4th July

[Shaggy]

Allegedly some event happening where things could dramatically change.

[kentonclaret]

Independence Day

[ArmchairDetective]

Which left back is signing?

[Rowls]

Broadsword to Danny boy.
The news has leaked
Bring forward the plan.
Activate the 6G
All brain implants to be turned up immediately.
Over

[Ptangyangkipperbang]

The thing I've been dreading 6 weeks of it being rammed down our throats

[dsr]

In terms of exciting news, "something may happen somewhere in some unspecified field of activity" is not really up there.

[Bordeauxclaret]

John Deary’s replacement will be signed.

[mikeS]

Rishi has booked a long holiday in America.

[Clovius Boofus]

I do hope that this forum doesn't get shitted up for six whole weeks with threads regarding the GE.

[Vegas Claret]

Announcement delayed because it's raining

[Big Vinny K]

Rishi has booked a long holiday in America.

Flying on the 5th July ?

[kentonclaret]

Flying on the 5th July ?

He promised that the Rwanda flights would start around that date.

[Billyblah]

Well, inflation apparently slightly down. It's the only thing that Rishi can cling onto. He's taken his eye off the ball in pretty much every other respect. Country is collapsing even faster than a VK team heading into the Championship

[helmclaret]

Clinging onto something that he has absolutely no control over.

[kentonclaret]

Well, inflation apparently slightly down. It's the only thing that Rishi can cling onto. He's taken his eye off the ball in pretty much every other respect. Country is collapsing even faster than a VK team heading into the Championship

If he is being urged by his own party to call an early summer election it will only be for one reason - a deteriorating economic outlook for Autumn/Winter. They are still well behind in polling so nothing else makes real sense.

[Big Vinny K]

This is hilarious.
The song ‘Things can only get better” being played at full blast by someone and drowning out Sunak’s desperately embarrassing last ashes of power

[tarkys_ears]

The aliens are coming!

[HahaYeah]

New blue and white halved shirts unveiled.

[aclaretinstevenage]

Hung Parliament on the way, chaos rules before another GE in the spring of 2025!

[groove]

The good old illusion of choice.

[Clovius Boofus]

If he is being urged by his own party to call an early summer election it will only be for one reason - a deteriorating economic outlook for Autumn/Winter. They are still well behind in polling so nothing else makes real sense.

Spectator not happy. The magazine is basically the Tory Party bible.

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/a-s ... he-tories/

[fatboy47]

Hung Parliament on the way, chaos rules before another GE in the spring of 2025!

That was the supposed wisdom in '97.

[LoveCurryPies]

Hung Parliament on the way, chaos rules before another GE in the spring of 2025!

No chance! There will be a landslide result.

[Big Vinny K]

Hung Parliament on the way, chaos rules before another GE in the spring of 2025!

Really?
That is the top end of Tory expectations and the extreme of most forecasts.
The Reform Party currently running at a forecast of 10% to 11%. Even if they do a lot worse than current forecasts and get say 5% to 6% (they won’t do this poorly) then that is straight off the Tory vote and a lot of this in the red wall areas.

Personally I think it’s going to be a blood bath for the Tories.
Will be no better for the Lib Dems than the last election
Reform Party will emerge as a serious alternative (until they eventually go the way of Brexit Party and all the other extreme right wing alternative parties)
SNP will have an awful election
Greens will do ok
Labour will end up with significant majority.

[DAVETHEVICAR]

Five live news have just had a reporter talking to owner and staff at the Bridge Pub where all the clarets supporters have a beer before game

[Shaggy]

As long as the SNP get absolutely smashed to pieces and bankrupt in the process then all is good.

[Judehamish]

This is hilarious.
The song ‘Things can only get better” being played at full blast by someone and drowning out Sunak’s desperately embarrassing last ashes of power

What’s hilarious about some idiots with a loudspeaker trying to drown out the sound of a very important announcement?

You are evidently very easily amused.

[Clovius Boofus]

What a pathetic spectical, though. PM drowned out by music and drenched in rain while making the most important announcement of his life. He should never have been Tory Party leader, never mind a Prime Minister.

[Big Vinny K]

What’s hilarious about some idiots with a loudspeaker trying to drown out the sound of a very important announcement?

