SwitchedOnBloke

Scottish guy. Living in England. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇬🇧 Proudly Scottish & British. Biggest accomplishment during the pandemic is growing a beard.

[SwitchedOnBloke @SwitchedOnBloke]

This here is a prime example of the worst kind of human imaginable. Heartless, vindictive bully. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

[The Ancient Crone @CroneThe86880]

@NiallHarbison It was not kind to make Atlas undergo three frightening and painful operations with such a poor prognosis. You should have accepted that the kindest choice would have been to put him to sleep earlier.

[SwitchedOnBloke @SwitchedOnBloke]

@axelreignsdom @nakedtruthguy Andy Lee also boycotted the awards & refused to be nominated & didn’t attend. The last few years he won ‘Male Creator’, a different award to what Irish Bull won. Andy hasn’t publicly supported the awards this year nor encouraged any of his fans to vote for anyone. Why you lying?

[SwitchedOnBloke @SwitchedOnBloke]

@axelreignsdom @nakedtruthguy Andy Lee also boycotted the awards & refused to be nominated & didn’t attend. The last few years he won ‘Male Creator’, a different award to what Irish Bull won. Andy hasn’t publicly supported the awards this year nor encouraged any of his fans to vote for anyone. Why you lying?

[SwitchedOnBloke @SwitchedOnBloke]

@mrushelmore @RoyalFamily @sharrond62 JK is definitely my Queen! 🫅

[SwitchedOnBloke @SwitchedOnBloke]

@JanetIsabella_ @RoyalFamily JK wants women (who aren’t men) to have access to some single sex spaces that are fully devoid of males… that’s it. The ONLY people that affects are males who want access to female single sex spaces and I literally don’t care about their male hurty feelings on this.

[SwitchedOnBloke @SwitchedOnBloke]

@deltamagnet @RoyalFamily She hasn’t done any of those things you claimed. She has however, campaigned for females to have access to some single sex spaces, especially those where people get undressed, that are fully devoid of males.
Which seems perfectly reasonable to me. 🤷‍♂️

[SwitchedOnBloke @SwitchedOnBloke]

If those on the right choose to waste their vote on Restore on Thursday which will hand the keys to number 10 to a Labour led Burnham for years to come… and ruining any chance of a snap election then please don’t, with hindsight, pretend you didn’t realise what you were doing.

[SwitchedOnBloke @SwitchedOnBloke]

@ScotsWhiteBear Great question!!! It’s the straights that put on their version of ‘woman face’ and pretend to be lesbians that annoy me out the most! Next up are the straights who dye their hair blue, pierce their nose & call themselves ‘Queer’ but can’t define what that means.

[SwitchedOnBloke @SwitchedOnBloke]

@gammonuprising @StevenJonMiller Restore will have years to do that if they don’t vote to stop Burnham on Thursday.

[SwitchedOnBloke @SwitchedOnBloke]

@MakinNevil39387 @StevenJonMiller Starmer won’t cling on if you waste your vote on Restore and hand Burnham a golden ticket to be Prime Minister. Which is exactly what seems to be the plan right now. 🤷‍♂️

[SwitchedOnBloke @SwitchedOnBloke]

@gammonuprising @StevenJonMiller Why do you think then Restore are barely polling when Labour are so terrible. What do you think Rupert needs to do differently?

[SwitchedOnBloke @SwitchedOnBloke]

@MakinNevil39387 @StevenJonMiller The difference is Starmer has lost the confidence of his own party.. if it wasn’t for this bi election there would already be a contest to oust him… if people on the right choose to waste their vote on Restore on Thursday they are simply ensuring a Labour government for years..

[SwitchedOnBloke @SwitchedOnBloke]

@gammonuprising @StevenJonMiller I don’t think it’s that odd that a hugely popular Labour figure is doing well in a traditionally red area. Especially when it looks like he will be PM. It’s not often you get to directly choose your PM.

[SwitchedOnBloke @SwitchedOnBloke]

@MakinNevil39387 @StevenJonMiller The way to do that is not allow Burnham to be crowned PM.. which means those on the right need to vote Reform on Thursday. Then by all means, vote Restore when the inevitable snap general election is called.

