2024 United Kingdom General Election

[Nocturnal Submission]

Let's kick this muther off: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67361138

[Kevin S]

Likely to be on Thursday 14 November, according to George Osborne, so that it can be after the Tory conference and a mini-budget (autumn statement) as they hope to give themselves a boost. This also means the identity of the next president would be known by the time Britain goes to the polls.

[Nocturnal Submission]

Likely to be on Thursday 14 November, according to George Osborne, so that it can be after the Tory conference and a mini-budget (autumn statement) as they hope to give themselves a boost. This also means the identity of the next president would be known by the time Britain goes to the polls.

Sound thinking. I was kind of expecting it to be early- to mid-autumn (end-September/early-October) but it looks like the timing of the 2019 contest has slightly altered the general belief that you avoid the colder months.

[Disco Child Ballads]

Why should I trust anything George Osborne has to say?

[Sean of the Shed]

You've peaked a bit early here, NS.

[Snake Plissken]

If someone wants me to change the thread title back I will, but I thought it was funny.

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

The Telegraph has fired the starting pistol by commissioning its own poll warning of massive Tory losses. This was clearly a "look what could happen if we sit on our hands" rallying call to its readers, warning of the dangers of voting for Reform, the Lib Dems and even saying 'some senior Conservative figures' think there should be a change of leadership before the election.

[ursus arctos]

Well, if the "Spartans" succeed in defenestrating Sunak over Rwanda . . .

[George C.]

Likely to be on Thursday 14 November, according to George Osborne, so that it can be after the Tory conference and a mini-budget (autumn statement) as they hope to give themselves a boost. This also means the identity of the next president would be known by the time Britain goes to the polls.

Hopefully sooner rather than later.

Don't fancy another ten months of hypotheticals, especially from a certain person...

With them trying to identify microscopic 'trends'.

[Furtho]

If someone wants me to change the thread title back I will, but I thought it was funny.

I don't know what it was, but I'm not crazy about what it is now.

[Foot of Astaire's]

I live in a marginal seat, that's swung back and forth between red and blue. I expect I'm going to have to hold my nose and vote for Starmer's lot as the only realistic, not Tory option.

[Benjm]

Well, if the "Spartans" succeed in defenestrating Sunak over Rwanda . . .

For some time I've had a nagging thought that Cameron will somehow end up being Prime Minister again before the election, the sheer absurdity of the idea no longer carrying the weight that it once might have done as an argument against it.

[ad hoc]

Meanwhile those of us who weren't able to vote now will be able to (even people like me who have never been on the electoral register in the UK)

https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/polit...voting-rights/

[Nocturnal Submission]

If someone wants me to change the thread title back I will, but I thought it was funny.

Hmmmmm, not too sure about the ethics of changing someone else's text unbidden.

[Snake Plissken]

Which was why I put it out there. Anyway, it's back, and I won't be using it to open the set.

[Capybara]

Well, I thought it was OK.

[S. aureus]

Meanwhile those of us who weren't able to vote now will be able to (even people like me who have never been on the electoral register in the UK)

https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/polit...voting-rights/

Could have done with this 8 years ago.
This shows that I need to pay more attention, as this is the first I've heard of it, so thanks. I also probably should have made more than a cursory effort to dig out my UK driving license over the holidays.

[jwdd27]

It appears the boundary changes to my constituency (Colne Valley [Yorkshire]) have led to the demographics being slightly older, whiter, Brexitier, and generally more affluent.

Whether that's enough to maintain the 5,000 Tory majority remains to be seen, the polls would suggest not.

We have a new Labour candidate (the previous one and former MP got kicked out for being too Corbynite). His leaflet tells me absolutely nothing about who he is, or indeed any policies his party has.
Sir Keith meanwhile has been sending letters to MrsD, much to her bemusement as she has shown no interest in politics whatsoever, unlike her husband who has a long history of engaging with MPs. Starmer's letters are similarly very short on substance.

My choice is hold my nose and vote Labour, or spoiled ballot paper (or vote for Yorkshire Party or other minority, which is the same thing really).

[caja-dglh]

Likely to be on Thursday 14 November...This also means the identity of the next president would be known by the time Britain goes to the polls.

I will take that if it plays out that way.

[Discordant Resonance]

Meanwhile those of us who weren't able to vote now will be able to (even people like me who have never been on the electoral register in the UK)

https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/polit...voting-rights/

Particularly interesting for the circa quarter of a million Brits resident in Ireland who are also guaranteed lifelong voting rights for our general elections, should they wish to do so. That said, while many of those living abroad would indeed be more liberal "with a small l" than those back home, I wouldn't want to presume so for those based in Spain, who were regularly interviewed in the wake of Brexit.

[ad hoc]

No, I;m not expecting that UK residents living abroad will be largely on the side of the angels.

[ad hoc]

I have very mixed feelings about this by the way. I don't really think I should have the vote in the UK general election, since I don't pay tax, don't use the health service, or the education system, or much else really. However, I feel I should use my vote if I have been given it, if nothing else to but to counterbalance my fellow emigrants who left because "it's not our country anymore"

[Sporting]

I have very mixed feelings about this by the way. I don't really think I should have the vote in the UK general election, since I don't pay tax, don't use the health service, or the education system, or much else really. However, I feel I should use my vote if I have been given it, if nothing else to but to counterbalance my fellow emigrants who left because "it's not our country anymore"

I pretty much agree with you. Mind you, I can't vote in national elections here, either.

[Hot Pepsi]

if nothing else to but to counterbalance my fellow emigrants who left because "it's not our country anymore"

Hearing from people like that is triggering, for lack of a better term. Going through life thinking you own the world, or should own the world, is a recipe for misery for everyone involved.

[Patrick Thistle]

What was the original thread title?