United Kingdom General Election: July 4, 2024

[beesley]

Has anyone got a list of former MPs who are trying for a comebaxk this election?

The Wikipedia list seems complete: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candidates_in_the_2024_United_Kingdom_general_election (scroll down)

[Blair]

Has anyone got a list of former MPs who are trying for a comebaxk this election?

For Labour- Gareth Snell, Nic Dakin, James Firth, John Grogan, Melanie Onn, Jo Platt & Anna Turley- all standing in their old seats.

Mary Creagh, Douglas Alexander, Heidi Alexander, Emma Reynolds- all running in new seats.

[Coldstream]

Dan Norris is standing in what’s roughly his old seat (2 boundary changes ago).

[Flyersfan232]

Has anyone got a list of former MPs who are trying for a comebaxk this election?

For Labour- Gareth Snell, Nic Dakin, James Firth, John Grogan, Melanie Onn, Jo Platt & Anna Turley- all standing in their old seats.

Mary Creagh, Douglas Alexander, Heidi Alexander, Emma Reynolds- all running in new seats.

any running with reform?

[Harlow]

Has anyone got a list of former MPs who are trying for a comebaxk this election?

For Labour- Gareth Snell, Nic Dakin, James Firth, John Grogan, Melanie Onn, Jo Platt & Anna Turley- all standing in their old seats.

Mary Creagh, Douglas Alexander, Heidi Alexander, Emma Reynolds- all running in new seats.

any running with reform?

Besides Lee Anderson, no.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

What is odd about this picture?



That's right: absolutely nothing is odd. It is a perfectly ordinary photograph of the Shadow Cabinet after the launch of the Labour manifesto. What is odd is that there is no equivalent photograph of the Cabinet with the PM at its head from the incumbents.

[CumbrianLefty]

Labour manifesto launch today, I suppose the lack of comments on here tells its own story a bit

One thing I will say is that Starmer has his shortcomings and they have been well rehearsed, but one of his strengths is an apparent ability to learn from his mistakes - something even some quite skilled politicians have been known to struggle with. He took on board what went less well in the first debate and performed much more assuredly last night despite some tough questioning. And today, he again was well on top of his brief - notably Beth Rigby tried to floor him with the sort of "gotcha" she has maybe become a bit too fond of recently, but SKS's reply actually had her joining in the applause.

[TheTide]

What is odd about this picture?



That's right: absolutely nothing is odd. It is a perfectly ordinary photograph of the Shadow Cabinet after the launch of the Labour manifesto. What is odd is that there is no equivalent photograph of the Cabinet with the PM at its head from the incumbents.

Looks like a promo of some kind, but I suppose it is a promo of some kind.

[Kalimantan]

Waiting for Rees-Moggs effort

https://twitter.com/DawnButlerBrent/status/1801151657008333019

[Tintrlvr]

Has anyone got a list of former MPs who are trying for a comebaxk this election?

The Wikipedia list seems complete: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candidates_in_the_2024_United_Kingdom_general_election (scroll down)

This list definitely highlights some candidates who have had wild political careers! Dave Nellist, Parmjit Gill, Andrew Pelling, Keith Vaz, Emma Dent Coad.

[beesley]

Finally if anyone is interested in the Labour manifesto, you can download it here: https://labour.org.uk/change/

Or I have another tweet for you to summarise (not my work):

https://twitter.com/PolitlcsUK/status/1801227981655847178?t=Xvz3mUaw5Ke6rd_7GPhe...

This list definitely highlights some candidates who have had wild political careers! Dave Nellist, Parmjit Gill, Andrew Pelling, Keith Vaz, Emma Dent Coad.

Yes - didn't even know about Parmjit Gill's (paper) candidacy.

[afleitch]

What is odd about this picture?

They look like they are all staring into the sun.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Labour manifesto launch today, I suppose the lack of comments on here tells its own story a bit

One thing I will say is that Starmer has his shortcomings and they have been well rehearsed, but one of his strengths is an apparent ability to learn from his mistakes - something even some quite skilled politicians have been known to struggle with. He took on board what went less well in the first debate and performed much more assuredly last night despite some tough questioning. And today, he again was well on top of his brief - notably Beth Rigby tried to floor him with the sort of "gotcha" she has maybe become a bit too fond of recently, but SKS's reply actually had her joining in the applause.

I read the entire Conservative manifesto and while it sounds nice, One Nation-like, etc, but it's the Tory manifesto and as such few are going to take it seriously. They're running away from their actual term in office and playing defense. A doomed task.
Labour's going to be winning the election and they're behaving like it. The manifesto is another step in that direction.
(I think I've been bitten by the 'read manifesto' bug)

[Lumine]

Looking back at the rather unfair treatment he got from the media - some of it self-inflicted, but still -, it's sort of nice to see Miliband still there and likely to enter Cabinet. His presence there also helps the Chaos meme live on, so that's another plus.

[Steve from Lambeth]

Warning about every poll etc but hilarious that the Tories are running a presidential campaign around someone so disliked

I'm curious what a "presidential" campaign means in a UK context. How exactly would the Tory campaign look any different than it is now if they weren't running one? Obviously you need to promote your leader, but would it be more policy-based rather than focusing on Rishi doing lots of appearances and meeting with voters in different constituencies?

