General Election 2019

Kern · **Posted:** Thu Oct 31, 2019 9:29

Votey-time again, so we might as well have a thread.

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Oct 31, 2019 9:40

Tory majority of 8
Lin Dems get 21

Kern · **Posted:** Thu Oct 31, 2019 9:53

Feel it's too early to start making predictions. Much depends on what Farage does - if he decides to pull back, life becomes that bit easier for the Tories.

GazChap · **Posted:** Thu Oct 31, 2019 9:57

Whoever wins, we all lose.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Thu Oct 31, 2019 9:59

4/1 odds on a Conservative minority government sounds like a decent bet. I think they may get a majority, but they have a risk of running up the numbers in some areas and losing some tighter ones. I think a lot will come down to tactical voting, intra-party deals and what Farage does.

16/1 on Tory/Farage coalition too.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

GazChap wrote:

Whoever wins, we all lose.

Evergreen post - this can basically be added to any future General Election and be 100% accurate

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38660

Curiosity wrote:

16/1 on Tory/Farage coalition too.

Giphy "nightmare":
https://media1.giphy.com/media/8BcDdqdAyqAdW/giphy-loop.mp4

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Oct 31, 2019 10:37

Dude!

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38660

Grim... wrote:

Dude!

Quite right. Have edited

myp · **Posted:** Thu Oct 31, 2019 15:31

I’m going to refuse to deliver election shit this time. It maybe undignified but IDGAF

Kern · **Posted:** Thu Oct 31, 2019 15:36

Even the postal votes?

myp · **Posted:** Thu Oct 31, 2019 15:36

Kern wrote:

Even the postal votes?

I mean the party guff. Of course I’ll deliver the polling cards and postal vote forms.

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

Vote Early.
Vote Often.
Vote Doom.

Kern · **Posted:** Thu Oct 31, 2019 15:56

What are his views on the bypass?

MrC · **Posted:** Thu Oct 31, 2019 16:27

Is the Monster Raving Loony Party still going? If they are, there's a potential alliance with at least two or three parties.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38660

MrC wrote:

Is the Monster Raving Loony Party still going? If they are, there's a potential alliance with at least two or three parties.

https://www.omrlp.com/

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

And of course the person who deserves to be the leader of the country

https://twitter.com/LordBuckethead/stat ... 9905725440

BREAKING NEWS: HER MAJESTY ACTIVATES BUCKET SIGNAL

Last night at 11:18 pm for the 7th time in 3 decades, Her Majesty the Queen personally activated the Emergency Royal Bucket Signal, summoning the next Lord Buckethead. Shall we pass along her plea in this, the UK's darkest hour? pic.twitter.com/e8aqhpOd6b
— Lord Bucketheadâ„¢ (@LordBuckethead) October 31, 2019

MrC · **Posted:** Thu Oct 31, 2019 16:54

DavPaz wrote:

MrC wrote:

Is the Monster Raving Loony Party still going? If they are, there's a potential alliance with at least two or three parties.

https://www.omrlp.com/

OK, fair enough, I should have googled it. Sorry.

So, how about some coalition government with the Monster Raving Loony Party, the Monster Raving Labour Party and the Monster Raving Tory Party? Surely that would work?

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Thu Oct 31, 2019 16:55

Mr Chonks wrote:

I’m going to refuse to deliver election shit this time. It maybe undignified but IDGAF

Do you get a choice?

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

zaphod79 wrote:

And of course the person who deserves to be the leader of the country

Except the guy who stood for election as Lord Buckethead lost control of the Twitter account to somebody who owns the original scifi character. That account hasn't been him for over a year.

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Oct 31, 2019 17:16

Mr Chonks wrote:

Kern wrote:

Even the postal votes?

I mean the party guff. Of course I’ll deliver the polling cards and postal vote forms.

How will people learn about who to vote for?

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Facebook

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14416

Giphy "i don’t know, coastguard?":
https://media3.giphy.com/media/xUNda1QKHViLZuxtra/giphy-loop.mp4

Useless.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

Cras wrote:

Except the guy who stood for election as Lord Buckethead lost control of the Twitter account to somebody who owns the original scifi character. That account hasn't been him for over a year.

:-(

https://www.buckethead4maidenhead.com/

Malc · **Posted:** Thu Oct 31, 2019 17:47

Most of his policies seem quite reasonable for a novelty candidate.

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

https://twitter.com/AyoCaesar/status/11 ... 5776188418

Trump attacks Corbyn on Nigel Farageâ€™s propaganda slot?

