Thread 43 Sunak - Seriously Scapegoating

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Buckle up for the local elections 🍿

Previous thread here
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5059786-thread-42-sunak-ping-pong-with-the-enemies-of-the-people?page=40

Hahaha Loathsome getting really tetchy. Jo Coburn pointing out that Houchen very much distanced himself from the Tories during his campaign.

Now what is missing from this photo 🤔

Is there a prize?

Street did the same and distance himself. I’d put money on a number of the independent councillor seats gained are also ex Tories.

That swing for Houchen is enough to lose the Tories all their MPs in the area if repeated in a GE.

You get a rosette.

Yes

Apparently there's a spare blue rosette that someone wasn't using...

Does it come with a donkey?

Here's my belated cat equivalent tax; Nutmeg and Clover:-

Bloody hell George Galloway is a deluded arse. Reckons his lot are well placed to beat Rayner at a GE based on council results (in which they haven’t really since that well).

George Galloway likes a scrap. I suppose he reckons Rayner will give him one. Fighting talk and all that

Fair point. It’s a big extrapolation from 2 council seats in an authority close to, but not overlapping, her seat!

Any word on Andy Street result timeline?

I think it’s soon as there seems to be a feeling he’s held it so most of t count must be done.

Ooh I just found out from ITV News app ; West Midlands on Saturday:-

apple.news/AGRs2Xch7SWOhf9wQIDG3OA

Oh now I'm confused @cardibach . Also that's disappointing. Even if small comfort for Tories.

https://twitter.com/RichardHewison/status/1786280202307317856

It’s not going to happen, but the swing seen in the Blackpool by election would see the Tories with no seats if replicated across the country. 😂

In East Midlands, Labour now calling new mayoralty, suggesting Claire Ward has beaten Ben Bradley 'comfortably' . Significant region, covering over a dozen parliamentary battleground seats.

x.com/lmharpin/status/1786368570965770532?s=46&t=Uw4lJNwxFZFnX0Xs3doHYg

I'd be pretty happy about this result.

Bradley losing his seat as an MP in a GE will definitely be worth a drink.

Yep 👍

So will
we need a list so we can have a tipple, could be iffy though might get alcohol poisoning.

I think we decided that a drink for every seat they lose would result in death.

Mr ‘we might as well give free school meal money straight to brothels and crack dens’ Bradley definitely gets one.

I am so sick of Sunak saying he's concentrating on delivering for the people. Delivering what??!! More pain?

Oh, and just saw this on Xwitter.
DW must be on some mighty fine mushrooms. (Or maybe it's MN glue?)

North East Mayoral Result:

McGuinness (LAB): 41.3%
Driscoll (IND): 28.2%
Renner-Thompson (CON): 11.7%
Donaghy (RFM): 9.2%
King (LDM): 5.7%
Gray (GRN): 3.9%

Labour WIN new Mayorality.

that fucker Wootton needs committing.