Mex@feddit.uk to UK Politics@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 months agoKeir Starmer sets out what Labour would do first if it wins electionwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down11
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minus-squareDrCake@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 months agoIt’s starting to feel like an election is coming sooner rather than later with this and Sunak’s speech thing the other day
minus-squarefrankPodmore@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoSunak is still saying ‘second half of the year’. There’s some procedural stuff that I think means he has to give notice six weeks before the date, so in theory it could still be as soon as July.
minus-squareNickwithaC@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoHe’ll call it in August when (he hopes) most people are on holiday and won’t bother to vote.
minus-squareDrCake@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoAnd it’ll bite him on the arse when he finds out lots of people can no longer afford holidays abroad in the school holidays
minus-squareHumanPenguin@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoWorse the only ones that can. Tend to be more wealthy so more likely to vote tory. Good thing he is unlikely to read lemmy.
It’s starting to feel like an election is coming sooner rather than later with this and Sunak’s speech thing the other day
Sunak is still saying ‘second half of the year’. There’s some procedural stuff that I think means he has to give notice six weeks before the date, so in theory it could still be as soon as July.
He’ll call it in August when (he hopes) most people are on holiday and won’t bother to vote.
And it’ll bite him on the arse when he finds out lots of people can no longer afford holidays abroad in the school holidays
Worse the only ones that can. Tend to be more wealthy so more likely to vote tory.
Good thing he is unlikely to read lemmy.