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Post by southlondonbus on May 24, 2024 9:44:07 GMT
This thread will be most interesting to watch. As a side note, I am standing for election to Parliament as a Labour candidate in the East Surrey constituency - not quite London but still with several red TfL bus routes! I will wish you all the best with that. It has until now been very much a Conservative safe seat - but this year you could well take it for Labour. Anything is possible but I'd still say Surrey seats are more at risk to the Liberal Democrats then Labour. |
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Post by twobellstogo on May 24, 2024 13:34:39 GMT
This thread will be most interesting to watch. As a side note, I am standing for election to Parliament as a Labour candidate in the East Surrey constituency - not quite London but still with several red TfL bus routes! Oh wow! Wish you all the best with that. |
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Post by wirewiper on May 24, 2024 17:22:24 GMT
Jeremy Corbyn has confirmed that he will contest Islington North as an independent candidate. He has held the seat for over 40 years as a Labour MP, but was expelled from the party following remarks made after the Equalities Watchdog report into antisemitism in the party. The journalist Paul Mason and the transport writer Christian Wolmar both expressed interest in standing as the Labour candidate, but have not been selected. The shortlist is two local Islington councillors (the best response to their names is "who?"). www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/24/jeremy-corbyn-to-stand-as-independent-at-general-election-islington-north |
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Post by bustavane on May 24, 2024 18:53:32 GMT
Jeremy Corbyn has confirmed that he will contest Islington North as an independent candidate. He has held the seat for over 40 years as a Labour MP, but was expelled from the party following remarks made after the Equalities Watchdog report into antisemitism in the party. The journalist Paul Mason and the transport writer Christian Wolmar both expressed interest in standing as the Labour candidate, but have not been selected. The shortlist is two local Islington councillors (the best response to their names is "who?"). www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/24/jeremy-corbyn-to-stand-as-independent-at-general-election-islington-northPraful Nargund was 'selected' after the party abandoned the democratic selection process (citing lack of time). |
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Post by WH241 on May 24, 2024 22:24:52 GMT
Lots of rumours on line about Rishi Sunak possibly standing down tomorrow! He is taking a day off from the campaign.
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on May 25, 2024 5:36:27 GMT
Well, I’ve decided how to vote long ago, so I think I’ll leave people to it on this thread. Have fun (if ‘fun’ is the right word 😂) I also know how I will be voting, I will vote Lib Dem. It may not be what people expect, but it makes sense for me in my constituency. I don't care what people vote, but I do want people to vote, and to do so from an informed perspective. It does make sense in plenty of constituencies, including many in Devon outside of Exeter and Plymouth. If my constituency were Cheadle or Hazel Grove, I would probably have done likewise.  |
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on May 25, 2024 5:39:51 GMT
I cannot wait to see the back of the Tories however stuck between the Greens (despite main policies) or the Workers Party to vote for. Surely the Greens, for environmental priorities and being so much more pleasant than George Galloway et al. |
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on May 25, 2024 5:43:17 GMT
This thread will be most interesting to watch. As a side note, I am standing for election to Parliament as a Labour candidate in the East Surrey constituency - not quite London but still with several red TfL bus routes! Although I wish you luck as a fellow transport enthusiast, I have elsewhere touted Claire Coutinho as a future Tory leader.  |
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on May 25, 2024 5:45:37 GMT
I will wish you all the best with that. It has until now been very much a Conservative safe seat - but this year you could well take it for Labour. Anything is possible but I'd still say Surrey seats are more at risk to the Liberal Democrats then Labour. After a poll putting the LibDems just 1 point behind the Tories in Surrey Heath, Michael Gove has decided to run away.  More polls have put Jeremy Hunt down to lose his intended Ash & Godalming seat.  |
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on May 25, 2024 5:49:38 GMT
I think the results will be something like
Labour 360
Conservative 200
LibDem 40
SNP 28
Green 2 (their gain being Bristol Central)
Plaid Cymru 2
Northern Ireland parties 18
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on May 25, 2024 7:02:56 GMT
Lots of rumours on line about Rishi Sunak possibly standing down tomorrow! He is taking a day off from the campaign. Think it is more likely a change of tactic as opposed to him standing down, if he stands down nobody knows who will replace him and with what ideology. You could very well end up with someone even worse like Kemi Badenoch who would just alienate voters even further. It makes sense to effectively take Sunak down with the election then completely rebuild with whoever is left and then work your way from there. It's effectively what Labour have done since the last election. His PR team do need to pull their socks up though. |
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on May 25, 2024 7:05:06 GMT
I cannot wait to see the back of the Tories however stuck between the Greens (despite main policies) or the Workers Party to vote for. Surely the Greens, for environmental priorities and being so much more pleasant than George Galloway et al. Although the environment isn't the only factor here, some of their policies are honestly concerning. |
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Post by borneobus on May 25, 2024 10:05:26 GMT
Lots of rumours on line about Rishi Sunak possibly standing down tomorrow! He is taking a day off from the campaign. Think it is more likely a change of tactic as opposed to him standing down, if he stands down nobody knows who will replace him and with what ideology. You could very well end up with someone even worse like Kemi Badenoch who would just alienate voters even further. It makes sense to effectively take Sunak down with the election then completely rebuild with whoever is left and then work your way from there. It's effectively what Labour have done since the last election. His PR team do need to pull their socks up though.
His PR team do need to pull their socks up though.
In three days... 1) Rishi Sunak is sent to out to make announcement in pouring rain without an umbrella in scenes that appear to take on their own symbolism 2) At a distribution centre in Derbyshire, he took a question from a member of the 'public' who apparently is a Conservative Councilor 3) In Barry, no-one thought to tell him that Wales hadn't qualified for the Euros 4) In Belfast Sunak visits 'Titanic Quarter' which invites all the obvious 'open goal' questions 5) He is allowed to be photographed a) with one of the (I'm assuming) iconic Harland & Wolff cranes rising through his head b) on a private jet framed by the 'Exit' sign Yes I understand it's about manifesto and policy but the optics of this display a level of amateurism and lack of political savvy. |
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Post by borneobus on May 25, 2024 10:10:44 GMT
Anything is possible but I'd still say Surrey seats are more at risk to the Liberal Democrats then Labour. After a poll putting the LibDems just 1 point behind the Tories in Surrey Heath, Michael Gove has decided to run away. More polls have put Jeremy Hunt down to lose his intended Ash & Godalming seat. so I think with Michael Gove that makes 79 Conservative MPs who are standing down with more rumoured for the weekend - I stand by what I wrote around 6-8 weeks ago that no-one wants to be the "2024 Portillo moment" (refer Enfield Southgate 1997). ...however Jeremy Hunt has confirmed he's standing... |
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Post by borneobus on May 25, 2024 10:20:42 GMT
This thread will be most interesting to watch. As a side note, I am standing for election to Parliament as a Labour candidate in the East Surrey constituency - not quite London but still with several red TfL bus routes! Bravo! That's a huge amount of work, responsibility and scrutiny, whatever the party, whatever the incumbent's majority... This website requires an update. vote.labour.org.uk/east-surreyMay be you can campaign on "Lobbying TfL and local council to extend the 439 to Godstone" ;-)
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