The 2024 UK General Election - news, speculation and updates

[Karl Masks]

Woke up to grey skies and drizzle.

Glad Truss has gone. Sad that Refuk has done well and that Farage is now in parliament along with at least Lee Anderson.

Worried about the far right rise in this body politic and whether Starmer can deal with it.

Just went to the shop, two people talking about how they voted reform and how labour are wank. Labour didn't win here, the Libdems did hugely. Their vote was 4x the Reform so I should keep it in proportion but that undercurrent is clearly there. Labour's landslide is very shallow and the turnout was low.

 

[Karl Masks]

Weston super mare gone Labour Karl Masks

For the first time.

But I am not in that consituency thanks to border changes.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Labour didn't win here, the Libdems did hugely. Their vote was 4x the Reform so I should keep it in proportion but that undercurrent is clearly there. Labour's landslide is very shallow and the turnout was low.

I thought you were in Weston-super-Mare?

EDIT just seen your latest post.

 

[The39thStep]

How's that for a majority Kid_Eternity
Just for you

 

[rubbershoes]

Has Sunak been spotted at Heathrow yet?

 

[Karl Masks]

I thought you were in Weston-super-Mare?

EDIT just seen your latest post.

No, Mendip Hills and Wells. Libdemland now. They did twice as well as the Tories who themselves did twice as well as Refuk. Greens and Labour distant behind them.

 

[weltweit]

Well being partially awake and partly asleep doesn't seem to have been too bad except that I probably missed various celeb losses in the small hours.

So what I think is that:

Mark Harper lost his seat by a mere 200 odd votes
Rees Mogg lost his seat, yay
Jeremy Hunt didn't lose his seat but kept it by a small amount
Grant Shapps lost his seat
Rishy Sunak kept his seat
Gorgeous George Galloway lost his seat

What did I miss?

Oh yes and Farage got elected Grr
And Corbyn was elected as an independent

 

[baldrick]

B'Ham Perry Barr lost by Labour to pro-Gaza indy.

Fucking hell

Khalid Mahmood lost?! That was my old constituency. Was not expecting that at all.

 

[Karl Masks]

Has Sunak been spotted at Heathrow yet?

Can't now, can he. If he wanted to leave he should have stood down. He didn't, and so now he has to stay.

Or force a by election, hilariously

 

[inva]

Worried about the far right rise in this body politic and whether Starmer can deal with it.

He will fuel it.

 

[Karl Masks]

He will fuel it.

Lean into it, more likely. I don't think he'll fuel it per se.

I am v. concerned about REform and the thought of them in Parliament is pretty sickening. Farage will be frog faced with glee, despite doing fuck all to help Clacton, or indeed anyone that isn't Aaron Banks, Steve Bannon, or Donald Trump

 

[gentlegreen]

Maybe someone will lend him a brolly this time ...

 

[Thora]

I'm pleased that the Tories have lost my bit of Wiltshire for the first time ever. And Reform didn't do too well either.

Though saying that, Reform did beat Labour here

 

[inva]

Lean into it, more likely. I don't think he'll fuel it per se.

I am v. concerned about REform and the thought of them in Parliament is pretty sickening. Farage will be frog faced with glee, despite doing fuck all to help Clacton, or indeed anyone that isn't Aaron Banks, Steve Bannon, or Donald Trump

It is a Labour party that endorses the narrative and grievances of the right while offering no serious solutions.

 

[weltweit]

The existence of Reform and the votes that they take from the Tories, could keep the Tories out of government for two or three elections.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Lib Dem campaign HQ Godalming and Ash:

 

[weltweit]

And I see that Diane Abbott won her seat, in Hackney North

 

[planetgeli]

So....a massive landslide on 34% of the vote. Starmer proved unpopular (shock) just not as unpopular as the Tories.

AND I'VE WOKEN UP WITHOUT ANY WATER

 

[zahir]

B'Ham Perry Barr lost by Labour to pro-Gaza indy.

Labour loses four seats to pro-Palestinian candidates

Shadow Cabinet Office minister Jonathan Ashworth among those losing out as party suffers in urban areas with high Muslim populations

www.theguardian.com

 

[philosophical]

Starmer had better be nice to Larry the cat or he can get fucked.

 

[kabbes]

Interesting analysis in the link that petee posted earlier from Bloomberg










The national swing disguises some very different movements in different parts of the country, in short.

 

[Karl Masks]

So Labour's petulance let IDS win?

 

[planetgeli]

So much rubbish in those polls and predictions last night. Refuck 13 seats? Refuck winning Barnsley (Lab increased majority). Corbyn winning by "1,500"?

 

[PR1Berske]

Independent gains:

Blackburn: Adnan Hussain gain from Labour
Birmingham Perry Barr: Ayoub Khan gain from Labour
Dewsbury and Batley: Iqbal Mohammad gain from Labour
Leicester South: Shockat Adam gain from Labour
Islington North: Jeremy Corbyn wins as Independent
North Down: Alex Easton gain from Alliance

 

[PR1Berske]

Reform gains:

Clacton - Nigel Farage
Boston and Skegness - Richard Tice
Ashfield - Lee Anderson
Great Yarmouth - Rupert Lowe

 

[PR1Berske]

NI:

SF win: Fermanagh/S Tyrone; W Tyrone; Mid Ulster; Newry/Armagh; South Down; Belfast West; Belfast North
TUV win North Antrim
DUP win East Londonderry; Upper Bann; East Antrim; Strangford; Belfast East
UUP win South Antrim
SDLP win Belfast South/Mid Down; Foyle
Alliance win Lagan Valley
Independent wins North Down

 

[Artaxerxes]

Maybe someone will lend him a brolly this time ...

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Angela has a nice brolly she can send him

 

[weltweit]

Oh and Penny Mordaunt lost her seat ..

 

[DaveCinzano]

Reform gains:

Clacton - Nigel Farage
Boston and Skegness - Richard Tice
Ashfield - Lee Anderson
Great Yarmouth - Rupert Lowe

At least three of those think they should be in charge, should make for an interesting caucus

 

[cupid_stunt]