Clacton by-election

Oh I think we’ve all thrown the odd insult around about particular voting choices.

However, sometimes some insults on here can seem incredibly personal and offensive.

I’m not easily offended though, and I think that it says more about the person who might revert to inferred personal insults than it does to those they’re insulting!

Meandrogrog

greyfur

Sunshinegirls

The bin is the official Labour candidate funded by a Labour donor mate, Dale Vince

Labour are insulting the Clacton voters

But if Labour voters were dim enough to vote for the Tin Man and make him PM. Dim is as dim does seems to me.

Can you imagine the uproar if anybody said Reform voters were dim?

Offensive post.

Posters have definitely inferred that about Reform voters on here in the past, definitely.

As one could question the ignorant assumption in the original post that voting for the bin would make him a PM I think insult honours are even...

Primrose53

Primrose53

NF has been the most scrutinised, investigated person in Politics ever and nothing has ever stuck. I actually believe he has done nothing wrong. He is too smart to lie about this on national TV. In his statement I thought he explained himself very well and, to me, it made sense.

There is a Labour MP on TV talking about this just now and she is running him down and accusing him of stuff she cannot possibly know whether it’s true or not. They’re all spouting the same old lines “political stunt”. It’s nothing of the sort. If they thought they stood a chance at Clacton against NF they would be standing, no doubt about that.

Starmer the other day was all puffed up and spitting out the words that NF was wrapped up in sleaze. This is the man who has been forced to resign because of the sleaze he is involved with!

NF Also said he did not claim MP expenses.

Absolutely spot on, great post 👏👏👏👏👏

greyfur

Sunshinegirls

The bin is the official Labour candidate funded by a Labour donor mate, Dale Vince

Labour are insulting the Clacton voters

But if Labour voters were dim enough to vote for the Tin Man and make him PM. Dim is as dim does seems to me.

Can you imagine the uproar if anybody said Reform voters were dim?

Offensive post.

Posters have definitely inferred that about Reform voters on here in the past, definitely.

There's a lot to dislike about DV but surely that's not the issue here, at least the public will know he's made a donation.

Cossy

25Avalon

So Dale Vince can fund Count Binman but has pulled the rug on Forest Green Rover’s Women. Nice to know his priorities.

That’s very sad, I think his cash would be better used on them 😕😕

I suspect that an extremely wealthy man could afford to donate to more than one cause.

Is there any concrete evidence that he has, so to speak, robbed Peter to pay Paul?

25Avalon

So Dale Vince can fund Count Binman but has pulled the rug on Forest Green Rover’s Women. Nice to know his priorities.

That’s very sad, I think his cash would be better used on them 😕😕

“MaizieD

Cossy
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Crossed posts, Cossy.
Haha Great minds …… grin
It appears that 'some posters' would question the 'greatness' of those minds grin“

Indeed MaizieD, but as I always say, it’s their prerogative, each to their own, it’s really water off a ducks back! Quack quack

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Cossy

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Crossed posts, Cossy.

Haha Great minds ……

It appears that 'some posters' would question the 'greatness' of those minds

To be honest, anyone attempting to frame anything about this pointless by-election by “blaming” Labour, might need to give her their head a wobble

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Crossed posts, Cossy.

Haha Great minds ……

Crossed posts, Cossy.

The bin is the official Labour candidate

Don’t be ridiculous. Stop blaming other people for a situation of Farage’s own making.

Count Binface stood against Boris Johnson in 2019, in Uxbridge and South Ruislip in 2023 after Johnson stood down, against Sadiq Khan in London and Rishi Sunak in 2024 and against Andy Burnham in Makerfield. Unless I am very much mistaken, two of those are very much Labour.

Jon Harvey is an independent satirist making important points about, amongst other things, the cost of living, privatisation and the failure to build enough social housing.

Any financial help CB does get, I hope it enables him to set up a campaign HQ in the Tendring village of Weeley!

Very good analysis from Richard Murphy about why what’s going on is more than a joke:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyLQ8k1OyeY

Sunshinegirls

The bin is the official Labour candidate funded by a Labour donor mate, Dale Vince

Labour are insulting the Clacton voters

But if Labour voters were dim enough to vote for the Tin Man and make him PM. Dim is as dim does seems to me.

Count Binface is not the official Labour candidate and it’s a rather ridiculous assertion.

As always, if people bother to research they will see Binface has actually stood as the “comedic” character in many elections, he normally funds this with his own fundraising and/or “gofundme”

To attempt to blame this entire charade on the Labour Party is actually a “bit dim”

abused

A degree of paranoia. TBH, bin face is usually seen (to me) as a bit of an affront on our rights to vote, ie serious candidates, but this time him standing is to highlight how systems can be absued.

"Sunshinegirls" what rubbish, DV may donate to the LP but he is most certainly not acting on it's behalf. If he chooses to fund Bin's campaign, he's doing it because he against Reform and Farage and Binface will properly declare it (unlike Farage.)

DV's Ecotricity benefits from subsidies set up by Labour in 2002 to encourage the development of renewable energy. The Conservative party continued with these subsidies during their 14 years of government, during which DV continued to build his company. Your information is highly selective.

Sunshinegirls

The bin is the official Labour candidate funded by a Labour donor mate, Dale Vince

Labour are insulting the Clacton voters

But if Labour voters were dim enough to vote for the Tin Man and make him PM. Dim is as dim does seems to me.

Can you imagine the uproar if anybody said Reform voters were dim?

Offensive post.

Sunshinegirls

The bin is the official Labour candidate funded by a Labour donor mate, Dale Vince

Labour are insulting the Clacton voters

But if Labour voters were dim enough to vote for the Tin Man and make him PM. Dim is as dim does seems to me.

Unacceptable insult to Labour voters. I didn't vote Labour but your post is very rude.

The bin is the official Labour candidate funded by a Labour donor mate, Dale Vince

Labour are insulting the Clacton voters

But if Labour voters were dim enough to vote for the Tin Man and make him PM. Dim is as dim does seems to me.

Wyllow3

I do too.
I think the reality will be a low turnout, although they will flood the town with Farage stuff.

The whole Binface vs. Farage contest has gone global, so TBH I’ll be surprised if there’s a low turnout.
Social media are full of it. Goodness knows we all need some light relief in the news!

I know this is nothing to do with Clacton but Jenrick is also under investigation by the police for a £37,500 donation received from a foreign source when he was a Tory.
What a murky lot Reform are.

…lf Farage gets back in, the process of investigating where he gets his dosh from will continue!

The process of investigating where Farage gets his money from is ongoing and being thoroughly investigated by some of the media, and, according to the Guardian report I read this morning, some by the Metropolitan police. No pause on that for self indulgent by elections.

The only process which is suspended is the investigation into him allegedly breaking parliamentary rules on the declaration of gifts.

I do too.
I think the reality will be a low turnout, although they will flood the town with Farage stuff.

If Farage wins the by election, it will be difficult for Farage to claim he's been voted in by "the people" if he gets less than 50% of the vote and the the majority prefer to vote for "joke" candidates. It's difficult to predict if Reform will get it's voters out in number or if the opposite might happen and people turn out for a joke candidate. It will be interesting and if Farage gets back in, the process of investigating where he gets his dosh from will continue! I suspect there's a lot more murkiness to uncover.