[Politics] Tory meltdown finally arrived [was: incoming]...

[Hugo Rune]

I’m absolutely astounded Hall can poll at 25% in London. She’d give Dorries a run for her money on a lot of metrics that indicate a profound unsuitability to lead.

 

[clapham_gull]

The day Susan was mugged.

 

[clapham_gull]

Make your own mind up.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Various posts on this thread have nailed it.

The Tories want Khan in charge of London when they call the General Election. Their strategy will be “look at no go area Londonstan with its oppressive ULEZ and knife crime and it’s all Labour’s fault. Do you want that everywhere?”. It’s a lot harder to pull off if they’re in charge.

It’ll be lapped up by a few Sun reading racists who don’t get to vote in the London mayor’s poll but do in a GE. But nowhere near enough to save Sunak’s incompetent, slippery, achievement free, backside nationally.

As usual, working class Tories are being used like a blow up doll on an Amsterdam stag do,

 

[clapham_gull]

The Tories want Khan in charge of London when they call the General Election. Their strategy will be “look at no go area Londonstan with its oppressive ULEZ and knife crime and it’s all Labour’s fault. Do you want that everywhere?”.

Got home safe again.

 

[clapham_gull]

Just to reiterate how obsessed they are with anti-car measures. Couple of nasty mini roundabouts near me (on residential) and a right turn where I know someone who got run over.

The Labour lead council are going to get rid of them and if they hadn't lost the council the Tories would probably done so too.

But no, the local Tories went on the offensive but in a really strange way. Knocking on my door telling that the anti-democratic measures (never voted on a roundabout) would lead to increased traffic on my road.

Silly idiots. I used to live round the corner (opposite the roundabout) and was happy to see it gone. In Tory-land you only care about YOUR street, not the others who have to walk on.

The very short road outside my house is one way and single lane. No not a Khan enforced pavement narrowing measure, it's been like for years because there is a nursery opposite.

If you use it to avoid the changes you are either going in the opposite direction or lost.

They just come up with any old bullshit because they are so desperate. The last peep I had from them was Christmas because they were complaining about the Xmas trees not being collected on time.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Just for extra balance, the volunteer deportee was given £3000 and 6 Rwandans came back.

 

[Bob!]

Just for extra balance, the volunteer deportee was given £3000 and 6 Rwandans came back.

As well as the £3k, he also gets free board and lodgings for 5 years

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Just for extra balance, the volunteer deportee was given £3000 and 6 Rwandans came back.

It's quite lucky the tories got him to agree to this in the week before an election.

And great to see that the massive deterrent of receiving a bribe will prevent many others from making that perilous journey

 

[Guinness Boy]

As well as the £3k, he also gets free board and lodgings for 5 years

Where do I sign up?

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Various posts on this thread have nailed it.

The Tories want Khan in charge of London when they call the General Election. Their strategy will be “look at no go area Londonstan with its oppressive ULEZ and knife crime and it’s all Labour’s fault. Do you want that everywhere?”. It’s a lot harder to pull off if they’re in charge.

It’ll be lapped up by a few Sun reading racists who don’t get to vote in the London mayor’s poll but do in a GE. But nowhere near enough to save Sunak’s incompetent, slippery, achievement free, backside nationally.

As usual, working class Tories are being used like a blow up doll on an Amsterdam stag do,

Doesn't that kinda backfire when people point out that he beat the Conservative candidate so, by that token, he can't be *that* bad, based on the opinion of, y'know, ACTUAL Londoners?

Or am I overestimating the intelligence of the people you are talking about?

 

[Guinness Boy]

Doesn't that kinda backfire when people point out that he beat the Conservative candidate so, by that token, he can't be *that* bad, based on the opinion of, y'know, ACTUAL Londoners?

Or am I overestimating the intelligence of the people you are talking about?

"Woke Londoners", "full of immigrants", "liberal elite" etc is how they'll play those voters in the rest of the country.

Men and women of the people, The Tories, as can be seen from their hugely successful levelling up programme.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

"Woke Londoners", "full of immigrants", "liberal elite" etc is how they'll play those voters in the rest of the country.

Men and women of the people, The Tories, as can be seen from their hugely successful levelling up programme.

The latter, then!

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

 

[hans kraay fan club]

"Woke Londoners", "full of immigrants", "liberal elite" etc is how they'll play those voters in the rest of the country.

You missed off 'fraudulent postal votes'

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Anyone seen any reports that the person they bribed to go to Rwanda intended to go there anyway? A mate mentioned it, but can't corroborate

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Anyone seen any reports that the person they bribed to go to Rwanda intended to go there anyway? A mate mentioned it, but can't corroborate

According to news reports, it was a volunteer who had failed asylum several times, and flew on a regular commercial flight.

Failed asylum seeker given £3,000 to go to Rwanda

The asylum seeker went to the east Africa country under a scheme separate to the forced returns scheme.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Bodian]

According to news reports, it was a volunteer who had failed asylum several times, and flew on a regular commercial flight.

Failed asylum seeker given £3,000 to go to Rwanda

The asylum seeker went to the east Africa country under a scheme separate to the forced returns scheme.

www.bbc.co.uk

He was paid to leave under a recent variation of the 'Assisted Voluntary Returns Scheme'.

Which was originally introduced by Labour in 2004.

So - the big song and dance by the Tories today is that they have managed to encourage a failed asylum seeker to depart our shores using a scheme they didn't introduce. Well done Rish!

 

[Bob!]

Latest YouGov election voting intentions has Conservative on 18%.
This would leave them with 32 seats (when you plug the numbers into Electoral Calculus), and the LibDems would become the official opposition with 59 MP's.

Voting Intention: Con 18%, Lab 44% (30 Apr - 1 May 2024) | YouGov

Latest YouGov Westminster voting intention figures

yougov.co.uk

My constituency (Maldon) would, of course, remain Conservative.

 

[mikeyjh]

Latest YouGov election voting intentions has Conservative on 18%.
This would leave them with 32 seats (when you plug the numbers into Electora Calculus), and the LibDems would become the official opposition with 59 MP's.

Voting Intention: Con 18%, Lab 44% (30 Apr - 1 May 2024) | YouGov

Latest YouGov Westminster voting intention figures

yougov.co.uk

My constituency (Maldon) would, of course, remain Conservative.

Amazes me that if I walk down an average street, 1 in 5 people I see still think the nasties are worth a vote ...