The 2024 UK General Election - news, speculation and updates

[strung out]

where you getting that from?

Exit poll has Reform taking both Barnsley seats.

 

[Ax^]

where you getting that from?

Torygraph i'm going to guess

 

[Kid_Eternity]

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Fourteen years of monstrous, brutal Tory leadership is finally over

This is a party which has been utterly demolished, reduced to the single worst result in its history

inews.co.uk

 

[belboid]

Exit poll has Reform taking both Barnsley seats.

!! interesting. Depressing. I dont believe it.

 

[DJWrongspeed]

The BBC's newsdesk backdrop looks like Talk TV, feel sorry for Laura Cheeseberg (who is wearing a clashing outfit) & Clive Myrie.

 

[strung out]

!! interesting. Depressing. I dont believe it.

Me either tbh, but we’ll see in a few hours.

 

[Calamity1971]

turnout 53% in Blythe. Very low for a GE.

And 51% in Sunderland.

I asked the officials at my polling station in Durham, they factored in postals and said it was 60%.

 

[The39thStep]

where you getting that from?

Torygraph i'm going to guess

 

[krtek a houby]

But Reform is clearly a protest vote for many people… for all the fretting, in a year or two where will they be? They’re not even a coherent party

Being told elsewhere that it's not a protest vote.

Very confusing

 

[tommers]

People are looking for something new.

It's like reverse Corbyn.

 

[two sheds]

What's this long pause between them asking a question in London and the answer coming from Welwyn? Are we trying to pretend we're actually a very very big country or just trying to emulate America? Woke nonsense either way

 

[belboid]

well, he's not right. Barnsley North was, supposedly, their easiest gain. Rochdale was always high up on the list. But it is true it wasn't 'the story'

 

[Ax^]

People are looking for something new.

reform people are not looking for anything new

looking for something quite old...

 

[krtek a houby]

People are looking for something new.

Farage has been around for ages. He seems to have remarkable staying power.

 

[Calamity1971]

The BBC's newsdesk backdrop looks like Talk TV, feel sorry for Laura Cheeseberg (who is wearing a clashing outfit) & Clive Myrie.

I wouldn't feel sorry for kuensburg if her head was hanging off.

 

[pbsmooth]

Someone shoot Nadine Dorries

 

[The39thStep]

well, he's not right. Barnsley North was, supposedly, their easiest gain. Rochdale was always high up on the list. But it is true it wasn't 'the story'

 

[planetgeli]

People are looking for something new.

It's like reverse Corbyn.

People are looking for something acceptably racist.

 

[belboid]

fuck

 

[krtek a houby]

People are looking for something acceptably racist.

Are Reform voters racist?

 

[littlebabyjesus]

But Reform is clearly a protest vote for many people… for all the fretting, in a year or two where will they be? They’re not even a coherent party

They use this as a springboard. They win some councils. The tories may recover and win back those who have switched, or they may not. We've seen the Gaullists collapse in France. It can happen. Last happened here a century ago with the Liberals being replaced by Labour.

If the polling is right, Tory + Refuck > Labour vote (and Labour vote is significantly below 2017). If the Tories continue to collapse, refuck could replace them. It's not impossible.

 

[The39thStep]

Someone shoot Nadine Dorries

 

[spitfire]

getting really nasty on C4

 

[weepiper]

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Are Reform voters racist?

They're knowingly voting for racists. Depressing.

 

[planetgeli]

Refuck plus Tory come within 400 of a safe Labour seat.

The Starmer effect.

 

[krtek a houby]

I wouldn't feel sorry for kuensburg if her head was hanging off.

Someone shoot Nadine Dorries

Need a few males to make the list

 

[planetgeli]

Are Reform voters racist?

Yes

 

[Dystopiary]

And a nice dark purple outfit to contrast with the yellow background. But the ruff and feather? Chef’s kiss.

Who is this? I think I want to see the outfit too.