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It would have been better if you'd just mentioned it as an aside.
The Dishi-Rishi thread....
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It would have been better if you'd just mentioned it as an aside.
BoldonLad
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No apology needed, perhaps Rishi needs to extend his education ambitions, to include English
As I said elsewhere, always room for improvement
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Poacher
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After much pondering, I've concluded that Rishi Sunak has made a back room deal with Rees-Mogg to drop his leadership bid in return for mandatory use of imperial measurements, which will surely need an additional two years of maths tuition.
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Fab Foodie
Legendary Member
More to the point, the big liar is making his comeback moves....
https://www.theguardian.com/politic...trol-of-tory-party?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
deptfordmarmoset
Über Member
So, as Johnson is taking back control of the Tory party, Starmer has promised to take back control of ''Take Back Control'' itself....
I'm glad I'm in a safe Labour seat because that leaves me free to vote Green.
newfhouse
pleb
What is wrong with these Tory lunatics? In civilised and successful countries like Finland children are not even in formal lessons at five. Here they’re tested to destruction and will soon be given advice about careers, presumably in finance.
https://www.theguardian.com/educati...-young-five-england-urged-think-about-careers
https://www.theguardian.com/educati...-young-five-england-urged-think-about-careers
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Fab Foodie
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icowden
Squire
A classic seat where the opposition vote is split between 3 parties. In this case Lib Dems and Greens should encourage their supporters to vote Labour. All that is then needed is a smallish swing to unseat the incumbent.
Ian H
Legendary Member
It don't work like that in Devon. See the Honiton & Tiverton by-election.
icowden
Squire
Fair enough - then Labour and Green should give way to the Lib Dems (pretty much what happened in Honiton and Tiverton although the Labour and Green candidates did not withdraw - it would have been better had they done so as the paltry 3000 votes they amassed between them were wasted).
icowden
Squire
Sure - but the point is that Labour / Green and LibDem need to look at the polling and then consolidate the vote behind one candidate - or give up the seat as being Conservative.
In Esher and Walton I suspect that the showing will be for Lib Dem again to get rid of Raab. In the last election, if Peter Ashurst (Labour) had withdrawn and encouraged his voters to vote for Monica Harding (Lib Dem), Raab would have lost by 95 votes. If the independent candidate had also done the same that would have added a potential 347 further votes to unseat Raab, the net result of which is that he wouldn't have been able to keep destroying the Criminal Justice system through his own stupidity.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Dominic Raab | 31,132 | 49.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Monica Harding | 28,389 | 45.0 |
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| Labour | Peter Ashurst | 2,838 | 4.5 |
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If you compare that with 2017, what you see is a total collapse in the Labour vote and the withdrawal of the Green Party as those voters move to vote Lib Dem, on top of which Raab is massively unpopular.
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Ian H
Legendary Member
The turn-out was low. My impression was that Tory voters either voted LibDem or stayed away, Labour voters switched tactically. Historically there was a strong Liberal presence in the Southwest until Norman Scott's dog was shot. Labour has gained a couple of urban constituencies, but has a long way to go elsewhere.
newfhouse
pleb
It would be good to know what he thinks the minimum service standards should be on the railways and in hospitals. Perhaps he could do something about enforcing them on non-strike days first.
