#UK general election

[gothic-cepho]

this is officially my favourite election picture ever taken

[gingintigtig]

To give International peeps an idea of what the fuck is happening to the Conservatives in the UK right now, leading up to the July 4th election

In a grand total of only 14 days, the conservatives have done the following on the campaign trail.

Announced the election outside of number 10 in the pouring rain with no plans to use an umbrella or take it inside.

Went to a brewery in Wales and asked if they were looking forward to the summer football, only for staff to respond that Wales didn't make the qualification for the cup.

Person who questioned the PM on Television was actually a plant

Went for an interview at the Titanic Quarter in Belfast and the reporter said "are you captaining a sinking ship into this election?"

This picture.

Promised a return of National Service which OBLITERATED the young vote.

A top Tory minister instead of campaigning went to fucking Greece.

A Tory minister gave up her own seat and told everyone to vote for the Reform candidate instead.

Three Tories defected to a different party.

Did a PR thing involving the PM dribbling a football and someone commented on camera "he's as good at football as he is as being Prime Minister" (he was terrible).

Former Tory minister suggested on Twitter that once he loses the election he would bugger off to California to be a speaker at GOP conferences like other former Tory ministers have done, and he had to furiously deny the allegations.

He said he'll get rid of poor value for money University Courses and when asked which ones, couldn't name a single one.

Announced the election but were nearly 200 candidates short to compete and are scrambling to find some.

Hung the flag upside down in their campaign video, which means we're in distress.

Gave a speech with factory workers, and one woman was so aghast at his bullshit on camera that they sent someone out to stand in-front of her to block her reactions; it has already been satirised.

A high profile conservative MP called a pollster who was live on air, the pollster answered, telling him that he was going to lose his seat by a massive majority. The MP didn't say anything and just hung up. Again, this was LIVE ON AIR.

They went campaigning in Hanley, and in the river behind them, the Liberal Democrat party very slowly sailed by on a little boat. The camera man panned the camera away from the prime minister to focus on the Liberals in the boat slowly sailing down the river.

A new poll shows that for the first time in decades, if not over a century, the Conservatives could be in third place, with Labour (Social Democrat) and the Liberal Democrats becoming the top two parties.

I hope you've been keeping count here, because it's been fourteen days and that is 18 pieces of terrible publicity.

[starmergeddon]

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[is-today-the-uk-general-election]

NO.

Today is not the day of the UK general election.

There are 30 days remaining until the UK general election.

Parliament has now been dissolved.

You have:

Under 15 days in which to register to vote.

Under 16 days in which to apply for a postal vote.

There are:

14 days 16hs 59min left to register to vote (deadline 23:59 18 June 2024).

15 days 10hs left to apply for a postal vote (deadline 17:00 19 June 2024).

22 days 10hs left to apply for a proxy vote (deadline 17:00 26 June 2024).

22 days 10hs left to apply for a Voter Authority Certificate*.

*Only required if you do not have suitable ID, or you no longer resemble your ID photo, or your name as per your ID does not match the name on the voter register.

[jakeperalta]

‼️ if you live in the UK please vote in the general election (4th july) ‼️

when can I vote? 7am to 10pm

where can I vote? check your poll card or visit wheredoivote.co.uk (if you're a student registered at your home and term time addresses, you can vote at either but not both)

who should I vote for? visit getvoting.org for your candidates and tactical voting info

what do I need to take with me? just photo id is required (list of valid id here), your poll card is NOT required

what if I can't make it? you can register for an emergency proxy vote until 5pm

[ancientstone]

REMEMBER THE LAST 14 YEARS OF CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP

VOTE VOTE VOTE

(and feel very free to add more)

[pierregaslays]

“thanks to keir starmer, a changed labour party” yeah he made it worse

[aeolianblues]

This feels like a better summary of the last 14 years than any political correspondent can put into a neat paragraph. Save for Rishi Sunak, every single one of the Tory PMs of the last 14 years has been booted out.

[ayeforscotland]

Forgot I was up early for a haircut.

So far, delighted that Joanna Cherry is out. Good riddance, just a shame that the Labour MP who’s replaced her is a horrible racist.

