That'll be confirmed very soon if true. If just to give the journos notice.
Seems a bit early, especially if the cabinet meeting is apparently at 4:15. You'd imagine he'd pull the same move he did a month or so back, and give himself the top slot on the 6 o'clock news by making his live announcement then (though it would be the top news story anyway, it gives him free and uncontested airtime).
I've said it before, I'll say it again.
Larry for PM.
He's the most competent staff member in Downing Street.
Tabloid lies to prevent Larry taking top job!
View: https://youtu.be/Rw9b8WWtYFU?si=Qc9UQIsmIpLhZbmO
Things definitely seem to be clearly pointing to a GE, not a reshuffle, at this point then.
That seems surprising, as when a general election is called, parliament usually sits for a few more days before formally dissolving, so the last bits of pending business can be finished. Not least of all, Sunak's pet Tobacco and Vape bill hasn't yet completed its passage through the Commons.
No prorogation/washup period? Damn, that'd be quick.
BBC also reporting that Ministers are clearing their diaries in expectation of the Purdah period coming into effect.
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[Rumour] Rishi Sunak to call general election in UK today
Lots of chatter about this today but apparently it's happening https://twitter.com/politlcsuk/status/1793286364856811831?s=46&t=wgEpNBPQkuL8rikwG-rejA Grant Shapps and David Cameron had meetings today that had to be cancelled for them to attend cabinet meeting
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Pretty much, yeah.
I'll likely vote labour but not because I like the party, just because I think the MP has always done a good job (and votes against the whip when necessary). I have no real love of the party over all sadly.
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[Rumour] Rishi Sunak to call general election in UK today
Lots of chatter about this today but apparently it's happening https://twitter.com/politlcsuk/status/1793286364856811831?s=46&t=wgEpNBPQkuL8rikwG-rejA Grant Shapps and David Cameron had meetings today that had to be cancelled for them to attend cabinet meeting
I'm volunteering with Labour
You should be part of it - say you'll volunteer with us.
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For those with too much time on their hands and interested in helping out.
Yeah actively campaigning for austerity loving genocide supporting transphobes is a step too far.
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You should be part of it - say you'll volunteer with us.
For those with too much time on their hands and interested in helping out.
I'd say you couldn't pay me enough, but I am very very poor and you probably could.
All the same, fuck 'em. Every time Starmer goes on about working people and then just stays silent about how he's going to change things for the better for the most vulnerable people in society, I SLEEP.
Yeah… naaahI'm volunteering with Labour
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For those with too much time on their hands and interested in helping out.
I'll vote for Labour, but after doing a fair bit of constituency volunteering the last two times and being shat upon by the the party I'm not going to do anything extra.
Looking forward to the labour manifesto. I want to see what they actually want to do, apart from avoiding headlines.
Edit: I can't vote because I'm not a citizen, so it doesn't really matter but I'm still curious to see how bold they are.
Edit: I can't vote because I'm not a citizen, so it doesn't really matter but I'm still curious to see how bold they are.
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I love that we're even treating it as a race with an unknown outcome.
How would the tories have gone up. It doesn't even make any sense - people really are that stupid.
Gone up?
There is absolutely zero movement between that poll and the last one.
Anything under a change of +/- 3 is statistically static.
It's an increase, but polls produce a noisy signal. It's impossible to determine whether that +1 represents people's opinions changing or just little fluctuations in the data that inevitably result from polling a relatively small number of people. To get an idea of whether there is actual change happening you really have to look at a range of polls over a period of time.
+1 may or may not be moving up, but that's change over a week.
If it continues like this you go into election day still at 40-27.
I would point out though that the Tory share going up does not mean anyone new decided to vote for them, it might mean people looked at the options and answer "Not voting" which are then excluded from the numbers entirely in polls like this.
If it continues like this you go into election day still at 40-27.
I would point out though that the Tory share going up does not mean anyone new decided to vote for them, it might mean people looked at the options and answer "Not voting" which are then excluded from the numbers entirely in polls like this.
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UK General Election 2024 |OT| Gone on the Fourth of July News - OT
Thread title courtesy of Happy Toast 30th May - Parliament is dissolved. 5th - 16th June - Party manifestos expected to be published (based on Institute for Government analysis of past election periods). 7th June - Deadline for candidate nominations. 18th June - Deadline for new voter...
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