General election/politics - Andrew Murray message board (2024)

https://x.com/PolitlcsUK/status/1799072456038293741

Bob in Spain wrote:

There is a 'theory' going around on twitter that Sunak's campaign team are on some kind of "Brewster's Millions" challenge and the more they sabotage him, the more they get.

The day after he was accused of being 'captain of a sinking ship' they organised an interview for him at the birthplace of the titanic.

Then they advised him to ask the Welsh if they were looking forward to the Euros - even though they didn't qualify

And now, the day after abandoning the D-Day commemoration event early, they send him to a school on a street called 'Veteran's Way'.

https://x.com/PolitlcsUK/status/1799072456038293741

Or it's just that the Tory Party Chairman has been too distracted going on a chicken run to find a new seat at the last minute (over the strong objections of the local party):

https://archive.ph/tIWyN

Ian Acheson, a senior Tory advisor has quit today over the D-Day fiasco yesterday.

The final paragraph of his resignation letter reads:

"It was an act of either colossal stupidity or cynical calculation. While I still embrace a conservative philosophy, I am no longer willing to have it outsourced to a bunch of mendacious, incompetent and disreputable clowns.

Ouch.

This is not so far an election that is looking closer each day.

The Tory betting odds get worse each day.

Bob in Spain wrote:

Ian Acheson, a senior Tory advisor has quit today over the D-Day fiasco yesterday.

The final paragraph of his resignation letter reads:

"It was an act of either colossal stupidity or cynical calculation. While I still embrace a conservative philosophy, I am no longer willing to have it outsourced to a bunch of mendacious, incompetent and disreputable clowns.

Ouch.

Yep.

-- Edited by indiana on Friday 7th of June 2024 07:04:13 PM

Theyre becoming a joke. Sorry. They are a joke.

indiana wrote:

Meantime, in Scotland ...

The Conservative MO David Duguid has has been seriously ill with spinal issues though felt he was improving wanted to contest the election.

However he was deselected for medical reasons. And he has been replaced as candidate by the Scottish Tory Leader, Douglas Ross. ( currently an MSP at Holytood but mot an MP ).
..

DRoss having said he wouldn't stand for Westminster so he could concentrate on being an MSP....

indiana wrote:

Meantime, in Scotland ...

The Conservative MP David Duguid has been seriously ill with spinal issues though felt he was improving and wanted to contest the election.

However he was deselected for medical reasons. And he has been replaced as candidate by the Scottish Tory Leader, Douglas Ross. ( currently an MSP at Holytood but not an MP.

-- Edited by indiana on Friday 7th of June 2024 07:04:13 PM

Well, there's no MPs currently so technically correct, but he was MP for Moray until the dissolution of parliament.

Lambda wrote:

indiana wrote:

Meantime, in Scotland ...

The Conservative MP David Duguid has been seriously ill with spinal issues though felt he was improving and wanted to contest the election.

However he was deselected for medical reasons. And he has been replaced as candidate by the Scottish Tory Leader, Douglas Ross. ( currently an MSP at Holytood but not an MP.

-- Edited by indiana on Friday 7th of June 2024 07:04:13 PM

Well, there's no MPs currently so technically correct, but he was MP for Moray until the dissolution of parliament.

Thanks, I hadn't realised that Ross had still been an MP.