly large number of amendments?
Which, whist it's within the rules, also feels Not Entirely On.
Though with today's vote in Jersey, presumably one-way tickets to the Channel Islands may become a thing.
Only for the rich.
A guest house in St Helier would be far cheaper than your last night on Earth at the Hotel Zurich, although at Hotel Zurich one does get a celebratory last night Lindt square on one's pillow.
Evan Davies interviewing Nikki da Costa, who's started shouting. She has admitted that they have no intention of allowing it to go to a vote in the Lords. 1000 amendments debated on 3 clauses, they want to force it to be a party political issue when, for the best reasons, it has been brought forward as a matter of conscience. The HoL needs to be euthanised.
Isn't the issue a fairly small number of Lords putting down a wreckingly large number of amendments?
Which, whist it's within the rules, also feels Not Entirely On.
Though with today's vote in Jersey, presumably one-way tickets to the Channel Islands may become a thing.
The numbers of canvassers the parties are claiming are out knocking on doors today are imho utter bollocks.
Figures like 1,000, even 2,000 people knocking on doors are being quoted.
There are 74,000 voters in the by-election area according to wiki.
At the UK average of 2.3 per household my maths says each canvasser, if say 2,000 out on the streets, will only need to knock on 16 doors.
How long is that going to take? Even if every single one is answered (never happens) and there is two mins of chat that is only half an hour.
It is all crap.
Or maybe I am being stupid?
About 40,000 households. So, if it was 1000, you're looking at 40 each. But on election day if you've got enough people you're also going likely doing the same street multiple times a day to pick up people at work etc.
You're starting from central points, so when you head out in a group, you've got to travel both ways, and will just have a few streets to visit - so you may end up travelling/waiting for as long as you're knocking on doors. From past election days, I've done 30000+ steps, but actually spoken to surprisingly few people (as in maybe 100, rather than 1000 that you'd think would be possible in a day).
On the flip side, on election day you're supposed to only be knocking on the doors of people who said they'd vote for you. You don't want to be reminding anyone else that there's an election on
The Green Party has reported Labour to the police over alleged electoral law breaches after a van allegedly near a polling station claimed the Greens want "our daughters used for legal prostitution"
"Reformer Pirates @PiratesReformer · 28m jesus wept mate, this was done as a satire hours ago and here you are like a dog licking some old piss off a turd actually posting the thing.
Actually it’s a joke that goes back to the Brexit vote.
Still if it triggers people all well and good 😉
I think it goes back long before that.
There’s a version for the “elections” held in the old Soviet Union. They had separate voting booths for yes and no…
There’s probably a version for ancient Athenian elections.
Oh, does it, you must be right. I do remember it from the Brexit vote though and it makes me chuckle when I see it,
sd
Being serious for a second I wonder if most 93 year old blind mums did in fact vote Leave? Probably they did.
When you catch someone for a crime, it is very unusual that it is their first and only time.
There have been a fair number in the past.
Is this different from Farage's 40k or so Euro of MEP expenses?
40K, you say…
I recall, that after the U.K. parliamentary expenses scandal, the European Parliament took immediate action. And made it illegal to leak *their* expenses.
I can't recall, but MEPs certainly don't do transparency well.
And there have also been plenty of Commissioners who have been held to account.
The only Youtube copyright strike I have ever had was a report of MEPs turning up on Friday morning with the luggage to swipe in for the Expenses then immediately head off to the airport to go home for the weekend. I did it as a commentary on the news so I was perfectly entitled to use the segment of footage.
Evan Davies interviewing Nikki da Costa, who's started shouting. She has admitted that they have no intention of allowing it to go to a vote in the Lords. 1000 amendments debated on 3 clauses, they want to force it to be a party political issue when, for the best reasons, it has been brought forward as a matter of conscience. The HoL needs to be euthanised.
Isn't the issue a fairly small number of Lords putting down a wreckingly large number of amendments?
Which, whist it's within the rules, also feels Not Entirely On.
Though with today's vote in Jersey, presumably one-way tickets to the Channel Islands may become a thing.
Certainly there are intractable opponents who have sought to kill it through process. That will be frustrating for proponents but, as you note, within the rules. But that kind of action provokes a reaction, and so would really only be a delay.
If support for the principle is there - and I believe it is even in the Lords - then it would just be a temporary setback, and proponents can keep on trying, dealing with legitimate issues raised and ultimately patience for those implacably opposed holding things up will run out amongst most peers.
So whilst it would be very annoying for proponents to be delayed, and they would have liked it to become law as soon as possible, a bit of a delay is not the end of the world, and they didn't need to act as though it was and that any opposition was illegitimte, as some have from the start.
