Sunak is still saying ‘second half of the year’. There’s some procedural stuff that I think means he has to give notice six weeks before the date, so in theory it could still be as soon as July.
Honestly with the actions the tories have made over lately.
I’m starting to think winning is not their plan.
I can see them forcing the labour party to make promises by looking like they are trying to bribe the poor to vote for them. Challenging them in debates. And living about labours claims in the media. Making voters think they are offering way more then they are.
And just trying to make labour look like a complete failure in the first term.
There recent attempt to indicate they need to prepare for nuclear war. Gives them huge options to force labour to come out with defence spending promises. During the campaign.
This would either be unfixable or limit labours ability to make other promises. Allowing 2029 to be about how labour has failed to improve anyones lives.
Add the recent media news about the end of the recession. Based on limited evidence and very short term improvements.
They will then be able to say labour failed to keep the tory repair going.
I really don’t think the tories plan to win. Just force labour to have to commit to spending in ways that will slow down any improvements in the econ.
Yeah, Tories have definitely given up winning. I wouldn’t put too much faith in their ability to mount a nefarious scheme, as you describe. They’re flailing around, it’s pure panic.
It’s starting to feel like an election is coming sooner rather than later with this and Sunak’s speech thing the other day
Sunak is still saying ‘second half of the year’. There’s some procedural stuff that I think means he has to give notice six weeks before the date, so in theory it could still be as soon as July.
Do you think he could call it to be during the summer holidays?
He could, but it would be mad. But he is mad. So, maybe?
Honestly with the actions the tories have made over lately.
I’m starting to think winning is not their plan.
I can see them forcing the labour party to make promises by looking like they are trying to bribe the poor to vote for them. Challenging them in debates. And living about labours claims in the media. Making voters think they are offering way more then they are.
And just trying to make labour look like a complete failure in the first term.
There recent attempt to indicate they need to prepare for nuclear war. Gives them huge options to force labour to come out with defence spending promises. During the campaign.
This would either be unfixable or limit labours ability to make other promises. Allowing 2029 to be about how labour has failed to improve anyones lives.
Add the recent media news about the end of the recession. Based on limited evidence and very short term improvements.
They will then be able to say labour failed to keep the tory repair going.
I really don’t think the tories plan to win. Just force labour to have to commit to spending in ways that will slow down any improvements in the econ.
Yeah, Tories have definitely given up winning. I wouldn’t put too much faith in their ability to mount a nefarious scheme, as you describe. They’re flailing around, it’s pure panic.
He’ll call it in August when (he hopes) most people are on holiday and won’t bother to vote.
And it’ll bite him on the arse when he finds out lots of people can no longer afford holidays abroad in the school holidays
Worse the only ones that can. Tend to be more wealthy so more likely to vote tory.
Good thing he is unlikely to read lemmy.