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#2024GE #generalelection2024 Britain votes to change to small c conservatism over comedy C conservatism because the far right split the Tory vote.
The Conservatives losing their deposit in my constituency is the icing on my #GeneralElection cake.
Off to bed.
Latest #poll in #scotland for #2024GE has #labour lead over #snp at 6% - 2% higher than a poll by the same pollsters a month ago
Since #sunak called the election the average Labour lead is 4% - there is no convincing evidence that the SNP will recover by polling day
On the bright side for the latter, #reformUK are eating the Tory lunch - thay have dropped 3 points to just 14% of scottish voters
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2024_United_Kingdom_general_election#Scotland
The Met denies being the source of leaks identifying people under investigation over alleged bets on the date of the #2024GE
Telegraph reported what it calls ‘"a source close to the Cabinet Office" claiming Scotland Yard told journalists about those being looked into by the betting regulator
Police sources told the BBC the force regards this as an attempted distraction & it is not behind the disclosure of names
So the #toriesOut are publicly rowing with the police - they are so done!
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@ShredderLivesOn @petealexharris @junesim63
Elphicke is something of a loose cannon - I am not sure I would have accepted her into #labour but Starmer did
For the casual non-follower of politics "Tory MP defects to Labour" sounds good & may win more votes than it loses where the votes matter (eg in Dover)
I assume she was told she would be out in a heartbeat if she says anything out of line - in any case she is not a candidate in #2024GE
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@petealexharris @ShredderLivesOn @junesim63
If I were you I would not brag about the relative unpopularity of #labour in #scotland until after the #2024GE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2024_United_Kingdom_general_election#Scotland
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Well to counter that I'd say opinions are more negative about parties with recent & sustained periods in power.
You might be more aligned politically to the Green party, but that does not mean they would govern better
For example, consider Scotland, where the #snp are nothing like as well regarded as they were when they first became a party of goverment
But I hope #Green does well in #2024GE - we are basically ignoring the accelerating collapse of the ecosphere
Turnout in recent UK elections:
1987 75%
1992 78%
1997 71%
2001 59%
2005 61%
2010 65%
2015 66%
2017 69%
2019 67%
What do you think turnout will be in #2024GE?
The Guardian · Parliament after next general election will be most diverse ever, analysis shows
Tories pledge 'Triple Lock Plus' pension allowance
#toriesOut promise to raise tax-free pension allowance via a "Triple Lock Plus" if they win #2024GE
Under the plans, personal allowances for pensioners will increase at least 2.5% or in line with highest of earnings or inflation
So - they continue their attempt to maximise votes amongst the old, ignoring the rest of the population....apart from press-ganging teenagers into the armed force against all parties' wills
BBC NewsGeneral election: Tories announce 'Triple Lock Plus' pension allowanceThe Conservatives pledge to raise the tax-free pension allowance by at least 2.5% a year if they win the election.
You might wish otherwise, but expect the #snp to lose some seats in #2024GE
I doubt it will be a bad as this poll indicates - #snp probably remain largest party in Scotland - but they will lose several seats & cannot claim to represent a majority
IMO they only have themselves to blame
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2024_United_Kingdom_general_election#Scotland
#Hunt would seek to lower the taxes paid by people earning between £100,000 & £125,000 a year, and described inheritance tax as "pernicious" and "profoundly anti-Conservative" arguing that it deterred people from saving. IHT only comes in at £325k and does not apply to passing on the spouse.
Just in case you think there is no difference between the two parties vying to run the UK at #2024GE
BBC NewsJeremy Hunt and Rachel Reeves in election battle over tax cutsIt comes as the IFS warns the sate of the economy will "hang over the campaign like a dark cloud".
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I have heard several people suggesting #sunak is so fed up with being Prime Miniature leading the rebellious ragtag of populist numbskulls that constitute the current Conservative Party, that he is going early and sabotaging his own campaign to ensure he takes as many of them down with him as possible before sodding off to hobnob with the Californian Techbro elite
Conservative MP Sir John #Redwood is standing down at #2024GE
Another of Major's "bastards" bites the dust...... 10 years too late to save us from the self-inflicted injury that was #brexit
#libDem is the best vote in #Wokingham to ensure another gammon plank does not take his place
BBC NewsConservative MP John Redwood to stand downSir John Redwood has been the MP for Wokingham since 1987 but says he has other things to do
What a surprise! The party of the rentier class has dropped measures to combat no-fault evictions....
On the bright side, it means a party less sympathetic to rackrents will enact this legislation - I assume in more effective form - post #2024GE
BBC NewsGeneral election 2024: Renters (Reform) Bill now unlikely to passThe Renters (Reform) Bill would have banned landlords from evicting tenants without a reason.
Just supposing #Labour were serious about this, they might care to look at #GettingReal, an alternative manifesto to #StopTheDamage to the ecosystem and #BuildABetterBritain
https://gettingreal.org.uk
‘We’re up for this fight’: Labour plans to make #climate key focus of election.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/24/labour-plans-to-put-climate-front-and-centre-general-election-campaign
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