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Formerly TwitterAdam Bienkov
AdamBienkov
The Conservative party's latest big idea to avoid losing elections? Just stop people from voting
bylinetimes.com/2024/05/07/postal-voting-ban-conservative-mp-brendan-clarke-smith-local-election-defeats/
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Adam Bienkov
AdamBienkov
So the two responses to these results from the Conservatives has either been to say:
1) The plan is working and we just need to tell voters more loudly that they're wrong not to see it
2) Let's mimic Reform UK, who won a grand total of 2 seats across the country, a little more.
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Pippa Crerar
PippaCrerar
NEW: Rishi Sunak insists the general election result is not a “foregone conclusion” despite disastrous set of local election results and the Tories struggling to close gap with Labour in the polls.
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Pippa Crerar
PippaCrerar
"These elections have confirmed the Tories are heading for the electoral equivalent of Chicxulub asteroid impact (except this time one or two dinosaurs might survive). Ignore the vote shares, Holden’s Comical Ali routine & Sunak’s desperate smiles." - @WTMAtkinson's brutal…
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