Greens in England and Wales won all of their target seats which is really cool.

Penny Mordaunt lost her seat, very interesting.

[dont-forget-your-photo-id]

Quick links: Register to vote | Check if you have accepted photo ID | Apply for a Voter Authority Certificate

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See below for a text-based version of this post:

The UK general election is on Thursday, 4th July.

You need to register to vote before Tuesday, 18th June.

It usually takes about 5 minutes. You'll be asked for your National Insurance number, but you can still register if you do not have one.

You can register to vote anonymously if you're concerned about your name and address appearing on the electoral register for safety reasons.

Register at https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote.

You'll need to show photo ID when voting in person.

Check if you have accepted photo ID at https://www.gov.uk/how-to-vote/photo-id-youll-need.

If you don't have photo ID, you have until 5pm on Wednesday, 26th June to apply for a free Voter Authority Certificate.

Apply at https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-voter-authority-certificate.

[verytiredbeaver]

When you tell the children of the future about the election in 2024, always have this image in your mind lol

[vonlipwig]

hey. look at this

these seats were won by a margin of fewer than 100 votes. three of them were won by tories. one was won by reform uk.

I want you to look at this and I want you to absorb it. and every time you or anyone you know says 'my votes doesn't count' I want you to remember that the constituency of Basildon and Billericay is lead by a tory because of twenty votes.

South Basildon and East Thurrock have a fucking bigot as their MP for the next four years because 99 people probably thought their votes 'didn't matter'.

they matter. your vote matters.

[is-today-the-uk-general-election]

NO.

Today is not the day of the UK general election.

There are 16 days remaining until the UK general election.

THERE ARE FEWER THAN 17HS REMAINING TO REGISTER TO VOTE.

In addition, you have:

Under 2 days in which to apply for a postal vote, or for changes to existing proxy votes.

Fewer than 9 days to request a new proxy vote, or alternative photo ID (Voter Authority Certificate or Electoral Identity Card) if voting in person**.

Parliament has now been dissolved.

Voters in Northern Ireland can no longer apply for postal or proxy votes. Please be aware that emergency postal/proxy applications may be processed in exceptional cases; refer to the relevant links for further details.

THE POST YOU ARE SEEING MAY BE OUT OF DATE; PLEASE REFER TO THE POSTING TIMESTAMP. ACTUAL APPLICATION DEADLINES FOUND UNER THE CUT.

There are:

0 days 16hs 59min left to register to vote (deadline 23:59 18 June 2024).

1 day 10hs left to apply for a postal vote, or for changes to existing proxy votes (deadline 17:00 19 June 2024)*.

8 days 10hs left to apply for a new proxy vote (deadline 17:00 26 June 2024)*.

8 days 17hs left to apply for an Electoral Identity Card (Northern Ireland), or 8 days 10hs to apply for a Voter Authority Certificate (rest of the United Kingdom)**.

*Excluding Northern Ireland.

**Only required if you do not have suitable ID, or you no longer resemble your ID photo, or your name as per your ID does not match the name on the voter register.

[scudevils]

IM CRYING WHAT IS THIS

[tweetingukpolitics]

[siaradwast]

uk political parties: Okay we're starting our election campaigns, let's have a look at what people are concerned about so we can make appropriate policies to deal with this & appeal to voters

uk public: we're really concerned about the rising cost of living

rishi sunak: HAVE COMPULSORY HALF-THOUGHT OUT NATIONAL SERVICE

uk public: No we said we're concerned about the cost of-

conservatives and labour: you want us to fight over who can have the most unethical immigration policies??

uk public: we want to be able to afford groceries and heating

conservatives: ohhh i get it you want us to make benefits even more inaccessible and new policies to target disabled people??

uk public: can we at least get some good environmental policies so our energy is sustainable and prices aren't consistently rising??

uk political parties: TIKTOK MEME WAR

uk public: No!! coherent, realistic, helpful policies to reduce the costs of living!!

the lib dems for some reason: we have a massive yellow bus and Ed Davey fell off a paddleboard