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May is the current rumored date yeah, apparently it's an open secret in Westminster despite what anyone says to the News. EDIT: 212 in Fahrenheit degrees, is the boiling point of water at sea level. PriorMarcus fucked around with this message at 15:08 on Feb 5, 2024 |
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Feb 5, 2024 15:06
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EvilHawk posted:The stuff Sunak's doing with Piers Morgan and GB News makes me think he's prepping for an election sooner rather than later. It doesn't make any sense to do that now and then wait another 7/8 months for his popularity to tank even futher before calling it. I had a random Labour canvasser knock all by himself in Lambeth the Saturday before last. Told him I'd be voting Green and he asked why not Labour. It was my birthday and I was pretty stoned so I just said 'Climate Change, Palestine and Keir Starmer'. He asks me what's wrong with Starmer. Again I'm high on my birthday so not wanting to get into it, just said 'I was a Corbyn supporter'. He mutters something I didn't catch and then 'I could guess from the beard'. Mind you my beard is very short, like 3mm, and he was sporting one the same length! Honestly what a smug little prick he was, gently caress off
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Feb 5, 2024 15:19
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EvilHawk posted:I also had some Labour Party canvassers round yesterday (ironic considering how I said last week I wouldn't be voting for them) and they were all but suggesting there'll be a general in May. I've received stuff through the door - Labour and then Conservative - within 2 days of each other. You wouldn't start doing that if you're anticipating the election to be in 9 months.
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Feb 5, 2024 15:26
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Based off what I heard the other day the Greens would rather see pretty much any other date rather than May 2nd, because it'll gently caress them for the locals. Lots of people vote one way locally and another nationally, and also the turnout is very different obviously. So if you get all the "casuals" in the booth for a general they're more likely to just broad brush all the local candidates for whoever they hate least out of Starmer/Sunak.
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Feb 5, 2024 15:45
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DaWolfey posted:I've received stuff through the door - Labour and then Conservative - within 2 days of each other. You wouldn't start doing that if you're anticipating the election to be in 9 months. Tbf there are local elections in under three months (depending on where you live) and potentially just some GE bet-hedging
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Feb 5, 2024 15:46
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The way I see it, Sunak and the rest of the parasites know they are going to lose.So why would they call for an early election, when they can retain power until November and be in a position to steal more of the family silver?
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Feb 5, 2024 15:51
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Presumably to try and avoid humiliation in the locals by doing both at once.
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Feb 5, 2024 16:00
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Humiliation for loser Sunak
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Feb 5, 2024 16:01
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Miftan posted:Whoever recommended Small Saga ITT - thank you! Just finished it and I absolutely loved every minute of it. It's a very UKMT game and I recommend it. It feels absolutely made for this thread and it's so so good, highly recommend!
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Feb 5, 2024 16:02
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fuctifino posted:The way I see it, Sunak and the rest of the parasites know they are going to lose.So why would they call for an early election, when they can retain power until November and be in a position to steal more of the family silver? There's a diminishing returns thing here though. Like you I don't think we're actually on for this landslide the polls are predicting, but the longer this goes on the more likely it becomes (even if Labour are fully into the "policies are bad unless they're Tory policies" territory). There's very very little that Sunak can do at this stage to reverse the trend downwards so CCHQ might be pushing him to bite the bullet now.
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Feb 5, 2024 16:16
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Comedy option. Keith is on for a stonking win and then gets pissed and runs over another delivery driver the day before polling day
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Feb 5, 2024 16:23
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EvilHawk posted:The stuff Sunak's doing with Piers Morgan and GB News makes me think he's prepping for an election sooner rather than later. It doesn't make any sense to do that now and then wait another 7/8 months for his popularity to tank even futher before calling it. Yeah, my mam's an SNP member & she was out canvassing in Nairn over the weekend so they definitely seem like they are gearing up, the new candidate (new constituency is part of Drew Hendry's seat & part of Douglas Ross' seat so there's a new Nat candidate)
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Feb 5, 2024 16:23
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smellmycheese posted:Comedy option. Keith is on for a stonking win and then gets pissed and runs over another delivery driver the day before polling day
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Feb 5, 2024 16:25
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living in a labour safe seat i reckon i might just go on holiday somewhere they don't have electricity once i know the date
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Feb 5, 2024 16:27
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Nuclear Spoon posted:living in a labour safe seat i reckon i might just go on holiday somewhere they don't have electricity once i know the date Rural England then?
