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Someone posted these figures on Urban 75. Kind of shocking, if true:
Corbyn in 2017 – 12,877,918
Corbyn in 2019 – 10,269,051
Starmer in 2024 – 9,650,254Labour vote, according to wiki, 9,686,329 (33.7%).
I honestly think that if the Tories and Reform come to some agreement, Labour – with its majority of 174 seats – could be ousted at the next election. I think their “super-majority” is that brittle.
imposs1904ParticipantThis is a wild official message from a sitting Prime Minister:
https://x.com/RishiSunak/status/1808890318713954593
I’m convinced he was bored with being PM and just decided to call an early election so he could spend more time with his money.
imposs1904ParticipantFunny you should mentioned Project 2025. There’s a longstanding American left communist sympathizer on Urban 75 who’s currently stanning for Biden in this election cycle – especially doubling-down in the aftermath of Biden’s disastrous debate performance – specifically because of Project 2025. He’s convinced it’s a game changer for accelerating America down a road to a right wing dictatorship. He’s adamant that Biden has to defeat Trump in November, and gets very defensive when people point out Biden’s personal and political shortcomings.
Maybe ‘funny’ is the wrong word in the circumstances.
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imposs1904Participant“St Francis of Assisi never made a speech on the doorstep of number ten.”
You know the reference.
imposs1904ParticipantI didn’t vote but the psephological geek in me is looking forward to the 2024 equivalent of some Portillo moments tonight, and wondering if Starmer will display a hitherto hidden sense of humour by doing that St Francis of Assisi speech on the doorstep of 10 Downing Street tomorrow morning.
imposs1904ParticipantThomas Piketty chimes in with some left reformism:
imposs1904ParticipantFair play to all comrades involved in putting forward the real alternative during this latest election circus.
imposs1904ParticipantA stone cold classic from the 1990s:
imposs1904ParticipantVia the Financial Times, interesting breakdown of the vote in the French parliamentary elections:
imposs1904ParticipantSomething to bookmark for future reference. It comes via Peter Oborne, who is one of the more interesting political commentators:
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imposs1904ParticipantTwiglet’s correct.
First prize is a mint condition 7 inch of the follow up single to the Lotus Eaters’ ‘First Picture of You’.
Billy Connolly and the SPGB is mentioned in Jim Fleming’s obituary from the April 2022 issue of the Socialist Standard:
http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2022/05/obituary-jim-fleming-2022.html
imposs1904ParticipantThe leader of the French Communist Party, Fabien Roussel, lost his seat to a RN candidate.
This is a seat – Nord’s 20th constituency – that had been held by the French Communist Party since the early 1960s:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nord%27s_20th_constituency#2024
imposs1904Participant“On the front page of his leaflet he prints “Clowns on the left, jokers on the right, here I am stuck in the middle with you”. Perhaps one of the music-lovers here can dig out the original song as a forgotten classic.”
Maybe he’s a fan of old Socialist Standard front covers?
PS – There is a Kevin Bacon like connection between the writer of that song and the SPGB. Can anyone guess, or do I send it on to Manchester Branch for their Christmas Quiz?
imposs1904ParticipantI take it you’ve heard of this board game?
imposs1904ParticipantThe Sunday Times, the Financial Times and the Economist have all come out in calling for a Labour Party victory:
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