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Post by peterski on Jul 2, 2024 12:10:27 GMT
As it happens I regularly used to see Sunak and his wife at the Northallerton Leisure centre gym . They are both extremely short ,physically and in manners too .
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Post by eastmidlandsright on Jul 2, 2024 12:12:18 GMT
On this occasion, that maybe *is* all there is to it - some can overthink these things. Can't blame him for spending some time with a friendly audience. |
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Post by spqr on Jul 2, 2024 13:07:27 GMT
How many were there to catch a glimpse of 80's hearthrob Sharkey? Usually the folks round here have to content themselves with bumping into Chubby Brown and Janet Street-Porter in Northallerton (not together .. unfortunately) He must be doing some round-robin campaigning, as he's out with a Labour canvassing team in Midlothian today. |
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Post by nyx on Jul 3, 2024 14:25:31 GMT
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Post by Adrian on Jul 3, 2024 14:37:42 GMT
The kind of comment you make when you want the odds to lengthen so you'll win more £. |
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Post by Merseymike on Jul 3, 2024 15:06:38 GMT
It suggests that Brexit is not popular - Reform won't do well if that's the problem. Who could win? Labour or the LibDems? |
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Post by batman on Jul 3, 2024 15:33:08 GMT
If Sunak loses it would be to Labour because of our relative strength in Northallerton which is the largest town. However I think Sunak will hold the seat
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Post by slon on Jul 3, 2024 18:06:16 GMT
If Sunak loses it would be to Labour because of our relative strength in Northallerton which is the largest town. However I think Sunak will hold the seat Why? They are strange people, I can't see a whole lot of rural traditionalist voting labour, or reform .....but will they vote at all? |
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Post by batman on Jul 3, 2024 20:42:24 GMT
Why will he hold the seat? Because it's normally a very safe Conservative seat, with several smallish or small towns including Richmond itself which are fairly comfortably-off and where the Tories have a very large habitual vote, and vast rural areas where the Tories are generally strong too. It has no areas where Labour is completely dominant but loads where the Tories still are.
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Post by Ron Swanson on Jul 3, 2024 20:58:48 GMT
I might be triangulating/pentagoning but if Labour get their vote out, a few vote tactically for them… a few Tories stay at home, and a few vote Reform over the D-Day fiasco…
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Post by Kristofer Keane on Jul 4, 2024 6:01:09 GMT
If Rishi does lose, does he still go to the King to tender the Government's resignation? Or would the Tories have to send another MP?
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Post by Defenestrated Fipplebox on Jul 4, 2024 6:23:15 GMT
If Rishi does lose, does he still go to the King to tender the Government's resignation? Or would the Tories have to send another MP?
He's still Prime Minister and leader of the governement even if seatless, so he would still go. I don't see him becoming seatless happening.
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Post by YL on Jul 4, 2024 6:23:17 GMT
If Rishi does lose, does he still go to the King to tender the Government's resignation? Or would the Tories have to send another MP? Losing his seat wouldn't change the fact that he's PM, so it would still be him going to the Palace. |
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Post by batman on Jul 4, 2024 6:50:35 GMT
I wonder what the King would say to him though  |
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Post by finsobruce on Jul 4, 2024 6:56:58 GMT
I wonder what the King would say to him though "Oh dear, here we are again". |
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Post by Ron Swanson on Jul 4, 2024 7:05:39 GMT
If Rishi does lose, does he still go to the King to tender the Government's resignation? Or would the Tories have to send another MP? Losing his seat wouldn't change the fact that he's PM, so it would still be him going to the Palace. He could always just refuse… |
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Post by Defenestrated Fipplebox on Jul 4, 2024 7:08:26 GMT
Losing his seat wouldn't change the fact that he's PM, so it would still be him going to the Palace. He could always just refuse… A Conservative PM refusing to go to see the monarch, I'd like that to happen just for the apoplexy it would cause with the party. |
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Post by batman on Jul 4, 2024 7:24:18 GMT
"I have to move out of Downing Street, can I stay here for a bit until I get myself sorted, your Majesty?"
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Post by Defenestrated Fipplebox on Jul 4, 2024 8:14:10 GMT
"I have to move out of Downing Street, can I stay here for a bit until I get myself sorted, your Majesty?" Reply by Charles: "Only if you personally pay for the installation of solar panels for every roof of the palace" |
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Post by cathyc on Jul 4, 2024 8:42:28 GMT
Losing his seat wouldn't change the fact that he's PM, so it would still be him going to the Palace. He could always just refuse… Or send Rees Mogg. |
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