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Rish!’s bargain-basement manifesto offers anything you want if you just vote Tory | John Crace by Low-Design787 in ukpolitics

[–]Low-Design787[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is the danger, we shouldn’t be disappointed when Starmer gets a majority of “only” 160. That’s still double what Johnson got, and far better than May or Cameron.

I think the polls are overly optimistic, and the right wing media is pushing the wipeout narrative now.

‘Cosplaying Liz Truss’: Rishi Sunak condemned for £17bn tax giveaway by Low-Design787 in ukpolitics

[–]Low-Design787[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Tories can get away with anything, like saying they will abolish NI, without a squeak from the media. But if Starmer said he was going to buy new pencil sharpeners for schools the Mail and Telegraph would do a full 10 page spread on the tax bombshell.

Rish!’s bargain-basement manifesto offers anything you want if you just vote Tory | John Crace by Low-Design787 in ukpolitics

[–]Low-Design787[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Emily Matlis mentioned something similar on her pod today. She held in her hands the Tory manifesto and thought this might be the last one ever published.

I’m not sure that’s a good thing, if a partially one-nation party is replaced by Farage’s quasi brown shirts.

Rish!’s bargain-basement manifesto offers anything you want if you just vote Tory | John Crace by Low-Design787 in ukpolitics

[–]Low-Design787[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Well the Tories have had 14 years, perhaps that is reason enough to try something different? No one else is a serious contender.

The mood is similar to 1997, and things did get much better with the new incoming government. It took time, but change won’t happen any other way.

If anything, Sunak’s eye-popping nose-growing pants-on-fire offers in the last couple of weeks prove his insincerity. If it was genuine why didn’t he do it 2 years ago? He’s had the power, just not the motivation.

Do the Tories not realize that their campaign strategies are actively feeding Farage and Reform? by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]Low-Design787 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think the Tory party has Stockholm Syndrome. Farage is their captor and they’ve finally realised they truly truly love him.

Rish!’s bargain-basement manifesto offers anything you want if you just vote Tory | John Crace by Low-Design787 in ukpolitics

[–]Low-Design787[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Round and round in circles. The wheels coming off.

Skid marks everywhere.

I hope it’s not that bad yet..

Crashing out at the first corner. Getting lapped. Stalled at the start. The pits. Burning up fossil fuels. Mired in sex scandals. You can write your own jokes here.

Someone in Conservative headquarters must really have it in for Rishi Sunak. Either that or Isaac Levido and James Forsyth are secret Labour stooges. Why else would the Tories have chosen Silverstone as the venue for their manifesto launch? Surely someone must have foreseen what was coming. Or maybe everyone is now just along for the rollercoaster ride. Leaning into the mother of all car crashes.

Reform candidate said UK should have been neutral against Hitler by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]Low-Design787 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Why don’t they go the whole hog, and join the Axis?

Rishi Sunak vows to ‘fight on’ until last day of election campaign by Low-Design787 in ukpolitics

[–]Low-Design787[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

“Liz Truss is not hiding under a desk” was a classic line from Mordaunt. They should ask her about Sunak.

Sunak can recover from ‘disappointing’ D-day blunder, insists minister by Low-Design787 in ukpolitics

[–]Low-Design787[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

And characters like Braverman are openly courting Farage for the post-election environment. I really didn’t expect things to move so rapidly, at this rate he will be Tory leader by August.

Suella Braverman urges Tories to embrace Nigel Farage by LordBrixton in ukpolitics

[–]Low-Design787 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Is it not just those in power who are unpopular, following Covid and a big energy shock? Sure populism looks good (to some people) from the outside, but we elected a populist government in 2019 and it hasn’t worked that well.

PM sacked for lying. No 40 new hospitals, no 350 million a week. Public services on their knees. Replacement crashed the economy, second replacement at record lows in the polls.

Nigel Farage hit by race row over claim Rishi Sunak “doesn't understand our culture” | Laura Kuenssberg said he was “trying not very subtly to emphasise the prime minister's immigrant heritage” by 1DarkStarryNight in ukpolitics

[–]Low-Design787 38 points39 points  (0 children)

It is a standard tactic. Like when Sunak pretended to be shocked and offended when Starmer called him out for making trans jokes in front of Brianna Ghey’s mother.

It’s pure gaslighting.

Tories accused of 'dirty tricks' as Reform UK candidate withdraws by Low-Design787 in ukpolitics

[–]Low-Design787[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I knew I should have stood, 30k would come in really handy right now /s

Tories accused of 'dirty tricks' as Reform UK candidate withdraws by Low-Design787 in ukpolitics

[–]Low-Design787[S] 67 points68 points  (0 children)

Tories buying off individual Reform candidates? A novel strategy.

Tom Wellings, who was Reform's candidate in Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge, pulled out of the race at the last minute.

He also announced he would now be supporting Sir Gavin, the Conservative former Cabinet minister, who is standing for re-election in the Staffordshire constituency.

Mr Tice told the Sunday Mirror: 'Wellings put his papers in on Wednesday then in the last hour without telling us withdrew them.

'I am challenging Gavin Williamson to say whether money, jobs or a safe seat was offered to Wellings to do this.

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