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Feb 5, 2024 16:33
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Oh dear me posted:Yes. And those of us without terminal diagnoses are slowly falling apart, which makes everything harder. We need more 'free' time so we can spend it moving slowly between tasks Yes everything really does start to go to pot after 60! Get one thing sorted and another thing pops up! You lose your hearing in the 1000Hz range which is speech (I might have got that slightly misremembered - I had an audiology test before covid and she said the hearing at whatever frequency is most common in speech was going. Then it's the eyes. Gone from 20/20 vision when I was 40, to long-sighted in one eye and short-sighted in the other by age 50 so they balanced out, now I need size 2 reading glasses for in bed and size 1.5 for computer or close work and a magnifying glass to read the backs of food packets. Get my right hip sorted and the left hip has a wobbly. Get my left ankle sorted and now my right knee is giving me gip. There's a reason why the over 60s idea of small talk consists of comparing aches, pains and groans!  But I'm still not old - if I fall over I am reported as "she fell over", you know you're old when it's "she had a fall" accompanied by nodding face, slightly tilted head, and wrinkled up nose.
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Feb 5, 2024 16:48
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He's delivered a masterpiece this time https://x.com/dandouglas/status/1754521087608537161
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Feb 5, 2024 17:11
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:But I'm still not old - if I fall over I am reported as "she fell over", you know you're old when it's "she had a fall" accompanied by nodding face, slightly tilted head, and wrinkled up nose. Hope you don't fall over, goon friend 
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Feb 5, 2024 17:23
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Wafflecop posted:He mutters something I didn't catch and then 'I could guess from the beard'. Mind you my beard is very short, like 3mm, and he was sporting one the same length! Honestly what a smug little prick he was, gently caress off 
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Feb 5, 2024 17:33
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A bit much for someone who looks like a corpse to be complaining about someone else's appearance.
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Feb 5, 2024 17:35
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What https://twitter.com/Independent/status/1754497606611316795 e: https://twitter.com/ScotNational/status/1754543912562131350 fuctifino fucked around with this message at 17:46 on Feb 5, 2024 |
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Feb 5, 2024 17:35
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The best part is how he looks like someone just pointed out that he's wearing a tie and he's really mad about it.
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Feb 5, 2024 17:57
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fuctifino posted:What Nothing will come of it because the wealthy don't have consequences to worry about but this is gloriously petty to do and I approve
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Feb 5, 2024 18:22
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Imagine if the boris shaggers give him a punishment that makes you eligible for a recall petition, though.
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Feb 5, 2024 18:26
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The real result I want is Piers getting shitcanned for breaking some kind on attempting to bribe the PM but again, can't see it actually happening.
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Feb 5, 2024 18:28
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In a logistical nightmare later traced back to Chris Grayling, Piers Morgan is deported to Rwanda, but after the election so he doesn't even get the £1000.
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Feb 5, 2024 18:35
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king dying
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Feb 5, 2024 19:00
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BREAKING: King Charles III diagnosed with cancer, Buckingham Palace says
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Feb 5, 2024 19:02
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drat William's speedrunning now
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Feb 5, 2024 19:05
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Keep this up and we could end up with some weird child king like it's the 1300sDead Goon posted:All that time spent waiting for his mum to die so he could be king too. 
Thanks Ants fucked around with this message at 19:11 on Feb 5, 2024 |
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Feb 5, 2024 19:06
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All that time spent waiting for his mum to die so he could be king too.
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Feb 5, 2024 19:10
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Thanks Ants posted:some weird child king
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Feb 5, 2024 19:12
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Thanks Ants posted:He's delivered a masterpiece this time Incredible stuff.
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Feb 5, 2024 19:12
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LMAO, I missed this yesterday. https://twitter.com/GBNEWS/status/1754197297141858567 "This spoon belonged to the Shah of Iran" This is the TV station Sunak is giving an exclusive Q&A session with
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Feb 5, 2024 19:16
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fuctifino posted:BREAKING: King Charles III diagnosed with cancer, Buckingham Palace says Cool. Get Liz Truss back in to finish him off.
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Feb 5, 2024 19:23
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pressing the "liz truss" button as a football club might press the "big sam" button
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Feb 5, 2024 19:24
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fuctifino posted:BREAKING: King Charles III diagnosed with cancer, Buckingham Palace says too bad so sad
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Feb 5, 2024 19:26
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imagine he died on the same day as the election
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Feb 5, 2024 19:31
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fuctifino posted:BREAKING: King Charles III diagnosed with cancer, Buckingham Palace says I heard homeopathy can cure that.
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Feb 5, 2024 19:31
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They should do retainer sacrifices with royal correspondents when a monarch goes, add a bit of jeopardy to the role. Do you want to get paid to do absolutely nothing but speculate on what people are doing and talking about their clothes? Cool but you might get entombed with them.
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Feb 5, 2024 19:32
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