Mailwatch(ed) Forum

What with Modi slipping up, and the son-in-law being completely useless, the Murty’s must be a bit pissed off this morning

We're a third of the way in, and so far it's feeling pretty flat. Perhaps it's an effect of the last few years of turmoil, but I'm not sensing much 'fizz' about either of the main campaigns. Understandable - the Tories have little to crow about, and Labour don't want to get complacent or looking as if they're taking anything for granted.

I imagine the big milestone will be the deadline for nominations - mainly to see how much of a problem the Tories have and how many seats they won't be able to contest.

This might be a more interesting affair as there’s four candidates who won’t be giving Farage and Mourdant a pass card over Brexit.

Flynn is that shouty obnoxious prick, isn't he. That's good he's on it. He won't come across well to a wider audience for the Scottish electorate..

He came across ok in the post leadership debate compared to his headless chicken colleagues in Holyrood.
Wanted to see what the Green guy was like but it meant having to sit through Tice first so didn’t get that far.

Heard a manager in Asda patronising a young staff member with his wisdom as to why she should vote Tory. “Sunak’s a fucking slimeball,” she retorted.
Kids today, brainwashed by lefty teachers.

I believe the cut-off for nominations is Friday, need to get a wriggle on

Tories need to find a new candidate in Bridgend. Magistrate Sam Trask had made what is described as lurid comments on an online forum

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/p ... 57976.html

Work has been a mite tough this week, but that doesn't mean that I am not paying attention, at least some.

If we don't get over the finishing (starting?) line with a majority of thirty bazillion, I will be seriously miffed.

Let the hangings begin ...

It will be interesting to see when the Tories are going to start putting more effort into attacking Reform now that Reform are breathing down their necks in the polls. Surely the Tories must have plenty of dirt on Farage and Tice.

satnav wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2024 9:36 pm It will be interesting to see when the Tories are going to start putting more effort into attacking Reform now that Reform are breathing down their necks in the polls. Surely the Tories must have plenty of dirt on Farage and Tice.

All I see from them is "Starmer and his new taxes".
Re-heating the old lie.

I can't wait till it's "Taxi for Sunak".

I'm hearing that Labour is 3 points ahead in Sutton & Cheam.

Taxi for Paul Scully?

Andy McDandy wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2024 8:45 am We're a third of the way in, and so far it's feeling pretty flat. Perhaps it's an effect of the last few years of turmoil, but I'm not sensing much 'fizz' about either of the main campaigns. Understandable - the Tories have little to crow about, and Labour don't want to get complacent or looking as if they're taking anything for granted.

I imagine the big milestone will be the deadline for nominations - mainly to see how much of a problem the Tories have and how many seats they won't be able to contest.

Good. The flatter, the better. The less fuss and noise, the less people will change their mind.

Perhaps the Tories greatest legacy is people only feel despondency about the nation and no one believes any longer you can put the fizz back in the bottle. Apart from
MAGA type cretins who see Farage as a saviour.

With Sunak’s D-Day fuck-up, and the revelation he didn’t want to go at all and was strongly advised to go, I’m convinced he’s self-sabotaging to get out of the job without being ousted, so he can blame the state of the party/country he inherited from his predecessors (which, while not without merit, is also no excuse for his own abysmal display).

There is no way on earth a Tory leader - or indeed any leader - snubs a WW2 event. It’s his core vote age-wise (well, them and their kids).

AOB wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2024 9:09 am Flynn is that shouty obnoxious prick, isn't he. That's good he's on it. He won't come across well to a wider audience for the Scottish electorate..

The nation has a lot to pick from.

Crabcakes wrote: ↑Fri Jun 07, 2024 10:46 am With Sunak’s D-Day fuck-up, and the revelation he didn’t want to go at all and was strongly advised to go, I’m convinced he’s self-sabotaging to get out of the job without being ousted, so he can blame the state of the party/country he inherited from his predecessors (which, while not without merit, is also no excuse for his own abysmal display).

There is no way on earth a Tory leader - or indeed any leader - snubs a WW2 event. It’s his core vote age-wise (well, them and their kids).

He's no Churchill, is he?

Crabcakes wrote: ↑Fri Jun 07, 2024 10:46 am With Sunak’s D-Day fuck-up, and the revelation he didn’t want to go at all and was strongly advised to go, I’m convinced he’s self-sabotaging to get out of the job without being ousted, so he can blame the state of the party/country he inherited from his predecessors (which, while not without merit, is also no excuse for his own abysmal display).

There is no way on earth a Tory leader - or indeed any leader - snubs a WW2 event. It’s his core vote age-wise (well, them and their kids).

As someone (might have been you) has noted, Santa has come early this year. Every day of this election campaign feels like Christmas.

You know I'm turning into such a softie in my old age, I just caught myself feeling sorry* for Penny Mordant having to defend this lot tonight. She's facing six of them ganging up on her...they're going to make her cry.

* It's ok, I've pulled myself together and am looking forward to seeing her get a kicking now.

Starmer has done some excellent interviews on Sunak’s scuttle back from Normandy early. He has said there was nowhere else he would have wanted to be and just to leave Sunak swinging in the wind said that Sunak would have to answer for his actions.

Bones McCoy wrote: ↑Fri Jun 07, 2024 11:12 am
He's no Churchill, is he?

He’s not even the Go Compare bloke.