Post AcV0TdvFjZVfPbSbxI by jackLondon@mastodonapp.uk
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(DIR) Post #AcV0TWhWaDMx0zz35M by jackLondon@mastodonapp.uk
2023-09-17T11:15:01Z
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@MattMastodon @AnthonyFStevens Not for those who risk losing their seats by waiting till then. Which is all those in "safe" seats - those in marginals are all looking for pastures new already...
(DIR) Post #AcV0TXfQzTI80o0tSy by AnthonyFStevens@mastodon.online
2023-09-17T12:02:01Z
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@jackLondon @MattMastodon The raft of #Tories who've stood down, or indicated they won't stand at #GE2024, is quite telling.Things must REALLY be bad when Dizzy Lizzy is rumoured to be making a "comeback", & is claiming the #UK would be £Billions better off if she'd remained #PM. 😳https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/the-brand-has-been-trashed-rishi-sunak-fails-to-ease-tory-woes-and-now-liz-truss-is-back-2621880
(DIR) Post #AcV0TYgtBY37BbhZNA by jackLondon@mastodonapp.uk
2023-09-17T12:08:38Z
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@AnthonyFStevens @MattMastodon Not really - it just underlines how self-deluded #truss isNo chance there is a way back for her - #May has more chance (!)My money remains on #gove to be their first LOTO after #sunak exiles to a luxury existence in #california following defeat in #2024GE
(DIR) Post #AcV0TaJZ9Ea6DqnyIS by AnthonyFStevens@mastodon.online
2023-09-17T12:25:23Z
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@jackLondon @MattMastodon "IF" the #Tories lose #GE2024, I think there'll be a battle for the heart & Soul of the #CONservatives. There's long been talk that a tranche of younger #Tory MPs who're biding their time until after the next election to wrestle control of the party away from from the far right #ERG extremists.https://mastodon.online/@AnthonyFStevens/111065312150514305
(DIR) Post #AcV0Tc1ulpeNXgYu3s by jackLondon@mastodonapp.uk
2023-09-17T12:36:52Z
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@AnthonyFStevens @MattMastodon Well as recent events in N Africa prove, the sky could fall on our heads and allow the #toriesOut in for a 4th term - but I rather think not otherwise I do not expect a return to power for them anytime soon...
(DIR) Post #AcV0Td4QtxG6lmkQcq by AnthonyFStevens@mastodon.online
2023-09-17T12:40:08Z
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@jackLondon @MattMastodon Hopefully & fingers crossed, but the #Tories have until January 2025 to call an election, so anything is possible.#Labour must continue with the mentality that they're in opposition & have all the running to do. Stranger things than an unlikely #Tory comeback have been known to happen. 🤷🏾♂️
(DIR) Post #AcV0TdvFjZVfPbSbxI by jackLondon@mastodonapp.uk
2023-09-17T12:45:53Z
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@AnthonyFStevens @MattMastodon The cannot leave it to January 2025 to CALL an election - that must be at latest 17th Dec 2024But in practical terms calling a winter election would lose them seats - most smart money is on autumn 2024, with some on it will being summer. So about a year from nowhttps://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/calling-general-election
(DIR) Post #AcV0Teisl3CztWgFJQ by AnthonyFStevens@mastodon.online
2023-09-17T12:52:14Z
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@jackLondon @MattMastodon I read a report that the festive holidays constitutionally gives them the opportunity to draw out their governance until 25th January. 🤷🏾♂️Whatever the date, the big mistake #Starmer is making, is he's not making enough noise about enough being enough & demanding an election now.
(DIR) Post #AcV0TfWrlDBuOY4ADo by jackLondon@mastodonapp.uk
2023-09-17T12:41:10Z
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@AnthonyFStevens @MattMastodon ...As for which way the #toriesOut go following defeat, last time they had a sane leader who took them Right (Hague == Gove) , then 2 nutters ( IDS & Howard == Suella & Priti??) before the greasy Cameron (= Shapps?) conned enough he was "liberal" so he could impose Austerity on the poor & reduce tax for the bankers who caused the 2008 crash
(DIR) Post #AcV0TfdFNUIMiL3GAS by jackLondon@mastodonapp.uk
2023-09-17T13:21:44Z
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@AnthonyFStevens @MattMastodon His predecessor did that every week practically - fat lot of good it did. I think Starmer & Rayner are doing fine, taking apart the #toriesOut and building their offering to be solid and tempt many floating voters to support themWe are nearly thru the phony war that started with the eviction of the #vacuumOfIntegrity - the far left have already thrown their toys out the pram and even News International are accepting it will be #labour in #2024GE ....
(DIR) Post #AcV0TgviYIfEjuhWb2 by AnthonyFStevens@mastodon.online
2023-09-17T13:34:15Z
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@jackLondon @MattMastodon The far left believe that #LeftFootForward can compete with the Murdoch machine. You have to ride the punches, not take them full on in the face, believing a haymaker won't spark you cold out, as #Corbyn & the far left found out in 2019. 🤷🏾♂️
(DIR) Post #AcV0ThzIcT7i1JNtom by jackLondon@mastodonapp.uk
2023-09-17T13:25:08Z
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@AnthonyFStevens @MattMastodon ...My own suspicion is the LOTO has a deep contempt for enablers of the nonsense we have has since 2016 - including the press. But he is keeping his own counsel till #labour are in power.After all Leveson #2 was unilaterally cancelled - but it could be re-started Having large parts of our media under control of overseas interests who pay no taxes here seems against natural justice to me
(DIR) Post #AcV0Thzeb9PI2PYBN2 by jackLondon@mastodonapp.uk
2023-09-17T13:42:06Z
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@AnthonyFStevens @MattMastodon The "murdoch machine " is simply some organised Right wing grifters who know fine well the days they could swing an election are over - all they can do is suck up to the likely winners as they did in 1997 & hope they do not act against their proprieters' interests....I think Starmer might disappoint them....
(DIR) Post #AcV0TjAKExXNfnYDdw by AnthonyFStevens@mastodon.online
2023-09-17T13:46:40Z
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@jackLondon @MattMastodon I think #Obama set a trend when he bypassed the biased, racist press in #America, & mobilised a huge social media machine that the press & media barons couldn't influence or sway.On the flipside, #Brexit proved this technique can also be used for nefarious purposes.