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git [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year ago

General election latest: Rishi Sunak announces 4 July vote in Downing Street statement - BBC News

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General election latest: Rishi Sunak announces 4 July vote in Downing Street statement - BBC News

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git [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year ago
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After a day of mounting speculation, the PM announces a 4 July general election in a statement outside Downing Street.
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  • Palacegalleryratio [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    Honey, it’s time for your controlled opposition to take their turn. yes-honey-left

    My personal theory: Keir has been groomed by capital to step in when opposition to the Tories and a clamour for change is at its highest. He will entirely and deliberately blow the chance for change and keep as many Tory policies as he can. Then come the next election, popular support for the Labour Party will have died off and We can resume our thousand years of Tory -> Fascist rule.

    ukkk

    • BigBoyKarlLiebknecht [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      I’m still convinced he’s an MI5 asset that was activated to contain socialists in the Labour Party: https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2020/04/19/keir-starmers-links-with-an-intelligence-chief-add-to-his-controversies-as-dpp/

      (Which is in agreement with you as MI5 is capital, but nonetheless - call me paranoid, but I do honestly think there was a coordinated intervention against Corbynism by capital, the state and the media).

  • AutomatedPossum [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    In bad country, elections are not held on a regular schedule, but dates are arbitrarily set by the unelected prime minister.

    • plinky [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      at least americans could vote, being a holiday and all

  • plinky [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    damn not giving a lot of time for sturmer to dump even more semi-lefties policies.

  • RaisedFistJoker [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    im not looking forward to keith stormfront

  • WeedReference420 [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    Centrist Dad Summer

  • Beaver [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    tory the Left Wing will have it’s chance to flap

  • idkmybffjoeysteel [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    Now I live in Scotland I am in a mind to vote SNP. On the one hand, they are libs, and on the other, they actually do push forward a lot of left policies like we keep getting told Labour will do. Obviously I’m not voting Labour, but probably not Green either, and I don’t even know if any commies are running where I live (and even if they are, I feel their efforts might be better spent organising outside of bourgeois democracy).

  • Lerios [hy/hym]@hexbear.net
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    why is he doing it early? i figured the tories were desperately holding on and hoping something big happened to give them some chance of winning, but i’m pretty sure the tories are as fucked as they always were thonk

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