Politics Thread 7: Dishy Rishi's Cabinet of Horrors

[Oblomov Boblomov]

Sounds like the Tories have held on to the Tees Valley mayor. Further proof that Rwanda is working, and that the public can see they are the only party with a plan to deliver for the British people.

[Garth]

It looks increasingly like Rishi Sunak will survive

Tory rebels believed an alignment of three events was needed to get MPs over line for confidence vote:

1. Tories finishing third behind Reform in Blackpool South. In fact Tories scraped second with 117 votes.
2. Ben Houchen to lose Tees Valley despite getting 70%+ of vote in 2021. Labour is now conceding.
3. Andy Street to lose West Midlands. Labour sources suggesting he may have done enough to survive.

None of this is to underplay local election results - they are course to be among the worst the Tories have ever seen

It just means the Tories are much less likely to move onto their fifth prime minister in the space of five years

https://twitter.com/Steven_Swinford/sta ... 1087757685

twitter.com/PippaCrerar/status/1786348053529526439

[Lagamorph]

Sounds like the Tories have held on to the Tees Valley mayor. Further proof that Rwanda is working, and that the public can see they are the only party with a plan to deliver for the British people.

Votes for him are almost entirely down to him sinking about £70million of public money into Teesside Airport. For some reason it's an absolutely huge deal around here despite Newcastle Airport being nearby and having many more flights.

Hell, he originally won the mayorship almost entirely on the promise of renaming it back to Teesside Airport from Durham Tees Valley Airport (which admittedly was a stupid name as it was nowhere near Durham) and taking it out of private ownership.

[Tomous]

I very much suspect Boris did that on purpose.

[Moggy]

Reform still haven't picked up even 1 councillor.

I guess that means the BBC will stop giving them an ungodly amount of airtime....

[Lex-Man]

I very much suspect Boris did that on purpose.

The problem is neither the options would really surprise me.

[Moggy]

I very much suspect Boris did that on purpose.

The problem is neither the options would really surprise me.

At some point we are all going to have to accept that despite all of the dead cats, bumbling, strawberry float ups and general chaos, Johnson is actually as stupid as he appears and none of it is part of some grand strategy.

[Hexx]

Looks like Gaza is costing Lab a fair bit.

I’m sure they’ll throw out all their related policies as quickly as they did after ULEZ/Uxbridge

Edit

Labour are briefing they believe they are on course for defeat in the West Midlands mayoral race, with support for independent candidate Akhmed Yakoob, who stood on a pro-Gaza ticket, a major factor.

A senior party source said: "It’s the Middle East, not West Midlands, that will have won [Conservative candidate] Andy Street the mayoralty. Once again Hamas are the real villains.

[Oblomov Boblomov]

Looks like Gaza is costing Lab a fair bit.

I’m sure they’ll throw out all their related policies as quickly as they did after ULEZ/Uxbridge

Edit

Labour are briefing they believe they are on course for defeat in the West Midlands mayoral race, with support for independent candidate Akhmed Yakoob, who stood on a pro-Gaza ticket, a major factor.

A senior party source said: "It’s the Middle East, not West Midlands, that will have won [Conservative candidate] Andy Street the mayoralty. Once again Hamas are the real villains.

Labour condemns 'racist' party source quote

Labour have distanced themselves from an earlier quote from a party source that we reported here. The source linked an expected defeat in the West Midlands mayoral race to the war in Gaza.

A Labour Party spokesperson said: "The Labour Party has strongly condemned this racist quote which has not come from anyone who is speaking on behalf of the party or whose values are welcome in the party."

Wonder who this 'senior party source' was...

[Hexx]

I’m sure they’ll get right on rooting out that racist senior party member

[Garth]

twitter.com/PolitlcsUK/status/1786367726941774305

[Moggy]

twitter.com/PolitlcsUK/status/1786367726941774305

It's so strawberry floating bad for them, that losing 40 thousand votes is a huge victory?

[Victor Mildew]

twitter.com/PolitlcsUK/status/1786367726941774305

It's so strawberry floating bad for them, that losing 40 thousand votes is a huge victory?

[Godzilla]

It's positive that the Conservative Tees Mayor is staying on, as when the scandal of the Tees Free Port fully come to light he won't be able to blame labour.

[BID0]

Looks like Gaza is costing Lab a fair bit.

I’m sure they’ll throw out all their related policies as quickly as they did after ULEZ/Uxbridge

Edit

Labour are briefing they believe they are on course for defeat in the West Midlands mayoral race, with support for independent candidate Akhmed Yakoob, who stood on a pro-Gaza ticket, a major factor.

A senior party source said: "It’s the Middle East, not West Midlands, that will have won [Conservative candidate] Andy Street the mayoralty. Once again Hamas are the real villains.

Labour condemns 'racist' party source quote

Labour have distanced themselves from an earlier quote from a party source that we reported here. The source linked an expected defeat in the West Midlands mayoral race to the war in Gaza.

A Labour Party spokesperson said: "The Labour Party has strongly condemned this racist quote which has not come from anyone who is speaking on behalf of the party or whose values are welcome in the party."

Wonder who this 'senior party source' was...

Likely the same strawberry floats that were found out in the Forde report and no actions were taken and it was burried

[Lagamorph]

It's positive that the Conservative Tees Mayor is staying on, as when the scandal of the Tees Free Port fully come to light he won't be able to blame labour.

And Labour are currently promising to send in the National Audit Office if they win the General Election.

[Lex-Man]

It's positive that the Conservative Tees Mayor is staying on, as when the scandal of the Tees Free Port fully come to light he won't be able to blame labour.

And Labour are currently promising to send in the National Audit Office if they win the General Election.

Also keeping Sunak's leadership alive might be a positive for Labour as the guy is a fundamentally useless PM.

[Garth]

twitter.com/BritainElects/status/1786390593431560673

Rishi Sunak's seat is now under a Labour mayor, his plan is working!

[Victor Mildew]

These tory losses

[Cheeky Devlin]

It's positive that the Conservative Tees Mayor is staying on, as when the scandal of the Tees Free Port fully come to light he won't be able to blame labour.

And Labour are currently promising to send in the National Audit Office if they win the General Election.

Also keeping Sunak's leadership alive might be a positive for Labour as the guy is a fundamentally useless PM.

I used this for Truss, now I can use it for Sunak.