Could it be a very clever allusion to the Latin for bundle of wooden rods around an axe - fascis - which gave us fascist, being the undertone of the governing party?
Mainly because the Tories don't seem to have candidates for half the seats
So they aren't prepared
He's absolutely cucked himself
Isn't this possibly more an issue for Labour than for the Tories? The Tories are not going to win any seats - and don't need to do so in order to retain a majority. So the only seats they need candidates for are seats they hold where the sitting MP is not running again. Of course, there are quite a few of those. However, Labour need candidates for all the 100 odd seats that they need to gain in order to get a majority.
Perhaps Labour are way ahead of the Tories in terms of candidate selection and have already lined up candidates for all their target seats - TBH they probably should have done so at this stage. However, it's not obvious to me that it's really a problem at all for the Tories that they haven't selected a candidate for some Labour held seat in the Welsh valleys or south Yorkshire that they would never bother with in any case.
Don't get hung up on thumbs Chinorder. You can get a dozen upvotes for posting a picture of a lettuce at a lectern and bugger all for a well crafted, multi-layered joke.
Labour has approximately 100 general election candidates left to publicly announce, LabourList can reveal, despite the party twice accelerating its selection process.
The fact around one in six Constituency Labour Parties has no candidate, dozens more have only been recently announced and some CLPs have felt left in the dark have all sparked controversy.
The article says that Labour have candidates for all their battle ground seats.
The ones they don’t yet have candidates for are some of the seats that even in this coming landslide they dont think they can win and a relatively small number of very safe seats where the incumbent is standing down and they will parachute in someone from the central list at the last minute. I am not a huge fan of the parachute approach but it is a reality of modern politics and doing it last minute makes tactical sense in managing the relevant CLP.
The issue the Tories have is that a LOT of their current MP rats are leaving the sinking ship and they haven’t yet lined up replacement rodents to fight even in seats they must hope to win if they want to avoid annihilation.
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'earlier than it needed to be' doesn't have quite the same buzz
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I'm serious as cancer, when I say Rishi is a chancer.
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Mainly because the Tories don't seem to have candidates for half the seats
So they aren't prepared
He's absolutely cucked himself
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yes it is a snap election
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Rishi lost out to Hunt as he spotted that Kemi had played mr Bump on top of the same card played by Truss
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Could it be a very clever allusion to the Latin for bundle of wooden rods around an axe - fascis - which gave us fascist, being the undertone of the governing party?
Surely the press is that intelligent?
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Labour are in the same
Position, Davis
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Sir Beer is going to snap Rishi in half like a twig on July 4th.
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Not with his blood pressure.
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no they’re not crypto
YOU LOSE
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Because at the end of it someone will say ‘I’ve got the power’
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Labour have candidates for all seats they will contest properly
Kier has them ready to go and ready to govern
The Tories are a complete mess
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Heh @ tomlinorder
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I decree that any election called more than 4 years into a parliament is expected and due and therefore cannot be deemed a snap election
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Isn't this possibly more an issue for Labour than for the Tories? The Tories are not going to win any seats - and don't need to do so in order to retain a majority. So the only seats they need candidates for are seats they hold where the sitting MP is not running again. Of course, there are quite a few of those. However, Labour need candidates for all the 100 odd seats that they need to gain in order to get a majority.
Perhaps Labour are way ahead of the Tories in terms of candidate selection and have already lined up candidates for all their target seats - TBH they probably should have done so at this stage. However, it's not obvious to me that it's really a problem at all for the Tories that they haven't selected a candidate for some Labour held seat in the Welsh valleys or south Yorkshire that they would never bother with in any case.
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Ooh this should be good.
Oh, he is just ignorant of the facts.
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That only got two upvotes ffs?
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Three now x
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Don't get hung up on thumbs Chinorder. You can get a dozen upvotes for posting a picture of a lettuce at a lectern and bugger all for a well crafted, multi-layered joke.
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Poor Royalty, always that little bit too slow.
Interesting story here: https://labourlist.org/2024/05/labour-party-candidate-selections-genera…
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Dioralyte for snob cannon.
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Is "publicly announce" the same thing as "not selected yet"? Asking for a friend.
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@g'wan If you read the linked labourlist article it answers your question.
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The article says that Labour have candidates for all their battle ground seats.
The ones they don’t yet have candidates for are some of the seats that even in this coming landslide they dont think they can win and a relatively small number of very safe seats where the incumbent is standing down and they will parachute in someone from the central list at the last minute. I am not a huge fan of the parachute approach but it is a reality of modern politics and doing it last minute makes tactical sense in managing the relevant CLP.
The issue the Tories have is that a LOT of their current MP rats are leaving the sinking ship and they haven’t yet lined up replacement rodents to fight even in seats they must hope to win if they want to avoid annihilation.
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Why is the press calling this a “snap” election?
Was 'dishy rishi' wearing crocodile skin shoes when he called the election?
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The tears he’ll be crying won’t be crocodile
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The tears he’ll be crying won’t be crocodile
In fact they may well be, as he signs his contract for a seven-figure-a-year job in the USA.
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Work Experience doesn’t work
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Who says that he will need to do much actual work for his money in the States!
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Could be because everyone is snapping at each other....even within the party.
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