General Election - 4th July 2024

[TinFoilHat]

I’m disappointed that due to boundary changes our new Labour candidate is a Momentum fruitcake.

I’ll be voting Lib Dem.

Not that it matters, safest of safe Labour constituency.

How did they slip through net?

Keir Stalin will get the whip removed should they be elected.

 

[Postman Pep]

Do us both a favour and please put me on ignore, you do my fucking head in.

Thanks for letting me know. So much for the tolerant centre.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

How did they slip through net?

Keir Stalin will get the whip removed should they be elected.

They came in in 2019, was the local Momentum founder and very vocal supporter of Rebecca Long Bailey.

It’s not something I can support.

If I lived in a marginal I’d probably hold my nose and vote for them, but I don’t, so they can sod off.

 

[inchy14]

Just out of interest, how would you describe the last 14 years?

Good question however be prepared for Covid, Covid, Covid and that under labour we'd be in a worse position.

 

[meltonblue]

Our local Labour candidate wrote what can best be described as a begging letter to me saying please vote for me, I’m not a Tory. No actual policies for the constituency. Was very strange, noeffort.com

But normally no candidate sends owt to me but this time I’ve had all of them send me something. Except the greens. My gran used to tell them all (when they door knocked) to send her a car so she could get to the voting booth. Whoever got their first got her vote. It was a strategy.

It’s weird, he’s had far more than me or my wife have had. About four from the conservatives, two from reform and two from labour.

 

[metalblue]

It’s weird, he’s had far more than me or my wife have had. About four from the conservatives, two from reform and two from labour.

It does make you wonder what data they have on us mate. @TinFoilHat might know ;)

I’ve never known anything like it, certainly weird.

 

[TinFoilHat]

It does make you wonder what data they have on us mate. @TinFoilHat might know ;)

I’ve never known anything like it, certainly weird.

Cambridge Analytica all over again most likely.

 

[metalblue]

Cambridge Analytica all over again most likely.

Jesus, I’d forgotten about them mate

 

[kaz7]

Why didn't you just do a postal vote?

No fun in that , i like going in person and this time this safe tory seat might just change hands, faint hope but you never know

 

[Mr Fraser]

 

[Vic]

It’s weird, he’s had far more than me or my wife have had. About four from the conservatives, two from reform and two from labour.

What's weird? Old people are used to voting, young people aren't.

 

[Ifwecouldjust.......]

It does make you wonder what data they have on us mate. @TinFoilHat might know ;)

I’ve never known anything like it, certainly weird.

All your health data was sold by the Tories to an American Health Insurance Company years ago ..

 

[Ifwecouldjust.......]

Enjoy your victory - genuinely pleased for you. I maintain it’s a fucking unmitigated disaster for the country. Back in the politics thread in a couple of years time.

What ... like the last time labour were in power?

 

[TinFoilHat]

What ... like the last time labour were in power?

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Fake news!

:)

 

[bluenova]

What ... like the last time labour were in power?

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Yes, but apart from the above.

What did the Labour party ever do for us?

 

[TinFoilHat]

Yes, but apart from the above.

What did the Labour party ever do for us?

Iraq war destroyed what would have been a semi positive legacy.

 

[metalblue]

All your health data was sold by the Tories to an American Health Insurance Company years ago ..

Healthcare? Are you implying voting Tory is a health issue that requires input from my GP? ;)

 

[Postman Pep]

Yes, but apart from the above.

What did the Labour party ever do for us?

Somebody did a handy thread on this .... it's a long one strap yourself in ;-)

 

[Ifwecouldjust.......]

Healthcare? Are you implying voting Tory is a health issue that requires input from my GP? ;)

NHS Database was sold off .... without your permission

UK Government to sell NHS patient data to third parties

The UK Government will permanently transfer all NHS patient data to a database tomorrow (23 June), which will then be sold to third parties

www.openaccessgovernment.org

Please dont bother applying for private medical insurance or life insurance in a few years cos if youre a bad risk you won't be eligible.

 

[bluenova]

Somebody did a handy thread on this .... it's a long one strap yourself in ;-)

I'm reading a list of a lot of things that don't appear to have happened, and a lot of things that put a sensationalised spin on anything remotely right wing that New Labour did.

I suspect we can both agree that New Labour had an authoritarian streak, that is a long way from my own views, but is that really what you take away from the list of achievements posted?

Edit: I assume you didn't click on all the links? Half of them are pretty much the opposite of how they're described.