I read some posts from that Pete North guy and I agree with his criticism of Rupert Lowe and how he is not even close to being in the ballpark of what's needed to win. However he is up for it and that goes a long way.
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@augustus most of it really is just 'showing up'.
@lain show up, wear a suit, that's half the battle right there
@augustus for a while, to my eternal shame, i was indeed involved in party politics, and all the 'good' people thought they were too cerebral to actually be a candidate and win the votes, preferring to discuss the finer details of the 'platform'. of course, the opportunist narcissists had no problems with it at all, got elected and promptly stopped caring about what the retards who build the base were doing.
@lain I will not get excited until Dominic Cummings gets behind Rupert and starts running the outfit
@thatbrickster @lain Lotus Eater Owned Government
@augustus I've been turned off by their cheerleading TBH. I've yet to listen to the Starkey interview with Lowe, I know David opposes the idea of a new party.
Can't really split the vote if Reform no longer occupy right-of-centre. Farage built his image attacking the centre from the right. Now he's happy to place people out of position in his 'shadow' cabinet like he can afford to, when polling suggests he's making a rod for his own back.
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Can't really split the vote if Reform no longer occupy right-of-centre. Farage built his image attacking the centre from the right. Now he's happy to place people out of position in his 'shadow' cabinet like he can afford to, when polling suggests he's making a rod for his own back.
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@thatbrickster @lain I've lost respect for Starkey in recent years with how hopelessly boomer brained he is. Also, Farage's entire career is falling out with people he thinks are trying to eclipse him, yet he now embraces this untrustworthy ambitious Jenrik weasel who is leaking stuff to George Osbourne and is obviously going to stab Nigel in the back the first chance he gets? Weird
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Nigel seems to understand that PM in your country is not a position where success and change happen unless the charge is bad. Much like US President, any intelligent person stays clear of it. And both countries suffer for this.
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Nigel seems to understand that PM in your country is not a position where success and change happen unless the charge is bad. Much like US President, any intelligent person stays clear of it. And both countries suffer for this.
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@Leyonhjelm @augustus @thatbrickster literally the most successful UK regent is tony blair, still reigning as daijo tenno decades after