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Tory election scandals, own goals and gaffes on 5 November 2019 (Campaign Day 0)

1. On BBC radio, Andrew Bridgen "backs" Jacob Rees-Mogg on the latter's dreadful Grenfell comments by claiming that JRM is too clever to lose his life like the victims did.
2. The dodgy dossier on Russian interference in our elections is buried by the Government, despite the fact that Dominic Grieve is certain it's ready for publication, since he's on the committee that vetted it.
3. The Tories doctor a video of an interview with Keir Starmer to make him look out of touch, and distributed it through their official Twitter account.
standard.co.uk/news/politics/…
4. Alun Cairns (Welsh Secretary) denied having known about his former aide having sabotaged a rape trial, despite receiving email about the matter in August 2018.
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-…
5. The promised Tory enquiry into Islamophobia was downgraded by turning it into a general enquiry about prejudice, and pushed off until the year-end.
mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
6. Philip Hammond stands down, stating he won't try to get reelected, and blasts the Tory Party in his resignation letter for what they have become.
7. It emerged that the Tories built exactly 0 of the 200,000 homes they promised they would build in 2014. (They didn't even bother to make a start on the necessary legislation, let alone building anything.)
mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
8. The Civil Service pushed back against being dragged into the election by refusing to cost Labour's policies on behalf of the Tories.
bbc.co.uk/news/business-…
9. It emerged the contractor that clad Grenfell has been placed on a list of official Government suppliers for their procurement framework for high-rise buildings, giving them potential access to £billions in contracts.
insidehousing.co.uk/news/news/gren…
10. A report found that the Tories have received very substantial recent donations from a range of Russian interests, despite Theresa May having promised to distance the party from Russian connections in the wake of the Skripal poisoning.
opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-…
11. Anne Milton declared she couldn't run as a Conservative again, and instead will contest her seat as an independent.
12. The Government is planning a "Festival of Brexit" in 2022, at a cost of £120 million in taxpayer funds.
theguardian.com/politics/2019/…
13. The Government has reneged on its promise to allow Parliament a vote on any transition period extension.
thesun.co.uk/news/brexit/10…
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Every vote counts. Of course!

That said, when we're talking about the Remain cause, the youth vote *in aggregate* is by far the most powerful.

100 registered voters aged...
18-24 = 44 votes for Remain, only 10 votes for Leave
25-34 = 36 votes for Remain, only 18 votes for Leave
35-44 = 30 votes for Remain, only 25 votes for Leave

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65+ = 47 votes for Leave, only 24 votes for Remain
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