BRFR Cake Stop 'breaking news' miscellany

[briantrumpet]

Gov. Minister on the radio this morning and ... electorate has got it wrong, unions have got it wrong, critical backbenchers have got it wrong ... Starmer has got it right.

Starmer & his cronies gone full Buzz Lightyear "To Oblivion and Beyond". They really seem to be rejecting anything and everything including the decisions of the electorate!

If they don't learn anything from this, they deserve to sink.

 

[Psamathe]

Amusing irony from Reform Chairman on the radio when interviewed he commented (critically of Green's campaigns) along the lines of "what relevance does Gaza have to Gorton & Denton?" ... why didn't the interviewer ask what relevance Chagos has to Clacton? And in reality Gaza does have relevance both probably for a number of families as well as being highly indicative as to the sympathies and morals of our current Government.

 

[Stevo 666]

Gov. Minister on the radio this morning and ... electorate has got it wrong, unions have got it wrong, critical backbenchers have got it wrong ... Starmer has got it right.

Starmer & his cronies gone full Buzz Lightyear "To Oblivion and Beyond". They really seem to be rejecting anything and everything including the decisions of the electorate!

Saying the electorate has got it wrong is pretty unwise. Although there is some merit in taking that stance with the unions and disgruntled leftie backbenchers.

 

[BoldonLad]

1. No
2. Yes

Reform polled approximately 10,000 votes, Conservatives lost approximately 5,000 votes, where did the "extra" 5,000 come from?

 

[icowden]

Amusing irony from Reform Chairman on the radio when interviewed he commented (critically of Green's campaigns) along the lines of "what relevance does Gaza have to Gorton & Denton?"

A good response would have been, "what relevance does Matt Goodwin have to Gorton and Denton given that he's apparently never ventured further North than Birmingham?"

 

[Pross]

Interestingly Lbour lost around 12000 of their 2019 votes in the 2025 GE (although turnout also dropped by 9000). I think this result confirms that Reform have replaced the Tories although I still can't tell what the difference is between the two and they may as well merge.

 

[Stevo 666]

I think the Lib Dems deserve a mention as they got even fewer votes than the Tories.

 

[TailWindHome]

I think the Lib Dems deserve a mention as they got even fewer votes than the Tories.

They usually do.

 

[briantrumpet]

An interesting vox pop thread from the constituency yesterday - one would hope the kind of info that the parties would be reflecting on.

https://bsky.app/profile/lizziedearden.bsky.social/post/3mfti5j3qw22l