A couple of reasons imo. He wasn't brought in to turn labour voters to vote Tory. It was an attempt to get disillusioned Tory voters who are thinking of going to Reform or just vote for someone else to think again and his appeal to get them to stick with Tory. Damage limitation exercise. So why did he come in at the end and not earlier? Once again imo bcos he doesn't really allign with many of Rishi's policies so he would never campaign for them. It's much easier to come in at the end, speak little about policy and just try gee everyone up. Also by coming in at the end, he's made himself relevant, letting the party know, I'm still here bcos he knows after the election the Tories will be looking for a ray of light and so it's opportunism. I thought it was very telling that Bojo and Rishi didn't share the stage or shake hands.
I think social media is cruel though, I don't agree with mocking the guys condition, and I'm sure people of any age can fumble their words, and social media will always exaggerate it. I just think to be in charge of a superpower you should at least have the mental agility, and it wouldn't be such a bad idea to have the physical ability to sustain the long hours and days they have to work. The guy needs to retire and put his feet up with his partner, be on holiday everyday, instead of running a country every day, even if you are only the puppet of a regime. Even if Keir Starmer does three terms, he'll still retire younger than what Biden is now ffs.
I've heard from a numbervof American reporters he wasn't too bothered, it was his wife who pushed him to do a second term. I've seen videos of him in 2019 compared to 2023 and there's a stark deterioration. He should step down for his sakevand that of the country in so many ways. It may be his family and probably his wife who will be the biggest influencers in that.
Bang out of order if his mrs is pushing him to do it, never realised she was like that. He's like he needs someone by his side all the time, like his mrs or his vice president, it showed in Italy recently he couldn't be left on his own, when Meloni had to gently guide him back into the group after he started going for one of his wanders lol. He needs to stop that shuffle routine as well, he's starting to remind me of Theresa May lol.
Thing is, I think a lot of his cabinet see him as pliable and that if he gets a second term, they can pretty much run the country as they see fit with him as a lightning rod. Kamala Harris being chief among them.
The Dems should have chosen another candidate at the nominations, and whilst I agree with you about Biden, I wonder if it's a bit too late in the game to change him now. It would add so much fuel to the Trump campaign and he would claim that the Dems are in disarray and have had to shoehorn in a no2 because they backed the wrong man, which would be true to an extent. I think it would be ruinous for the Dem campaign.
Tbh mate the whole thing over there is an absolute ****show. I cannot believe (or maybe I can) that the country has put itself in such a position that Trump and Biden are what's been offered up - not once but twice lol. The fact Biden is going for a second term in the state he's in, it's like a wart on the end of a leprosy riddled face. Just makes me want to say, fck the yanks.
For a laugh, I did the US version of isidewith as well, he was my most matched policywise. 82% which is the highest I scored in any of the countries I tested it with. Doesn't surprise me, I like him, he seems fairly common-sense type approach to politics.
I think the only way Rishi will survive being slaughtered at the polls tomorrow is if the UK should be hit by a category 5 hurricane.
I mean, if you take your party to the fringe to try and stop leaks of votes to the fringe parties... you'll probably be taking your party to the fringe for number of seats too!
