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Goke7:
😂 they say na Nigerian style Green Party dem use, family voting things: papa mama pikin dem

There were 32 incidents of that alleged.

The Green candidate won with a lead of over ~4500 votes with a total vote count of ~15000 out of ~37,000 total votes.

The whole family voting thing is a red herring the Deform people want to use to rile up their gullible base as usual. It was inconsequential to the election.

Goodenoch:
There were 32 incidents of that alleged.

The Green candidate won by over 4500 votes.

The whole family voting thing is a red herring the Deform people want to use to rile up their gullible base as usual. It was inconsequential to the election.

I know o, I just Dey mock awon deform party ni.

I saw baba farage complaining about cheating like his mentor baba Trump 😂 they have already labelled the Green Party radical leftists and islamists as usual

Goodenoch:
There were 32 incidents of that alleged.

The Green candidate won with a lead of over ~4500 votes with a total vote count of ~15000 out of ~37,000 total votes.

The whole family voting thing is a red herring the Deform people want to use to rile up their gullible base as usual. It was inconsequential to the election.

It'll be interesting to see how things shake up in the coming days.

Already some blame is being put on:

Keir Starmer for not allowing Andy Burnham to run in that constituency.

Labour party as a whole for trying to out-reform Reform and kicking it's left voters to the curb.

Even Shabana was mentioned for her immigration policies and proposed increased settlement times.

In all this, na madam Kemi I pity, Conservatives were no where to be found and had just 9% of the votes.

Labour lost it the moment it moved away from traditional Labour values and started competing with Reform and the Conservatives over who could appear more right‑wing. That partly contributed to many poorly thought‑through policies that they later had U-turn. It still amazes me how they were taking advice from a party that previously opened the borders wide when the need for international students fees / carers was dire. I wouldn’t be surprised if Reform gets into to power and end up opening the borders again once the impact of the new policies starts to bite.

Raalsalghul:
It'll be interesting to see how things shake up in the coming days.

Already some blame is being put on:

Keir Starmer for not allowing Andy Burnham to run in that constituency.

Labour party as a whole for trying to out-reform Reform and kicking it's left voters to the curb.

Even Shabana was mentioned for her immigration policies and proposed increased settlement times.

In all this, na madam Kemi I pity, Conservatives were no where to be found and had just 9% of the votes.

The Lib Dems and Tories had next to zero chances of winning that seat which has been a Labour stronghold for decades, especially given the dynamics of the recently merged constituency.

Most Tory voters would have stayed home or lent their vote to Reform, so it's not surprising.

Libdems had even fewer votes than the Tories - 653

Raalsalghul:
It'll be interesting to see how things shake up in the coming days.

Already some blame is being put on:

Keir Starmer for not allowing Andy Burnham to run in that constituency.

Labour party as a whole for trying to out-reform Reform and kicking it's left voters to the curb.

Even Shabana was mentioned for her immigration policies and proposed increased settlement times.

In all this, na madam Kemi I pity, Conservatives were no where to be found and had just 9% of the votes.

1.9% ó. I’m guessing it was just a typo but I want it to be abundantly clear that Badenough and co mustered less than 2% of votes and even lost their deposit like the other irrelevant parties that don’t get a reasonable number of votes, such as The Official Monster Raving Looney Party (yes that’s an actual party 😄 that the cons are now rubbing shoulders with in the trenches).

Lexusgs430:
This decides KS future (or lack of)........ 😂🤣

He's safe till May (elections) at least 🙈

The Greens/Polanski (not his real name) are very reminiscent of the hey deys of Corbyn's (🎶 ohhhh Jeremy 🎶) surging popularity especially among disaffected groups mainly the youth, working class and Muslim voters. Corbyn had charisma and far left populist appeal, but in the end his policies were seen as too radical by the mainstream public and he ended up losing the 2017 and 2019 GEs and being turfed out of Labour.

The Greens might be enjoying their new found popularity now that they've moved on from environmental issues, but some of their policies are even wackier than Corbyn's - withdrawing from NATO; decommissioning Trident 🙄; legalising class A drugs, prostitution and porn; giving asylum seekers broader access to welfare benefits and full working rights immediately upon getting off the boat; divisive anti-Israel sentiment, etc

Time will tell but I think moderate and conservative voters will be put off as more light is shed on them. They are just as extremist and potentially damaging as Reform - just on the left.