I'm opposed to the bill on principle but believe it will get through now or later, since clearly MPs by majority support the overall intent, and whilst the Lords can perfectly legitimately hold things up as part of the process (particularly for a private bill), that is not going to kill the desire of MPs to have this go through at some point. So anyone celebrating or bemoaning the 'end' caused by Lords tactics is overreacting I think.
The numbers of canvassers the parties are claiming are out knocking on doors today are imho utter bollocks.
Figures like 1,000, even 2,000 people knocking on doors are being quoted.
There are 74,000 voters in the by-election area according to wiki.
At the UK average of 2.3 per household my maths says each canvasser, if say 2,000 out on the streets, will only need to knock on 16 doors.
How long is that going to take? Even if every single one is answered (never happens) and there is two mins of chat that is only half an hour.
It is all crap.
Or maybe I am being stupid?
As a canvasser you'd probably knock on about 100 doors in a 2 hour session, and half would be out. To call on 30,000 doors in this by election would require 3,000 canvassers. But the 1000-2000 canvassers being quoted will be from the three leading parties so there will be duplication. Some doors will be getting three calls.
Over the last forty years I've probably knocked on 20,000 doors all over the South. I was door knocking in Hampstead last weekend. Over half were out. I've asked about 10,000 people how they intend to vote. These days I first ask who they will definitely NOT vote for. That gives me a big clue. Then I narrow it down.
If I was the agent I'd be having a fit at them all sitting down having coffee. "Get our on the streets; time for coffee or whatever after 9pm!"
10pm!
If someone came knocking up at my door after 9pm, they would not exactly be popular.
I once had a canvasser knock my door at 7am
Poor kid probably learnt a few swear words he didn't know.
I've lived in the same house for 20 years, and I've never had a canvasser knock.
As someone long active in local politics back when I was in London, I never got canvassed, until one day this pleasant Labour lady knocked on my door, seeking my vote in the forthcoming council election (in which I was a candidate), and thence I had a most enjoyable back and forth with her, during which it was becoming increasingly obvious to her that I knew something that she did not. Eventually I suggested she look to see what information the canvass card she was carrying conveyed about me, at which point she looked down, and - clearly - it spelled out that I was the sitting LibDem councillor and restanding candidate. Whereupon she beat a smiling but very rapid retreat.
Lesson to all canvassers - do look at the canvass card (for more than just the voter’s surname) before ringing the bell….
Trump has previewed a "17-page draft executive order that claims China interfered in the 2020 election as a basis to declare a national emergency that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting"
The numbers of canvassers the parties are claiming are out knocking on doors today are imho utter bollocks.
Figures like 1,000, even 2,000 people knocking on doors are being quoted.
There are 74,000 voters in the by-election area according to wiki.
At the UK average of 2.3 per household my maths says each canvasser, if say 2,000 out on the streets, will only need to knock on 16 doors.
How long is that going to take? Even if every single one is answered (never happens) and there is two mins of chat that is only half an hour.
It is all crap.
Or maybe I am being stupid?
As a canvasser you'd probably knock on about 100 doors in a 2 hour session, and half would be out. To call on 30,000 doors in this by election would require 3,000 canvassers. But the 1000-2000 canvassers being quoted will be from the three leading parties so there will be duplication. Some doors will be getting three calls.
Over the last forty years I've probably knocked on 20,000 doors all over the South. I was door knocking in Hampstead last weekend. Over half were out. I've asked about 10,000 people how they intend to vote. These days I first ask who they will definitely NOT vote for. That gives me a big clue. Then I narrow it down.
If you are a Lib Dem you go back 6 times if the time is available to make sure you get them all.
Evan Davies interviewing Nikki da Costa, who's started shouting. She has admitted that they have no intention of allowing it to go to a vote in the Lords. 1000 amendments debated on 3 clauses, they want to force it to be a party political issue when, for the best reasons, it has been brought forward as a matter of conscience. The HoL needs to be euthanised.
Isn't the issue a fairly small number of Lords putting down a wreckingly large number of amendments?
Which, whist it's within the rules, also feels Not Entirely On.
Though with today's vote in Jersey, presumably one-way tickets to the Channel Islands may become a thing.
Only for the rich.
A guest house in St Helier would be far cheaper than your last night on Earth at the Hotel Zurich, although at Hotel Zurich one does get a celebratory last night Lindt square on one's pillow.
"I Owe India": Benjamin Netanyahu, His Wife And Their 'First Date' At Indian Restaurant
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he owes India "a great personal debt" because he met his wife Sara in an Indian restaurant in Israel's Tel Aviv. He said the "food was unbelievable".
I'm not sure some on here are going to make it to the declaration tomorrow morning.
A full polling day operation in a constituency will involve phone calls and social media monitoring as well as the troops on the ground delivering, telling and knocking up. Leafletting would also happen at railway stations and bus stations with a full constituency leaflet morning and evening and targetted leaflets during the day to those who had not yet voted.
