Thread 53 Sunak: Superminority!

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https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/election?iso=20240502T00&p0=136&msg=UK+general+election&font=sanserif

https://www.ciaranryan.com/walsall-hippo-history/

Starmer was asked by pensive newspaper hacks if he could guarantee he wouldn't implement the 2nd part of the Leveson Inquiry into media control and political influence.

He didn't say he would rule it out, so I'm guessing that News Corp are sh*tting themselves.

Fun with the Mercers

https://x.com/bmay/status/1808457236198425050

The Sun has gone for Labour

https://x.com/TheSun/status/1808502108859121889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1808502108859121889%7Ctwgr%5E19d554bde9266af9c2676272130722eeec5be851%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fpolitics%2Flive%2F2024%2Fjul%2F03%2Fuk-general-election-2024-live-updates-tories-labour-polls-boris-johnson

Very obscure from the Sun.

Snap

So not a clear message from the Sun. But they don't back Sunak.

Just picked this up off Facebook

Amendment. Leveson 2 was meant to look at the press and police

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/mar/01/leveson-2-explained-what-was-it-meant-to-achieve

Late last year labour were siding with the government in not favouring it, but earlier this year backed an amendment for press reform

https://bylinetimes.com/2024/02/02/labour-backs-leveson-style-press-reforms-in-commons-vote/

Super excited here - not often I get the thrill of seeing my people bring it home 🤞. Annoyingly DC didn’t receive their postal votes in time so one’s on holiday/can’t vote and one will vote in their uni town where it makes less difference - solid Labour seat vs our three-way between Labour/Tory/Indy 😡).

Ds just said "the sun will back the winner"

So not as big an event as I hoped

Cat tax. We’ll be hunkering down praying for fairness for all

Hello, thanks for the new thread. Here is my cat tax. Getting a nap in to prepare for tomorrow night.

Jonathan pie on form re: labour.

Wish I hadn't watched his 14 years of tory though...it's made me 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/conservative-party-labour-general-election-government-opposition-b1168451.html

Given the CPS under Starmer prosecuted Rebekah Brooks for phone hacking I am not at all surprised that the Sun have dragged their heels.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw88x6ww1p8o.amp

Bit rich of the Evening Standard to claim to back Labour when barely a week ago they were running blood and hellfire warnings about the looming Starmer catastrophe.

A perilously thin paper full of meaningless lifestyle articles. Goodbye 👋

Evening standard from 17 June.. twisting in the wind

Yes, he stands about where I do, leaving aside his comic hyperbole. I did vote for Blair though.
Edit: well, you know what I mean. I voted Labour in the Blair years.

The Sun backed the loser Johnson. Who, let's remind ourselves, his own party didn't want in the end. They ousted him for err Liz Truss 😀

Things are getting very nasty for Muslim female candidates and it's not from Reform

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/03/labour-condemns-harassment-of-its-candidates-and-in-pro-palestinian-areas

Have I understood correctly that Rish! has said that he will take full responsibility for the Conservative results tomorrow, and therefore resign on Friday?

Who owns the Standard these days?🤔

Not a surprise that The S*n has gone labour is it? They know which way the wind is blowing and wouldn't want to be seen to back the losing side.

Yesterday he said he'd stay on as leader even if he lost.

He might lose his seat though so 🤓💺

Possibly deserves it's own thread 😀