By-Elections

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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Ed Davey lighting a rocket firing lib dem confetti

Jesus Christ

Complete damp squid

[life on mars]

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No clean sweep for Labour will worry them ?

Selby could be reversed come GE .

Frome not so .

Get ready for blood and gut politics as we near GE ..

[JamesWales]

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I'm not sure whether this is light hearted fun or suffocatingly cringe? Probably a bit of both

https://order-order.com/2023/07/21/watch-ed-davey-celebrates-somerton-win-with-circus-act/#comments

[Dorcus]

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I'm not sure whether this is light hearted fun or suffocatingly cringe? Probably a bit of both

https://order-order.com/2023/07/21/w...-act/#comments

I thought it was brilliant: maybe Guido was the only guy who didn't like it. Bonfire of the Tories Guido!

[Dorcus]

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Your Dorcus tonight then ?
If Labour dont win Uxbridge then I think they have some issues to address

Well done Hip, you can obviously read then! Yes I'm always Dorcus.

The only issue Labour will have to address when they get elected to govern is how to bring the public with them as they implement more green policies.

[Dorcus]

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No clean sweep for Labour will worry them ?

Selby could be reversed come GE .

Frome not so .

Get ready for blood and gut politics as we near GE ..

Selby and Frome can't be reversed because they will both be split in two come the GE through boundary changes.

The ULEZ issue will have been sorted by the GE so don't expect such a significant anti Labour protest vote by then.

[Dave Blue]

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Let’s face it, it was only the Chelsea tractor crew demanding their right to pollute the air that stopped Rishi having an absolute hiding.

[life on mars]

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Selby and Frome can't be reversed because they will both be split in two come the GE through boundary changes.

The ULEZ issue will have been sorted by the GE so don't expect such a significant anti Labour protest vote by then.

They need to stay as one and avoid in fighting that destroys them . Its hold your nose time as they know the election win is based on Tory Lite policies , Kier knows that and you could see that at the recent Tony and Kier event which was toe curling to say the least .

[the other bob wilson]

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No clean sweep for Labour will worry them ?

Selby could be reversed come GE .

Frome not so .

Get ready for blood and gut politics as we near GE ..

I doubt if there was one person in the Labour Party who was contemplating a clean sweep - the fact that there was more chance of a Conservative one shows just how unlikely it was.

[Dorcus]

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They need to stay as one and avoid in fighting that destroys them . Its hold your nose time as they know the election win is based on Tory Lite policies , Kier knows that and you could see that at the recent Tony and Kier event which was toe curling to say the least .

I can't disagree with that

[JamesWales]

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Labour wins Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election.

That isn't a surprise (they were odds on all of the last few weeks) but the scale of it probably exceeds their expectations. Tory vote collapsed, amidst their voters switching to keep SNP out - an interesting and different example of tactical voting.

What if anything does it mean for the SNP and independence? Would other seats go thr same way?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-67024848

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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If Labour had a decent leader they would get a majority

But he's utterly incompetent as are the idiots around him like raynor

Tonight has showed people want the Tories out but the biggest obstacle to defeating them is the pathetic state of the main opposition and the liberals

Merge or forever be the bridesmaids

The suggestion from ed davey and his new mp that the Liberal Democrats are back in the game after tonight's win are ridiculous

As someone who has never voted for the Labour Party nor the Conservatives but has done so for the Libs/Lib Dems/SDP, I wouldn't want to see the Lib Dems subsumed by the less than credible Labour Party.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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As someone who has never voted for the Labour Party nor the Conservatives but has done so for the Libs/Lib Dems/SDP, I wouldn't want to see the Lib Dems subsumed by the less than credible Labour Party.

You might not like to see that but after the defeat of the Tories at the next election , hopefully .......I can't see any future for the lib dems

Which is a shame as a Lib lab coalition would keep the Tories out

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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You might not like to see that but after the defeat of the Tories at the next election , hopefully .......I can't see any future for the lib dems

Which is a shame as a Lib lab coalition would keep the Tories out

A coalition is not the same as the merger you had hoped for.

P.S. The Lib Dems are indeed at a low ebb too.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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A coalition is not the same as the merger you had hoped for.

P.S. The Lib Dems are indeed at a low ebb too.

I am more of a Liberal than a Labour type voter

But they are a complete waste of time at the moment apart from defeating the Tories in a few seats in the south where Labour cannot compete

I don't care wether it's a Lib lab pact , a coalition or Andy Pandy the future needs to be a new left of centre party to keep the Tories out

A lot more in common than divides us as plenty of people switch between voting liberal and Labour and vice versa but not generally in the direction of the Tories

That's the clear way forward