Election 2021: Who did you vote for?

Tomous wrote:Get rid of Starmer and put Andy Burnham in charge

If Tracy Brabin (Labour MP) wins the West Yorkshire Mayoral election then she resigns her seat of Batley and Spen.

In theory it's a safe-ish seat even if all the Brexit Party votes went to the Tories and as Burnham was Pro-Leave in 2019 when the possibility of another referendum came up it might be relatively easy for Burnham to win.

But given the 16% swing to the Tories in Hartlepool it might not be such a risk free seat to aim for.

He does seem like a candidate that could unify the "broad church" as the shaky foundations of being a big mix of Leavers and Remainers makes that a task that 2 Labour leaders have so far failed to achieve.

Moggy wrote:

twitter.com/BarristerSecret/status/1391070876574044162

What loon wants to go to a pub that encourages anti vaxxers to hang about indoors together?! I'd much rather spend my money in a pub that confirms all the staff have been vaccinated!

Knoyleo wrote:Only British food

And Jim Davidson performing every night.

twitter.com/FisherAndrew79/status/1391087618100695043

Yeah this will turn things round. :fp:

twitter.com/jessicaelgot/status/1391091002945986560

One way to unite the party would I suppose be to make everyone think you've lost your mind and unable to take responsibility.

Memento Mori wrote:Binface beating UKIP

oh good there is justice in the world

Anneliese Dodds and Lisa Nandy are rumoured to be for the chop too.

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Grumpy David wrote:
Tomous wrote:Get rid of Starmer and put Andy Burnham in charge

If Tracy Brabin (Labour MP) wins the West Yorkshire Mayoral election then she resigns her seat of Batley and Spen.

In theory it's a safe-ish seat even if all the Brexit Party votes went to the Tories and as Burnham was Pro-Leave in 2019 when the possibility of another referendum came up it might be relatively easy for Burnham to win.

But given the 16% swing to the Tories in Hartlepool it might not be such a risk free seat to aim for.

He does seem like a candidate that could unify the "broad church" as the shaky foundations of being a big mix of Leavers and Remainers makes that a task that 2 Labour leaders have so far failed to achieve.

Moggy wrote:

twitter.com/BarristerSecret/status/1391070876574044162

What loon wants to go to a pub that encourages anti vaxxers to hang about indoors together?! I'd much rather spend my money in a pub that confirms all the staff have been vaccinated!

Bet those wankers have criticised safe spaces in the past as well. strawberry floating LOL.

Moggy wrote:

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So if you were to go in there, call them all banana splits, and then precede to do a left-wing comedy routine, they wouldn't kick you out because it's the home of free speech?

Karl_ wrote:Anneliese Dodds and Lisa Nandy are rumoured to be for the chop too.

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I'd read weeks ago that Keir wanted to replace Dodds (who?) for Yvette Cooper so that's not too surprising.

Hilary Benn for shadow Foreign Secretary?

PatSharpsMullet wrote:
Moggy wrote:

twitter.com/BarristerSecret/status/1391070876574044162

So if you were to go in there, call them all banana splits, and then precede to do a left-wing comedy routine, they wouldn't kick you out because it's the home of free speech?

They'd let you stay as long as you are not eating a croissant.

Moggy wrote:They'd let you stay as long as you are not eating a croissant.

I like croissants.

Corazon de Leon

Looks like the SNP have missed out on the majority by one agonising seat(gain of one), but the Greens have increased their voting share and gained two seats so support in parliament for independence has swung by six MSPs. Labour have lost two and Lib Dems have lost one.

Independence majority of 15 if I've done some basic maths right?

Not trying to endorse wanker Tim Shipman by posting his tweets here, but...

twitter.com/ShippersUnbound/status/1391110103852535809

...followed up by, then quickly deleted:

twitter.com/peachlux_/status/1391133467417747458

Something very funny (in both senses) going on?

Labour already turning on themselves. One of the things I said in my last post that was a big issue with them at the moment. The party has a clear split between the more left wing elements and the more centrist elements. Starmer certainly appears to be losing support of the left of the party (even pushing them away), but Labour only has a chance of being successful if they keep both sides on board, not shift from side to side continually. My worry is that they go back into civil war again. Labour should be making solid gains at the moment, but all they've done is shift towards the centre, losing votes from the left and not yet re-establishing themselves with voters sat closer to the centre ground. A long, long way back for them yet.

Karl_ wrote:Not trying to endorse wanker Tim Shipman by posting his tweets here, but...

twitter.com/ShippersUnbound/status/1391110103852535809

...followed up by, then quickly deleted:

twitter.com/peachlux_/status/1391133467417747458

Something very funny (in both senses) going on?

Probably a "Ron Burgundy will read anything given to him" situation, with some random Labour source just stirring gooseberry fool up in the knowledge that there's a good chance one of the absent minded columnists like Shipman will just tweet the thing out unedited.

Karl_ wrote:Not trying to endorse wanker Tim Shipman by posting his tweets here, but...

twitter.com/ShippersUnbound/status/1391110103852535809

...followed up by, then quickly deleted:

twitter.com/peachlux_/status/1391133467417747458

Something very funny (in both senses) going on?

Sounds like she can't get enough of http://starmersseed.uk

Sadiq Khan reelected.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/c27kz ... tions-2021

Laurence Fox got 50k votes. Jeebus

SillySprout wrote:Labour already turning on themselves. One of the things I said in my last post that was a big issue with them at the moment. The party has a clear split between the more left wing elements and the more centrist elements. Starmer certainly appears to be losing support of the left of the party (even pushing them away), but Labour only has a chance of being successful if they keep both sides on board, not shift from side to side continually. My worry is that they go back into civil war again. Labour should be making solid gains at the moment, but all they've done is shift towards the centre, losing votes from the left and not yet re-establishing themselves with voters sat closer to the centre ground. A long, long way back for them yet.

Thing is I dont think.they went backwards this election, they just didnt really go anywhere from after Corbyn. This was simply a 2019 update if you will to the 2021 local election numbers. Id imagine its very hard not to fight when you keep losing. The Conservatives were an absolute bag of angry cats during Blair.

I do think the final numbers give *some* hope to Labour but its Starmer that the light shines on brightest and the biggest questions to be asked.

I do ultimately think they need to be look outwards, make an alliance and they could win the next election, or at least give the Conservatives a lot less power. These numbers in a normal election would still have been damaging but theyd still be markedly better than Corbyn 2019. However Starmer was meant to be more transformative than that.

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