That's labour intensive and most won't work solidly from 7am to 10pm so basically two shifts - I reckon 500-750 would cover it
The electorate is about 75,000 so a 40% turnout equals 30,000 votes so that's 9,000 each for Labour, Greens and Reform and 3,000 for everyone else?
Trump has previewed a "17-page draft executive order that claims China interfered in the 2020 election as a basis to declare a national emergency that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting"
I thought they'd had cast iron proof it was Venezuela this whole time? I'm so confused.
Still, after the thrill of proving their independence over tariffs let's see if Roberts and the terrible twosome feel inclined to slow roll the challenges to that assumption of executive power.
Edit: It's also kind of insane to me that Roberts has been Chief Justice for 20 years and is only 71 - lifetime appointments in this day and age makes presidential appointments to the Court way way more powerful than it used to be.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/ice-hockey/articles/cwy89l9nz7jo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQj0iPR9ajg
But that's Trump.
Poor kid probably learnt a few swear words he didn't know.
The previous management were apparently too nice for them - too much being nice to other people.
Is this different from Farage's 40k or so Euro of MEP expenses?
I recall, that after the U.K. parliamentary expenses scandal, the European Parliament took immediate action. And made it illegal to leak *their* expenses.
My sister had Jess Phillips knock her door last election. She told her she was about to go to work and was too busy. Didn’t go down too well with Ms Phillips.
He will have been doing to their secrets what he did to ours.
If nothing else, you’d want to figure out what had been leaked.
- Green 1.47
- Reform 5.2
- Labour 7.0
https://www.betfair.com/exchange/plus/politics/market/1.253205834During the Wythenshawe and Sale East by election a while back, I remember the seeing the Conservative house knock on next door, look at my house, frown, and stomp off the other way. I don't know what to conclude from that. I didn't have any political signs up or anything. I don't think my house looks inherently hostile to conservatives.
in the YE December 2025 there were 9,900 enforced returns, an increase of 21% compared with the previous year, continuing an increase seen since 2020
in the YE December 2025 there were 28,000 voluntary returns, an increase of 5% compared with the previous year, mainly driven by an increase in asylum-related returns and assisted returns
there were 5,600 FNO [foreign national offender] returns in the YE December 2025, an increase of 11% compared to the previous year
and
there were 168,000 visas granted to main applicants in all work categories in the YE December 2025, 19% fewer than the previous year and 50% fewer than in the YE December 2023 when the number of work visas peaked
work-related visa grants have decreased over the last 2 years, largely due to the decline in Health and Care visas – there were 13,000 Health and Care visas issued to main applicants in the latest year, down 91% from the peak in the YE December 2023
visas granted to main applicants on other skilled ‘Worker’ routes (excluding Health and Care) also fell in the latest year, with 48,000 visas issued (down 36%) - largely driven by fewer applications for Skilled Worker visas
the number of grants of permission to stay in the UK on work routes, including those who extend or switch visas, increased by 12% in the latest year to 782,000 - this reflects the high number of entry clearance grants issued in 2022 and 2023, many of which now require extensions of leave to remain
Lab 1st
Ref 2nd
Grn 3rd
Reforms 'shadow home secretary' making a tit of himself
I told them my no 1 issue was social care and was told it would be a top priority for incoming Lab government and there was going to be a National Care system and a focus on improving pay and conditions and retention of staff etc etc.
Absolute pack of lies.
1000 amendments debated on 3 clauses, they want to force it to be a party political issue when, for the best reasons, it has been brought forward as a matter of conscience.
The HoL needs to be euthanised.
They would then have told you that eradication of mutant, aggressive, carnivorous plants was a major plank of policy.
To be fair to Zia, he's got zero experience of electoral politics, even less than Hopeless Old Starmer, so why should he be any good at it?
The key mystery here is that Home Office stuff is central to Reform's appeal. Yet Farage gave that brief to the party's weakest link.
‘ Just took 93yr mum to vote, she's registered blind. In a very loud voice she said, "Which box for Reform?" A cheer went up from waiting voters’
https://x.com/jamesbennettuk/status/2027050838389072023?s=61
GRN IN TO 1/2
REF out y0 7/2
LAB out to 11/2
Must've been a see it say it sorted announcement that was mis heard as "WER'E FUCKING LOSING"
We do a deal with Gett (taxi booking app that uses London Black Cabs) - answer some questions when you aren’t busy, get a lower Gett fee for the day.
We cross reference with a commercially available database on ethnicity.
We would have a polling group of *all* the Albanian Black Cab drivers.
And there's always the possibility of a Winchester 1997 re-run!
Which, whist it's within the rules, also feels Not Entirely On.
Though with today's vote in Jersey, presumably one-way tickets to the Channel Islands may become a thing.
