[Andy McDandy]

The bodies? The evidence?

[Yug]

Aye. Nothing screams "human rights abuse" louder than the refusal to let human rights watchdogs into your country.

[Bones McCoy]

Interesting rumours (claiming to be from reliable insiders) are emerging.

Why July 4th?
Rumour that the 1922ers dropped an ultimatum and Sunak snapped. He fuggen showedem!

Election now?
Body language experts, amateurs and speculators (do they differ), suggest he's reached the "Fuck this for a game of soldiers" point.
Doesn't care, his mind is already

Working on a T-bone steak à la carte Flying over to the Golden State

Going a bit shit, innit?
It looks as through the entire conservative machine was caught on the hop.
This is how they roll when they don't have the machinery of government and civil service to handle logistics.

Now (Part II)
A few economic indicators have ticked up.
Serious people don't operate on a single reading, but look for trends.
Two possible readings here.
The uptick's a blip before a continued drop - dive in now and hope to win a few low-information votes.
It's a continued recovery, let's hand over to Labour. Rubs chin. Even the Tories aren't that stupid.

[Tubby Isaacs]

I know. Let's put this very rich non-drinker PM in Wetherspoon's.

I thought he was having a rest day.

[Andy McDandy]

Rumour has it that he chooses his photo ops carefully, nothing where his height can be easily compared to someone else. Hence the drowning street speech, and sitting down here.

[Tubby Isaacs]

He'll be campaigning with Kylie and Warwick Davis before long.

[Tubby Isaacs]

The Lib Dems need only a 0.3% swing on the new boundaries to take the new Wimbledon constituency. The Tories only won last time because it wasn't clear who the tactical vote was.

[Andy McDandy]

The only non-party members there are the two kids.

[Youngian]

I know. Let's put this very rich non-drinker PM in Wetherspoon's.

I thought he was having a rest day.

Did the wife sew the regimental badge on?

[Tubby Isaacs]

Ha ha ha ha ha.

[mattomac]

It was effectively that wasn’t it…. Someone mentioned it to in Wetherspoons.

[Bones McCoy]

Must have had a strong cuppa in that weatherspoons.

BREAKING: Rishi Sunak says he will bring back National Service if Tories win general election

https://x.com/SkyNews/status/1794474111034429899

[Abernathy]

Not the vote-winner they think it is, I'd say, and a sure sign that they are desperately trying to win back nutjob voters thinking of voting for Reform UK.

On the other hand, I am really pleased to hear that Labour is almost certain to put extending the franchise to 16 and 17 year olds in the manifesto. Those votes are likely to be all but certain to be Labour votes.

[Tubby Isaacs]

I agree. Cost apparently £2,5bn a year. £1bn comes from crackdown on tax avoidance, and £1.5bn moved out of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

Not credible.

[Tubby Isaacs]

I knew I’d heard about the Shared Prosperity Fund before. but couldn’t place it exactly.

It’s actually the fund that replaced EU funding. So taking £1.5bn a year out of that is, um, interesting.

Not just Brexit promise broken but levelling up promise too.

Wouldn’t be surprised is MPs in eg Cornwall run a mile from this.

[Youngian]

It’s what needed to deal with these feral youth gangs, compulsory training in the use of automatic weapons. Did they run this one passed army top brass? They’ll be fucking fuming.

[davidjay]

I honestly thought it was a parody when I saw it. They've just managed to motivate the lowest-voting demographic to get out and vote.

[Youngian]

Coming soon: Restoring the death penalty and imperial measurements.

They’re of course pandering to an age group that’s never done military service. And love cowardly draft dodger Donald Trump.

[Bones McCoy]

Not the vote-winner they think it is, I'd say, and a sure sign that they are desperately trying to win back nutjob voters thinking of voting for Reform UK.

On the other hand, I am really pleased to hear that Labour is almost certain to put extending the franchise to 16 and 17 year olds in the manifesto. Those votes are likely to be all but certain to be Labour votes.

Particularly if the best Tory offer is a tour of duty somewhere east of Kharkiv.

[Youngian]

A press-ganged army of teenagers sounds like a dangerous liability on the battlefield beyond cannon fodder. And ‘Doing community service’ is contemptuous of the skills and aptitudes needed to work in the care sector. Unless they mean picking up litter while labour shortages grow due to immigration curbs.