Short of an endorsement from BeyoncÃ© herself, Labour really couldnâ€™t have hoped for better. pic.twitter.com/hEYnB401xN
— Ash Sarkar (@AyoCaesar) October 31, 2019

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

I assume he'd have to give up that slot during purdah

myp · **Posted:** Thu Oct 31, 2019 19:45

Mr Dave wrote:

Mr Chonks wrote:

I’m going to refuse to deliver election shit this time. It maybe undignified but IDGAF

Do you get a choice?

Yep. One of my European colleagues refused to deliver Brexit leaflets for the euros.

MrC · **Posted:** Fri Nov 01, 2019 7:08

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/to ... 79771.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXyO_MC9g3k

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22392

Looks like the Brexit Party will be standing in all seats, thank fuck for that.

Kern · **Posted:** Fri Nov 01, 2019 14:36

This stirs things up a bit. So much more fun than having a proper voting system!

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Nov 04, 2019 19:15

https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-st ... -1-6356375

Well.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

So many of them are complete nutbars. That's what happens when you don't actually give a shit about vetting people, you guys want them to pay you for the chance to be a candidate.

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16639

Excuse me, but where is your evidence that she isn't from Sirius? I think shifty alien cunts in human skin suits could explain a lot that's going on right now.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Does make sense. After all, Sirius is the Dog Whistle star.

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Nov 04, 2019 19:51

Cras wrote:

Does make sense. After all, Sirius is the Dog Whistle star.

Nicely done

JohnCoffey · **Posted:** Mon Nov 04, 2019 20:05

MrC wrote:

Is the Monster Raving Loony Party still going? If they are, there's a potential alliance with at least two or three parties.

I met Screaming Lord Such many years ago in Tooting. I got a badge

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Nov 04, 2019 22:30

I met him in Waterstones, Blackpool. He gave me some Loony money.

Kern · **Posted:** Wed Nov 06, 2019 9:28

Just to recap the past 24 hours: two senior Tories called a group of voters thick and Mr Johnson accused the opposition as on a par with Stalin.

Great start guys!

Nik · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 1982

I thought they weren't so much a group of voters they were calling thick, as those who died in Grenfell? So, they can't vote, so it's fine, no problems with the campaign at all!

devilman · **Posted:** Wed Nov 06, 2019 10:03

Kern wrote:

Just to recap the past 24 hours: two senior Tories called a group of voters thick and Mr Johnson accused the opposition as on a par with Stalin.

Great start guys!

Don't forget their doctoring of a video to attempt to make Keir Starmer look bad, getting rumbled immediately and half-arsing an explanation for it the next day.

Kern · **Posted:** Wed Nov 06, 2019 10:12

It's hard to keep up.

A more curious development is the reports of Sinn Fein stepping aside for the SDLP in particular seats to help get the DUP out. Which would mean an absentionist party stepping aside in the hope that the seat gets better representation.

Kern · **Posted:** Wed Nov 06, 2019 20:32

Lady Hermon is standing down. To my shame, I was never really aware of her until this year, and her absolute anger at the government will be much missed.

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5403

Kern wrote:

Just to recap the past 24 hours: two senior Tories called a group of voters thick and Mr Johnson accused the opposition as on a par with Stalin.

Great start guys!

I particularly liked the way the first Tory called them thick, then realised this wasn't ideal so claimed it was all a misunderstanding. In the mean time the second Tory insisted that the first one *did* mean it all along.

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5403

Tom Watson standing down.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... down-as-mp

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Nov 06, 2019 21:42

That's bad news. I liked him.

Kern · **Posted:** Wed Nov 06, 2019 21:44

Blimey!

It's almost like nobody wants to be anywhere near the oncoming shitstorm when it hits.

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5403

Kern wrote:

Blimey!

It's almost like nobody wants to be anywhere near the oncoming shitstorm when it hits.

Farage is doing his best to be at a safe distance. I have no doubt he prefers getting an MEP’s salary for no work and being free to criticise everyone rather than actually achieve Brexit and bear the responsibility.

GazChap · **Posted:** Wed Nov 06, 2019 21:50

Shrewsbury’s Labour candidate, who has run in the past three GEs (I think it’s three anyway) has apparently been rather unceremoniously deselected as the candidate.

It was actually looking promising for a Labour victory over the Tories in Shrewsbury (Daniel Kawcyznski (sp?) has not been very popular amongst the masses of late)

I doubt Labour are going to get anywhere close to his majority this time though, as Dr Laura Davies was pretty popular.

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

devilman wrote:

Kern wrote:

Just to recap the past 24 hours: two senior Tories called a group of voters thick and Mr Johnson accused the opposition as on a par with Stalin.

Great start guys!

Don't forget their doctoring of a video to attempt to make Keir Starmer look bad, getting rumbled immediately and half-arsing an explanation for it the next day.

Just another element of their grand plan to lose the election because they haven't got a clue what to do if they win.

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