Possible More Election Good News

[Hymie]

Apparently in the North West Essex constituency (winner: Kemi Badenoch) 2,600 postal votes were delayed as a result of human error, and so the result is open to challenge and a potential re-run is in the offing.

 

Worse still for Badenoch, apparently the Reform candidate (on the ballot paper) was disowned by the party (must have said something ultra racist, or voiced support for Hitler to achieve that) – but with a re-run and a supported Reform candidate (plus tactical voting) hopefully Badenoch will lose her seat (we can all live in hope).

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/07/03/newly-elected-mps-could-face-legal-challenges-after-postal/

[newmodarmy]

I can't access the article but the Essex live site reported  "The winning party received 19,360 votes with Labour coming in second with Issy Waite getting 16,750 votes. Grant John Maxwell StClair-Armstrong won 7,668 in third place for Reform UK and Smita Rajesh came in fourth for the Lib Dems with 6,055 votes."

So she was 2610 votes clear.

How many ballots were missing? Have they now turned up?

Were they all Labour votes? If there were 2600 ot wouldn't affect the result apart from perhaps justifying a recount

[tomus42]

Aside from the delayed votes, if they have to do a re-run, alot of the people that voted libdem will realise they can get rid of Badenoch by voting Labour.

[Hopkirk]

That article is days old.

There is no suggestion of a rerun now.

[newmodarmy]

Well spotted. The article was from before the election day

[Old_Geezer]

Besides, it would have been Possible More Election Bad News had it not been out of date.

[davebro3]

Hymie wants his pound of flesh...

[mushroom25]

// disowned by the party (must have said something ultra racist, or voiced support for Hitler to achieve that) //

the reform candidate resigned from the party, and was disowned for that reason - this was due to some remarks made on a blog post in 2007 that had recently come to light.....

[Spungle]

What's your issue with Kemi Badenoch- is it because she's black, Hymie?

[davebro3]

At least gullible1 is celebrating the Labour win - Hymie's bitterness is not allayed.

[gulliver1]

eejit @ 08.29 What' it feel like being deputy leader of the AB *OPPOSITION* Party

[vulcan42]

09:11

3. Please refrain from adding emphasis in CAPITAL LETTERS as this indicates shouting and is considered rude.

[10ClarionSt]

It's not shouting. As you said, vulcan, it's emphasizing. 

[vulcan42]

Just quoting Site Rules.

[10ClarionSt]

Of course. Who decides what a breach of the rules is? The age old question. Who censors the censor?

[vulcan42]

I cannot see how that particular rule can be interpreted in any other way.

[davebro3]

09.11 Quite right gullible - now it's our turn to carp about what the bloody awful government is doing or failing to do!😂

[Old_Geezer]

In fairness I've always interpreted the shouting capitals thing to apply only if the whole post, or whole paragraphs are CAPITALISED. IMO the odd word for emphasis ought not cause the same objection. Same for some abbreviations.

[gulliver1]

(eejit 09.38) Starmer has made his first two moves   Abolish Rwanda That cost the country £Billions .And taking the first steps to Rejoin the EU . And  with such a huge Majority. Almost three times that Boris achieved in 2019. Labour can do whatever the want .While The Tories hiding behind the Opposition benches can't do😎 **** all about it 😎

[naomi24]

Davebro, please refer to Gulliver by his proper name - and Gulliver stop calling people eejits.  All the offending posts could legitimately be removed but rather than leave the thread skeletal I'll leave them - this time.  Other mods may disagree and that will be their prerogative.  Don't say you didn't know.

[ynnafymmi]

@08.21.Dont say that to Hymie Spungle,last time i stated that he/she was racist i got a pile of abuse from all the left-wingers on this site.