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Good on Kemi!

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MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 15/01/2026 15:17

I'm no fan of Kemi Badenoch, but I'm even less of a fan of Robert Jenrick, and I'm rather delighted to see that she has sacked him and withdrawn the whip before he could jump to Reform.

She has definitely had the last laugh here. He must be spitting bullets!!

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BIossomtoes · 18/01/2026 13:16

No elections have been cancelled.

PandoraSocks · 18/01/2026 13:13

TheNuthatch · 18/01/2026 13:10

Not sure what that has to do with cancelling elections, but hey ho.

Will you vote for Labour in Wales?

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No. I am voting Plaid Cymru.

TheNuthatch · 18/01/2026 13:10

PandoraSocks · 18/01/2026 13:04

I am really looking forward to the Senedd elections. There are no restructurings of councils and no local elections either, so no need for postponements . Though someone needs to tell that to this poor soul.

Not sure what that has to do with cancelling elections, but hey ho.

Will you vote for Labour in Wales?

PandoraSocks · 18/01/2026 13:04

I am really looking forward to the Senedd elections. There are no restructurings of councils and no local elections either, so no need for postponements . Though someone needs to tell that to this poor soul.

Good on Kemi!
EasternStandard · 18/01/2026 12:48

TheNuthatch · 18/01/2026 12:31

They'll be lucky to come third in most places. I bet they wish they could get away with cancelling the Senedd elections too.

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Yep

TheNuthatch · 18/01/2026 12:31

EasternStandard · 18/01/2026 12:26

The local elections will be dire for Labour I can see why they want to avoid them.

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They'll be lucky to come third in most places. I bet they wish they could get away with cancelling the Senedd elections too.

TheNuthatch · 18/01/2026 12:27

PandoraSocks · 18/01/2026 12:04

Which councils have postponed for the second year in a row?

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Its not just councils, its mayoral elections too.

EasternStandard · 18/01/2026 12:26

Julen7 · 18/01/2026 12:03

I bet they get “postponed” yet again next year. Labour will be no more popular then. When does a postponement become a cancellation?

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The local elections will be dire for Labour I can see why they want to avoid them.

TheNuthatch · 18/01/2026 12:23

BIossomtoes · 18/01/2026 12:04

I’d have thought you’d have been right behind saving the taxpayer money @TheNuthatch. What’s the point of holding elections to obsolete bodies simply to repeat the entire process a year later?

No I don't support it at all. Neither does my Labour MP. Why should people be denied their right to vote for their local councils or mayors? Its just wrong and not a good look for a government clearly struggling in the polls.

LydiaFunnyGums · 18/01/2026 12:14

Teanbiscuits33 · 18/01/2026 11:24

A perfect role model for conservative Christian family values, might I add 😂

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Certainly not perfect role models for your children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, etc.

Pineneedlesincarpet · 18/01/2026 12:13

LydiaFunnyGums · 18/01/2026 12:10

No, are you?
I’m saying whats in the news. You’re the one using the word ‘slut’

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You didnt say just what was in the news though. You said that Reform weren't fussy. What do you mean?

LydiaFunnyGums · 18/01/2026 12:10

Pineneedlesincarpet · 18/01/2026 11:27

Are you slut shaming?

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No, are you?
I’m saying whats in the news. You’re the one using the word ‘slut’

PandoraSocks · 18/01/2026 12:08

TheNuthatch · 18/01/2026 12:01

'Postponed' for the second year in a row in some cases. Would you give excuses if a Reform govt did the same? No you would not.
Nobody should be defending this, left or right.

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The councils have requested the postponements, they have not been directed to postpone by the government. I know this is Farage's angle, though.

Did you feel the same when the Tories postponed thousands of local elections?

BIossomtoes · 18/01/2026 12:04

I’d have thought you’d have been right behind saving the taxpayer money @TheNuthatch. What’s the point of holding elections to obsolete bodies simply to repeat the entire process a year later?

PandoraSocks · 18/01/2026 12:04

TheNuthatch · 18/01/2026 12:01

'Postponed' for the second year in a row in some cases. Would you give excuses if a Reform govt did the same? No you would not.
Nobody should be defending this, left or right.