Goodenoch:
1.9% ó. I’m guessing it was just a typo but I want it to be abundantly clear that Badenough and co mustered less than 2% of votes and even lost their deposit like the other irrelevant parties that don’t get a reasonable number of votes, such as The Official Monster Raving Looney Party (yes that’s an actual party 😄 that the cons are now rubbing shoulders with in the trenches).

The Libdems also lost their deposit last night and they're usually good at by-elections especially in left leaning seats.

Goodenoch:
1.9% ó. I’m guessing it was just a typo but I want it to be abundantly clear that Badenough and co mustered less than 2% of votes and even lost their deposit like the other irrelevant parties that don’t get a reasonable number of votes, such as The Official Monster Raving Looney Party (yes that’s an actual party 😄 that the cons are now rubbing shoulders with in the trenches).

Typo: 1.9

Zahra29:
The Libdems also lost their deposit last night and they're usually good at by-elections especially in left leaning seats.

Soooooo…….?

What’s the relevance of this information?

Santa2:
I seem to recall that there was a parenting in the UK thread that opened sometime ago. Tried to find the thread cant seem to locate it, not sure if its still going on. I am hoping I can get resources there on diagnosing a kid with Adhd. Would appreciate if anyone has knowledge of the process or got a link to the thread. It about time I stopped being a typical african parent and face reality head on.

I'm a school governor at a primary school and sadly we get to deal with this from time to time (exclusions). Has your child's school raised any concerns to you about their behaviour? The school can refer your child for an assessment if they feel your child meet the threshold (they'll need your consent for this). Speak to the school SENCO (special needs coordinator). You could also go to your GP and ask for a referral as well, but I think it's likely to be more successful if the school does it. Waiting times are generally long, but your mileage may vary.

Some parents pay for private assessments, but the NHS can refuse to accept those. The NHS can refer you to a private provider in some cases so that's something else to consider.

Zahra29:
He's safe till May (elections) at least 🙈

The Greens/Polanski (not his real name) are very reminiscent of the hey deys of Corbyn's (🎶 ohhhh Jeremy 🎶) surging popularity especially among disaffected groups mainly the youth, working class and Muslim voters. Corbyn had charisma and far left populist appeal, but in the end his policies were seen as too radical by the mainstream public and he ended up losing the 2017 and 2019 GEs and being turfed out of Labour.

The Greens might be enjoying their new found popularity now that they've moved on from environmental issues, but some of their policies are even wackier than Corbyn's - withdrawing from NATO; decommissioning Trident 🙄; legalising class A drugs, prostitution and porn; giving asylum seekers broader access to welfare benefits and full working rights immediately upon getting off the boat; divisive anti-Israel sentiment, etc

Time will tell but I think moderate and conservative voters will be put off as more light is shed on them. They are just as extremist and potentially damaging as Reform - just on the left.

Maybe time for Labour to consider enacting prop. rep. to save their skins. On the other hand, prop. rep. will defo bring us to continental-style instability and Farage's merry band will swell considerably in Westminster. Or they could just smartly move a little leftwards to Burnham and Rayner territory and try their luck there. As an expatriate in the UK I'm hoping for the latter.

Well done to the Greens, but I don't see their brand of kookish loony leftism getting into power, as disaffected as the younger generation and other demographics may be.

Goodenoch:
Soooooo…….?

What’s the relevance of this information?

That the progressive (left-leaning) vote has really really skewed very leftward this time. Normally the LibDems pick up protest progressive votes as they are to the left of Labour but not quite where the Greens have positioned themselves on the very end of the spectrum on the left.

Goodenoch:
Soooooo…….?

What’s the relevance of this information?

Lool 😂

I'm providing a more complete picture - unless you count the Libdems as an "irrelevant party", the Tories are not the only mainstream party that performed badly in the by-election. In fact the Libdems should have done much better as it's a left stronghold.

😂 Omo see gaslighting

https://x.com/kemibadenoch/status/2027338096526643553?s=46&t=tk-1hGRx-HBpOmsos8uccA

Multiracial vs Multicultural OMG!