[SwitchedOnBloke @SwitchedOnBloke]

@MakinNevil39387 @StevenJonMiller This election is about whom the next Prime Minister will be. If the right allow Burnham to win then we are stuck with a Left leaning PM for years to come. Do the opposite & watch Labour implode as Streeting, Raynor all fight for the crown likely leading to snap election.

[SwitchedOnBloke @SwitchedOnBloke]

@gammonuprising @StevenJonMiller Why are the Greens not winning by a landslide? Or Libdems? Or Restore?

[SwitchedOnBloke @SwitchedOnBloke]

Point 3 is incorrect. It’s actually Vote Reform, Stop Burnham then sit back and watch Labour implode as Streeting, Raynor, Milliband and however else fight for the crown.. whomever wins will hold zero legitimacy & the calls for a snap election will be nearly impossible to ignore

[Henry Bolton OBE 🇬🇧 @_HenryBolton]

Makerfield:

Reform and its media supporters argue a Burnham victory in Makerfield would be disastrous and that they are the only ones who can stop him. A few points in that:

1) Regardless of why they did it, Reform, in fact, created the conditions in which Starmer got his huge majority in 2024. That is the reason Starmer has been able to do so much harm and, indeed, why we may end up with Burnham as PM.

2) it’s also the reason - despite what Reform tell you - there will not be an early general election. No Labour leader would be so stupid as to call one now with such a massive majority. That majority would get slashed or they’d lose.

3) Reform fought the local elections on “Vote Reform, get Starmer out!” Now Reform, in effect, is saying “Vote Reform, stop Burnham, keep Starmer in!”

4) What would actually be the difference between a Starmer government and a Burnham government?
- Starmer governs like a timid senior barrister managing wondering what is defensible.
- Burnham thinks like a local politician trying to build legitimacy and public support.
- In practice, the two governments would sound and present quite differently, but policies wouldn’t be much different.

So, does it much matter if Burnham wins or loses in Makerfield? No, not much. We’ll still have a Labour government with a massive majority in the HoC and its policies will not change significantly, albeit the presentation will be quite different.

5) Is Restore Britain splitting the vote? I guess you can argue it is, but only if some voters prefer Restore to any other party. Surely that’s their choice. What Reform and those saying that Restore should stand down are effectively arguing is that those voters should not be offered that choice. Is that democratic? I think not.

6) Are Reform the only ones who can win and stop Burnham? No.

Even if you still think it makes any difference to the country if Burnham wins or loses - which it won’t - Reform is not the only party that can win.

The party that gets the most votes will win. So if you want that party to be the Monster Raving Looney Party, vote for them.

7) THE MAIN POINT: You’ve been told all these things and, frankly misled by Reform’s leadership because they want your vote. Nothing more, nothing less. First they said “Vote for us and destroy the Tories (and incidentally give Starmer a huge majority)” which many of you did. Then they said “Vote for us, get Starmer out” which many of you did”. Now they tell you “Vote for us, stop Burnham (and keep Starmer)”

And tell me… what in all that time has improved for the country.

SUGGESTION
Make history in Makerfield.

Break the model of manipulation.

Don’t vote tactically because a manipulative politician tells you it’s your only option - it is not.

Don’t vote against a party or to stop a particular candidate.

Vote for the party you actually would like to win.

[SwitchedOnBloke @SwitchedOnBloke]

@_HenryBolton Point 3 is incorrect. It’s actually Vote Reform, Stop Burnham then sit back and watch Labour implode as Streeting, Raynor, Milliband and however else fight for the crown.. whomever wins will hold zero legitimacy & the calls for a snap election will be nearly impossible to ignore

[SwitchedOnBloke @SwitchedOnBloke]

@Rico_J1000 @benhabib6 Especially if he does a deal with the Greens

[SwitchedOnBloke @SwitchedOnBloke]

@aero_jacko @benhabib6 Sure, so vote for Restore at the next general election. I may well do too. However a vote for Restore in this specific bi election is simply handing power to the Left for years to come.

[SwitchedOnBloke @SwitchedOnBloke]

@The_AngloSaxon @NadineDorries I hope, more than anything that just this once, anyone even considering voting Restore next week gets a grip and does the right thing! Vote however you want any other time, but this time, please don’t hand power back to Labour when we have this chance to get rid early!