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Which councils have postponed for the second year in a row?

Julen7 · 18/01/2026 12:03

PandoraSocks · 18/01/2026 11:57

The elections are postponed not cancelled and there are reasons why. Just as there were reasons for the Tories postponing thousands of local elections.

Eta: ask yourself why more Labour and Tory councils haven't applied to postpone the elections if the reasons are nefarious? Why aren't they all at it?

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I bet they get “postponed” yet again next year. Labour will be no more popular then. When does a postponement become a cancellation?

TheNuthatch · 18/01/2026 12:01

PandoraSocks · 18/01/2026 11:57

The elections are postponed not cancelled and there are reasons why. Just as there were reasons for the Tories postponing thousands of local elections.

Eta: ask yourself why more Labour and Tory councils haven't applied to postpone the elections if the reasons are nefarious? Why aren't they all at it?

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'Postponed' for the second year in a row in some cases. Would you give excuses if a Reform govt did the same? No you would not.
Nobody should be defending this, left or right.

BIossomtoes · 18/01/2026 12:01

strawberrybubblegum · 18/01/2026 11:33

It's Labour who are proposing mandatory digital id (I've seen nothing suggesting stepping back from the database: the u-turn on the ids themselves is a distraction) and the loss of jury trials. The biggest reductions in basic civil rights in my lifetime.

Labour who have cancelled elections.

And the destruction to our economy they're causing puts the UK in a vulnerable place: history tells us that.

Labour are far more of a risk than Reform.

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The elections aren’t cancelled, they’re postponed.

PandoraSocks · 18/01/2026 11:57

strawberrybubblegum · 18/01/2026 11:33

It's Labour who are proposing mandatory digital id (I've seen nothing suggesting stepping back from the database: the u-turn on the ids themselves is a distraction) and the loss of jury trials. The biggest reductions in basic civil rights in my lifetime.

Labour who have cancelled elections.

And the destruction to our economy they're causing puts the UK in a vulnerable place: history tells us that.

Labour are far more of a risk than Reform.

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The elections are postponed not cancelled and there are reasons why. Just as there were reasons for the Tories postponing thousands of local elections.

Eta: ask yourself why more Labour and Tory councils haven't applied to postpone the elections if the reasons are nefarious? Why aren't they all at it?

Theonlywayicanloveyou · 18/01/2026 11:52

Agreed. I heard Beth Rigby say that when she interviewed her afterwards she admitted he had told her a barefaced lie about just just a couple of days earlier and that once she had the evidence she wasn’t giving him a second chance. Good on her.

He’s a prick who deserves to become a total non entity

NoWordForFluffy · 18/01/2026 11:48

EasternStandard · 18/01/2026 11:45

So bad. Let people vote at least.

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We may have an interesting situation here. I've heard that our current Labour councillors aren't going to stand here in our elections, they're being moved to safer seats elsewhere in the borough.

I need to look more closely into it once they announce who's on which ballot paper.

EasternStandard · 18/01/2026 11:45

NoWordForFluffy · 18/01/2026 11:44

Yep. Weird that they told councils to cancel the elections if they fancied it. 🤷‍♀️

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So bad. Let people vote at least.

NoWordForFluffy · 18/01/2026 11:44

EasternStandard · 18/01/2026 11:42

The party that was going to do well wasn’t Labour. The opposite for them.

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Yep. Weird that they told councils to cancel the elections if they fancied it. 🤷‍♀️

EasternStandard · 18/01/2026 11:42

NoWordForFluffy · 18/01/2026 11:42

Labour who have cancelled elections.

The PP will be back to tell you that having them next year instead, isn't cancelling! Which is playing with semantics as some places have had the 2026 elections cancelled. The planned elections for 2026 can only take place in 2026, IMO.

The party that was going to do well wasn’t Labour. The opposite for them.

NoWordForFluffy · 18/01/2026 11:42

Labour who have cancelled elections.

The PP will be back to tell you that having them next year instead, isn't cancelling! Which is playing with semantics as some places have had the 2026 elections cancelled. The planned elections for 2026 can only take place in 2026, IMO.