Thread 47 Sunak : The Ship of Fools sails on

[DuncinToffee]

The countdown to the General Election continues

Previous thread https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5082182-thread-46-sunak-dont-rain-on-our-parade?page=40&reply=135651872

Here’s Mulan. Just like me. Lurking in the background til I get riled up about education.

Thank you for the new thread - and thank you to all the regular contributors who scour the media and data to keep us all abreast of news.

The room next door 🚪 and the eye roller 🙄

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Sorry - meant to say thanks Duncin

Good evening. Thanks for the new thread. Cat tax attached.

I would recommend the interview with Sir Michael Marmot on Andrew Marr tonight about the drop in living standards. (18.17). Sir Michael Marmot is a public health expert, specialising in health inequalities. His work over decades has been amazing. Here in a short clip he outlines the facts around reductions in LA funding. It's devastating. https://x.com/LBC/status/1796242091837686250?t=ZicymBqh7-VvJ1QWNilFMg&s=19

Thanks Duncin. Here’s my tax.

It's going to be such a looooooooong 5 weeks...

Thanks for the new thread my cat has election fatigue. Choppy waters ahead for Rishi Long Stockings ship of fools.

Very elite cat tax

Those of you who can thole watching QT need to report back the horror on it

Lead tightening - or as we know it, no change...

🚨 NEW POLL 🚨

@BMGResearch for @theipaper

Labour 43%
Tories 27%
Reform 11%
Lib Dems 9%
Greens 6%

16pt lead is unchanged from last BMG poll in April. But 3pt fall in Reform's standing suggests the squeeze might be on...

x.com/hugogye/status/1796250395796296139?s=46&t=Uw4lJNwxFZFnX0Xs3doHYg

It's shocking but not surprising when it's laid out like that.

And the Conservatives want to slash a further 13% from those budgets.

No pets, will a wild deer do?

Thanks for new thread.

Keeping a beady eye on things.

I am a well known Marmot fan girl. Thanks for this.

My cats are hiding again. Plotting.

Polling is fascinating - how many people do you need to interview to get a reasonable margin of error?

How do you handle the don't knows?

May I join please. I have no pets but can offer these.

Cygnets are always welcome!

Still catching up on the last thread! (Again)

Thanks for the new one.

Going to send this one out canvassing.

I was just reading a BBC news article on polling. I think that it said Don’t Knows and Won’t Votes were excluded from the results. I guess that means that if there are a lot of floating voters then polls could change as the election gets closer and they make up their minds. I’d be interested to see what the numbers are for both of those though. Turn out at general elections is generally in the 60s percentage wise isn’t it? I wonder how many people actually say that they aren’t going to vote?

PMK

I am foolishly watching QT. Am so fed up of hearing that only private school parents are aspirational.

Fuck off with that.

DH works in a private school. His head is literally walking around telling staff to vote Tory.

Also fuck off with that.

Ahhh, the explanation for the massive chip on Piers Morgan’s shoulder. Prep school then a comprehensive. That obviously still stings a bit for him.

If you sift through the majorities, it's an amazingly small number of people that actually decide the outcome. A few tens of thousands as I recall.