Cyberknight:
That the progressive (left-leaning) vote has really really skewed very leftward this time. Normally the LibDems pick up protest progressive votes as they are to the left of Labour.

I’m pretty sure Zahra’s point was to show that other parties did badly, not just Badenough’s.

Zahra29:
Lool 😂

I'm providing a more complete picture - unless you count the Libdems as an "irrelevant party", the Tories are not the only mainstream party that performed badly in the by-election. In fact the Libdems should have done much better as it's a left stronghold.

Well yes they are an irrelevant party currently, along with the Tories. It’s not about whether I count them as anything or not - the votes have been counted already and the story they tell is very clear.

Obviously things may be different in other constituencies and things may change before future elections but as things stand it’s clear that Deform has buried the cons on the right and the Greens have buried the Lib Dems as the alternative to Labour on the left.

Cyberknight:
Maybe time for Labour to consider enacting prop. rep. to save their skins. On the other hand, prop. rep. will defo bring us to continental-style instability and Farage's merry band will swell considerably in Westminster. Or they could just smartly move a little leftwards to Burnham and Rayner territory and try their luck there. As an expatriate in the UK I'm hoping for the latter.

Well done to the Greens, but I don't see their brand of kookish loony leftism getting into power, as disaffected as the younger generation and other demographics may be.

I agree with the bolded. Remember the theme tune - "They're creepy and they're kooky.... they're altogether ooky- The Adam's family" 😂

It's a dicey one - I don't know what they will do re prop. rep., but I feel certain that they will be strategising behind closed doors because sectarian/bloc voting is only going to increase.

I feel like they've already tacked a bit more left e.g. abandoning welfare reform, removing the 2 child cap, rolling out the workers and rental right acts, recognising Palestine, giving £10M to mosques,proposing an Islamophobia definition etc. They risk bleeding more votes to Reform if they move too left and tbh they can't "out-Green the Green Party" the same way they can't out-Reform Reform. They need to find a centre ground that they're comfortable with.

Goke7:
😂 Omo see gaslighting

https://x.com/kemibadenoch/status/2027338096526643553?s=46&t=tk-1hGRx-HBpOmsos8uccA

Multiracial vs Multicultural OMG!

I love how she’s beginning to complain every Eke market day about Reform saying anyone who’s not white isn’t British.

I’m sure she didn’t think such a notion would get so mainstream even as she was enabling further and further far-right narratives which obviously shifted the Overton Window substantially to the stage where we are now that overtly racist language is now fully normalized. She probably thought it would end with the ‘Boriswave’ and ‘butt wipers’, and never include her and hers since she’s ’not like the others’.

Goodenoch:
Well yes they are an irrelevant party currently, along with the Tories. It’s not about whether I count them as anything or not - the votes have been counted already and the story they tell is very clear.

Obviously things may be different in other constituencies and things may change before future elections but as things stand it’s clear that Deform has buried the cons on the right and the Greens have buried the Lib Dems as the alternative to Labour on the left.

Off the back of one by-election that was heavily influenced by foreign affairs, specifically Gaza?

Libdems are not irrelevant, I don't particularly rate them highly but they remain the preferred party in several constituencies, particularly in the South of England and among those who voted Remain.

As an aside, I’ve always wondered about where people like Badenough, Cruella and co think the line is for a person to be considered British.

They think they are British despite being immigrants themselves but don’t think other immigrants are because they still have some of their original cultural attributes (it can’t be merely length of time in the country because many of the immigrants they castigate using broad generalizations have been in the country longer than them).

They still bear their Nigerian/Indian/Pakistani names, and possibly have named their children as such too, possibly practice a religion from their home country, practice their traditions from those countries, possibly eat their cultural foods etc etc.

Where then is the line that they think they’ve stepped over but other immigrants have not that entitles them to constantly attack those others? Or, in other words, what do immigrants have to give up in order to satisfy the Badenoughs of this world that they are ‘multiracial but not multicultural?’

Goodenoch:
As an aside, I’ve always wondered about where people like Badenough, Cruella and co think the line is for a person to be considered British.

