| Election day 19:38 - May 6 with 582 views | DJR |
Anyone else find it dull because there is no political news on the radio or TV?
And for me there isn't even an election where I live. [Post edited 6 May 19:39]
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| Election day on 12:49 - May 7 with 446 views | DJR |
The Guardian Politics Live is mainly confined to pictures of dogs at polling stations but here is something a bit more meaty with which I agree.
Helen MacNamara used to be deputy cabinet secretary. Now, as is fairly standard for anyone leaving a frontline Westminster job, she hosts a podcast, which means she able to speak out in a way she couldn’t when she was bound by civil service omertà. She says Keir Starmer should have used his email to civil servants [to say he valued them] to announce that Olly Robbins (OR) was getting his job back.
"Had hoped there was a para here explaining OR had been reinstated and underlying principles of truth to power should be based on truth. Rather hollow without. The niceties of he should have said more afterwards entirely lost on basis of how No 10 and CO chose to play this. Remains unconscionable." [Post edited 7 May 12:50]
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| Election day on 12:55 - May 7 with 431 views | DJR |
Another snippet, and a sign of true principles.
In his new biography of the former Labour PM Gordon Brown, James Macintyre writes about Brown’s attitude to money, and politicians who accept gifts. Macintyre says Brown thought it was “completely unacceptable” for Keir Starmer to accept gifts of clothes and spectacles. Brown “accepted no gifts while in office, declined his prime ministerial pension, paid his own way with suits, spectacles and decorating through his time in Downing Street and left office in considerable debt as a result,” Macintyre writes. | | | |
| Election day on 12:59 - May 7 with 410 views | Wallingford_Boy |
It's all soooooo dull.
And yeah, no election for me either. |  |
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| Election day on 13:03 - May 7 with 404 views | DJR |
| Election day on 12:59 - May 7 by Wallingford_Boy |
It's all soooooo dull.
And yeah, no election for me either. |
And it doesn't help that there are far fewer overnight counts given it isn't a general election in England. I am not sure about the position in Scotland and Wales but I think they have an element of PR which may drag out things. | | | |
| Election day on 16:37 - May 7 with 341 views | DJR |
A story about an Northgate old boy which probably sums up the fact that people like Gauke no longer have a place in the Tory party.
Tory source responds to David Gauke being nominated for a knighthood by Labour “Kemi absolutely livid Labour nominated Gauke. She wouldn’t have him anywhere near any list. Starmer even snuck it through a random honours committee to stop Kemi vetoing it. He stood against the Conservatives, now he’s doing Labour’s bidding on sentencing and bagged himself a knighthood. Total Starmer stitch up.” | | | |
| Election day on 17:05 - May 7 with 326 views | Sarge |
I can’t say I find it dull. A day without political news is a blessing. |  | | |
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