UK General Discussion: Rishecession

[Kahane's Grave Is A Gender-Neutral Bathroom]

https://twitter.com/Ukraine/status/1583209400671809537
I'm not sure it's a good idea to just wade in another country's internal politics like that...

IMO, the only things Boris really cared about were promoting bike lanes and helping Ukraine.

[All Along The Watchtower]

https://twitter.com/trussliz/status/8853504115?s=46&t=GegtOJDmHYIO8MOwjXpBjw

[Joe Republic]

This thread is just going to be funny tweets and memes until it’s locked in a few more days, isn't it?


https://twitter.com/a_drewsky/status/1583082040932474880?s=20&t=c04CRXWCoRuJ...

[Property Representative of the Harold Holt Swimming Centre]

https://twitter.com/PeoplePolling/status/1583343851150114817?s=20&t=-pD-dqLP...

[soundchaser]

It’s a shame that we’re looking at an inevitable polling bounce for the Tories now that they’ve ousted Truss.

Mind you, I said the same thing when they ousted Johnson.

[Property Representative of the Harold Holt Swimming Centre]

It’s a shame that we’re looking at an inevitable polling bounce for the Tories now that they’ve ousted Truss.

Mind you, I said the same thing when they ousted Johnson.

There's no one in the Tory Party who can close the gap to even 15-20 points in the short term. Once an election is on the horizon then it's another question.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Liz Truss sure likes talking about the Energy Freeze...

[Estrella]

https://twitter.com/PeoplePolling/status/1583343851150114817?s=20&t=-pD-dqLP...

How many lost deposits would that be?

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

Summer 2022 leadership election: 60 days
Eventual winner's tenure as leader: 50 days

Autumn 2022 leadership election: 4 days
Eventual winner's tenure as leader:   7 hours?

When this trend continues to the point of multiple PMs and leadership elections being superimposed upon the same instant, will Number 10 become a wormhole?

Quantum superposition of Tory leaders (Boris with positive spin and Truss with negative spin, catastrophically negative in fact).

[Хahar 🤔]

https://twitter.com/PeoplePolling/status/1583343851150114817?s=20&t=-pD-dqLP...

Plugged these numbers into Electoral Calculus (taking into account the Scotland crosstabs):

Party	2019 Votes	2019 Seats	Pred Votes	Gains	Losses	Net Change	Pred Seats
CON	44.7%	365	14.0%	0	365	-365	0
LAB	33.0%	203	53.0%	350	0	+350	553
LIB	11.8%	11	11.0%	8	3	+5	16
Reform	2.1%	0	5.0%	0	0	+0	0
Green	2.8%	0	6.0%	0	0	+0	0
SNP	4.0%	48	5.7%	9	0	+9	57
PlaidC	0.5%	4	0.8%	0	0	+0	4
Other	1.1%	0	4.6%	1	0	+1	1
N.Ire		18		0	0	+0	18

[Middle-aged Europe]

https://twitter.com/PeoplePolling/status/1583343851150114817?s=20&t=-pD-dqLP...

No worries... Steiner's Boris' attack will take care of everything.

[afleitch]

That is the lowest vote share (and people are still double checking) ever recorded for the Conservatives in published General Election opinion polling.

[Torrain]

Chris Matheson, Labour MP for the City of Chester has resigned, following the ruling of an ethics committee, recommending he be suspended from the Commons for a month.

[Torrain]

This is laughable, and should be fought.
https://twitter.com/jrmaidment/status/1583425031056814080

[Antonio the Sixth]

Jonathan Pie has weighed in:

[Coldstream]

Chris Matheson, Labour MP for the City of Chester has resigned, following the ruling of an ethics committee, recommending he be suspended from the Commons for a month.

Right decision, this is a seat that could be competitive for the Tories (won in 2010) but in the present circumstances should be a landslide hold.

[Lord Halifax]

Any idea what this is about?

https://twitter.com/JuliaHB1/status/1580980400394207232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctw...

[Leading Political Consultant Ma Anand Sheela]

Chris Matheson, Labour MP for the City of Chester has resigned, following the ruling of an ethics committee, recommending he be suspended from the Commons for a month.

Not to overweight my instincts here, but there was always something... off there.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Chris Matheson, Labour MP for the City of Chester has resigned, following the ruling of an ethics committee, recommending he be suspended from the Commons for a month.

Not to overweight my instincts here, but there was always something... off there.

Cheshire, huh. Anyway. Those that know, know.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Any idea what this is about?

https://twitter.com/JuliaHB1/status/1580980400394207232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctw...

It would have been a big gamble for Wallace, put it that way.

[Torrain]

Decent interview with Tortoise Media co-founder, on the problems with the Conservative Party membership, that now includes a tortoise, and several fictious foreign nationals, thanks to their investigation. It sounds quite possible that the party leadership could literally be bought with enough effort.
https://twitter.com/tortoise/status/1583387377313382400?s=20&t=FqPUgXucVS1gh...

[Leading Political Consultant Ma Anand Sheela]

Any idea what this is about?

https://twitter.com/JuliaHB1/status/1580980400394207232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctw...

It would have been a big gamble for Wallace, put it that way.

How shocking that this guy might be a bit impulsive at times.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

hahahahaha there's SERIOUSLY a movement to just immediately go back to BoJo??? Incredible.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

hahahahaha there's SERIOUSLY a movement to just immediately go back to BoJo??? Incredible.

The most sophisticated electorate in the World!

[EastAnglianLefty]

Chris Matheson, Labour MP for the City of Chester has resigned, following the ruling of an ethics committee, recommending he be suspended from the Commons for a month.

Not to overweight my instincts here, but there was always something... off there.

In retrospect it's notable that his frontbench career came to an end in 2018.