The 2024 UK General Election - news, speculation and updates

[Calamity1971]

Did a decent speech that showed humanity in defeat.

Mogg showed humanity?

 

[Elpenor]

Get off my telly ed miliband

I want to see losing politos

Everyone else they wanted to interview must have been having a wee or eating a banana

 

[Calamity1971]

Esther mcvey held on

 

[Fez909]

Mogg showed humanity?

He did actually. It was a dignified speech.

 

[Elpenor]

Torys hold North Dorset which is one of the few they’ve retained in the region so far

 

[strung out]

Traditional Unionist Voice (Reform-like headbangers) have beaten Ian Paisley's son for the DUP in North Antrim

 

[moochedit]

Truss "on a knife edge" says the beeb

 

[cupid_stunt]

Worthing West used to always have the LDs in second place, they've come in 5th, after the Greens!

Lab - 20,519
Tories - 16,570
Reform - 7,562
Greens - 3,274 - 6.4%, first time they have saved their deposit!
LDs - 2,708 - saved their deposit by just 0.3%
Indy (who?) - 364

From a Tory majority of 15,004 to a Labour majority of 6,051.

 

[moochedit]

Traditionsl Unionist Voice (Reform-like headbangers) have beaten Ian Paisley's son for the DUP in North Antrim

So cunt beats cunt

 

[Epona]

From the results I’ve skimmed it looks like tactical voting hasn’t done too well, too many places with a sizeable Lib Dem vote that would easily have put Labour over the line. Fuck their bar chart skullduggery.

Although my primary reaction is vote how you feel, there's a whole swathe of traditionally tory constituencies in the home counties and the south of England where there's no way Labour will ever get an MP in, so the question is for anyone vaguely left of centre is, is it worth gritting your teeth a bit harder and voting Lib Dem just to send a warning shot across the Tory bow and get the fuckers out?
It's far from the case that everywhere with a sizeable Lib Dem vote, Labour might have got in if it wasn't for tactical voting, those Lib Dem votes would have gone to Tories or Reform or an independent instead.

I wouldn't do it, but my vote would be pissing in the wind, it's not like there's a whole load of people in Godalming and Ash who are dying to vote Labour and tactical voting denied Labour the seat.

 

[maomao]

Truss "on a knife edge" says the beeb

Hopefully that's literal and not an idiom.

 

[JimW]

Truss "on a knife edge" says the beeb

Should that not be a salad shredder?

 

[Elpenor]

Lib Dems gain the trendy Frome seat no real surprise there

 

[moochedit]

Hopefully that's literal and not an idiom.

Yes thought that as i posted it

 

[Dogsauce]

Esther mcvey held on

I wonder if Reform has gone easy on campaigning in the seats held by the worst Tory MPs? Anyhow, fingers crossed that her husband does less well in Shipley.

 

[imposs1904]

Sadly, I'm not convinced Rees-Mogg is a Portillo moment.

Braverman would have been the Portillo moment if she'd lost her seat.. She was grinning like the Cheshire Cat during her victory speech. She looks happier than Starmer at this point.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Compare Mogg speech to Shapps.

No thanks.

 

[Elpenor]

Although my primary reaction is vote how you feel, there's a whole swathe of traditionally tory constituencies in the home counties and the south of England where there's no way Labour will ever get an MP in, so the question is for anyone vaguely left of centre is, is it worth gritting your teeth a bit harder and voting Lib Dem just to send a warning shot across the Tory bow and get the fuckers out?
It's far from the case that everywhere with a sizeable Lib Dem vote, Labour might have got in if it wasn't for tactical voting, those Lib Dem votes would have gone to Tories or Reform or an independent instead.

I wouldn't do it, but my vote would be pissing in the wind, it's not like there's a whole load of people in Godalming and Ash who are dying to vote Labour and tactical voting denied Labour the seat.

I had a long hard think on this subject in a thread I started on tactical voting and decided I wanted a non Tory MP where I live more than anything and voted accordingly (lib Dem)

Labour of today are not the party of 2019 / 2017 or even 2010 or 1997.

 

[Calamity1971]

He did actually. It was a dignified speech.

He's still an absolute shitbag, trump supporting bellend though.

 

[Chairman Meow]

I grew up in North Antrim. You can see why I got the fuck out of dodge as soon as humanly possible, trust me Australia is just about far enough away!

 

[kenny g]

He's still an absolute shitbag, trump supporting bellend though.

Indeed but I give him credit for his speech. Surely that is worth something..

 

[JimW]

No Tory seats in Wales as Monmouthshire goes

 

[Fez909]

at the start of the night, they said on C4 that only something like 5 sitting cabinet members have lost their seats, ever. Is that right?

I think we've had more than that tonight alone?

 

[Calamity1971]

Indeed but I give him credit for his speech. Surely that is worth something..

Not seen it. But still no. GB news arsehole.

 

[JimW]

at the start of the night, they said on C4 that only something like 5 sitting cabinet members have lost their seats, ever. Is that right?

I think we've had more than that tonight alone?

Seven at last count IIRC

 

[JimW]

Tories closing in on a hundred seats, I clearly went to the polls too soon.

 

[cupid_stunt]

at the start of the night, they said on C4 that only something like 5 sitting cabinet members have lost their seats, ever. Is that right?

I think we've had more than that tonight alone?

I think it's over 8 now.

 

[redsquirrel]

Christ Harriet Harman is an absolute shit, even Zahawi is better than her analysis wise

 

[belboid]

at the start of the night, they said on C4 that only something like 5 sitting cabinet members have lost their seats, ever. Is that right?

I think we've had more than that tonight alone?

12 in the last 50 years. We are on fore 16 tonight.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Sadly, I'm not convinced Rees-Mogg is a Portillo moment.

Braverman would have been the Portillo moment if she'd lost her seat.. She was grinning like the Cheshire Cat during her victory speech. She looks happier than Starmer at this point.

Yeah rm will have expected to lose.