Just after the local elections, the Tories tried to make out like a hung Parliament was possible.
Most folk thought that bollocks, and Labourās 20+ percent poll lead.
Thing is, itās not dissimilar in poll lead than in 2017. May enjoyed that advantage then. It was squandered.
If Labour fuck this up, itāll be a humiliation for New New Labour.
Itās insane and youāre correct
Blair had the savvy to do all his purges post victory.
Not in the middle of an election campaign
Thereās a fine line between ruthlessness and cunts.
I think the leading Labour faction may have crossed it
Indeed.
Well the Labour Party have spent five days having to discuss Diane Abbott and sacking off left wing candidates and an MP.
Would love to see Labour get in without Starmer
There is a credible campaign to unseat him. If Iād been campaigning in Chingford Iād be shifting my focus to Keirās manor.
Whilst it would be amusing, it wonāt get legs - most voters donāt care about politics in the same way - they will see Labour and vote acccordingly
also Iām not sure Labour voters are as pissed off with Starmer as you lefties are. He is a damn sight more appealing to the voters Labour need to get in that Corbyn ever was
But Corbyn had principles which Starmer doesnāt.
A weakness is often a strength overplayed
Corbyn tied himself up in knots because he struggled to compromise on his principles and unfortunately to be an effective politician you have to be pragmatic
Our Tory candidate really is trying hard to shoot hi self in the foot. Just posted a photo of himself outside the local food bank singing the praises of the lady who runs it (who refused to be in the pic).
He political naivety is such that he didnāt expect the torrent of comments pointing out that it is his party that have vastly increased poverty and created the need for food banks.
Chingford of course is the constituency where Faiza Shaheen was sacked off as a candidate and immediately replaced by Starmer favourite Shama Tatler. Shaheenās offence was to have ālikedā tweets, mostly going back ten years or so, including one where she liked a sketch by Jewish comedian Jon Stewart which was years old. The other tweets she liked were mostly criticizing Israelās actions in Gaza. The complaints about Shaheen were made by The Jewish Labour Movement, a pro Israel organization affiliated with the World Zionist organization, who trawl social media looking for historical pro Palestinian or anti- Israel posts or ālikesā made by Palestinian supporting Labour MPs or candidates. Interestingly, to be a member of the JLM you donāt need to be either Jewish or a member of the Labour Party. Shama Tatler, who was parachuted in with indecent haste to replace Faiza Shaheen in Chingford is a leading light in the Jewish Labour Movement. So if I understand this correctly, JLM members spend hours trawling social media to find anything that can be portrayed as anti Israel by Labour candidates, get Starmer to do their bidding and sack them, then jump in and take over the seat. It stinks!
At least they arenāt actually buying seats unlike many other "institutions corporates think tanks blah blahs etc
Which stinks more
Nige is back.
That not involved promise lasted about 4 daysā¦
Well spotted Bletch
https://twitter.com/PolitlcsUK/status/1797714245171454277?t=-8PAhbCjTKjZdjQtIKm2Rg&s=19
Not the biggest cunt in British politics but close - Sadly someone with populist appeal because he voices the shit insular and bigoted opinions that many have but are uncomfortable in voicingā¦ More lurching to the right. Whilst this may split the Tories, do we really want this further polarization - further to the right on a populist bubble - a bubble created explosive verbal diarrhoea?
I trust youāll be making the same remarks in regard to Germany, France, etc if the EU elections go the way many are expecting?
The right isnāt only confined to the UK.
Very True, sadly, but this is a UK GE thread so thatās my focus. Seems we are mire politically aligned with Europe than many thought 
I donāt see too much problem with Farage standing for election. Mainly because heās a lazy cunt who will get found out if he becomes an MP. Like Johnson, he deals in grift and not graft. He was a lazy cunt as an MEP and he will be a lazy cunt as an MP. He has spent his whole political life whinging about what he doesnāt like about what people with responsibility do, safe in the knowledge he will never be in a position to have to actually enforce change himself. He sees politics as being a gobshite - same as Johnson and all his cronies, but as time has shown they get found out soon enough and will be voted out into political exile. Having him on the outside will always give him more agency than actually serving, making a balls up of it, irritating his constituents and disappearing up his own arse.
corrected for you no charge 
I doubt Farage could ever upset the natives of deepest Essex tbh
But good point
