I'm migrating this account to Mastodon.ie just to spread the load in the Fediverse.
Their ground rules appear to be clear and sensible.
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Ciarán FerrieRTE news : Budget to be brought forward to 1 October - Chambers
Translation: there will be a General Election on the 25th October.
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@ukelections Also a quick thank you for the polite discourse. Mastodon is so much nicer than the bird site and it cheers to see it keep this characteristic as it expands.
@ukelections Yes, it deserves a fairer shout than that - even on tabloid grounds the (until 2024) leader of a party with 7MPs was today sent for trial on rape and other sexual offence charges with little input from the commentariat in a way inconceivable if he had led say the Greens or Plaid Cymru.
The constitutional constraints do make things more inward facing but the question they answer (what country is this) is politically more fascinating than say the Clacton circus.
UK Election ResultsGB MRP OPINION POLL
Headline Westminster seats projection from MRP by #JLabPartners for Channel 4:
🔴 Labour: 442 (+240)
🔵 Conservatives: 111 (-254)
🟠 Liberal Democrats: 58 (+47)
🟡 SNP: 15 (-33)
🌻 Plaid Cymru: 3 (-1)
⚪ Reform UK: 1 (+1)
🟢 Green Party: 1 (=)
Changes with 2019 GE result.
Details, including map: https://jlpartners.co.uk/final-jl-partners-srp-model-project-labour-winning-442-seats
#ukpolitics #ukpol #polling #Labour #Conservatives #LibDems #GreenParty #SNP #ReformUK #PlaidCymru #MRP #GE2024
@ukelections Indeed, and thank you for your considered and thoughtful response. My comment was not aimed at your work in particular but at the recent deluge of #ukpol that is actually just #gbpol railing against the elision from the discussion of a significant element of the kingdom. Yes, it’s small and probably insignificant (unless you were Teresa May needing friends). Yes, nothing seems to ever change there. But it’s a part of the nation where affairs aren’t yet settled.
@ukelections This is not UK politics, it is GB politics. Where is the coverage and commentary on the NI vote?
So, I was watching the Portugal game last night and one of the commentators mentioned that he had met fans coming from as far away as China to say they had seen Ronaldo play in his last major tournament.
I thought “Wow!” then I realised that these are the sort of gobsheens who constantly bore the arse off people down the golf club about how superior their lives are and I lost all sympathy for their crusade.