• wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io
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      18 days ago

      No, probably not, but interesting perspective.

      If I were in government and I knew the PM only lasted something around 3-6 months, then I’d be back room planning what agendas to push in the legislature with each new PM. “Ok, Albert will be the fall guy for pension reform, Buddy the fall guy for healthcare reform, Colleen the fall gal for immigration reform…” ad infinitum until the public boots out the party in power.

      And if I were a certain type of “the people” loving scrupulous party member, perhaps I’d jump ships when the new one set sail.

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    18 days ago

    Not from the UK, and only have been loosely following this, but I thought it was between Nigel farrage and Count Bin-face with everyone else having withdrawn. Was that a different election?

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      18 days ago

      This was a leadership challenge that happened within Labour, the current ruling party. The showdown between Binface and Farage is for the Clacton by-election.

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        The Clacton by-election is to choose a member of parliament (MP) for that seat.

        The seat became vacant because the current MP, Nigel Farage, resigned to pre-empt a parliamentary investigation into hs having accepted a £5M gift from a Thailand-based crypto billionaire and not having declared it. The resignation was a stunt. If Farage is reelected, the investigation will continue. Therefore, the other parties are boycotting the by-election, though Count Binface continues to run against Farage.

        VOTE FOR THE COUNT: THE ONE WITH THE O.

        I hope this clears things up.

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          17 days ago

          Thank you for the explanation. I knew most of this, but was thinking it had to do with Starmer’s resignation, not Farrage’s. But, yes, it does really clear things up for me.

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      15 days ago

      I have no idea why you’re being down voted for this. Seems like a genuine question from someone who wants to get a better understanding of a subject.