UK politics thread – meet the new boss, same as the old boss
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I will never forgive Clacton.
On the bright side, we got the rematch we've all been waiting for.
This is this reporter's life now and there is nothing he can do about it.
On the bright side, we got the rematch we've all been waiting for.
This is this reporter's life now and there is nothing he can do about it.
I'm watching the election results live (at time of writing) but Nigel Farage couldn't be bothered to attend.
Binface got around 9,000 votes, whereas Farage got around 22,000 votes. Hardly anyone clapped for Farage and he got at least one 'boo'.
(Source: - https://www.thenational.scot/news/26463333.clacton-by-election-live-results-reaction/)
(Source: - BBC News - TV)
Binface got around 9,000 votes, whereas Farage got around 22,000 votes. Hardly anyone clapped for Farage and he got at least one 'boo'.
(Source: - https://www.thenational.scot/news/26463333.clacton-by-election-live-results-reaction/)
(Source: - BBC News - TV)
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And we have our concession speech.
Not the speech I hoped to hear tonight, but his positivity remains inspiring. Bring on the inevitable rematch.
Not the speech I hoped to hear tonight, but his positivity remains inspiring. Bring on the inevitable rematch.
An intergalactic space warrior with a bin on his head. Let's get it right.
I don't know if I should be shocked that Farage didn't show up tonight, but I am. From the outside I'm liking this idea of all the candidates watching the count together instead of having separate little watch parties. It looks fun. Not showing up because you don't want to be photographed next to the other candidates says a lot. He got a spectacle all right but not the one he wanted, and since it wasn't what he wanted he apparently lost all interest.
I don't know if I should be shocked that Farage didn't show up tonight, but I am. From the outside I'm liking this idea of all the candidates watching the count together instead of having separate little watch parties. It looks fun. Not showing up because you don't want to be photographed next to the other candidates says a lot. He got a spectacle all right but not the one he wanted, and since it wasn't what he wanted he apparently lost all interest.
He lied about the reason too. He said Essex Police told him there was a threat and not to go when there was no such thing. Like you wrote, he's as thin-skinned as his orange, faecal counterpart over the pond and didn't want to be "mocked".
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What a total wanker, an absolute coward, not showing up because he didn’t want to photographed next to a man with a bin on his head. The £5 million bribe money apparently “for security” isn’t enough, I see.
I don’t think this is quite the start of the fall of Führer Farage, having had almost as many returns from defeat as the Daleks, but its shows that he is vulnerable.
I don’t think this is quite the start of the fall of Führer Farage, having had almost as many returns from defeat as the Daleks, but its shows that he is vulnerable.
Apparently there is a history. A "joke" candidate won. And did well enough he won the next two elections running as himself.
Biggest failure of the Trump second term was not deporting them.
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Dunno how I feel about this, and them. Other than indifference.Biggest failure of the Trump second term was not deporting them.
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I am, as I’ve said before, a republican. As in I support abolishing the monarchy entirely. Won’t happen in my lifetime, but that’s my unshiftable view on the matter.
I find those two individuals intensely annoying, due to all that attention-seeking and dragging out personal matters in public. However, I think Harry has a point. To some extent. The UK tabloid media treated his wife rather unpleasantly, constantly, for a very long time (and hardly disguised that it was mostly racially motivated). Exactly as his mother was. Relentlessly. I can see why that would be triggering for him. Which isn’t to excuse his behaviour, but I can see where it comes from. Particularly with our media always goading him further.
Another Clacton by-election imminent as Farage looks like he's in real trouble now:
channel4news.substack.com
Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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God damn it.
Does this mean Binface has another shot?
Once again, no matter how evil individual UK politicians may be (and make no mistake, a solid majority do seem to be evil), they at least have rules they're expected to follow and most of them will at least hold each other accountable for breaking them.
It's like if the US government in 1973 was made mostly of Richard Nixons, but the ones who weren't caught doing Watergate are just as willing to throw the one that did under the bus.
It's like if the US government in 1973 was made mostly of Richard Nixons, but the ones who weren't caught doing Watergate are just as willing to throw the one that did under the bus.
If the other parties have any honor, they'll sit out the rematch and throw their support behind the Count. I'm sure they all want the seat for themselves, but if they really want to punish Farage there is no better way to do it than to have the bin win.
Black-clad protesters in balaclavas block road at port of Dover in Kent
Port authorities say access roads ‘free flowing’ again after large group forces road closures in both directions
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edit: apparently they’re a far-right paramilitary group called Patriot Platform.
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🚨 BREAKING: Patriot Platform, a new far right group launched by Tommy Robinson’s right hand man Daniel Thomas (AKA Danny Tommo) has blockaded the port and several roads in Dover. The masked men are from subgroups of PP, including Sussex, Essex, and South East Patriots Here’s all you need to know.
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