A Political Thread pt. 2

[Ddanno]

Your daily rats in a sack update

Zia Yusuf resigns as Reform UK chairman

Zia Yusuf says he no longer believes working to get a Reform government "is a good use of my time".

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[ncurd]

Your daily rats in a sack update

Zia Yusuf resigns as Reform UK chairman

Zia Yusuf says he no longer believes working to get a Reform government "is a good use of my time".

www.bbc.co.uk

They can't get 5 functioning MPs imagine if they were actually in power.

 

[ncurd]

Hamilton by-election result: Live updates as Labour narrowly defeats SNP and Reform

MSP Davy Russell beats SNP in a narrow victory, as Reform jumps into third place for Scottish Parliament seat.

www.bbc.co.uk

Interesting considering most things I was listening to were definitely framing this as SNP V Reform

 

[dirty harry]

Hamilton by-election result: Live updates as Labour narrowly defeats SNP and Reform

MSP Davy Russell beats SNP in a narrow victory, as Reform jumps into third place for Scottish Parliament seat.

www.bbc.co.uk

Interesting considering most things I was listening to were definitely framing this as SNP V Reform

Jesus...

How did reform get that close in a place with that history!

Turnout was poor wasn't it, sno won in double figures over the last decade, 16k votes to 8k in 4 years?

I'd be worried about next year if Reform are genuinely challenging in these places.

Will the Lib Dems, Greens, Labour etc start doing deals again to not take each other's votes in key areas?

EDIT: just had a look, evenly split vote, hundreds between Reform and SNP, and 1600 between Refomr and Labour.

Congrats on labour though, that's a big victory in this climate.

 

[General Melchett]

Reform is just becoming a massive dumping ground for protest votes against the recently ruling main parties.

 

[Welsh Exile]

Reform is just becoming a massive dumping ground for protest votes against the recently ruling main parties.

I'm coming round to the idea of a dictatorship to be honest. Just need an honourable, super human, genius god-like specimen.

AWJ is out of work. Just saying.

 

[Becca]

I'm coming round to the idea of a dictatorship to be honest. Just need an honourable, super human, genius god-like specimen.

AWJ is out of work. Just saying.

You know what, the world is just mad enough

 

[Welsh Exile]

You know what, the world is just mad enough

Ask yourself this, would he be worse than any of the mob in parliament at the minute?

Check mate. Petition started.

 

[Ddanno]

Ask yourself this, would he be worse than any of the mob in parliament at the minute?

Check mate. Petition started.

Why would you put Saint AWJ through politics you monster

 

[Welsh Exile]

Why would you put Saint AWJ through politics you monster

So he can ban private schools and cripple the English rugby system.

 

[Becca]

So he can ban private schools and cripple the English rugby system.

Think someone beat him to that idea…..

 

[Saintjay]

Reform is just becoming a massive dumping ground for protest votes against the recently ruling main parties.

The question Labour need to work out is why people are protest voting or voting reform. The lazy answer is just to brand them all as thick racist without addressing or listening to there concerns.

 

[Reiser99]

So he can ban private schools and cripple the English rugby system.

A the rate it's going without him he'd probably actually be postponing the inevitable.

 

[Which Tyler]

 

[General Melchett]

The question Labour need to work out is why people are protest voting or voting reform. The lazy answer is just to brand them all as thick racist without addressing or listening to there concerns.

I personally wouldn't go there but I do think a lot of people unrealistically assumed Labour would solve a lot of the country's problems in a matter of weeks or months.

If Reform somehow gained power I think many would turn on them too within a year. I think that's the 'Amazon prime' world we live in now. Many voters want almost immediate results / improvements even though cutting NHS waiting lists and rebuilding crumbling schools/hospitals is juggernaut stuff that'll take years.

 

[ncurd]

The question Labour need to work out is why people are protest voting or voting reform. The lazy answer is just to brand them all as thick racist without addressing or listening to there concerns.

The difficulty is addressing their concerns in a simple manner that is palatable for them to hear and communicate there are no simple fixes.

I'd rather this government was doing more but I'm also under no illusion its stupidly complex.

 

[AlRums]

Also, if Isreal are genocidal towards Palestinians how come there's 2 million Palestinian/arabs living in Israel. Weird huh.

If you are referring to the West Bank then that isn't Israeli territory. It is illegally occupied by Israel since 1967.

Legality of the Israeli occupation of Palestine - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Israel also invaded Gaza in 1967, then withdrew in 1993.

The state of Palestine exists as the West Bank plus the Gaza strip.

So therefore if there are 2 million+ Palestinians in Israel where are they?

 

[AlRums]

We're not racist but...

Reform MP's burka ban call was dumb, says party chair

Reform UK's newest MP called for restrictions on the wearing of the full-scale veil during PMQs.

www.bbc.co.uk

This was the best line "A Labour spokesperson said: "Nigel Farage could fit all of his MPs in the back of a cab, yet he can't stop them fighting among themselves".

 

[AlRums]

Jesus...

How did reform get that close in a place with that history!

Turnout was poor wasn't it, sno won in double figures over the last decade, 16k votes to 8k in 4 years?

I'd be worried about next year if Reform are genuinely challenging in these places.

Will the Lib Dems, Greens, Labour etc start doing deals again to not take each other's votes in key areas?

EDIT: just had a look, evenly split vote, hundreds between Reform and SNP, and 1600 between Refomr and Labour.

Congrats on labour though, that's a big victory in this climate.

You've confused an election for the Scottish parliament, which this is, with the general election.

 

[AlRums]

Ask yourself this, would he be worse than any of the mob in parliament at the minute?

Check mate. Petition started.

Jeremy Clarkson would be a better bet, with Captain Slow and the Hamster as advisors/deputies.