UK General Discussion:The Rt. Hon Alex Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, Populist Hero

[Corbyn is (no longer) the leader of the Labour Party]

The real canary in the coal mine is the personal ratings of both Starmer & Johnson; Starmer is seen as more competent than Johnson & I can't remember what the specific one personal rating where Starmer was the first Labour Leader for 13 years to be ahead.

I've generally always thought that the personal ratings of the leaders are an equal if not better metric of an election; of course this has just convinced me that they'll ditch Bojo either this year or the next & bring in Rishi (someone who was this time last year a parliamentary under-secretary of state for local government)

Do you really think they'll ditch Boris?

[Corbyn is (no longer) the leader of the Labour Party]

The SNP has been in government for 13 YEARS, are they showing any drop in support as almost all governments that outstay their welcome do?

[Corbyn is (no longer) the leader of the Labour Party]

Well at least it seems the Labour Party is self aware about the defeat, which is the first step on the long road back to government.

[Corbyn is (no longer) the leader of the Labour Party]

https://twitter.com/MoatsTV/status/1281619854995476480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwc...

Poor old Scotland. Even I don't hate the SNP that much to wish him on them.

WOW, the SNP is really doomed now!!

[Corbyn is (no longer) the leader of the Labour Party]

https://twitter.com/MoatsTV/status/1281619854995476480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwc...

Poor old Scotland. Even I don't hate the SNP that much to wish him on them.

WOW, the SNP is really doomed now!!

Well obviously I didn't mean it in a 'oh no here comes electoral juggernaut george galloway to end the snp once and for all' sense, I meant it in a 'oh no here comes a reprehensible annoying f!ck to be a horrible nuisance for everyone' sense.

I was being sarcastic.

[Corbyn is (no longer) the leader of the Labour Party]

His ego would likely too big for either SF or the SDLP.

Some sort of People Before Profit style personal vehicle?

PBP for sure given their Trot wing.

I've thought Galloway's best bet since 2015 was to wait out the five years in which he would not be allowed to join Labour and then sign up and take advantage of his friendships with Corbyn and co. His grift has been pathetic and this window of opportunity has probably now gone given the direction of the Labour Party, but it's still his best bet given how dire his recent independent runs have been. The only other realistic pathway to a Galloway comeback that I see is Labour supporting another unpopular war abroad (with British troops on the ground).

Dang it! Unfortunately that's not happening anytime soon, looks like we'll have another five years with Galloway out of parliament.