Labour hasn't run a policy-centred campaign since Ed Miliband, the Conservatives probably not since the Invitation to Join the Government of Britain.

I expect we will get some window dressing (booting out the remaining hereditaries, age limits etc)

Hmmm. This is one of the predictions of all time.

NEW: Conservative MP Andrea Jenkyns has used a photo of Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage on her election campaign leaflet

Why was my first thought that Dame Andrea has greatly changed her hairstyle from the glory days of December 2019, a point of time since which approximately 105% of all human beings have decided to get their hair done?

This is the sort of thing that is pretty straightforwardly sound policy (have you ever tried to get teenagers to concentrate on a lesson? I have) but that starts to be thermonuclear with ordinary voters fast once you get into young enough age ranges.

Especially given the body of parent-voters who, for their own benign or otherwise reasons, want to know where their child is and be able to contact at any given time. Even in school.

My parents called reception between Years 7 and 11, when it was fine to use your phone in the school playground. I resented their making me bring mine to my school's sixth form, when phones had been tacitly banned, advertisement of the actual ban buried under any number of fancy schemes at some point during Key Stage 4. (And keep in mind that I did not go to one of "the best schools." This was literally Cornwall.)

[Blair]

Strange to see so many Labour politicians smiling!

[AustralianSwingVoter]

What is odd about this picture?



That's right: absolutely nothing is odd. It is a perfectly ordinary photograph of the Shadow Cabinet after the launch of the Labour manifesto. What is odd is that there is no equivalent photograph of the Cabinet with the PM at its head from the incumbents.

I went to a rooftop in Manchester and all I got was this lousy leaflet.

Finally if anyone is interested in the Labour manifesto, you can download it here: https://labour.org.uk/change/

Or I have another tweet for you to summarise (not my work):

https://twitter.com/PolitlcsUK/status/1801227981655847178?t=Xvz3mUaw5Ke6rd_7GPhe...

Introduce free breakfast clubs? Just in time for Rishi to announce the end of ring-fenced funding for primary school breakfast clubs.

[beesley]

Why was my first thought that Dame Andrea has greatly changed her hairstyle from the glory days of December 2019, a point of time since which approximately 105% of all human beings have decided to get their hair done?

You're not the first person I've seen comment on this - perhaps the less people recognising her, the better.

[Almost Anyone But Biden Or Trump (ABBoT but not Greg Abbott)]

https://www.twitter.com/RedfieldWilton/status/1801291564997636520

Redfield & Wilton Strategies (@RedfieldWilton) on X
Labour leads by 24%.

Lowest EVER Conservative % (worse than Truss).

Highest Lib Dem % in 2024.

🇬🇧 Westminster Voting Intention (12-13 June):

Labour 42% (-3)
Conservative 18% (-1)
Reform 17% (–)
Lib Dem 13% (+3)
Green 5% (–)
SNP 3% (–)
Other 1% (–)

Conservatives dropping even further (but still ever so barely slightly ahead of Reform), and this is the 2nd recent poll with a significant Lib Dem gain.

This is getting into the territory where the Tories could actually come in 3rd in seats.

[Citizen (The) Doctor]

5 years of Ed Davey, Leader of the Opposition would be really fun.

[Compuzled_One]

https://www.twitter.com/RedfieldWilton/status/1801291564997636520

Redfield & Wilton Strategies (@RedfieldWilton) on X
Labour leads by 24%.

Lowest EVER Conservative % (worse than Truss).

Highest Lib Dem % in 2024.

🇬🇧 Westminster Voting Intention (12-13 June):

Labour 42% (-3)
Conservative 18% (-1)
Reform 17% (–)
Lib Dem 13% (+3)
Green 5% (–)
SNP 3% (–)
Other 1% (–)

Conservatives dropping even further (but still ever so barely slightly ahead of Reform), and this is the 2nd recent poll with a significant Lib Dem gain.

This is getting into the territory where the Tories could actually come in 3rd in seats.

If Reform gets ahead, I think they might get 5th.

[Almost Anyone But Biden Or Trump (ABBoT but not Greg Abbott)]

5 years of Ed Davey, Leader of the Opposition would be really fun.

I guess he would probably bring a trampoline into Parliament and ask his PM Questions while bouncing up and down.

[Almost Anyone But Biden Or Trump (ABBoT but not Greg Abbott)]

If Reform gets ahead, I think they might get 5th.

I suspect most of the seat projections probably understate the Reform seat count if they do actually end up getting around as many popular votes as the Tories. There will be some places where Reform ends up doing better or worse than their national average, and if the Tories are very low, then Reform (as well as obviously the Lib Dems and of course Labour) will win some of those. The models have no real idea which seats those will be, but there will have to be seats like that somewhere or other.

[kwabbit]

In UK politics, do candidates pay any price for 'carpetbagging'? It seems like a lot of major politicians represent essentially random safe seats. What's the view of the local populace when a London resident gets selected for a seat in NE England?

[YL]

In UK politics, do candidates pay any price for 'carpetbagging'? It seems like a lot of major politicians represent essentially random safe seats. What's the view of the local populace when a London resident gets selected for a seat in NE England?

A bit of grumbling but they usually vote for them anyway.