General Election 2024: General UK Politics Discussion here

[Bellatrix]

Here's Joan Smith, former Guardian, New Statesman and Independent columnist, and until 2021 co-chair of the Mayor of London's  Violence Against Women and Girls Board:

 

 

I hope she also told him about the death threats and rape threats received by Labour MP Rosie Duffield, and the former Guardian journalists mentioned in my previous post, including threats to rape Suzanne Moore's children.

 

So much toxicity.  Get a grip, Keir, with your absolutely woeful weasel words and obfuscation.  You're haemorrhaging the women voters who've long supported your party and who really want to support you. 

 

[El Cid]

51 minutes ago, Jim Hardie said:

Is there a Reform candidate in any of the five Sheffield constituencies?

 

Not generally, where there are numerous candidates, no Reform candidate. I interpret that as there are a limited number of people that want to put in the work needed to stand, the £500 fee too

 

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/south-yorkshire-sheffield-general-election-29401811

[Jim Hardie]

3 minutes ago, El Cid said:

 

Not generally, where there are numerous candidates, no Reform candidate. I interpret that as there are a limited number of people that want to put in the work needed to stand, the £500 fee too

 

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/south-yorkshire-sheffield-general-election-29401811

Thanks for the reply. I’d already seen the MEN listings but found it hard to believe that there isn’t a single candidate in Sheffield.
I thought Richard Tice said there would be a candidate in every constituency but that was some time ago.

[Mister M]

Apparently the Tory Party have now dropped support for the candidates caught up in the betting scandal.

No doubt the polling on this informed them it was the correct thing to do 🙄

[Mister M]

Tories instruct lawyers to fight release of Universal Credit documents ahead of election - Mirror Online

 

I wonder what they could possibly be covering up...?

[Mister M]

Government destroys £1.4bn of PPE from one Covid deal

 

World beating.

[Prettytom]

I bet that this isn’t the end of it:

 

https://news.sky.com/story/labour-candidate-suspended-as-gambling-commission-launches-investigation-13158716

[melthebell]

I think in the wake of this gambling scandal AI would be the best option, you could train it to know the names of current MPs and say an election and it will scan and find any that have put bets on to be investigated.

same with footballers betting on matches, etc.

 

where its been used fully and most helpful instead of jus taking peoples jobs

[Mister M]

52 minutes ago, Prettytom said:

I bet that this isn’t the end of it:

 

https://news.sky.com/story/labour-candidate-suspended-as-gambling-commission-launches-investigation-13158716

From the linked article:

Mr Craig is the founder and chief executive of marketing and PR agency PLMR, with the company's website describing him as "an expert in political communications, crisis management, and corporate communications".

 

Oh yes, a real genius in the arena of political communications; so much so that after his actions, the Labour Party have had to suspend him. What an idiot.

[Baron99]

I wonder what odds the bookies would give me on a Lib Dem being involved in some betting scam before the election?