The 2024 UK General Election - news, speculation and updates

[strung out]

The thing is, there is an issue with people having to leave London because they can't afford to live here any more, people getting priced out and having to move - but it's who do you blame for that? Is it immigrants or is it greedy developers and investment type landlords buying up London properties and forcing prices up with seemingly no brakes on the amount of damage they can do to the amount of affordable housing available?

I'm sure that's the case, but in this specific instance, it was well-off retirees cashing in to leave what they saw as a London suffering from too much immigration, to move to a seaside down with far fewer immigrants.

 

[Humberto]

Oswaldwistle - David Attenborough's millenian guard.

 

[redsquirrel]

Greens gain Bristol Central

Labour trounced

 

[Kid_Eternity]

"we're deliberately not going to get out people to vote"

Nope, focus what you need to and can win not where you’re likely to even if you lost votes there.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Tice?

 

[moochedit]

Reform have won Skegvegas

Which one is tice standing in?

 

[cupid_stunt]

Why are people upset about Holden winning over fucking Reform?

 

[scifisam]

He really isn't. Reform are shapping the result on a national scale, Corbyn is pretty insignificant.

Corbyn is a former leader contesting a seat that people thought could have gone either way.

Reform are being assisted in shaping the result by things like cutting Corbyn off to show Farage.

 

[hash tag]

Which one is tice standing in?

Boston...another of the bastards has got in

 

[elbows]

JCs result is spectacular. In 2019 he delivered very large numbers of votes but due to the labour org labour completely failed to act tactically so won few seats. Starmer has won massive seats but not got out the vote in the same way.

For raw number of votes it was 2017 that was actually fairly impressive for Corbyn.

When we've got the full numbers for this election I'll probably take a look at this in more detail.

 

[moochedit]

Tunbridge Wells electorate is disgusted with the tories and have elected a Lib Dem

I think the bbc said earlier it's been tory since 1906

 

[Epona]

I'm sure that's the case, but in this specific instance, it was well-off retirees cashing in to leave what they saw as a London suffering from too much immigration, to move to a seaside down with far fewer immigrants.

You may know the area and demographic better than I do, so fair enough.
I've just been looking for a while at places I might be able to afford to move to that aren't far from London for when it all goes tits up for me here, and a lot of them have that same fairly right wing voting pattern - but it's getting off topic anyway, I bow to your better knowledge of those areas.

 

[PursuedByBears]

Blimey, how many candidates are standing against Sunak in Richmond?

 

[Calamity1971]

Boston...another of the bastards has got in

Boston and Skegness.

 

[MickiQ]

Which one is tice standing in?

That one the twat has got in

 

[strung out]

What's the podcast? Sounds interesting.

Guardian Today in Focus: Has Clacton fallen for Nigel Farage? – podcast

 

[Larry O'Hara]

Not the Andrew Marr show is amateurish but very entertaining. Have the BBC on silent: best place for them

 

[moochedit]

Tice won

 

[Voley]

Just started to nod off. 2nd espresso.

Sadly Cruella's still around

 

[Elpenor]

You may know the area and demographic better than I do, so fair enough.
I've just been looking for a while at places I might be able to afford to move to that aren't far from London for when it all goes tits up for me here, and a lot of them have that same fairly right wing voting pattern - but it's getting off topic anyway, I bow to your better knowledge of those areas.

For another thread but I’m sure the urban hive mind can help you on this one when the time is right

 

[cupid_stunt]

I think the bbc said earlier it's been tory since 1906

Worthing has been Tory since the 1880s, both seats are likely to go Labour tonight!

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

Hahahaha, closeup on Anne Widdecombe's face as Emily Maitlis told her that the exit poll prediction of 13 Reform MPs has been downgraded to a predicted 4.

The downside is I saw a closeup of Anne Widdicombe's haggard old hate-filled face.

 

[moochedit]

Blimey, how many candidates are standing against Sunak in Richmond?

Party leaders always get loads

 

[emanymton]

Corbyn is a former leader contesting a seat that people thought could have gone either way.

Reform are being assisted in shaping the result by things like cutting Corbyn off to show Farage.

No matter how important you feel he is, at a national level he really isn't.
They have been cutting people of all night it's how it goes. Sky cut Braverman off to go to some insignificant result, and she is going to be a candidate for leader of the opposition.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

 

[two sheds]

i think I'm going to have to go to bed

am hoping I wake up to a good tory stuffing

 

[Calamity1971]

Why are people upset about Holden winning over fucking Reform?

I'm upset because he was my MP. An absolute arsehole. Got off with some gropey stuff. He blocked everyone around here on FB who asked him difficult questions. He was nicknames Mr Kodak here because all he did was photo ops and fuck all for the locals.

 

[Fez909]

Andrea Jenkin gone from Morley (mate doing the count just text...assuming a Labour gain)

 

[PursuedByBears]

Waiting for Penny Mordant now

 

[Fez909]

Andrea Jenkin gone from Morley (mate doing the count just text...assuming a Labour gain)

Confirmed, 10k majority.