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larkim
larkim
Jun 2024
4:29pm, 25 Jun 2024
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larkim
Couple of polls out today I think showing Reform may have had their zenith and be falling back a little.

A few days of them being stifled out of media publicity as Lab and Con get more attention might help to continue that.
fetcheveryone
fetcheveryone
Jun 2024
4:45pm, 25 Jun 2024
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fetcheveryone
Do they cover the period where Farage made his comments about Putin?
paulcook
paulcook
Jun 2024
4:48pm, 25 Jun 2024
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paulcook
I saw one poll - I think was Savanta/Telegraph - which had Tories up 2 points comparing last week to yesterday. I guess on second reflection that might answer, reflect your question above.
J2R
J2R
Jun 2024
5:09pm, 25 Jun 2024
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J2R
Yes, suggestions that the Putin issue may have dampened enthusiasm a tad - Reform dropped back 2 points in the Savanta (I think) poll. There's an optimum point for me with the Reform vote, where it's enough for them to utterly fuck the Tories, but not enough to get anything out of it themselves. It'd be wonderful if Farage didn't even get in in Clacton, although that seems unlikely, alas.
paulcook
paulcook
Jun 2024
5:14pm, 25 Jun 2024
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paulcook
Controversial question.

Does Farage actually want to win Clacton? I honestly don’t think he wants to spend 5 years having to sit in parliament, attending surgeries in his constituency, etc. It’s just not his game. He wants the glory just not the graft.
J2R
J2R
Jun 2024
5:24pm, 25 Jun 2024
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J2R
paulcook, it has been discussed. I think there's sod all chance of him doing any actual MP work, but I'm sure he sees it as an unfortunate but necessary first step in his planned takeover of the Conservative Party.
J2R
J2R
Jun 2024
5:28pm, 25 Jun 2024
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J2R
paulcook wrote:He wants the glory just not the graft.


I think "he wants the grift just not the graft" would describe the situation even better.
Johnny Blaze
Johnny Blaze
Jun 2024
5:39pm, 25 Jun 2024
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Johnny Blaze
The Cons may do just well enough to enable them to continue as a viable party, but if they get an absolute shoeing it wouldn't take much for them to invite Smeagol in, although my guess is that the Blonde Buffoon is still at the front of the queue.
J2R
J2R
Jun 2024
5:49pm, 25 Jun 2024
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J2R
A vicious, prolonged war between the Johnsonists and the Farageists, taking place in the irrelevant rump of an utterly discredited party, which we can simply regard as a freakshow without any impact whatsoever on the governance of the land. What's not to like?
Bob!
Bob!
Jun 2024
5:58pm, 25 Jun 2024
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Bob!
richmac wrote:Labour need to make capital from Sunaks lack of leadership over the betting scandal.


Like by suspending a candidate that has bet against himself at the GE?

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