Thread 52 Sunak: The Final Countdown

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Channel 4 News made me laugh this evening by reporting that the Tory Blue Wall looks like being reduced to a picket fence 😂

What if the opposition is too small to function?!

From the Parlyapp on Xwitter

The official opposition has to shadow each Commons minister (usually 95), provide MPs to sit on select committees and bill committees as well as two Deputy Speakers and members of the panel of chairs (Labour provided 19 in the last parliament). And whips, obviously.

While the number of opposition MPs on committees will reduce if one party wins for example two thirds of the seats, and shadow ministers could cover more than one brief, there is a question whether the official opposition can properly function with fewer than 100 MPs.

150 MPs is a more realistic floor for the official opposition to properly and fully carry out their duties.

HM Official Opposition is the largest political party in the House of Commons that is not in government. Its leader takes the title Leader of the Opposition.

The Freebies threads is very funny

Seen on twitter

For those not on twitter

LAB: 484
CON: 64
LD: 61
SNP: 10
RFM: 7
PC: 3
GRN: 3

34,558 interviews conducted online and on the telephone

Can you have a coalition opposition if 1 party doesn't have enough MPs to shadow everyone or would they have to double up?

Where do I find the freebies thread?!

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/general-election-2024/5110393-keir-starmer-accepted-ps76000-of-freebies?page=7&reply=136466926

Just a reminder to those who would like to enter the prediction game I've set up here: https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/politics/5108419-who-will-lose-their-seat-the-mumsnet-general-election-prediction-game?page=1

Entries on the thread please 😀

Basically, you pick 6 people who you think will lose their seats and if you guess correctly you score an amount equal to their majority at the 2019 election.

Rees-Mogg is the most popular pick, and as I'm in the Pacific region I'll be able to update as results come in!

I don't think we've ever had a coalition of opposition and I don't think it's possible under parliament rules - but I studied govt and politics a long time ago so I'm rusty on some constitutional matters.

Loving the freebies thread. May be a bit hysterical that the end is in sight!

Nigella giving election night snack suggestions 😂😍

https://x.com/nigella_lawson/status/1808218645077938594?s=46&t=n_g1pgjQ9AnMCsFYMqZ2_g

Not sure what Nigella means by ROTD

Recipe of the day I think.

Yes, I’ve only heard it used locally.

One member of the government was a bit worried that he might win," he says.
"He was a bit concerned that some polls were showing him in second place because the outlook for the party is so gloomy, he just wants to get out."

news.sky.com/story/election-2024-sunak-starmer-conservatives-labour-reform-lib-dem-12593360?postid=7909751#liveblog-body

I hope you can read this.
Absolutely desperate bunch of lies and nonsense being sent to voters in the Minehead and Tiverton area by Ian Liddell-Grainger their Tory MP.

What happened after the 1931 election? Only 61 opposition MPs then.

Trying again.

I has a leaflet that spouted some of those lies. It really should not be allowed.

Drivel. The Tory Party should have realised what a turn off this is. I don’t think it will encourage anyone to vote for them. It is patronising to people.

i don’t want to be too vocal on this on here through fear of potentially doxxing myself bur yes. that industry was exceptionally fucked over by Bredit.

it annoys me i have to be so careful

@Churchview its also mildly threatening. I would not vote for anyone who wrote stuff like that. It is creepy

Threats are pretty much all they have had. Nothing positive to campaign on and so they resort to lies.

Unfortunately too late to report to the electoral commission but must be stopped before the next election.

@bombastix I absolutely agree. A ton of lies and then a threat that you are handing over your children and grandchildren if you don't vote Tory.

The polls are showing the LibDems knocking the useless Grainger out of the seat he's held for 15 years.

I’m guessing Mr Grainger does not have alternative employment or will struggle to find it. Let us hope he does not have to rely on benefits.

He can always write letters for debt collection; about his mark given the above correspondence