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jesus wept mate, this was done as a satire hours ago and here you are like a dog licking some old piss off a turd actually posting the thing.
1) Greens - invasive species. Genetic engineering
2) Nationalists - invented in the Soviet Union
3) Scientists - used Lysenkoist methods in their creation
4) Daily Mail readers - will reduce house prices. Immigrants.
Etc
Figures like 1,000, even 2,000 people knocking on doors are being quoted.
There are 74,000 voters in the by-election area according to wiki.
At the UK average of 2.3 per household my maths says each canvasser, if say 2,000 out on the streets, will only need to knock on 16 doors.
How long is that going to take? Even if every single one is answered (never happens) and there is two mins of chat that is only half an hour.
It is all crap.
Or maybe I am being stupid?
Still if it triggers people like this pirates Spaz all well and good 😉
This has been a brilliant by election for triggering self righteous twats.
There’s a version for the “elections” held in the old Soviet Union. They had separate voting booths for yes and no…
There’s probably a version for ancient Athenian elections.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/americans-leaving-the-us-migration-a5795bfa?st=9EzjFX&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
I wonder why that is.
No, she just wanted to dispense her wisdom so my sister and niece would vote for her.
It didn’t work and neither bothered voting. My other niece is in Droitwich, she didn’t vote either.
And if the polling is still very multi-way at the next GE, we could see a bucket load of recounts then.
You're starting from central points, so when you head out in a group, you've got to travel both ways, and will just have a few streets to visit - so you may end up travelling/waiting for as long as you're knocking on doors. From past election days, I've done 30000+ steps, but actually spoken to surprisingly few people (as in maybe 100, rather than 1000 that you'd think would be possible in a day).
On the flip side, on election day you're supposed to only be knocking on the doors of people who said they'd vote for you. You don't want to be reminding anyone else that there's an election on
The Green Party has reported Labour to the police over alleged electoral law breaches after a van allegedly near a polling station claimed the Greens want "our daughters used for legal prostitution"
https://x.com/i/status/2027082120321970626
And there have also been plenty of Commissioners who have been held to account.
The only Youtube copyright strike I have ever had was a report of MEPs turning up on Friday morning with the luggage to swipe in for the Expenses then immediately head off to the airport to go home for the weekend. I did it as a commentary on the news so I was perfectly entitled to use the segment of footage.
If support for the principle is there - and I believe it is even in the Lords - then it would just be a temporary setback, and proponents can keep on trying, dealing with legitimate issues raised and ultimately patience for those implacably opposed holding things up will run out amongst most peers.
So whilst it would be very annoying for proponents to be delayed, and they would have liked it to become law as soon as possible, a bit of a delay is not the end of the world, and they didn't need to act as though it was and that any opposition was illegitimte, as some have from the start.
I'm opposed to the bill on principle but believe it will get through now or later, since clearly MPs by majority support the overall intent, and whilst the Lords can perfectly legitimately hold things up as part of the process (particularly for a private bill), that is not going to kill the desire of MPs to have this go through at some point. So anyone celebrating or bemoaning the 'end' caused by Lords tactics is overreacting I think.
To call on 30,000 doors in this by election would require 3,000 canvassers.
But the 1000-2000 canvassers being quoted will be from the three leading parties so there will be duplication. Some doors will be getting three calls.
Over the last forty years I've probably knocked on 20,000 doors all over the South. I was door knocking in Hampstead last weekend. Over half were out.
I've asked about 10,000 people how they intend to vote.
These days I first ask who they will definitely NOT vote for. That gives me a big clue.
Then I narrow it down.
Lesson to all canvassers - do look at the canvass card (for more than just the voter’s surname) before ringing the bell….
Trump has previewed a "17-page draft executive order that claims China interfered in the 2020 election as a basis to declare a national emergency that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting"
I'm not sure some on here are going to make it to the declaration tomorrow morning.
A full polling day operation in a constituency will involve phone calls and social media monitoring as well as the troops on the ground delivering, telling and knocking up. Leafletting would also happen at railway stations and bus stations with a full constituency leaflet morning and evening and targetted leaflets during the day to those who had not yet voted.
That's labour intensive and most won't work solidly from 7am to 10pm so basically two shifts - I reckon 500-750 would cover it
The electorate is about 75,000 so a 40% turnout equals 30,000 votes so that's 9,000 each for Labour, Greens and Reform and 3,000 for everyone else?
Still, after the thrill of proving their independence over tariffs let's see if Roberts and the terrible twosome feel inclined to slow roll the challenges to that assumption of executive power.
Edit: It's also kind of insane to me that Roberts has been Chief Justice for 20 years and is only 71 - lifetime appointments in this day and age makes presidential appointments to the Court way way more powerful than it used to be.