United Kingdom General Election: July 4, 2024

[GeorgiaModerate]

This thread's title doesn't even indicate which country it is.  I agree it should be deleted or merged with the previous one.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Can someone explain to me how 2 polls have both shown movement toward the Conservatives with such a horrendous start to the campaign? I mean that one poll with a 14 point margin - it’s a clear Labour win but it’s not wipeout territory everyone has been talking about

The Tories gained 1% and 2%, which is at the statistical noise level.  Wait and see if there's a consistent movement with more polls (significantly more than two, anyway).

[GeorgiaModerate]

They're trying to lose, aren't they?

[GeorgiaModerate]

The Telegraph… less so.

...what in God's name is that even supposed to mean

That USA is using UK as a dump for their worst specimens.

Impossible.  Trump is still over here.

[GeorgiaModerate]

I'll say it again - what I find so interesting about the UK elections this year is that Conservatives are rightfully being punished for things. Like, this is how things are supposed to work in politics - conservatives keep messing up, and voters are reacting to that rationally.

It's such a complete difference from the U.S.

Would it be fair to say that in the UK, political parties are more like contractors who the voters hire and fire to do a job, while in the US they're more of a tribal affiliation (especially on the Republican side)?

[GeorgiaModerate]

https://twitter.com/mcgregormt/status/1799516879993639375

[GeorgiaModerate]

https://twitter.com/lxeagle17/status/1802446113124778345

[GeorgiaModerate]

https://twitter.com/timesscotland/status/1803827445709107276

Does Labour have a deal with the Devil or something?

[GeorgiaModerate]

One of the MPs for the old Westminster constituency was George Reid, the former Prime Minister of Australia. How many former leaders have ended up in the legislature of another country?

It's kind of an edge case because the first country was incorporated into the second, but Sam Houston was President of the Republic of Texas, then served as Senator from Texas after it joined the U.S.  He also served as Governor of Texas -- and earlier in his career, he was both a Congressman from and Governor of Tennessee (he's the only person to be elected as governor of two different U.S. states).

[GeorgiaModerate]

Ready for this election to be over now

(Every US resident:) Hold my beer.