They think they are British but don’t think other immigrants are because they still have some of their original cultural attributes. Okay, fair enough - but you still bear your Nigerian/Indian/Pakistani name, and possibly have named your children as such too, possibly practice a religion from your home country, possibly eat your cultural foods etc etc.

Where is the line that they think they’ve stepped over but other immigrants have not that entitles them to constantly attack those others? Or, in other words, what do immigrants have to give up in order to satisfy the Badenoughs of this world that they are ‘multiracial but not multicultural?’

They are confused themselves 😂 as they never thought it through up to this level you’re seeing it o.

Goodenoch:
I love how she’s beginning to complain every Eke marked day about Reform saying anyone who’s not white isn’t British.

I’m sure she didn’t think such a notion would get so mainstream even as she was enabling further and further far-right narratives which obviously shifted the Overton Window substantially to the stage where we are now that overtly racist language is now fully normalized. She probably thought it would end with the ‘Boriswave’ and ‘butt wipers’, and never include her and hers since she’s ’not like the others’.

The thing never got so close to her until now! She never imagined it will eventually land in her neighbourhood or her household

Truth is folks like her always think they have developed tough skin for times like this but in reality no one does and when it finally hits you’ll cry out like others. It is what it is

Zahra29:
Off the back of one by-election that was heavily influenced by foreign affairs, specifically Gaza?

Libdems are not irrelevant, I don't particularly rate them highly but they remain the preferred party in several constituencies, particularly in the South of England and among those who voted Remain.

There’s no need to debate this with back-and-forth speculation.

Just hold on. We’ll see whether Gaza and all the other issues will be more or less important when the May elections come, and in further elections.

Goodenoch:
There’s no need to debate this with back-and-forth speculation.

Just hold on. We’ll see whether Gaza and all the other issues will be more or less important when the May elections come, and in further elections.

It's not speculation if you've been following current affairs.

We'll need to wait for the next GE to see if the Lib Dems are irrelevant as you claim.

Re the local and Holyrood elections, it's quite clear already who the winners and losers will be:

Winners
Reform, Greens, SNP

Holding ground
Lib Dems

Losers
Labour, Tories, Your Party, Scottish Labour, Scottish Conservatives

Zahra29:
It's not speculation if you've been following current affairs.

We'll need to wait for the next GE to see if the Lib Dems are irrelevant as you claim.

Re the local and Holyrood elections, it's quite clear already who the winners and losers will be:

Winners
Reform, Greens, SNP

Holding ground
Lib Dems

Losers
Labour, Tories, Your Party, Scottish Labour, Scottish Conservatives

Okay, Zahra. I believe you🙏🏿

Goodenoch:
Okay, Zahra. I believe you🙏🏿

Wise choice 👍

Zahra29:
Wise choice 👍

Lol just as expected.

You can never resist having the last word, can you?

Goodenoch:
Lol just as expected.

You can never resist having the last word, can you?

Yet here you are....still talking 😂

Thought to share


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@Jedisco this might be of interest!

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Zahra29:
He's safe till May (elections) at least 🙈

The Greens/Polanski (not his real name) are very reminiscent of the hey deys of Corbyn's (🎶 ohhhh Jeremy 🎶) surging popularity especially among disaffected groups mainly the youth, working class and Muslim voters. Corbyn had charisma and far left populist appeal, but in the end his policies were seen as too radical by the mainstream public and he ended up losing the 2017 and 2019 GEs and being turfed out of Labour.

The Greens might be enjoying their new found popularity now that they've moved on from environmental issues, but some of their policies are even wackier than Corbyn's - withdrawing from NATO; decommissioning Trident 🙄; legalising class A drugs, prostitution and porn; giving asylum seekers broader access to welfare benefits and full working rights immediately upon getting off the boat; divisive anti-Israel sentiment, etc

Time will tell but I think moderate and conservative voters will be put off as more light is shed on them. They are just as extremist and potentially damaging as Reform - just on the left.

Unfortunately, with the current polarisation in British political environment, in no distant future. Labour and Conservatives, would pale into insignificance and Green + Reform, would become 1 & 2......

Interesting decades ahead (unless they start working harder than usual, to claw back all their lost glories...... 🙄