You are evidently very easily amused.

Whereas you are evidently very easily outraged
It was not idiots btw - Cruella Braverman has just been seen walking towards the tube station with a ghetto blaster

[GetIntoEm]

Gonna end up with the lefties ruling the asylum

[CoolClaret]

Gonna end up with the lefties ruling the asylum

Take anyone that will build and nationalise key infrastructure rather than sell it off to enrich their mates!

[Swizzlestick]

Gonna end up with the lefties ruling the asylum

Looking forward to it after this utter shitshow.

[ecc]

Downing Street or Munich? Huge choice.

[Clovius Boofus]

Who oh why did he stand outside in the sloping rain while things only got wetter? Number 10 has a new 2 million pound briefing room that can accommodate the media for big announcements. Sunak looked like a drowned Roland Rat. Tory MPs watching in the Commons must have had their heads in their hands.

Sunak is utterly hapless and this is why he's gone for early July. If he held on any longer he would have been deposed.

[JohnMcGreal]

Gonna end up with the lefties ruling the asylum

Are there any standing?

[helmclaret]

Gonna end up with the lefties ruling the asylum

It needs something!

[Ptangyangkipperbang]

Just had a deep think about all of this I should only have to endure 3 more of these events 4 if I'm unlucky every cloud!

[ElectroClaret]

Bored with it already.

[fatboy47]

What’s hilarious about some idiots with a loudspeaker trying to drown out the sound of a very important announcement?

You are evidently very easily amused.

It was hilarious, because the opportunistic Sunak was trying to turn what should have been a clear statesmanlike announcement into a 20 minute party political broadcast... and therefore got what he deserved.

[ecc]

Who oh why did he stand outside in the sloping rain while things only got wetter? Number 10 has a new 2 million pound briefing room that can accommodate the media for big announcements. Sunak looked like a drowned Roland Rat. Tory MPs watching in the Commons must have had their heads in their hands.

Sunak is utterly hapless and this is why he's gone for early July. If he held on any longer he would have been deposed.

OutJohnsoning Johnson.

Now that does that some doing.

[MrTopTier]

Sunak on the 4th,Southgate on the 5th. Could be a great week for getting rid of a load of dross.

[Taffy on the wing]

The thing I've been dreading 6 weeks of it being rammed down our throats

6 Weeks ....its 24/7.. 365 days per year in the States. It's a spectator sport these days.

[California Colner]

General election

[aggi]

Sunak on the 4th,Southgate on the 5th. Could be a great week for getting rid of a load of dross.

We were speculating whether the date was in part because there's a pretty good chance of England winning their Euros fixtures up to that date and then playing Italy/Spain afterwards and getting knocked out.

[Clovius Boofus]

They should have ditched Sunak and got someone a bit normal like Penny Mordaunt. The problem for the Tories is that their membership would have ended up choosing someone like Suella Braverman. This is why Sunak is still in the job.

[IanMcL]

As long as the SNP get absolutely smashed to pieces and bankrupt in the process then all is good.

Idiot

[IanMcL]

They should have ditched Sunak and got someone a bit normal like Penny Mordaunt. The problem for the Tories is that their membership would have ended up choosing someone like Suella Braverman. This is why Sunak is still in the job.

They are ALL a corrupt bunch of extremists. No good ones. Least of all, those you mention.

[Shaggy]

Idiot

One of the ever dwindling cult members then.

[IanMcL]

Scottish Independence is essential. Scotland needs to exercise its right to freedom and clear itself of London based Government, which only milks its considerable assets.

[mdd2]

Vey few of our MP's are corrupt extremists. The simple fact is Boris blew a golden opportunity by his own stupidity plus Covid and the Ukraine war. Had Labour been in power we would have the same problems BUT hopefully they would not have been so stupid as to ignore their own rules.
At the end of the 14 years it is time for Labour with or without a second party support to give it a go. But dont hold your breath only the British public which includes about 4 million who can work but wont be getting off their arses and working that will sort us out. Mr Starmer will get my vote-the first time for many a GE.
He is a lucky man as Blair was getting in as the Economy starts to pick up rather than in 45 and 64 and 70 when the Economy was still sinking. But will he get the 3% growth/year we need.
AND much more importantly will VK still be here in July?